The Back Wall
Raunchy and reactionary play-by-play on the controversial ball games and ball scandals that changed America, with a mission to bridge the cultural gap between sports haters and sports lovers. Hosted by Filthy Armenian and Glen Rockney, and featuring a wide spectrum of eccentric guests, each episode is available in audio and video to provide a realtime uncensored trip deep, deep, deep to the back wall.For access to all our premium episodes, in audio and video, subscribe at Patreon.com/TheBackWall for only $5 a month.
The Back Wall
40. The Gambler and The Gambler (PREVIEW)
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Filthy Armenian & Glen Rockney
What's winning got to do with it? We review the The Gambler by Dostoyevsky and the classic 1974 crime drama very loosely based on it, directed by Karel Reisz and written by James Toback, starring James Caan as a literature professor who seems to have everything a man could possibly want. Except...
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