And for countless ‘90s kids, that was an important lesson to learn. In doing so, Becky won over DJ the quarterback who she had a crush on, and made it cool to be a tomboy. He's got one foot in the frying pan and one in the pressure cooker. If he strikes, he's the 1979 Odor-Eaters Champion. Seventeen years later he discovers a protege named. Roy Munson, a man-child, with a dream to topple bowling giant Ernie McCracken. Thankfully for us, Becky’s coming of age moment led her to rally her team and pull off a historic upset of the Cowboys against her cruel uncle (Ed O’Neill, a former Heisman Trophy winner). Woody Harrelson plays Roy Munson, an excellent bowler who falls for a scheme and loses everything. But like any PG video in the 1990s, there was a lesson to be learned. Roy Munson, a man-child, with a dream to topple bowling giant Ernie McCracken. Becky the Icebox, a menacing linebacker in “Little Giants,” had to start her own team of misfits coached by her dad-and it got so bad she tried to quit the team and become a cheerleader. (1996 film) Kingpin is a 1996 film about a star bowler whose career was prematurely 'cut off' who hopes to ride a new prodigy to success and riches. Ernie McCracken: It all comes down to this roll. How brutal did it get for Becky the Icebox? Even when your uncle is the coach of the town peewee football team, and you’re clearly the best player at tryouts, you get cut. But at its core is the undeniably heartbreaking - and unfortunately, two decades later, all too real - plight of the tomboy. On the surface, “Little Giants” is your family-friendly, Saturday-night-movie-of-the-week affair.
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