Just saw this thread so I guess I'm wishing you a belated greeting!!
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** Happy Birthday Jay Helfert **
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Well my birthday is over in twenty minutes. Thank God! I really don't feel any older than I did yesterday. :wink:
I want to thank everyone who remembered me today. You guys really made my day! THANKS :happydance:
Remember what the illustrious U.J. Puckett said about birthdays. "How old would you be if you didn't know when you were born?"
Think about that awhile. :wink:
I want to thank everyone who remembered me today. You guys really made my day! THANKS :happydance:
Remember what the illustrious U.J. Puckett said about birthdays. "How old would you be if you didn't know when you were born?"
Think about that awhile. :wink:
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Happy birthday Jay! You are definteley my favorite TD. Really enjoyed working with you.
Ray
Kobachi
Scarred but Smarter
Hey Jay
Thanks for all the contributions you've given to this forum and to pool in general over the years. We don't know each other from Adam, but i'll go ahead and wish you Happy Birthday because I appreciate and look forward to your input, and hope for many many more years of good health and happiness to you and yours.
Kevin :thumbup:
Thanks for all the contributions you've given to this forum and to pool in general over the years. We don't know each other from Adam, but i'll go ahead and wish you Happy Birthday because I appreciate and look forward to your input, and hope for many many more years of good health and happiness to you and yours.
Kevin :thumbup:
Only three guys still call me Toupee when they see me. You, Keith and Johnny! I think you got it from hanging around Johnny so much. Back in the 70's and 80's lots of guys called me that when they saw me and I hated it. Now I think it's kind of cool. Walter Tevis (who wrote The Hustler) did a story about the Dayton tournament for Sports Illustrated back in 1974 or '75. I played some good matches there and he wrote about a match I had with Jimmy Reid. He called me Toupee Jay in the article and that got everyone calling me that name. Before it was just the pool players, but after that even girls that worked in poolrooms would ask me, "Are you Toupee Jay?" UGH!!
Oh and one more guy - Sean "Arizona Slim" Walsh. He gave me that name about 40 years ago. A helluva player and a handsome guy, but a total outlaw. A high line one at that. He specialized in robbing the stars homes. You know, a cat burglar. Best buddies with Don Johnson forever. And was Warren Beatty's stand-in for several movie roles. What an unforgettable character he was. Did some serious time in the joint and when he got out, he dropped in at the Biltmore tourney in downtown L.A. (back in 1987).
Sean said he came down because he heard I was running the show and he wanted to say hi. He invited me to his pad in Malibu, overlooking the ocean. He was living with two gorgeous gals in a million dollar dream pad. That was Sean, living the high life all the way. If you ever run into Don Johnson anywhere, just mention Sean Walsh to him. His eyes will light up. Don loved Sean (probably still buds if Sean isn't locked up somewhere). Sean wrote a couple of the old Miami Vice episodes with Don as well.
Oh yeah, in the late 80's, Don Johnson was making the movie Harley Davidson And The Marlboro Man with Mickey Rourke. THe opening scene was a pool match in a biker bar. Sean and I wrote the dialogue for that scene together. Don couldn't make a ball (he wasn't a player) and he was getting disgusted. I gave him one of my cues to use and he did much better. I let him keep the cue. As far as I'm concerned it's the only good scene in the movie. Maybe I'm biased!
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thanks for sharing...and here is the clip...a classic...1:50
what happened to the ball at :50 ??
what happened to the ball at :50 ??
Happy birthday, jay!
I caught this on Facebook and was only a day late. Now, here I am minutes before midnight trying to keep my belated birthday wishes within the "acceptable" 24 hr late period. :wink:
Best wishes on your birthday even if I am a day late. May you have many more!
I caught this on Facebook and was only a day late. Now, here I am minutes before midnight trying to keep my belated birthday wishes within the "acceptable" 24 hr late period. :wink:
Best wishes on your birthday even if I am a day late. May you have many more!
Happy belated b-day Jay!!!
I love reading your stories, and can't wait to get your book...You're the type of man I'd like to buy a drink and chat with...Hope you had a good one
I love reading your stories, and can't wait to get your book...You're the type of man I'd like to buy a drink and chat with...Hope you had a good one
thanks for sharing...and here is the clip...a classic...1:50
what happened to the ball at :50 ??
Unfrickinbelievable! You found it! Thats not a house cue he's playing with there. That's my sneaky pete cue I gave him. Don liked that cue. Compare it with the cue the other guy is using. Sean and I put together the five "rules" for gambling at pool, and I wrote that last line, "School's out!"
I had nothing to do with the actual filming of the scene. The director contrived the set-up of the balls and the shots.
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Who's idea was it to go 4 rails on the 8 ball or was that always written into the script, and did you have anything to do with setting it up? I'd also be curious to know how many takes for him to make it.
Maybe DJ couldn't play but he looked better than 90% of the people I see using a cue in the movies or on TV.
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Oh, Don can play a little pool. And he's been around it more than most celebs. I think Sean outlined that last shot. He just told Don to hit it straight and hard. I think they did like fifteen takes. Don made it a couple of times.
great scene and great job Jay...i love the stories old the days gone by...i talk to Diliberto a lot and can listen to the ole' times all night...they seem so much better that the crap drama in the parlors today...total respect to all the greats who made the memorable
still got that cue?
still got that cue?