1963 · Williams
Big Daddy
Known for Center drop target, Red pop bumpers and Jet bumpers. Pale blue sky/wall, night city street with dark building fronts, silhouetted row of men in top hats, yellow-lit interior seen through a window and wood-patterned room floor behind the loose panel.
- Year
- 1963
- Maker
- Williams
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 1
Known for
- Drop target
Center drop target
- Bumper
Red pop bumpers
- Bumper
Jet bumpers
On the playfield
Bumpers 3
- Red pop bumpers
- Jet bumpers
- Passive bumpers
Drop target 1
- Center drop target
Lanes 4
- Middle side lanes
- Out lanes
- Top rollover button rollover button
- Bottom rollover button rollover button
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Central stout adult male showman, pale skin, black top hat with dark band, thick black moustache, cigar in mouth, blue tailcoat with pink lapel flower, bright yellow waistcoat, blue-and-white striped tie, white shirt; one yellow-gloved hand holds a cane at waist height; smiling, half-turned left
- woman Left of centre, red/orange low-cut flapper dress, red headband with tall orange and green feathers, dark waved bob, yellow gloves, smiling outward
- woman Green strapless beaded dress with vertical green skirt pleats, tall silver/white plumed headdress, blonde hair, red lipstick, yellow-green long gloves, standing close against the man right side
- woman Behind and right of the man, large grey/silver sculpted hair or feather headpiece, pale face with red lips, orange-red clothing, partly hidden
- woman Right of the man, short pale green/silver hair, pale face, white and green outfit, looking left toward him, partly obscured
- woman Far right foreground, blonde bob with huge pink bow, bright pink bustier dress with blue trim and dotted pink skirt, long yellow gloves, one gloved hand on the man arm, smiling
Setting
- Pale blue sky/wall
- Night city street with dark building fronts
- Silhouetted row of men in top hats
- Yellow-lit interior seen through a window
- Wood-patterned room floor behind the loose panel
Text on it
- BIG DADDY
- Williams
- GIRLS
- DRUGS
- STAGE
- ENTRANCE
- TODAY
- 0
Made by
- Design
- Steve Kordek
Reference
Linked terms
- Red pop bumpers also called Red bumpers
- Jet bumpers also called Yellow bumpers
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- light blue
- red
- yellow
- black
Fingerprint: Fat cigar-chomping showman black top hat bright yellow waistcoat dead centre mobbed harem six flapper girls candy-coloured 1920s dresses, enormous red polka-dot BIG DADDY logo arched pale blue sky, night-time city strip right stacked vertical neon-style signs GIRLS DRUGS STAGE ENTRANCE, cream-white four-digit score panel ringed yellow light bulbs
The most memorable element is the fat, cigar-chomping showman in the black top hat and bright yellow waistcoat, dead centre, being mobbed by a harem of six flapper girls in candy-coloured 1920s dresses. Second is the enormous red polka-dot BIG DADDY logo arched across the pale blue sky. Third is the night-time city strip on the right with stacked vertical neon-style signs reading GIRLS, DRUGS and STAGE ENTRANCE. Fourth is the cream-white four-digit score panel ringed by a row of yellow light bulbs, set high on the left.
Setting
- Pale blue sky/wall
- Night city street with dark building fronts
- Silhouetted row of men in top hats
- Yellow-lit interior seen through a window
- Wood-patterned room floor behind the loose panel
Symbols
- Row of round yellow marquee light bulbs framing the score panel
- Vertical neon-style shop signs
- Yellow light-bulb stud border
- Feathered headpieces
- Cigar
- Cane
- White spear/arrow corner ornaments
- Word poster at lower left
Lettering
- Main title in very large arched red slab capitals, each letter filled with white polka dots and heavy black outline with a yellow drop-shadow edge; supporting wordmark in red flowing script; small sign text in plain condensed sans-serif capitals on coloured panels.
Themes
- Showbusiness
- Flapper 1920s nightlife
- City night signs
- Showman
- Revue stage
Title on it
- Big daddy
Text on it
- BIG DADDY
- Williams
- GIRLS
- DRUGS
- STAGE
- ENTRANCE
- TODAY
- 0
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Central stout adult male showman, pale skin, black top hat with dark band, thick black moustache, cigar in mouth, blue tailcoat with pink lapel flower, bright yellow waistcoat, blue-and-white striped tie, white shirt; one yellow-gloved hand holds a cane at waist height; smiling, half-turned left |
| Woman | Left of centre, red/orange low-cut flapper dress, red headband with tall orange and green feathers, dark waved bob, yellow gloves, smiling outward |
| Woman | Green strapless beaded dress with vertical green skirt pleats, tall silver/white plumed headdress, blonde hair, red lipstick, yellow-green long gloves, standing close against the man right side |
| Woman | Behind and right of the man, large grey/silver sculpted hair or feather headpiece, pale face with red lips, orange-red clothing, partly hidden |
| Woman | Right of the man, short pale green/silver hair, pale face, white and green outfit, looking left toward him, partly obscured |
| Woman | Far right foreground, blonde bob with huge pink bow, bright pink bustier dress with blue trim and dotted pink skirt, long yellow gloves, one gloved hand on the man arm, smiling |
| Woman | Bottom-left poster portrait: blonde woman with red lips in a red dress with a white zigzag collar, printed on a pale blue poster sheet |
| Other | Background row of flat blue silhouetted men in top hats and suits, walking in a line across a yellow-lit interior at left |
A tall, portrait-orientation painted backglass photographed loose, propped on a cabinet in a room with a wood-patterned floor and skirting. The panel is framed by a wide pale blue border with a thin white outer edge and decorative white spear/arrow motifs at the four corners of the inner field. Across the top, in huge chunky red block capitals with white polka dots and a black outline, is the two-word title BIG DADDY, arched slightly. At upper left sits a gold/yellow circle containing a red letter, beside a red cursive signature-style wordmark. Below the title, left of centre, is a wide white rectangular score panel ringed by a border of round yellow marquee bulbs, holding four digit windows; the leftmost is blank white and three show black 0 digits on white. The right third is a night cityscape of dark blue/green building fronts with vertical neon-style signs reading GIRLS, DRUGS and STAGE ENTRANCE in stacked coloured panels. The centre is crowded with flapper-era figures: a stout cigar-smoking man in a black top hat, blue tailcoat, yellow waistcoat and striped tie, holding a cane, hemmed in by about six young women in 1920s party dresses with feathered and beaded headpieces, long gloves and bobbed or waved hair in red, green, pink, silver and blonde. Bottom left is a poster with the word TODAY above a blonde woman portrait.