LOWER 80s THAT WILL START THE
WORKWEEK.
PLAY BALL.
Bruce: EVERY TIME THIS GUY
COMES IN I WANT TO GO ♪
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT SONG MEAN?
IT MEANS HARLEM GLOBE-TROTTERS
COMING TO TOWN ENTERTAINING FOR
FAMILIES FOR YEARS IF WITH THEIR
AMAZING SKILLS ON THE COURT, YOU
CAN CATCH THEM IN ACTION FRIDAY
AT THE VETERAN'S MEMORIAL ARENA.
THIS MORNING WE'RE CATCHING UP
WITH A 14-YEAR VET WITH THE
TEAM, BUCKET BUDDY BLAKES GOOD
TO HAVE YOU HERE.
GREAT TO HAVE YOU BACK IN TOWN.
WHEN PEOPLE GO THERE IT IS THE
USUAL SHENANIGANS BUT YOU GUYS
KEEP THE SHOW FRESH.
IT IS OUR 90th
ANNIVERSARY AND FOR OUR 90th
ANNIVERSARY WE WEARING THROWBACK
UNIFORMS, ACTUALLY I HAVE ON THE
SOX, YOU SEE THOSE.
Bruce: I LOVE THOSE SOX.
THOSE TAKE YOU BACK RIGHT
THERE WE'RE NOT ONLY WEARING
THOSE UNIFORMS BUT A INITIATIVE
CALLED THE GREAT ASSIST AND OUR
WHOLE GET TO IS TO GET 100
MILLION SMILES IN THE NEXT TEN
YEARS AND THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO
DO THAT IS BY VISITING SCHOOL,
WE HAVE A ABC BULLYING PROGRAM,
CHEER FOR CHARACTER PROGRAM AND
OUR SMILE PATROL AND WE VISIT
CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS AND WE HAVE
A PROGRAM CALLED SPIN WHICH
STANES FOR SOME PLAY TIME IS
NECESSARY THAT ENCOURAGES KIDS
TO BE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE AT LEAST
60 MINUTES A DAY.
A LOT OF TRICK SHOTS FROM ALL
OVER THE PLACE MAYBE FROM THE
SEAT NEXT TO YOU IN THE STAND AS
WELL AS A LOT OF CROWD
PARTICIPATION.
Bruce: YOU'RE VISITING ONE
OF THE SCHOOLS TODAY.
YES.
THIS IS YOU SETTING A
GUINESS WORLD RECORD.
DOES THAT TAKE YOU BACK?
IT DOES, IT DOES.
THIS IS THE MOST NERVOUS I'VE
EVER BEEN, SEE THAT GUY, LITTLE
EUROJACKET ON BLAZER AND THE
TIGHT JEANS OR TIGHT, HE WAS
MAKING SURE I DIDN'T CROSS THE
LINE, IF I CROSSED THE LINE THE
SHOT DOESN'T COUNT AND USUALLY
WHEN YOU SHOOT A SHOT AND IF YOU
RELEASE IT BEFORE YOU LAND OVER
THE LINE IT IS STILL WORTH
HOWEVER MANY POINTS I HAD TO
READJUST MYSELF.
AND I ENDED UP SETTING THE
RECORD AND I'M IN THE GUINESS
BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS NOW AND
ONE OF THOSE BOOKS WHEN YOU'RE A
KID YOU WANT TO BE THE FIRST THE
LIBRARY.
Bruce: IS IT HARDER
SHOOTING UNDERHAND.
IT IS, IT IS, BUT I
DEVELOPED OVER THE YEARS WITH
THE GLOBE-TROTTER, YOU KNOW,
COMPETING AGAINST SOME OF MY
TEAMMATES ONE OF MY TEAMMATE HAS
THE LONGEST BACKWARD SHOT ON HIS
KNEES.
ONE LOCKEST HOOK SHOT AND HE HAS
THE LONGEST SPIN ON THE NOSE AND
HEAD.
AND THEN THUNDER HAS THE LONGEST
JUST BACKWARD SHOT STANDING UP
AND THE FURTHERREST INSIDE OF AN
ARENA, I THINK THAT WAS
109 FEET.
YOU GUYS WILL GET TO SEE THAT AT
THE GAME A.
Bruce: IF SOMEONE WANTED TO
TRYOUT TO BE A GLOBE-TROTTER.
DO YOU HAVE TO THESE SKILLS.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR GREAT
BASKETBALL PLAY ERRS, PHENOMENAL
ATHLETES AND CERTAIN
CHARACTERISTICS, WE'RE THE
AMBASSADOR OF GOODWILL AND BEEN
TO 22 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES
IN OUR HISTORY AND LAUGHTERRER
AND JOY IS UNIVERSAL AND THAT IS
WHAT WE TRY TO SPREAD ALL OVER
THE WORLD.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT HER
BASKETBALL SKILLS -- I DO KNOW
ABOUT HER CHARACTER, SHE IS A
CHARACTER.
CRYSTAL, COME HERE.
Crystal: I WANT TO
AUDITION.
FOR ALL THE PEOPLE ON TWITTER
MAKING FUN OF HOW SHORT I AM.
HERE WE GO.
THIS WILL KEEP YOUR
CONFIDENCE UP.
WE HAVE THREE WOMEN ON YOUR
TEAM, CRYSTAL.
WE'RE THE FIRST ALL-MEN SPORTS
TEAM TO HAVE WOMEN.
DON'T LOOK AT THE BALL, JUST
LOOK AT THE CAMERA.
LOOK AT THAT.
Bruce: YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M
NOT GOING TO SAY THAT IS
PEDESTRIAN, BUT I'VE SEEN THAT
TRICK BEFORE.
CAN YOU HAVE HER SPIN IT MAYBE
LIKE ON.
PUT YOUR FOOT BACK.
OKAY, LET'S SEE IF THIS WORKS,
LET'S TRY THIS.
GOT IT?
I'M WATCHING.
OH, MY GOSH!
HEY, THAT WAS ALMOST
BETTER -- THAT IS INCREDIBLE.
YOU GOT SKILLS.
Crystal: CAN I BE ON THE
TEAM NOW?
WE HAVE TO CHECK YOUR
CARDIO.
GOT TO PUT YOU ON THE.
Crystal: I'LL KEEP THIS
JOB, THEN.
Bruce: YOU JUGGLE EVERY
MORNING, GIRL.
YOU CAN CATCH THE GLOBE-TROTTERS
THIS FRIDAY, FUN STARTS AT 7:00,
TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE
GLOBE TROTTER'S WEB SITE.
GO TO THE MORNING SHOW PAGE OF
NEWS4JAX.COM AND WE HAVE GOT THE
LINK POSTED.
BUCKET, IT IS ALWAYS A PLEASURE.