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"Pool Hall Blues" Leap Date: September 4, 1954 Episode
adopted by: Carol <aka>
C_DEAN n C_AL Synopsis: Sam has leaped into Charlie "Black Magic" Walters, one of the greatest pool players of all time! Magic also happened to be Al's mentor when Al was growing up. Sam is there to help Magic's daughter buy back the marker for her club from a loan shark.
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Production # 65422
TV Guide Synopsis:
Chicago,
Illinois, USA Leap
Date:
Charlie “Black Magic” Walters Broadcast
Date:
“Stormy
Weather” Written
by: Harold Arlen / Sung by: Shari Headley "Baby I Don’t Cry Over You" by Billie Holiday "Confessin’ the Blues" by Walter Brown with Jay McShann’s Band Spiritual Song played by Scott Bakula. Written by Deborah Pratt. Al is not seen going into or coming out of the IC in this episode. You
hear the door open
and close once. The
handlink is a thin
see-through piece of plastic with silver strips at top and bottom and
with red flashing graph like bars lights near the center. It is
contoured to fit Al’s hand. Ziggy
is not called a he
or she in this episode. Scott
liked the shows he
would get to sing and play an instrument in. This
episode he wrote a
song, sang it, and played the piano. In
this episode Al is
wearing 2 gold rings, one on his right hand on the ring finger and the
other on his left hand on the pinkie finger. He also has a watch on his
left wrist; it has a gold bezel and a round face with a black band. 1)
Olive green, rust
& brown printed southwestern shirt, black and green vest w/sm white
dots, metallic greeen thin tie, dark colored pants, belt w/silver
buckle (matches tie).
2) Gray print shirt, red tie, gray &
Wedgwood blue print suspenders, gray pants. 3)
Silver metallic
jacket, satin turquoise shirt, Silver metallic scarf type tie w/gray
diamond design, silver pants w/black belt
& silver buckle. 4) White linen suit, orange colored shirt, scarf type tie w/ metallic gold design, brown belt & brown shoes.
Al
popped in and out 4
times Al
smoked 3 cigars Dean does play billiards quite well. Both Dean & Scott have
played together. (by
the pool table) Grady
says,
“Magic … Magic no banks gonna give no ah … no loan to a woman.” Violet
says,
“Especially a Negro women.” Sam
says,
“All I see is a business person with a going concern who needs a loan.” Violet
says,
“Business person! Poppy you been sneaking onions again? You know how
they make you crazy!” (in
the bank) Sam
says,
“Now that the club is happening.” Charles
Griffin
says, “Happening?” Sam says, “ Working, making money…”
Executive Producer: Donald P Bellisario Music By: Mike Post Supervising Producer: Deborah Pratt Co-Producer: Paul Brown, Jeff Gourson & Chris Ruppenthal Produced By: Harker Wade Written By: Randy Holland Directed By: Joe Nopolitano Story Editor: Randy Holland & Tommy Thompson Director of Photography: Michael Watkins Production Design: Cameron Birnie Edited By: Alan Shefland Unit Production Manager: Ronald R Grow 1st Assistant Director: Ryan Gordon 2nd Assistant Director: Rob Mendel Casting By: Kleen Lubin Stanisky Set Decoration: Robert L Zilliox Stunt Coordinator: Diamond Farnsworth Costume Designer: Jean-Pierre Dorleac Costume Supervisor: David Rawley & Donna Roberts-Orme Sound Mixer: Mark Hopkins McNabb Production Management: Ronald R Grow Supervising Sound Editor: Paul Clay Supervising Musical Consultant: Velton Ray Bunch Music Editor: Tom Gleason Panaflex Camera & Lenses By: Panavision Regular Cast: Scott Bakula as Dr. Samuel Beckett Dean Stockwell as Admiral Albert "Al" Calavicci Deborah
Pratt as
Narrator/Ziggy (voice) Ken Foree as The Brush Robert
Gossett as Charles
Griffin J.W. Smith as Eddie Davies Annie Waterman as Miss White Teddy Wilson as Jimmy Grady Alton Blair Carter as Lester Brown Jimmy Grady played by
Teddy Wilson: Birth:
December 10, 1943
/ New York, New York, USA Death:
July 21, 1991 /
Los Angeles, California (aids) Teddy Wilson played in numerous movies, some of them were: Bound By Honor (1993 *the last thing he did), Life Stinks (1991), You Can’t Take It With You (1987), That’s Life (1986), Loose Shoes (1980), Black Eye (1974) and numerous sitcoms among them: The Redd Foxx Show, as Isaac the bartender in Love Boat, What’s Happening, Baretta, That’s My Momma, Good Times, The Jefferson’s, Sanford and Son, All In The Family, M*A*S*H and the Partridge Family. And many of the TV shows he was in more than one episode. Loan
Officer - Charles
Griffin played by Robert Gossett, is the nephew of Louis Gossett, Jr. Violet Walters played by Shari Headley was married to Christopher Martin (Kid N’ Play) 1993-1995 – 1 child. Guests who appeared in
other Quantum Leap episodes:
Reviewer Synopsis: Sam is there to play one
game of nine-ball to win back the marker that Eddie Davies put up for
Violet Walters, Charlie’s granddaughter. The only thing wrong is Sam
couldn’t shoot a game of pool with a shotgun! But with Al and Ziggy’s
help he’ll be shootin’ better than Minnesota Fats. J Now Al is more excited
about this leap than Sam … because he knew Charlie. He ran away from
the orphanage when he was 10 and spent a couple months touring with
Charlie “Black Magic” Walters. Some of the towns they visited were
Chicago, St Louis and the Big Easy, where Magic got busted for shooting
pool in a “whites only” pool hall. Al was then sent back to the
orphanage. L Jimmy “Grady” is Magic’s
best friend and is always looking out for his best interest. Like when
his granddaughter is taking down an old lamp hanging over the famous
pool table, or putting “Alberta” to bed. Alberta is 21 ounces of pure
African Ebony inlayed with Mother of Pearl and is named after his
deceased wife. Grady’s pool cue is named “Bathsheeba”. ::Sam and Violet end their duet at the piano and she goes to bed and Sam walks over to Al::
Violet says, “Poppy if I live to be a hundred you’ll never cease to amaze me.” She gives him a kiss on the cheek. “I love you.”
Sam says, “Night, Night.”
Al says, “Ah… Gee that was kinda nice, Sam.”
Sam says, “Yah, it was. Okay now, what do I have to learn next?”
Al says, “Geometry.”
Sam says, “Geometry?”
Al says, “The geometry of the table. You can’t sink a ball until you’ve worked out the angles, epically on the… the bank shots!”
Sam says, “The angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection!” Al says, “Somethin’ like that.”
Sam says, “YAH!”
Al says, “Yah, and once you worked out the angles, then all you have to know where to hit the cue ball and how hard.”
Sam says, “It probably takes a long time to learn?”
Al says, “Takes years! Wish there was some way… I could draw it out for you …” As Al reaches into his pocket and pulls out the hand link. Pushing a couple buttons, you see a laser beam of light from the cue ball to the object ball to the cushion to the pocket. Al chuckles, “Huh-huh-huh-huh-huh-huh … Now … just hit the dot on the cue ball … nice and smooth … your elbows are hinged … medium strong … go for it … Oh what a pretty sound!”
Sam laughs as he pockets the ball, “Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha … Pythagorus! We are going to shoot some pool!” ::in the bathroom:: Sam says, “Al! Everybody thinks I’m some kind of a… a pool giant.”
Al says, “Well you are. You’re Charlie Black Magic Walters.”
Sam says, “I never heard of him.”
Al says, “Man, when I walked into that waiting room and saw him sitting there I couldn’t believe it! I never I’d thought see Magic again. It’s been over forty years since I last saw him.”
Sam says, “You know him?”
Al says, “Know him! I’ve held Alberta. There’s maybe 5 people in the world that can say that. I’ve even used her to sink a ball!”
Sam says, “Al, I’ve never seen you so excited about anything. I mean this is just a pool cue. It’s not like it’s a woman.”
Al says, “Ok, when I was ten years old I ran away from the orphanage. After a couple of days I was cold, I was scared, I was lonely. I got so desperate I even tried to pick a guys pocket.”
Sam says, “Black Magic’s?”
Al says, “Right! Now he didn’t turn me into the cops. He fed me, he bought me a jacket. He said to me er… that kids shouldn’t be in orphanages. That a kid should be raised by a family and I should travel with him until we could find one. Well I did! We drifted around together… we went to Chi, went to St Loui, went to the Big Easy. Where… he got busted for shooting pool in a “whites only” pool hall.”
Sam says, “And you ended up back in the orphanage.”
Al says, “It wasn’t his fault.”
Sam says, “I wasn’t implying that it was.”
Al says, “I… I’m sorry Sam it’s just that those few months were real important in my life. He turned me around, that old guy, showed me that there were people in the world that really care. And that’s why you gotta help him Sam!”
Sam says, “Al! I’m gonna help him!”
Al says, “But the only problem is… Eddie Davis… a slime ball pool shark that… magic has never played… because, well he doesn’t shoot pool with trash.”
Sam says, “Eddie implied that I… that Magic has a game with him.”
Al says, “Well… Violet borrowed some money from a loan shark… she was going to change this old pool hall into a blues club, and Eddie bought her marker and that’s what he’s putting up to make this match with magic.”
Sam says, “That’s an expensive way to get a pool game.”
Al says, “Well it is if you loose, but Eddie doesn’t figure to loose. See he knows that Magic’s eyesight is gone. But what he doesn’t know… is your eyesight is twenty-twenty!”
Sam says, “Al look, my eyes may be fine, but I… I couldn’t shoot a game of pool with a shotgun!”
Al says, “Well you’re gonna have to learn! Or else Violets dream is lost and Magic won’t ever forgive himself for not coming through for his granddaughter, and I’ll never forgive myself for not coming through for magic!”
Say What? You can see Scott Bakula's shoulder in the mirror shot alongside Walters. During the "Stormy Weather" song, the clock doesn't change time (8:50pm). In another mirror shot, Walters is using a different arm than Sam to practice pool. It's unclear why the Pentagon would take power from the Project at this particular time. Budget issues?
-- Grady, "Pool Hall Blues" Pythagoras, we are gonna' shoot some pool. -- Sam, "Pool Hall Blues" Pythagoras- we are gonna shoot some pool! -- Sam, "Pool Hall Blues" Magic, have you been eating onions again? -- just about everybody!, "Pool Hall Blues" Awwwww Sam ... not the head again, every time we leap in we gotta go talk in the men's room ... it's disgusting! Can you think of a better place to talk? ... The ladies room? -- Al and Sam, "Pool Hall Blues" I couldn't shoot a game of pool with a shotgun. -- Sam, "Pool Hall Blues"
Winner:
Emmy for
Outstanding Cinematography for a Series in 1990: Michael Watkins
Nomination:
American
Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding |