Talk about your odd couples.
A few weeks ago on Kaplan’s Korner, I posted about a Jewish-themed episode of the old Bill Cosby Show. This one titled “Dennis and The Dodger,” doesn’t have a Jewish slant, aside from the appearance of Koufax himself. And this was in 1959, before Koufax began his streak of five amazing seasons (1962-66).
This link comes courtesy of the Jewish Sports Collector’s group on Yahoo. You have to sign up for Hulu, but the basic service is free.Enjoy. (It’s a trip! Get a load of the “roles” of men and women in the Eisenhower years. And women in baseball, too. So innocent. They don’t make ’em like this anymore.)
Koufax also appeared, with several other Dodgers teammates, on an episode Mr. Ed.
In fact, the pitcher who has so often been said to be an introvert, has had more than an average superstar’s share of film and TV roles. According to Wikipedia,
Koufax appeared on television from 1959 through 1962. He was cast as Ben Cassidy in the 1959 episode “Too Smart to Live” of the syndicated western series, Shotgun Slade… In 1960, he played the role of “Johnny” in the episode Impasse of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series, Colt .45. He made minor appearances in two other ABC/WB productions, 77 Sunset Strip and Bourbon Street Beat…. He also appeared as himself on NBC’s detective series, Michael Shayne in the 1961 episode entitled “Strike Out.”
I’ll look into those other shows to see if I can find clips.
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