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Pool Shark (other)
Pool shark or pool sharks may refer to: * Pool shark, to distract, or hustle, in pool Film and television * '' Pool Sharks'', or sometimes ''The Pool Shark'', a 1915 silent film * "Pool Shark", an episode of ''Drake & Josh'' TV show, 2004 Music * ''The Pool Shark'', an album by Dave Dudley, 1970 ** "The Pool Shark" (song), a song written by Tom T. Hall, recorded by Dave Dudley * "Pool Shark", a 1987 song by The Toasters from their album ''Skaboom'' * "Pool Shark", a 1994 song by Sublime, from their album ''Robbin' the Hood'' * "Pool Shark", a 2009 song by The Cherry Poppin' Daddies, from their album ''Skaboy JFK'' Other uses * ''Pool Shark'' (video game), also known as ''Actua Pool'', 1999 ** '' Pool Shark 2'', a sequel * Pool Shark (1977 Video Game) an Atari, Inc. video arcade game See also * * Pool (other) * Shark (other) A shark is a cartilaginous, usually carnivorous fish. Shark, Sharks or The Shark may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glossary Of Cue Sports Terms
The following is a glossary of traditional English-language terms used in the three overarching cue sports disciplines: ''carom billiards'' referring to the various games played on a billiard table without ; ''Pool (cue sports), pool'', which denotes a host of games played on a table with six pockets; and ''snooker'', played on a large pocket table, and which has a sport culture unto itself distinct from pool. There are also games such as English billiards that include aspects of multiple disciplines. Definitions and language The term ' is sometimes used to refer to all of the cue sports, to a specific class of them, or to specific ones such as English billiards; this article uses the term in its most generic sense unless otherwise noted. The labels "British English, British" and "United Kingdom, UK" as applied to entries in this glossary refer to terms originating in the UK and also used in countries that were fairly recently part of the British Empire and/or are part of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pool Sharks
''Pool Sharks'' (also sometimes known as ''The Pool Shark'') is a 1915 silent short film. The film is notable for being the film acting and writing debut of W. C. Fields and also features early instances of stop-motion animation during a game of pool. Plot summary Following a standard style of the era, the film is a romantic slapstick comedy short. Fields and his rival (played by Bud Ross) vie over the affections of a woman (played by Marian West). When their antics get out of hand at a picnic, it is decided that they should play a game of pool. Both of them are pool sharks, and after the game turns into a farce, a fight ensues. Fields throws a ball at his rival, who ducks. The ball flies through the window and breaks a hanging goldfish bowl, soaking the woman they are fighting over and leaving goldfish in her hair. She storms into the pool hall and rejects both men. Production It was one of two short films Fields made for a company called Gaumont, distributed by Mutual. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Drake & Josh Episodes
''Drake & Josh'' is an American teen sitcom created by Dan Schneider for Nickelodeon. It aired from January 11, 2004, to September 16, 2007. Two TV films, ''Drake & Josh Go Hollywood'' and ''Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh'', were made apart from the regular series that aired on January 6, 2006, and December 5, 2008, respectively. A total of 56 episodes were aired, spanning four seasons. Drake Bell, Josh Peck, and Miranda Cosgrove Miranda Taylor Cosgrove (born May 14, 1993) is an American actress, singer, and producer. A teen idol of the 2000s and early 2010s, she was listed as the highest-paid child actor of 2012 by Guinness World Records and appeared on ''Forbes " 30 ... appeared in all of the episodes. Series overview Episodes Season 1 (2004) Season 2 (2004) Season 3 (2005–06) Season 4 (2006–07) Films References {{DEFAULTSORT:Drake and Josh Lists of American sitcom episodes Lists of American teen comedy television series episodes Lists of Nick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Dudley
Dave Dudley (born David Darwin Pedruska; May 3, 1928 – December 22, 2003) was an American country music singer best known for his truck-driving country anthems of the 1960s and 1970s and his somewhat-slurred bass. His signature song was "Six Days on the Road", and he is also remembered for "Vietnam Blues", "Truck Drivin' Son-of-a-Gun", and "Me and Ol' C.B.". His other recordings include a duet with Tom T. Hall, "Day Drinking", and his own top-10 hit, "Fireball Rolled a Seven", supposedly based on the career and death of Edward Glenn "Fireball" Roberts. Biography Early life and rise to fame Born in Spencer, Wisconsin, United States, Dudley's grandparents came from Königsberg in East Prussia, Germany. At the age of 11, he was given a guitar by his grandfather and learned to play the chords. He had a short career as a semiprofessional baseball player. After he suffered an arm injury, he was no longer able to play baseball. He then decided to pursue a career in country music. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pool Shark (song)
"The Pool Shark" is a song written by Tom T. Hall and recorded by American country music artist Dave Dudley. It was released in February 1970 as the lead single from the album of the same name, ''The Pool Shark''. The song was Dave Dudley's twenty-first release on the country chart and his only number one. The single stayed at the top of the country charts for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the chart. Story The song tells the story of a young traveling man and hard-luck gambler who stops at a roadside bar. After watching one of the regulars, a middle-aged man, play pool Pool may refer to: Bodies of water * Swimming pool, usually an artificial structure containing a large body of water intended for swimming * Reflecting pool, a shallow pool designed to reflect a structure and its surroundings * Tide pool, a roc ... for a while, the two strike up a conversation and agree to play a game. Eventually, the two play a long best-of series of the games, with the regula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skaboom
''Skaboom!'' is an album released by The Toasters originally in 1987 and re-released on a CD in June of 1995. The 1995 released featured an additional eight bonus tracks. The album is often stated as being the origin of modern, or "third-wave" ska in the United States. Track listing # "Talk Is Cheap" -3:50 # "Pool Shark" -3:47 # "Weekend in L.A." -4:22 # "Shocker!" -4:31 # "Toast on the Coast" -2:11 # "Manipulator" -3:30 # "Mr. Trouble" -3:24 # "ABC's" 2:54 # "East Side Beat" -3:45 # "Now or Never" -3:19 # "So Long, Buck" -1:16 ;Reissue Bonus Tracks # "Renee" -4:07 # "Matt Davis" -2:45 # "Ideal Man" -3:22 # "Naked City" -3:14 #*Tracks 12-15 from the 1987 UK-only album release ''Pool Shark'' # "Recrimination" -3:15 # "Razor Cut" -3:37 # "Run Rudy Run" -4:14 # "Radiation Skank" -2:07 #*Tracks 16-19 from the EP ''Recriminiations'', recorded May 1985 & Produced by Joe Jackson (aka Stanley Turpentine) External links Skaboomat MusicBrainz MusicBrainz is a MetaBrainz project that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robbin' The Hood
''Robbin' the Hood'' is the second studio album by American ska punk band Sublime, released on March 1, 1994, on Skunk Records. It is noted for its experimental nature, low production values, and numerous samples and interpolations of other artists. It is their final studio album released in lead singer Bradley Nowell's lifetime. Music and background ''Robbin' the Hood'' is notable for having low production values (the album sleeve boasts of its "13 self produced 4-track home recordings"), as well as including multiple samples and lyrics from other artists. The album also features three "Raleigh Soliloquies", selections from a rant recorded by a man with schizophrenia named Raleigh Theodore Sakers. Follow up Some of the songs on the album contain parts that were later reused by the band on other albums. For example, the principal chord progression in the instrumental "Lincoln Highway Dub" was featured again in the band's later hit " Santeria", and elements of "Work That We Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skaboy JFK
''Skaboy JFK: The Skankin' Hits of the Cherry Poppin' Daddies'' is the second compilation album by the Cherry Poppin' Daddies. The album was released in September 2009 by Rock Ridge Music. Like '' Zoot Suit Riot'' (1997), ''Skaboy JFK'' is a collection of the band's ska material, compiling tracks from their first five studio albums with four new bonus tracks. Overview ''Skaboy JFK'' is a compilation of the ska and ska-influenced songs featured on the Daddies' previous studio albums, spanning from 1994's ''Rapid City Muscle Car'' to 2008's '' Susquehanna'', excluding only the band's 1990 debut ''Ferociously Stoned''. The songs on the compilation cover a broad range of styles of ska music, including traditional Jamaican-influenced ska, reggae, third wave ska and ska punk. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pool Shark (video Game)
''Actua Pool'' also known as ''Pool Shark'' & ''Ultimate 8-Ball'' (depending on platform and market) is a sports simulation video game developed by British companies Gremlin Interactive and Mirage Ltd as part of their highly successful '' Actua Sports'' series of sport simulators of the mid-to-late 1990s. ''Actua Pool'', a pool game (pocket billiards), was originally released on the Microsoft Windows platform and the Sony PlayStation home console in 1999; these versions were also published under the name ''Pool Shark''. The game was very well received, praised for its realistic physics engine and challenging AI opponents, although the game spawned a sequel which was not as successful. In 2007, ''Actua Pool'' was ported to the Nintendo DS handheld game console. Description ''Actua Pool'' is a pool simulation game with dozens of game modes, including eight-ball, nine-ball, three-ball, ten-ball, killer rules, cutthroat rules, bank rules, speed pool, one-pocket, various foreign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pool Shark 2
''Pool Shark 2'' (stylized as ''Pool:shark 2'') is a sports video game developed by Blade Interactive and published by Zoo Digital Publishing for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and Microsoft Windows. It is the sequel to '' Pool Shark''. Reception The PlayStation 2 version received "generally favourable reviews", while the PC and Xbox versions received "mixed or average reviews", according to the review aggregation website Metacritic Metacritic is an American website that aggregates reviews of films, television shows, music albums, video games, and formerly books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged (a weighted average). Metacritic was created .... References External links * 2004 video games Blade Interactive games Cue sports video games Europe-exclusive video games Multiplayer and single-player video games PlayStation 2 games Video games developed in the United Kingdom Windows games Xbox games {{Cue-sports-videogame-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pool Shark (1977 Video Game)
Pool shark or pool sharks may refer to: * Pool shark, to distract, or hustle, in pool Film and television * ''Pool Sharks'', or sometimes ''The Pool Shark'', a 1915 silent film * "Pool Shark", an episode of ''Drake & Josh'' TV show, 2004 Music * ''The Pool Shark'', an album by Dave Dudley, 1970 ** "The Pool Shark" (song), a song written by Tom T. Hall, recorded by Dave Dudley * "Pool Shark", a 1987 song by The Toasters from their album ''Skaboom'' * "Pool Shark", a 1994 song by Sublime, from their album ''Robbin' the Hood'' * "Pool Shark", a 2009 song by The Cherry Poppin' Daddies, from their album ''Skaboy JFK'' Other uses * ''Pool Shark'' (video game), also known as ''Actua Pool'', 1999 ** ''Pool Shark 2'', a sequel * Pool Shark (1977 Video Game) an Atari, Inc. video arcade game See also * * Pool (other) * Shark (other) A shark is a cartilaginous, usually carnivorous fish. Shark, Sharks or The Shark may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Charac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atari, Inc
Atari, Inc. was an American video game developer and home computer company founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. Atari was a key player in the formation of the video arcade and video game industry. The company was founded in Sunnyvale, California, in the center of Silicon Valley, to develop arcade games, starting with ''Pong'' in 1972. As computer technology matured with low-cost integrated circuits, Atari ventured into the consumer market, first with dedicated home video game console, home versions of ''Pong'' and other arcade successes around 1975, and into programmable consoles using game cartridges with the Atari Video Computer System (Atari VCS or later branded as the Atari 2600) in 1977. To bring the Atari VCS to market, Bushnell sold Atari to Warner Communications in 1976. In 1978, Warner brought in Ray Kassar to help run the company, but over the next few years, gave Kassar more of a leadership role in the company. Bushnell was fired in 1978, with Kassar name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
