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Pinball in movies or TV shows? Name a game you have seen in the background?

By Jackontherocks

11 years ago


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Post #9 Van Wilder (2002) Posted by dmacy (11 years ago)

Post #22 What's Eating Gilbert Grape? (1993) Posted by kwiKimart (11 years ago)

Post #34 ABCNews Damon Lindelof Interview Posted by gweempose (11 years ago)

Post #38 Bad Santa (2003) Posted by davewtf (11 years ago)

Post #40 Eastbound and Down S?? E?? Posted by pzy (11 years ago)

Post #52 Big Daddy (1999) Posted by gweempose (11 years ago)

Post #58 Goodfellas (1990) Posted by Wise_Guy (11 years ago)

Post #60 Wire, The S01 E?? Posted by jahbarron (11 years ago)

Post #65 Miami Vice, S01 E04 Posted by vulture (11 years ago)

Post #70 Crow, The (1994) Posted by poopdotcom (11 years ago)


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#1124 5 years ago

A Tribe Called Quest music video for 'I left my wallet in El Segundo' the diner where Q-Tip leaves his wallet has a Big Guns

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#1225 5 years ago

Don't think this one has been mentioned yet. In the TV show Northern Exposure there is a pinball and baseball video game in the town bar, The Brick.

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#1244 5 years ago

Another one that has not been mentioned. From the movie Singles, described as 'Cameron Crowe’s love letter to the Seattle grunge scene'

Bridget Fonda, Matt Dillon, Kyra Sedgwick, Campbell Scott

Cameos galore Eric Stoltz, Jeremy Piven, Crowe, Tim Burton, Paul Giamatti, Pearl Jam, Chris Cornell, Pat DiNizio (from The Smithereens)

Performances by Alice in Chains and Soundgarden - overall a fantastic 90s soundtrack

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#1257 5 years ago

Northern Exposure season 3 looks like the Hayburners II has been replaced by a Cyclone

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#1283 5 years ago

I have seen this movie dozens of times and never noticed the pinball machine, looks like a Congo.

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#1313 5 years ago

From the greatest concert film documentary ever made. Right at the beginning when Rick Danko is playing pool.

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#1314 5 years ago

If The Band is not your thing here is a Rollergames in the 2018 Janelle Monae video for 'Make Me Feel'

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#1406 5 years ago
Quoted from goingincirclez:

I apologize for humblebragging, BUT I just had a surreal experience.

Not a humblebrag at all. I only loosely followed your restore thread and it was great to see your progress and even better to see you guys interviewed with your Bad Cats.

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#1641 4 years ago

Glimpse of a The Getaway: High Speed II during 'Honey, We're Home! A Very Brady Renovation' on HGTV

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#2602 3 years ago

Don't think this one has been mentioned. "On the Right Track" 1981 comedy with Gary Coleman, Bill Russell, Maureen Stapleton, Norman Fell and super hot Lisa Eilbacher working on a Bally Freedom (probably better known as Jenny Summers, Axel Foley's friend in Beverly Hills Cop)

Looks like a Freedom, a Space Invaders and another scene from outside the arcade looks like a Flash

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#3602 1 year ago
Quoted from Bonk:

Bally Flip Flop, very briefly seen in the opening of "Every Which Way But Loose" 1978.

Not gonna lie, that's an impressive catch for a 44yo movie in a 9yo thread

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#3892 1 year ago

Canadian (and American) national treasure Michael J Fox's first role was on a 70s sitcom called 'Leo and Me' where Uncle Leo had a pinball machine on his yacht where he lived with his nephew Jamie

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#3899 1 year ago

Atlanta S4E2 has a Robocop in the bar scene

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#4127 1 year ago
Quoted from bicyclenut:

30 Rock season 6 ep 8 Leap Day. There's a Star Wars Trilogy

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30 Rock - there is also a game in S7E11

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#4128 1 year ago
Quoted from CrazyLevi:

30 rock [quoted image]

Also this amusing pinball reference where head writer Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) is trying to build up the lead editor Ritchie (Paul Giamatti) and make him sound cool to the eavesdropping assistant editor.

This joke hit a little too close to home since I drive a Tercel, have a real pinball machine, and have been to Canada. LOL

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#4189 1 year ago

Backbox for the middle game is shaped like a Gottlieb Premier - maybe Cactus Jack's?

#4191 1 year ago
Quoted from mbeardsley:The far one looks like it might be Whitewater.

Quoted from girloveswaffles:

I'm Thinking Funhouse.

Most of these I have seen have thin siderails with the flipper buttons below.

I'm gonna stick with the Gottlieb Premier theme and guess Wipeout

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#4274 9 months ago

Saw the movie 'Before Sunrise' mentioned in its own thread but its never been called out here before. Two strangers meet on a train and decide the spend the night walking around Vienna just discussing life, part of which takes place in a bar playing an Atari Spaceriders.

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#4436 4 months ago
Quoted from ImNotNorm:

King of Queens S08E23
Big Deal

Found another from King of Queens S2E21

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#4450 4 months ago
Quoted from PinBallPeteFromSD:

Tommy can you find me?

You want us to watch 141 minutes of grainy parade footage to maybe catch a glimpse of a pinball machine??

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#4574 3 months ago
Quoted from dos_reboot:

This one is kinda obscure.
Flo, a spinoff of the TV show Alice. Ran for only 1 season. "Kiss my grits!"

Gottlieb El Dorado

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