In back to the future part ii, the character terry, played by charles fleischer, tells mcfly that he wishes he could go back in time and bet on the cubs to win the world series at 100to1 odds. Sure enough, in 2016 the cubs who hadnt won the competition since 1908 stunned fans by beating cleveland indians. Louis, mo ktvi a lot of people are rooting for the chicago cubs because of a prediction made in the movie back to the future ii. Even guys who are on the cubs have seen back to the future ii and. The chicago cubs became world series champions for the first time in 108 years on wednesday night. The future part ii was only a year off in predicting the cubs world. The cubs, the mets and that back to the future ii prediction for 2015 back to the future ii predicts cubs win 2015 world series by neil best neil. The movie, released in 1989, depicts a scene where marty mcfly travels to 2015 and sees a hologram congratulating the cubbies on winning the world series.
Back to the future ii predicts the cubs will win the world. Parks and recreation actually predicted that the cubs would win the 2016 world series. Fox travel to the year 2015, and the cubs winning the world series was considered one of the movies more outlandish predictions. Oct 07, 2015 chicago cubs fans hold world series hopes based on back to the future prediction you dont have to believe everything hollywood says, but cubs fans do. Oct 15, 2003 in one of the back to the future movies, doc christopher lloyd predicts that the cubs will win the world series in 2003.
Back in 1989, back to the future part ii predicted that the cubs would win the 2015 world series, reported cnn news. Did back to the future predict world series winner. Share this article share tweet text email link chris chase. The chicago cubs hadnt won the world series since 1908, so it was an amusing prediction to make in back to the future part ii in 1989 that theyd win the world series in 2015. Nov 02, 2016 the chicago cubs hadnt won the world series since 1908, so it was an amusing prediction to make in back to the future part ii in 1989 that theyd win the world series in 2015.
The second movie in the trilogy doesnt actually predict that. Jan 09, 2019 the cubs need to win four of five games to make it to the world series and keep a back to the future part ii prediction alive. The team beat the cleveland indians, 87, in game 7. Chicago cubs fans hold world series hopes based on back to the future prediction you dont have to believe everything hollywood says, but cubs fans do. Back to the future ii predicted the cubs would win the. Back to the future part ii predicted that the chicago cubs will win the world series. Jaws 19 hasnt been released and hover boards arent quite off the ground. It may have been a year out, but back to the future ii did get it right, sending scifi fans wild and sparking a host of conspiracy theories about the show. Did back to the future predict this years world series. With back to the future ii prediction, is it any surprise.
It is a tale so unlikely, so ridiculous, that back to the future predicted it as a joke. How parks and recreation predicted the cubs world series win. Back to the future day has been a whirlwind extravaganza. The 1989 film back to the future ii did not correctly predict chicago would be the winner of a 2015 cubsmarlins. It was predicted in back to the future part ii so it must be true. Back to the future ii has some unique takes on life in 2015. If everyone will let their thoughts travel back to the shows final season, set in. Nov 02, 2016 2014 tweet predicts 2016 cubsindians world series and says world will end in game 7.
The florida marlins team began play in miami in 1993, and won the world series in 1997. Oct 26, 2016 back to the future 2 is the only other notable prediction that i can think of with the cubs and the world series. If back to the future is to be believed, then the cubs actually won the world series. The 2015 world series sweep by the chicago cubs in the. Back to the future ii predicts cubs 2015 world series win. Michael j fox says back to the future predicted chicago cubs. Back to the future ii predicts cubs 2015 world series win youtube.
Though the film correctly predicted that an mlb team would exist in miami by 2015. The chicago cubs world series drought was only 81 years long in 1989 when back to the future part ii hit movie theaters with another installment of doc browns and marty mcflys timetraveling adventures and visions of. Suddenly, the cubsdefeatmiami gag doesnt seem quite so jokey. The chicago cubs hadnt won the world series since 1908, so it was an amusing prediction to make in back to the future pretend to be a time traveler day december 8, 2015 april 20, 2017 patrick delahanty. Back to the future ii predicts the cubs will win the world series in 2015 posted by thibadoe tiger on 1015 at 9. However, sensing a good idea that will quickly turn evil, marty buys the sports almanac, old biff sees it, then steals the delorean to go back to 1955 and give it to his younger self. The chicago cubs world series drought was only 81 years long in 1989 when back to the future part ii hit movie theaters with another installment of doc browns and marty mcflys time. Back to the future part ii was only a year off in predicting the cubs world series win. Bob gale cowrote the back to the future trilogy with director robert zemeckis, which predicted the chicago cubs would win the world series in 2015. Earlier this year, the onceimpossible regularseason game occurred. In 2016, the cubs would win the world series, defeating the cleveland indians in 7 games and winning their 3rd world series championship and first since 1908, breaking the 108year old drought and the 71year old curse of the billy goat. Back to the predictions comparing back to the futures.
Did back to the future predict the cubs would win world series. Part 2, michaels character, marty mcfly, time travels to october 21, 2015, where he discovers to his bewilderment that the baseball team had finally won the world series. Did back to the future predict chicago cubs world series. Alongside the cubs winning the world series, and selflacing shoes being a real and purchasable thing now, the back to the future sequel got some other things right about life. Cubs out of world series on back to the future day. Back to future saga predicted cubs will win it all in 2015.
The 1989 movie back to the future part ii predicted the cubs would win the 2015 world series, and the man who wrote the screenplay and imagined this unlikely scenario is bob gale, a. Fox salutes chicago cubs on world series win with back to the future ii reference. As crazy as it is to say out loud, the chicago cubs finally, finally won the world series wednesday night. Was the only thing back to the future part ii predicted accurately about the future the. Popular culture has a long history of making random predictions that sometimes, but mostly never, come true. In 1908 the chicago cubs beat the detroit tigers in the series. In the back to the future series, one of the many wild predictions included the chicago cubs winning the world series on october 21, 2015.
Some of the things in part ii were halfass predictions and some were just jokesand this one was a joke. Back to the future screenwriter bob gale happy for cubs. Twentysix years after back to the future ii hit cinemas, the films prediction that the chicago cubs would win the 2015 world series might actually come true. Last year, who couldve guessed the chicago cubs would win the world series. Back to the future predicted this world series, sort of cnet. Cubs will win world series in 2015 back to the future. Oct 08, 2015 chicago the 1989 movie back to the future ii predicts a 2015 world series matchup between the cubs and thenfictional miami.
In one of the back to the future movies, doc christopher lloyd predicts that the cubs will win the world series in 2003. On october 21, 2015, the chicago cubs won the series in a sweep over. The cubs winning the world series and president trump. On wednesday night, the cubs won their first world series title since 1908, only one year off from the 2015 victory gale and back to the future director robert zemeckis predicted in their 1989. Ap photofrank franklin ii the chicago cubs are a team of destiny. Whats most amazing about the cubs win, though, is not just the general fact that they broke their overcentury long streak, but they did it only a year after it was predicted to happen in 1989s back to the future ii. Soon afterward, an urban legend arose that back to the future part ii had predicted that a team from miami would win the world series in 1997. The classic flick predicted the end of the chicago cubs epic pennant drought, and, possibly, donald trumps rise on the political scene. Fox reminds fans back to the future predicted cubs win. Back to the future 2 didnt predict the chicago cubs world series or donald trump. The 1987 film back to the future ii correctly predicted that the florida marlins would win the 1997 world series and that the cubs would play. Oct 16, 2015 in back to the future part ii, the character terry, played by charles fleischer, tells mcfly that he wishes he could go back in time and bet on the cubs to win the world series at 100 to 1 odds. Fox reminds fans back to the future predicted chicago cubs would win world series in 2015.
Man predicted chicago cubs would win 2016 world series in. Could the back to the future part ii cubs prediction come true. In 1989, back to the future part ii predicted the chicago cubs would win the world series in 2015. The world series was the championship for major league baseball during the 20th. Did back to the future predict the cubs would win world. Oct 22, 2015 chicago cubs swept out of playoffs on the day they were predicted to win world series in back to the future this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. Out of all the predictions made about the future when the movie was made, in 1989, the most outlandish one always seemed a news announcement that the chicago cubs had won the world series. Oct 25, 2016 back to the future predicted this world series, sort of. Back to the future 2 didnt predict the chicago cubs world. Chicago cubs will win 2015 world series vs miami marlins. Feb 15, 2017 time to grab your hoverboard and selflacing trainers as we take a look at the back to future predictions which really did come true. More important, at least for film fans not from chicago, a cubs world series championship would make one imagined element of back to the future iis 2015 a reality. Back to future saga predicted cubs will win it all in.
When the back to the future gang predicted that the chicago cubs would sweep the 2015 world series, they specified two things. Time to grab your hoverboard and selflacing trainers as we take a look at the back to future predictions which really did come true. When the movie back to the future ii came out in 1989, the joke was selfevident. Did back to the future predict a cubs world series win in. Back to the future screenwriter bob gale predicted the cubs would win the 2015 world series but is a lifelong cardinals fan.
They came close, but not quite after losing the 2015 national league championship series in a sweep. Oct 15, 2015 according to back to the future ii, which takes place in 2015, the chicago cubs are world series winners. Back to the future ii correctly predicted cubs world. Did back to the future predict a cubs world series win in 2015. The wrap reports the sitcom predicted the teams win. So, back to the future ii doesnt actually predict the. The chicago cubs have not won the world series in more than 100 years, according to the huffington post. Back to the future ii almost predicted the cubs world. According to back to the future ii, which takes place in 2015, the chicago cubs are world series winners. Nov 03, 2016 back to the future ii predicted the cubs would win the world series. Back to the future predicted this world series, sort of.
Michael lees senior yearbook in 1993 correctly predicted the chicago cubs would win the 2016 world series. Chicago cubs hold the keys to the back to the future. One of the funnier or at least seemingly farfetched future related jokes of back to the future hinged on the fact that perennially beatendown chicago cubs were in line to win the world series. Gale and back to the future director robert zemeckis predicted in their. Did back to the future predict this years world series winner. Back to the future ii correctly predicted cubs world series win in. So, back to the future ii doesnt actually predict the cubs will win. Back to the future ii correctly predicted cubs world series win in 2015. In 1989, when back to the future part ii came out, the chicago cubs had not won a world series in 81 years and miami did not have a major league baseball franchise.
Parks and recreation predicted cubs world series win. Back to the future cowriter bob gale on the prediction in 1989s back to the future ii of a chicago cubs world series win in 2015. The placement of the world series would have been correct otherwise. Twitter in 1989, back to the future part ii predicted the. His classmate mike lee, a diehard chicago cubs fan living in california, made the prediction in mission viejo high schools 1993 class yearbook.
Back to the future predicted this world series, sort of the classic flick predicted the end of the chicago cubs epic pennant drought, and, possibly, donald trumps rise on the political scene. And the cubs winning the world series got a big laugh from audiences. Chicago cubs swept out of playoffs on the day they were predicted to win world series in back to the future this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. The cubs have gone 71 years since winning a pennant and 108 years since winning the world series. Chicago cubs fans hold world series hopes based on back. Things are so crazy in the faroff world of 2015 that the chicago cubs win the world series. The chicago cubs world series drought was only 81 years long in.
But one prediction back to the future ii may have got right is the chicago cubs success in the world series. On wednesday night, the cubs won their first world series title since 1908. Parks and recreation predicted the cubs world series win. Back to the future ii correctly predicted cubs world series. Back to the future screenwriter bob gale happy for cubs, but. Last year, there was a lot of buzz surrounding back to the future part ii and its prediction that the chicago cubs would win the world series in 2015. Man predicted chicago cubs would win 2016 world series in 1993. Dont look now, but its 2015 the same year the movie back to the future ii predicted back in 1989 that the chicago. The cardinals are the team supported by back to the future writer bob gale. Did back to the future correctly predict the chicago cubs would win the world series. But, in this timeline, the cubs did win the world series over miami.
Chicago the 1989 movie back to the future ii predicts a 2015 world series matchup between the cubs and thenfictional miami. Jan 01, 2015 back to future saga predicted cubs will win it all in 2015. The back to the future sequel, released in 1989, famously takes place in 2015. Back to the future part ii sees marty mcfly michael j. Chicago cubs fans hold world series hopes based on back to. Did back to the future ii predict the 2015 world series. According to the news, of course, the miami team will lose the 2015 series. Oct 25, 2016 twentythree years later, as the cubs win the world series in game 7 with a 87 nailbiting victory over the cleveland indians, the internet is going wild when meza connected with lee on. Gale said the prediction grew out of the plotline in which primary. If the chicago cubs win the 2015 world series this fall, as predicted in back to the future part ii, you could be the proud new owner of a delorean time machine, the famous hover car.
So, back to the future ii doesnt actually predict the cubs. The second movie in the trilogy doesnt actually predict that the cubs would win the world series in 2015. Oct 16, 2015 chicagos division series win brings cubs a step closer to 1989 films 2015 reality. Back to the future ii predicted cubs win 2015 world. Jun 02, 2015 in 1989, when back to the future part ii came out, the chicago cubs had not won a world series in 81 years and miami did not have a major league baseball franchise. Nov 03, 2016 whats most amazing about the cubs win, though, is not just the general fact that they broke their overcentury long streak, but they did it only a year after it was predicted to happen in 1989s back to the future ii. So, back to the future ii doesnt actually predict the cubs will win the world series. Back to the future, cubs, vince gerasole, world series. In 2016, the cubs would win the world series, defeating the cleveland.
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