1983 King Louie Open

[@kenyongray2615]

Clutch bowling at its best in the 2nd and 3rd games. Am I the only person who has noticed that Genalo almost never blinks? Watch him every telecast he is on. There was nothing like Chris and Nelson on bowling and then going right to WWOS with the legend Jim McKay. Thanks for posting this tournament.

[@lottoweekendmiljonairs3621]

as a dutch bowler for 18 years, i really love watching this. it's incredible to compare this with bowling these days. if you look at the ball return, just 1 ball each. now all the bowlers have a minimum of 5,6 or 7 balls. the pro's even more! just amazing to watch all the coverage over the years

[@danhostler1985]

Love the Giorgio Moroder music in the beginning!

[@ckersh74]

Pete Couture could use those glasses to fry ants on the sidewalk.

[@myusernameonly2]

Ditto - 1983 Cleveland Open with Norm Duke. That would be great if you had this show MrBowling300.

[@terencediamond356]

Steve Fehr looks like one of the characters from Robot Chicken 🐔.

[@youtoobe169]

I know it was a long time ago, but thanks for posting all these!

[@andrewphillips2179]

the second, semi final, and title matches were exciting and very close

[@douglasharris5216]

Andrew Phillips Mark Roth and Earl Anthony have bowled some exciting matches George N. Pappas and Ernie Schlegel have bowled some awesome matches

[@LouisCsanko]

Ernie was one of the best Action Bowlers in the New York Metro region

[@andrewphillips2179]

Don Genalo was very tough in the clutch as he threw some clutch strikes to win the King Louie Open

[@douglasharris5216]

Andrew Phillips nice spoiler pillow biter

[@lumberlikwidator8863]

Match #2 looks like Don Genalo vs. Don Novello (Father Guido Sarducci).

[@xerxesxylophone7188]

Hey! That's Giorgio Moroder's music in the beginning!

[@josephliptak]

Watched the Pro Bowlers Tour every Saturday in the 1970s and 80s.

[@casualobserver2305]

Couture glasses....those are Harry Carey level monsters.

[@sommerssmith]

Bo's Rolaids tip....Very similar demonstration to the tip in the 1991 Quaker State Open. You can also have balls to control the lane conditions, that was demonstrated the following week in the Florida Open.

[@veggieoilerfan2940]

In the 1983 King Louie Open tip, Bo suggested that a player should loft the ball about 36 inches over the foul line on dry conditions. During the 1991 Quaker State Open tip, Bo did a demonstration shot where he clearly lofted the ball more than 36 inches. The camera didn’t show just how far he lofted it, but it was definitely further than 36 inches.

[@brucearmstrong708]

Fehr, nothing but class

[@pizzaguy1966]

Couture looks like Gary from the movie Bachelor Party.

[@defiledhorror]

She pees standing up!

[@theringingten3357]

15:08 Solid 8 20:08 Solid 8 24:26 Wild strike

[@Mr300bowler]

What's the championship pair

[@chuckers40]

It's either 17-18 or 19-20. It was a 32 lane center.

[@Igloo3471]

19-20 at King Louie West

[@mathematrucker]

Who knows, maybe the stupid idea to omit frames from the telecast is what sparked the PBA's dive in popularity in the 80s-90s.

[@tirmyta]

Yeah, competing during commercials. Imagine if that happened during other sports. ("Welcome back to Monday Night Football. While we were away, the Broncos recovered a fumble and scored a touchdown, but you missed it. Too bad.")

[@beeemm2578]

@@tirmyta yeah that was always a goofy irritant. But within that restraint, they did pretty good. I dont think they ever missed something dramatic....at least that i remember.

[@michaelschweizer4772]

Gary Dickinson had no luck at all.

[@Dauwis]

I had a bowling lesson once from COuture

[@Dauwis]

The Flea

[@lareinadelcandycrush]

Hello! Do you have the event when Duke won his first title! I love this game.....and I want to watch again!

[@raycarlson5304]

Duke won 1983 Cleveland Open.At that time youngest player to win a PBA title.

[@raycarlson5304]

Clevland Open 1981.

[@royplayer]

Whatever happened to professional bowling? $18,000.00 first prize in 1983? What is first prize now in a non major; $10,000.00 - $15,000.00?

[@douglasharris5216]

pablo lacruz sad indeed

[@bobby_c7671]

18,000 was worth about 52 thousand in '83

[@kcazzo4906]

At about 9:25 Bo says the left lane hooks more than the right. Two seconds later says the right hooks more than the left. He was horrible. Chris carried him for years.

[@sludge4125]

Bill Straub missed the show by 63 pins.

[@1USACitizen192]

Great Spirit? Try God.