CBS Early Show to feature college Quidditch
The CBS Early Show will be doing a piece on the growing sport of Quidditch on college campuses across the country this Friday morning. As previously reported in USA Today, Quidditch is becoming a very popular sport among college students and now the school that began it all, Middlebury College, is going on an eight-school tour during their spring break recess.Starting tomorrow, they will be at Amherst College in Amherst, MA and that is where the CBS Early Show will be broadcasting from.
All the merchandise seen in the piece, including broomsticks, house ties and scarves, was provided by our partner Alivan's.
UPDATE: CBS News has posted video from today's earlier broadcast, which'll show you how to play. Check it out here! Thanks to everyone who e-mailed with the tip.
Posted by Micah on Mar 27th |
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dude, i could definately play :D
Whoaa I have never heard of any of us Muggles playing Quidditch. How do they do that???
wow, now i can't wait till college so i can play Quidditch! And I actually aplied to Amherst. that's so cool.
Well my post sounded pretty idiotic ... just to clear things up, I realize they don't fly.
that is sooo cool!!!!...my hp club at school might try and have a quidditch game!
WHOOT WHOOT!!! I so want the college I go to to play quiddich. I want to be a snitch. :)
Whoaaa!? Why did my last post read that I was first?? Annnnnnnnnnnyways, I WANNA WATCH PEOPLE PLAY QUIDDITCH! I'd be too scared to play. ;P
I'M GOING TOMORROW! I'M SO EXCITED!! yeah, yeah, Yeah, YEAH! I go to Middlebury too. I'll be there cheering on my school (gyo gyo Middle-bury!) I can't believe this was posted on Mugglenet. That's super exciting. (ps It's from 7 - 9 am tomorrow... we're waking up at 6 to be there... ugh) THIS IS EXCITING!
Oh yeah thats gonna be my next sport that and lacrosse =) Hey chommy Im glad to see your posting is more well upbeat =) If anyone wants to be a cheesecakian go to robandalex.googlepages.co m/home and jpoin us. You betTer join Gryffindor or well eles were also forming a quiddich teams!!
that's so awesome! i'm definitely going to watch that program sometime. i applied to a college with a Quidditch team (Bucknell) but of course, four days before the deadline, they haven't replied to me (grrr). anyway, if i don't go there i am seriously considering starting a quidditch league wherever I end up. if you search "college quidditch" on YouTube, there are instructional videos and recordings of matches that are fun to watch. --- and I'm a cheesecakian too! But remi is wrong; you should join Ravenclaw. I'm one of the ravengeek beaters *calculates trajectory then knocks bludger toward remi*
I was visiting Princeton the day they had the match against Middlebury. It was Monday I think. I was really funny to watch, but pretty cool. They were selling T-shirts and I would have gotten one if they weren't like $40.
that is soooooooooooooo freaking awsome!!! and you know what this means fellow fans??? that the wise word of jo's books is spreading now even more. and i know one thing for sure......tomarrow morning i am going to actually get up early in the morning for once this spring break, and watch me some quidditch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! how exciting is that going to be?! it has been since the first book, my favorite sports. i swear, when i get into high school next year i am going to highly suggest a quidditch pitch and the best sport ever to be played. and hopefully when i go to college they too will have this wonderful game. LONG LIVE HARRY POTTER AND QUIDDITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
haha, those crazy people. it sure sounds like mad fun though. if i had 14 people, i'd go and play it.
hey, I woke up early to watch this and I am dissapointed, every time you think they are going to show it they cut to something else!!! so exasperating! *sighs* oh well, now im awake...
Is it over now?
OK, I just watched it and it is HILARIOUS!!!!!! It looks like SO much fun! I so badly want to play quidditch now! If you missed the show they said that you can go to CBS.com and click on The Early Show and then click on Harry Potter to check out the quidditch.
OK, I'm having trouble finding the quidditch thing on the early show website. Well, first of all DON'T go to cbs.com, go to CBSNEWS.COM. Then you can still click on the early show, but I can't find the Harry Potter link.
UHG, I stilll can't find the Harry Potter link. someone tell me if you have any luck.
I got up early to watch this and had to suffer through the torture of constant commercial breaks and never knowing when they were actually going to show it. Very frustrating. It was fun to watch, though, and I think it'd be cool to try making a high school team. I liked when the guy said, "Yeah, we're proud of our son. That's what we sent him to college for-- to play Quidditch." Hehe. Good one, sir.
This is a link to The Early Show Story on Quidditch: http://www. cbsnews.com/sections/i_vi deo/main500251.shtml?id=3 976918n
The above link is not working, try this one. http://www.cbsnew s.com/sections/i_video/ma in500251.shtml?id=3976918 n It should work.
Oh my god ... I just saw the video and the Quidditch looks horrible. The brooms are like 10 cm wide.
Yea, the second link works so if anyone missed the show just go there. And Chommy, I thought the quidditch looked good. Its probably as good as its gonna get, seeing as were muggles.
do they like, fly??
No, they don't fly!!!!!!!!!!!!! They just run around with a broomstick between their legs, silly!
If anyone missed the show, you can also go to You Tube and look up Quidditch for Muggles. It will give you the show.
Hey everyone, I just found a new poster for HBP a few days ago! i've sent it to the "submit news" section like three times but they haven't done anything about it. Check out the poster at http://www.movieweb.com/m ovies/film/07/3607/poster 1.php Let me know what you think!
@Ganger345: I just saw the poster and it looks really good! I like how they kept in that quote in the movie because Dumbledore saying he was safe with a 16 year old wizard just made me feel sorry for him. :( I love that poster!
Yeah Granger345 love the poster! Its my new wallpapaer on my computer!!! Hey chommy im glad to see your feelign better!!
http://www.youtube.com/re sults?search_query=CBS+Co llege+Quidditch&search_ty pe= THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING SPORT EVER! I WOULD NEVER PLAY ANY SPORT IN COLLEGE BUT THIS! when i'm in college next year i am definitely starting a league.
GRANGER345: THAT POSTER IS AMAZING...THE MOVIE LOOKS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO COOL! CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT!!! : )
wow! Real quidditch!! thats so cool! I wish I could play! (I am so getting together with a bunch of harry potter lovers and playing!)
Aww man.. I want to play quidditch!! lol.. I doubt I would be able to get enough ppl to play though.
Sweet! I'm glad you guys checked out the poster! Isn't it amazing?!!!!!
soccers the best.... and hockey.... and running... and bball..... and volleyball... and badminton... and ANY SPORT OUT THERE!!!! but running around iwth a broom.. i understand flying with a brrom butttttt this is just... wierd.................... ......................... ......................... ...................
soccers the best.... and hockey.... and running... and bball..... and volleyball... and badminton... and ANY SPORT OUT THERE!!!! but running around iwth a broom.. i understand flying with a brrom butttttt this is just... wierd.................... ......................... ......................... ...................
soccers the best.... and hockey.... and running... and bball..... and volleyball... and badminton... and ANY SPORT OUT THERE!!!! but running around iwth a broom.. i understand flying with a brrom butttttt this is just... wierd.................... ......................... ......................... ...................
soccers the best.... and hockey.... and running... and bball..... and volleyball... and badminton... and ANY SPORT OUT THERE!!!! but running around iwth a broom.. i understand flying with a brrom butttttt this is just... wierd.................... ......................... ......................... ...................
Anyone go to Illinois State University? I want a league here.!
That is so cool, but the newsbroadcasters were pretty obnoxious and didn't seem to have much respect to it. Through these books, Jo has created movies, games, clothing, toys, music, and sports. She is so inspirational.
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