My Three Sons S1:E16 "Bub Leaves Home". William Frawley, the guy who played Fred Mertz on I Love Lucy, goes into a bus station and plays Nags (1960). Includes a clip of the rotating center playfield. Google the episode and watch it, the pinball machine is near the beginning.
Screen Shot 2022-03-24 at 7.04.35 PM (resized).pngScreen Shot 2022-03-24 at 7.05.01 PM (resized).pngQuoted from Manhattan:The Buddy Holly Story (1978). Busey was terrific and did all his own vocals.
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Looks like a 1971 Williams Swinger in a movie set in the 50's.
Quoted from jonesjb:They have Medieval Madness in Silent Hill (check out the 1:50 mark):
Or for those not wanting to have to scroll through the video, here is the time link:
Not a pinball, but a pinball arcade sign. They never did show it though.
The movie was released just prior to the Rush song.
Dirty O'Neil (1974)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0155671
Quoted from kingpinman:Mannix, TV show season 7 episode 13. Not sure what game
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Either Monte Carlo (4 player) or Odds & Evens (Single player)
Quoted from girloveswaffles:From the new March 7 episode of American Dad. Klaus's Secret Lair.
That pin in the American Dad episode is most definitely based on Elvira HoH.
Early in Ghostbusters Afterlife, there is a Fireball Home Pinball in the Spinners diner. It's hard to see because it's not in focus, but you can just make it out in the 4K version.
Quoted from Jackontherocks:Forensic files older episode #216 Or so had a Jurassic Park in bar
Quoted from Ceckitti:Saw a Data East Jurassic park on an episode of Forensic files the other night. Didn’t have phone on me for picture. Will try to grab one and post it.
Forensic Files - "Four on the Floor" S10E20 (episode 235)
Quoted from ImNotNorm:Forensic Files - "Four on the Floor" S10E20 (episode 235)
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Just watched another episode and they had same DE JP for a bar scene. So it looks like they use that bar for multiple scenes/episodes throughout the series.
Quoted from kingpinman:Don't know the one next to Hollywood
I would say Top Score (Gottlieb, 1975) except the bottom front of the backbox frame doesn't match up.
Quoted from pinwiztom:one on far left might be BLY Knockout
as it looks like boxing gloves on the front of the CAB
Yes, Knockout (Bally, 1975).
Quoted from mbeardsley:There is a pinball machine in the new "Ghostbusters - Afterlife" film. I think it was a Fireball Home version, but without being able to stop the film and see, I can't be certain.
Quoted from girloveswaffles:Early in Ghostbusters Afterlife, there is a Fireball Home Pinball in the Spinners diner. It's hard to see because it's not in focus, but you can just make it out in the 4K version.
Yes, Fireball Home Pinball - screenshot below
20220408_210003_HDR (resized).jpgThree german movies featuring GOTTLIEB-machines...
* TV-Series ST. PAULI LANDUNGSBRÜCKEN - Episode "Immer Lustig" from 1979 - Actor Gilbert-Andre Ehoulan with SUPER SOCCER and ROYAL FLUSH in Hamburg.
* DAS MÄDCHEN VON GEGENÜBER from 1977 with FAST DRAW in a restaurant in Essen (excuse the very bad picture-quality - it's from a VHS-Tape)
* KEIN BUND FÜRS LEBEN, filmed in 2006. JUNGLE QUEEN in the private room of a young couple in Munich. Actress Maren Scheel.
Das Mädchen von gegenüber - FAST DRAW (resized).JPGJungle Queen Maren Scheel Kein Bund fürs Leben (resized).jpgSt Pauli Landungsbrücken IMMER LUSTIG Pinball (resized).jpgQuoted from Donnyman:I'm 16 min into this B horror movie "Clowns in the Woods" and had to share this, I'm not sure the game. I wish you would see newer or well known titles in movies like in "Kickass 2"[quoted image]
1978 Bally Lost World
Thanks, the movie wasn't that great as predicted. I love "Killer Klowns from Outer Space" and other
Quoted from Mathazar:1978 Bally Lost World
There are 2 in Metal Lords currently playing on Netflix, Metallica and I think AC/DC. Sorry didn’t get a pic. They are in the main character’s house and are visible in a number of scenes, with one pretty good closeup.
Quoted from Aphex:sorry if this has been posted... My brother is a big nascar fan & sent this to me
Can you screencap the part with the pinball machines? Linking video is bad because if the video is removed later, it breaks the link and picture in the video in this thread.
Quoted from Mardi-Gras-Man:Three german movies featuring GOTTLIEB-machines...
* TV-Series ST. PAULI LANDUNGSBRÜCKEN - Episode "Immer Lustig" from 1979 - Actor Gilbert-Andre Ehoulan with SUPER SOCCER and ROYAL FLUSH in Hamburg.
* DAS MÄDCHEN VON GEGENÜBER from 1977 with FAST DRAW in a restaurant in Essen (excuse the very bad picture-quality - it's from a VHS-Tape)
* KEIN BUND FÜRS LEBEN, filmed in 2006. JUNGLE QUEEN in the private room of a young couple in Munich. Actress Maren Scheel.
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You can't gang multiple shows into one post because only one can be entered in the index. One show per post.
Quoted from kingpinman:Movie, The Asphalt Jungle 1950, Diner scene.
No idea what game.
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Interesting! cait001 would probably know that woodrail..
TV Movie, Nash Bridges The Movie, 2021
First fight scene in the movie, Shot on location at the
Musee Mecanique Arcade in S.F. Pier 45.
Unknown Pinball, Good shot of cabinet art.
A bunch of other arcade games in the fight sequence.
A Very cool place to visit.
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First fight scene in the movie, Shot on location at the
Musee Mecanique Arcade in S.F. Pier 45.
Unknown Pinball, Good shot of cabinet art.
A bunch of other arcade games in the fight sequence.
A Very cool place to visit.
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Looks like a Fun Land or Fun Park.
Pinball map says the museum has a Fun Land and the side art matches.
Definitely a thumbs up to visiting though. Lots of cool old coin op things there.
Quoted from snowy_owl:Saw some games in a fitbit ad on youtube, not sure what they are. Maybe rethemed for the ad?
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All 4 pins are definitely rethemed a bit. Based on the display/speaker height, they all seem to be Spike era Stern pins.
fitbit-ad.jpgI saw this on a Perry Mason from me-tv the other day. The episode was released on Nov 4, 1964 as 'The Case of the Bullied Bowler'. I don't know the name of the machine. Maybe someone does? The setting is a bowling alley. The one thing that struck me is that bowling alleys seldom have only one machine - usually a bank of them. So they economized a little on setting up this scene.
pin-perryScreenshot from 2022-04-14 17-36-42 (resized).pngQuoted from algernon:I saw this on a Perry Mason from me-tv the other day. The episode was released on Nov 4, 1964 as 'The Case of the Bullied Bowler'. I don't know the name of the machine. Maybe someone does? The setting is a bowling alley. The one thing that struck me is that bowling alleys seldom have only one machine - usually a bank of them. So they economized a little on setting up this scene.
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San Francisco (Williams 1964).
This should be in the you know you’re old when” thread! Lol!
Quoted from algernon:I saw this on a Perry Mason from me-tv the other day. The episode was released on Nov 4, 1964 as 'The Case of the Bullied Bowler'. I don't know the name of the machine. Maybe someone does? The setting is a bowling alley. The one thing that struck me is that bowling alleys seldom have only one machine - usually a bank of them. So they economized a little on setting up this scene.
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Quoted from Zartan:This should be in the you know you’re old when” thread! Lol!
Also in this episode the main conflict centered on whether bowling corrupted the morals of our youth and the pinball machine would show just how dangerous a bowling alley could be! The prop stuck with Perry's California setting too - a nice touch. Now, in all fairness, the Summer of Love was just three years away so maybe the antagonist (who lost the battle in the episode )was right about that bowling alley after all! <g>.
Quoted from algernon:Here is another Perry Mason episode. The pinball machine is in the bar where the lady villain will conspire to wiretap her boss. But what machine?
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Better yet, what's the episode title so I can look up the season and episode number for the index.
Quoted from algernon:Here it is:
The Case of the Telltale Tap
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Got it, thanks. Season 8 Episode 18 (this is from olden times when scripted series seasons were 30 or even 40 episodes long, not the 8-10 we get on streaming)
Quoted from algernon:Here is another Perry Mason episode. The pinball machine is in the bar where the lady villain will conspire to wiretap her boss. But what machine?
The Case of the Telltale Tap
Episode aired Feb 4, 1965
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Gottlieb Gigi (1963)
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