pixrox1 Review of Pink 8 Ball

Pink 8 Ball (1972)

During the past 50-plus years, many pool sharks have been lured . . .

[7/10 · 6 January 2023]

. . . into watching PINK 8 BALL under false pretenses. Despite what the title implies, this picture has nothing to do with "Trouble in River City"--aka, "Ya Got Trouble"--or what Harold Hill called "the Devil's tool." As a service to folks such as Manitoba Fats, I'll explain that this film ACTUALLY is about a pastime called "basketball," invented by a guy named Jim on Dec. 21, 1891 in Springfield, MA. This sport involves throwing round bound balls into fruit baskets after "dribbling" them around for awhile. There are all kinds of senseless rules prohibiting such things as palming, lane violations, three-second infractions and high sticking. Unlike pool, teams average about a dozen players each, requiring most of them to be sitting on a "bench" at any given time. The excess net men are needed because "referees" make sure that lots of basketball players "foul out" before any game can end. Everyone knows that there is no crying in baseball, and we all found out this week that "Cry Me a River" is football's theme song. The conclusion of PINK 8 BALL shows that basketball weeps if it gets mixed up with volleyball. But THAT'S a whole other story.