middleofnowhere said:

I had the original VHS tape set. There is a bit edited out when it playes on TV. I once saw it with the whole picnic scene edited out. That may be one of the most telling scenes in the movie and they cut it out.

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I still have the VHS tape of this movie. With the possible exception of The Good The Bad and The Ugly I have never seen any movie more times in my life than 'The Hustler and I've never seen the picnic scene omitted. The casting in this film was superb. Gleason for fats was a no brainer, George C Scott for Bert Gordon was spot on. Many people didn't know that Mosconi's suggestion to the studios for the role of 'Fast Eddie' was originally a young Frank Sinatra. Willie mentions this in his autobiography. Also not universally known was that Mosconi was under contract at the time with Brunswick and had to get their permission to take part in this film. Brunswick at the time was trying trying put a 'cleaner' image of pool because pool was really in the doldrums but nothing seemed to work for them. I think that Brunswick just threw up their hands and said 'go ahead and do it Willie nothing we're doing seems to helping this game out anyway. The result as it turned out was a smash hit success and it was The Hustler that brought pool back in this country, for a while anyway!

The Old Jaybird said:

...why don't we have six, eight or ten ounce break cues??

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We don't have them because we'd have to move them too fast to get decent break speeds.

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It is not London but.....

Patrick Johnson said:

Force = Mass x Speed Squared, so speed (squared) is more important, but weight (mass) plays a a significant part. It takes less speed to deliver the same amount of force with a heavier cue, so there's a tradeoff - stronger players might be able to move a heavier cue at the same speed I can move my lighter one, getting more cue ball speed without more speed-related inaccuracies.

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if this is absolutely true, then why don't we have six, eight or ten ounce break cues??

Chopdoc said:

I wonder how colors might impact pool play.

Balls. Cloth.

35 years ago one of the tables I played on had salmon cloth. Everybody hated it. It was in an "upscale" location and the cloth was picked by an interior designer.

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I hear ya Chop Way back 25-30yrs ago there was 1 table in the league that had fire engine red cloth on it(owners choice). Nobody liked playing on that table, and if an 18 wheeler went by the place, the balls moved alittle bit. LOL No $hit true story

skogstokig said:

fedor wants 50k a side so it does seem like high rolling, but i too hope they meet an agreement. and play all the DCC games. i would watch a long 9b/10b but it not being 1p, banks too would be a shame

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Fedor would also like it to be an all-around with 9b, 10b, banks, 1hole.

JoeyInCali said:

Yup.

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JB, King of live threading!

Patrick Johnson said:

It can seem like that, but the biggest confirmed hit so far isn't even 1,000 pounds.

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I think he meant a shit-ton.