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The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings is a 1976 American sportscomedy film about a team of enterprising ex-Negro league baseball players in the era of racial segregation. Loosely based upon William Brashler's 1973 novel of the same name, it starred Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones and Richard Pryor. Directed by John Badham,^[1] the movie was produced by Berry Gordy for Motown Productions and Rob Cohen for Universal Pictures, and released by Universal on July 16, 1976.

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• The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings is a 1976 American sports comedy film about a team of enterprising ex- Negro league baseball players in the era of racial segregation. Loosely based upon William Brashler 's 1973 novel of the same name, it starred Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones and Richard Pryor.
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The film was a box office success, grossing $33 million on a $9 million budget.

Plot[edit]

Tired of being treated like a slave by team owner Sallison Potter, charismatic star pitcher Bingo Long steals a bunch of Negro league players away from their teams, including catcher/slugger Leon Carter and Charlie Snow, a player forever scheming to break into the segregated Major League Baseball of the 1930s by masquerading as first a Cuban ('Carlos Nevada'), then a Native American ('Chief Takahoma'). They take to the road, barnstorming through small Midwestern towns, playing the local teams to make ends meet. One of the opposing players, 'Esquire' Joe Calloway, is so good that they recruit him.

Bingo's team becomes so outlandishly entertaining and successful, it begins to cut into the attendance of the established Negro league teams. Finally, Bingo's nemesis Potter is forced to propose a winner-take-all game: if Bingo's team can beat a bunch of all-stars, it can join the league, but if it loses, the players will return to their old teams. Potter has two of his goons kidnap Leon prior to the game as insurance, but he escapes and is key to his side's victory.

As it turns out, there is a Major League scout in the audience. After the game, he offers Esquire Joe the chance to break the color barrier; with Bingo's blessing, he accepts. Leon glumly foresees the decline of the Negro leagues as more players follow Esquire Joe's lead, but Bingo, ever the optimist, cheers him up by describing the wild promotional stunts he intends to stage to bring in the paying customers.

Cast[edit]

• Billy Dee Williams as Bingo Long
• James Earl Jones as Leon Carter
• Richard Pryor as Charlie Snow, 'Carlos Nevada' and 'Chief Takahoma'
• Stan Shaw as 'Esquire Joe' Joseph Vanderbilt Calloway
• Tony Burton as Issac, an All-Star
• Rico Dawson as Willie Lee Shively, an All-Star
• Sam 'Birmingham' Brison as Louis Keystone, an All-Star
• Jophery Brown as Emory 'Champ' Chambers, an All-Star
• Leon Wagner as Fat Sam Popper, an All-Star
• John McCurry as Walter Murchman, an All-Star
• DeWayne Jessie as Rainbow, the All-Stars' batboy
• Ted Ross as Sallison Potter, Bingo's nemesis and owner of the Ebony Aces
• Mabel King as Bertha Dewitt, another Negro leagues team owner
• Ken Foree as Honey, one of Potter's henchmen
• Carl Gordon as Mack, another one of Potter's goons

Negro leagues tie-ins[edit]

Some characters and situations are loosely based upon real-life people and incidents. Badham grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, and was familiar with the Birmingham Black Barons, who shared Rickwood Field with the white Birmingham Barons.^[2]

Bingo Long is based on former Black Baron Leroy 'Satchel' Paige. Early in his career, Paige would call in his outfield while leading in the ninth inning against an amateur or semi-pro team and strike out the side. Bingo did a similar stunt in this movie. Leon Carter is a Josh Gibson-like power hitter, even playing the same position (catcher). 'Esquire' Joe Calloway is an amalgam of another Black Baron, Willie Mays (in personality, talent, and fielding position) and Jackie Robinson (as being signed by a white team at the film's end).

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings were loosely based on the Indianapolis Clowns and other barnstorming Negro baseball teams, who likewise engaged in Harlem Globetrotters-like clowning routines.

Production[edit]

Luther Williams Field in Macon, Georgia, was used for filming as the Negro leagues ballpark. Luther Williams Field was home to the Macon Music, a minor league team in the independent South Coast League. Additional ballpark scenes were shot at Morgan Field in Macon, a Pony and Colt League Youth Baseball field, Grayson Stadium in Savannah, Georgia, home of the Savannah Sand Gnats of the Class A South Atlantic League, and Wallace Field in Crawford County, Georgia. Exterior scenes set in St. Louis residential neighborhoods were also filmed in Savannah. Scenes set in rural communities were filmed in Talbotton, Georgia, and various small towns around Macon, including Monticello, Georgia. Some ballplayers were played by actual former athletes, including former members of the Indianapolis Clowns, who performed various stunts shown in the film.

Steven Spielberg originally wanted to have a hand in producing the movie until the success of his film Jaws got his full attention.^[3]

Reception[edit]

The film received positive reviews, but several critics thought it could have been better. Roger Ebert wrote that 'Bingo Long' is fun, it's pleasant to watch, but it cakewalks too much on its way to the box office.'^[4]Jay Cocks agreed in his Time magazine review, stating 'Although it never fulfills the richest possibilities in the raffish misadventures of a barnstorming black baseball team of the 1930s, it does come close from time to time.'^[5] The movie holds an 87% 'Fresh' rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 15 critics.

Accolades[edit]

The film was nominated for the American Film Institute's 2008 AFI's 10 Top 10 in the sports film category.^[6]

References[edit]

1. ^'The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings'. TCM database. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
2. ^Badham, John (November 19, 2009) 'John Badham on 'The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings'.' Trailers from Hell! – accessed July 30, 2010
3. ^Phillips, Michael (15 April 2013). 'Baseball films to add to your viewing lineup'. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
4. ^Roger Ebert (July 16, 1976). 'Bingo'.
5. ^Jay Cocks (August 2, 1976). 'Cinema: Infield Hit'. Time.
6. ^'AFI's 10 Top 10 Nominees'(PDF). Archived from the original(PDF) on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2016-08-19.

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External links[edit]

• The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings at IMDb
• The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings at Rotten Tomatoes

Wayne's Bingo All Stars Review

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However, this brand does have one crucial difference to all the rest - genuine involvement from six celebrities:

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The first four names on this list were previously involved with Sun Bingo's 'Having A Ball' show. This was a fun gameshow that used to be live-streamed into the Candy Room. Clearly they all had such a good time on that project they were keen to continue working together.

Linda Lusardi doesn't have any bingo history as far as I know, but Mr Motivator definitely does. In fact, since Bingo All Stars launched he has done videos for Mecca Bingo and even performed at the launch of PlayOJO Bingo. It seems the owner of Bingo All Stars forgot to tie him down to an exclusivity deal!

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The concept of having celebrities become chat hosts for the evening at a bingo site is nothing new, but here the celebs do appear to take it in turns hosting at least once a week in their exclusive room, the All Stars Lounge, every Friday at 8.00pm.

When the game begins you will see the celeb appear in a video screen that pops up in the bottom right corner of your screen. On mobile this does obscure the button to chat and play side games, but you can drag it around and move the screen wherever you like.

I also noticed the games were seeded, as when I played on 23rd October 2020 there were only 4 players in the room, tickets were 30p in total and yet the prize money was £4.00 for a line, £6.00 for 2 lines and £8 for a full house. There is nothing better than finding a seeded room with low player numbers in, you have a brilliant chance at building up a good pot of wins!

Jean Martyn was the celeb on this particular visit and she was being interviewed by a host named Timmy. She didn't really chat to the players, but they were gabbing away about her time on Britain's Got Talent and occasionally she would play a tune on the keyboard.

You can't actually see your tickets when you're chatting on mobile, so I got pretty deft at switching between game and chat, all while Jean sat chatting away to interviewer Timmy. It was pretty good, just needs more people to know about it and get in to make the chat more engaging.

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Mystery Jackpot is a 75 ball room where the prize money changes each game and Even Stevens is a 90 ball room where every player has 24 tickets.

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They also have a bunch of free bingo rooms, but each of these has some kind of restricted access based on how much money you've deposited over a certain period of time.