The funniest story I’ve ever heard….anywhere, anytime, is the Fast Larry and his Wonder Dog saga. This one was floating around the Derby City Classic over last weekend and had everyone in stitches, especially people who have read the deranged rantings from the warped and bigoted mind of the blowhard, FL.
It seems that Fast Larry heard that Barry Hearn’s Matchroom Sports needed a 3-minute filler footage of trick shots within their coverage of last year’s Mosconi Cup. Wanting these 3-minutes badly to help enforce his image of being a touring and entertaining billiard pro, and in typical FL fanatical fashion, he sent hundreds, if not thousands, of emails; hundreds of letters, and made dozens of telephone calls from his many multiple personalities touting the expertise, prowness, professionalism, marketability and entertainment value of Fast Larry and the Wonder Dog. All these “people” explained to the staff that Barry would be nuts and one of “da insane Bozos” if he didn’t hire the Master Teacher and Trick Shot extraordinaire, Fast Larry, to entertain the masses through the magic of TV.
Additionally, FL sent along a video clip of himself and the Wonder Dog doing trick shots. Some of the footage, the Matchroom staff thought, was pretty good and felt that Wonder Dog added a dimension of entertainment not usually seen on a billiards show. Although Fast Larry appeared to be arrogant when talking and stiff when shooting his trick shots, the Wonder Dog would appeal to just about everyone within their viewer demographics.
After telling Barry Hearns about FL and the Wonder Dog, Barry told his staff to find out how much Fast Larry wanted for himself the Wonder Dog to perform for the 3-minute filler spot. After contacting FL by email, FL replied that he would take a pay cut and do the 3-minute promo for $25,000 for himself and $5,000 for the Wonder Dog.
Understandably, the staff at Matchroom Sports had never heard of Fast Larry or his Wonder Dog and started doing the “due diligence” of vetting out FL. Imagine, if you will, what these people found when the facts came in about Fast Larry Guninger (or Grindinger). They found an old washed-up, foul mouthed, bigoted nobody spewing out hatred and obscenities and hell-bent on self promotion of his smoke and mirrors “career” of a pro pool and trick-shot artist.
Not wanting to make the call themselves, they put the racist report on Fast Larry and Fast Larry and Wonder Dog’s trick shot video on Barry Hearn’s desk and waited for him to make the decision.
When Barry returned, he put the video in and started reading the report. While doing this, he noticed that he had a new email on his computer and opened it up. It was from Fast Larry. It read:
Dear Barry….
I don’t understand why I haven't heard from you yet. If it’s the $30,000 price tag for me and Wonder Dog, then I’ll tells you what, you send me your OK for our appearance and I’ll throw the Wonder Dog in for free and youse can have us both for $25,000. But, I need to hear from you by 12 noon tomorrow for this offer to be good. Just tell me when you want us to be there and I’ll send us both out.
Love and peace, because I come to teach….
Fast Larry Guninger
At exactly 11:59 am the following day, Fast Larry Guninger received the following reply from Barry Hearns:
Dear Fast Larry…
SEND THE DOG.
Regards….
Barry Hearns
It seems that Fast Larry heard that Barry Hearn’s Matchroom Sports needed a 3-minute filler footage of trick shots within their coverage of last year’s Mosconi Cup. Wanting these 3-minutes badly to help enforce his image of being a touring and entertaining billiard pro, and in typical FL fanatical fashion, he sent hundreds, if not thousands, of emails; hundreds of letters, and made dozens of telephone calls from his many multiple personalities touting the expertise, prowness, professionalism, marketability and entertainment value of Fast Larry and the Wonder Dog. All these “people” explained to the staff that Barry would be nuts and one of “da insane Bozos” if he didn’t hire the Master Teacher and Trick Shot extraordinaire, Fast Larry, to entertain the masses through the magic of TV.
Additionally, FL sent along a video clip of himself and the Wonder Dog doing trick shots. Some of the footage, the Matchroom staff thought, was pretty good and felt that Wonder Dog added a dimension of entertainment not usually seen on a billiards show. Although Fast Larry appeared to be arrogant when talking and stiff when shooting his trick shots, the Wonder Dog would appeal to just about everyone within their viewer demographics.
After telling Barry Hearns about FL and the Wonder Dog, Barry told his staff to find out how much Fast Larry wanted for himself the Wonder Dog to perform for the 3-minute filler spot. After contacting FL by email, FL replied that he would take a pay cut and do the 3-minute promo for $25,000 for himself and $5,000 for the Wonder Dog.
Understandably, the staff at Matchroom Sports had never heard of Fast Larry or his Wonder Dog and started doing the “due diligence” of vetting out FL. Imagine, if you will, what these people found when the facts came in about Fast Larry Guninger (or Grindinger). They found an old washed-up, foul mouthed, bigoted nobody spewing out hatred and obscenities and hell-bent on self promotion of his smoke and mirrors “career” of a pro pool and trick-shot artist.
Not wanting to make the call themselves, they put the racist report on Fast Larry and Fast Larry and Wonder Dog’s trick shot video on Barry Hearn’s desk and waited for him to make the decision.
When Barry returned, he put the video in and started reading the report. While doing this, he noticed that he had a new email on his computer and opened it up. It was from Fast Larry. It read:
Dear Barry….
I don’t understand why I haven't heard from you yet. If it’s the $30,000 price tag for me and Wonder Dog, then I’ll tells you what, you send me your OK for our appearance and I’ll throw the Wonder Dog in for free and youse can have us both for $25,000. But, I need to hear from you by 12 noon tomorrow for this offer to be good. Just tell me when you want us to be there and I’ll send us both out.
Love and peace, because I come to teach….
Fast Larry Guninger
At exactly 11:59 am the following day, Fast Larry Guninger received the following reply from Barry Hearns:
Dear Fast Larry…
SEND THE DOG.
Regards….
Barry Hearns