Exactly. People these days don't understand the true purpose and points scoring system behind the ancient and sacred tradition of pub games. The point is to try to play at your highest level of skill, natural talent, and capability, while getting exponentially more and more pissed beyond human recognition.
Shakespeare's best play was TO PLAY SNOOKER OR NOT TO PLAY SNOOKER, THAT IS THE SNOOKER QUESTION! It starts off in an amphitheatre with lots of amps. Shakey comes on shaking his long thing and generally having a good time! Then the other guy comes on and plays with his balls! And it has a great climax too, everyone is left breathless by the standard of play! Great play too!
Sorry for the insulting pool comment. Snooker really is a fascinating game, and somehow very watchable. I'm sure youtube is full of classic matches, but it pays to follow the ebb and flow of a whole competition. (Mitchell and Webb parody the 70s/80s phase of snooker fantastically, but it's not like that these days.)
The World Snooker Finals (I'm explaining for those unfamiliar) used to be sponsored by Embassy cigarettes. I'm old enough to remember Ray Reardon and his pink frilly shirts and fags and Alex Higgins with his pints (though they all drank). In fact I think they all smoked back then too. Same with darts. When Keith Deller came on the scene, his gimmick was that he drank milk and not lager. It was a sensation. I don't half miss those pink frilly shirts though.
aerialkate I remember even thinking as a child,"FUCK me that Alex Higgins drinks loads and smokes like a power station" hah,poorbloke got stabbed to death I think by some wanker while out on the piss,same thing happened to my cousin,murdered by stabbing while out on the piss and getting involved in a fight,sad as fuck,he wasn't a snooker player though!
"Aim for the finger." "The finger. Aim for the finger." "Which one?" "This one," (tapping his index finger on the side cushion). "There's two"... ..."aim between them, then..."
I love that they got the actual Hazel Irvine to do the intro as if this is a genuine bit of snooker history 😂
What do you mean "as if"? Ted Wilkes and Peter DeCourcey are legends and they even know the secret special snooker words to Lady in Red
@@dportass 'Cush to cush'
@@stolensilver5811 shhhhhh..... they are secret!!!
Went to like this comment but didnt want to change it from 147 😄
"Well it's in me blood, plain and simple. But it can be treated by tablets now." LOOOOL
Henry Maguire So, back to the snooker.
Which dialect is this?
@@masterchief-vd1xs perhaps a poor attempt at a Yorkshire accent/dialect.
@@aydan0161 thanks for the quick response. Thanks a lot
@@masterchief-vd1xs no prob man…if not Yorkshire then my 2nd guess would be a ‘west-country’ accent/dialect.
Two of the best characters they ever did
oh and that's a bad miss
"like many a gay" made me howl with laughter.
Definitely A true representation of world snooker in the 70s and 80s :)
arkatos And by 'world snooker in the 70s and 80s,' you mean 'snooker in Yorkshire in the 70s and 80s' 😉
@freneticness _ (That was pretty much my joke)
Oh, and that's a bad miss.
This is why snooker is the best sport ever. Who needs all that running around when you can have a civilised game of snooker while downing a few pints?
Same thing for darts! Except with a little added danger
@@L.i.am95 Darts fits in to this category of "good sports" as well. It's a dress down/casual friday version of snooker!
Well ‘big’ Bill Werbeniuk enjoyed a good drink
Exactly. People these days don't understand the true purpose and points scoring system behind the ancient and sacred tradition of pub games.
The point is to try to play at your highest level of skill, natural talent, and capability, while getting exponentially more and more pissed beyond human recognition.
Only a few?
I love this sketch, seen it loads of times, but I've only just noticed 'Embolism' World Snooker.
2 yrs later and im just noticing it after reading your comment ,I was thinking WTH is he talking about ‘embolism’ . Never noticed it before 😂
"It's in me blood....but it can be treated with tablets. Back to the snooker"
I'd upvote you, but you're on 69, so I'll leave it for now and let some other bastard ruin it.
I remember this final vividly. Was a wee tike when it started and a grown man when it finished.
the first shot of robert webb gave me a vision of dean learner and garth from darkplace moulded together
Webb made me think of Alex Higgins.
The scene of the 1975 final is so accurate 😂 the shirts the bow ties the embassy sponsorship
Not noticed the 'Embolism' gag before 😂
"It wasn't unusual in those days for a player to need a little CPR."
2:31 Oh, and that's a bad miss.
Ah the '75 final. What a classic...
Another brilliant little detail, the misspelled name in the on screen scores
Shakespeare's best play was TO PLAY SNOOKER OR NOT TO PLAY SNOOKER, THAT IS THE SNOOKER QUESTION! It starts off in an amphitheatre with lots of amps. Shakey comes on shaking his long thing and generally having a good time! Then the other guy comes on and plays with his balls! And it has a great climax too, everyone is left breathless by the standard of play! Great play too!
“Like many a gay” 😂
“A little bit of CPR” 🤣
As an American I am now incredibly fascinated by snooker
Great. Now you can dump that table game of marbles you call "pool" ...with its bucket-sized "pockets" played on a picnic table.
Sorry for the insulting pool comment. Snooker really is a fascinating game, and somehow very watchable. I'm sure youtube is full of classic matches, but it pays to follow the ebb and flow of a whole competition. (Mitchell and Webb parody the 70s/80s phase of snooker fantastically, but it's not like that these days.)
Have you ever played it? On a full size table?
Me and my friend still say 'well it's been my whole life, I've been obsessed with it my whole life" all the time.
I'd say use the one with the tablets it's better. But that might hurt your love life ;)
When the first ball goes down... absolutely genius comedy. :D
Anyone else notice the Embolism sign on the wall? The competition used to be sponsored by the tobacco company that sold Embassy cigarettes.
Thanks Sherlock.
@@jonreid7957 Useless facts come in useful sometimes.
Yeah thats pretty cool.
Thanks for this one, I am still chuckling now 😄.
They were true snooker artists in those days, 🍺 🥃 🍺 🎨
It's in me blood
did anyone else notice the ad for Embolism cigarettes?
The World Snooker Finals (I'm explaining for those unfamiliar) used to be sponsored by Embassy cigarettes. I'm old enough to remember Ray Reardon and his pink frilly shirts and fags and Alex Higgins with his pints (though they all drank). In fact I think they all smoked back then too. Same with darts. When Keith Deller came on the scene, his gimmick was that he drank milk and not lager. It was a sensation. I don't half miss those pink frilly shirts though.
aerialkate I remember even thinking as a child,"FUCK me that Alex Higgins drinks loads and smokes like a power station" hah,poorbloke got stabbed to death I think by some wanker while out on the piss,same thing happened to my cousin,murdered by stabbing while out on the piss and getting involved in a fight,sad as fuck,he wasn't a snooker player though!
I was just about to comment on it
Sorry for your loss. Alex Higgins died at home in bed from malnutrition and respiratory illness. He was not stabbed.
rtozier2011 I did say I thought,He was stabbed at some point I'm sure,wasn't he?
Mitchell looks just like Arthur Scargill in that wig and sideburns get-up.
The Punters Strike
These guys should do a slot at the final session of world champs every year.
it's great to see 2 top athlete's at the top of physical perfection, they make Dart's players look out of shape
Was it Shakespeare that first said, "What is Snooker?" was it not?
This is absolutely hilarious thank you.
"Embolism World snooker" lol
They look like lounge versions of Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden.
Great stuff!
Love the set detail, check sign replacing 'Embassy' for 'Embolism'! 😆
These are my guys!
Quality!
That and snooker. And yes it was Shakespeare in Richard II, Act II, Scene III
One there best sketches, a true classic.
their
@@Snookbone Lol, you corrected an eight year old comment and you didn't even do it completely. It should be "of their".
real snooker champs
"Oh and that was a bad miss"
I’m a smoker but the thought of the constant indoor smoking while trying to film this makes me wanna be sick, fair play to em.
Prop cigarettes, I'm sure
Just like the beer is only cold tea
That, and snooker.
1975 Snooker World Championship was sponsored by "Embolism"
Drink Cigarettes and Snooker! Nevermind the Rollerblades!
genius
Echoes of Not the Nine O'Clock News...
They didn't call a miss, which is hilarious.
The ref determined that for these players that was the best attempt.
i'm with you mate. i just quit, when i first saw these sketches... it was really hard for me, not to grab a pack after that.
Steady Eddie Charlton really was this slow. Imagine having a nickname that refers to your slow play amongst a whole host of slow players!
Comedy genius
Damm nice sign in the backround
That final was a nail biter.
In between them then 😂😅😂😅😂 fucking dying
"wasn't uncommon in those days for a player to need a little bit of CPR" roflmao
David Mitchell looks like Arthur Scargill
Aaaaand now back to QI clips...
is it is it my goo
To Snook or not to Snook
That is the question
Aim for the finger.
Which one, there’s two?
In between them then. 😂
Mark the shark is in!
I want a pint now
It was the 70s, Buckaroo!
a-ha
im a professional football
"Aim for the finger." "The finger. Aim for the finger."
"Which one?"
"This one," (tapping his index finger on the side cushion).
"There's two"...
..."aim between them, then..."
No dislikes! Tis a rare sight to behold
2 now :(
Ben M
Ooh, and that's a bad miss.
@@KimRinzley Back to no dislikes -- but it's not a rare sight anymore...
@@professorspf 😞
7 years later and we're back to perfection
The laugh track absolutely fucks this.
Damn all this subliminal advertising; I have a sudden urge to buy a pack of Embolism Cigarettes.
Did they do one on the darts?
The sad thing is that this is about how bad i am at playing snooker/pool
Still a faster game of snooker than when Peter Ebdon was playing
Not a patch on Terry Griffiths
And this should be comment 147, MAXIMUM!
1:36 - 2:05 pmsl
Top 14 actually, as there were only 14 professional players at that time.
Is that Alan Davies at 3:42??
Ive only just noticed after a probably 7 years that the cigarette brand is a joke, I feel like an idiot
is it my go?
i'm a professional rugby
3:42 look a like Chris Farley
Where’s the cue ball going???
omg y tube where has been hiding
The Embolism world final 1975
i'm a professional cricket
I can never forget understand why their northern.
oh yes?...you don't think they might be laughing from the previous sketch?...hmmm?...maybe?...you think? (sheesh)
Did Jimmy Carr write the last line?
they make fun of everybody really though
"embolism - world snooker"
It's a wonder how anyone can commentate about snooker, let alone two people commentating about snooker.
Ohh that was a bad miss
Is it my go?
Is it just me, or does the guy giving CPR/using defibrillator look like James May?
Still waiting on the funny bit ...
any else think medic looked like alan davies?
Embolism world snooker...
Oh, and that's a terrible miss...
Good old days when men was men and cigarettes weren’t bad now everyone has gone woke
the audience started laughing literally before the sketch even began..
was it Shakespeare who first said "what is snooker?"
It was the opening line in Shakespeare's "Lady in Red"
This is why I was thrown out of Chorlton Snooker Club!🙄
The M56 wasn't built in 1975.
Yes it was