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Snooker, A Shoot Out Or A Washout
I love snooker, and have watched it on TV since Pot Black (in black and white!), but tonight I stumbled on ITV4's Snooker Shoot out, and it seems that this noble game is being reduced to ridiculous depths of slobism. The players now look foolish having been made to disgarb their waistcoats for lycra, brightly coloured short-sleeved shirts. The rent-a-mob audience - to which the players give high fives on entry, howl and jeer at every shot, and they are led out by scantily dressed tarts.
Do you approve?
Do you approve?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I know what you mean,I stuck with it for 30 minutes (With the sound off),it was OK to start with, but got a bit boring and I changed Channels. Agree about the ridiculous Presentation etc,but obviously money talks.Also I had never heard of half of them. wish they could bring back Ray Reardon, Doug Mountjoy,John Spencer and other greats from a Bygone era.
This is another brainwave from Barry Hearn.Don't think the shirts were too bad but some of the shouting unnecessary.Also with so many matches became a bit boring after watching three or four.One bonus though,not having to hear John Virgo,Dennis Taylor and Willie Thorne saying Ronnie every other word.
Didn't see it and can't say I wanted to, but a decade ago snooker was in the doldrums and facing death as a serious sport. Barry Hearn's turned it around since then. Not everything he tries has worked for everyone, but I suppose the point of an event like this is to try and open up the game to a different set of spectators.
I too love the game and have watched it and played it for over fifty years. I didn't see this programme and pleased I didn't by the sound of it.
That quote of Ted Lowe sounds funny but made perfect sense to anyone accustomed to watching in black and white. The brown was hard to distinguish from the reds, but the pink was much clearer.
That quote of Ted Lowe sounds funny but made perfect sense to anyone accustomed to watching in black and white. The brown was hard to distinguish from the reds, but the pink was much clearer.
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