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Doctor S had assumed that roller derby had become extinct, much like the 10:30 Saturday night movie on your local TV station and wooden bats in Little League. But Felix Gilette reports that they're still strapping on the skates and trying to get past the jammers out in Texas. You can take U.S. pro sports out of the carnival, but you can never take the carnival out of pro sports.

"Rollerball" (the 1975 original, not that lame remake) was roller derby taken to the ultimate extreme (to the death). Doctor S thought it was pretty cool, but "Kansas City Bomber" (with Racquel Welch!!) remains his all-time favorite roller derby flick.