# Rocky Jumped A Park Bench: Searching for the Italian Stallion in Philly

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**Created:** [April 26, 2008, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocky-jumped-a-park-bench-searching-for-the-italian-stallion-in-philly/446924 "2008-04-26T00:34:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocky-jumped-a-park-bench-searching-for-the-italian-stallion-in-philly/446924/1 "2008-04-26T00:34:48Z")

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James Rolfe, an amateur filmmaker who is probably best known online for his “Angry Nintendo Nerd” character, released a quite different film today about one of his other passions: the _Rocky_ series. This film, which premiered at a Philly film festival as part of a series of shorts about Rocky, tracks the great boxer across the city, vising locations from all six films to see where this mythical hero trained, fought, and yes, jumped a park bench. It reminds me of a documentary about searching for Bigfoot or something- except Rocky is a much more interesting myth to follow. Part two will be posted on Wednesday, but here’s part one:

[Rocky Jumped A Park Bench](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVwu-UbpPUw)