People deal with grief in different ways. 22 years after the 1986 World Series, and a month after Bill Buckner's public homecoming to Fenway, Quincy's Josh Mitchell wants to make a movie about Buckner. And not just any movie - a musical where Mitchell's character road-trips to Idaho, talks Buckner out of seclusion, and brings him back to Boston to star in a revival of "No No Nanette". Oh, that age-old plot.

Mitchell's Wickid Pissa Films is putting together a package to pitch at Sundance, he tells the Herald. He says he would love to attract George Clooney (get in line), and hopes the film will help redeem Buckner, the most-remembered if not the most-egregious bungler in the '86 World Series collapse.

We just hope the musical has a flashback scene to Shea Stadium; we'd truly love to see Roger Clemens and John McNamara do a duet on the Clash's "Should I Stay Or Should I Go?" (Roger can then segue into Franz Ferdinand's "Take Me Out", possibly with help from an underage country ingenue). Bob Stanley and Rich Gedman can cover that 1970's soft-rock classic "Stumblin' In".

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