As a 22 year old who’s only been interested in snooker for about 6/7 years - it bewilders me to think that Steve Davis used to be perceived as plain and boring! One of the funniest, most charismatic characters about. What a joy this is ❤️
Even in old clips of Steve, he was always charismatic. I think his style of play was seen to be "machine-like", and then his manager played up the "boring" trope. I never really watched snooker properly but it was part of the tapestry of my childhood in the 80s and 90s, these guys were celebrities. All I've been doing today is watching clips of snooker games and I'm considering actually getting into it.
Pure gold. Dennis making three of the pots that he missed during the 1985 final demonstrates exactly why snooker under pressure is an entirely different. game.
With that Immense pressure your Cueing Arm would probably feel like a big heavy piece of Lead lol like in the 85 final about that Famous black that Steve missed to leave Dennis on to pot and Win when he was walking up to the table to play the shot he said his legs felt that heavy they didn’t feel like his legs haha
Steves deadpan comedy style with the big ginger wig had me in stitches. He shows hardly any expression, just subtle facial movements and thats proper comedy genius right there.
Every time I watch this match Steve Davis has me in tears. If the whole snooker thing hadn't worked out for him, he would have had a brilliant career in comedy.
I have never smiled and laughed so hard inside watching a game of snooker. Such great legends of the sport really nice people and the most unforgettable frame of snooker in history 1985 and all on the black. This video brought me so much happiness.
Snooker is always so dry as the game progresses and usually there is never conversation between players. This was the most enjoyable snooker match I have ever watched by far. Both are great sports.
The winning was only part of why he was disliked. He played a safety game and he played slowly. And he barely showed any emotion. Like Mark said, he was working, but the audiences were used to being entertained. Snooker was awash with colourful characters back then and everyone had their favourite. Watching Davis was like watching an 80s football side go 1-0 up then keep passing it back to the keeper for the rest of the match. Yeah it’s a win, but it’s no fun to watch. It blows my mind that Davis had an entertainer hiding in him all along.
Legends, both of them! Can’t believe the BBC aren’t keeping Dennis Taylor and John Virgo on commentary after next season, will miss them both massively.
Lovely. To have such a dramatic sporting event, and then 20 or 30 years later to have the two participants larking about and taking the piss out of each other - and themselves. They are both a credit to the game, and great television.
I have watched this so many times, and every time, I laugh my ass off. This is so so funny, and so great to see two legends have so much fun in brotherly commendment of their ages-old fraternal competitive respect for one another. This is so funny! And it is also just heart warming.
Great to see two of the best ever enjoying themselves and still entertaining the crowd and viewers all these years later. Just two mates playing a frame, having a laugh about the greatest final ever!
I remember watching that in my living room as a 14 year old kid. I had school the next day but sat up to 1am glued to that. It was Monday morning the school to. Before they changed the last session to a Monday night. One of the very few occasions where everyone knew exactly where and what they were doing that night all those years ago. Nearly 40 years ago now
Nice to watch these icons play like a couple of grandads down the con club total respect to both players from the 80s Steve Davies won everything no player could match him ❤ this was memorable one of the best matches ever
An era of snooker that will never be repeated... it was just... fecking fantastic. It also gave us tv lasting into the small hours ... which wasn't happening! Had everyone luckily enough to watch it all enthralled.
The skill they had to make you believe that they were missing and the skill was gone. This is gold ! Two real legends of the game. In this beautiful comic masterpiece ✨️
steve's interview in the beginning, he used the style he had back in the late 70's and 80's when one of his nicknames was steve "entertaining" davis, because he didn't laughed at all and was very serious all the time.
steve did a show called a frame with davis where he played a frame with celebrities. whomever the guest was, steve was always by far the funniest. very witty and self deprecating. could easily have been a proper comic if he had wanted. thoroughly good bloke too. was never my favourite player but i grew to love him.
I enjoyed this so much! Taking the edge off the game by playing a friendly frame first before getting serious really does work in my experience. It reminds us (club amateur players) that first and foremost, you are friends first, opponents second. Excellent video
I remembered the 1985 final between Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor. I was only 4 years old and it happened to be on the same day as my Christening. Everyone who attended my Christening coming back to our house for a party afterwards and then watching the final right up to the end. This rematch was brilliant. Very humorous, both Steve and Dennis.
@@Tomsm8 😂 Definitely the corner looking down from the baulk end..... the right corner pocket. Dennis seemed to be rubbing it in to Davis on here 😂 keeps potting in the pockets he’s not supposed to be, based upon the way he originally played those shots in the final. Talk about the luck of the Irish ☘️
@@ScottyBugler2005 just curious if their memories are playing up haha. it was brilliant to watch and I enjoyed every bit, I didn't realise Dennis actually went and kissed the trophy beforehand though. think that gave him the edge in the end.
@@Tomsm8 i thought it was usually considered bad luck to touch a trophy before you’ve actually won it. Preemptive kiss of the trophy and Dennis must’ve thought he was kissing a magical Blarney Stone 😂 Good job that old superstition isn’t true.
I was a teen and watched this live back in the days wow!! I hated Steve at the time but after he lost I couple times I started to like him, however he was one the all time greatest players regardless
One of the nicest, funniest and most positive things I have seen in many years. Two wonderful gems. Thanks Steve and Denis for the moments and the star quality.
That was one late night snooker match seeing it as a kid. The 1980s had the best sporting moments, that people who were old enough to remember the 1980s remember. Steve davis was like a robot back then, he literally never showed any emotion. You would not think its the same person today, for all those who saw him play back then.
Steve was always one of the funniest players off the baize. He was just so deadpan & concentrated during matches he got the reputation for being boring, exploited by the likes of Spitting image. Just a thoroughly nice bloke.
Very funny but also very clever! They do this as a corporate show, it’s incredibly hard to make things look unrehearsed and chaotic, but I bet it is meticulously rehearsed… I’d love to see them do it live again
Steve here along with hendry, ken, dennis, Willie, virgo and John parrot in an Indian restaurant food drink and all the story's, what a blast,. I'd pay for to be at that table.
Thankyou so much for uploading this, it was a magical piece of snooker history. These guys are just such great sports, and i don't think ive seen this in any other sports at all, i laughed till i cried and then some.. thanks again
I was 15 at the time one of my favourite sporting moments and even though I wanted Steve to lose he showed after and still shows what a class person both on and off the table he is and also that season Dennis won the grand prix his first ranking win just after his Mum had passed away. They both won their semi finals in with a session to spare were the best two players in that championship
Steve is such a great sport during this. He really is one of the greatest.
And has comic talents aswell.
hes bloody funny int he
Random fact... Steve used to be the president of the British Chess Federation.
I totally agree. True sportsman and a very dry sense of humour. Terrific for the sport
the greatest among the greatests
As a 22 year old who’s only been interested in snooker for about 6/7 years - it bewilders me to think that Steve Davis used to be perceived as plain and boring! One of the funniest, most charismatic characters about. What a joy this is ❤️
Even in old clips of Steve, he was always charismatic. I think his style of play was seen to be "machine-like", and then his manager played up the "boring" trope. I never really watched snooker properly but it was part of the tapestry of my childhood in the 80s and 90s, these guys were celebrities. All I've been doing today is watching clips of snooker games and I'm considering actually getting into it.
He only seemed boring when characters like Alex Higgins were around.
Even at the time he was my favourite. Was gutted when he lost this one, and again afterwards in such close fashion. He was almost an 8 time champ.
because unlike some players he doesn;t need to be controversial to get his class across.
He wasn't boring he was Steve "interesting" Davis.
Pure gold. Dennis making three of the pots that he missed during the 1985 final demonstrates exactly why snooker under pressure is an entirely different. game.
With that Immense pressure your Cueing Arm would probably feel like a big heavy piece of Lead lol like in the 85 final about that Famous black that Steve missed to leave Dennis on to pot and Win when he was walking up to the table to play the shot he said his legs felt that heavy they didn’t feel like his legs haha
Should have lost final.
When Dennis kept accidentally potting the black 😂
And then missing the one he was supposed to pot just made it even funnier!
Especially considering that Dennis and Steve tried multiple doubles for the same left center pocket during the frame, and all previous ones missed.
Dennis pots every bloody shot at the end. Cracked me up.
Apart from the one he actually potted 🤣
even steve potted the thin cut he missed hahaha
He was loving it
He's a pro
Steves deadpan comedy style with the big ginger wig had me in stitches. He shows hardly any expression, just subtle facial movements and thats proper comedy genius right there.
Year on year, I always find myself coming back to watch this match. It never fails to stick a smile on my face.
Classic
JV in a right mood that day... obviously he knew where the cue ball was going!
Every time I watch this match Steve Davis has me in tears. If the whole snooker thing hadn't worked out for him, he would have had a brilliant career in comedy.
maybe not comedy, i think he would have been a superb stand up comedian without doubt, but his Dj career is doing good though
Stand up is hard. So is comedy.
So is writing.
I highly doubt he'd be good up on stage.
@@Prof.Pwnalot he was just in front of hundreds of people being funny as fuck on stage so ummm he already is
His cameo in The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret was pretty good.
How can you not love Dennis Taylor
Man, I am laughing all the way. This, is great entertainment!
Hammern28 😂😃😇🤬’Ron
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i dont know much about snooker but ive been watching A LOT of pro games these days and this is by far the most entertaining one i have seen ^_^
2 great players
Hammern28. These two are Snooker's Morecambe and Wise. Bloody hilarious
No idea why this was recommended to me in January 2023 but I am glad it was! What a load of fun they had, it had me laughing throughout.
I have never smiled and laughed so hard inside watching a game of snooker. Such great legends of the sport really nice people and the most unforgettable frame of snooker in history 1985 and all on the black. This video brought me so much happiness.
Snooker is always so dry as the game progresses and usually there is never conversation between players. This was
the most enjoyable snooker match I have ever watched by far. Both are great sports.
I think this is great but I do wish the commentators would shut up as Davis and Taylor are far more entertaining commenting on each other.
Never in my life I've seen Steve Davis like this! What a
joy!!
I know this comment is 2 years old and you're either dead or don't care but yes he is such a natural comedian.
@@doctor_gibbo1392 what a weird thing to say...
@@doctor_gibbo1392 I know this comment is a year old but you’re either dead or don’t care if you’re not.
Steve is a great entertainer, have watched him on numerous exhibitions etc
@@JohnORourke. agree away with the fairies
It's so refreshing to see good humor.. American here, we don't have anything like this anymore.
I miss it.
"How many times do you wanna win this thing?!" 😆😆😆
I love this video.
Funny how things turn around.. Steve now loved by millions, in he's hay day, wasn't to popular because he was winning everything. What a legend he is.
He was working..
The winning was only part of why he was disliked. He played a safety game and he played slowly. And he barely showed any emotion. Like Mark said, he was working, but the audiences were used to being entertained. Snooker was awash with colourful characters back then and everyone had their favourite. Watching Davis was like watching an 80s football side go 1-0 up then keep passing it back to the keeper for the rest of the match. Yeah it’s a win, but it’s no fun to watch.
It blows my mind that Davis had an entertainer hiding in him all along.
Legends, both of them! Can’t believe the BBC aren’t keeping Dennis Taylor and John Virgo on commentary after next season, will miss them both massively.
Probably get 2 women in to commentate and make sure 1 of them is black to please all the lefties
John Virgo is a lovely chap. I moved his lawn once, nice flowerbeds.
Auntie Beeb will have to economise somewhere to keep Big Ears in crisps!
thats so sad
bbc are complete trash what do you expect
I have to applaud the British sport culture. Something to keep for humanity forever.
❤
Lovely. To have such a dramatic sporting event, and then 20 or 30 years later to have the two participants larking about and taking the piss out of each other - and themselves. They are both a credit to the game, and great television.
Still faster than ebdon
Hahahahhahahaha
I have watched this so many times, and every time, I laugh my ass off. This is so so funny, and so great to see two legends have so much fun in brotherly commendment of their ages-old fraternal competitive respect for one another. This is so funny! And it is also just heart warming.
45 mins of pure joy ! Had a huge smile on my face for the whole video. Thanks for posting.
This may be, simultaneously, the worst and the best frame of snooker ever played. Both of these gentlemen are legends and true entertainers.
this is better than any current stand up comedians , i watch this just to laugh :)
It's like watching two mates playing in the pub after a few. I love it
I'd say more than a few.
“And then it went there, then there, then there and someone in my family and friends said there there” Steve Davis is a comedy genius.
what a joy to watch,two wonderful gentlemen,they should form a comedy double act,so very funny, god bless them both.
Always come back to this. 2 legends reminding me of my youth. Love it.
Im only here coz of steves hair in the thumbnail 😂
Edit : i never thought id be in hysterics thru a snooker game this absolutely made my day ! 😂
I was 8. My parents let me stay up and watch it. It was just wonderful
Great to see two of the best ever enjoying themselves and still entertaining the crowd and viewers all these years later. Just two mates playing a frame, having a laugh about the greatest final ever!
Brilliant comic timing by Steve there. So glad they both did this. Fantastic.
this is a gem. i watched the original match live, and this was just brilliant.
I remember watching that in my living room as a 14 year old kid. I had school the next day but sat up to 1am glued to that. It was Monday morning the school to. Before they changed the last session to a Monday night. One of the very few occasions where everyone knew exactly where and what they were doing that night all those years ago. Nearly 40 years ago now
Steve has always been hilarious.
ysgol3 jammy more like!
And interesting!
deadpan humour from sd and still making money out of that final with the tour 37 years later
Steve almost funny Davis
Really ? Most boaring player in ever seen .Steve take no risks Davis
Don't live in the UK anymore. Watching this makes me miss it so much. Truly great British personalities and TV at its best
I remember sitting up all night to watch this at my Grans house, damn time does fly!
It does indeed mate.!! I was 14 at the time and it was outstanding.!
Even this rematch is almost eight years old XD
That is something anyone should be able to watch and enjoy =)
It was and will always be one of the great sporting moments in history
This is absolute gold!!! Two legends and ambassadors of the sport.
Nice to watch these icons play like a couple of grandads down the con club total respect to both players from the 80s Steve Davies won everything no player could match him ❤ this was memorable one of the best matches ever
Two absolute gentleman of the game
An era of snooker that will never be repeated... it was just... fecking fantastic. It also gave us tv lasting into the small hours ... which wasn't happening!
Had everyone luckily enough to watch it all enthralled.
The skill they had to make you believe that they were missing and the skill was gone. This is gold ! Two real legends of the game. In this beautiful comic masterpiece ✨️
steve's interview in the beginning, he used the style he had back in the late 70's and 80's when one of his nicknames was steve "entertaining" davis, because he didn't laughed at all and was very serious all the time.
Steve interesting Davis.. you have that wrong.
Davis what a legend.
Absolutely Brilliant. I haven't laughed that hard in years. Two absolute gentlemen and legends of the sport.
Steve Davis has the best humorous sense I have ever since in any sportsman
What a beautiful thing to see between two legends of the sport
steve did a show called a frame with davis where he played a frame with celebrities. whomever the guest was, steve was always by far the funniest. very witty and self deprecating. could easily have been a proper comic if he had wanted. thoroughly good bloke too. was never my favourite player but i grew to love him.
Loved these two in the eighties and nineties
this video always cheers me up when i am feeling down. today is an awful day, so.... here we are :D
Dennis Taylor looks like a doppelganger of my late grandpa, and he seems just as jovial and witty...God, I miss that man.
Steve Davis's delivery of " no not really " at 6.32 is comic perfection.
I can't believe ive never seen this before,
Absolutely fantastic
great great stuff!!!
thanks for posting this. great fun.
I remember it well, two legends
That was one of the most entertaining final ever after midnight I will never forget that frame.
Really dont think I could get tired of watching this. Fabulous.
We need more of this. This was just what was needed to enjoy snooker and have a good laugh doing so.
I wish I could have a friendship like theirs when I'm that old
You can
I enjoyed this so much! Taking the edge off the game by playing a friendly frame first before getting serious really does work in my experience. It reminds us (club amateur players) that first and foremost, you are friends first, opponents second. Excellent video
I remembered the 1985 final between Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor. I was only 4 years old and it happened to be on the same day as my Christening. Everyone who attended my Christening coming back to our house for a party afterwards and then watching the final right up to the end. This rematch was brilliant. Very humorous, both Steve and Dennis.
suppose you dont remember which pocket the black was potted in? the corner one, not the middle. they seem to be forgetting lol
@@Tomsm8 😂 Definitely the corner looking down from the baulk end..... the right corner pocket. Dennis seemed to be rubbing it in to Davis on here 😂 keeps potting in the pockets he’s not supposed to be, based upon the way he originally played those shots in the final. Talk about the luck of the Irish ☘️
@@ScottyBugler2005 just curious if their memories are playing up haha. it was brilliant to watch and I enjoyed every bit, I didn't realise Dennis actually went and kissed the trophy beforehand though. think that gave him the edge in the end.
@@Tomsm8 i thought it was usually considered bad luck to touch a trophy before you’ve actually won it. Preemptive kiss of the trophy and Dennis must’ve thought he was kissing a magical Blarney Stone 😂 Good job that old superstition isn’t true.
I was a teen and watched this live back in the days wow!! I hated Steve at the time but after he lost I couple times I started to like him, however he was one the all time greatest players regardless
Typical. You hated him when he was winning, and when he started losing you liked him.. you English are a funny lot.
One of the nicest, funniest and most positive things I have seen in many years. Two wonderful gems. Thanks Steve and Denis for the moments and the star quality.
Such a pleasure to still be able to watch the legends...youtube has its uses
I watch this once every year since it first aired.
Steve Davis potted some cracking shots. Genius.
That just made my night! Hilarious and...awesome! Thank you!
Two of the best ever great video love it
Steve davis ultimate gentleman 1 of the greatest players too 😎👍🎱
This is amazing. I've never watched snooker, but this popped up. So I went and watched the 1985 final frame and then this. Superb.
Fantastic players. Real gentlemen too!
That was one late night snooker match seeing it as a kid.
The 1980s had the best sporting moments, that people who were old enough to remember the 1980s remember.
Steve davis was like a robot back then, he literally never showed any emotion. You would not think its the same person today, for all those who saw him play back then.
Absolute quality. True legends
At the beginning Steve Davies was like
Steve was always one of the funniest players off the baize. He was just so deadpan & concentrated during matches he got the reputation for being boring, exploited by the likes of Spitting image. Just a thoroughly nice bloke.
Indeed, Steve's got a great sense of humor, seen in exhibition matches etc
I met Steve Davis 4 years ago when he was DJing a local club. Really nice guy and got a photo with him.
Brilliant! Never seen this before. Thanks :)
That was unexpectedly brilliant - both great sports and part of one of the true iconic moments in sporting history.
wonderful! Pure Entertainment!
Great to see some humour in snooker. Wonderful atmosphere and true gentlemen, lovely to watch
Fucking love these 2 blokes. Both hero's to me, it's a shame that I wont be able to play a frame against one of them.
If you pay enough I'm sure something could be arranged XD
Bibbly h
So glad I saw this. What a fantastic thing for these two to do! Lots of laughs
Never will we see the Dennis Taylor 'stab' lmao.. love these guys!
this was the first snooker iv ever watched back in 85 never forget it i was 12 .. 2 of the greats
Very funny but also very clever! They do this as a corporate show, it’s incredibly hard to make things look unrehearsed and chaotic, but I bet it is meticulously rehearsed… I’d love to see them do it live again
Steve here along with hendry, ken, dennis, Willie, virgo and John parrot in an Indian restaurant food drink and all the story's, what a blast,. I'd pay for to be at that table.
Willie no longer with us now sadly
Brilliant! Thank you.
Thankyou so much for uploading this, it was a magical piece of snooker history. These guys are just such great sports, and i don't think ive seen this in any other sports at all, i laughed till i cried and then some.. thanks again
This was so much fun to watch. Two legends enjoying the game they love so much and made us love it to.
Two gentleman and two great players
Steve Davis did amazing with that totally deadpan delivery. Extremely difficult to do, but so brilliant
This video is pure gold! So much laughter by all
This is such a pleasure to watch!
I was 15 at the time one of my favourite sporting moments and even though I wanted Steve to lose he showed after and still shows what a class person both on and off the table he is and also that season Dennis won the grand prix his first ranking win just after his Mum had passed away. They both won their semi finals in with a session to spare were the best two players in that championship
Absolutely brilliant from both of them 😆
I've never seen this, thank you for uploading, fantastic. 🙌
"I haven't had so much fun since the pigs ate one of me sisters!" 😆😆😂🤣