For Amusement Only EM and Bingo Pinball Podcast
Detailing EM and Bingo pinball features, gameplay, and repair techniques.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 20 minutes
- Episodes
- 478
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
Episode 118 - Cleaning the Bottom Board
Cleaning the bottom board in an EM machine is important, for any machine that has components mounted on a board beneath the playfield.
This would include most any flipper game made in the 60s+.
00:11:28 |
Mon 06 Jul 2015
Episode 117 - Interview with Molly Baldridge 7-2-15
Molly is my wife, and I finally talk with her about her thoughts on pinball in general, her favorite machines, and bingos.
Molly holds the high score for Twinky, one of the toughest, fastest, most di…
00:23:41 |
Sun 05 Jul 2015
Episode 116 - Interview with Jay Stafford 06-28-15
Jay Stafford is one of the key members of the IPDB, who helps to accrue images and documentation on pinball machines to post for reference.
The IPDB site provides an invaluable service to the collect…
00:11:21 |
Sun 05 Jul 2015
Episode 115 - Interview with Danny Leach 6-26-15
Danny runs the bingo history website located at http://danny.cdyn.com
Danny has been collecting and archiving stories and history on all the bingo machines - Bally, United, and the solid states from …
00:47:59 |
Sat 04 Jul 2015
Episode 114 - Clear Coating Playfields
My thoughts on clear coating playfields - I'm not a huge proponent, which I know is an unpopular stance.
Hear me out, though: ball travel is all important in any flipper game. Knowing how the ball …
00:06:29 |
Fri 03 Jul 2015
Episode 113 - Miss America Tutorial
Ryan Claytor made his way to the Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas, and wanted to try his first bingo.
He contacted me for a brief tutorial on the game.
In this case, it was one of the many Miss Am…
00:14:00 |
Thu 02 Jul 2015
Episode 112 - Interview with Don Walton 6-24-15
Don is one of the hosts of The Pinball Podcast (www.thepinballpodcast.com).
He recently attended the Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdown and found the elusive Scoregasm Master.
Topics range from Scoreg…
00:59:13 |
Wed 01 Jul 2015
Episode 111 - Gottlieb 1960 Dancing Dolls
Dancing Dolls was a game produced by Gottlieb in 1960. It is a woodrail, has lighted scoring, and has a unique backglass animation.
Beyond the cool animation, the game has multiple pop bumpers, slin…
00:05:29 |
Tue 30 Jun 2015
Episode 110 - Interview with Brent Amrhein 6-21-15
Brent Amrhein is a friend of mine, younger than me, and I have successfully convinced him to play as much pinball as possible.
Based in Atlanta, he went to the Southern Fried Gameroom Expo, and I ask…
00:45:11 |
Mon 29 Jun 2015
Episode 109 - Coil Tech
Need to know how to take basic care of your coils, listen here!
If you need to replace a coil - contact the Pinball Resource or John's Jukes to get the appropriate replacement.
They both carry variou…
00:13:51 |
Sun 28 Jun 2015
Episode 108 - Mini - Lonnie Irving Pinball Machine
Short one tonight - a bit of feedback had me check out a song available on Youtube - Lonnie Irving's 1960 song Pinball Machine discusses the evils of bingo pinball playing.
00:03:01 |
Sat 27 Jun 2015
Episode 107 - Broken Switch Replacement
Replacing a broken switch is something that you'll have to do sooner or later. It's relatively simple, but keep track of the spacers and the order in case you have to reassemble from scratch.
00:10:14 |
Fri 26 Jun 2015
Episode 106 - Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdown Report and Feedback
Phil Bogema attended the Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdown earlier this month, and he reports on some of the games he played and enjoyed, and the overall EM availability.
He also responded to my show o…
00:07:10 |
Thu 25 Jun 2015
Episode 105 - 1947 Chicago Coin Gold Ball
Here's an interesting game: Chicago Coin, a manufacturer with a terrible reputation (that I have not been able to fathom), created this game that automatically sensed a special 'golden ball' for doub…
00:06:20 |
Wed 24 Jun 2015
Episode 104 - 1947 Exhibit Treasure Chest
1947 was an interesting year for innovation in pinball. America was out of World War II, manufacturing was brought back to bear on amusement devices.
Exhibit came out with an interesting game called …
00:07:51 |
Tue 23 Jun 2015
Episode 103 - 1975 Wiliams Satin Doll
I worked on a Satin Doll the other day, which is a 2 player EM, built in 1975.
I've never played one previously, and had never thought much of the layout. Once I saw the way the ball interacted with…
00:10:57 |
Mon 22 Jun 2015
Episode 102 - Interview with Robert Medl 6-11-15
I interviewed Robert Medl, a bingo collector and enthusiast who has just purchased many machines.
Robert discusses his first experience and purchase, his current lineup, and some of the games in his …
00:58:48 |
Sun 21 Jun 2015
Episode 101 - Ball Troughs
Bally Bingo ball troughs are some of the best designed pinball mechanics ever produced. Working on a bingo, then switching to a modern solid state with trough issues always irks me.
Bingo ball tro…
00:11:12 |
Sat 20 Jun 2015
Episode 100 - Interview with Ryan Claytor 5-25-15
Ryan Claytor, pinball illustrator extraordinaire comes on to talk about his EM resurrection project - a two player Williams called Swinger. Those who may be afraid of working on an EM should listen …
00:41:21 |
Thu 18 Jun 2015
Episode 99 - The Roto Feature
The roto feature enabled the player to spin the innermost circle of numbers on a bingo card. This was only used by United, and used on three games between 1955 and 1956, never to be seen again.
00:07:18 |
Thu 18 Jun 2015
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