Editing Hustling (section)

==In popular culture==
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Pool hustling is the subject of numerous works of popular culture. In [[Damon Runyon]]'s short stories "Dream Street Rose" (''More Than Somewhat'', 1937) and "Madame La Gimp" (''Furthermore'', 1938), the fictional characters Frank and Judge Henry G. Blake respectively are pool hustlers.<ref>{{Gutenberg Australia |id=plusfifty-n-z.html#runyon |name=Damon Runyon Omnibus}}</ref> Other examples include films such as ''[[The Hustler]]'' (1961) and ''[[The Color of Money]]'' (1986) (both adapted from earlier novels, ''see "[[#Books|Books]]", below''), among others ''(see "[[#Notable films about hustlers and hustling|Films]]", below)''.  An examplar in music is Jim Croce's 1972 song "[[You Don't Mess Around with Jim (song)|You Don't Mess Around with Jim]]", in which the character Slim teaches a lesson to Big Jim about pool hustling.  Pool hustling is also the principal subject of episodes of various television programs, including ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]'' episode "Hustling the Hustler" (season 2, episode 5, 1962), the ''[[Quantum Leap (1989 TV series)|Quantum Leap]]'' episode "Pool Hall Blues" (sn. 2, ep. 18, 1990), ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]'' episode "Banks Shot" (sn. 1, ep. 22, 1991), ''[[The Steve Harvey Show]]'' episodes "Pool Sharks Git Bit" (sn. 1, ep. 12, 1996) followed up with "What You Won't Cue for Love" (sn. 3, ep. 6, 1998), and the ''[[Drake & Josh]]'' episode "Pool Shark" (sn. 2, ep. 5, 2004). Additionally, the main characters of the TV series ''[[Supernatural (U.S. TV series)|Supernatural]]'', [[Dean Winchester|Dean]] and [[Sam Winchester]], are also pool hustlers as one of their sources of income (various episodes, 2005&ndash;2020).