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The music video for the song was directed by Michael Oblowitz, who had a $25,000 budget. [1] The video included cameos by hip hop groups The Fat Boys and Whodini . [ 1 ] Although Blow had wanted the video to include footage of the players mentioned in the song, the National Basketball Association would only provide clearance for use of still ...
The video depicts adults interacting with the youth of an inner-city schoolyard. It shows Simon playing basketball and stickball with the children, and it also features basketball player Spud Webb, baseball player Mickey Mantle, and football coach-commentator John Madden giving tips to young athletes.
"Roundball Rock" was first developed by John Tesh in July 1989 at a hotel room in Megève, France.Tesh was in France at the time covering the Tour de France for CBS. NBC had recently acquired National Basketball Association (NBA) broadcasting rights from CBS, and let Tesh know it was looking for a theme song.
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It was the origin of the song “Roundball Rock,” which Tesh estimates was played 12,000 times during game coverage as the NBA on NBC theme from 1990 to 2002. ... Albert said before the video ...
Be Like Mike is a television advertisement for Gatorade starring American professional basketball player Michael Jordan.Created by advertising agency Bayer Bess Vanderwarker, it featured various children and adults playing basketball with Jordan, set to a song with lyrics about wishing one could be like the basketball player.
The music video, directed by Zia Mohajerjasbi, alludes to an autobiographical story line. It depicts its main character (Macklemore) and his experiences as a young boy infatuated with basketball and basketball paraphernalia , athletic shoes in particular, and what adverse effect it had on him as he grew up.
Dear Basketball is a 2017 American animated film written and narrated by Kobe Bryant and directed and animated by Glen Keane, with music by John Williams. [2] It is based on a letter Bryant wrote for The Players' Tribune on November 29, 2015, announcing his retirement from basketball. [3] [4] The film was distributed online through go90. [5]