I always thought snooker was lucky to get Dennis as a commentator. He's one of the classiest shot makers as well and it's a shame there aren't so many videos of his work.
I think he complains to much about players ability. "Hmm, what has he done there" "Thats poor" He took his eye of the shot". and so on. Snooker is hard. And somtimes you miss "easy" pots becose of pressure. He sould know that if anyone but he doesnt seem to. Enoying
Mjolbaggar Funny you say that, as I think he's one of the nicer commentators. Virgo and Thorne can be incredible negative at times, but are balanced out nicely when working with Taylor. Yes, snooker is hard but he is commentating on professionals at the very top of the game.
Ha ha, you say that, about 10 or so years ago a couple of my mates went to the Crucible and were smoking a doob out next to a back door during an interval. Out walks Dennis Taylor and smells the cowboy cabbage, "You want to be giving that shit up lads, it's not good for you." My mate then went on to offer him a toke. Needless to say, he declined the offer.
This was the Grand Prix from Preston in 1998. I remember Dennis mentioning this on the chat show Today With Des and Mel. Happy Birthday Dennis 65 today.
GAC1984 who are Des and Mel, is that a UK show? I don't remember that chat show. Was it on a terrestrial channel or or cable channel. At night? I'm an American in the UK, and I've only lived here since 87, so I guess I don't know every former programme that's been on TV. I love watching snooker though, it's a really good sport. I've really got into it since I've been over here.
It was so funny as it is, I was wondering why a nearly 6 minutes video for the gag that could've been shorter? there was more to it, a great video, good to see Garry Wilkinson albein at the wrong end of a whitewash, and to see the late David Vine RIP. Thank you.
I can hear them laughing in the commentary box about 1:50 but I couldn't hear him fall, or hear any rumble before then. I don't really know what he meant by that. Still, very funny anyway.
People underestimate how bad being discombobulated can be in the short-term (particularly for those who suffer from depression and anxiety) thus causing you to do weird things like suddenly fall off a chair. You quickly recover and then it is like it never happened, but the consciousness never forget that peculiar moment when clear thinking was elusive.
I think you might have been discombobulated when you typed this buddy. It's a funny incident and everyone had a good laugh at it so what have depression and anxiety got to do with it? Don't overanalyze it. It's just funny.
2:18 Dennis still says that sort of thing these days. You'd think he'd know by now that you don't get any penalty points just for getting your opponent in a snooker and that your opponent has to actually miss the object ball before you get some of the points you need to win the frame!
I sort of get your point, but really, Denis is only saying that one of the snookers is attained. The shot is over for the player, all he can do is hope that he opponent misses the ball. So although I conceed your point that not only are (in this case) three snookers AND three sets of penalty points needed...as far as the player behind is concerned, he needs to lay three snookers, that is all he can do, therefore one snooker has indeed been layed, and that is all Denis is saying. I guess he could add to his statement "although it may have been a more difficult snooker to get out of", But I think being a former player he is just looking at it from the players perspective.
Ernest Thesiger I think the problem were having is with the definition of the word 'snooker' and the context in which it is used when someone says 'the player needs so many snookers'....really these are different definitions. A snooker is where the player cannot see the 'ball on' But when used in the type of sentence I quoted it actually means a little more...basically a gaining of foul points from a 'successful' snooker. So going by the first definition, those that say he got the first snooker of the three snookers he needed are correct. And going by the second definition those that say he never got the snooker are correct. So really a more correct way of putting it is simply. He got the first of three snookers needed, but it wasn't a successful snooker as Burnett was able to escape it. And if he had had the chance to lay another snooker, that again would have been called the first snooker....and so on until it was successful then he could move on to the second snooker. But one cannot say that it is not a 'gotten' snooker just because Burnett managed to escape it, it was still a snooker. It's really not that difficult to understand!
That's a fixed camera, obviously on the same bit of scaffolding as the commentary box. Shakes like the camera does in some old football stadiums, when the crowd go mad after a goal.
Clive Everton MBE is an amazing man, one of the most knowledgeable and best commentators in snooker since 1972. He was amateur world billiards champion and author of over 20 books on the history of snooker. At age 84 he was inducted into the Snooker Hall of Fame.
Here after hearing about the death of Clive Everton today. It is such a shame. But what fab memories he gave us, inc this really funny moment with Dennis Taylor. RIP Clive 🙏
I remember watching this match back in the day and everything going haywire! Great laughs and great times, RIP Clive Everton recently, best commentator ever in my opinion, I'll never forget him commentating on Stephen Hendry's 7th World title win, Dennis Taylor was great after this and everyone was in hysterics.... brill!
Was there someone commentating with ted Lowe who kept talking for the whole game but when it came to bit that mattered ted took over and other guy who was trying to make an impression for his bosses never got a word in at all when it mattered so ted was a good teacher. RIP ted
this is brilliant thanks for uploading. keep returning to watch it - funniest moment in snooker IMO. "sorry my arithmetic running ahead of me. It's only one" "In fact I think it might be 3 Clive..."
clinton faulkner what do you mean know nothing about snooker? Did I get the name wrong? Did I give any wrong information? No. Also how can not knowing the name of the presenter from 1978 onwards mean that someone knows nothing about snooker? Your attitude doesn't belong near anything such as the sportsmanship game of snooker.
