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Last Thursday we witnessed a breathtaking display of ping pong artistry featuring the three great female players dueling dueling their professional male counterparts, along with a full-blown film session covering the event, plus a bonus star sighting of Susan Sarandon, a ping pong enthusiast in her own right.
What was up with the film session, the repeated takes, make-up artists-- or the old-school sandpaper paddles? Turns out that Frank, Jonathan, and Bill are pitching Naked Ping Pong as a possible TV series, much in the same way that World Series of Poker is aired on cable television. Since the criticism of ping pong on TV has always been that the speed of the game does not allow for favorable viewing in a televised format, the use of sandpaper creates a slower paced game, that not only can be followed more easily, it also levels the playing field slightly for those novice to average players who are eaten for lunch by more professional level players using tacky rubber surfaces made in China and Japan.
The event ran from 2pm to 6pm at Ceco Studios in the West Village and did stay primarily focused on the filming technicalities, but those in attendance were treated to some great displays of pong expertise, celebrity tricks, and were also invited to step up into the camera lights and put their own game on digital tape for the show. Wouldn't it be awesome to see men and women, young and old, duking it out on tv for prizes, cash, and celebrity stardom? I for one say amen to that-- beats boring poker any day . . .
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cable television, Ceco Studios, China, Japan, naked ping pong, paddle of the sexes royale, Susan Sarandon, West Village
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Posted on 8/12/2008
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