[yapuka]

There is none

(Almost, I found a clip of Bill Gates playing bridge at Berkeshire's annual meeting)

If anyone has relatively short (around 3 minutes is best, I think) digital videos, you could upload it. Never hurts to be seen.

[inquiry]

If you are going to put something about bridge on youtube, try to do better than these.....

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=RiIXDzVWq0A which is high school aged guys playing bridge after school.

or

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=DxxXexFBSdI which is, well, i am not sure what it is....

or

the "Bridge is cool" thing by the ACBL *i wonder why they didn't put that on youtube?*

[kenberg]

I went to the links you suggest, Ben. Golly, my first youtube experience. I'm speechless.

Ken

[hrothgar]

I have always been skeptical about people watching bridge players as a spectator sport.

I like to watch bridge being played, but video of the players doesn't seem to add anything to the experience. (I'd go so far as to say that its an unnecessary distraction)

The You Tube links that Ben provided does little to convince me that I'm wrong. And "Bridge is Cool" is just plain scary.

[yapuka]

I was more thinking of a short film showing a room during a tournament, with caddies and directors, screens and bidding box, maybe a viewgraph.

Just to show what tournament bridge looks like.

[inquiry]

Probably more useful would be a bridge lesson.. with cards and showing things like opening bids, or what is a finessee, or something along those lines. Now, reading or a Fred "deal of the week" or Bridge Master set would be better, but for some, maybe a video would work. Of course, they would have to be more than 3 minutes.

[macaw]

Speed bridge to keep it under 3 minutes?

[Rain]

I'm happy to announce the first link shows singapore's famous "floating bridge".
Where you choose your partner after bidding wildly (by calling out a card, and the person holding that card becomes your partner)

And going by that school uniform its kids from one of Singapore's premier high schools, and they may well be BBOers! Looks like we have a winner for the first bridge youtube movie stars

[inquiry]

Google has some bridge ones too....

First bridge one this one got five stars.. don't ask why

29 min interview with phylis diller no bridge, but she admits she is a bridge-aholic... no i didn't watch it...

Bill Gates playing bridge at a Berkshire Hattaway meeting

[Tola18]

hrothgar, on Sep 23 2006, 09:08 AM, said:

I have always been skeptical about people watching bridge players as a spectator sport.

I like to watch bridge being played, but video of the players doesn't seem to add anything to the experience.

No? Then you havent seen the Blue-Ribbon winner Jenny Ryman in action. Or the Rimstedt sisters, Cecilia (junior world master) and Sandra. Or Cecilias championship partner WM Sara Sivelind. The WM third Michelle M is also well worth to kibitz.
An american example could be Jennifer Capelletti according to Alan Sontag.
To take some few examples...


By the way.
which is high school aged guys playing bridge after school.

These high school guys clearly arent playing bridge. Possibly whist. They seems to have some sort of auction yes, but they dont lay down the dummy.

[Gerben42]

Interviews @ impressions of WC tourney:

http://www.nuguru.tv...ithuistop16.wmv

[hrothgar]

Tola18, on Sep 24 2006, 10:58 AM, said:

hrothgar, on Sep 23 2006, 09:08 AM, said:

I have always been skeptical about people watching bridge players as a spectator sport.

I like to watch bridge being played, but video of the players doesn't seem to add anything to the experience.

No? Then you havent seen the Blue-Ribbon winner Jenny Ryman in action. Or the Rimstedt sisters, Cecilia (junior world master) and Sandra. Or Cecilias championship partner WM Sara Sivelind. The WM third Michelle M is also well worth to kibitz.
An american example could be Jennifer Capelletti according to Alan Sontag.
To take some few examples...

Kind of pathetic when you confuse leering at teenager girls with a spectator sport.

[Tola18]

hrothgar, on Sep 25 2006, 08:40 AM, said:

Kind of pathetic when you confuse leering at teenager girls with a spectator sport.

I could say it isnt no good if you turn a friendly joke into accusation of being pathethic. This is also supposed to be a friendly forum, no?
(Perhaps the joke was rather bad one, but this is a different story. You dont need to laugh if you arent amused)


But there are several bottoms here. I cant help but comment some of them a little.

The first is of course these players mentioned do well on their own not only in junior or women events, but also against strong professional players in good tournaments open class. Feks US nationals and regionals.

Second. Confusing leering with spectating? Sometimes it is done officially. I believe in volleyball it is so, women players are forbidden to have long shorts and long sleeves since several years. I know for sure in beach-volleyball they are forbidden to have other clothes than bikinis...

Third. Several of these women/girls mentioned apparently dont have anything at all against to be spectacted (yes, perhaps even leered at, who knows??), wearing light summer clothes both playing, kibitzing and going to be shot on official photos (Sandra feks).

Four.
Many players dont like to be kibitzed and play worse if kibitzed. I think especially many girls dont like to.
My hypothesis as now is these girls, being used to be spectated - helps them to be kibitzed too. Therefore they have no drawback by being kibitzed.


But this is of course OT in the thread as such, so let us not to prolong this.