Part Time Sport

‘The Two Escobars’ is our final episode for Season 2! Why? Because cartels, drugs, Colombia. And sport. You know Part Time, and Cal and Dylan by now.

Featuring:

• Dylan knows Pablo Escobar’s brother
• Shifting the image of Colombia
• Popeye
• Cousin Jaime
• Narco Soccer
• Atletico Nacional
• Copa Libertadores
• Money laundering
• America sticking their noses in everything
• Drug money = good football
• Andres Escobar
• La catedral
• Francisco Maturana
• Legalise drugs
• World Cup ’94
• Prosecco
• Death threats
• Witches curses
• Andres’ Nephew
• AC Milan
• Football as a national PR machine
• Patriotism
• Fixers

As the AFL finals reach boiling point, Cal and Dylan pick apart Amazon Prime’s AFL Docuseries, ‘Making Their Mark’, getting the inside scoop on life in the lead up to a Grand Final, in the midst of a global pandemic.

Featuring:

• AFL for beginners
• Finals footy for beginners
• Making a sports documentary is bloody tough (c/o The Howie Games Podcast)
• Luke Tunnecliffe - Bravo!
• Cal IS vaccinated
• The Richmond Football Club
• Management speak with Damien Hardwick
• Footy CEO’s broken promises
• Covid impact on mental health
• Players as human beings
• Shifts in supporter mentality
• Grand Final excitement
• Glass ceilings
• Dusty’s car at the MCG
• Go Dees

Join Cal Monaghan and Dylan Thomas as they review yet another sports documentary.

In this episode, the lads discuss the 1996 Academy Award winner, ‘When We Were Kings’ to learn the true story behind Muhammad Ali and George Foreman's "Rumble in the Jungle".

Featuring:

• The 'Democratic' Republic of the Congo
• James Brown
• BB King
• Don King
• Muhammad Ali
• George Foreman, His Grills and His 5 Sons Called George Foreman
• Spoilers
• Dyslexia
• Dancing
• Boxercise
• German Shepherds
• Boozy Sports Journalists
• President Mobutu the Handsome Dictator
• A Lot of Baddies
• Leon Gast
• Tooth Decay
• A Succubus
• Bongos & Flutes

Join Cal Monaghan and Dylan Thomas as they review yet another sports documentary.

In this episode, the lads discuss Netflix’s ‘Rising Phoenix’ to get a fresh perspective on the Paralympics ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Games.

Featuring:

• Self reflection
• Sir/Dr Ludwig Guttman
• Bebe Vio - Wheelchair Fencing
• Tatyana McFadden - Wheelchair Track & Field
• Jean Baptiste Alaize - Sprint & Long Jump
• The Naughty Olympic Committee of Rio 2016
• The Naughty Soviet Union
• Wheelchair Rugby
• Blind Skiing
• Windy Nights in Stoke Mandeville
• Lads WhatsApp Groups
• A Brazilian Named Andrew Parsons

iPads with Retina Display hit the target for Bhutan’s archers

Bhutan’s national sport is archery. Even if you don’t listen to this episode, you’ve learnt something for your next pub quiz. The issue for Bhutan (and their lovely royal family) is that their traditional form of archery (you know, just pissed lads in the park shooting arrows from bamboo bows) is under threat from the modern and more popular Olympic version. We solve their issues via our review of Kingdom of Archers on this episode of the podcast.

Dick & Juanita’s Son is Bowling’s Bad Boy

You know Pete from his viral YouTube clip. You’ll love him after listening to this. Dick and Juanita’s boy is God’s gift to podcast sports documentary reviewers (so, just us), with his cool shades, ten pin bowling strikes and constant chops of his crotch (which may or may not have been trademark infringement. CC Joe Burns.) One of our favourites yet.

Oddballs get Screwballed with the A-Roid

Screwball is like all the baseball documentaries we’ve reviewed - it’s about doping. And god it’s strange. Strange enough to be kind of good. Join us as we try to untangle this myriad of idiots managing injecting themselves with performance enhancers. Well done to the child actors though (yes, there’s child actors too.)

Cody Simpson presents: Head Above Water (ft Flo Rida)

We’re proud of this episode. Mainly because we got 30 odd minutes of chat out of Head Above Water. It’s a PR piece for Swimming Australia. Or maybe just for Cody Simpson (shout out to Flo Rida.) What it did do was direct us to the 1996 dark comedy of the same name with Cam Diaz and Billy Zane, Avril’s hit song, and Cody’s back catalog. See, life always gives you a silver lining. Kind of. 

God-ness gracious, great balls of F1re

Drive to Survive is a bloody good documentary series. In fact, all F1 spots are. We focus in on ep 9 of season 3, where Romain Grosjean gets lit on fire and Sergio Perez uses God’s power to win a car race. It’s bloody action packed, let us tell you that for free (the ep that is, this podcast is just two drunk men rambling for 30 minutes.) Come for the analysis, stay for our stories about car crashes. This one is a must.

Last Chance U Get To Yell Violently

Last Chance U follows junior college football teams doing it the hard way. Laney College, in Oakland, features in their fifth series. We watched episode one. These boys are very skilled. They also do it very tough. They make us realise that we’re pretty pathetic. Take this journey of discovery with us. Also, American Football is just a big game of bullshit isn’t it?

The muscles in Pumping Iron make Cal sick

Bodybuilding in the 70’s was wild and Arnie was king. Pumping Iron (i.e. Arnie’s PR piece) takes us behind the Mr Universe and Mr Olympia scene where there’s pranks, dumb dumbs, and average joes going wild. It makes Cal queasy. Steroids also come up.

Tiger crashed his car because of this, no doubt

Tiger gets in another mysterious car accident months after this gossip style docco gets released? We’re not buying it and you shouldn’t be selling it. We dissect the 2021 release of ‘Tiger,’ which focuses on the golfing icon without ever really speaking to the golfing icon. Go figure!

RIP Maradona. RIP 2020.

Diego Maradona is dead and we’re in mourning. Please give us time to grieve (it’s also our last ep for 2020).

Don’t do drugs, kids.

Mike Tyson is a mad man

Well, this one was a doozy. Tyson (2008) is the sports documentary in focus and to be perfectly honest, it’s bloody confronting. The docco is an hour and a half of Iron Mike’s monologue and it leaves you scratching your head. From juvie, to stardom, to women, to drugs, to prison, to fighting for pay cheques, Mike’s had the life that makes you think ‘what if?’

Free Solo’ing El Capitan? Not for us, thanks

Alex Honnold can climb really high mountains without ropes and we are impressed. We wouldn’t do it, personally, but you’ve got to admire the man for going up El Capitan ‘Free Solo’ with just his film crew there to watch him potentially die. We unpack what it takes to be that crazy and what it would be like to be Sanni (congrats by the way.)

Jean loses the golfing plot and Craig Parry loves it

Netflix’s Docuseries ‘Losers’ takes our focus as we look at their '72nd Hole' episode, featuring French golfer Jean Van De Velde’s epic choke at the 1999 British Open. We play the final hole at Carnoustie with Jean and reflect on his sublime character to overcome adversity. Plus, this one features a Part Time Sport first.

F1, Imola, and Senna: The Sid Watkins Story

Our sports documentary for this week is ‘Senna,’ which looks at the life of F1 great and Brazilian star Ayrton Senna. It’s an emotional rollercoaster - especially in the lead-up to Imola in 2020 - but it’s also one of the best doccos we’ve ever watched. Respect to Senna, respect to F1, respect to Dr Sid, and we’re glad you’re dead Jean-Marie.

The AFL Merge of Fitzroy, Brisbane and Nauru

Australian Rules Football in the 80’s and 90’s wasn’t the relative cash cow it is today, so like all good executives, the AFL big wigs were looking for scapegoats and blood. Many struggling teams were put under the ‘merge’ microscope, but it was Fitzroy Lions and Brisbane Bears that ultimately made the unholy matrimony. This is the story of how they became the Brisbane Lions (thanks Nauru.)

Yes Yes to No No: A Dockumentary

Dock Ellis is famous for throwing a no-hitter while high on LSD, but we find out there’s more to the man than being ‘high as a Georgia pine.’ A great pitcher in his own right, Ellis helped change the face of Baseball during the 60’s, 70’s and beyond. This one goes full circle (there’s probably a baseball pun here but we’re not big enough fans.)

Nature Boy Ric Flair wrestles beers, women, and Daddy issues 

‘Nature Boy’ tells the life story of wrestler Ric Flair and it’s fair to say he’s had an eventful one. Parent issues, alter egos, stardom, alcoholism, fatherhood fails, and more, this is the type of sports documentary that throws everything at you. We live out our wrestling nostalgia as we track the life of the man that says ‘WOO’ alot.

Livin’ the Hoop Dreams (of Bo and Curtis)

Bo and Curtis aren’t the main characters of hit 1994 basketball documentary ‘Hoop Dreams,’ but my word they made an impression on us. We dissect families living vicariously through William Gates and Arthur Agee, big-fish-in-little-pond Coach Pingatore, and injury culling more promising careers. Revisit this classic documentary to see 80’s and 90’s basketball through race, class, and money.

Ugly Rugby and KFC for these Pacific Warriors

The biggest force in World Rugby isn’t the all conquering All Blacks, but three small Pacific Island nations that consistently punch above their weight (mainly thanks to KFC.) In our sports documentary review of Ruby Union’s ‘Pacific Warriors,’ we discover the international rugby stories of Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa and unravel how their (handsome) players have made rugby union great - albeit not while playing for their own nations

Cycling through a Sunday in Hell

As a sports documentary filmed in 1976, ‘A Sunday in Hell’ is a beautiful change up from the modern classics. We review this epic film as it profiles the 1976 Paris-Roubaix cycling race that is famous for its stage nicknamed ‘Hell.’ The narrator hates the French, protestors make their presence felt (because France), and the epic scenery and soundtrack make this a very worthwhile watch.

It’s your year, NFL Scabs

Our sports documentary this week is ESPN 30 for 30’s ‘Year of the Scab’ focusing on the 1987 NFL player strike for free agency. Fall in love with the Scabskins, boo the fickle fans and nasty owners, but stay for the way the scabs are treated in the aftermath of the 1987 season. Justice for Tony!

Cricket’s rasta men bounce through Babylon

Profiling the West Indies cricket team of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s, sports documentary ‘Fire in Babylon’ takes us on some bloody journey. The cricket, the characters, the music, and the groundsmen capture our hearts as we dissect not just why this team was great for cricket, but for the world. Big shout out to Bunny Wailer you mad, beautiful man. RASTAFARIIIIIIII

Golf’s rebel on sipping, gripping, and ripping

John Daly’s ‘Hit It Hard’ is our sports documentary this week - golf, cigarettes, chocolate, beers - all the big topics are covered. The man lives by the mantra of grip it and rip it, so we do our darndest to do the same as we track the life of a man who lives by no one’s code but his own (and ‘Hollywood’ Henderson’s.)