- Title: VM-1194
- Summary: Allied Brand Triple Crown: HOWARD COSELL IMITATOR, CALLS THE RACE BETWEEN SIX THOROUGHBREDS NAMED, "TAB", "DIET PEPSI", "MELLOW YELLOW", "MOUNTAIN DEW", "SUGAR FREE DR. PEPPER" AND "PEPSI LIGHT". sports, gambling.
- Description:00:24:50 - MLS VARIOUS GOOD SHOTS RACE HORSES LEAVING THE GATE AND SPEEDING AROUND TRACK AS HORSE RACE STARTS. SIGN AT TOP OF GATE "ALLIED BRAND'S TRIP;E CROWN 1980".sports 00:25:01 - LARGE LOGE WITH "ALLIED BRAND'S TRIPLE CROWN 1980" AT TOP AND "DIET PEPSI, MOUNTAIN DEW AND PEPSI LIGHT" LOGOS IN CENTER. 00:25:10 - LS PAN PARKING LOT CROWDED WITH CARS AND UNIDENTIFIED RACE TRACK STADIUM IN B/G. RACE FANS EXITING CHARTERED BUS. CROWD FANS WALKING TO STADIUM. THREE WOMEN WALKING ARM AND ARM TOWARDS CAMERA. AERIAL PAN RACE TRACK . PAN CROWD ASSEMBLING IN STANDS AND MEZZANINE. 00:25:41 - VARIOUS SHOTS MALE, FEMALE FANS AT BETTING WINDOWS PLACING BETS. MCU MAN ON LINE WITH CIGAR IN MOUTH, BRIN OF FEDORA FOLDED UP, SMILES FOR CAMERA. cu HAND SHOVING MONEY TO CASHIER, HE HANDS OUT BET TICKET. CASHIER MAKING CHANGE. gambling, handicapping 00 25 58 VARIOUS VIEWS, MAN, WOMEN, IN STANDS CHECKING OUT SCRATCH SHEETS. CU HANDS HOLDING CAN PEPSI AND SCRATCH SHEET. YOUNG FANS IN STANDS WEARING PEPSI AND MOUNTAIN DEW SWEAT SHIRTS, SIPPING CANS OF SAME. MS TOTE BOARD SHOWS THE BETTING ODDS FOR THE 6 HORSES. CU ZOOM AWAY TV CAMERA IN STANDS FOCUSED ON TRACK. 00:26:17 - JOCKEYS HUDDLE IN CIRCLE AS TRAINER EXERCISE THE HORSES AROUND THEM. VOICE OVER "HOWARD", EXPLAINS GOINGS ON. VARIOUS SHOTS FANS PEERING WITH BINOCULARS. CU FAN PEERING THROUGH BINOCULARS AT CAMERA. 00:26:48 - GOOD JOCKEY #2 ON "DIET PEPSI" POSES AS TRAINER HOLDS REINS. (GOOD SHOT). CU FACE SHOT HORSE WITH FACE MASK. CU TRAINER FEEDING HORSE CAN OF DIET PEPSI. CU TONGUE OF HORSE LAPPING UP CAN DIET PEPSI. animal antics 00:27:17 - JOCKEY FOR HORSE # 5 "SUGAR FREE DR. PEPPER BEING WEIGHED ON SCALE BY OFFICIAL, STARTS TO DO A WILD DANCE ON AND OFF SCALE. "SHOUTING :I'M A PEPPER" TO EVERYONE. CU HORSE SHOWING HIS DISBELIEF, SHAKES HIS HEAD. 00:27:45 - ONE OF THE OWNERS OF "TAB", WITH BLACK MUSTACHE, PIN STRIPED SUIT, LONG CIGAR, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS ATTRACTIVE YOUNG WIFE, WALKS TOWARDS HIS JOCKEY AS PHOTOGRAPHER TAKES SHOTS AS THEY WALK. "TAB" JOCKEY DRINKING CAN OF "DIET PEPSI", QUICKLY HIDES CAN BEHIND HIM AS OWNER APPROACHES. AS OWNER CHECKS OUT HORSE, JOCKEY SLIPS THE CAN OF DIET PEPSI TO OWNERS WIFE. CU ATTRACTIVE WOMAN SIPPING CAN OF PEPSI. 00:28:23 - MS MAN IN RED COSTUME AND BLACK CAP, SINGLES THE FAMILIAR SOUND OF THE POST PARADE WITH LONG TRUMPET. JOCKEY MOUNTS HIS HORSE. VARIOUS SHOTS JOCKEYS ON THEIR HORSES, PARADING TO THE POST, EXCEPT "MELLOW YELLOW" WHO HASN'T ARRIVED AT TRACK YET. 00:28:53 - JOCKEY FOR "MELLOW YELLOW", HASTILY TRIES TO MOUNT THE HORSE, FALLS OFF. AS JOCKEY SIPS FROM LARGE BOTTLE OF MELLOW YELLOW SODA, TRAINER AND OWNER HASTILY GIVE LAST INSTRUCTIONS. TILT DOWN FROM JOCKEY ON HORSE DRINKING FROM LARGE, TO HORSE URINATING ON PHOTOGRAPHER'S LEG. animal antics, oddity. 00:29:45 - MS PAN LONG BANNER WITH "ALLIED BRANDS TRIPLE CROWN, 1980". HORSES AND MOUNTED JOCKEY BEING LED TO POST BY OFFICIAL ON HORSEBACK, TOWARDS CAMERA. PAN THREE TIERED STANDS FULL OF HORSE RACING FANS, PIGEONS FLYING ABOUT IN F/G. MS MAN AT RAIL READING SCRATCH SHEET. MAN CHECKING OUT HORSES THROUGH BINOCULARS. CU SHOTS JOCKEYS RIDING TO GATE. 00:30:25 - VARIOUS SHOTS JOCKEY AND HORSE #1 "TAB", RIDING TO THE GATE; FOLLOWED BY #2, "DIET PEPSI"; FOLLOWED BY #3 "MELLOW YELLOW" SHOWS UNSTEADINESS AND HIGH STRUNG; . FOLLOWED BY #4 "MOUNTAIN DEW YOUNG COUPLE IN STANDS WITH MOUNTAIN DEW T-SHIRTS, SIP CANS OF MOUNTAIN DEW AS THEY WATCH; FOLLOWED BY #5 "SUGAR FREE DR. PEPPER", WHOSE JOCKEY JUMPS FROM HIS SADDLE AND DANCES WILDLY AND SHOUTS "I'M A PEPPER" oddity; FOLLOWED BY #6 "PEPSI LIGHT", A NEW ENTRY. 00:31:30 - VARIOUS SHOTS PAN CROWD IN STANDS "GOING WILD". VARIOUS SHOTS HORSES BEING SETTLED IN AT THE GATE. CU SHOTS JOCKEYS ADJUSTING GOGGLES, AND OUTFITS. 00:31:54 - "THEY'RE OFF!!!!! THREE WAY SPLIT SCREEN SHOWING VARIOUS SHOTS HORSES LEAVING GATE FOR START OF RACE, AND SPEEDING DOWN TRACK. VARIOUS SHOTS EXCITED FANS URGING ON THEIR HORSE CHOICE. VOICE OVER EXCITEDLY CALLS THE RACE. VARIOUS SHOTS HORSES BUNCHED TOGETHER AS THEY MAKE THE TURN, EACH ALTERNATING TAKING THE LEAD. 00:32:50 - LS 6 HORSES MAKING THE TURN TOWARDS CAMERA, MORE OF FANS. MORE OF SPLIT SCREENS OF HORSES IN SLOW MOTION ACTION. 00:34:26 - PHOTO FINISH SHOWS THREE HORSES, DIET PEPSI, MOUNTAIN DEW AND PEPSI LIGHT ES COMING IN AT SAME TIME. A THREE HORSE PHOTO FINISH.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1980
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1980s
- File Name: VM-1194