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| name = Harlem Globetrotters 
| logo = Harlem Globetrotters Logo.png
| founded = {{start date and age|1926}}
| leagues = Independent 
| website = {{URL|http://harlemglobetrotters.com/}}
| history = {{ubl|1926–27: Chicago GlobeTrotters|1928–29: New York Harlem Globetrotters|1929–present: Harlem Globetrotters}}
| arena = [[Barnstorm (sports)|Barnstorm]]ing team
| location = 
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| owner = [[Herschend Family Entertainment]]
| coach = {{ubl|"Sweet" Lou Dunbar (coach)|Barry Hardy (coach)}}
| championships = 75
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The '''Harlem Globetrotters''' are an American [[Exhibition game|exhibition]] [[basketball]] team. They combine athleticism, [[theater]], [[entertainment]], and [[comedy]] in their style of play. Over the years, they have played more than 26,000 exhibition games in 124 countries and territories, mostly against deliberately ineffective opponents, such as the [[Washington Generals]] (1953–1995, since 2015) and the New York Nationals (1995–2015). The team's signature song is [[Brother Bones]]' whistled version of "[[Sweet Georgia Brown]]", and their [[mascot]] is an [[anthropomorphized]] globe named "Globie". The team is owned by [[Herschend Family Entertainment]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Company buys Harlem Globetrotters |url=http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/9753269/harlem-globetrotters-acquired-herschend-family-entertainment-corp |website=www.espn.com|date=October 2013 }}</ref>

==History==
The Globetrotters originated in 1926, on the [[South Side, Chicago|South Side]] of [[Chicago]], where all the original players were raised. They began as the Savoy Big Five, one of the premier attractions of the [[Savoy Ballroom (Chicago)|Savoy Ballroom]], opened in January 1928, a basketball team of Black American players that played exhibitions before dances due to declining dance attendance.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://interactive.wttw.com/dusable-to-obama/harlem-globetrotters|title=Riots to Renaissance: Harlem Globetrotters|date=2018-07-11|website=WTTW Chicago|language=en|access-date=2019-04-24}}</ref> In 1928, several players left the team in a dispute. That autumn, those players formed a team called the "Globe Trotters" and toured southern Illinois that spring. [[Abe Saperstein]] became involved with the team as its manager and promoter. By 1929, Saperstein was touring Illinois and Iowa with his basketball team called the "New York Harlem Globe Trotters". Saperstein selected the name [[Harlem]] because it was then considered the center of Black American culture and the name [[wikt:globetrotter|Globetrotter]] to mythologize the team's international venues.<ref name="harlem">{{cite web | last = Smith | first = Jay | title = Harlem Globetrotters | website = [[WTTW]] |publisher=Window to the World Communications Inc.| url = http://www.wttw.com/main.taf?p=1,7,1,1,18 | access-date = December 29, 2007}}</ref>

[[File:1950 World Series Harlem Globetrotters.jpg|thumb|left|The 1950 World Series Harlem Globetrotters, with owner [[Abe Saperstein]] (right) and team secretary W. S. Welch (left)]]
The Globetrotters were perennial participants in the [[World Professional Basketball Tournament]], winning it in 1940. In a heavily attended matchup a few years later, the [[1948 Globetrotters–Lakers game]], the Globetrotters made headlines when they beat one of the best white basketball teams in the country, the [[Minneapolis Lakers]]. The Globetrotters continued to easily win games due to Harlem monopolizing the entire talent pool of the best black basketball players in the country. Once one of the most famous teams in the country, the Globetrotters were eventually eclipsed by the rise of the [[National Basketball Association]], particularly when NBA teams began recruiting black players in the 1950s.<ref name="globe">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/24/books/review/24BERKOWL.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|title='Spinning the Globe': Ball Hog Heaven|first=Ira|last=Berkow|date=July 24, 2005|access-date=May 23, 2015}}</ref> In 1950, Harlem Globetrotter [[Chuck Cooper (basketball)|Chuck Cooper]] became the first black player to be drafted in the NBA by Boston and teammate [[Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton]] became the first black player to sign an NBA contract when the [[New York Knicks]] purchased his contract from the Globetrotters for $12,500 ({{Inflation|US|12500|1950|r=-3|fmt=eq}}),{{Inflation/fn|US}} with Harlem getting $10,000 and Clifton getting $2,500.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aaregistry.org/story/nat-clifton-one-of-our-firsts-in-the-nba/|title=Nat Clifton, one of our firsts in the NBA|website=African American Registry|language=en|access-date=2019-04-24}}</ref>

The Globetrotters gradually worked comic routines into their act—a direction the team has credited to [[Goose Tatum|Reece "Goose" Tatum]],<ref>{{cite web|website=Harlem Globetrotters|url=http://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/our-story|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930215157/http://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/our-story|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 30, 2011|title=Our Story|access-date=May 23, 2015}}</ref> who joined in 1941—and eventually became known more for entertainment than sports.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2015/03/21/harlem-globetrotters-keeping-fun-sports/bhSDDQwz3Jl0NCcKhR9dcM/story.html |work=The Boston Globe.|publisher=[[John W. Henry|Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC]]|date=March 21, 2015|access-date=May 23, 2015|title=Harlem Globetrotters keeping the fun in sports|first=Kevin Paul|last=Dupont}}</ref> The Globetrotters' acts often feature incredible coordination and skillful handling of one or more basketballs, such as passing or juggling balls between players, balancing or spinning balls on their fingertips, and making unusually difficult shots.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.axs.com/the-harlem-globetrotters-spin-their-way-to-denver-31752| agency= AXS| first= Deb| last= Flomberg|title=The Harlem Globetrotters spin their way to Denver|date=December 6, 2014| access-date= May 23, 2015}}</ref>

In 1952, the Globetrotters invited [[Louis Klotz|Louis "Red" Klotz]] to create a team to accompany them on their tours. This team, the [[Washington Generals]] (who also played under various other names), became the Globetrotters' primary opponents. The Generals are effectively stooges for the Globetrotters, with the Globetrotters handily defeating them in thousands of games.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sportsworld.nbcsports.com/washington-generals-folding-harlem-globetrotters/|title=Losers' Lament: After decades of defeat, the Washington Generals have lost for the final time|first=Joe|last=Posnanski|access-date=August 14, 2015|work=[[NBC Sports]]|date=12 August 2015 |publisher=[[NBC Sports Group]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/13433859/harlem-globetrotters-drop-washington-generals-primary-opponent|title=After 63 years, Globetrotters drop rival Generals as primary opponent|work=[[ESPN.com]]|publisher=[[ESPN Inc.]]|date=August 14, 2015|access-date=August 14, 2015|first=Darren|last= Rovell}}</ref>

[[File:The Harlem Globetrotters in Scheveningen.ogv|thumb|The Harlem Globetrotters in the Netherlands (1958)]]

In 1959, the Globetrotters played nine games in Moscow after Saperstein received an invitation from Vasily Grigoryevich, the director of [[Luzhniki Stadium|Lenin Central Stadium]].<ref name="Sun 16 June 1959" /> The team, which included [[Wilt Chamberlain]], was welcomed enthusiastically by spectators and authorities, they met Premier [[Nikita Khrushchev]]<ref name="Victoria Advocate 9 July 1959">{{cite news|title=Khruschchev Surprises U.S. Cagers By Street|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yQBIAAAAIBAJ&dq=globetrotters%20moscow&pg=5358%2C2447599|access-date=20 September 2012|newspaper=[[The Victoria Advocate]]|publisher=Victoria Advocate Publishing|date=July 9, 1959|agency=Associated Press|page=15}}</ref> and collectively received the Athletic [[Order of Lenin]] medal.<ref name="Cummings 2011">{{cite news|last=Cummings|first=Richard H.|title=Harlem Globetrotters and Nikita Khrushchev|url=http://coldwarradios.blogspot.com/2011/01/harlem-globetrotters-and-nikita.html|access-date=September 20, 2012|newspaper=Cold War Radios|date=January 30, 2011|archive-date=November 9, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109183447/http://coldwarradios.blogspot.com/2011/01/harlem-globetrotters-and-nikita.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

According to one report; however, spectators were initially confused: "A Soviet audience of 14,000 sat almost silently, as if in awe, through the first half of the game. It warmed up slightly in the second half when it realized the Trotters are more show than competition."<ref name="Eagle 7 July 1959">{{cite news|title=Russians Baffled by Harlem Fun|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sJAhAAAAIBAJ&dq=globetrotters%20moscow&pg=6190%2C2163140|access-date=September 20, 2012|newspaper=[[Reading Eagle]]|publisher=Reading Eagle Company|date=July 7, 1959|agency=[[United Press International]]|page=3}}</ref> The Globetrotters brought their own opponent—not the Washington Generals, but the San Francisco Chinese Basketeers.<ref name="Sun 16 June 1959">{{cite news|title=Abe's 'Trotters Off to Moscow|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YY9lAAAAIBAJ&dq=globetrotters%20moscow&pg=3015%2C3683991|access-date=20 September 2012|newspaper=Vancouver Sun|publisher=[[Postmedia Network]]|date=June 16, 1959|agency=Associated Press|page=16}}</ref> A review in ''[[Pravda]]'' stated, "This is not basketball; it is too full of tricks" but praised the Globetrotters' skills and suggested that "they have some techniques to show us".<ref name="Leader-Post 8 July 1959">{{cite news|title=Globetrotters impress Soviets|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IatUAAAAIBAJ&dq=globetrotters%20moscow&pg=3437%2C1213817|access-date=September 20, 2012|newspaper=[[Leader-Post]]|publisher=Postmedia Network|date=July 8, 1959|agency=Associated Press}}</ref>

The American press—particularly [[Drew Pearson (journalist)|Drew Pearson]]—made note of the fact that the Globetrotters were paid (per game) the equivalent of $4,000 ({{Inflation|US|4000|1959|r=-3|fmt=eq}}),{{Inflation/fn|US}} which could be spent only in Moscow. The games were used as evidence that U.S.–Soviet relations were improving, that Moscow was backing off its criticism of race relations inside America, and that the USSR was becoming more capitalist (Pearson suggested that the games were held because Lenin Stadium needed money).<ref name="Pearson 1959">{{cite news|last=Pearson|first=Drew|title=US–USSR Relations Much Improved|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BJUuAAAAIBAJ&dq=globetrotters%20moscow&pg=7134%2C5499922|access-date=September 20, 2012|newspaper=[[Deseret News]]|publisher=[[Deseret Management Corporation]]|date=July 30, 1959}}</ref><ref name="Pearson 11 Sept 1959">{{cite news|last=Pearson|first=Drew|title=Ike Should Go to Russia|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bVcrAAAAIBAJ&dq=globetrotters%20moscow&pg=1202%2C1724043|access-date=September 20, 2012|newspaper=Daytona Beach Morning Journal|date=September 11, 1959|page=13}}</ref>

In May 1967, [[New York City]]–based [[Metromedia]] announced that it would acquire the Globetrotters for $1 million, but the deal was never completed and the team was later sold to [[George N. Gillett Jr.]], who soon formed a new company called Globetrotter Communications in 1968.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gent|first=George|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1967/05/24/archives/metromedia-buys-globetrotters-tv-chain-will-add-team-to-ice-capades.html|title=METROMEDIA BUYS GLOBETROTTERS; TV Chain Will Add Team to Ice Capades Operation Promoter Once An Ally Sonny Fox at Expo 67|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 24, 1967|accessdate=November 12, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/67-OCR/1967-06-12-BC-OCR-Page-0060.pdf|title=Metromedia outbid for Globetrotters team|periodical=[[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting]]|date=June 12, 1967|accessdate=November 12, 2021}}</ref>

Nine years after the company's attempted acquisition in 1976, Metromedia announced that it would re-acquire the Globetrotters for $11 million from Globetrotter Communications.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/76-OCR/1976-05-17-BC-OCR-Page-0040.pdf|title=Metromedia into basketball|periodical=Broadcasting|date=May 17, 1976|accessdate=November 12, 2021}}</ref>

Many famous basketball players have played for the Globetrotters. Greats such as "Wee" Willie Gardner, [[Connie Hawkins|Connie "The Hawk" Hawkins]], [[Wilt Chamberlain|Wilt "The Stilt" Chamberlain]], and [[Nathaniel Clifton|Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton]] later joined the NBA. The Globetrotters signed their first female player, Olympic gold medalist [[Lynette Woodard]], in 1985.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.cleveland.com/sports/index.ssf/2008/12/globetrotters_mains.html |work= [[The Plain Dealer]]|publisher=[[Advance Publications]] |location= Cleveland |title= It's a new spin: Harlem Globetrotters trying to put a high-tech gleam on a vintage product |date= December 22, 2008 |first= Bill |last= Lubinger |access-date= May 23, 2015}}</ref>

Because nearly all of the team's players have been black, and as a result of the buffoonery involved in many of the Globetrotters' [[sketch comedy|skits]], they drew some criticism during the [[Civil Rights]] era. The players were accused by some civil-rights advocates of "Tomming for Abe," a reference to [[Uncle Tom]] and owner [[Abe Saperstein]]. However, prominent civil rights activist [[Jesse Jackson]] (who would later be named an Honorary Globetrotter) came to their defense by stating, "I think they've been a positive influence... They did not show blacks as stupid. On the contrary, they were shown as superior."<ref name="globe"/>

In 1986, as part of the spin-off of Metromedia's television stations to [[News Corporation]] and the [[20th Century Fox]] film studio, the company sold the Globetrotters and the [[Ice Capades]] to the [[Minneapolis]]-based International Broadcasting Corporation (owners of [[KTAB-TV]] in [[Abilene, Texas]] and controlled by [[Thomas Scallen]]) for $30 million.<ref>{{cite news|last=Fabrikant|first=Geraldine|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/05/business/metromedia-set-to-sell-globetrotters-ice-show.html|title=METROMEDIA SET TO SELL GLOBETROTTERS, ICE SHOW|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 5, 1986|accessdate=November 12, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/03/04/Metromedia-to-sell-Harlem-Globetrotters/7801510296400/|title=Metromedia to sell Harlem Globetrotters|work=[[United Press International]]|date=March 4, 1986|accessdate=November 12, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1986-03-05-0200330266-story.html|title=BASKETBALL|newspaper=[[Orlando Sentinel]]|date=March 5, 1986|accessdate=November 12, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=March 10, 1986|title=Bottom Line|periodical=[[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting]]|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/86-OCR/BC-1986-03-10-OCR-Page-0076.pdf|access-date=November 12, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1986/07/02/parts-worth-more-than-a-whole-metromedia/19efeb29-7807-41df-bfd8-b6b8b0b0166b/|title=Parts Worth More Than a Whole Metromedia|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=July 2, 1986|accessdate=November 12, 2021}}</ref>

In 1993, former Globetrotters player [[Mannie Jackson]] purchased the team from the International Broadcasting Corporation, which was on the verge of bankruptcy.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/26/business/globetrotters-sale.html|title=Globetrotters Sale|newspaper=The New York Times|agency=Reuters|date=March 26, 1993|accessdate=November 12, 2021}}</ref>

In 1995, Orlando Antigua became the first Hispanic player on the team. He was the first non-black player on the Globetrotters' roster since [[Bob Karstens]] played with the squad in 1942–43.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/28/sports/sports-people-basketball-a-non-black-player-joins-globetrotters.html|title=Sports People: Basketball – A Non-Black Player Joins Globetrotters|date=December 28, 1995|work=The New York Times|access-date=July 6, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

[[File:Washington Generals vs. Harlem Globetrotters June 2019 03 (Globetrotters Magic Circle).jpg|thumb|The Globetrotters' Magic Circle in 2019]]

While parts of a modern exhibition game are pre-planned, the games themselves are not fixed. While their opponents do not interfere with the Globetrotters' hijinks while on defense, they play a serious game when in possession of the ball and about 20 to 30 percent of a game is "real." This once led to an infamous defeat at the hands of the Washington Generals in 1971, to the distress of the watching crowd, after the Globetrotters lost track of a big lead with their tricks and the Generals hit a game-winning buzzer-beater.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.portablepress.com/blog/2013/12/10-quick-facts-harlem-globetrotters/|title=10 Quick Facts About the Harlem Globetrotters |date=2013-12-03|website=Portable Press |language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sportsgrid.com/basketball-3/as-the-harlem-globetrotters-ditch-their-archrivals-we-remember-the-one-time-the-washington-generals-won/|title=Washington Generals Beat Harlem Globetrotters |date=August 14, 2015|work=SportsGrid|access-date=July 6, 2017|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802064646/http://www.sportsgrid.com/basketball-3/as-the-harlem-globetrotters-ditch-their-archrivals-we-remember-the-one-time-the-washington-generals-won/|archive-date=2018-08-02}}</ref>

In September 2005, [[Shamrock Holdings]] purchased 80% stake in the Globetrotters.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-28-fi-globetrotters28-story.html|title=Roy Disney-Led Fund Buys 80% of Harlem Globetrotters|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=September 28, 2005|accessdate=November 12, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=2174308|title=Disney's company buys 80 percent of Globetrotters|website=ESPN|date=September 27, 2005|accessdate=November 12, 2021}}</ref>

In October 2013, [[Herschend Family Entertainment]] announced that it would acquire the Globetrotters from Shamrock Holdings.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20131001005690/en/Herschend-Family-Entertainment-New-Owners-of-World-Famous-Harlem-Globetrotters|title=Herschend Family Entertainment New Owners of World Famous Harlem Globetrotters|publisher=Harlem Globetrotters International/Herschend Family Entertainment|via=Business Wire|date=October 1, 2013|accessdate=November 12, 2021}}</ref>

In June 2021, the Globetrotters filed a petition to join the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA) as an expansion franchise.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news10.com/sports/the-harlem-globetrotters-want-to-join-the-nba/|title=The Harlem Globetrotters want to join the NBA|first=Bobby|last=Oler|website=[[WTEN]]|publisher=Nexstar Media Group|date=June 27, 2021|accessdate=June 29, 2021}}</ref>

==Current roster==
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{{player2 | num = 47 | first = Joey "Hot Rod" | last = De La Rosa | pos = F | ft = 7 | in = 1 | lbs =  | college = St. John's University| DOB =  }}
{{player2 | num = 48 | first = Paweł "Dazzle" | last = Kidoń | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 11 | lbs =  | from = Zubrzyca Dolna, Poland | DOB =  }}
{{player2 | num = 49 | first = Malik "Jammin" | last = London | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 7 | lbs =  | college = UT-Martin | DOB =  }}
{{player2 | num = 51 | first = Lucius "Too Tall" | last = Winston | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 10 | lbs =  | college = Tuskegee | DOB =  }}
{{player2 | num = 54 | first = Brandon "Hi-Rise" | last = Mitchell | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 6| lbs =  | college = 
 San Jose State University | DOB =  }}
{{player2 | num = 55 | first = Randy "Crash" | last = McClure | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs =  | college = Albany State | DOB =  }}
{{player2 | num = 55 | first = Zavian "Sky" | last = Jackson | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs =  | college = Arkansas-Pine Bluff | DOB =  }}
{{player2 | num = 57 | first = Mario "Bounce" | last = Moody | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 7 | lbs =  | college = Bethune-Cookman | DOB =  }}
{{player2 | num = 58 | first = Max "Hops" | last = Pearce | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 0 | lbs =  | college = Purchase College | DOB =  }}


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| transaction_url = https://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/world-tour/roster/
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}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/world-tour/roster/|title=Active Roster Meet the Squad|date=24 April 2023}}</ref>

==Draft==
Starting in 2007, the Globetrotters have conducted an annual "draft" a few days before the [[National Basketball Association Draft|NBA draft]], in which they select players they feel fit the mold of a Globetrotter. Being drafted by the Globetrotters does not guarantee a spot on the team, although several drafted players have gone on to become Globetrotters: Anthony "Ant" Atkinson (2007), Brent Petway (2007), William "Bull" Bullard (2008), Tay "Firefly" Fisher (2008), Charlie Coley III (2009), Paul "Tiny" Sturgess (2011), Jacob "Hops" Tucker (2011), Darnell "Spider" Wilks (2011), Bryan "B-Nice" Narcisse (2012), Tyrone Davis (2013), Corey "Thunder" Law (2013), Tyler "Iceman" Inman (2014) Devan "Beast" Douglas (2016), and AJ "Money" Merriweather.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/news/harlem-globetrotters-mark-10th-anniversary-draft-first-ever-live-announcements-twitter|title=Harlem Globetrotters Mark 10th Anniversary of Draft with First-Ever Live Announcements on Twitter|date=29 July 2016|access-date=24 January 2017|archive-date=13 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913002229/https://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/news/harlem-globetrotters-mark-10th-anniversary-draft-first-ever-live-announcements-twitter|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Other notable draft picks by the Globetrotters include: [[Sun Mingming]] (2007), [[Patrick Ewing Jr.]] (2008), [[Sonny Weems]] (2008), [[Taylor Griffin]] (2009), [[Tim Howard]] (2009), [[Mark Titus]] (2010), [[Lionel Messi]] (2011), [[Jordan McCabe]], then 12 years old (2011), [[Andrew Goudelock]] (2011), [[Usain Bolt]] (2012), [[Mariano Rivera]] (2013), [[Brittney Griner]] (2013), [[Johnny Manziel]] (2014), [[Landon Donovan]] (2014), [[Mo'ne Davis]] (2015), [[Dude Perfect]] (2015), [[Kevin Hart]] (2016), [[Neymar]] (2016), [[Missy Franklin]] (2016), [[Jordan Spieth]] (2016), [[Craig Sager]] (2016), [[Gal Gadot]] (2017), [[Aaron Judge]] (2017), [[Tim Tebow]] (2017), [[Paul Pogba]] (2018), [[Joseph Kilgore]] (2018), [[Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson]] (2018), [[Mahershala Ali]] (2019), [[Mookie Betts]] (2020), and [[Chadwick Boseman]] (2020).<ref name=Draft>{{cite news| first= Patrick |last= Dorsey | url= http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=dorsey-110623_lionel_messi_globetrotters |title= A brief history of the Harlem Globetrotters' draft picks, including Lionel Messi| website= [[ESPN]].com| date= 2011-07-23| access-date= 2012-01-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url= http://espn.go.com/blog/cleveland-browns/post/_/id/6273/three-sports-harlem-globetrotters-draft-manziel| title= Three sports: Globetrotters draft Manziel| first= Pat| last= McManamon| website= ESPN.com|publisher=ESPN Inc.| date= June 24, 2014| access-date= July 28, 2016}}</ref><ref name=Griner>{{cite news| first= Kate |last= Fagan| url= http://espn.go.com/wnba/story/_/id/9421631/brittney-griner-harlem-globetrotters-thanks-no-thanks| title= Griner turns down Globetrotters| website= ESPN.com |publisher=ESPN Inc. |date= 2013-06-25| access-date= 2013-06-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/news/2017-player-draft|title=2017 Player Draft|date=2017-06-20|work=Harlem Globetrotters|access-date=July 6, 2017|language=en|archive-date=2018-12-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181202232251/https://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/news/2017-player-draft|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/news/announcing-2018-harlem-globetrotter-draftees|title=Announcing the 2018 Harlem Globetrotter Draftees!|date=2018-06-19|work=Harlem Globetrotters|access-date=June 19, 2018|language=en|archive-date=2018-09-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912204632/https://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/news/announcing-2018-harlem-globetrotter-draftees|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Retired numbers==
The Globetrotters have honored eight players by [[retired number|retiring their numbers]]:

[[File:Wilt Chamberlain3.jpg|thumb|alt=A basketball player, wearing a blue jersey with the word "ORIGINAL HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS" on the front, is posing while holding a basketball.|[[Wilt Chamberlain]], the first Globetrotter to have his jersey number retired, played for the Globetrotters from 1958 to 1959.]]
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="text-align:center"
! colspan="4" style="{{Basketball primary style|Harlem Globetrotters|border=0}};"|Harlem Globetrotters retired numbers
|-
! style="{{Basketball secondary style|Harlem Globetrotters|border=0}};"|No.
! style="width:180px; {{Basketball secondary style|Harlem Globetrotters|border=0}};"|Player
! style="{{Basketball secondary style|Harlem Globetrotters|border=0}};"|Tenure
! style="{{Basketball secondary style|Harlem Globetrotters|border=0}};"|Date retired
|-
! 13
| [[Wilt Chamberlain|Wilt "The Stilt" Chamberlain]]
| 1958–59
| March 9, 2000
|-
! 20
| [[Marques Haynes]]
|  1947–53, 1972–79
|  January 5, 2001
|-
! 22
| [[Fred Neal|Fred "Curly" Neal]]
| 1963–85
| February 15, 2008
|-
! 34
| [[Charles Harrison (basketball)|Charles "Tex" Harrison]]
| 1954–72
| December 26, 2017
|-
! 35
| [[Hubert Ausbie|Hubert "Geese" Ausbie]]
| 1961–85
| January 31, 2017
|-
! 36
| [[Meadowlark Lemon]]
| 1954–79, 1993<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.meadowlarklemon.org/biography/ |title=Biography of Meadowlark Lemon |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522195031/http://www.meadowlarklemon.org/biography/ |archive-date=2014-05-22 |website=MeadowlarkLemon.org}}</ref>
| January 5, 2001
|-
! 41
| [[Louis Dunbar|"Sweet" Lou Dunbar]]
| 1977–current
| February 15, 2019
|-
! 50
| [[Goose Tatum]]
| 1941–43, 1945–55<ref>{{cite web| website= BlackFives.org|url= http://www.blackfives.org/harlem-globetrotter-reese-goose-tatum-to-be-enshrined-in-basketball-hall-of-fame/ |title= Harlem Globetrotter Reece 'Goose' Tatum To Be Enshrined In Basketball Hall of Fame| date= April 4, 2011}}</ref>
| February 8, 2002
|-
|}

==In mass media/popular culture==
[[File:Soupy Sales Harlem Globetrotters 1969.JPG|thumb|[[Soupy Sales]] and the Harlem Globetrotters; from a 1969 television special]]
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{{In popular culture|section|date=May 2020}}

===Theatrical===
====Featured====
* ''[[The Harlem Globetrotters (film)|The Harlem Globetrotters]]'', a 1951 feature film starring [[Marques Haynes]] and other Globetrotters, also featuring [[Thomas Gomez]], [[Dorothy Dandridge]], Bill Walker, and Angela Clarke. Young Bill Townsend drops out of college to join the famous independent Trotter team. He also finds romance along the way. "Goose" Tatum and fancy dribbler Haynes were the star players of the Globetrotters at the time and Saperstein was the owner. Tatum, Haynes, Babe Pressley, Ermer Robinson, Duke Cumberland, Clarence Wilson, [[Pop Gates]], Frank Washington, Ted Strong, and other current team members appear in the film as themselves. Also featured is a lot of actual game footage (three times against the Celtics with [[Tony Lavelli]] and Big Bob Hahn), including the "Sweet Georgia Brown" warm-up routine. (Along with making the film, the team toured [[Major League Baseball]] stadiums that year and went on their first tour of South America.)
* ''[[Go, Man, Go!]]'' a 1954 prequel starring [[Dane Clark]] as Abe Saperstein and [[Sidney Poitier]] as Inman Jackson.<ref>{{cite news |first= Bosley |last= Crowther | author-link = Bosley Crowther |title= The Screen in Review; Harlem Globetrotters Perform in a Sports Romance, 'Go, Man, Go!' at the Globe |url= https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9A01E2DE1738E23BBC4852DFB566838F649EDE |work= The New York Times |date=March 10, 1954 |access-date=May 4, 2008 }}</ref>
* ''Harlem Globetrotters: The Team that Changed the World'', a 2005 [[documentary film|documentary]] featuring interviews with the Globetrotters, NBA coaches, and fans such as [[Samuel L. Jackson]], [[Barack Obama]], [[Phil Jackson]], and [[Henry Kissinger]]—himself an honorary Globetrotter<ref>{{cite journal |first= Maurice |last= Sorrell |title=The Week's Best Photos | journal=JET |volume=51 |issue=17 |pages=41 |date=January 1977 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GL8DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA41}}</ref>—and including photos of the Globetrotters with [[Pope John Paul II]], who is also an honorary Globetrotter.
====Cameo====
* The Globetrotters appeared in the 2000 comedy ''[[Little Nicky]]'' with [[Adam Sandler]], wherein they are shown losing to the [[Washington Generals]], which is caused by one of Nicky's demonic brothers.

===Television===
====Featured====
* ''[[Harlem Globetrotters (TV series)|Harlem Globetrotters]]'', a [[Hanna-Barbera]] [[Saturday morning cartoon]], broadcast from September 12, 1970 to May 1973. Originally broadcast on [[CBS]] and later rerun on [[NBC]] as ''The Go-Go Globetrotters''. The cartoon Globetrotters also guest-starred three times on ''[[The New Scooby-Doo Movies]]''. [[Scatman Crothers]] provided the voice for [[Meadowlark Lemon]]'s character on the show.
* ''[[The Harlem Globetrotters Popcorn Machine]]'', a 1974 live-action Saturday morning [[variety show]] starring the Globetrotters that featured comedy skits, [[blackout gag]]s, and educational segments. The show was produced by Funhouse Productions and Yongestreet Productions for CBS. The show also starred [[Rodney Allen Rippy]] and [[Avery Schreiber]].
* ''[[The Super Globetrotters]]'', a second animated series created by Hanna-Barbera for [[NBC]] in 1979. It featured the Globetrotters (now including new squad members [[James Sanders (American basketball player)|James "Twiggy" Sanders]], [[Nate Branch]], and [[Louis Dunbar|Louis "Sweet Lou" Dunbar]]) as undercover [[superhero]]es who would transform themselves by entering magic portable lockers carried in "Sweet Lou" Dunbar's [[afro]] or in a basketball-shaped medallion. Although the Super Globetrotters would first attempt to take on the villain with standard comical heroics, things would almost always be settled with a basketball game.
* ''[[The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island]]'', a 1981 made-for-TV film featured the Globetrotters alongside [[Bob Denver]] and the rest of the cast of ''[[Gilligan's Island]]''. The film's plot follows the first animated series' formula to a degree with a conflict that ends with an unusual basketball game against an opposing team made up of [[robot]]s. The Globetrotters decide to play with standard moves in the first half, which the robots are able to counter until Gilligan unwittingly comments that they have not done any fancy tricks. This makes the Professor advise the team to use their comedic style of play to win, which hopelessly confuses the machines. However, a couple of Globetrotters suffer injuries, and the team needs the help of Gilligan and Skipper to substitute.
* ''Harlem Globetrotters: Play it Forward'', a 2022 live action [[E/I]] Saturday morning program for NBC, hosted by [[Craig Robinson (actor)|Craig Robinson]], showcasing off-court visits as "ambassadors of goodwill" on their world tour as well as on-court antics<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/playitforward/ | title=Play It Forward }}</ref>
* Globetrotter games appear annually on ABC or ESPN. On December 5, 2010, in a game televised on [[ESPN2]] against the [[Washington Generals]] from [[HP Field House]] at the [[Walt Disney World Resort]] in [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]], the game saw several landmark events occur. A four-point shot may be scored from the four-point circle {{cvt|35|ft}} away from the basket, with three minutes or less to go in any quarter. A penalty box was introduced as the price to be paid for any 'funny business' by a player. The Globetrotters made the first, and most, of the four-point shots in the game. All of the penalties in this game were assessed to the Globetrotters. The visiting Globetrotters went on to beat the Generals 104–98 in this historical game of firsts.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/news/?article_id=276 |title= Game Ball From Historic 4-Point Shot Headed to the Hall| website= Harlem Globetrotters| access-date= December 12, 2010}}</ref>

====Guest====
* On December 19, 1956, twelve members of the Globetrotters appeared as guest challengers on the TV panel show ''[[What's My Line?]]'' Clarence Wilson acted as the spokesman and was accompanied by members George "Meadowlark" Lemon, Charlie Hoxie, [[Roman Turmon]], Andy Johnson, Woodrow "Woody" Sauldsberry, Carl Green, Leon Hillard, Willie Gardner, and others.
* In a 1979 episode of ''[[The White Shadow (TV series)|The White Shadow]]'', the Globetrotters appear wherein Coach Reeves convinces the team to help him send his basketball team a reality check about overconfidence and underestimating their opponents as a result of a winning streak that got to his players' heads.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The White Shadow (Carver High) Globetrotters | website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnC7a4Qd4sU |access-date=2023-12-06 |language=en}}</ref> The Globetrotters returned in season three (1980) when star player Warren Coolidge convinced that his basketball ability would preclude his need to finish high school, considers dropping out of school and trying out for the Globetrotters. After failing miserably in his tryout, Coolidge is persuaded to finish his education before giving any thought to a basketball career.
* In "Hoopla" (1984), an episode of the television series ''[[The Love Boat]]'', the Globetrotters are on a cruise and challenged the crew to a game in the dining room.
*In the 6th episode of [[Hell's Kitchen (American TV series)|''Hell’s Kitchen'']] [[Hell's Kitchen (American season 5)|season 5]], the Globetrotters made a special guest appearance teaching a young boy a few basketball tricks during his [[Bar-mitzvah|bar mitzvah]] party.
*In ''[[The Amazing Race (American TV series)|The Amazing Race]]'': [[The Amazing Race 15|season 15]] (2009), [[Herbert "Flight Time" Lang]] and [[Nathaniel "Big Easy" Lofton]] participated, finishing fourth place. They returned for [[The Amazing Race 18|season 18]] (2011), which is subtitled "Unfinished Business," featuring fan-favorite teams who lost the competition because of various circumstances. The pair finished second overall. They also returned for [[The Amazing Race 24|season 24]] (2014), dubbed an "All Star" season, featuring some of the shows fan favorites, this time finishing sixth.
* As part of the cross-promotion of ''The Amazing Race'', Lang and Lofton also appeared on [[CBS Daytime]]'s game show ''[[The Price Is Right (American game show)|The Price Is Right]]'' to model prizes (a Sport Court basketball court) and present a showcase.
* In 2009 and 2010, members of the Harlem Globetrotters appeared on the nationally televised McDonald's Thanksgiving Day Parade in [[Chicago]].
* In 2010, five members of the Globetrotters appeared on ''[[Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? (American game show)|Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?]]'', raising money for charity.
* Three members of the Globetrotters appear in the "Harlem NY" episode (2011) of ''[[Man v. Food Nation]]'', in which they have to defeat a spicy two-pound barbecue sandwich in 15 minutes.
* Special K Daley, Ant Atkinson, and Blenda Rodriguez of the Globetrotters made a guest appearance in the October 18, 2011 episode of ''[[Sesame Street]]'', in which they talk with the Muppet [[Elmo]] about the number 3.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/news/trotters-appear-sesame-street |title= Trotters Appear on ''Sesame Street'' |website= HarlemGlobetrotters.com |date= 2011-10-19 |access-date= October 16, 2013 |archive-date= 2013-10-16 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131016195110/http://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/news/trotters-appear-sesame-street |url-status= dead }}</ref>
* In 2012, the Globetrotters made a special guest appearance on [[Disney XD]] 's ''[[Kickin' It]]'', in the episode "Eddie Cries Uncle."
* Globetrotter Bull Bullard competed on seasons four, five and six on ''[[American Ninja Warrior#American Ninja Warrior Junior|American Ninja Warrior]]''. In season four, he advanced to the finals but timed out on the first stage of the finals. Bullard competed on two additional seasons.
* Three members of the Harlem Globetrotters visited [[North Korea]] alongside [[Dennis Rodman]] in 2013, as seen in the HBO series ''[[Vice (TV series)|Vice]]'', becoming some of the first Americans to meet North Korean leader [[Kim Jong-un|Kim Jong Un]].
* On May 26, 2015, the Globetrotters appeared in the [[series premiere]] of ''[[I Can Do That (U.S. TV series)|I Can Do That]]''.
* Three members of the Harlem Globetrotters appeared in the ''[[Dog with a Blog]]'' episode "Cat with a Blog."<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.disneyabcpress.com/disneychannel/shows/dog-with-a-blog/episodes/cat-with-a-blog/photos/ | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061316/http://www.disneyabcpress.com/disneychannel/shows/dog-with-a-blog/episodes/cat-with-a-blog/photos/ | url-status= dead | archive-date= March 4, 2016 |title= Dog With a Blog episode 322; Air Date 08/21/15 'Cat with a Blog' | website= DisneyABCPress.com}}</ref>
* On December 7, 2016, the Globetrotters appeared on ''[[The Goldbergs (2013 TV series)|The Goldbergs]].''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/news/globetrotters-goldbergs|title=Globetrotters on the Goldbergs|date=December 7, 2016|access-date=January 24, 2017|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202023506/http://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/news/globetrotters-goldbergs|url-status=dead}}</ref>

====Animation====
* In "[[Homie the Clown]]," an episode of the animated series ''[[The Simpsons]]'', [[Krusty the Clown]] bets all the money he earned franchising his name against the Globetrotters in a game, saying that he "thought [[Washington Generals|the Generals]] were [[Gambler's fallacy|due]]!" He then shouts "That game was fixed! They used a freakin' ladder for God's sake!"
* The animated series ''[[Futurama]]'' features several episodes in which the Harlem Globetrotters appear as brilliant scientists as well as basketball players living on another planet, the Globetrotter Homeworld. Ironically, the Harlem Globetrotters react harshly to anyone who "laughs at their antics" as evidenced in the episode "[[Time Keeps On Slippin']]" (2001).
* Five of the Globetrotters appeared as guest stars in the ''[[Mutt & Stuff]]'' episode "Basketball Dogs vs. The Harlem Globetrotters" on August 19, 2016.
* On March 19, 2018, [[Seth MacFarlane]] featured the Harlem Globetrotters in an ''[[American Dad!]]'' episode called "[[Klaustastrophe.tv]]."

===Video games===
* In 1979, the [[Bally Manufacturing|Bally Manufacturing Corporation]] produced a coin operated, commercial pinball machine titled the ''Harlem Globetrotters on Tour''. The pinball machine used solid state electronics and 14,550 units were produced.
* ''[[Harlem Globetrotters (video game)|Harlem Globetrotters]]'', a video game published in 1990 for MS-DOS systems, and in 1991 for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]].
* ''[[Harlem Globetrotters: World Tour]]'', a 2006 video game for the [[Game Boy Advance]] and the [[Nintendo DS]]

==Honorary members==
Ten people have been officially named as honorary members of the team:<ref>{{cite book| chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aB8sCV5nVaoC&q=Harlem+Globetrotters+%28team%29&pg=PA415 |first= David |last= Blevins |title=The Sports Hall of Fame Encyclopedia: Baseball, Basketball, Football, Hockey, Soccer |chapter=Harlem Globetrotters (Team) |year=2012 |place=Plymouth, UK |publisher=Scarecrow Press |pages=415–417 |isbn=978-0-8108-6130-5}}</ref>
*[[Henry Kissinger]] (1976)
*[[Bob Hope]] (1977)
*[[Kareem Abdul-Jabbar]] (1989)
*[[Whoopi Goldberg]] (1990)
*[[Nelson Mandela]] (1996)
*[[Jackie Joyner-Kersee]] (1999)
*[[Pope John Paul II]] (2000) – Press agent [[Lee Solters]] arranged a ceremony orchestrated in front of a crowd of 50,000 in [[Saint Peter's Square]] in which the Pope was recognized as an honorary Globetrotter.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Martin |first=Douglas |date=2009-05-22 |title=Lee Solters, Razzle-Dazzle Press Agent, Dies at 89 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/22/theater/22solters.html |access-date=2023-12-06 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[Jesse Jackson]] (2001) 
*[[Pope Francis]] (2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/news/harlem-globetrotters-have-audience-pope-francis-name-him-ninth-honorary-harlem-globetrotter-tea|title=Harlem Globetrotters Have an Audience with Pope Francis, Name Him Ninth Honorary Harlem Globetrotter in Team History|work=Harlem Globetrotters|date=May 6, 2015|access-date=August 14, 2015|archive-date=July 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710001247/http://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/news/harlem-globetrotters-have-audience-pope-francis-name-him-ninth-honorary-harlem-globetrotter-tea|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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*[[Robin Roberts (newscaster)|Robin Roberts]] (2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/news/robin-roberts-named-honorary-harlem-globetrotter-team-announces-great-assist-initiative-and-90-|title=Robin Roberts Named Honorary Harlem Globetrotter; Team Announces The Great Assist Initiative And 90-Year Celebration|date=October 6, 2015|access-date=September 23, 2016|archive-date=May 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527170602/http://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/news/robin-roberts-named-honorary-harlem-globetrotter-team-announces-great-assist-initiative-and-90-|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In addition, [[Bill Cosby]] (1972) and [[Magic Johnson]] (2003) were each signed to honorary $1-a-year lifetime contracts with the Globetrotters.<ref>{{cite news| agency= Associated Press | url= http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=1652512 |title= Johnson joins Globetrotters to defeat former team| website= ESPN.com |publisher=ESPN Inc.| date= November 2, 2003| access-date= January 28, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| last= Wolfe| first= Rich| title= For Mets Fans Only| publisher= Indy Tech Publishing| year= 2006| page= [https://archive.org/details/formetsfansonly0000wolf/page/98 98]| isbn= 0-7906-1334-4| url-access= registration| url= https://archive.org/details/formetsfansonly0000wolf/page/98}}</ref><ref name="cosby">{{cite news|last1=Gordon|first1=Aaron|title=Bill Cosby Is (Still) A Harlem Globetrotter|url=https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/pgnqq9/bill-cosby-is-still-a-harlem-globetrotter|access-date=20 March 2018|work=Sports|date=9 July 2015|language=en-us}}</ref> When Cosby's nominal association with the team was the subject of criticism following [[Bill Cosby sexual assault allegations|sexual assault allegations]], the Globetrotters stated that they have had no association with him for decades.<ref name="cosby"/>

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* "Ready-To-Read", Educational Book series featuring the Harlem Globetrotters
** {{cite book |last=Dobrow |first=Larry |date=2017 |title=Here Come the Harlem Globetrotters | location= New York | publisher= Simon Spotlight}}
** {{cite book |last=Dobrow |first=Larry |date=2017 |title=The Superstar Story of the Harlem Globetrotters | location= New York | publisher= Simon Spotlight}}
** {{cite book |last=Dobrow |first=Larry |date=2018 |title=The Harlem Globetrotters Present the Points Behind Basketball | location= New York | publisher= Simon Spotlight}}

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/ Harlem Globetrotters Official website]
* [http://www.famousinterview.ca/interviews/billy_ray_hobley.htm Interview with Billy Ray Hobley]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090805114843/http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/tag/harlem-globetrotters Basketball Hall of Fame profile]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110721124258/http://www.entertainmentarchitects.ie/TheMusic/Harlem_Globetrotters Harlem Globetrotters PR] in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
* [http://www.voicesofoklahoma.com/interview/haynes-marques/ Voices of Oklahoma interview with Marques Haynes.] First person interview conducted on December 28, 2011, with Marques Haynes, former member of the Harlem Globetrotters.
* [https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip_529-416sx6597r "In Black America; The Harlem Globetrotters 1985,"] 1985-03-06, [[KUT|KUT Radio]], [[American Archive of Public Broadcasting]] ([[WGBH Educational Foundation|WGBH]] and the [[Library of Congress]]), Boston, MA and Washington, DC
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