Best Celebrity pool players -- who are they?

[javi2]

This story was probably embellished somewhat....it was posted by a writer that purchased Orbach's Paradise cue.

The cue man: Jerry Orbach tops the list of pool playing entertainers in terms of sheer skill at our sport. I remember one of his stories by way of illustration, as told to my wife, Janine, and me...

“...Matt, I walked into a poolroom one night and was asked if I wanted a money game. I said, ‘Sure,’ and they paired me with this fellow who didn’t look like much to begin with. We played a “race ahead” [where you or your opponent must win X more games than the other to get the cash—Pool Guide] for a long time, and I couldn’t get ahead.

...I gave him my very best game, but we were even after more than three hours of dueling out out. Somebody said to me on the side, ‘Jerry, do you know who that is you’re playing for cash? It’s [all-time top player and road hustler] Cornbread Red!’”

The writter eventually sold the cue....probably had this "story" taped to the shaft.:wink:

 

[CallShotCowboy]

Justin Tuck's Celebrity Tournament

Here are a couple of photos from the 2nd annual Justin Tuck Celebrity tournament this past summer.

 

[TheBook]

Effrin, Archer, Jeanette, Allison, The Miz, Strickland, Fats, Keith are the best celebrity pool players.

What makes or determines a celebrity? Aren't Favre, Shack, Jeter, Kolbe, Appolo, Petty, Armstonge, and etc celebrities?

So the best celebrity pool players are the pool players that even none players have heard of.

 

[9BallPaul]

Effrin, Archer, Jeanette, Allison, The Miz, Strickland, Fats, Keith are the best celebrity pool players.

What makes or determines a celebrity? Aren't Favre, Shack, Jeter, Kolbe, Appolo, Petty, Armstonge, and etc celebrities?

So the best celebrity pool players are the pool players that even none players have heard of.

I see your point, but any one of those "celebrities" could walk down a busy street unrecognized by the general public. Minnesota Fats was a celebrity a half-century ago.

Now, Filipino culture is a different story.

 

[houmatroy]

David Brenner, David Letterman, Matt Damon, and Ben Affleck all have been known to hit a few balls from time to time.

Brenner helped revive pool in the Big Apple, creating New York pool chic at a time when pool had nearly disappeared from Manhattan. He was one of the founders of the infamous Amsterdam Billiards.

David Brenner, a standup commedian, and Loree Jon Jones on this cute video clip. Loree Jon Jones is gorgeous, and David is funny: INSPORTS with Brenner and Jones.

Brenner was a very popular comedian in the '80s, but he left the limelight in the '80s after a bitter divorce. Court battles ensued for 3 years as his wife tried to block him from seeing his son, Cole. David decided to fight back and eventually won custody. Family was more important than fame and running around the countryside to David Brenner. I respect that a lot.

Today, he is 74 years young.

The guy that played Grady Season in the color of money is the best by far of all the celebrities listed so far...can't remember his name...Starts with a K I think..:grin:

 

[billiard dave 7]

Artie Lange is supposed to play for money, and is a degenerate gambler.

 

[Black-Balled]

Artie Lange is supposed to play for money, and is a degenerate gambler.

That is true.

MAking 35k a week and he is still wearing the same jacket he wore to a Rush concert in 1981.

All coz of thge F$(^$ing Coc#&*(ing New York Giants.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLybVRBtkxU

 

[tommy84]

NASCAR's Tony Stewart at least has the best cue case.

It's made by Jack Justis and can be seen at the bottom of page 2 in his cue case gallery
http://www.justiscases.net/gallery2.html

Anything known about his playing abilities?

 

[Black-Balled]

Artie Lange is supposed to play for money, and is a degenerate gambler.

Lange admitted to having been back on heroin ... He stated that he had gotten drunk playing pool and was offered the heroin by someone at the pool-hall.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artie_Lange

 

[pdcue]

Beat me to it...He beat "Minnesota Fats", who was more celebrity than pool player.

Hardly. Check out some of Jay's stories about Fats. He could play plenty.

The myth that he couldn't play has been told for years by people who should know better.

Dale<who saw him, once upon a time>

 

[oldzilla]

Nice photo but that's not Fred's son. It's Pete Margo, a pretty darn good player himself!
P.S. Check out those Ginacue cases! Pretty cool huh. Those sleek little things held one butt and two shafts.

Yup, thats what I said a page ago !

But I wasn't sure that Mr Astaire didn't do something we don't know about. lol

Anyway, reading "Willie's Game" an autobiography written with Stanley Cohen I like how Willie met Gleason. He gives a good account of it in this book. Very funny Toots Shor set up Gleason and Willie hustled him but gave him the money back after a good laugh. Everyone had a good laugh !

Then it says how Willie taught Newman how to make a ball and such.
Newman was totally new to the game. Willie said he picked it up amazingly fast. Got to be a fair shooter with the work he put into it !

 

[Joe Rogan]

There was a celebrity pool TV show a while back, but no one on it really knew how to play at all. I was horribly out of stroke and I still won it easy.
I hadn't hit a ball in many years, but just playing on that show got me back into it again. I wound up buying one of the Diamond's that they used on the IPT and just having that in my house has kept me somewhat in stroke.

Now days I'm pretty busy, but I get a few games against the ghost in my living room when I can squeeze them in.
I've been working on some sort of pool show for spike that they're interested in, it's just a matter of putting together the production.

 

[$TAKE HOR$E]

I've been working on some sort of pool show for spike that they're interested in, it's just a matter of putting together the production.

Nice....may be a hit.

 

[houmatroy]

There was a celebrity pool TV show a while back, but no one on it really knew how to play at all. I was horribly out of stroke and I still won it easy.
I hadn't hit a ball in many years, but just playing on that show got me back into it again. I wound up buying one of the Diamond's that they used on the IPT and just having that in my house has kept me somewhat in stroke.

Now days I'm pretty busy, but I get a few games against the ghost in my living room when I can squeeze them in.
I've been working on some sort of pool show for spike that they're interested in, it's just a matter of putting together the production.

That would be cool if they did pick it up !

 

[wayne]

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I heard tale that Charlie Sheen has a 3 cushion table, and he plays a respectable average near the 1.0 mark. I guess he fell in love with the game because he had a role that involved the game of 3 cushion.

He definitely doesn't have a 3 cushion table at his house.

 

[justadub]

I've been working on some sort of pool show for spike that they're interested in, it's just a matter of putting together the production.

Now that's some good news for us at Christmas time!

Best of luck with that, Joe, and thanks for stopping by here when you can.

 

[jay helfert]

There was a celebrity pool TV show a while back, but no one on it really knew how to play at all. I was horribly out of stroke and I still won it easy.
I hadn't hit a ball in many years, but just playing on that show got me back into it again. I wound up buying one of the Diamond's that they used on the IPT and just having that in my house has kept me somewhat in stroke.

Now days I'm pretty busy, but I get a few games against the ghost in my living room when I can squeeze them in.
I've been working on some sort of pool show for spike that they're interested in, it's just a matter of putting together the production.

I've got one question Joe. Did you make that three ball? :thumbup:

 

[3kushn]

Hardly. Check out some of Jay's stories about Fats. He could play plenty.

The myth that he couldn't play has been told for years by people who should know better.

Dale<who saw him, once upon a time>

I guess it depends on your criteria whose a player and whose not.

Living in Carbondale in the 70's and 80's (two stints) I saw Fats play plenty of games.

How many racks of One Pocket or how many racks of Full Rack Banks would it take before someone is considered a player? I've seen him go 3 in each game.

The myth that he couldn't play IMO comes from his rant and his Rep from those OUT of the know that he was World Champ. We all know he wasn't. I will tell you this, as the money rose so did his game. Playing all comers in an exhibition didn't benefit his game. He did exhibitions mostly as charity, fund raisers or just to promote the game.

 

[billiardshot]

I would say Willie Nelson simple- here a picture and an article from his book "Willie" published 1988. Also in an old Snap magazine, Texas issue, there an article about Willie receiving pool instruction.






Another person would be James Garner



In 1991, Garner starred in Man of the People, a television series about a con man chosen to fill an empty seat on a city council, with Kate Mulgrew and Corinne Bohrer. Despite reasonably fair ratings, the show was canceled after only 10 episodes

 

[Black-Balled]

There was a celebrity pool TV show a while back, but no one on it really knew how to play at all. I was horribly out of stroke and I still won it easy.
I hadn't hit a ball in many years, but just playing on that show got me back into it again. I wound up buying one of the Diamond's that they used on the IPT and just having that in my house has kept me somewhat in stroke.

Now days I'm pretty busy, but I get a few games against the ghost in my living room when I can squeeze them in.
I've been working on some sort of pool show for spike that they're interested in, it's just a matter of putting together the production.

Good on ya, Joe. Thanks for doing what we can't.\

Are you obligated to SpikeTV? I'd think and HBO series would be possibly be good too...things could get a bit more adult-oriented there.