If you happen to find yourself in or near Woodland, CA and have several minutes to spare, take someone over the age of 60 aside and mention Danny Thomas. Rather than glass coffee tables, they will most likely mention the time that Mr. Thomas swept into town to produce the now forgotten ABC Movie of the Week Blood Sport.
Danny Thomas Productions: Keeping Danny Thomas flush in glass coffee tables since 1960.
Not Associated With Jean Claude Van Dam
Filmed at various locations around Yolo County, but mostly at Woodland High School's football stadium, it appears that everyone in town at the time tried to get involved in some way.
Wow, this place hasn’t changed in- ever.
Just about everyone in town was probably sitting in the stadium bleachers here.
What happens when your town doesn’t even have a McDonald’s
Long before he was scaring small children, Gary Busey was playing the poor high schooler forced into football by his domineering father.
Danny Thomas Presents: Before They Were Frightening
The coach might look familiar; it's Larry Hagman.
“What do you mean, ‘Are you drinking?’ I’m stuck
in Woodland. Of course, I’m drinking!”
The film has never made it to home video in any format, but its memory lives on in the hearts of those who remember the time when Hollywood went to Woodland.