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ferret

24th July 2009, 11:21 AM

Alex Higgins, the combative, combustible former world champion, may finally have met his match.

The 'Hurricane' will face Anne Robinson on BBC1's Weakest Link at 5.50pm this coming Saturday.

It will be interesting to see how this angry, argumentative character fares.

I'm also looking forward to seeing how Higgins does.https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29605452-528441437001612883?l=snookerscene.blogspot.com

More... (http://snookerscene.blogspot.com/2009/07/alex-v-anne.html)

snookerfan92

25th July 2009, 02:00 PM

I don't think Alex Higgins would last long on the weakest link, lets hope he doesn't use any bad language. Looking forward to seeing the reasons for why people would want to vote him off.

spike

25th July 2009, 02:03 PM

No fear of Alex using any bad language as it will be edited out before it's transmitted. I think Alex will be the perfect gent on the show & will do reasonably well...here's hoping anyway.

dannyd0g

25th July 2009, 05:57 PM

oh dear ! :o

Alex YOU are the weakest link.:rolleyes:

Thanks to Gazza for being about the only one not voting for Alex after his embarrasing blunder.

robsonj

25th July 2009, 06:00 PM

he lasted well didnt he!!

spike

25th July 2009, 06:06 PM

It was a tough question but i expected him to get it lol.

robsonj

25th July 2009, 06:27 PM

At least he was gracious and funny in defeat

spike

25th July 2009, 06:36 PM

At least he was gracious and funny in defeat

Totally. Cant believe Gazza's still in.

robsonj

25th July 2009, 07:15 PM

Good to see a programme taking a slight chance and having him on

wildJONESEYE

25th July 2009, 07:55 PM

well Alex did very well he blew £5,000 pounds extreamly quickly....

he did it even quicker than in his hay day of Gambling,Drinking and Women lol

snookerfan92

25th July 2009, 09:02 PM

In case anyone didn't get a chance to see it, I didn't expect Alex to go off so early:

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Crusader

26th July 2009, 12:47 AM

It was a tough question but i expected him to get it lol.

Tough question ???? - come on - basically he was asked what day was between Sunday and Tuesday and he answered Wednesday.

wildJONESEYE

26th July 2009, 01:26 AM

Tough question ???? - come on - basically he was asked what day was between Sunday and Tuesday and he answered Wednesday.

spike was being sarcastic lol

DandyA

26th July 2009, 01:49 AM

very very sad ... Alex has been through a lot in his life - some of his making and some not ...

the only good news is presumably he was well paid for appearing on the show ...

it's the first time I've seen the Weakest Link in many years - Anne Robinson used to be really good when she took over from her father (or was it uncle) on points of view ...

but now she is terrible ... and why does the lighting/background music remind me of Who Want's to be a Millionnaire ...

if the BBC want a real winner, I'd certainly be happy to watch Mz Robinson in the stocks and everyone throwing rotten tomatoes at her ...

Matt_2745

26th July 2009, 02:01 AM

A number of people found my blog tonight by typing in things like "Alex Higgins health" into search engines, obviously some people hadn't seen him for a while.

spike

26th July 2009, 06:37 AM

Tough question ???? - come on - basically he was asked what day was between Sunday and Tuesday and he answered Wednesday.

It's just my dry sense of humor mate. Didn't think anyone would've taken me seriously..

Blondie

26th July 2009, 07:44 AM

It's just my dry sense of humor mate. Didn't think anyone would've taken me seriously..

..not likely lol. And not to worry Alex, my mates, [and me], thought the answer was Thursday...:D

Good to see you on there Alex....

bongo

26th July 2009, 09:05 AM

Poor Alex. He just looked and sounded so ill. Hopefully he got paid some money but it probably was a little unfair to have him on the show.

Sodapop

26th July 2009, 11:12 AM

Good to see Alex... as I'm french, I didn't totally understand what he replied to Anne, when she said that he probably hadn't had many mondays in his life (if I'm not mistaken)...

wildJONESEYE

26th July 2009, 11:15 AM

Good to see Alex... as I'm french, I didn't totally understand what he replied to Anne, when she said that he probably hadn't had many mondays in his life (if I'm not mistaken)...

he said for most of his life he didnt have a whole week lol

archalf1471

26th July 2009, 05:00 PM

Another example of why my wife should not talk about sport

"Oh he seems really nice"

If only she knew!

crucible77

26th July 2009, 05:18 PM

well done alex for getting a question right

wildJONESEYE

26th July 2009, 05:36 PM

Another example of why my wife should not talk about sport

"Oh he seems really nice"

If only she knew!

Alex is a nice guy until mr hyde gets out....

theres this thery going around he is 1 way a pig and a nasty man thats so far from the truth he at times could be the most charming man you ever met he is such a complex charicter maybee youre wife sees past the image and the pre concieved ideas of who Alex Higgins was.

RocketRoy1983

26th July 2009, 11:59 PM

What a shame to see and hear the great man so frail. As for the question I can only assume he was flustered?

imy147

27th July 2009, 02:13 AM

I really enjoyed watching this. Alex didn't look too well but hopefully he's ok. Gazza on the other hand was amazing, what a brilliant lad!

tabbfan

27th July 2009, 05:43 AM

he said for most of his life he didnt have a whole week lol

Lmao at least he can laugh about it :-)

spike

27th July 2009, 05:46 AM

Yeah, it's good to see that Alex still has a good sense of humour..

bongo

27th July 2009, 09:19 AM

Who won it in the end? After Alex was voted off I stopped watching!

spike

27th July 2009, 09:29 AM

Who won it in the end? After Alex was voted off I stopped watching!

Sally Gunnell

wildJONESEYE

27th July 2009, 12:10 PM

Yeah, it's good to see that Alex still has a good sense of humour..

the bad things Alex has done over the last 30 years are clouding a lot of who he really was....

yes he had a temper yes he made some dodgy decisions in his life all round but he was a funny guy and had a great sense of humour whitch is not always apreciated by people that dont really look beiond the tabloid headlines...

spike

27th July 2009, 12:32 PM

but he was a funny guy and had a great sense of humour
and here's one of them at 3:10

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM21esJpyys (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM21esJpyys)

wildJONESEYE

27th July 2009, 12:43 PM

and here's one of them at 3:10

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM21esJpyys (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM21esJpyys)

lol

seen that before and at the time...

Alex was a showman and he found being a celebrity easy but at the same time he got carried away with it..

his wife said on the Video "im no Angel" that his persanality changed after 1982 when he was World Champion....everyone wanted a piece of him and they pulled him to pieces over the next 10 years and that is where the bitterness people remember him for now comes from.no snooker player ever has been taken advantage of more than him through his nievaty and good will that it turned him bitter and didnt trust many people in later life.

Valderie

27th July 2009, 01:10 PM

Who won it in the end? After Alex was voted off I stopped watching!

Gazza got to the final though! I must say I have changed my opinion of him, he's brighter than I thought!

spike

27th July 2009, 01:11 PM

lol

seen that before and at the time...

Alex was a showman and he found being a celebrity easy but at the same time he got carried away with it..

his wife said on the Video "im no Angel" that his persanality changed after 1982 when he was World Champion....everyone wanted a piece of him and they pulled him to pieces over the next 10 years and that is where the bitterness people remember him for now comes from.no snooker player ever has been taken advantage of more than him through his nievaty and good will that it turned him bitter and didnt trust many people in later life.
yes i know, i've seen the documentary and read all his books, it's sad but true story but you can understand why he became so bitter...even more so after his management team (framework) went bankrupt. At the time he put his trust in Krueger and look how he was repaid. If that happened to me i would be very bitter too..

archalf1471

27th July 2009, 11:31 PM

the bad things Alex has done over the last 30 years are clouding a lot of who he really was....

yes he had a temper yes he made some dodgy decisions in his life all round but he was a funny guy and had a great sense of humour whitch is not always apreciated by people that dont really look beiond the tabloid headlines...

I think there is a difference between those who don't see past the tabloid headlines and those who have been privy to some of his distasteful antics at his exhibitions
Well before he won the 2nd title in 82. Turning up for exhibitions drunk, trying it on with players wifes and hurling his cue into the crowd like a javelin and that's only one exhibition in Ilfracombe before being thrown out on the street

What I would never dispute that at times he was a total genius who even by todays standards could play shots that most players could not even think of let alone play and for sure was an essential ingredient for popularing the sport with the mainstream in the 70s moreso than any other player

Regardless of opinion whether professional or personal its incredibly sad to see him in that state on national tv

I saw him in exhibition two years ago with white and to be honest the standard of both was pretty poor but he made a little cameo break of 48 and some of the little deft touches around the black and pink area were a joy and made you realise what a natural enigmatic player he once was

DandyA

28th July 2009, 02:56 AM

yep, I hear what you're saying archalf and I totally agree ...

imy147

28th July 2009, 03:37 AM

Gazza got to the final though! I must say I have changed my opinion of him, he's brighter than I thought!

Haha same here, i am still in shock that Gazza got to the final of that, especially with Sir Geoff voting for him constantly. He's had us fooled all these years! I read he has also signed up for I'm a Celebrity, that is defo going to be worth watching then!

wildJONESEYE

28th July 2009, 10:53 AM

I think there is a difference between those who don't see past the tabloid headlines and those who have been privy to some of his distasteful antics at his exhibitions
Well before he won the 2nd title in 82. Turning up for exhibitions drunk, trying it on with players wifes and hurling his cue into the crowd like a javelin and that's only one exhibition in Ilfracombe before being thrown out on the street

What I would never dispute that at times he was a total genius who even by todays standards could play shots that most players could not even think of let alone play and for sure was an essential ingredient for popularing the sport with the mainstream in the 70s moreso than any other player

Regardless of opinion whether professional or personal its incredibly sad to see him in that state on national tv

I saw him in exhibition two years ago with white and to be honest the standard of both was pretty poor but he made a little cameo break of 48 and some of the little deft touches around the black and pink area were a joy and made you realise what a natural enigmatic player he once was

he was a jeckil and hyde charicter theres no doubt about that and his achillies heel was Drink but there was 2 sides to him that many of us have but because he was in the public eye when he lost it there was a lot of people around to take the brunt....

im not excusing him because ive seen the 2 sides of Alex close by in exibitions and it was like watching 2 different persanalities from 1 exibition to another.

archalf1471

28th July 2009, 06:08 PM

he was a jeckil and hyde charicter theres no doubt about that and his achillies heel was Drink but there was 2 sides to him that many of us have but because he was in the public eye when he lost it there was a lot of people around to take the brunt....

im not excusing him because ive seen the 2 sides of Alex close by in exibitions and it was like watching 2 different persanalities from 1 exibition to another.

As always my straight talking welsh friend you have summed it up perfectly

Jeckll and hyde for sure. Shame we did not see more of the hyde especially on the table, it was a joy to watch albeit in short bursts

JamesFoster

28th July 2009, 06:22 PM

Alex Higgins was to Snooker what Elvis was to Rock & Roll. He got several millions of people hooked on watching the game. Many of those people then went on to play the game. It was impossible not to watch him. You never knew what he would do next. He could in knock in an amazing 100 break. He could miss an easy black. He was always playing attacking snooker to the point of recklessness.
He was obviously an flawed character. He was there smoking and drinking. There were all those stories in the press about his antics. He was the total opposite of the snooker machine (robot). Steve Davis made the blueprint. Many others have followed. What has happened is that there are now so many of these robots. In fact ROS is like a milder version of Alex Higgins. You never know what to expect. Thats why so many like him. The same with Jimmy White. Alex Higgins was the blueprint for natural ultra-attacking snooker with off table danger. Davis was the blueprint for robotic perfection.

wildJONESEYE

28th July 2009, 11:32 PM