We've made it into the movies

You know about movies that spoof other movies -- "Airplane," "Hot Shots" and "Scary Movie" among them

Now there's a movie that spoofs sports movies. Perhaps you've seen the ads or the trailers for "The Comebacks," which hits theaters today.

Here's how the film is described on its Web site:

"As Coach Lambeau Fields puts together Heartland State's new football team, he and his misfit squad manage to mock every sports movie of the last couple(of) decades. As they hit the field on the way to the championship game, they take on the likes of "Rocky," "Field of Dreams," "Seabiscuit," "Blue Crush," "Stick It" and "The Longest Yard," among countless others."

Lambeau Fields is played by David Koechner, whom you may remember as the sportscaster Champ Kind in "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy."

Here's how Koechner's character is described in a story in Excalibur Online, the student newspaper at York University in Canada:

"Coach Lambeau Fields (which is an allusion to the legendary stadium in Green Bay) has the distinction of being the worst coach in the history of sports. However, like in any inspirational sports film, his character is given a second chance for glory.

"Predictably, the character is saddled with a team of misfits, leery townsfolk and a set of stereotypical dilemmas that he must overcome. The film pokes fun at the clichés and conventions of other films in the genre and, of course, ends with a final showdown where the best team is triumphant."

As always, you be the judge -- thumbs up or thumbs down.

-- Jeff Ash, jash@greenbaypressgazette.com