History Trivia / Baseketball

* OldShame: Creator/TreyParkerAndMattStone rarely speak kindly of this film, as they felt its particular brand of humor was beneath them, and were at one point nervous that their legacy as entertainers would be relegated to this movie (luckily for them, this was never the case). According to them, they only took the roles because they assumed that it was just something you "did" once you were successful in Hollywood and that ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' would have been canceled by that point (it wasn't, resulting in both of them losing a lot of sleep attempting to juggle both). "[[Recap/SouthParkS8E3ThePassionOfTheJew The Passion of the Jew]]" pokes fun at the film when Stan tells Kenny that it's their right to get a refund after seeing a bad movie (in this case, ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist''): "This will be just like when we saw ''[=BASEketball=].''"
** Creator/ErnestBorgnine once called this the worst movie he ever appeared in, which considering his filmography is saying something.

* OldShame: Creator/TreyParkerAndMattStone rarely speak kindly of this film, as they felt it's particular brand of humor was beneath them, and were at one point nervous that their legacy as entertainers would be relegated to this movie (luckily for them, this was never the case). According to them, they only took the roles because they assumed that it was just something you "did" once you were successful in Hollywood and that ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' would have been canceled by that point (it wasn't, resulting in both of them losing a lot of sleep attempting to juggle both). [[Recap/SouthParkS8E3ThePassionOfTheJew The Passion of the Jew]]" pokes fun at the film when Stan tells Kenny that it's their right to get a refund after seeing a bad movie (in this case, ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist''): "This will be just like when we saw ''[=BASEketball=].''"

* InspirationForTheWork: The movie is based on a real-life game that David Zucker created with his friends, literally played in the driveway of his home. Many of the reappearing teammates are friends of Zucker and actual original players of the Zucker-driveway game, asked by the director to be in the movie to pay homage to origins of BASEketball.
* OldShame: Creator/TreyParkerndMattStone rarely speak kindly of this film, as they felt it's particular brand of humor was beneath them, and were at one point nervous that their legacy as entertainers would be relegated to this movie (luckily for them, this was never the case). According to them, they only took the roles because they assumed that it was just something you "did" once you were successful in Hollywood and that ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' would have been canceled by that point (it wasn't, resulting in both of them losing a lot of sleep attempting to juggle both). [[Recap/SouthParkS8E3ThePassionOfTheJew The Passion of the Jew]]" pokes fun at the film when Stan tells Kenny that it's their right to get a refund after seeing a bad movie (in this case, ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist''): "This will be just like when we saw ''[=BASEketball=].''"
* RealSongThemeTune: Music/ReelBigFish's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHpU0ZfXZ_g cover of A-Ha's "Take On Me"]] for the movie itself, their song "Beer" for the Milwaukee Beers.

* NakedFirstImpression: Due to scheduling, Yasmine Bleeth's first scene with Creator/TreyParkerAndMattStone was the scene where her character walks in on them naked in the locker room.
* OldShame: Trey and Matt rarely speak kindly of this film, as they felt it's particular brand of humor was beneath them, and were at one point nervous that their legacy as entertainers would be relegated to this movie (luckily for them, this was never the case). According to them, they only took the roles because they assumed that it was just something you "did" once you were successful in Hollywood and that ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' would have been canceled by that point (it wasn't, resulting in both of them losing a lot of sleep attempting to juggle both). [[Recap/SouthParkS8E3ThePassionOfTheJew The Passion of the Jew]]" pokes fun at the film when Stan tells Kenny that it's their right to get a refund after seeing a bad movie (in this case, ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist''): "This will be just like when we saw ''[=BASEketball=].''"
* RealSongThemeTune: Music/ReelBigFish's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHpU0ZfXZ_g cover of A-Ha's "Take On Me"]] for the movie itself, their song "Beer" for the Milwaukee Beers.

* OldShame: Trey and Matt have made it well-known that they don't want to be solely recognized as "those guys from ''[=BASEketball=]''" despite the fact that nobody knows them by that nowadays -- or even did at the time! (Instead, they're known as "The guys behind ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''.") The season eight ''South Park'' episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS8E3ThePassionOfTheJew The Passion of the Jew]]" pokes fun at the film when Stan tells Kenny that it's their right to get a refund after seeing a bad movie (in this case, ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist''): "This will be just like when we saw ''[=BASEketball=].''"

* RealSongThemeTune: Music/ReelBigFish's cover of A-Ha's "Take On Me" for the movie itself, their song "Beer" for the Milwaukee Beers.

* OldShame: Trey and Matt have made it well-known that they don't want to be solely recognized as "those guys from ''[=BASEketball=]''" despite the fact that nobody knows them by that nowadays -- or even did at the time! (Instead, they're known as "The guys behind ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''.") The season eight ''South Park'' episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS8E3ThePassionOfTheJew The Passion of the Jew]]" pokes fun at the film when Stan tells Kenny that it's their right to get a refund after seeing a bad movie (in this case, ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist''): "This will be just like when we saw ''[=BASEketball=].''"

* OldShame: Trey and Matt have made it well known that they don't want to be solely recognized as "those guys from ''BASEketball''" despite that nobody knows them by that nowadays. (Instead, they're known as "the guys behind ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''"). The season eight ''South Park'' episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS8E3ThePassionOfTheJew The Passion of the Jew]]" even had a line where Stan tells Kenny that it's their right to get a refund after seeing a bad movie (in this case, ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist'') because they didn't get one for seeing ''BASEketball''.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $23 million. Box office, $7,027,290.

* OldShame: Trey and Matt have made it well known that they don't want to be solely recognized as "those guys from ''Baseketball''" despite that nobody knows them by that nowadays. (Instead, they're known as "the guys behind ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''"). The season eight ''South Park'' episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS8E3ThePassionOfTheJew The Passion of the Jew]]" even had a line where Stan tells Kenny that it's their right to get a refund after seeing a bad movie (in this case, ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist'') because they didn't get one for seeing ''Baseketball''.

* NakedOnIntroduction: Due to scheduling, Yasmine Bleeth's first scene with Creator/TreyParkerAndMattStone was the scene where her character walks in on them naked in the locker room.

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** One of the cameo appearances was [[Series/{{Alias}} Greg]] [[Series/{{Heroes}} Grunberg]] as a player for the New York/New Jersey team.
** Also, [[Series/{{Frasier}} Trevor Einhorn]] as Joey.
** Dian Bachar (who has cameos in a few WesternAnimation/SouthPark episodes, most notably as Satan's boyfriend, Chris) as "Squeak" Scolari.
** Professional sportscasters Bob Costas and Al Michaels are up in the booth calling the BASEketball championships.
** Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson as football player who finally got to play for Miami...Minnesota
* HeyItsThatVoice: Trey Parker uses some of his ''South Park'' voices.
** As Tweek's dad:
---> ''"Once. But that... was a long time ago."''
** As Mr. Garrison:
---> ''"I forgot how much Doug Remer cares about kids."''
** As Eric Cartman
---> ''"Hey, you guys, seriously, I'm fucking fat!"''

** Also, [[{{Frasier}} Trevor Einhorn]] as Joey.

* OldShame: Trey and Matt have made it well known that they don't want to be solely recognized as "those guys from ''Baseketball''" despite that nobody knows them by that nowadays. (Instead, they're known as "the guys behind ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''"). The season eight ''South Park'' episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS8E3ThePassionOfTheJew The Passion of the Jew]]" even had a line where Stan tells Kenny that it's their right to get a refund after seeing a bad movie (in this case, ''The Passion of the Christ'') because they didn't get one for seeing ''Baseketball''.

* OldShame: Trey and Matt have made it well known that they don't want to be solely recognized as "those guys from ''Baseketball''" despite that nobody knows them by that nowadays. (Instead, they're known as "the guys behind ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''"). The season eight ''South Park'' episode "The Passion of the Jew" even had a line where Stan tells Kenny that it's their right to get a refund after seeing a bad movie (in this case, ''The Passion of the Christ'') because they didn't get one for seeing ''Baseketball''.

* OldShame: Trey and Matt have made it well known that they don't want to be solely recognized as "those guys from ''Baseketball''" despite that nobody knows them by that nowadays. (Instead, they're known as "the guys behind ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''")

** Professional sportscasters BobCostas and AlMichaels are up in the booth calling the BASEketball championships.

** Dian Bachar (who has cameos in a few SouthPark episodes, most notably as Satan's boyfriend, Chris) as "Squeak" Scolari.

* OldShame: Trey and Matt have made it well known that they don't want to be solely recognized as "those guys from ''Baseketball''" despite that nobody knows them by that nowadays. (Instead, they're known as "the guys behind ''SouthPark''")

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** One of the cameo appearances was [[Series/{{Alias}} Greg]] [[Series/{{Heroes}} Grunberg]] as a player for the New York/New Jersey team.
** Also, [[{{Frasier}} Trevor Einhorn]] as Joey.
** Dian Bachar (who has cameos in a few SouthPark episodes, most notably as Satan's boyfriend, Chris) as "Squeak" Scolari.

** One of the cameo appearances was [[{{Alias}} Greg]] [[Series/{{Heroes}} Grunberg]] as a player for the New York/New Jersey team.