The Hustler was a favorite movie of the time and practically made a household name of Rudolph "Minnesota Fats" Wanderone, so let"s get him a TV show. And Celebrity Billiards is born. The show started on a stage that was a mock-up of a pool hall not unlike what you see on ESPN"s coverage of billiards today with a table in the center and a few rows of audience surrounding on three sides. The host, Ted Travers, started the show interviewing the two competitors, one of course being the house celebrity Fats and the other a major celebrity of the time.