yogi berra movie, carousel ride

 i saw the first screening of the day for the yogi berra documentary movie, 'it aint over', at the edina southdale theater. i liked being able to park close, in the ramp, because of being there early. i had been to yogi's museum in the new jersey suburbs on a side trip from NYC. some of what was covered in this movie was familiar from visiting the museum. i liked seeing some footage from interviews on various TV shows, even going back to the days of ed murrow. the movie tried to argue that yogi was an overlooked and underrated baseball player. but i find this hard to believe, with all of the MVP and world series wins. i think this is due to the movie starting off with fans not voting him as one of the greatest living players at an all-star game, near the end of his life in 2015. there is depictions of the ceremonies for the presidential medal of freedom and the postage stamp, although both of those were posthumous. i saw the medal at the museum and i have bought the stamps. i was familiar with his second stint as yankees manager, and some of the TV commercials, and both were covered in this movie. although i was not familiar with all of the commercials. liked seeing a wide variety of interviews with those who knew him, some of those interviewees died before the movie was released. no surprise how there was clips of the cartoon bear as well. and i liked seeing st. louis depicted in it, the city of his boyhood. a few times i laughed, or pointed at things i agreed with. for the latter it was in reference to being fired as manager, and the owner not giving the news himself. i am thankful i saw this movie. i have seen plenty of baseball movies at theaters- documentary or otherwise. this was probably the first since the two about moe berg, paul rudd played berg in one and the other was a documentary. it was midday by the time the movie was done, and i ate at panda express in the mall. 

   then it was on to union depot where i saw the train days exhibit. i had been there before, but i still like going again, seeing these trains that are now in museums. and there was  a photography exhibit in the main building as well. then it was on to como zoo and i did the carousel ride. i don't think i had done it before, as the souvenir shop inside wasn't familiar at all. i bought some postcards, a button, and a CD of the music played on the carousel, after the ride. i was beaming when i saw others riding it. and it was great when i was riding it as well. i recall a carousel being in 'catcher in the rye', when holden takes his sister, phoebe, on one and it mentions the song 'oh marie!' is playing. loved the artwork in the carousel, and not just on the horses. i pointed at people while riding who were filming it, and even tried doing the lt. dan scream in 'forrest gump' like i do on the carpet slide except i was enjoying it too much to be screaming. so only three dollars to ride, it was worth it! and it was a good idea to make it the last of the three events of the day. when i got home i got groceries at aldi, after i laid down for a little while. then the Fox baseball game was on, but the twins lost to cleveland 4-2. during my walks i found 50 cents.