Todd Tuckey at TNT amusements tried/is trying to get one going( Im not sure if they gave up or not).

It has to be somebody willing to look ridiculous on camera and you have to have some acting ability.

All of those reality shows have some of the worst writers in the world.

Each week's script has to be worse and more outrageous than the last.

The show will add a few actors as "employees" to round out the cast, so that you have the Joker, the Dummy, the Experienced Leader, the Hottie, the Crazy Old Man who's sometimes a genius......

Because us pinheads are weird f'n people!

Art imitates life.Shouldn't be that difficult.

Because they'll edit you to look like a total geek or a jackass. I work close to the TV industry and have at least a dozen friends that have either had their own show, been on a show or are currently one one. NONE of them are happy with how they've been portrayed nor are they any better off today financially then when they entered the project. Some are worse off because of employment sacrifices they made to fit production schedules. In the end, IMHO, not worth it...

Editing?!? We don't need no stinking editing for that!

Just bring back the "Starcade" game show.

With all the fighting and carrying on about JJP vs Stern on this forum maybe the following could be a show -

The Real Houswives of Pinside

Because nobody cares about pinball except us losers on this board...

I gave you a thumbs up, but in all fairness no one cares aboot any of premises on reality &/or gameshows that are going on now. I watched 2 hours of dudes catching crabs for last night for got sakes; and then I watched Deadliest Catch. Why? Because they're on television dummy.

As long as they bring some of the girls from Big Brother, I'll watch.

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You guy's REALLY want the rest of the world in on our hobby?

Literally...the best show on TV. It's so fake I cannot get enough. I mean when you're acting like a real show and you have to give someone a exorcism...that just demands my respect (somehow).

Oakland has a pinball mafia, but my vote would be for the crazy flipper fingers crew. They are a hard core crew. It would make for a lively show, no doubt. Think Jersey Shore Portlandia-style, only more drinking.

It would be cool if we could vote people off the island (here) and on to the show. I'd probably get a vote or two.

All this does remind me of late 90's message boards about wrestling when there were two large companies ducking it out over ratings in the WCW/WWF days. Everyone grows tired of the bickering eventually other than the Internet trolls who thrive in getting reactions from people.

I'm not sure how a reality show would really work with pinball.

You think prices are high now? They would go even higher. Its a well known fact that reality shows based on the buying and selling of good always inflate prices to make it seem more interesting, just look at the times there have been pinball machines on pawn stars, American pickers etc..

Two words; Steve Young.

I think if anyone should have a show it should be the one and olny black_rose !!!!Just sayin

Maybe an online series??

There was one exception to this, Ace Of Cakes on Food Network, but that's because Duff's brother was the one doing the show.

Pimp my pin. The mods used here are over the top. This would be hard to beat.

Oh F_ck no... seriously.

I have way too much respect for our little corner of the world to even consider letting the reality TV snakes in. I can just imagine it now. All the questions from all the idjits in TeeVee land asking me "What's it really like?" and all I can tell them is. No, it's nothing like what you see on the Discovery Channel.

"Television is for retards" - Richard Pryor, after the cancellation of "The Richard Pryor Show" only 4 episodes into the series.

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Or "how much does it cost?". Do we REALLY need to go there?

Spooky Pinball/Ben Heck would be a good show, or Stern Vrs Jersey Jack.

I would love this but hate this at the same time. It would probably turn into a hate-hate relationship quickly.

Hey guys, do me a favor. If a pinball reality show gets started on a decent cable network; please PM me so I can do a buying frenzy before prices go completely nutsy. Every guy with a rusty, rotten, mouse-poop-encrusted-ant-nest-with-flippers in his barn is going to be trying to unload the thing for a fortune.

I don't think we're really looking for "reality show" in the sense that there's scripted crap. I'm thinking more like the format of "dirty jobs" where it shows real guys fixing / modding pins.

That would bring every other joker into this hobby. Games would be impossible to find and all the games would get hacked.

I've heard tons of stories about how scripted an unreal several shows are first hand from the people that appeared on those shows.

Specifically shows like Auction Kings, American Restoration, The Kendra Show.

It's funny when you hear things like the producers asking people to film multiple versions of what they want to get for their item at auction all with different dollar values so the producers and editors can pick the one that makes for the best story, etc.

I was just at Crazy Lous arcade auction in Broomall, PA about a month ago. They had The Food Network Channel there filming the auction. I was bidding on video arcade crap that I didn't want, just to get my face on TV. I knew I was going to get outbid by the actors there, it was part of the act. After the auction was over, I was one of the last people to load out, I saw the camera crew and actors did a few retakes. I have been trying to see when it will air or if it does. Todd Tuckey has been trying hard to get his show going, but he cant find a network that will take it.

I think it would have to be veiled advertising, like most shows are. You could have a show where a guy is trying to build an arcade. Each episode is a different game. 1st part is hunting/buying, 2nd part is restoration, 3rd part is update on arcade or maybe a comparison between the real table and virtual version. At the end, brought to you by The Pinball Arcade... play this table any time you like on any OS you like... yada, yada.

Youtube series would be OK with me.