Hank Cooper
Ed Asner
Hank Cooper

“It's the league's leading laugh scorer!”
The California Atoms are in last place with no hope of moving up. But by switching the mule from team mascot to team member, (He can kick 100 yard field goals!) they start winning, and move up in the rankings, Hurrah! The competition isn't so happy.
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Hank Cooper
Ed Asner
Hank Cooper
Coach Venner
Don Knotts
Coach Venner
Andy Petrovic
Gary Grimes
Andy Petrovic
Crankcase
Tim Conway
Crankcase
Debbie Kovac
Louise Williams
Debbie Kovac
Cal Wilson
Dick Van Patten
Cal Wilson
Joe Barnsdale
Ronnie Schell
Joe Barnsdale
Pepper
Bob Crane
Pepper
Himself
Johnny Unitas
Himself
Rob Cargil
Dick Butkus
Rob Cargil
Charles Gwynn
Harold Gould
Charles Gwynn
Spinner
Tom Bosley
Spinner
This drags. I actually don't mind how silly the premise to <em>'Gus'</em> is, yet even so it's such a slow and predictable watch. There's a few decent gags spread across the 96 minute run time, but there's so much plainness with everything else. The plot itself is something that feels seen before, across Disney's many high school/sport comedies from these early decades. As for the cast, Ed Asner is the best performer as Hank Cooper. Don Knotts (Venner) and Tim Conway (Crankcase) are in a film again, following on from <em>'The Apple Dumpling Gang'</em>; though they aren't a pair here, Tom Bosley (Spinner) teams up with Conway instead. Regardless, none of the three are all that amusing. There are a few other OK but forgettable roles, while the sports commentator bits are way more annoying than they are funny. Not a production I would recommend, even if you could pick many worse live-action films from this studio to watch.
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