Showing posts with label snooker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label snooker. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Friday, July 20, 2007
Pot Black in Black and White
This morning I was thinking about all the technology that we have in our house that the kids not only are familiar with, but use every day. Computers, DVD Players, MP3 Players, Mobile Phones, Digital Cameras. The most high tech thing we had in our house when I was their age was a Kodak Box Brownie, with eight black and white photographs per roll.
It got me thinking of our first major technology purchase, our Black and White Television, purchased when I was 13. This even predated the Sinclair Scientific Calculator.
That lead me to thinking about Pot Black. I used to love to watch this show, a show ironically developed to showcase the new potential of colour television. It took a trained eye to tell the difference between the pink and the blue when they were out of position. Legendary commentator Ted Lowe, aware that not all viewers had colour televisions, said the player is "going for the yellow ball by the sidepocket - and for those in black and white, it's next to the blue."
I never did like it as much in colour. So much for modern technology.
Looking for an image, I came across this. I had never realised that snooker could be dangerous. Warning: Not for the squemish.
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