Sbe pro arena = joke

[Fatboy]

The most important information I got out of it was regarding what people really like about pool. It's not the Game, it's the "underbelly" of the Game. This corrected what I thought about how the Game needed to be "improved", basically the general public wouldn't watch it no matter how much money was involved and that surprised me. There was things they really liked about pool , so that was a relief, it's just not what we would commonly think.

I've heard there's a group doing a reality TV show with a "Kentucky Boy" that may be on to the right formula. There is some unusual things they probably should be aware of though, but at least someone is on the "right track".

The best thing that could happen is if everyone in the pool world of streaming video followed suit. We need competition to push pool into the main stream as soon as possible. I don't care who does it best as long as everybody's doing it. There''s power in numbers pursuing the same outcome, and more competition will create a better final product. imo

One combination of factors (from the Think Tank) increased the desirability of pocket billiards from 2% all the way up to 80% to the viewers. This is what's encouraged me to get back involved, there is a solution, and {of course} in life there always is. 'The Game is the Teacher'

Kentucky boy is correct, thats the thing I was in a few weeks ago. Red Neck TV shows are popular now, so there is a chance it wil get picked up. They are cutting down 2 days of shooting into 3 minutes, there was 6 people infront of the camera, and 3 camera men, one grip and the director. When the question came up, "What is the chance this will get picked up?" the director said "Very little" or something like that. The way it works is he takes the 17 hours of film/video and edits it down to 3 minutes, thats a "grab real" or something like that, thats distrubutided widely. If someone watching it likes what they see then he edits a longer version and then if that goes we shoot a pilot. I believe this is the process, not 100% sure. I just know its a very long shot, it was work to do it for everyone involved.

I was a steak horse in it, I was asked to play the Kentucky Boy but I declined to play, so he played Hawaiian Jimmy instead. I aint big on being in front of a camera. that much anyways, i was in a couple shots, arguing over $$, driving up to Hardtimes in a fancy car, we had to shoot that several times, it was fun for sure but wow those are long days.

more later on the rest of your post, gotta roll now,

best
eric

 

[JAM]

Kentucky boy is correct, thats the thing I was in a few weeks ago.

I'm not sure if it is a secret, but I did hear about it from several pool peeps.

There's three great players who hail from Kentucky. Nick Varner and Kentucky Bear, two of the three great Kentucky players, are not the ones I am thinking about.