Made by
- Design
- Wayne Neyens
- Art
- Roy Parker
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- red
- yellow
- blue
- white
Fingerprint: Laughing red-bearded Elizabethan man in yellow puffed doublet and red hose gripping long red-handled sword, FALSTAFF curved above red dome with two small faces peeking over rim, four gold-arrowed score panels flanking (1–4 PLAYER), two period-dress women in flowered hats at bottom corners, painted mid-century cartoon style
The centre figure dominates: a huge laughing, red-bearded jester-like Elizabethan man in a bright yellow puffed doublet, holding a long red-handled sword diagonally across his body, his mouth wide open. Beneath him the curved FALSTAFF logo sits on a red dome from which two tiny faces peek over the rim. Four big numbered score panels with reel windows and gold arrows fill the flanks, and two bonneted women in period dress smile up from the bottom corners. The arc slogan LAUGH AND THE WORLD LAUGHS WITH YOU runs under the logo.
Setting
- Pale blue sky with soft white clouds
- Flat painted gradient sky behind the score panels
Symbols
- Four gold arrows pointing inward at each score panel
- Long diagonal sword or staff
- Red globe or dome
- Buckled belt
- Player's ball indicator windows
- Reel score windows
Lettering
- Big cream block serif capitals with heavy black drop shadow for the main logo; white condensed capitals on red ribbon banners for the player labels; red script for the company name; small red sans-serif capitals on cream signboards
Themes
- Comedy
- Elizabethan
- Medieval
- Team play
- Literary character
Title on it
- Falstaff
Text on it
- Amusement Pinball
- D. Gottlieb & Co.
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 1ST PLAYER
- 2ND PLAYER
- 3RD PLAYER
- 4TH PLAYER
- 123 OR 4
- CAN PLAY
- AT THE SAME TIME
- CHOOSE WINNERS
- FOR TEAM PLAY
- IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE!
- A GAME OF SKILL
- Gottlieb's
- FALSTAFF
- LAUGH AND THE WORLD LAUGHS WITH YOU
- BALL in PLAY
- PLAYERS
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Centre: large laughing red-bearded man with curly hair, white ruff collar, bright yellow puffed doublet with vertical seams, red trunk hose, wide brown belt with big square brass buckle, red cap behind head, mouth wide open laughing, gripping a long red-handled sword or staff held diagonally across his body, head tilted back |
| Woman | Bottom left corner: smiling blonde woman with short waved hair, small flowered hat or headband, bare shoulders and a dark strap over one shoulder, looking up towards the centre |
| Woman | Bottom right corner: smiling auburn/red-haired woman with a small decorated hat, wearing a necklace of beads and a low-cut dress, looking up towards the centre |
| Other | Two small cartoon faces with wide eyes peeking over the rim of the red dome at bottom centre, only heads visible |
Painted backglass in a mid-century cartoon style, set in a metal channel frame. Four rounded maroon-red score panels with cream and green inserts stack two-by-two across the flanks, each headed by a big numeral (1-4) over a gold arrow and a row of reel windows; beneath sit red ribbons reading 1ST to 4TH PLAYER. Centre stage: a laughing red-bearded man in a white ruff and puffed yellow doublet, red hose and wide buckled belt, gripping a long red-handled sword diagonally. Two smiling period-dress women in flowered hats occupy the bottom corners, blonde left and auburn right, beside cream signboards. A red dome at bottom centre shows two small faces peeking over its rim, carrying the curved FALSTAFF logo, the script Gottlieb's and the arc slogan LAUGH AND THE WORLD LAUGHS WITH YOU. A yellow strip runs along the bottom over a pale blue cloudy sky.