Bowling Alleys sighting in Movies and Shows

[bowl1820]

Real or made up Bowling Alleys sighted in Movies and Shows

Here's few to start.

The Bowl-O-Drome bowling alley in Batman - Season 1, Episode 14: Batman Stands Pat
The Mad Hatter steals Turkey Bullwinkle's (the owner of the bowling alley ) "Bowler"

The Pizza Bowl owned by Frank DeFazio, Laverne's father

The Bowl-O-Rama in Grease 2: Location used Hawthorne Bowl - 141st Street & Hawthorne Blvd., Hawthorne, California, USA

Bowladrome Lanes - 56 State Street, Struthers, Ohio, USA seen in "The Deer Hunter"

[martinezsam2495]

Tom and Jerry Bowling special,
pretty funny to watch

[bowl1820]

Tom and Jerry Bowling special,
pretty funny to watch

The Bowling Alley Cat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tneudI5s5Zo

[GeorgiaStroker]

Stuckeybowl from the TV show Ed.
An unnamed bowling center in Pasadena on The Big Bang Theory.
And of course the Bedrock Bowling Alley.

[martinezsam2495]

The Bowling Alley Cat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tneudI5s5Zo

yup thats it,

[bowl1820]

Woodlake lanes in the movie Bachelor in Paradise.

[GeorgiaStroker]

Montrose bowl in Montrose California was used in Teen Wolf, Frankie and Johnnie, and Pleasantville.

[TheSheibs]

What center was used in the movie Strike (aka 7-10 split)? I tried to find it but couldn't. The movie was made in 2007 i believe.

[bowl1820]

What center was used in the movie Strike (aka 7-10 split)? I tried to find it but couldn't. The movie was made in 2007 i believe.
The bowling scenes were in Simi Valley, CA. the bowling alley I think is in a strip mall next to a Big Lots but I'm not sure and don't have a name.

[RoccoRock]

Holly Star Lanes, Santa Monica CA, as seen in The Big Lebowski. Even though he is frequently at the bowling alley, we never actually see "The Dude" bowl. Wonder why, maybe Jeff Bridges can't bowl to save his life.

[GeorgiaStroker]

National bowling Stadium in Reno was used for the big tournament in Kingpin. Not sure about Lancaster bowl, but it was somewhere in Pittsburg.

[bowl1820]

The bowling alley episode of Ozzie and Harriet see here:
http://archive.org/details/OZZIE_AND_HARRIET_ep_The_Bowling_Alley

Wow pin boys, on top of the lane ball returns.

[panbanger]

The bowling alley in the movie Breaking Away (which is a fantastic movie by the way) is here http://www.imu.indiana.edu/recreation/bowling.shtml

It's part of the student union and U of I in Bloomington, Indiana.

[Stamps]

The bowling alley episode of Ozzie and Harriet see here:
http://archive.org/details/OZZIE_AND_HARRIET_ep_The_Bowling_Alley

Wow pin boys, on top of the lane ball returns.

I love this episode!

[bowl1820]

Keystone Lanes in Auction Hunters.

[Hot_pocket]

The new Men in Black movie had a scene in a bowling alley that was real they went in repainted and fixed up somethings to film the movie. The bowling alley is actually here in the Bronx that is the alley my grandmother runs her Saturday morning jr. league in and iv'e actually bowled there (kind of cool lol) Van Nest bowl Bronx NY.

[panbanger]

In the movie Buffalo '66 a key scene happens at Recckio's Lanes. Vincent Gallo appears to be a pretty good bowler, too!

[panbanger]

Season 4, episode 13 of Parks and Recreation takes place mostly in a bowling alley.

http://youtu.be/zsT3tHbwWqo


There's Ron Swanson's opinion on bowling. Classic Swanson!

[Rdmonster]

The Big Lebowski......"Over the line Smokey!!!" Not sure where that was filmed.

Also Constantine with Keaneu Reeves....his buddy worked out of or he lived above a bowling alley....cant remember which.

[martinezsam2495]

How could I not remember!
A Streetcar Named Desire..
it's an amazing play..

[GeoLes]

Don't forget the famous (or infamous) "The Blob"

[GeoLes]

There was an episode of "Smallville" where a kid is hiding from a killer in a bowling alley. Young Clark spots the bad guy chasing the kid in the machine works with his Xray vision and clocks the dude right through a wall with an pink 8-pound bowling ball. Great shot, not even a foot fault. Now that I think of it, why were the lanes open and unattended? Not even the police showed up.


go figure.

[75lockwood]

There was an episode of "Smallville" where a kid is hiding from a killer in a bowling alley. Young Clark spots the bad guy chasing the kid in the machine works with his Xray vision and clocks the dude right through a wall with an pink 8-pound bowling ball. Great shot, not even a foot fault. Now that I think of it, why were the lanes open and unattended? Not even the police showed up.


go figure.

I wanna see this! what episode was it? or, can you find a youtube clip? :D

[bowl1820]

Corbin Bowl in the Bones episode "The Change in the Game"

http://www.corbinbowl.net/
Corbin Bowl
19616 Ventura Blvd.
Tarzana, CA. 91356

[bowl1820]

"Gutterball Bowling" in the Cleveland Show
http://images.wikia.com/cleveland/images/9/97/Gutterballbowling.jpg

[Tokes]

I just recently saw an episode of "Rules of Engagement" where the characters went bowling somewhere. Was great watching one character tell Patrick Warburton "No, this ball isn't extra it's a spare ball. This ones for strikes this ones for spares."

[swingset]

In the movie "The Family Man" with Nicolas Cage, bowling alley scene. I couldn't find the location of the lanes, but the movie was shot in New York and the Teaneck NJ area.

Also "She's Out Of My League" featured a bowling alley scene which was filmed at the Pittsburgh Athletic Club in Oakland, which I've bowled at.

[bowl1820]

Just on American Restoration: Boulder Bowl in Boulder City, NV. A nice retro house with Eight lanes.
http://www.bouldercitysocial.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/boulderBowlSign.jpg

Checkout those ball returns!!
http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/03/cd/da/54/boulder-bowl.jpg

[DLP]

Not so much a bowling alley but "The Bowler" in the movie Mystery Men will always be one of my favs :)

[2fingerroller]

Rapture Palooza. Opening scene is in a bowling alley.

[bowl1820]

Pickwick Bowl in Ghost Whisperer episode "Birthday Presence"

[NYMIKE]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D19Eox44wwQ

Jersey Boys, characters were working as pin setters in that alley.

[NYMIKE]

Good clip here, got this from Kevin Fong's site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12Iosf6btzM

[bowl1820]

In the Get Smart episode "Diamonds Are a Spy's Best Friend", there's "Frankies" bowling alley which is supposedly a Washington DC bowling alley.

There's also the "League of Bald-Headed Men " and agent 8 1/2 who is staked out in the ball return chute for lane numbers 3&4.

[Sche3067]

Alley cat strike a Disney movie in the early 2000's

[ytlas]

Pickwick Bowl in Ghost Whisperer episode "Birthday Presence"

Pickwick Bowl also in the movie "Oh God" near the end.

[LOUVIT]

The bowling alley in the movie Breaking Away (which is a fantastic movie by the way) is here http://www.imu.indiana.edu/recreation/bowling.shtml

It's part of the student union and U of I in Bloomington, Indiana.


Ozzie bowling against George Baxter from hazel. hazel was a champion in the show..lol..CAN'T FIND THE SHOW'S ON YOUTUBE....

[LOUVIT]

Got to to love the Flintstones....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2FaK4vhLv8

Can't forget a good movie...Kingpin Bill Murry, Woody Harrelson as Pro's

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5sxRSAGKgA

[stargell1]

Saw an episode of kojak recently I believe was from 1973. Someone killed a cop with a bomb in a bowling alley in New York City.

[santos314]

Don't forget Grease 2!!!! Holy crud, there was a massive scene....singing, dancing, in the lanes an a motorcycle gang out front!!!! Great movie.

[santos314]

Breaking Away(1979). The bicycle race movie. Goofball gets his fingers stuck in a ball so he takes it with him. They get in a fight and he's swinging that thing around like a weapon!

[taxexpert2]

New ad I saw recently for Chanel. Strange how bowling keeps showing up in commercials but people don't go bowling as a result. At least that is how it appears to me.

[boatman37]

King Pin was filmed at Rochester Bowl (at least some scenes were) in Rochester, PA. I live about 15 miles from there. Bowled there once. Our marina is right around the corner from there too.

[bdpeters]

surprised no one mentioned the lanes in Napoleon Dynamite.

Pop N Pins in Preston Idaho.
Neat retro lanes.

[J Daisy]

In the movie Just My Luck, Lindsay Lohan loses all her good luck, and her cushy job, and takes a job as a janitor at a bowling alley, the Rock 'N' Bowl. It's pure hilarity.

Here's one of my favorite scenes: https://youtu.be/4PkNF8hEAY8

[taxexpert2]

Here is a new one I had not heard of, but it is a 2018 movie - "When Jeff Tried to Save the World". Not a great movie but I think it has the potential to be a cult movie. Streaming on Hulu. Don't know if it is available anywhere else.

[taxexpert2]

Another new one - 2017 movie "Hollow in the Land". Again not a great movie. Streaming also on Hulu but it was originally released to the general public.

[J Daisy]

I recently watched an episode of That Girl with Marlo Thomas, in which she sees a magazine at the bowling alley that told about somebody who bowled with his toes. So of course, she tries, and of course, her toe gets stuck. And of course, she has to deliver a speech in two hours to a room full of muckety-mucks. Great episode.

[taxexpert2]

NEW BOWLING MOVIE - JESUS ROLLS

This is available for streaming on iTunes apparently. Has anyone seen it?