"We cut to the classic Lex pool scene, which used to be classic and now is tired, like the Lex backwards speech, where he's looking forward and talking to a person behind him. This scene was cool, because Brainiac pwns him at pool, doing some neat tricks, so it's a nice in-joke. The device is still tiring."
— Neal Bailey on
Smallville ("Thirst")
Smallville ("Thirst")Lt. Speer: How about a fast game of Sleeper?
Poolroom thug: Never heard of it.
Lt. Speer: Well, it's simple. You go ahead and make your shot... [thug does so] ..and I put you to sleep. [cracks thug in the head from behind with pool cue, knocking him unconscious]
Billiards is not a sport because there's no chance for serious injury. ...unless you welch on a bet in a tough neighborhood. Then, if you see a guy with a pool cue sticking out of his ass... [beat for audience laughter] ...you know that might be a sports-related injury. But that's not billiards, that's pool. And that starts with a P, and that rhymes with D, and that brings me to darts!
— George Carlin, "Sports" from Playin' with Your Head
Tobias Whale: I love pool. Such a beautiful game of symmetry and geometry. But make the wrong choice... Your ass ends up buried in a hole. This is a fact.
Councilman Kwame Parker: You been watching too many gangster movies, man.
