Tell a story about a famous person stopping in your pool room.

Paul Schofield

Paul Schofield

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I have quite a few but here is my favorite:

In the early 90's, late in the afternoon on a summer day, five jet black SUVs with dark tinted windows pulled into my parking lot at Gold Crown Billiards in Erie PA. Eight or ten muscle-men in black suits and white shirts converged on my place, manning the three entrances. One acted as a spokesman and asked to speak to the man in charge. He said "Mr. Netanyahu would like to know if it would be alright for him to come inside for a burger and a cocktail. Our security will have to guard the entrances and exits. No one will be allowed to enter or leave while he is here. It will be quick."

We were accommodating.
 
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Paul Schofield said:
I have quite a few but here is my favorite:

In the early 90's, late in the afternoon on a summer day, five jet black SUVs with dark tinted windows pulled into my parking lot at Gold Crown Billiards in Erie PA. Eight or ten muscle-men in black suits and white shirts converged on my place, manning the three entries. One acted as a spokesman and asked to speak to me. He said "Mr. Netanyahu would like to know if it would be alright for him to come inside for a burger and a cocktail. Our security will have to guard the entries and exits. No one will be allowed to enter or leave while he is here. It will be quick."

We were accommodating.
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Let me see now! Does Scott Frost, Chris Gentile, Dippy Dave, JoeyA, Truman Hogue, Joey Gray, Ronnie Wiseman, Buddy Hall, Nick Varner, Man this list could go on and on! Count as famous people? Let me know?
Many Regards,
Lock N Load.
 
Now I know Joey wasn't there without Chip and he's gonna be jealous that Joey is famous and he's not.

Lock N Load said:
Let me see now! Does Scott Frost, Chris Gentile, Dippy Dave, JoeyA, Truman Hogue, Joey Gray, Ronnie Wiseman, Buddy Hall, Nick Varner, Man this list could go on and on! Count as famous people? Let me know?

Many Regards,

Lock N Load.
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Now I know Joey wasn't there without Chip and he's gonna be jealous that Joey is famous and he's not.






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Perhaps Chip wont read this thread..... I know you are not going to tell him!!!!
You would not there do that to the Lock!
Many Regards,
Lock N Load.
 
Lock N Load said:
Let me see now! Does Scott Frost, Chris Gentile, Dippy Dave, JoeyA, Truman Hogue, Joey Gray, Ronnie Wiseman, Buddy Hall, Nick Varner, Man this list could go on and on! Count as famous people? Let me know?
Many Regards,
Lock N Load.
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No I dont that counts because the average joe would never know who any of those people are. What I think Paul means is a celebrity, famous athlete, political leader. Something along those lines.
 
That would be Tommy "The Mole" Bernstein.
Tommy was a old One Pocket player from Joliet, who claimed to be the son of the only known survivor of the notorious St. Valentine's Day massacre, back in 1929.
One day I asked Tommy how his dad had managed to live through the hail of gunfire that had killed seven others. He said it was a technique called redirection. Actors sometimes used it onstage.
When the shooters ordered everyone to line up against the wall, Tommy's father began walking backwards towards the door, giving them the impression that he was walking in. I have used this ploy many times myself to sneak into movie theaters.
When he got to the door he took off running and was never seen again until late 1934 when he hooked up with Bonnie and Clyde.
I believe most of this story to be true. :smile:
 
Lock N Load said:
Let me see now! Does Scott Frost, Chris Gentile, Dippy Dave, JoeyA, Truman Hogue, Joey Gray, Ronnie Wiseman, Buddy Hall, Nick Varner, Man this list could go on and on! Count as famous people? Let me know?
Many Regards,
Lock N Load.
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Easy answer: NO. Did any of the above mentioned people recently give a presentation on the world stage about preventing a nuclear armed Iran?

Crickets.......

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Lynda Carter (Wonder Woman) came to our spot and bought a couple of pools tables from the retail end of the shop.

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In June of 1991 I was in California attending a friend's wedding...

One night we decided to go out to play pool at Hollywood Billiards...

While we were waiting for a table to open up we saw Kiefer Sutherland with a hot girl on his arm...

Now, Kiefer at the time was very engaged to Julia Roberts...

We saw Kiefer and the girl most of the night either playing or chatting it up with people in the club and didn't think any more of it for the rest of the evening...

Came to find out the next morning that Julia was not amused by this episode and the engagement was off forever...

So, although it was not exactly "my" room that was my brush with fame in a pool hall...
 
Sigel and Hubbard

Mike Sigel and Larry Hubbard stopped at the Golden Cue in Albany NY to practice for awhile. They were on their way from Rochester to some big tournament. When finished they came up to pay the time and return the balls. Larry paid his $1.40 (at that time pool was alot cheaper). When it came time for Mike to pay his time he asked the owner "do you know who I am". The owner said matter of factly, " yeah, the guy who owes me $1.40"... whenever i think of that story i cannot but help laughing. And yes, Mike paid his time...................mike
 
We've had the bands 'Skid Row', and a guy from 'Great White' gambling with another guy 5 minutes before he was supposed to go on.(plays with an old Palmer) Mark Wahlberg was here when he was 'Marky Mark', Sarah Mcglocklin (sp) has a Mcdermott with her name on it, and 'Weird Al Yankovich' looks like just a normal guy playing foosball with his girl. Not really weird at all. Still waiting for our first head of state.
 
In the 80's I used to have Royal Family Billiards of Oakley, a suburb of Cincinnati. It was the main action room in the area where all the top players, short-stops and the normal, old school railbirds claimed it as their second home. During the making of the movie "Rain Man" and fresh off his big hit, TCOM, Tom Cruise had an afternoon off and asked a taxi driver to take him to an old school poolroom. He quietly came in alone and sat in a corner with a baseball hat and sun glasses on and kept quiet, not wanting to draw attention to himself. He'd sat down opposite of where my office was located and I had a one way glass window looking out over the room. I was doing my paperwork and making up my bank deposit at my desk and kept looking at the stranger sitting there. After a while i was ready to run to the bank and had to walk past him and stopped to say hi and try to make him feel welcome even though I still hadn't snapped to who it was. He was quiet and asked that I not draw any attention to him if possible. :idea: I finally snap and did as he wished. When I got back from the bank he was going out the back door where he thanked me and told me he'd try to get back for our weekly tournaments, but he didn't return that I know of, certainly not for the tourneys.
 
The poolhall I grew up playing in is the same poolhall Lee Van Corteza used to frequent as a kid. I also used to see Leonardo Andam literally live there for a few weeks years and years ago. They referred to him as "boy dadiangas" if I remember it right. I was very young at the time but I vaguely remember the older guys there used to call him "baho" and "damak" (smelly and unsanitary) behind his back because he literally lived in the pool hall for a little over a week without taking a bath or even change clothes. He was just there to play, eat, play, sleep and play.

On its last legs, the poolhall was chosen as one of the many poolhalls that Efren Reyes would go to as part of the San Miguel Beer tour. He would go to poolhalls, great and dilapidated, and just play. I remember Efren just sweating bullets as the place was oh so hot and damp. And he was wearing long sleeved shirt, a waistcoat and trousers. The place is not airconditioned. Its hot there on a regular day, but this was during Efren's peak in popularity and the place was packed. I actually felt sad for him seeing him visibly uncomfortable. But he soldiered on and kept playing with everyone. From people who couldnt shoot straight to our local champions.
 
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