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Celtics City - Bill Simmons produced HBO docu (airing 3/3)

Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2025 11:28 pm
by doogie_hauser
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This looks amazing..

Can't wait!

Re: Celtics City - Bill Simmons produced HBO docu (airing 3/3)

Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2025 11:33 pm
by ryan in Maine
They picked that date for Bird

Re: Celtics City - Bill Simmons produced HBO docu (airing 3/3)

Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2025 11:46 pm
by strokerace
I can't wait.

Re: Celtics City - Bill Simmons produced HBO docu (airing 3/3)

Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2025 2:40 am
by Fencer reregistered
Simmons is "Executive Producer", which is usually a meaningless title.

Re: Celtics City - Bill Simmons produced HBO docu (airing 3/3)

Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2025 2:41 am
by doogie_hauser
Fencer reregistered wrote:Simmons is "Executive Producer", which is usually a meaningless title.


To be fair to Bill, he did an excellent job with that Bill Russell docu and getting Russ's statue erected in Boston.

Re: Celtics City - Bill Simmons produced HBO docu (airing 3/3)

Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:06 pm
by jfs1000d
Fencer reregistered wrote:Simmons is "Executive Producer", which is usually a meaningless title.

Usually means they got the big bosses to sign off on it, and had input in the creative idea and format and approved the final. Not day to day.


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Re: Celtics City - Bill Simmons produced HBO docu (airing 3/3)

Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:35 pm
by Fencer reregistered
jfs1000d wrote:
Fencer reregistered wrote:Simmons is "Executive Producer", which is usually a meaningless title.

Usually means they got the big bosses to sign off on it, and had input in the creative idea and format and approved the final. Not day to day.


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It can be that and more.

It can also be less. E.g., Dolly Parton was an executive producer for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and I've NEVER heard of her being involved in the show in any way.

Re: Celtics City - Bill Simmons produced HBO docu (airing 3/3)

Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:41 pm
by fallguy
Can't wait for this. I wonder how much Stiemsma content there will be.

Re: Celtics City - Bill Simmons produced HBO docu (airing 3/3)

Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:57 pm
by zoyathedestroya
ryan in Maine wrote:They picked that date for Bird

Significance of date for Bird? And is it Larry Bird? Sue? Big?

Only one I could find is that’s when he scored 60 in a game. Kinda fitting that it lands on Tatum’s bday.

Had they decided to release it a day earlier, Tatum would have the most documentaries with him actively playing before the age 27 (probably a made-up stat).

Re: Celtics City - Bill Simmons produced HBO docu (airing 3/3)

Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2025 4:13 pm
by ryan in Maine
zoyathedestroya wrote:
ryan in Maine wrote:They picked that date for Bird

Significance of date for Bird? And is it Larry Bird? Sue? Big?

Only one I could find is that’s when he scored 60 in a game. Kinda fitting that it lands on Tatum’s bday.

Had they decided to release it a day earlier, Tatum would have the most documentaries with him actively playing before the age 27 (probably a made-up stat).

March 3rd. 3/3.

It's a Monday ftr.

Re: Celtics City - Bill Simmons produced HBO docu (airing 3/3)

Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2025 2:55 pm
by Marley2Hendrix
fallguy wrote:Can't wait for this. I wonder how much Stiemsma content there will be.


Had to log-in and quote - this f'n slayed me.

I want at least five minutes on Dwayne Schintzius appearing in Eddie.

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Re: Celtics City - Bill Simmons produced HBO docu (airing 3/3)

Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2025 12:01 am
by doogie_hauser
Marley2Hendrix wrote:
fallguy wrote:Can't wait for this. I wonder how much Stiemsma content there will be.


Had to log-in and quote - this f'n slayed me.

I want at least five minutes on Dwayne Schintzius appearing in Eddie.

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What a blast from the past !

One of those players you sometimes forget actually played for the Celtics, like Nique

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Re: Celtics City - Bill Simmons produced HBO docu (airing 3/3)

Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2025 6:21 pm
by DelMonte West
doogie_hauser wrote:
Marley2Hendrix wrote:
fallguy wrote:Can't wait for this. I wonder how much Stiemsma content there will be.


Had to log-in and quote - this f'n slayed me.

I want at least five minutes on Dwayne Schintzius appearing in Eddie.

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What a blast from the past !

One of those players you sometimes forget actually played for the Celtics, like Nique

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I wish I could forget that Wilkins played for the Celtics. I went to a Celts-Cavs game (my first ever) during the last season at the Garden, and he was putting up bricks like nobody's business. We had this one guy that yelled, "Go back to Atlanta, idiot!" (even though he came from the Clippers at the time), and the next time Nique hit a shot, I yelled, "Stay in Boston!"

That entire team was a cluster of fudge.

Re: Celtics City - Bill Simmons produced HBO docu (airing 3/3)

Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2025 7:50 pm
by Ed Pinkney
I can’t figure out if there will be a way to watch this in Australia yet unfortunately. We don’t have HBO Max available.

Re: Celtics City - Bill Simmons produced HBO docu (airing 3/3)

Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2025 11:33 pm
by doogie_hauser
Ed Pinkney wrote:I can’t figure out if there will be a way to watch this in Australia yet unfortunately. We don’t have HBO Max available.


I am very confident it will be either available to watch on Kayo or Binge (they are the streaming services that normally has HBO spots docus)

Re: Celtics City - Bill Simmons produced HBO docu (airing 3/3)

Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2025 12:11 am
by Ed Pinkney
doogie_hauser wrote:
Ed Pinkney wrote:I can’t figure out if there will be a way to watch this in Australia yet unfortunately. We don’t have HBO Max available.


I am very confident it will be either available to watch on Kayo or Binge (they are the streaming services that normally has HBO spots docus)



I have a Binge subscription at the moment and thought they might show it, there is just nothing listed on their website or in the coming soon section yet. Here's hoping they do show it.

Re: Celtics City - Bill Simmons produced HBO docu (airing 3/3)

Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2025 3:25 am
by ScottieJ
Ed Pinkney wrote:
doogie_hauser wrote:
Ed Pinkney wrote:I can’t figure out if there will be a way to watch this in Australia yet unfortunately. We don’t have HBO Max available.


I am very confident it will be either available to watch on Kayo or Binge (they are the streaming services that normally has HBO spots docus)



I have a Binge subscription at the moment and thought they might show it, there is just nothing listed on their website or in the coming soon section yet. Here's hoping they do show it.


I'll be able to get it. So if you're having trouble sourcing it after it's released give me a shout.

Re: Celtics City - Bill Simmons produced HBO docu (airing 3/3)

Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2025 4:40 am
by doogie_hauser
Am listening to the latest Bill Simmons podcast (who said he has been working on this for 4 years)

It's going to be a 9 part series it seems.

I really hope they also release such an essential series like this on dvd/blu-ray format.

This is the type of essential collectable heirloom I would love to pass down to future generations of my family.

Re: Celtics City - Bill Simmons produced HBO docu (airing 3/3)

Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2025 8:49 am
by ConstableGeneva

Re: Celtics City - Bill Simmons produced HBO docu (airing 3/3)

Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2025 6:18 pm
by Fencer reregistered
zoyathedestroya wrote:
ryan in Maine wrote:They picked that date for Bird

Significance of date for Bird? And is it Larry Bird? Sue? Big?

Only one I could find is that’s when he scored 60 in a game. Kinda fitting that it lands on Tatum’s bday.

Had they decided to release it a day earlier, Tatum would have the most documentaries with him actively playing before the age 27 (probably a made-up stat).


Simmons has now tweeted a sincere-sounding denial that the date has anything to do with Bird's uniform number.