The Hustlers, Season 1, Episode 7

Solomon

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I was trying to figure out what was going on in the "Bad Table Manners" clip because I couldn't get any audio. I'm not taking one side or the other because I really don't know what the argument was about. But if I turned away from the pool table and all of a sudden a pool ball hit me after arguing with someone, I'd probably swing on them.

I'm sure that Greg didn't mean for the pool ball to fly off the table and hit Gary, but from Gary's point of view he turned his back to Greg after an argument and is all of a sudden hit by a pool ball.
 
hang-the-9

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All they need to do is shut up and play, but I guess that would make for boring TV. The show makes a few of the people out to be loony's but it all comes out from everyone yacking away in the middle of a set.
 
boogeyman

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hang-the-9 said:
All they need to do is shut up and play, but I guess that would make for boring TV. The show makes a few of the people out to be loony's but it all comes out from everyone yacking away in the middle of a set.
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I agree, hang. "To shut up and play" would be truly boring to the viewers.
I don't like my game being represented so as to embolden any
"harmful" stereotypes that are out there already.

Again however, I give credit to the producers for generating a pool product.

This seems like a no-win situation for me personally:
if this show eventually bombs, the pool image the show is trying to evoke goes away.

If it does well, the viewing public will be given a untrue picture of the professional,
artistic, and technical game really is.

Oh, the agony! :)
 
Cardigan Kid

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Patrick Johnson said:
What pool product? This is Jerry Springer - the pool hall is irrelevant (except for the stereotypes being perpetuated about pool players).

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What did the stereotype of Tom Cruise spinning a cue like a katana blade do for the sport?
This show is definitely a pool product, and a viable one in this day and age of pool being relegated to espn space filler between NCAA women's softball and spelling bee national finals.
 
TimKrazyMon

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boogeyman said:
I agree, hang. "To shut up and play" would be truly boring to the viewers.
I don't like my game being represented so as to embolden any
"harmful" stereotypes that are out there already.

Again however, I give credit to the producers for generating a pool product.

This seems like a no-win situation for me personally:
if this show eventually bombs, the pool image the show is trying to evoke goes away.

If it does well, the viewing public will be given a untrue picture of the professional,
artistic, and technical game really is.

Oh, the agony! :)
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I'm with ya, boogeyman. Seems like even if pool wins, it loses.
 
DAVE_M

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I haven't watched an episode, other than the "Clips."

This show looks like garbage. "Reality TV" is always garbage.
 
boogeyman

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DAVE_M said:
I haven't watched an episode, other than the "Clips."

This show looks like garbage. "Reality TV" is always garbage.
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I agree, Dave. I haven't seen one reality TV program that I liked. The only reason
I am sticking with Hustlers is obviously because its pool-related. Anyone who
works hard to get stuff out there deserve props. (I also stood by Bonus Ball)

Although I appreciate the guys getting this on TV, Why The F*** can't pool be presented on television as sophisticated, professional, and without adversary?
 
DAVE_M

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boogeyman said:
Why The F*** can't pool be presented on television as sophisticated, professional, and without adversary?
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The same reason Pawn Stars is on the History channel and Teen Mom is on the Music Television channel.
 
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ChicagoJoe

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Amy doesn't need to be so incredibly annoying for the show to be entertaining. She makes it hard to watch.
 
mikeyfrost

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This episode was insane...There was something bad in the air that day and everything went sideways real quick. You'll feel all kinds of ways watching this one.
 
Atlatlien

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ChicagoJoe said:
Amy doesn't need to be so incredibly annoying for the show to be entertaining. She makes it hard to watch.
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Totally agree. I have told my screen to STFU more than a few times when she's on it. I wish I could mute her but not anything else..
 
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Cardigan Kid said:
What did the stereotype of Tom Cruise spinning a cue like a katana blade do for the sport?
This show is definitely a pool product, and a viable one in this day and age of pool being relegated to espn space filler between NCAA women's softball and spelling bee national finals.
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May be the biggest misconception in the pool world ,, the APA is what brought the most players by far to the game in those yrs ,,

I've been running a poll the last few weeks with all my workers and contractors ,to see how many have seen the show ,, still looking for the first one


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ctyhntr

ctyhntr

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I stopped by Steinway that day, and did something considered sacrilegious. I had a Pre-Franklin Southwest shaft, that I bought from Emily Duddy's BF, and was playing with it on a SW tribute cue a couple of tables away. They say is there bad mojo when you do stuff like that:D

mikeyfrost said:
This episode was insane...There was something bad in the air that day and everything went sideways real quick. You'll feel all kinds of ways watching this one.
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