Bowling a perfect game on national television: $100,000. Bowling a perfect game in front of your hometown crowd and family: PRICELESS! Way to go Bob!
@RaginRonic5 жыл бұрын
AND taking home the championship as well. Got to get the trophy too to cap that kind of day properly. =)
@aaronroberts77205 жыл бұрын
These bowlers have so much class. Respecting each other, being competitive at the same time.☺
@paymecashnow224 жыл бұрын
This has to be the greatest single bowling performance of all time! Change my mind.
@matthorn60464 жыл бұрын
I don't disagree that's what I told Bob and Johnny when I met them at the 07 USBC Masters tournament in Milwaukee
@CTK12014 жыл бұрын
I Agree! Bowled a 300 (pockets the $100K) the first game beating Petraglia's 279, beats Mazza, Bohn III, and Pedersen and averaged a 282 through those 4 games...I rest this case.
@eerievibes68543 жыл бұрын
Bowling for columbine.
@eerievibes68543 жыл бұрын
I live in erie and was whackin off when this happened
@JB-wh3we3 жыл бұрын
Lol. I can't wait to disect this. So first off, Bob Learn was great . Amazing power and angle player. However, this is not the greatest performance in bowling history. He bowled 3 lefties so his side stated pristine until the very last game against Pedersen. Also, he got a mulligan on a missed 10 pin. That's not supposed to happen. You have to think the hometown crowd and good feeling in the building influenced that decision. Ended up deciding the match.
@JasonEmerson7112 жыл бұрын
Still gives me chills to this very day, in 2021. Been retired from bowling, but can't help myself from watching moments like these. Bob Learn, Jr is a stud and a legend. Forever will this day go down in the annals of bowling history.
@GamingFanactic9116 жыл бұрын
Doing this in front of your hometown makes this moment even better. Congrats.
@matthorn60464 жыл бұрын
I will never forget that day. I was at Petroffs Bowling Centre in Menomonee Falls Wisconin. When Bob threw that 300 game we all went nuts. I spoke to Bob 11 years later at the 2007 Usbc masters asked how nervous he was on that last shot for $100,000 in front of his home crowd. He said he was nervous but not as nervous as he thought he would be. Mr 300 will always be one of my favorite bowlers.
@daemontrigger32816 жыл бұрын
back when money could be made and crowds actually showed up with real support and love.
@ajw4506 жыл бұрын
I remember coming home from saturday bowling and getting a phone call from my best friend and he was like "You gotta see this Learn Jr. guy go! turn it to ABC now!" good memories
@chenpickleball47394 жыл бұрын
What a greatest bowler, Learn, first game 300 vs 279, and this game shot 280 vs 279. My Hero.
@Kevin-bt4wb2 жыл бұрын
This was the easiest, highest scoring pair in PBA Television history. At the start of the 10th frame of the last game, the announcer (Nelson Burton Jr) explained that they intentionally raised the flat gutters for much better carry. •The 3-game record was 815 (shot in 1975). Bob Learn shot 850 (300-270-280) and his opponents shot 826 (279-268-279)... both Bob and the composite score of his first 3 opponents broke the 3-game record on this telecast. •The 4-game record was 1050, shot on this same pair of lanes a year prior. Bob Learn shot 1129 and his opponents shot 1083. That's how easy the lanes were. •The record average for a telecast was 253, shot on this same pair of lanes a year prior. On this telecast, the lowest game shot was 257, higher than the scoring average record. They shot 2212 for 8 games for a 277 average, obliterating the previous record shot on the same pair of lanes. • They threw 85 strikes (out of 95 shots). Previous record was 70 (same pair a year prior). They only missed the pocket once out of those 95 shots leaving one 8-count (Pedersen). Pedersen was the only bowler that didn't strike out in the 10th. They were 22-for-23 in the 10th frame collectively.
@samciafardone733 Жыл бұрын
I use to bowl with Bob in Pittsburgh and was always so impressed with his game.
@good03boy6 жыл бұрын
Bob was the MANNNNN that day! All 4 matches went down to the 10th frame. And, Bob kicked total ass. Way to go. I wonder if Bob and his wife are still married 22 years later?
@CommentingTheTruth5 жыл бұрын
Not only still married, but still kicking 50+ ass. Probably the strongest in the league.
@JohnAckerman936 жыл бұрын
It's sad that bowling isn't on tv much more. I remember bowling was on every weekend on ABC. Now it's all about football, hockey, and baseball
@showtimeman56735 жыл бұрын
2019 FOX TO PRODUCE 30 TELEVISION SHOWS!!!!
@pamelacass96424 жыл бұрын
Ask how many bowling houses are still open. Most are on prime development property, got bought out and torn down.
@steveboone14986 жыл бұрын
On that particular day Bob Learn Jr cashed in for $130,000. Every game was closely contested and came down to the last frame.
@Channel03Lee6 жыл бұрын
The amount of people in the crowd jeez luise
@georgemolnar73444 жыл бұрын
This is not just monumental for what Bob Learn did - 44 out of 48 strikes. But look at what his opponents did - 41out of 48 strikes. As a total of four (4) games, these four (4) players scored only three (3) fewer strikes than did Bob! Amazing. Four games, a total of 96 total possible strikes (4x12) and these guys got 85 out of the 96. They missed 11 in total. Learn missed 4. Petraglia missed 1for 279 Mazza missed 2 for 268 Bohn missed 1 for 279 Randy missed 3 for 257 - who misses only 3 strikes in a game and not only loses, but gets cleaned! The four losing scores - 279, 268, 279, and 257 were the highest 4 game total ever - except for Bob
@madpuppy543 жыл бұрын
technically Randy only missed twice, but one of them was in the 10th frame
@RussellRoesner5 жыл бұрын
Back in those days they had the lanes so stacked/framed for high scores anyone with talent could have done well. But, Learn with his bizarre one hand approach makes this some kind of dream.
@sullyrox3 жыл бұрын
The absolute peak of bowling.
@chuckers406 жыл бұрын
Bo Burton and Bob Learn, Jr's performances were two of the greatest performances ever. I would Learn's performance slightly ahead of Bo only because he had a perfect game involved.
@Riz23364 ай бұрын
Lot of memorable things going on with this telecast. Re shoot at a 10 pin spare miss, I don't think I've ever seen that again on another telecast
@krisherdown3 жыл бұрын
After watching what Dick Allen just did and still fall short, I’m convinced this record is near untouchable. Just the idea of following up the 300 like that.
@andrewphillips10116 жыл бұрын
It was an amazing moment for Bob learn Jr
@boco3574 жыл бұрын
Chris Schenkel was magical on the 300 game call
@doomusrlc6 жыл бұрын
How does the PBA not have these videos in their own archive. So many seem to be VHS rips.
@DeadAccount976 жыл бұрын
Yeah, they definitely took this and several other videos on the Top 60 list from other KZfaq uploads. Considering how good other sports leagues like the MLB and NFL are at keeping their archive of past games, it baffles me how the PBA doesn’t archive their pre-2000 televised matches that well...either that or they do have it in their archives but they don’t pull it out from the vault for whatever reason such as it’s easy to leech some of it that’s already on KZfaq.
@showtimeman56735 жыл бұрын
A vast majority of the ABC tapes were housed by abc, canned poorly and we're ruined. The pba did not own the canning rights. ABC did
@DeadAccount975 жыл бұрын
PROCHAMPIONSHIP BELTS That’s just poor and unethical coming from an “established” network like ABC to not take care of and properly maintain even their OWN archive of programming bowling or otherwise.
@showtimeman56735 жыл бұрын
@@DeadAccount97 while I was on Tour many of us discussed this and were shocked and appauled... There are VERY few original films left at abc from the glory days and it's REALLY sad.. The few that remain and were looked after were the 300 telecasts.. Benoit 88, McCordic 87, aulby 93, learn as you see here.. Otoh cbs hardly has 💩 in quality but has all their crappy 1 hr shootout gold pin shows..
@pamelacass96424 жыл бұрын
@@DeadAccount97 A lot of shows from the 40s and 50s were recorded over (if they weren't live shows). Especially bad in Great Britain. Ever heard of a little show called Doctor Who? Been around for 57 years. The BBC did the same thing, and have been trying to find if the copies of early shows sent out to tv stations still existed. They actually found a year of early episodes in a station in Africa.
@edwardfunchesjr.21323 жыл бұрын
Bob learn went Super Saiyan on them little boy’s. That’s how u climb the ladder.
@bwithrow011 Жыл бұрын
This is awesome 👌! 1996 PBA Flagship Open should be in the title
@robertditz Жыл бұрын
Bowled 44 out of 48 possible strikes this day. Came up from 5th place and bowled 4 games to break Ozio's record high 4 game total.
@parkerbohnn6 жыл бұрын
I knew Bob when he used to bowl on Beat The Champ in Buffalo New York with Tommy Baker. I always kid Bob about losing to Cindy Coburn on tv.
@BigRedRIP6 жыл бұрын
Several trip 4s and high hits, carried everything. Then in the 3rd game he pulled a shot 5 boards and it floated right in. Buy a lottery ticket on these days.
@hayfielddraw43645 жыл бұрын
And be sure to thank the lane man for walling 'em up.
@DK3CHAMP3 жыл бұрын
Every single person was on fire.
@madpuppy543 жыл бұрын
This was the first time I saw the telecast where he missed the spare. To this day I have never seen a do over on TV for interference
@jessepacheco26106 жыл бұрын
Its sad how they made more money in the 90s than they do now
@300deebo6 жыл бұрын
Jesse Pacheco: SPONSORS is the reason why bowlers competed for more money in the 80s and 90s. Also, bowling was more popular back then because there was more talent.
@jessepacheco26106 жыл бұрын
adam woodfin how can you say there was more talent in the 90s Thats crazy to say ...theres more young talent now then ever before
@300deebo6 жыл бұрын
Jesse Pacheco what year was you born in? I've watched pro bowling since the 1970s. If you existed during that decade, you would understand where I'm coming from.
@jessepacheco26106 жыл бұрын
adam woodfin I get what your saying pdw walter ray williams jr bohn III but even Randy Pederson says theres more talent now than ever but thats my opinion and you have your opinion
@300deebo6 жыл бұрын
Jesse Pacheco I get what you're saying, but you have think about the other bowlers before PDW, Walter Ray and PB3. Bowlers like Dick Weber, Carmen Salvino, Earl Anthony, Mark Roth, Marshall Holman, Del Ballard Jr. They didn't have to go to any school or training facility to be successful. They did it by pure talent only. Though there may be more talented bowlers in this era, but there are fewer sponsors. Therefore there is less prize money.
@esard20114 жыл бұрын
Jesus, were they bowling on a house shot?
@fabptitpom6 жыл бұрын
300-279, what a match...
@gregorytrapp3342 жыл бұрын
Amazing! His opponents pushed him all the way! He HAD to break the record just to stay alive!
@shawntaylor7442 Жыл бұрын
AMF got a big win that day. Fun show to watch
@chenpickleball47393 жыл бұрын
WTG, Bob Learn, the best bowler and coach.
@jpk11116 жыл бұрын
I’ve been waiting for this one...knew it had to be top 10
@andrewphillips10116 жыл бұрын
It was an awesome telecast
@joetralies48376 жыл бұрын
This is when bowling was bowling!!!
@knightlife986 жыл бұрын
Has there ever been a match where both bowlers tied each other with a 300 game?
@matthorn60464 жыл бұрын
Not on TV
@joeambrose32604 жыл бұрын
In qualifying a few times. On TV I believe the front 8 for both players is the most
@abdullahalqhtani52624 жыл бұрын
the best stepleder I ever seen
@madpuppy543 жыл бұрын
sadly the PBA strayed far away from 4 game step ladders, making these records real safe to stand forever
@BigRedRIP6 жыл бұрын
Back when 300 meant something.
@stratocaster08426 жыл бұрын
pretty sure I see a man throwing reactive resin with 8 boards of room to go flush but that's just me..
@showtimeman56735 жыл бұрын
@@stratocaster0842 and notice how none of the others repeated the feat. This was only number 10 ever televised.. It was and 300s were a huge deal still at this time. These resins were weak with weak cores.
@isaysee5 жыл бұрын
@@showtimeman5673 - With all due respect , -- Point of accuracy = Every ball used that day [for strikes] had higher core dynamics then has been allowed for the last 12 years or so.. The change came around 2005 .. .. It's oil patters that produce high averages - as indicated by the 220 to 230 averages it takes to win a Polyester Only Tournament when the lane conditions are set to ''allow'' polyester balls to score.. .. No matter what , one must beat the other players to win .. It's SKILL that makes WINNING .. .. High Scoring is one thing .. Winning is another ..
@showtimeman56735 жыл бұрын
@@isaysee well let's see.. I bowled the tour.. I bowled rubber, urethane and resin. I've averaged 240. I've worked in pro shops and drilled my own stuff. I've appeared on espn. I feel qualified to speak. This was early resin. They threw out a glorified house shot for the big house to encourage scoring but these balls are ZERO compared to today's. The pins were heavier and less lively... At this point, things hadn't gotten stupid yet like it is today.
@isaysee5 жыл бұрын
PROCHAMPIONSHIP BELTS So then you should know that everything i've said here is true & accurate.
@alexformosa6 жыл бұрын
This is just insane.
@randmiller886 жыл бұрын
Kind of odd to see Learn break out the old "interference" rule at 41:55. It seems kind of petty, unless someone's blowing an air horn or deliberately flailing their arms around. How often does this happen, and why hasn't Pete Weber used it during every game ever?
@TheVlad16166 жыл бұрын
Randy Miller III watching it over and I didn’t see the guy down there move. Someone else must’ve been down there as the official saw it as well.
@fauziahabidin62076 жыл бұрын
Ryan
@fauziahabidin62076 жыл бұрын
Ryan ZARA🐢
@fauziahabidin62076 жыл бұрын
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@timmothyrichards62306 жыл бұрын
Randy Miller III I actually got to sit down and talk with Parker Bohn III about this. Parker agreed to let Learn get a re shot. He said “I’d rather lose straight up, than lose because my opponent got distracted.” Parker is a class act.
@StFidjnr6 жыл бұрын
Bob Learn went ape for 4 games
@joeambrose32604 жыл бұрын
A 300 used to be a big deal,now it's a big yawn.Hell,since'97 there have been around 25 900s recorded. Ridiculous! Now I only watch the ladies.
@noahbelt44566 жыл бұрын
I think it's so funny how much they discredit Schlegel's win over Pederson lmao.
@showtimeman56735 жыл бұрын
As they should.. Pedersen won the 8 pin went rogue then scheg went nuts.. MUHAMMAD ALIII.. what a corn ball
@madpuppy543 жыл бұрын
I dont believe it!
@cubbyjans5 жыл бұрын
Imagine this, PBA gets Madison square garden on a Sunday night on national tv for a massive step ladder with Jason Belmonte, Norm Duke, Kyle Troup, Pete Weber, and other legends. Get fans in there like in Portland and show national tv what bowling is really like. And have the grand prize me $1 million or heck even $10 million!
@DeanMcCain5 жыл бұрын
Caleb Jans that would be amazing but I doubt the prize will ever be 10 million dollars. They have had million dollar events, but you have to bowl a 300 in the title match. Personally, I wouldn’t mind seeing a million dollar tournament with a million dollars being the prize instead of it being if you bowl a 300. And isn’t Madison Square Gardens more remembered with WWE than PBA?
@matthorn60464 жыл бұрын
Oh I'd watch that in a heartbeat and be there if I could
@jakesnussbuster35652 жыл бұрын
Bowling can't pull shit to do a 10 million prize unfortunately
@302efi5 жыл бұрын
THIS is bowling... Not this crap on TV now.
@DeanMcCain5 жыл бұрын
This “crap on TV now” as you put it got me into the sport. There is a ton of young talent out there, myself included. Bowling hasn’t changed much, other than the new styles of bowling and the change in prize money. It is still a competition that relies on talent and luck and good carry. I love the sport, not just because of the past, but because of the now, and the future of the sport, which I hope to be a part of.
@raycampbell63884 жыл бұрын
Bob Learn's wife is gorgeous!!!
@isaysee5 жыл бұрын
I shook the hand that S H O O K the world that stellar stellar day in Erie P.A.
@madpuppy543 жыл бұрын
kinda like when Bud asks to go down to the high school "tomorrow" to meet the man who met Andy Griffith?
@aaronteafatiller64704 жыл бұрын
It’s so weird not hearing Randy’s voice. Hate you had to lose that way bud
@andrewphillips10116 жыл бұрын
There were a lot of strikes in the flagship open
@jakesnussbuster35652 жыл бұрын
Wow dude crazy observation
@NewOrleansGuy8376 жыл бұрын
that intro though... some things need to stay in the 90's...lol
@CaptainX776 жыл бұрын
Is that a young Bill O’Neill at 1:31?
@joeambrose32604 жыл бұрын
I think so
@billnipp23093 жыл бұрын
I didnt know Larry Bird was a bowler hahahaha
@knightrdrx5 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised they didn't know that broke a record
@natejohnson36386 жыл бұрын
This would be be more impressive if it wasn't done on basically a THS. Still a great accomplishment!!
@TheVlad16166 жыл бұрын
Nate Johnson low score was 268 thru 3 matches....that’s easier than THS for these guys.
@reclaimer429fishing6 жыл бұрын
if i gave you 2 months, no tap and easy house shot you wouldn't be able to beat that 4 game set. Ill even leave out the 1000s of people in the seats and cameras, lights and being on national TV. oh and bowling one of the best to roll a bowling ball! This is really damn impressive!!
@TheVlad16166 жыл бұрын
West Michigan Fishing I never said I could do it, but when low score is 250 something, the shot was easy. He wasn't that much better than the field. Now if others were scoring 220s and he averaged 270, that's more impressive to me.
@natejohnson36386 жыл бұрын
Yes... however if I can bowl 3 sets a day for 60 days and it's no-tap, I might have a chance.
@jeremiegrund6 жыл бұрын
I shot 856 in 3 games on a house shot, you give me no tap and I'll easily do that :)
@is0p0d5 жыл бұрын
How do they not get a turnout like this nowadays?
@windowsuser321 Жыл бұрын
I consider this to be an amazing performance, but I think Burton was better due to the harder lane conditions and the lack of hook that he threw.
@anandguruji836 жыл бұрын
BOB LEARN JR'S 300 GAME 14:09 14:47 15:28
@anandguruji836 жыл бұрын
BOB LEARN JR'S 300 GAME 14:09 14:47 15:28
@Mike-eb8if3 жыл бұрын
he could have thrown the ball from the parking lot and he would have got a strike i think this was set up for him to do this
@pamelacass96425 жыл бұрын
Kick out the person who jumped up. They did it deliberately.
@metalheadmaniac88266 жыл бұрын
A lot of these commenters are being nostalgic idiots and are not accepting/are being biased against modern bowling. If anything, I think bowling has evolved a lot. The only thing that I agree on is the whole thing where they made more money back then.