from 1952 to 2018 is as follows: Dictionary (basic) (): game is on! : game is on! : the stroke that puts the ball in play : good, valid : foul : repeat : rebound on rear wall (): illegal retain : bounce : tie, draw In popular culture A statue commemorating the game skills used for throwing grenades by Victor Iturria during the Second World War was erected in Sare. Films and television programmes that show pelota being played include: Philip Leacock's 1956 film, The Spanish Gardener The Russell Rouse's Western film Thunder in the Sun The Italian movie Pari e dispari (1978) The Simpsons (Lenny, Homer's friend, is shown to live in a pelota playground, and Mr Burns wins a match after a blood transfusion) The Basque Ball (Spanish documentary film about Basque politics that uses pelota as a metaphor) Jørgen Leth's documentary "Pelota". Miami Vice (Jai-alai pelota) In Mad Men episode "The Arrangements", Pete Campbell brings in a client who wants to promote Jai-Alai in the US. In Sergio Corbucci's 1978 film Odds and Evens, Bud Spencer plays and eventually wins a Basque pelota tournament. Benidorm - In Series 7, Episode4, Glynn takes Jacqueline to a sports centre to play pelota but have to watch as there is a league game on that day. Due to an injury, Glynn steps in as a substitute, only for Jacqueline to take his place when he shows he is not a good player. Around the World with Orson Welles episode 2 "Pays Basque II (La Pelote basque)" See also Basque rural sports Squash (sport) Baseball5, a variation of baseball in which the ball is struck with a bare hand Other modalities Gaelic handball Pêl-Law (Welsh handball) Valencian pilota Valencian frontó References External links The International Federation of Basque Pelota "The History of Basque Pelota in the Americas" by Carmelo Urza Frontons.net, list of frontons around the world. Pelota vasca in the Spanish-language Auñamendi Encyclopedia, with sections on the game and history. Racket sports Former Summer Olympic sports Wall and ball games Summer sports