American Reacts to Phoenix Nights (#2)

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[@ListerDavid]

There’s a great little detail I don’t notice till I watched them back to back, out the front of the club there is a dark green Ford Cortina that is slowly having parts stolen from it over the run of the series.

[@mrblue193]

The cork floor gets more expensive every time he mentions it. Keep a look out for shop signs or signs on the side of vans too. Not to mention Chorley FM "cummin in your ears"

[@garethwilliams5809]

The Cortina 's demise is mentioned in the DVD commentary, well worth watching

[@Stuffthatsfunny1]

@@mrblue193 sweet truck haul in episode 1

[@matt69savage-xe3ox]

Thanks, I never notice stuff like that.

[@davestar4718]

​@@mrblue193 there a wagon in the first episode with something like Sweet Huck Haul on it. Love that shit

[@martinevans7090]

6:45 - perhaps my favourite part of the whole series... "Bit of respect, ladies and gentlemen, for The Captain." Sets pint of beer on top of coffin. LOL!

[@swavyboy]

Ray Von is an absolute legend..... DJ Death...the yorkshire rapper....shabba!!

[@robcummings1027]

It’s the fist pump when he’s DJing lol

[@NickieOHara]

For reference : "open the box" is a traditional northern working mens club game where you buy tickets (usually 50p each) and if your number is drawn you get to pick from a bag of keys. Only one key "opens the box" which holds the prize money. Tested keys are removed from the draw each week until the prize money is won. The prize money goes up each time the box isn't opened. £33 is really low for an "Open The Box " prize 😂😂 - it usually starts at £100 or more and works it's way up. I've won it at £500 (many many years ago) and have known it to be higher.

[@icequeen6512]

I know £33-00 😅😂🤣😅😂

[@frankspencer6935]

"I've seen hundreds, used to bag up in Nam." I love his tall stories.

[@ChavvyCommunist]

I love how every cunt else just doesn't even acknowledge his lies the vast majority of the time. They usually don't even respond, because they all just know it's shit.

[@sarahfields288]

"We were late yesterday cuz you said Jackie Chan was coming to see you bout some paint"

[@shandywarhol4444]

Yes, a big difference between snooker and pool... A snooker table is twice the size of a pool table for a kick off, and snooker is a more complexed game.... Kx

[@MrGersboy72]

@@sarahfields288 Chuck Norris wants what?

[@sarahfields288]

@@MrGersboy72 woodchip?!

[@johnstewart6329]

Many years ago I used to sing in the working men’s clubs. The humour is absolutely spot-on, because they are exactly like the real people that you found in those places. And there are little things you pick up on each watch. In that one Kelly saying I’m not pulling off a horse, and another episode police probe Leeds girls snatch… Very funny in English humour

[@jase6709]

All you need to know is, Pool is easy and Snooker is hard.

[@christopherwatson9529]

Snooker, Billiards, Bar Billiards, all different. Pool, my arse.

[@jamiemitchell9173]

Snooker played on a 12ft by 6ft table. A pool table is half the size. Also you score points in snooker, with different balls carrying different points values

[@TriggerOvPeth]

​@jamiemitchell9173 a pool is actually a quarter of the size of a snooker table if it was half the size it would be 6ft x 6ft

[@alexstorr3357]

And it gets even stranger! Such a classic show. There's lots of subtle humour that you've got to watch out for as well as the outrageous stuff.

[@jno5]

It gets a lot worse......lol Wait till you get to Sammy The Snake.......😂

[@OneiLean]

FreeToWheel ‘he’s only got one eye’

[@jno5]

Leanne O'Neill - I’m sure Bobby Ball will have a solution for that....it’s Sammy’s eggs that could be a bigger issue.....😂

[@dazzyjazzy3223]

Love length 👍

[@jamescockings6852]

And in the same episode the face painting and without giving too much away that goes on for a few episodes

[@wangymcwangg6897]

It’s a 20 foot cock n balls man, it doesn’t look like nout else

[@FullMontyCrew]

Love these videos man! I’m from Manchester, UK and this is really interesting watching an American citizen watch English TV shows! Please keep doing Phoenix Nights! Love it! 👍👍

[@danshields9980]

There is a HUGE difference between snooker & pool. The table is about 2 times as big, pockets much smaller.. You pot a red, then a 'colour' (which is replaced until all reds are potted, then you have to pot the colours in a strict order. Each ball is worth a score (reds are 1, colours range from to to 7) and you win the game by scoring the highest, you can have a 'break' ranging from 3 to 147. The professionals average a 100+ break, I average around 26 😄😄😄

[@THM2008]

Peter Kay actually broke a rib when he ran into that door he didn't know it was locked 😂

[@craigwarner6156]

Thank you for the lift. I needed to watch something nice and funny and homely like this and it's even better watching it with someone so to speak. Cheers

[@jen6879]

This has made my morning - thank you 😊 Wasn’t expecting this so it’s a nice surprise to wake up to! “There is a horse in my cabaret suite” ... 👍🏻

[@24SparrowJack]

A bit of respect please for the Captain precedes to put his pint down on his coffin LMAO

[@uK8cvPAq]

The song the guy sang at the start was by a band called "the beautiful south" and they were huge in 90's UK.

[@MrJonno85]

"Perfect 10".

[@astralbluefish]

Plus it's about dick size.

[@martinmaguire-music6692]

@@astralbluefish Jacqui's parts are, Paul's are about dress sizes.

[@astralbluefish]

@@martinmaguire-music6692 Oh yes, i see. Thanxs.

[@johnmunro4952]

I honestly never really got on with the original Office, but I LOVED this show. ( They came out around the same time)

[@SA-zoom1]

This show was fantastic and just got better and better, as a brit I just love how you really get this show

[@dwaynne_way]

This is my 5th marathon of watching all of these episodes. Thank you for uploading them, your reactions are amazing 🤩

[@ThomasWilliams89]

"60 yards up the beach, they get him the bastards!"

[@Simpobee]

Bernard Wrigley, AKA The Bolton Bullfrog, playing Eric in this, is often drinking in pubs in my side of Bolton, in Horwich. He has had a long career, as not just an actor, but a folk musician as well

[@777petew]

So glad you find it funny, because it was designed that way. Incompetence is a great humour subject. Incidentally, northern English people are amongst the most warm-hearted people in the UK, and are very quick to laugh at themselves. I recently heard an interview from Paul Simon who was due to go on stage in a similar northern club in the mid 1960s. The elderly compere with his flat cap asked the audience to be quiet, and "to give the turn a chance". Paul Simon finds that funny to this day. Salt of the earth and genuine people.

[@collsmad]

Paul Simon wrote Homeward Bound while waiting for a train in the North West

[@jen6879]

@@collsmadyes, it was Widnes 😊

[@adrianmcdonald84]

"I know a drunken horse when I see one". My favorite line.

[@kickstart_1.3]

6:44 "Little respect, ladies and gentlemen, for the Captain" puts drink on coffin. Yeah, very little respect. I'm sure there was a bit bit like that on Steptoe and Son, but it followed up with "it's the first drink I've had on him".

[@RtardD2]

Sadly Rodney Litchfield the actor who plays Wild Bill passed away only days ago on 5th September at the age of 81. RIP

[@geoffreysearby3181]

Phoenix Nights is a difficult show to find to watch, it's also an absolute classic. Plus you're excellent reactions is a recipe for success my good d man.

[@bigthecat100]

Snooker is played by potting a specific sequence of coloured balls, alternating with reds and finishing with the black. Pool is pretty much the same as American 8-ball. Only difference being UK pool has two colours of balls, red and yellow, instead of multicoloured ones with half stripes and half solids. Although 8-ball sets are a lot more common on pool tables these days.

[@jen6879]

Yeah and the idea is to “snooker” your opponent, when you can not pot balls yourself, and force them into making foul shots and score points that way.

[@MatthewLenton]

Pool tables are smaller than snooker tables and the games tend to be quicker As for billiards... that's a whole different story. There's two main variations of that

[@AnEnglishmanOverseas]

@@MatthewLenton there are hundreds of variations of billiards, snooker is one of them as are pool, and bar billiards

[@peterbrown1012]

The red is worth 1, yellow 2, green 3, Brown 4, blue 5, pink 6, black 7. You have to pot a red before you can pot a colour and you must say which colour you are going for first, the colours are replaced on the table when they have been potted, when all the reds have been potted you pot the colours in order, your turn ends when you miss or foul, if there is a draw the person who potted black wins.

[@peterbrown1012]

@Eye_Dee I play it on my phone, really good.

[@johnstewart6329]

Another one you missed in that episode, was when they were first on the bull. “ i’ve not seen them this excited since they printed that paedophiles address in the newspaper“😂

[@adamwillis5013]

Trust me when I say the full Phoenix Nights outtakes after you’ve watched these episodes are purely hilarious.

[@noka79]

When I was 14, Cotton eye Joe was in the pop charts, I recently started mixing house music on my first set of decks. My friend came back from the record store with 2 copies of Cotton Eye Joe, on 12 inch.. He was serious

[@kevinmaltby]

Snooker is played with 15 red balls worth 1 point and then 6 coloured balls, each with a separate value of 2 to 7 in order from yellow, green, brown, blue, pink and black. If you fail to pot a valid ball or you commit a foul, play goes to the other player. A foul would result in penalty points going to the other player. The aim is the win the frame by scoring the most points. A run of consecutive pots is called a break. The highest normal break is a 147. This is 15 reds followed by 15 blacks then all colours in order. Each game is called a frame and each match is best of a certain number of frames, such as best of 19, first to 10. To understand the very basics, I would watch the current fastest maximum 147 break which was set by Ronnie O'Sullivan in 1996 in 5 minutes and 20 seconds. That is easy to find on KZbin. Once you have seen that I highly recommend you react to a popular game show from the 90s called Big Break which was all about snooker.

[@garethwilliams5809]

Also the table is 12ft x 6ft, 4 times that of a pool table

[@BobMartinsback]

Watch out for the auditioning act that involves ping pong balls, once seen, never forgotten.

[@davidhoward2487]

Beat me to it!...Great episode!

[@Wally-H]

There used to be an 'interesting' club near me where you could watch that for real. I only know through word of mouth, mind...

[@scratchingwithdjsteve3881]

i really hope you do more of this show...just wait until you see the family fun day episode!!!

[@amysanchez3699]

The guy struggling to get out the sack with Please Release Me playing was 👌perfect😂

[@Wally-H]

Snooker is played on a 12" table, with 15 reds and six coloured balls that all sit on different spots. The reds are assembled in a triangle (like a pool rack). The players have to pot a red first (one point), followed by a colour (various points, from 2 - 7) then another red, then another colour and so on until they miss, whereupon it's your opponents turn. When all the reds have gone, the colours are potted for the final time in sequence yellow - green - brown - blue - pink - black to end the game (or 'frame' as it's called). Player with the most points wins. If it gets to the point where one player has such a big lead that the other guy cannot possibly win, he can concede the frame. Snooker is a huge game in the UK, it is a big spectator and TV sport and the top players earn a lot of money. It is also fast-growing in Asia and there are some top players from China etc. now too.

[@WhipLashJimmyFrank]

I found out something rather interesting about Das Boot a few days ago. That U-boat was the one that sunk the ship my great grandad Johnny Lynn was on. Was said to be the 17th greatest U-boat in the entire German navy.

[@RockoOfBolton]

This club was literally up the road from my house and it was a pleasure to go to a party there years ago. That slap on his head was real and on the out takes he had to do it lots of times too. Ouch.

[@jamesmnaylor]

Snooker (or billiards) is played over a bigger table with 21 balls 15 red and 6 coloured where as pool is a smaller table with 9 for 8 ball pool or 15 for traditional pool which can be either red and yellow or stripe and spots.

[@jen6879]

Exact same thing happened to the TV in my parents’ club and my grandad ran after them with the remote 🤣🤣🤣

[@ajivins1]

They shouldn't have put it where it could be easily seen!

[@jen6879]

ajivins1 haha! The old ones are the best 😂

[@adamwillis5013]

Just realised what the next episode is and can’t wait for you to react to it! Some great lines! 🔮

[@joe_murray1675]

I’m getting the word

[@rupert-j8f]

@@joe_murray1675 nonce

[@nonautomaton6230]

Pool is to Snooker as 5-a-side is to actual football.

[@stras676]

I was thinking more Pool is to Snooker as Checkers is to Chess.

[@noahswann]

Corian is to marble and granite, what MDF is to wood....I've got wood there!

[@craigcharlesworth1538]

Basically, in pool you clear a certain number of balls then pot the black to win. There's loads of variations but they all work around that idea. In snooker you chain balls together to score points, alternating between reds and colours which are worth varying numbers of points. When the balls are all cleared (or when one player has so many points the other can't beat them and concedes) the player with the biggest score wins. The table is bigger, the pockets smaller and it's generally a much slower and more strategic game. It's called snooker because a big part of the game is safety play, i.e. putting the cue ball in a position where your opponent can't hit a legal ball which is referred to as snookering. It's a good game and worth watching a few matches to see if you like it, there's loads on KZbin.

[@pparkermtrs]

Actually been in this club. It’s called St.Gregory’s, in Farnworth, Bolton.

[@Simpobee]

A local band, Our Fold, filmed a music video there for the song Don't You Want A Lover, made it a bit of a tribute to Phoenix Nights, and it was a fun evening! Played a full set as well as filming the video.

[@Simpobee]

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[@northernvinny5348]

Not only have I been to this club, I had a pasty and pea supper there....they brought the peas out in a big white bucket. Nice Carr’s pasties though.

[@charlietocher]

Don't know if anyone else has mentioned this but just for context Bolton, where the show is set, is also in the county of Lancashire like Preston so thats why they got all the dodgy decisions versus the team from Yorkshire and there is a very real local rivalry. Is there a similar inter-state rivalry in the US? The only one I can think of as a Brit is California vs New York State but are there any others?

[@taffe316]

There's not any rivalry at all between California and New York. They just happen to be the two most well known places in the US.

[@FEBAGames]

One thing about this series is you can watch it more than once and see bits you missed the first time.

[@jen6879]

I agree. There’s even quite obvious things you miss as there’s so much packed into these episodes! I have watched this series over and over and only just noticed Max running headfirst into the door 😆

[@robthemodYT]

@@jen6879 I think all of Peter Kay's shows are like that. There's entire websites set up to discover blink and you'll miss them gags from Car Share.

[@jen6879]

InsaneGamers yeah! I heard a clang but always thought that Max had just tripped or collided with Paddy (with it being a dark scene). It’s was Noah’s laugh that made me rewind the scene lol. Have you noticed the name of Alan’s haulage firm? Took me a while to spot that one 😉

[@moodyowlproductions4287]

The different between snooker and pool is that when it come to snooker you have to pot all the balls in a certain order starting with poting all the red balls and then the colour balls staring with yellow then green then brown then blue then pink and the black ball last, pool is some what the same however there are solid and stripes balls and you must pot all of your set balls then pot the black to win....ok pot a solid or a stripe ball Frist and that your set then pot the black you take turn in both game...you can pot the coluer balls in snooker but you must pot all the red before you can win the game

[@heartbeatcity23]

RIP Rodney litchfield /wild bill he was 82

[@NickieOHara]

I'd forgotten it was this episode he was in

[@markdavey6060]

The playing area of a tournament snooker table, as standardized by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) and the amateur International Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF), measures 11 feet 8.5 inches by 5 ft 10 in (3569 mm by 1778 mm) with a tolerance of ± 0.5 in (13 mm), though commonly ... A Different game to pool and the table is big. An American table is small with big pockets a snooker table is massive with small pockets.

[@adebinelli8182]

Just realised the DJ is Neil Fitzmaurice who plays Jeff in Peep Show, Mark Corrigan's love rival....

[@MilliganCleese]

Fun fact: The guy David Brent hires to drive a fork lift in the first ever episode of The Office (and who gets fired in the final episode of the first series) is played by Neil Fitzmaurice.

[@kyleclark7449]

Oh Yeah hahahahaha, iv'e watched peep show and phoenix nights loads and never realised this.

[@hedlnes3202]

A snooker table is three times the size of a pool table - and the scoring is totally different

[@ScootinAbootScotland]

Snooker is played on a 12 foot table with a set of 15 red balls and and 6 colours black pink blue green brown yellow. The reds are potted then the colours in order with a large set of rules. Pool has a few variations played on a smaller table with fewer balls and less rules. Both different games 👍🏻

[@tomjohnston1220]

Two other British comedy series you might want to look at are Nightingales, made just before Father Ted. It's about 3 night time security guards. Three guys in a building doesn't sound much but Father Ted can be described as 3 priests in an island. Nightingales has surreal moments, just like Ted, and I loved it. Sadly, they put it on late at night and only 2 series were made. Last time I looked, KZbin had it. The other show is called Goodnight Sweetheart and is about a guy who owns a collectables shop. When he walks through the gate at the back of his shop, he finds he's in wartime London. He gets married in both the present and the past and has to deal with the chaos it causes. He;s very popular in 1940's London because he plays the piano and sings Beatles songs, that he says he's written himself. It might be easier to get in America than it is here. In the UK, we can't get Father Ted on KZbin.

[@tomjohnston1220]

Goodnight Sweetheart stars Rodney from Only Fools and Horses.

[@adrianbaker5916]

There's nobody here but us Chickens

[@katashworth41]

That’s what you get for letting Yorkshire people over into Lancashire 😂

[@jen6879]

However, if this was the law then I wouldn’t have been born. My Yorkshire grandma crossed the border and married a Lancashire lad. It explains a lot though 🤣🤣

[@katashworth41]

jen6879 my mum had a cousin in Bradford. We used to make paper passports to cross the border 🤣.

[@sebastianunited1397]

I live in the middle of both bits classed as Yorkshire, not as big rivalry as there used to be

[@mrblue193]

@@sebastianunited1397 I'm from Lancs but currently living in Yorkshire. They care a lot more about the rivalry on this side of the Pennines than they did back home.

[@noahswann]

@@jen6879 My Gran was from S.Yorks, married a Glasgow man during the war then settled in Manchester. Even worse was that she was CofE and he was RC!

[@neilymanadventures6577]

As others have mentioned Rodney Litchfield who plays Wild Bill died recently. He is best known for playing Old Tommy in the absolutely fantastic and heavily under rated Early Doors which has the same "Northern" humour as Phoenix Nights, written by Craig Cash who also wrote and starred in The Royle Family. Dusseldorf is a city in Germany and is the setting for the best comedy/drama of the 80's Auf Weidersehen Pet, a story of 3 unemployed bricklayers from Newcastle who go to Germany to find work and team up with other unemployed workers in the building trade from various parts of the UK. Even if you dont review these shows Im sure you find them an enjoyable watch in your downtime.

[@mysticallymerry5523]

I didn't know he'd died, RIP Rodney!😔 I love Early doors, "To the regiment!"😄👍

[@neilymanadventures6577]

@@mysticallymerry5523 I wish I was there!

[@mysticallymerry5523]

@@neilymanadventures6577 😄🍻

[@noahswann]

I still can't believe Old Tommy was Kens dad! Jean must've been a right goer back in the day!

[@mysticallymerry5523]

@@noahswann😮 In real life or in the show?

[@antonyhunt9700]

Like the channel been trying to find phoenix nights so thank u. peter kay for me one of the best comics in the uk grew up with his stand up and this great series 👍😂

[@MrCurlyC]

Watch Phoenix Nights over a few days once a year. Love it. Nice one for letting me watching it on KZbin ✌️. You do know Potter and Max are the same person ? "I know a pissed horse when I see one"

[@NicolaRogers-eg5tj]

😂 really British humor 😅, xx

[@MrX-mm7km]

There’s a difference between snooker and pool and there’s probably someone who can explain it better than me but in snooker you have to pot a red before you pot a colour, or something like that

[@NGE02]

Acc love ur channel so much , I enjoy every episode

[@danforestiero5112]

Great vids Taffe, once you have gone through all episodes you should check out the outtakes, they are hilarious

[@OneiLean]

My grandparents ran a working man’s club in the north of England very similar to this. Interestingly before the Equality Act was passed in 2010 women weren’t allowed to be members. So she managed a club that she wasn’t allowed to be a member of.

[@MrJonno85]

So unlike Groucho Marx, your Grandmother would never join a club that WOULDN'T have her as a member.

[@MRMIdAS2k]

Snooker is played with 21 balls, pool with 15. The rules are different too.

[@noahswann]

22 balls

[@MRMIdAS2k]

@@noahswann Knew this would come up. I'm obviously not counting the Cur Ball.

[@noahswann]

@@MRMIdAS2k hehehe, I am a pedantic swine!

[@ChavvyCommunist]

Please keep watching. It's really good.

[@susangore9457]

Bobby Aknutt with the bucking cow was in the last 2 series of Benidorm he had grown absolutely enormous and only wore caftans in the series

[@noahswann]

Dodgy Eric was played by Bernard Wrigley (aka The Bolton Bullfrog)

[@mcallisterwill]

They probably wouldn't have a Confederate flag in the background if this was made now. Until about 10 years or so ago I would say most people in the UK didn't consider it to be openly racist; not that they didn't know the Confederates were pro-slavery but it was more like they didn't really know that their flag carried such strong connotations.

[@chrissladeOldSkoolMixTapes90s]

It only gets better

[@TheDidge74]

Billiards, pool, and snooker appear to be very similar but the three vary based on the number of balls, pockets, table size, cue stick size, and several other factors. Some people use the term billiards and pool interchangeably. This isn’t completely incorrect however. Pool is a type of billiards game. Have we confused you yet? Here’s a quick breakdown of the differences between billiards, pool, and snooker. Differences between Billiards, Pool, & Snooker: Billiards - played on a table that has no pockets and uses 3 balls. One red ball, one white ball with a spot, and one white ball without a spot. Pool - played on a table with 6 pockets with 9 to 15 object balls plus an additional cue ball. The number of balls depends on the type of pool you’re playing. More on that below. Snooker - played on a table that has 6 pockets. Snooker tables are larger than pool tables but the pockets are smaller than a pool tables’. Snooker is played with 15 pink numberless balls, 6 numbered object balls, and 1 cue ball. Billiards Table Billiards Billiards is a family of games that are played on a table with pockets and a cue stick. “Carom billiards” was the original name. Billiards is a type of game with many others falling within this category, collectively called “cue sports.” Cue sports, or billiards, include all sports that are played with a cue stick and billiarded balls on top of a cloth covered table with leather (or rubber) borders. Billiards is divided into 3 sub-categories; pocket billiards or “pool,” carom billiards, and snooker. Fun Fact: The word “billiard” originated from the French word “billart” which means “mace.” The mace was an object that was used before the modern day cue stick. Pool As stated above, pool is a type of billiards game. The term “pool” is used to refer to billiards games that use pockets (pocket billiards). Pocketed billiards was the original term used for the game. “Pool” is a short for “poolrooms.” Back in the 18th century, gamblers came to poolrooms to bet on horse races which was illegal back then. The money was “pooled” into a large pot. In order to make poolrooms appear to be less suspicious, poolrooms often had pocketed billiard tables. Gamblers would play casually while they waited on the results of the real game. Out of this, the pool table received its name. Within the sub-category of pool there are many different types of pool including 8 ball (most popular), 9 ball, straight pool, and one pocket pool. Each pool table has 6 pockets. The cloth on a pool table is much slower than a billiard table. Pool balls are a standard 2 1/4” in diameter. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN POOL AND BILLIARDS Table Size - Pool tables are at least 3.5’ x 7’ while billiards tables are much larger with a minimum size of 5’ x 10’. Balls - Pool uses anywhere from 9-15 object balls depending on which game you’re playing. Billiards uses 3 balls that are larger than pool balls. Cloth - The cloth on a pool table makes the balls travel slower. Cloth on a billiards table is fast. Cue Stick - Pool cues are longer and have a thinner shaft. Billiard cue sticks are smaller but have a thicker butt and a shorter ferrule that makes the stick taper faster. They also have a wooden pin joint and a small tip. Snooker Snooker table at Grove Farm Snooker uses 21 balls (measuring 2 1/8”) plus an additional white cue ball. There are 15 red, 1 yellow, 1 brown, 1 blue, 1 pink, 1 black, and 1 green. In snooker, the yellow, brown, blue, pink, black, and green are referred to as object balls. Snooker is different from billiards and pool because there are three balls that can be used as a striker to hit other balls whereas you can only hit the white cue ball in the former. As if to make things more complicated, Europeans prefer 6 x 10 snooker tables while Americans prefer smaller 5 x 10 tables. The main goal of snooker is to score more points than your opponent by pocketing red balls and object balls (alternating). Once all the red balls have been pocketed, you can then begin to pocket the remaining object balls in a specific order. Conclusion Billiards, pool, and snooker are three different games that are all played on a cloth covered table. The main difference is the size of the table and the number of balls used in the game. Although they are closely related and have even evolved from one another, they are distinctly types of cue sports. More Fun Reads: More About Pool Tables Snooker Rules - How to Play the Right Way How to Play 9 Ball Pool - Complete List of Rules This entry was posted in Pool and Billiards by admin. Bookmark the permalink. Copyright © 2010-2020 GameTablesOnline.com

[@adebinelli8182]

3:42 Made me choke on my coffee.....

[@Holywell88]

Love Phoenix Nights. Max and Paddy have a follow up series (6episodes) which is excellent too

[@icequeen6512]

You need to see Peter Kay do stand up now that's a treat.

[@Marcus-fr7sj]

Hahahaha he can’t hear u it’s one of the conditions of being dead🤣🤣🤣😂😂

[@liamclarke5761]

14:42 Now i know about the controversy on the rebel flag in the States but in Europe it's not a very talked about subject so it kinda explains why the controversy doesn't seem as serious over here in Europe.

[@peterdavidson3890]

There is a difference between pool & snooker, SNOOKER is a game of skill not “crash bang Wollap” to get your money ASAP.

[@dxmedia9258]

14:43 sadly wild bill died the other day twitter.com/PaddyMcGuinness/status/1303067604408508417?s=20

[@oliverrobinson2897]

Snooker and pool are 2 totally different games with different coloured balls and sized tables

[@Spacebadger]

Snooker and pool are different games on the same table

[@detectivesquirrel2621]

The theme tune wasn't ready fro the 1st episode

[@StunnedByWrestling]

All I know is a snooker table is massive compared to pool

[@phillipbishop5419]

Great video Noah. So what have I missed over last 3 weeks? I was hit by car and spent 3 weeks in hospital 10 of days in ICU but I’m home and know receiving looking to catching up on everything I missed

[@freakingoldskool3600]

Looking forward to more 👍

[@cal-efc8062]

Superb series 😂

[@peterhagan8454]

snooker table bigger, and go through colours , pool is smaller table and player hits first for chooice of either red or yellow to pocket still end on the b lack to win

[@kickstart_1.3]

The main physical difference between snooker and pool is the table and pocket size. Snooker players require a more homogeneous ridged stance, where as pool players can use whatever stance they like. In pool, this more free form stance is important for the popular versions of pool, such as 9 ball, because it requires a power break to pot balls off the break. This is probably a shitty explanation as I'm drunk.

[@DamoBFD]

What's in ya snake eye pies? ..chicken & mushroom .. ok I'll have 2 😊

[@Mviews-hb4ib]

21 mins in , us election lol, everyone enjoying the promises ? :) he seems a lovely bloke bless

[@gemmaparry4510]

OMG....Snooker, English Pool and American Pool

[@cocteaut]

Really wish you would cast your gaze on 3 of the best recent British dramas, 'Scott and Bailey', 'Happy Valley' and 'Last Tango in Halifax'. 3 feckin brilliant shows from the incredible writer Sally Wainwright. Love the channel BTW ooh also there is a series on Netflix called 'The Fall' with Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan. Set over here.

[@garethwilliams5809]

No hint of bias between Lancashire and Yorkshire ( not the best of friends) in a Lancashire club (Bolton)

[@Solziesoapsandcandles]

Hey absolutely love Peter Kay, watched all his stuff. love this plus Car Share is brilliant too. Watch him on Parkinson on youtube he is hilarious. Difference between pool and snooker is like asking difference between soccer and football, same type of structure but snooker is more complex and a more skillful game. ok enjoy , peter kay is my go to when im having a bad day! Hi from Ireland!

[@InterMalager]

Snooker and Pool are very different kettles of fish, Pool is easy, any dope can win playing that, Snooker on the other hand is insane difficult, not to mention the table is about 4 times larger and the pockets smaller, my highest break is only 43 (poor i know) and ive played a lot. You need to check Ronnie O'Sullivan out doing his 147 in the quickest time ever in 1996 (i think 5mins 20secs), that man is God himself when in the zone on a Snooker table, he is 6 times World Champion including winning it this year and considered the best talent EVER in snooker.

[@audreyogorman2923]

Inter Malager got a feeling ya shit at pool too ,so u blend it by playing snooker 🤷‍♂️😂.

[@wyterabitt2149]

"Pool is easy, any dope can win playing that" Always amused at this idea, with anything. If something is easy, it is easy for all parties involved and therefore all things are back to equal. So it should be no easier to win at, no matter how easy the game is.

[@InterMalager]

​@@wyterabitt2149 Even the local pisshead down the pub could win a professional Pool player in a frame. That would prove impossible in a Snooker frame vs a pro

[@garyparkinson6198]

Nearly took my eye out 😂😂

[@trudiebrown4284]

Snooker and pool are totally different games. Different balls and different rules. Fancy a game of billiards anyone?

[@BogusOp]

lol its rock on tommy !

[@ashleyporter9547]

Albert's a registered diabetic.

[@johnsutcliffe888]

Kenny...Get the mop.

[@Wally-H]

"I'm not pulling off a horse!"

[@davidwilkinson8136]

Snooker is pot a red pot any colour when all the reds are gone you have to pot yellow 2pts green 3pts brown 4pts blue 5pts orange 6pts black 7pts in that order.

[@jamesclare]

also kenny is like jay with the bull shit stories haha

[@WRCSeb]

21:34 root for Lancashire because that’s where it’s set

[@drbreaks-gaming]

Peter Kay plays both Brian Potter and Max

[@sg586]

No Taffe, that horse isn't racist.... most definitely not

[@bigab51]

Huge difference between pool and snooker Pool is way way way easier