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Quoted from Colsond3:Not sure if this was thrown out there before...end of Goodfellas when Deniro is going to have Karen whacked (Liotta's wife), but she senses it and gets the hell outta dodge. Nitro Ground Shaker and...can't remember the other and the name is sprayed over. And is that a NIB in the crate? LOL
Pretty sure that one in the first pic is a Gottleib Astro.
In Scott Pilgrim vs the World, there's 4 pins in the background of the arcade. THREE of them are World Poker Tour, and I think the 4th is Austin Powers, but can't be sure (it's blurry). Sounds like the vendor supplying the pins for the scene had a lot of WPT on hand. 
SNL had a Williams Olympic Hockey in one skit the last week of Jan.
Quoted from chippe01:Caught this on The Golden Girls this morning. Can’t make out the game though.
That's a Delta Queen pin.
His Dark Materials has a made-up pinball machine that looks like a cross between a bingo and an old woodrail called PinballTrollMan. It's a weird detail for a northern outpost saloon in a fantasy show. I was surprised to see it.
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Silicon Valley Season 6 Episode 5 also had what looked like a reworked Gottlieb in the background. EDIT: Freeze-framing to take this picture, it's definitely a SHAQ ATTACK. Sorry it's a little blurry, but it was never in focus since it's in the background.
shaq-attack-pin-silicon-valley (resized).jpgQuoted from dirkdiggler:Police Academy has been mentioned before but no one has named all three games. Always funny watching a pin going down the street[quoted image][quoted image]
The bowling one is Williams Triple Strike.
I think Key Posts are the best way to at least break out a listing of the titles covered. I started indexing them just now and will work back through the whole thread this week so we end up with a listing of every movie/tv show in the thread in one easy place.
Next step would be having the OP take that kep post index, sort it by alpha, and post the updated list to the OP on a regular basis so there's an alphabetical list.
EDIT:Here's the alpha-sorted list with everything in as of 4/21 with most duplicates removed. The only duplicates that remain are episodes of shows like Tanked and American Pickers, and The Liquidator where I don't have season and episode numbers so I can't tell if it's a duplicate. If anyone knows what the correct season/episode numbers are for those shows in the index, let me know and I'll update it. When I have them all for a particular show, I can remove duplicates for that show, if any.
$ale of the century S?? E??
3 Hommes a abattre (1980)
30 Rock S06 E08
68 Whiskey (series)
69 Liebesspiele (1967)
90210 S?? E??
911 (TV Show)
A Night at the Roxbury (1998)
A Star Is Born (1937)
ABCNews Damon Lindelof Interview
Ad Astra (2019)
Addams Family (1965) S02 E03
Adieu l'Ami (1968)
Agents of Shield S3E19
Alex Inc S01 E01
All in the Family S?? E??
All In The Family S09 E??
American Dad S11 E04
American Graffiti (1973)
American Horror Story S?? E??
American Pickers
American Pickers S?? E??
American Pickers S?? E??
Americarna:Hidden gems in NJ S02 E08
Anchorman 2 (2013)
Andy Griffith Show S02 E06
Animal House (1978)
Are You Afraid Of The Dark S?? E?? - Fireball
Are You Afraid of the Dark? S03 E10
ARMAGUEDON (1976)
Arrested Development Netflix S05
Arthur (1981)
Ash vs. The Evil Dead S?? E??
ASSO (1981)
At Close Range (1986)
Atlanta S?? E04
Atlanta's Missing and Murderered:The Lost Children Part 2 (2020 Docuseries)
Auction Kings opening
Aufforderung zum Tanz (1976)
Avengers S?? E??
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
Bad News Bears (1976)
Bad Santa (2003)
Baisers voles (1968)
Bar Rescue S05 E12
BASEketball (1998)
Be Cool (2005)
Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
Better Call Saul
Better Call Saul S?? E??
Beyond S02 E??
Big (1988)
Big Bang Theory S?? E??
Big Bang Theory S11 E21
Big Daddy (1999)
Big Fat Liar (2002)
Big Little Lies (TV series)
Black Mirror S05 E01
Blair Witch 2 (2000)
Blended (2014)
BLOCKS (2005)
Blue Mountain State S?? E??
Bohemian Rhapsody (2019)
Bourne Identity (2002)
Bowling for Columbine (2002)
Breaking and Exiting (2018)
Broad City S?? E??
Broad City S1 E6
Brooklyn Nine-Nine S?? E??
Buddy Holly - Weezer (Music Video)
Buying the Beach S01 E12
Cagney and Lacey (TV Show)
Captain Marvel (2018)
Carbonaro Effect S01 E15
Carnival of Souls (1962)
Carol Burnette Show S?? E??
Casino Royale (2006)
Celebrity Wife Swap:WWF Episode
Chappelle's Show S?? E??
Charlie's Angels S?? E??
Cherry Dr Pepper (TV Commercial)
Children of the Corn (1984)
ChiPs S?? E??
Clown (2008)?
Club Paradise (1986)
Cold Hard Bitch - JET (Music Video)
Columbo (TV Series)
Convoy (1978)
Cop Land (1997)
Copland
Corner Gas (2014)
COSENTYX (TV Commercial)
Cosyntex (commercial)
Coup de Tete (1978)
Crazy Kids - Kesha (Music Video)
Creepshow 2 (1987)
Criminal Minds S10 E08
Criminal Minds S11 E16
CTV News Feature (2017)
Dale Jr. Download (Series)
Dan Patrick Show
Daredevil S01 E02
Dazed and Confused (1993)
Dead Ringer (1964)
Dead Space 3 (Video Game)
Deadpool (2016)
Der Arzt von St-Pauli (1968)
Detroit Rock City (1999)
Die Sache is gelaufen (1985)
Die Vorstadtkrokodile (1977)
Dieter Hallervorden der Doppelgänger (1983)
Dirty Harry:The Enforcer (1976)
Disney+ Encore (Fiddler on the Roof Episode)
Dodgeball (2004)
Donnie Brasco (1997)
Doogie Howser S01 E??
Drinkin' Problem - Midland (Music Video)
Drunk History S?? E??
Dude, Where's my Car (2000)
Dukes of Hazzard S01 E01
Dying Young (1991)
Earthbound (1995 Video Game)
Eastbound and Down S?? E??
EdTV (1999)
Elementary S?? E??
Elementry S04 E12
Endeavor S05 E05
Escape From New York (1981)
Everybody Loves Raymond S04 E23
Everybody Wants Some! (2016)
Fanatic (2019)
Fifteen (TV Show)
Final Fantasy 7 Remake (Video Game)
Final Level:Escaping Rancala
Flash S?? E??
Flic ou Voyou (1978)
Floral Fading - Pierce the Veil (Music Video)
Forged in Fire S06 E06
Fort Apache:The Bronx (Paul Newman)
Freedom (1982)
FREEJACK (1991)
Friday the 13th part II (1981)
Friends (1996) S03 E06
Friends S?? E??
Full House S?? E??
Games (1967)
Ghost Adventures S16 E01
Ghostbusters (1984)
Gilmore Girls S?? E??
Gilmore Girls S04 E??
Glee S?? E??
Gloria (1980)
Godzilla (1998)
Gold Rush the Dirt
Golden Girls S01 E24
Golden Girls S02 E25
Goldmind - ROBB (Music Video)
Good Luck Charlie S02 E07
Good Times S02 E15
Good Will Hunting (1997)
Goodfellas (1990)
Grown Ups (2010)
Halloween (2018)
Happy Days S?? E??
Happy Days S03 E01
Hard Times (1975)
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (2009)
Havana (1990)
Hell's Kitchen Intro S??
Hoges (2017 TV Mini-Series)
HOLD-UP (1985)
Home Alone (1990)
Home Improvement S05 EP19
Honey, We're Home! A Very Brady Renovation (TV special)
Hot Stuff (1979)
Hotels.com (TV Commercial)
House Hunters International S101 E09
House of Dead 2 (2005)
I Am Frankie (TV Show)
I Am Wrath (2016)
I Don't Know - The Sheepdogs (Music Video)
Idiocracy (2007)
Impractical Jokers (TV Show)
In the Line of Duty: Ambush at Waco (1993)
Insidious 2 (2013)
Iron Eagle (1986)
Jack Black Youtube video
Jennifer's Body (2009)
Jessica Jones S02 E02
Jessica Jones S03 E12
Jurassic Park 3 (2001)
Just Shoot Me S05 E20
Justified S06 E03
K.C. Undercover S?? E??
Karate Kid (1984)
Ken Heron Youtube Episode "What Happened To TNL?"
Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
Kickin' It S?? E??
Kidding (Showtime)
Kingpin (1996)
Knight Rider (unidentified episode number)
Kolchak S?? E??
Kolchak:The Night Stalker S01 E06
L.A. Story (1991)
La Chasse a l' Homme (1964)
LA SOUPE AUX CHOUX (1981)
L'Aine des Ferchaux (1962)
L'Alpagueur (1976)
L'Altra Meta del Cielo (1976)
L'Animal (1977)
Last Man Standing S07 E21
Law and Order (TV Show)
Law and Order SVU S06 E12
LE CERVEAU (1968)
Le Clan des Siciliens (1969)
Le Marginal (1983)
LE PROFESSIONEL (1981)
LE ROI DES CONS (1981)
LE SAMOURAI (1967)
LE SOLITAIRE (1986)
les 400 Coups (1959)
LES GRANDES GUEULES (1965)
Les Innocents (2002)
LES TRICHEURS (1958)
LES VISITEURS (1992)
L'Homme en Colere (1978)
Lili (1953)
Limitless (TV Show Commercial)
Listing Impossible S01
Little Monsters (1989)
Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)
Lost S?? E??
Lucky Number - Lene Lovich (Music Video)
M.A.S.H. S?? E??
Machines: How They Work S01 E12
MACHT FLIPPERN FREI (1973)
MadTV S?? E??
MadTV S?? E??
Major League 2 (1994)
Make Me Feel - Janelle Monae (Music Video)
Malcolm in the Middle S?? E??
Man Bites Dog (1993)
Man on the Moon - REM (Music Video)
Marmor, Stein und Eisen bricht - Die Drafi-Deutscher-Legende (1981)
Married with Children Episode 711
Married with Children S07 E11
Married with Children S09 E25
Married with Children S09 E26
Married with Children S4 E19
Meet John Doe (1941)
Meteor (1979)
Miami Vice, S01 E04
Midnight Madness (1980)
Modern Family S?? E??
Moonwalker (Video Game)
Moral Orel S01 E09
Mr. Belvedere S02 E10
Murder She Wrote (series)
Musikladen 1979 (German TV Show)
My Cat from Hell S?? E??
Naked Gun 33 1/3 (1994)
Naked Massacre (1976)
Narcos:Mexico
Negresco (1967)
Neverland raid (TV News)
NFL Channel Good Morning Football
NFL Network Morning Show
Night Gallery S01 E02 / S01 E04
Nightmare on Elm Street:Dream Warriors (1987)
Nissan Titan (TV commercial)
Nordsee ist Mordsee (1976)
Northern Exposure S?? E??
Northern Exposure S03 E??
NOS4A2 S01 E08
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
One Step Beyond (series)
One Vision - Queen (Music Video)
Oregon State Fair commercial
Oregon State Lottery (commercial)
Out For Justice (1991)
Outdoor Man (TV Series)
Over the Top (1987)
PANISCHE ZEITEN (1979)
PAR UN BEAU MATIN D'ETE (1965)
Parks & Recreation S04 E13
Pawn Shop - Macklemore (Music Video)
PBS Newshour
PEAU DE BANANE (1963)
Perry Mason S08 E18
Pick Up Summer (1981)
PIERROT LE FOU (1965)
Pinball King - Terra Lightfoot (Music Video)
Pink Floyd - The Wall (1982)
Play Ojo UK Casino (Online Commercial)
Pocket Money (1972)
Police Academy (1984)
Police Story (1976)
Price is Right - Mother's Day Special (TV Game Show)
Price is Right S?? E??
Price is Right S?? E??
Primeval S03 E06
Progressive Mancave (TV commercial)
PS Feuerreiter (1978)
Psych S03 E03
Psycho Pass S?? E??
Puberty Blues (1981)
Punisher (Netflix) S1 E4
Quantum Leap final episode
Quarry S01 E02
Racing With The Moon (1984)
Rapid Fire (1992)
Ready Player One (2018)
Renaldo and Clara (1978)
Review S01 E08
Richy Guitar (1984)
Rick and Morty S?? E??
Ride with Norman Reedus S04 E06
Rififi (1955)
Riviera-Story (1961)
Roadhouse (1989)
Robot Chicken S?? E??
Rocket Man (2019)
Rocky (1976)
Rocky 3 (1982)
Role Models (2008)
Rookie of the Year (1993)
Route 66 (1963) S3 E31
Rumble in the Bronx (1996)
Runaways S?? E??
Salem's Lot (1975)
Scott Pilgrim vs the World (2010)
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015)
Seinfeld S09 E03
Sesame Street S?? E??
Shipping Wars S?? E??
Shooting Gallery (2005)
Show Masters (Swedish Game Show 1990)
Shutter Island (2010)
Silicon Valley S06 E05
Silicon Valley S06 E07
Silver Spoons S?? E??
Simon and Simon S?? E??
Simpsons S?? E??
Single Parents
Single Parents (TV commercial)
Singles (1992)
Six Million Dollar Man S04 E??
Skittles commercial
Sky High (2005)
Snowfall (TV Show)
Sois Belle et tais-toi (1958)
SOLDIER IN THE RAIN (1963)
Sons of Anarchy S07 E06
Sopranos S04E05
Spaceballs (1987)
Special Olympics (TV Commercial)
Squidbillies S?? E??
Star Trek S?? E??
Star Trek S02 E17
Star Trek Voyager S03 E08-09
Star Trek Voyager. S03 E08
Stomp! - The Brother's Johnson (Music Video)
Stones in Exile (2010)
Straight Time (1978)
Strange Brew (1983)
Strange Invaders (1983)
Stranger Things S02 E05
Street Outlaws (TV Show)
STREETWISE (1980 Documentary)
Stumptown S01 E12
Supergirl S?? E??
Supergirl S?? E??
Supermassive Black Hole - Luca Stricagnoli (cover)
Swamp Thing S?? E03
Tag (2018)
Take Away (2003)
Talladega Nights
Tanked (TV Series)
Tanked S?? E??
Tanked S?? E??
Tanked:Tracy Morgan
Teenage Cocktail (2016)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
Terminator 2 (1991)
That 70s Show S03 E03
That 70s Show S03 E17
That 70s Show S04 E08
That 70's show S05 E01
The Apple (1980)
The Blues Brothers (1980)
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2009)
The China Syndrome (1979)
The Crazies (2010)
The Crow (1994)
The Deuce (S?? E??)
The Doctor (1991)
The Flash S04 E01
The Flash S05 E??
The Fugitive (1963)
The Fugitive (1963) S01 E01
The Gate II: Trespassers (1980)
The Get Down S?? E??
The Get Down S01 E05
The Giant Spider Invasion (1978)
The Goldbergs
The Good Place S?? E??
The Great Outdoors (1988)
THE GREAT SAINT LOUIS BANK ROBBERY (1958)
The Guest House (TV Show)
The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)
The Hunter (1980)
The Invaders (1968) S02 E22
The Invaders Episode 1
The Invaders S01 E01
The Last Waltz (Concert Documentary)
The League S05 E04
The Liquidator S?? E??
The Liquidator S?? E??
The Liquidator S?? E??
The Liquidator S?? E??
The Liquidator S?? E??
The Little Couple S?? E??
The Mechanic (1972)
The Mentalist S07 E11
The Night Manager S01 E05
The Plot Against America (HBO Minseries)
The Plot Against America S01 E05
The Replacement Killers (1998)
The Rundown (2003)
The Stand (1994)
The Stand (TV Mini-series)
The Theory of Everything (2014)
The Thing (1981)
The Verdict (1982)
The Walking Dead S09 E11
The Warriors (1979)
The Wire S01 E??
The Wire S01 E??
The Women in his Life (1933)
The Wraith (1986)
They Call me Bruce (1982)
This Old House
Three Men and a Baby (1987)
Tic Tacs (TV Commercial)
Tiger King Episode 2
Timeless S01 E13
Titans S01 E04
TMNT Cartoon (2012)
TMZ Live
Tonight Show skit
Tony Hawk Youtube video
Too Close for Comfort S?? E??
Too Much Time on My Hands - Styx (Music Video)
Toyota Superbowl Commercial
Trafic (1972)
TREFFER (1983)
Tusk (2014)
Twilight Zone (2019) S01 E05
Twin Peaks S?? E??
Una Tipo Strano (1963)
Van Wilder (2002
Van Wilder 2:Rise of Taj (2006)
Verschwende Deine Jugend (2003)
Vintage Tech Hunters (Commercial)
Walkabout (1971)
Walking Dead S03 E12
War of the Worlds (2005)
Weather Underground S?? E??
West Side S04 E09
West Side Story (1961)
What a Girl Wants (Music Video)
What Women Want (2000)
What's Eating Gilbert Grape? (1993)
Wheel of Fortune (Game Show)
When a Stranger Calls (1979)
White Lightning (1973)
Wild Things (1998)
Wind Up - Pity Sex (Music Video)
Wires - Red Fang (Music Video)
Wolfenstein 2 (Video Game)
Written in the Wind (1956)
X-Files S01 E08
X-Files S01 E07
X-Files S01 E11
Yes Man (2008)
Young Sheldon S?? E??
You're the Worst S01 E06
ZZ TOP Documentary (Netflix)
Quoted from Mr_Tantrum:This sounds like a royal pain to me. Not sure if OP (or anyone) would want to keep up with it. Just not a simple way to track such a thing in the forums as far as I can tell. I just request that people keyword search for the show/movie to see if anyone else has already posted before they do.
It's really not that bad once the initial ones are keyposted. Probably 5 minutes once a week, or a minute or two each time a new one shows up. I have no problem doing it. I do it for the HEP thread and that's worked out well.
Quoted from Jackontherocks:Appreciated any help and thanks for above, I am not the computer tech wiz so anyone please feel free to organize etc
I have a script set up that can take the index, break out the titles and sort it in two steps, so pretty easy to maintain once I get all the posts keyposted.
Also, in general (some exceptions) if someone doesn't post a picture of the incident, I don't keypost it. There are only a few like that, but text only isn't super great for a thread like this.
Quoted from BMHouze:Elektra the pool hall scene.
Alien Poker
Striker Extreme
FYI, if there's no picture, these won't be included in the index.
Quoted from Mr_Tantrum:BTW, I am impressed. Your Index idea is great.
Yeah, me and my big mouth.
That said, I already have about 25% done.
Quoted from sohchx:Add X-Files S01 Episode 7, and there is a Spy Hunter Pin in almost every episode of Game Shakers on Nickelodeon
Without a picture, I'm not adding posts to the index in the interests of keeping the list clean. Just with the ones with pictures, we're likely going to have around 400 references. I have no way (I'm going to take MORE time to do) of independently verifying there's a pin actually in ones that have no picture, and part of the fun of this thread (as I see it) is people identifing which pin is in the picture and what scene it's in. So please post a pic with your sighting. For TV if people can post the episode name or season/episode numbers it would be helpful.
It's not that hard to take a picture if you're streaming Hulu/Netflix/youtube/CBS/HBO, etc. On a PC, make it full screen then hit Alt+Prt Sc (Printscreen) to capture the selected window. Load up paint or photoshop or any graphics program and hit CTRL-V to paste it in there and then save as a jpg to your local machine. Then you can upload the jpg.
Quoted from sohchx:Got'em[quoted image][quoted image]
"EVE" Is Episode 11. Already called here (although you have better pictures):
Quoted from sohchx:My mistake, I meant to say Ghost in the machine Season 1 EP 7[quoted image]
Someone else already had posted that pic, but they put it in with an additional pic from S01 E08 (Black Knight). So I tagged theirs as E08 and yours as E07 even though they had both.
(Not for you, a general request)
From here on out, it would be great to limit each post to 1 movie/tv episode/music video, etc. Multiple shows in one post aren't index-friendly. Multiple PICTURES from the same episode, movie, etc are great, though.
Quoted from ImNotNorm:Watching Grown Ups and saw some pins. Did a thread search to see if it's been mentioned, and it had. But no pics....so here you go.
[quoted image][quoted image]
Topic Index lists it and has a link with a pic:
Quoted from ImNotNorm:I searched for the name of the movie . Not 'grow ups'
That's why using the thread topic index at the top of each page is the most reliable way to find what's in the thread. Grown Ups is in the topic index, correctly spelled. In a few more days it will have everything in it and be more accurate than searches, as you have experienced.
Quoted from SkyKing2301:Let's give our gracious index-builder a chance to get caught up, shall we? He's working his way back from current to previous ... (which unfortunately credits re-posters who didn't bother searching first, if anyone cares about fake internet bragging rights)
X-Files S1 E7 was first identified wayyyy back in Post 340:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/pinball-in-movies-or-tv-shows-name-a-game-you-have-seen-in-the-background/page/7#post-2687726
That will be fixed when everything's in and the duplicates are removed.
Quoted from Mr_Tantrum:BTW, this brings up the question that if a video is posted instead of a photo (as was the case here), does that count? I vote is that it should, and the OP should index the post.
There are a bunch of procedural questions that will have to be addressed moving forward so it's consistent. In general, I have been valuing screenshots over video, because screenshots are stored locally on pinside, and video is external on youtube. If you go back through the thread, there are quite a few videos that no longer work at all - the youtube video is deleted or blocked, whereas ALL the screenshots are here and still work.
So, based on what I've seen working through this thread, video is nice but unreliable long-term (until/unless pinside starts allowing uploaded video, which I don't think is happening), so I say screenshots are king for pinside posterity.
Quoted from Mr_Tantrum:BTW, If we have a post with an image but we don't see it in the index, should we alert you or are you still working on it?
I'm almost 80% done. I'll clean up any issues once I have everything in and can see all the duplicates, etc. The current sorted list is on page 39 of this thread. There are a lot of duplicates.
Quoted from Mr_Tantrum:I asked because it looks like you skipped over my "Blended" post with a nice big screen grab even though you picked up others that were right before and after it.
Are you referring to this post?
Quoted from Mr_Tantrum:Yes, I was quoting someone else who saw if first but didn't post a pic.
Yeah, I missed the name of the show because you just called back to the quoted text instead of putting the show name above the picture. It's easy to do when you're blasting through the thread to get almost 2000 posts indexed.
Just added it.
Quoted from ImNotNorm:That's how I missed the Forged in Fire video. Not in the key post and not word searchable. I don't know how you're going through this entire thread to make these key post's, but it's appreciated. That's a lot of work.
Back on topic....here's an old CTV News clip my wife did in 2017 about the pinball scene here in Edmonton. I completely forgot about it. She talks about the resurgence of competitive pinball and interviews a collector at his home. She ends up putting a high score on the guys new Hobbit pin, lol.
Video link & a few screenshots.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1220911[quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]
I have 32 of the 40 pages of posts indexed. Forged in Fire is indexed now also. Click Topic Index and then click "show all" at the bottom of the short summary and it will show the 400+ indexed posts so far.
Quoted from Mr_Tantrum:Did you get that machine gun barrage of all those French films/shows nobody else has ever heard of several pages back? Technically, I'm sure they qualify but I prefer games in movies and TV shows that most people are familiar with.
Look at the in-progress alphabetized list on page 39 or the topic index at the top of the page. The foreign stuff is there, too. It not like people can't find those movies if they want to see them, so important for completion's sake.
Quoted from Rolls-Royce:Vireland, this is an amazing help for this Thread brother!... I think that each new "50" page we should copy/paste the list.
I've asked Robin if it's possible to implement an alpha sort on a key post index as an option. IF that's done, problem solved, the key post index will always have an alpha sort option and be current in real time.
6 more pages to go and I'll have everything indexed and I can start cleaning up the duplicates, etc.
Quoted from Jackontherocks:Thanks, looks like I started a good topic years ago
A 7 year thread is a pretty great accomplishment.
EDIT: Over 500 entries posted through 4/12 are now in the topic index - that's everything. The alpha-sorted list is in my post on page 39. Now I just have to clean up duplicates, which is probably 5%-10% or so of the total list.
Quoted from Bearcat:Has anyone noticed that the Tiger King has a Metallica Pro?
Click on topic index at the top of any page in this thread, expand that list and search it. You'll find that Tiger king is on it, and you can click on it to go to the post with the picture.
On Disney+ ENCORE show, the Fiddler on the Roof episode, one of the participants is a "tenured pinball tech" (which clearly means route tech since the targets on the Funhouse they show him wiping are FILTHY) at Walt's in Highland Park, CA.
https://pinside.com/pinball/map/where-to-play/11193-walt-s-bar-los-angeles-ca
In the show, they show a Funhouse, Earthshaker, Fathom and some Gottlieb EMs. The pins on pin map have changed since then, though. The show is TERRIBLE from what I've seen, but my daughter watches it and was excited to see pinball pop up in that episode unexpectedly.
disney-encore1 (resized).jpgdisney-encore2jpg (resized).jpg
EDIT:This post was moved to split up a post where I had two shows in one post so each show could be indexed as a separate post.
Quoted from Mardi-Gras-Man:Here's one more picture (see post #1197) from the 1967 german movie "69 Liebesspiele" featurig Williams' 1958 Soccer "Kick-Off"[quoted image]
If you break out the movies and screenshots I did NOT index in post 1197, I can index the other ones. It needs to be one movie and pictures per post so I can keypost them separately. With this one I've keyposted two from that post, but there were like 5 in that one post and I can only key post one, so you have three that are unreported as far as the index is concerned.
So, some good news from Robin here on Pinside. He thinks he should be able to implement an alpha sort option for the topic index, meaning the movie/tv show Topic Index will always be available in alphabetical order once he gets it in.
Quoted from o-din:So, Charles Bronson in The Mechanic with a Tropic Isle is not worth highlighting or adding to the list.
OK, I'll keep posting oddball ones as I see them, and you can keep on ignoring them.
Did you post a picture? Picture is required to be keyposted to the index. I didn't see a post for The Mechanic with a picture.
There's probably 10-20% more games than are keyposted simply because no one posted a picture with the callout to verify that there was a pin and what it was. If that bothers people, they can be a hero and go back through all those text-only posts then make a post with a picture, but that hero is not me. Keyposting this whole thread to index the 500 games with pictures was my contribution.
Robin has the key post index alpha sort option in beta! You can sort the key post index by post number, key post text, or user name! Super slick. It should be live on the site soon, but will make this thread even more awesome!
Alpha sort on the keypost index is live on the main site now! You can have the current alphabetized list of movies and TV shows already called out any time you want now!
Quoted from ImNotNorm:History Channel Documentary called 'Kingpin.'
This one was about Whitey Bulger/Irish mob.
They talk about how the Winter Hill gang controlled some of the pinball market back in 70's Boston. And they show a Fashion Show, Fast Draw, Goin' Nuts, Spiderman, Superman, Fireball, QBert.
I can't figure out the one next to the Qbert (which has a DMD) and the one with the yellow playfield.
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The one to the right of Q-Bert is Rocky and Bullwinkle.
Quoted from LeChuck:PS - We actually have two Star Trek keyposts for this same episode/scene. Can we get the extra one removed?
Left that Star Trek Voyager alone for now. The oldest instance has much better explanation, but a small picture. The one from a couple months ago has much better pictures, but no text/explanation. Which to delete? Ideally, I could merge the posts, but that's not possible. So I have left it alone. Anyone have an opinion about how to proceed in cases like this?
Quoted from LeChuck:Actually this is for Star Trek (the original series). Posts 209 and 841 are both about the exact same episode/scene (S2E17).
While I'm at it, I notice the Twin Peaks entry has question marks for the season/episode. The shots are from S2E9 (Arbitrary Law) and S2E19 (Variations on Relations). I suspect those games show up in bunch more episodes since that's a frequent location in the show.
Fixed those, thanks.
Quoted from Rolls-Royce:Funny that you mentioned that in The Simpsons, just saw same Pinball in a different episode
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Which episode was that, so I can tag it?
"Insane Clown Poppy"
"Homer the Moe"
"Marge's Son Poisoning"
"Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em"
"Monty Burns' Fleeing Circus"
Quoted from LeChuck:Started rewatching The Fugitive tonight, handful of games show up in the bus station in the very first episode (S01E01 - Fear in a Desert City). Not a lot of clues besides the sideart and one being a baseball game .. time to start the pot of coffee
Edit - The baseball game looks like Williams Deluxe Official Baseball (quick to find due to that odd slanted head and sideart)
Edit #2 - Gottlieb Miss Annabelle on one end of the other side
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These are great pictures, better than the one already in the index for this episode.
Quoted from LeChuck:Doh, for some reason my eyes only saw the first Fugitive index post. I guess it's not all for nothing with better screenshots and the visible games ID'd now.
PS - I got on a tangent reading about those photo booths - Photo-Me model 14 circa 1960
I wish there were a way to pick the one with the best pictures for the index and then add credit to that post to the ones that were maybe earlier, but crappier (or less) pictures. But I don't see a way to do that.
Quoted from ImNotNorm:Just noticed that both shipping wars episodes in the key posts are from the same episode. The same show and episode is key indexed twice. Just an FYI.
It got through because I didn't have the season/episode for the second one so it wasn't obvious it was a double. Fixed.
Quoted from Apinplayer:Do animated movies count? This is from Scoob that was just released.
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I've been including them.
Quoted from Daditude:1992 The Getaway: High Speed II
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Already in the index under just "Van Wilder"
Quoted from mbeardsley:Sorry, no screen shot, but saw a Junk Yard in an episode of The West Wing last night.
It was episode 1 of Season 3, "Manchester - Part 1". It was in the foreground of a long tracking shot in a bar, and then could be seen in the background a couple of other times.
It was Season 3 Episode 2, according to Netflix. Got the shot, but it's really a dark shot so the translite is blown out.
West_Wing_S03_E02 (resized).jpgQuoted from mbeardsley:Yeah, it depends on how you count it. Season 3 had a "special mini-episode" due to 9/11 that pushed back the season premiere. Some people call that Episode 1, some don't include it in Season 3, and some call it Episode 0.
Wikipedia calls this episode with the JunkYard as Episode 1, so that's what I used. Sorry for the confusion.
Wikipedia. That explains it.
IMDB is also calling it episode 2, so I'll leave it.
Quoted from dirkdiggler:Wife is watching a movie called Thank God It's Friday. I see a gottlieb Volley and another couple games at Jeff Goldblums disco
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Haha, that movie was on heavy rotation on HBO or Showtime back in the day. Seemed like it was ALWAYS on. I saw all or parts of it probably 100 times.
Quoted from Jackontherocks:Watching this movie tonight and noticed pin as well, appears to be same one in Donnie Brasco movie 1997 but not sure if we named it.
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It's a Williams Honey. You can see it a little more clearly in other scenes.
Quoted from Waxx:Talladega Nights, never saw this in the background.
Edit: it rotated the photo from my phone. I guess now I know why people’s images are rotated sometimes.
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Posted already:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/pinball-in-movies-or-tv-shows-name-a-game-you-have-seen-in-the-background/page/38#post-5546093
Quoted from Waxx:Good find, I didn’t see it in the gallery scanning through.
Don't use the image gallery. Use the topic index and sort by keypost summary. Alphabetizes every one in the thread so you can easily see what's there already.
Quoted from o-din:I don't know what it is and it looks to have some kind of sign on it. But the movie is from 1953. Perhaps a baseball themed game?
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It looks kind of like Home Run 1940, but it's hard to tell...
Quoted from TopMoose:I was going to guess Chicago Coin Majors, 1939.
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Nope, you're right. The cabinet is a dead giveaway.
Quoted from o-din:I'm amazed how violent a show like Adam 12 was as every kid I knew at the time watched it. But I guess most shows were and we were already conditioned for it.
No kidding. I caught an old episode of Johnny Sokko where the 10-11 year old kid hero has a handgun and is in a shootout. I was like "Wha? I don't remember that." It would never fly today.
Quoted from o-din:In these shows, somebody is more likely to die of an overdose than be saved.
Watch Alfred Hitchcock's episode "You're Dead" with a young Billy Mumy carrying a loaded handgun all over town when he thinks it's just a toy.
Personally, I prefer the in your face reality of the older shows, than some of the homogenized for children shit they come up with today. Same could be said for pinball.
Taking the shotgun away from Elmer Fudd in the new Looney Tunes on HBO is a PERFECT example of going too far. He's a HUNTER, for god's sake. It's not like he's hunting with an AR-15.
So Elmer's shotgun is bad, but dynamite in the mouth is ok? It makes no sense. Same thing with the ET re-edit where they took the guns away from the government guys and it was ridiculous, so they put them back.
Quoted from Captainhook:Las Vegas, S5 E5 there are three games a FireBall and what looks like a Firepower in the back and the third I don't know.
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What show is this? Is it CSI:Las Vegas?
Quoted from Captainhook:Television show Las Vegas with James Caan.
Thanks. I was having a hard time figuring out the show since Las Vegas is used in a lot of show names!
Quoted from PapaKilo:In Laws of Attraction(Pierce Brosnan snd Julianne Moore) theres a Sega X-Files with a different translite that says "Global Pinball" on it with what looks like 2 pictures of Jupiter, some other planet and some fake stars. The cabinet art looks either blacked out or covered up but the playfield seems intact.
Quoted from bob_e:The Mentalist S7 E7 had 3 pins at a bar Flight 2000 and 2 others out of focus or partially blocked
Noted, but I can't add these to the index without a picture.
Quoted from RWH:Couldn't find episode number but it aired on Dec. 20th, 2010
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What's the name of the show?
Quoted from Daditude:"What women want" - 2000 film
Stern striker xtreme
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Already added to the index 2 years ago.
Quoted from dirkdiggler:Thanks to my wife and her excellent skills she figured out this 1962 Chicago Coin Sun Valley on the latest American Pickers episode
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What was the name/theme of this episode so I can look up the episode number...
Quoted from DanQverymuch:Editors, are we not going to add this one for some reason?
Distracted by the boobies and forgot to add it. It's there now.
Prior mentions were likely not added due to lack of pictures. No pictures, no index entry.
This isn't my thread (I just did the work to add all the entries and make the index) so I can't say concretely, but I think the picture rule should be limited to just pictures because they are stored here. Links to videos often break later when they're taken down or moved whereever they're linked to. If only pictures are allowed, there will never be broken links to videos and if you want to look up a video there will be a picture and enough information to look it up on google as needed. So, I need to ask the OP about this change that I think makes sense.
Quoted from pinwiztom:I think you need to add posts #2358 and #2364 to the Bad News Bear key posts list
as they have different view perspectives with more games shown and also posts surrounding
those posts have actual pin ID info. Whereas post #799 has no pin ID info.
One entry in the index, usually the first mention with a picture. If we're changing the rules to the best mention (clearest picture, most detail), then that needs to be agreed upon. Multiple entries for the same movie/tv/video/whatever will get too confusing and make the index too large over time. I know there are likely still some dupes I didn't catch in the index, but they're accidental and will be removed if I run across them.
After discussion with the OP, from here forward, only picture posts local to pinside (uploaded with the post) will be added to the index so we don't end up with broken links in the thread when outside links are changed/removed.
Quoted from ThatOneDude:A friend sent a GIF from a movie and asked me to identify the game. It was a Whodunnit. Not going to post the GIF, since it is very NSFW.
Dadcrush again?
Quoted from ThatOneDude:Man, sorry I googled that. I'm not a fan of that daddy issue, barely legal stuff. I have no idea where the gif I referred to came from, but it wasn't that.
Somebody posted a picture from one earlier in the thread.
I didn't add it to the index.
Quoted from schudel5:That 70s Show season 3 episode 3 'Hyde's Father'. Williams Big Deal in the bar of the opening scene.
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Yours is a better picture, but already called and pictured a year ago.
Quoted from Hammer3246:WKRP, no idea what machines, just loved the show.
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What episode was this?
Quoted from Mr_Tantrum:Date Night | Hit and Run pitch & bat.
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Also, I don't think that is a Tornado foosball table (the best, IMO), but definitely the style I grew up on with a single goalie and elevated corners (they also had glass playfields). I hate the newer tables with flat goalies and 3 men on the back bar, but since I'm only a fraction of the player I was in my youth, it probably doesn't really matter. Oh, and not sure how they keep score on that one - why would the remove the counters?
Date Night's already in the index.
Quoted from Mr_Tantrum:Dang, I missed it somehow, and thanks for bringing it to my attention. I hate it when people post ones that are already indexed, and now I'm guilty of it. I promised I looked beforehand (always the first thing I do before I post here), and quite frankly was a little surprised when I didn't see it. I amended my original post noting that it had already been reported.
No biggie. I just didn't want you to think you were being ignored.
Quoted from dirkdiggler:Far left looks like Family Guy
Why would you have Shrek AND Family Guy when it's literally the same game just reskinned...?
Quoted from pindel:Columbo Bally Monte Carlo
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Do you know what episode this was, or even a clue of what it was about? That way I can attach the season and episode number.
Quoted from PinballT:Impractical Jokers
Q’s house
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Already in the index.
Quoted from girloveswaffles:I did find another shot of the cabinet:[quoted image]
Brightened up the shot...
Nobody_movie_still (resized).jpgQuoted from SkyKing2301:Tonight's SNL (S46 Ep9) had a sketch, "Christmas Morning" with an Olympic Hockey, backglass re-themed to Ultimate Flipper Hockey.[quoted image]
This same barely-rethemed pin was used in an SNL sketch when Will Ferrell hosted a couple years ago that's also in the index here:
Quoted from Blutarsky:I don't think it's been mentioned and it's a favorite of mine from 1967. Two For The Road with Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney. That sure looks like a Kings and Queens behind the Frenchman Barkeep. Fits with the timeline. I don't recognize the cab for the other EM.
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Whoops...wrong button.
Quoted from bssbllr:Not a movie or or tv show but a Kia commercial.
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Approx what year was this commercial?
Quoted from Binkley:Awesome thanks...and I thought this looked like an anchronism haha (movie is set in ~1955)
I also was curious about this one from Deadly Games / Game Over / many other titles (too dark to really make out the backglass)
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Is this a movie or tv series?
Quoted from gjm:This episode of "Star Trek" was named " A Piece of the Action". Kirk, McCoy & Spock are being held captive by the gangsters in this picture.
Hard to tell what the names of the pins are and the machine off to the right...??
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Already in the index.
Quoted from DanQverymuch:There's got to be a better way.
I think we're pretty much at the limits of what this board can do without significant changes. A year ago there was no way to see what shows had pinball machines on them - the index wasn't ordered by show. Robin made that change and it really is great, but I don't see the whole board functionality getting changed even more to satisfy the wants of one thread on it.
Quoted from DanQverymuch:One little ol' flag (e.g. *, though a check mark might be better), to indicate whether the noted game(s) have been identified, could simply be added to the already free-form text field with absolutely zero board functionality modification required, much less "the whole board functionality getting changed even more to satisfy the wants of one thread on it."
Find the volunteer that's going to find that information for 600 games already indexed. I indexed them all, but I'm not doing this because it's still not very useful beyond what's here now. Even if there's a check mark, you would still have to go through the thread to find what the games actually were, same as now.
Quoted from DanQverymuch:Are we trying to identify the games, or not?
That's a question for the other people in this thread. I think it's more of just a running list of where pinball is seen in media, with the identification of the games being a secondary mini-game that happens around the time of the original posted pictures.
Quoted from DanQverymuch:So having wasted my time thus, I sort of lost the satisfaction from finding them. Kinda sucked. Then I come up with a brilliant idea to do something to save people (who just want to help by the way) time digging for sightings to ID, no site functionality modifications required. You blew it off.
It only makes sense to save people time searching for themselves whether a show's games have been identified.
I do realize that this set of circumstances might be rare; maybe the vast majority have complete IDs. I think it's worth going through the thread one more time to find out, and give others the courtesy of knowing, too. I volunteered to do just that, we'll see what Robin says.
I asked the OP before I volunteered to index the whole thread, because it was his thread, after all. He was cool with it, so I did. But that's the line for me. I've kept the index current, but that's as much as I'm doing here.
No one's stopping you from spending the time to do what you said you think will be beneficial here. So, as long as it's cool with the OP of this thread, pin on your badge and go to work.
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Quoted from Yoko2una:Ok so Xfinity/Comcast is running a commercial tonight during the NFL games with what I think is a fireball classic in the background. I’ll leave that up for debate.
But I can’t figure out the game because I’m so infuriated as how they haphazardly set up the drum set. Like the Tom arms are obviously upside down so they’re hanging out in no mans land, the hi-hats are so far over the left Tom that you may have to just have a bag of sticks and keep throwing them at those, and the floor Tom is facing AWAY from the drummer. Wow what a terrible assembly of a kit. I don’t even care anymore. Was there even a pinball in the pics??? [quoted image][quoted image]
What was the commercial for?
Quoted from Yoko2una:Comcast/Xfinity
Ha, I misunderstood and thought you SAW it on Comcast/Xfinity. Got it.
Quoted from scampcamp:On the Impractical Joker TV show... a monster truck crushed a pinball machine!! Isn't that against the law?[quoted image]
Do you know what season/episode this was?
Quoted from setzkor:That was Season 8, Episode 1: "Crash Test Dummies"
It was a dual loss with Sal and Murr. Murr got his Segway run over, and Sal the virtual pinball that was made based on the shows theme. It was a "one-off" made for Comic-con by VP Cabs, and Sal seemed quite upset to have it smashed... Sounds like it was replaced...
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwqabCdFRNp/
Thanks, updated the index with the show/episode.
Quoted from bssbllr:Food network season 9 episode 6 at State Park bar in Cambridge, MA.
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What show on the food network was this?
Quoted from bssbllr:I’m sorry food paradise.
Got it added to the index now, thanks.
Quoted from xsvtoys:I always wondered about this also. I did some searching, it’s hard to find out a lot about it. I found this web page, I think the answer is in there somewhere if you are willing to slog through it all. The Conclusion at the very end is interesting.
https://rodriqueslaw.com/blog/how-use-brands-and-products-film/
Or, if people want to save the extreme amount of scrolling on that page to even get to the bottom, here's the summary:
"In general, it is not necessary to blur the logos and products of brands in films. There are several limitations on a trademark holder’s ability to successfully assert its trademark rights to prevent the unauthorized use of its trademark in a works of art. How the product is portrayed makes a huge difference for trademark owners, but it does not require filmmakers to seek consent for every use of a mark in his film. The motion picture industry would be severely crippled if trademark owners can use their marks to stop real products being shown in films, or even just in films which are not to their liking.
When you do see producers blurring out logos or brand names, it may be because they are trying to avoid an uncertain, lengthy, and expensive trademark litigation between competing parties that have unequal resources. But this can have disastrous chilling effects on artistic freedom. So sometimes it is worth the risk to leave the brands and products in, especially if a particular trademark is central to your character and plot, and if the mark is essential to the message you want to convey in your film."
Quoted from Binkley:Sorry for the ridiculously late reply (life right), but this is movie that I guess recently became a "cult classic" or whatever since no one watched it the first time.
I found it funny the kid in the film was rich enough to have his own mini-arcade/game room. I think there's a Star Wars arcade machine in this scene too.
Thanks. Got it updated.
Quoted from Flipsteen:Sea Shore in TV show from 1970s starring Roger Moore future James Bond. Also with Tony Curtis
Sea Shore in Persuaders with Tony Curtis
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Any idea what episode this is from?
Quoted from Flipsteen:vireland You can watch the episode on Daily Motion season 1, ep 8 of "The Persuaders"
Thanks. Updated the index.
Quoted from Mopar:Season 3, Episode 10 on the Fugitive, I first saw an early 1950s (I think Chicago Coin)
Shuffle Bowler. Then a bit later, from a distance, I saw a pin with animation. I should have
had an idea what it was, but didn't. Then later in the episode, a close up.
If you happen to like this drama serious, this was a good episode. It was part 2 of episode
9..
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This episode was already in the index.
Quoted from Beatnik-Filmstar:Mystery game in Justified S05E02. The Wire's Avon Barksdale threatening a pot dealer with a closer shot from a few moments later.
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Usually a lot easier to determine what a game is even after show producers try to obscure things. But the combination of the towel over the backbox in the wide shot and whatever they did to the front of the machine in the closer one have me stumped. Any ideas on what games with yellow cabs would have identifying marks where the coin door should be?
Edit - adding close up from the first image:
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Dunno. If it's a Fireball homepin, they re-did the backglass. Even though it's blurry, doesn't have any things that seem to line up to fireball home.
justifiedS05E02_close.jpgQuoted from gdonovan:Redoing the backglass is very common.
I know, but it seems like it wouldn't even be necessary since the scene is very dark and the backglass is mostly covered.
Quoted from Beatnik-Filmstar:At this point I assume it's just some POS that a prop house has on offer. Could even be random head on a body. Bolt pattern on the body screams Bally home edition. God knows what they slapped on it for a fake translite. I think I kinda see some dinosaurs/lizards on there? "Ball in play" on the left?
That's exactly what I got from it. Were the home edition backglasses the same dimensions as the full size machines, though?
I keyposted that Fugitive one, but maybe we shouldn't be posting more pics to this thread until Robin gets the site back on a stable server that can handle old bandwidth levels so we can keep this interim site running okay. Pictures take a lot more bandwidth than text.
Quoted from girloveswaffles:A Bally Eight Ball found on Backroad Bounty:[quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]
What episode?
Quoted from jibmums:From an episode of Dukes of Hazzard, this one is a combination of the backglass from "Sheriff" and the cabinet of "Jungle". Plus, there's Daisy Duke in a French maid outfit.
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Any idea what episode this is?
Quoted from frenchmarky:Isn't that inside the Boar's Nest on 'Dukes of Hazzard'? Pretty sure there were quite a few episodes featuring scenes in that dive, with that pin in the background.
Sure. It was a hang. But I still need a season/episode to add that particular picture to the index.
Quoted from northerndude:Here's some weird info from me, I was a semi-finalist to be selected for BBCAN6
Awesome. Why did you stop trying? Often times if you're not picked for one season, it helps you get picked for a future season.
And as long as you recognize your own mother in a Wendy's takeout uniform you should be golden for BBCAN.
Quoted from northerndude:Life. too busy with the family. Pretty much nukes 4+ months of your life. Timing is everything I guess. AND i'm getting older and older, better step up soon again if i'm going to!
You've got time. BBCAN really needs a Jerry, anyway.
But you need to keep trying!
Quoted from northerndude:I think I saw a TFTC in the background of the newest episode of The Handmaids Tale, they were in an amply diner and saw it blurry.
The one mentioned on the other page? That was a Rocky and Bullwinkle. I brightened it up here...
handmaids tale (resized).jpgQuoted from Classics_Master:There’s a Top Score in The Madonna movie “Desperately seeking Susan”, movie is from 1985
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Already in the index 7 months ago.
Quoted from chalkup8:Get Smart season 5 ep 11
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Just a tip if you're watching shows on a windows computer you can hold ALT-PrtSc and it will capture the current window. You can then load paint or whatever hit CTRL-V to paste the captured frame and then save to have a perfect copy of the video in that window.
Quoted from JadedHesher:The movie Role Models
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0430922/
Already added to the topic index 3 years ago.
Quoted from JadedHesher:So i'm guessing you'd like me to delete my post then.
No, just letting you know why it won't be indexed.
If you click topic index link at the top of any page in this thread, then click to sort by keypost summary, it will show you all the shows already there, in alphabetical order so it's easy to see if the one you found already has been reported. The only thing that's a little off in the index is the movie titles that start with "The" are in the process of being changed to <title, the> format, but I haven't gotten all of them switched to the more standard format.
Quoted from Jackontherocks:Looks like Bonk posted it 42 days ago, good find.
I'm sure it wasn't an accident they picked that pin. Subtle messaging.
Quoted from jonesjb:There’s a Gottlieb Count-Down in the 1987 French horror film ‘Revenge of the Living Dead Girls’. Has this one been mentioned yet?
Click on "show topic index" at the top of any page and then "keypost summary" to sort by show name, then "show all" and scroll down to the "R" section. If it's been done, there will be a link to the post that has the picture.
Quoted from Quicksilver1:Ugh, my bad. I actually tried searching before posting, but obviously not well enough. It's all good, i guess i just didn't see it and removed my post. Sorry for the multiple mention.
If you use the topic index link at the top of any page in this thread and then click to sort by keypost, it puts everything in alphabetical order, which makes it very easy to see if something has been posted already.
Quoted from Mr_Tantrum:You know you can post a YouTube video link at the point in the video you are referring to, right?[quoted image]
Screenshots of pin sightings are preferred because they are hosted here and cannot randomly become broken links if youtube takes a video down.
Quoted from FlipperMagician:Huh, I searched the key topics index so only saw the diner scene with Night Rider listed. Oops
On the topic index, did you click "keypost summary" to sort the list alphabetically? That makes it a LOT easier to find what's been posted already.
Quoted from dirkdiggler:Target Pool, Volley, Stock Car, Rescue 911 and a unidentified woodrail on a old episode of American Pickers.
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Any idea what the episode number or title was?
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 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.jpgQuoted 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 DanQverymuch:Can't believe this one slipped past us this long: There's a Firepower and a perenially out of order Pinbot at the grocery store in the 2010 sitcom Raising Hope. They are visible almost every episode, this shot is S1E8. I'm still working on season one, and will report back if they change or Pinbot gets fixed!
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Welp, I just searched and they have been mentioned, just never made it into the keypost list.
You're the first post to follow the thread rules and actually post a screenshot. One of the prior posts mentioning it is a perfect demonstration of why video links aren't allowed - the youtube link in that post is broken now.
Screenshots are hosted locally on pinside and will not break when remote content is taken down or moved.
Yours is in the keypost index now.
Quoted from GolfKill:music video not a show but this one has a LOT of games in the background
Post a screenshot and I'll add it to the index. Remote video links are unreliable.
Quoted from Zartan:Malcolm in the middle! Cactus Canyon!
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Someone else beat you by 3 years. Already in the index.
Quoted from Zartan:My apologies I saw it and got excited!
Understandable, we've all been there. Just change your flow from "get excited -> post" to "get excited -> check topic index -> if not there, post"
Quoted from girloveswaffles:The "Alien" back-glass isn't original, or has been modified.
That's hilarious. I didn't even notice it until you pointed it out. They made its claw hands into more of crab pincers and playschool'd its face. Weird.
space-invaders (resized).jpgQuoted from DanQverymuch:Well, ideally check the key posts first, but sometimes you can sneak a duplicate past the bouncers like someone did a year ago, getting a key post for the pins in "Grown Ups" despite it being already keyposted three years ago.
Not saying you should! But I just happened to discover the dupe when checking whether I was first, as I just spotted the pins in the movie myself, after David Spade mentioned it in his new special and I realized I had never seen it.
(I wasn't going to say anything, but that recent post gave me the perfect opening.)
If you see a duplicate in the index, let me know and I'll take out the newer one. SOMETIMES if the older one has a really crappy screen grab and the newer dup has a pristine one, I'll delete the crappier one. But I try to keep the oldest one as the one that gets keyposted.
Quoted from Foxxstone_80:Watching the first ghostbusters, this scene is right before they go to the hotel to catch slimer. I couldn't make out what machine it was.
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Already in the topic index 4 years ago. It's a Star Gazer.
Quoted from Foxxstone_80:oops, my bad! I didn't look through all 75 pages before I posted, next time! I was thinking that it might be star gazer but I couldn't get a clearer image, thanks!
At the top of any page in this thread, click on "Topic Index" then click on "keypost summary" and it makes a sorted list alphabetized with every pin that has a picture that's been posted. Very easy to scan that before posting.
EDIT: Beaten.
Quoted from Mr_Tantrum:By 6 minutes - come on dude!
The only thing missing was after clicking "TOPIC INDEX" to click on "KEYPOST SUMMARY" to sort the list alphabetically. If they've never used any topic index, it won't be sorted alphabetically by default unless they do that the first time.
Quoted from Manhattan:I think the easiest way to confirm previous submissions is to enter the show/movie into the "search key words in topic" tool located just below and to the right of the thread title on every page. This way submissions that have not been added to the index show up as well.
This is a bad idea because there are many cases where a show is called out without a photo, or with a video that's a no-no, and if that happens it's not added to the index. So you may get a hit on the show, but it's not indexed (for a reason). Best to use the index.
EDIT: Beaten
Quoted from screaminr:"Find in topic " is quicker and easier and more accurate than key post-index .
If you get a " hit " on a game , you scroll through the posts and see if there is a picture of the game you have .
There are many pins that are named and pictured but not listed in the key index .
Key index only shows you the first pin posted but in find in topic , you can see all the photos related to the movie or show .
For example , if I use the key post to look up Goodfellas , you only see one picture but if I use the find in topic , I can see there's a second machine pictured . So I wouldn't bother posting that , even though it's not a key post.
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It really depends on your goal.
If you're just needing to know if a show is posted with a picture already, index is the way to go.
Quoted from screaminr:There are many pins that are named and pictured but not listed in the key index.
The only pins named or pictured but not in the index should be posts about shows without pictures, and posts with pictures after the first post for show with a picture or pictures.
Quoted from screaminr:No it's not .
For example , if you look up index ,sorority babes , you'll see one picture .
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No it's not what? The fact that someone posted ANOTHER picture later is irrelevant if you just want to see if a particular show has already been called out and listed.
If you want to see all potential posts about a particular movie or show episode, then search is fine. But I don't think that's the majority of people coming to this thread.
Quoted from screaminr:So are you saying that don't it doesn't matter if there are different pins shown in a movie or show.
You don't want to see all the pins in a movie or show .
You're only interested that a pinball machine was mentioned in whatever show / movie and it's irrelevant if there's more than one .
Pretty much. I mean, doubles could be added to allow for different pics in the same move in different posts, but I think that would be pretty cluttered relative to the value it adds to the thread. Dunno. It really depends on what users in the thread want. There's certainly nothing technical preventing it.
Quoted from mooch:I think it’s a 1961 Gottlieb “Flying Circus”
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But the cabinet is black, and I still see two faces of people facing each other...
Quoted from girloveswaffles:However, you can easily miss a movie or TV title because it listed under T (for "The...").
And it's not consistent. Even in the picture of the list you posted, "The Fugitive is listed as "Fugitive", but there's a lot of titles listed under "The"
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So if I go to look up "The Enforcer" (which I have listed) Where do I look? Under THE Enforcer, or Enforcer?
Anything that starts with The should be listed more like this: (Enforcer, The) , or else half the list would end up under "The".
I'm gradually converting the list over to "title, the" for affected titles. That's why the list seems inconsistent. It's a work in progress.
Quoted from ImNotNorm:Has the indexing of pins for this thread been stopped?
No, just too busy for the last few months. Should be caught up now.
Quoted from ourdave76:PinMonk
Now that the index is current what is the best approach to searching for a pin or movie title to eliminate duplicate posting?
Once you're on the topic index, just click on keypost summary to sort the list alphabetically (once, it remembers every time after that), then look for the title. Or, once you are showing the whole index, you can also CTRL-F search for part of the name of the show to jump to that spot on the list if it's there.
Overall it's gotten much better with duplicates as people get used to checking the list first. Also, way less posts of links to youtube videos, OR if people do, they also include a screenshot which will persist even if the youtube disappears in the future. Just a screenshot is the best plan. However, I will keypost ones with both, I will not keypost ones with just youtube because having posts with broken links in the future is no fun/more work. Also once I get all the "The" titles corrected with ", The" that will help, too.
Quoted from SLAMT1LT:Just finished watching the greatest TV show of all-time - Columbo, and in the very last episode of the 70s run, he challenges the killer to a game of pinball.
Can you screenshot this so I can add it to the keypost index? It's another example of why video linking is bad for this thread. If you click on that youtube link from the US, it's unavailable on copyright grounds for this territory. So, essentially a broken link.
If anyone wants an easy way to screengrab or capture video from TV, DVD, streaming video sources, ClearClick HD Ultimate is super easy, and puts video or screen shots on an SD card with the press of a button. Ebay has refurbs from the company for $149. It's the one I use.
Quoted from in2kiss:Do the commercial mention what side affects the pinball might trigger too??
Probably suicidal thoughts or actions. Most of these drugs advertised on TV have that listed. The longer eyelash one is especially ridiculous. You can have longer, thicker, more luscious eyelashes, but risk death by suicide for taking the medication to get them.
Quoted from SLAMT1LT:Screencaps from Columbo playing pinball. 2 games to identity here... I have no idea.
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Thanks! Added to the index.
His quote when talking to the killer about the pinball machine is classic Columbo: "...the way I keep steering and pushing and pulling at things, some day the whole sky is gonna light up and it's gonna say 'TILT.' And that's gonna be the end of the road."
Quoted from dirkdiggler:Surprised these haven't been posted yet. Slap Shot
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Already a Slap Shot in the index (from a different scene?).
Quoted from Mathazar:From the S02E02 episode of "Tanked!", a custom fish tank creation reality show that was on Animal Planet from 2011 to 2018. A pinball guy commissioned the Tanked! team to build him a custom "aquarium based pinball machine" for his game room.
Seems like the noise and vibration would be bad for the fish...
Quoted from ImNotNorm:Post #1169 4 years ago.
At least we have the season and episode number now, so definitely a plus. I've updated yours with that.
Quoted from dirkdiggler:When I searched Slap Shot i only saw the Four Square bar scene
There's not multiples of the same show to cover different scenes. One show listing, regardless of how many pinball scenes in that same show.
Quoted from pinball2020:Ghost Wars Season 1, Episode 1 - here are the two machines. One is out of order and tough to figure out. The other, any thoughts from anyone?[quoted image]
Here's a lightened version:
ghost-tv-show-lightened (resized).jpgQuoted from pinball2020:Ghost Wars Season 1, Episode 1 - here are the two machines. One is out of order and tough to figure out. The other, any thoughts from anyone?[quoted image]
One looks like a very slightly changed whitewater. The out of order one I can't tell. Maybe from the color scheme, Flintstones?
On one of the last episodes, it looks like there's another pin to the right of the out of order one.
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Or...maybe they just changed out the pins, because from this angle still only looks like 2...
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EDIT: Yeah, looking at the pictures on the wall and light locations, I think they just swapped in a new pin and moved the out of order one to the left. That operator must have been really dedicated to still be servicing the location while they're being annihilated by ghosts.
Quoted from pinball2020:You guys and girls are really making me watch every single episode of this crap? LOL. The things we do for pinball .
Here is Ghost Wars, Season 1 Episode 4, "The Exorcism of Marcus Moon"
They switched "out of order signs" (EDIT: or as @pinkmonk said - just moved this machine down) and some more details are visible on the machine on the right.
The machine on left has a motorcycle.
The machine on the right is a "Monster Splat" - looks like a retheme.
EDIT: Oh----LOL - PinMonk you were updating your posts while I was watching and adding mine. - Yes, while your town is being annihilated by ghosts it is important to have a good mix of imaginary pinball titles for them to play.
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"Out of Order" one is 1978 Space Riders
Quoted from dirkdiggler:Pin on right definitely says Monster on backglass.
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Pretty sure that's bad retheming for the show, not the actual backglass.
Quoted from Polypin:Figured this had to be mentioned by now in this thread, but search is only showing one other post in a separate thread, from one of my favorite Columbo episodes "The Conspirators", 1978. Now, what game is it? [quoted image]
Use the topic index at the top of any page in this thread, click on keypost summary (which makes the list alphabetical).
Columbo is there, including a couple grabs from this episode.
Quoted from sparky672:Or just use the topic specific search box.
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Less clean way of doing it. If you use the topic index the shows are grouped together without the clutter of the posts that may not be the one you're looking for. Topic Index is the fastest way to see if a show you're looking for is there, especially if there are a lot of hits like American Pickers, etc, where topic search could be much more cluttered to scan.
Search American Pickers using topic search, then compare that to using the Topic Index, sorted by Keypost summary. Night and day difference in terms of finding whether the episode you're considering adding is already there.
Quoted from PinballSouthBay:It was originally a Gottlieb Soccer (1975). Here are better pics. The art department working on the show also made decals for the playfield to hide the soccer theme.
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Wow, that's a pretty heavy retheme just for TV. One of the better ones I've seen. Just completely re-did the backglass.
Quoted from screaminr:I put up one but it wasn't made a key Post
Probably too hard.
Quoted from PSchwisow:Caught this on The Rookie: Feds S1 E18
I don’t see a title on the backglass and it seems odd to have 5 digit scoring like that (with a real 1’s digit). I suspect that’s a fake backglass, but maybe someone recognizes the cabinet?
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Definitely a Bally Expressway. They really didn't change much. Just covered up the name.
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Quoted from Manhattan:What is the purpose of changing backglass for movie/tv show?
I think it's overkill (especially for companies that are LONG GONE), but basically to eliminate any copyright/trademark issues from manufacturers that may not want their named product featured in a certain show or affiliated with certain storylines (serial killer that's a fan of Stern pinball and has pins in his dungeon, etc). Just avoids any after-shooting headaches and legal issues.
Quoted from sparky672:Not only that, but bigger companies usually want to get a license fee if their logo or brand is shown. That's why you're more likely to see real brands/logos in big-budget movie productions (more realism) vs. lower budget TV shows littered with generic products.
Product placement works the opposite way, though. The product maker pays to be in the show. But generic-izing products is way more common.
Quoted from Viggin900:Whats this one?
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If you click on "Mechanic, The" in the topic index at the top of any page in this thread (click "keypost summary" to sort by name), it has the link to the one o-din posted with this shot and pin.
Quoted from naf_llabnip:Not sure if there is a better thread for this or if it has been mentioned before, but I came across this 90s dance music video called "No Limits" that is FULLY all-in on the pinball theme (right down to giant sized pop bumpers on the set):
To me the same group (2 Unlimited) is known for perhaps THE most famous of the 90s "get pumped" sports anthems "Get Ready For This":
Although oddly enough the pinball themed video has 88 MILLION views, so I probably am just out of touch on how popular that song and video were back in the day ... and somehow just came across it 30 years later
Screencap some stills with a pin or pins and add them to your post then I can add it to the index. Outside links to youtube can break later so I don't link posts with just youtube links.
Quoted from Cavaliere:The 2023 Eurovision Song Contest entry of Slovenia showed three pins very prominently in their introductory clip (including close ups from their playfields):
Tales from the Crypt, Fish Tales, and The Getaway.
Slovenia got 21st place (from 26 contestants).
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Pretty catchy song. Seems like it should have finished better than 21st place:
Although I think the live version is actually better:
Quoted from Daditude:Pinball in Antique Archaeology, as seen on the American Pickers TV show:
1935 Bally Golden Harvest
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Do you know what episode this was? The name of the episode or the season?
Quoted from girloveswaffles:I think it may be "Megs Wedding from season 19.
Here's a picture from that episode from IMDB:
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I meant the american pickers one.
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