You know the ones where a kind of nerdy character is assumed to be bad at pool, is actually pool shark, and the live studio audience claps and "wooos". For example, Steve Urkel on Family Matters:
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hoMb-w9TOZI/hqdefault.jpg

Uncle Phil on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air:
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4RaWAQIBZ2I/hqdefault.jpg

https://64.media.tumblr.com/0e751f5cd6a3b11697a5ddd863c31e4c/tumblr_pr3pm5RINH1tuvwugo1_400.gif

Danny Tanner on Full House:
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There was even an episode (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0654996/reference/) of My Three Sons from as far back as 1965 with this plot as well.

And Boy Meets World did this so much they even made fun of themselves for it in the "Eric Hollywood" (https://boymeetsworld.fandom.com/wiki/Eric_Hollywood) episode.

You can probably add any show that Jim Backus guest started in. He was an avid pool player. He even played on Gilligan’s Island.

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/gilligan5935/images/9/9d/00billiard.png/revision/latest?cb=20161226204058

You can probably add any show that Jim Backus guest started in. He was an avid pool player. He even played on Gilligan’s Island.


And The Brady Bunch.

And The Brady Bunch.

Also, I Dream of Jeannie. Plus on the episode of the Beverly Hillbillies they all gathered at the Billiards table, not to play but to eat.

There was an Odd Couple episode where Oscar had to beat Sure Shot Wilson in a pool match in order to win the money for costumes for Felix's opera club production of Madame Butterfly.

Ozzie and Harriet had a couple of episodes with Billiards tables

I’m surprised that the Beverly Hillbillies’ “bill-e-yard table” hasn’t been mentioned. It took a few years for them to understand, but con man Mr. Farquhar told Jed, “did you know that you can play a GAME on this?” His aim was to cheat Jed, thinking Jed knew nothing about how to shoot, ricochet, etc.

Little did Mr Farquhar know…. ;)

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Edit: Now I see your sentence, 24/7.

Also there’s The Honeymooners ep “The Bensonhurst Bomber”, where Ralph and Norton bullied a little
guy about whose table it was at the pool hall, only for the wimp to call on his friend Harvey….

I’m surprised that the Beverly Hillbillies’ “bill-e-yard table” hasn’t been mentioned. It took a few years for them to understand, but con man Mr. Farquhar told Jed, “did you know that you can play a GAME on this?” His aim was to cheat Jed, thinking Jed knew nothing about how to shoot, ricochet, etc.

Little did Mr Farquhar know…. ;)

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Edit: Now I see your sentence, 24/7.

Also there’s The Honeymooners ep “The Bensonhurst Bomber”, where Ralph and Norton bullied a little
guy about whose table it was at the pool hall, only for the wimp to call on his friend Harvey….

I actually mentioned it in post #4

Yeah both of us are not catching things today. Just saw your edit.

Some episodes of Hazel focus on pool/Billiards

How about The Dick Van Dyke show episode where Buddy's brother turns out to be a pool shark? I watched that just last night.

How about The Dick Van Dyke show episode where Buddy's brother turns out to be a pool shark? I watched that just last night.

Yeah and that’s one of the six public domain episodes. Laff has shown it more times than one can count!

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How about The Dick Van Dyke show episode where Buddy's brother turns out to be a pool shark? I watched that just last night.

Another Rob got taken by pool sharks, on My Three Sons. He got conned by two young women, and in turn Uncle Charley suckered them in.

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There was another Honeymooners “Lost” ep, released in thr 1985 package. It was hilarious, but it would NEVER fly today….

Ralph and Norton weren’t talking to each other (again), and Ralph needed a partner, so he brought Alice, and trained her along while they had their “date.”

It went like so:

(Alice is ready to shoot)
Ralph: WAAAAIIIIT a minute! You have to name the ball you’re shooting at!
Alice: What is its name??
Ralph (getting exasperated, pointing to the ball): Just call it.
Alice: Okay, I will shoot the strawberry red one.
[Pool hall patrons laugh hysterically]
[Ralph gives the patrons a hard time]
[Alice misses, and maybe slips and scratches the felt surface]
Ralph: Okay, my turn. 12 ball in the corner pocket.
Patrons: WHY DON’T YOU HIT THE STRAWBERRY RED ONE?! Hahahahaha!

Mr. Gannucci can clarify this one!

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Happy Days - "Knock Around the Block"

Richie and the gang try to get Potsie's bike back from the gang who stole it.

Sanford and Son - "A House is Not a Pool Room"

Lamont suffers buyer's remorse after the pool table he gave Fred for his birthday brings the boys over for billiards every day while Fred's work and girlfriend Donna go neglected.

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I found this photo in another thread. https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=322769

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You know the ones where a kind of nerdy character is assumed to be bad at pool, is actually pool shark, and the live studio audience claps and "wooos". For example, Steve Urkel on Family Matters:
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hoMb-w9TOZI/hqdefault.jpg

Uncle Phil on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air:
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4RaWAQIBZ2I/hqdefault.jpg

https://64.media.tumblr.com/0e751f5cd6a3b11697a5ddd863c31e4c/tumblr_pr3pm5RINH1tuvwugo1_400.gif

Danny Tanner on Full House:
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There was even an episode (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0654996/reference/) of My Three Sons from as far back as 1965 with this plot as well.

And Boy Meets World did this so much they even made fun of themselves for it in the "Eric Hollywood" (https://boymeetsworld.fandom.com/wiki/Eric_Hollywood) episode.
It is revealed in the aforementioned "Family Matters" episode that Carl and Estelle were good at pool too.

VERY VERY: Pool Hustler (https://benjamonsterstv.blogspot.com/2023/01/very-very-pool-hustler.html)

The Brady Bunch #116 "The Hustler" (First Aired: March 1, 1974)

After Mike gets a pool table from his boss, Bobby becomes an expert in pool and takes on Mike's boss at a party.

The penultimate episode of The Brady Bunch (and the last to feature Robert Reed) is a Bobby-centric episode that features Jim Backus in a guest role as Mike's boss. It sort of feels like nothing really happens though. The episode seems like its steering towards Bobby getting a comeuppance for his pool obsessions but then he just beats Mike's boss and the episode sort of just... ends? I'm used to my Brady Bunch episodes having a lesson attached!

The Dick Van Dyke Show #35 "Hustling the Hustler" (First Aired: October 24, 1962)

Without knowing he's a pool shark, Rob invites Buddy's brother Blackie to dinner and a friendly game of pool.

This episode features great writing and a strong guest appearance from Phil Leeds as Buddy's brother. He really seems like a smuttier version of Buddy and his scenes with Dick Van Dyke (which take up large chunks of the episode) are great. Those pool scenes could drag on but they don't because of the evolution Leeds has as he slowly swindles Rob. The ending is clever too.

Get Smart #18 "The Dead Spy Scrawls" (First Aired: January 22, 1966)

CONTROL sends Max undercover to a pool hall to determine the location of a KAOS communication center.

There are some fun moments in this episode and Don Adams (who was apparently an expert pool player in real life) plays the hapless Max well. I like the intensity of the episode and the stylistic look of the pool hall, which features a guest appearance by Leonard Nimoy. But I think the trick they use (a remote controlled pool ball) is a little bit too convenient even for ridiculous Get Smart plot devices. It sort of dilutes the final scene.

I Dream of Jeannie #134 "Help, Help, A Shark" (First Aired: March 3, 1970)

After causing General Schaeffer to lose a pool match, Tony must win on his behalf so he and Jeannie can go on vacation.

Jim Backus must have loved pool because he also guest stars in this episode, which aired a few years before The Brady Bunch one. This episode, which came near the end of the run of the show, felt pretty tired as far as Jeannie's involvement for helping Tony out (not to mention her being locked outside the pool room took way to long for her to just zap herself inside, which she ultimately did). Larry Hagman and Barbara Eden both seem a little bored by the material.

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Although not from a tv show Don Adams did a commercial for Skittle Pool.

https://www.google.com/search?q=don+adams+skittle+pool&oq=don+adams+pool&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCAgBEAAYFhgeMgYIABBFGDkyCAgBEAAYFhge0gEJMTEyNzZqMGo3qAIUsAIB&client=tablet-android-samsung-rvo1&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:281da281,vid:fdaQ9n66nOk,st:0