1968 · Williams
Ding Dong / Smarty
Schoolyard with grass, pale blue sky with clouds, distant green trees, purple-roofed schoolhouse with bell tower, red brick wall along the bottom left, green lamp post and small roadside sign at the left edge.
- Year
- 1968
- Maker
- Williams
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 1
2 games under this title
-
Ding Dong 1968 -
Smarty 1968
Made by
- Design
- Norm Clark
- Art
- Christian Marche
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass Ding Dong
- red
- blue
- green
- white
Fingerprint: DING DONG title twice in different registers, red-haired girl in blue pinafore reading on grass foreground, purple-roofed schoolhouse with yellow bell, green bicycle and schoolyard children, Williams logo, bright primary colours on flat cartoon shapes
The title is repeated twice in different registers: once as big slanted red capitals over a white starburst, and again spelled out one letter per window across the four upper windows of the purple-roofed schoolhouse. A red-haired girl in a blue pinafore lies full-length on the grass in the immediate foreground, reading, larger than any other figure. The school bell in the little purple cupola is the only yellow object high in the frame. A green bicycle lies on its side in the middle of a knot of children, and a red-and-black striped shirt reads as the strongest colour accent in the crowd.
Setting
- Schoolyard with grass
- Pale blue sky with clouds
- Distant green trees
- Purple-roofed schoolhouse with bell tower
- Red brick wall along the bottom left
- Green lamp post
- Small roadside sign at the left edge
Symbols
- White jagged starburst behind the title
- Yellow bell in a cupola
- Green bicycle
- Red ball
- Books
- Lettered window panels
Lettering
- Large slanted red block capitals with heavy black drop shadow for the main title; a second instance in small black capitals on white window panels; a cursive script wordmark top left
Themes
- Schoolyard
- Children playing
- Bicycle
- Schoolhouse
- School bell
- Cartoon
- Outdoors
Title on it
- Ding dong
Text on it
- DING DONG
- Williams
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Child | Red-haired girl in a blue pinafore dress lying on her stomach on the grass in the foreground, holding a book, looking up |
| Child | Boy in a red-and-black horizontal striped shirt leaning over the fallen bicycle, centre |
| Child | Boy in a green jacket and dark trousers crouching beside the bicycle wheel |
| Child | Boy in a purple-and-white striped t-shirt and blue shorts standing with arms akimbo, centre |
| Child | Girl in a red-and-white sailor-style dress with striped stockings, running to the right |
| Child | Boy in a blue shirt at the left holding a red ball |
| Child | Small child in an orange smock standing at the right side |
| Child | Boy in a red cap and light shirt at the right edge |
| Child | Small seated figure on the grass in the middle distance |
| Child | Further small figure in red on the grass at the right middle distance |
A painted cartoon backglass set in a schoolyard. Across the upper left, the title DING DONG is lettered in large slanted red block capitals with heavy black shadowing and a white jagged starburst backing, set against a pale blue sky with clouds and distant green trees. A small cursive brand script sits at the very top left. On the right stands a purple-roofed schoolhouse with a dark bell tower cupola housing a yellow bell; the school's four upper windows are lettered panel by panel to spell the title again. A green lamp post and a small roadside sign on the left border the yard. The middle and lower half is crowded with about a dozen cartoon schoolchildren in bright reds, blues, greens and stripes: a red-haired girl in a blue pinafore lies on the grass in the foreground reading; a boy in a red-and-black striped shirt and another in a green jacket cluster around a green bicycle tipped on its side; a boy in a purple-striped tee stands arms akimbo; a girl in a red-and-white sailor dress and striped stockings runs to the right; a smaller child in an orange smock and a boy in a red cap stand near the right edge; a boy in a blue shirt holds a red ball at the far left; two tiny figures sit further back on the grass. A red brick wall runs along the bottom left. Colours are bright primaries on flat comic-cartoon shapes with black outlines. The piece is photographed in its cabinet, glass slightly reflective, with a metal lock bar across the lower edge.
Backglass Smarty
- yellow
- red
- blue
- purple
Fingerprint: Crowd of primary-school children sprawled and squabbling across flat yellow schoolyard in chunky Saturday-morning cartoon style, enormous red script word SMARTY arched across upper left with white highlights over spiky white starburst, magenta schoolhouse with yellow bell in steeple and big white digit 3 in lower window panel, flanked by two tall dark-green cypress trees
A crowd of primary-school children sprawled and squabbling across a flat yellow schoolyard, drawn in a chunky Saturday-morning cartoon style. The most memorable element is the enormous red script word SMARTY, arched across the upper left with white highlights over a spiky white starburst. Second is the magenta schoolhouse with its yellow bell in the steeple and a big white digit 3 in one of its lower window panels, flanked by two tall dark-green cypress trees. Third, the striped smocks and satchels of the children, including a child in a green cap seen from behind, centre-bottom.
Setting
- Schoolyard
- Schoolhouse with bell tower
- Pale blue sky
- Red brick wall
- Cypress trees
- Playground ground
Symbols
- Schoolhouse bell in steeple
- Yellow flag on flagpole
- White digit 3 in window
- Red brick wall
- Cypress trees
- Children's building blocks at bottom right
Lettering
- Very large curved red brush script capitals with white highlights and soft shadow, arched across the upper left on a white starburst; small green script signature below the cropped top-left tab
Themes
- School
- Children
- Schoolyard
- Classmates
- Punishment
- Comedy
Title on it
- Smarty
Text on it
- SMARTY
- AILS TO PLAY
- Williams
- 3
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Child | Girl at far left in a pale blue dress, auburn bobbed hair, seated on the ground, turned right |
| Child | Red-haired boy left of centre in a red-and-green horizontally striped top, crouching low |
| Child | Blonde child at centre in a purple-and-white striped shirt, one arm thrown upwards, mouth open |
| Child | Small child centre-bottom seen from behind, green cap, green-and-yellow striped outfit, carrying a red satchel |
| Child | Auburn-haired girl right of centre in a red dress, seated with legs out |
| Child | Child in white and pale blue leaning forward on hands near the right of centre |
| Child | Child at the right edge in a red-and-white outfit, crouching |
| Child | Small child in a dark suit with red tie standing in the left background by the wall |
| Child | Small child in red at the far left background near the wall |
| Child | Small child in blue and orange at the far right background in front of the schoolhouse |
A painted cartoon backglass of a schoolyard scene under a pale blue sky. Dominant yellow-green ground fills the lower two thirds, with a red brick wall running along the bottom left edge. Across the middle, about eight primary-school children sit, crouch and lie scattered on the ground in bright smocks: a girl in a pale blue dress with auburn hair at far left, a red-haired boy in a red-and-green striped top, a blonde child in a purple-and-white striped shirt with one arm flung up, a small child in a green cap and green-and-yellow striped outfit with a red satchel facing away, an auburn-haired girl in a red dress seated right of centre, a child in white and pale blue leaning forward, and a child in red-and-white crouching at the right edge. Two smaller children in dark and red clothing stand near the wall behind them. At the upper right stands a magenta-purple schoolhouse with white-framed windows, a steeple housing a yellow bell, a small yellow flag, and tall dark green cypress trees behind it. The huge word SMARTY is lettered in curved red script with white highlights on a white burst background at upper left. A cropped dark-green tab at the very top left reads AILS TO PLAY, with a green script signature Williams beneath it.