1973 · Chicago Coin
Hee Haw
Known for Feature Wheel, Carom spinner, Center standup 3-bank and Ball Saver. Western main street with painted clapboard building facades, top band of pastel blue, pink and green storefronts with shuttered windows, wooden plank floor across the lower third and small framed picture of a woman in orange hanging high at top right.
- Year
- 1973
- Maker
- Chicago Coin
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 4
Known for
- wheel
Feature Wheel
- disk
Carom spinner
- Target
Center standup 3-bank
- post
Ball Saver
On the playfield
- cream
- orange
- red
- blue
- 2 flippers
- 3 pop bumpers
- 1 spinner
- 2 slingshots
Toys 2
- Feature Wheel wheel
- Carom spinner disk
Bumpers 2
- Red Bumper
- Blue Bumper
Target 1
- Center standup 3-bank
Kickback 1
- Left out lane kickback
Lane 1
- Upper side lanes
Post or gate 1
- Ball Saver post
Control 1
- Down Ball Saver buttons buttons
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Central grinning cowboy, wide white hat, red-and-white gingham shirt, pink neckerchief, strumming a black semi-hollow electric guitar, eyes closed in a broad toothy grin
- man Elderly man at left behind the guitar, long flowing white hair and full white beard, red plaid shirt, leaning forward and looking out at the player
- man Foreground dancer seen from behind, short brown hair, maroon shirt with a plaid elbow patch and a fishnet sleeve, one arm flung outward
- woman Foreground blonde woman, curly hair, head thrown back laughing, green top with a pink ruffled collar, pink patterned skirt and black fishnet stockings, being dipped by her partner
- woman Small figure in orange visible inside the framed picture at top right of the backglass
Setting
- Western main street with painted clapboard building facades
- Top band of pastel blue, pink and green storefronts with shuttered windows
- Wooden plank floor across the lower third
- Small framed picture of a woman in orange hanging high at top right
Text on it
- 1ST PLAYER
- 2ND PLAYER
- 3RD PLAYER
- 4TH PLAYER
- Chicago Coin's
- HEE HAW
- PLAYERS
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- BALL IN PLAY
How it plays
-
Awards 2
- Lites All Bumpers
- Advance Bonus
Made by
- Design
- John Gore
- Art
- Christian Marche
Reference
Linked terms
- Feature Wheel also called Stop Feature Wheel
- Ball Saver also called Center post
- Red Bumper also called Lites Red Bumper
- Blue Bumper also called Lites Blue Bumper
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- cream
- orange
- red
- blue
Fingerprint: Cartoon couple sprinting toward large dark red and brown wheel at center, small blue toy train on wire directly below them, orange ADVANCE BONUS arrow panel with 1000 ball insert, three starburst pop bumpers reading 100–1000–100 WHEN LIT
A cartoon couple sprinting towards each other across the middle of the playfield around a large dark red and brown wheel, with a small blue toy train on a wire directly below them. A bright orange arrow-shaped ADVANCE BONUS panel carrying a 1000 ball insert and a 1000 to 5000 bonus score row sits dead centre. Three starburst pop bumpers in a row with a 100 / 1000 / 100 WHEN LIT pattern and a plain cream wood-grain background give it a 1960s single-level look.
Setting
- Cream wood-grain playfield surface
- Curved top arch with painted cartoon scenery
- Orange border band around the lower apron
- Cabinet interior and metal ball guide visible at the edges
Symbols
- Red starburst ball inserts
- Blue five-pointed stars
- Round red ball inserts
- Yellow triangular arrows
- Circular stop feature wheel medallions with skull-like faces
Notable shapes
- Large green-rimmed feature wheel disc in the centre of the lower playfield
- A large dark brown and red segmented disc at upper centre
- An orange arrow-shaped bonus panel
- A blue inverted-triangle ball saver panel
- A red five-pointed star insert at bottom centre
- Small triangular side inlane panels flanking the lower playfield
Art motifs
- Starbursts
- Chasing figures
- Circular segmented wheels
- Triangular playfield panels
Themes
- Carnival or midway shooting gallery
- Feature wheel bonus
- Toy train
- Comical chase scene
Text on it
- 100 WHEN LIT
- 1000 WHEN LIT
- STOP FEATURE WHEEL
- ADVANCE BONUS
- BONUS SCORE
- 1000
- 2000
- 3000
- 4000
- 5000
- FEATURE WHEEL
- LITES ALL BUMPER
- LITES SPELL BUMPER
- ADVANCE
- OPEN
- BALL ROLLOVER
- BALL SAVER
- DOWN BALL SAVER
- UP WHEN LIT
- ROLL OVER
- REPLAY WHEN ROLLED OVER
- FLIPPER BUTT
- PER BUTTON
- HEE HAW
- N AND WAIT FOR MACHINE TO
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Cartoon red-haired woman, white skin, short green top, red skirt with white trim, red shoes, mid-stride with arms outstretched, left of centre |
| Man | Cartoon man with dark hair and black sunglasses, leopard-print open shirt, blue jeans, brown shoes, legs splayed mid-stride, right of centre |
| Vehicle | Small blue, green and yellow toy locomotive with a smokestack on a horizontal wire across the centre |
| Other | Multiple small cartoon men in blue or orange work clothes and caps around the side inlanes and lower triangular panels |
| Other | Large dark brown disc with red and white segments at upper centre, a painted wheel or turntable |
A cream and tan wooden-looking playfield photographed from above inside a cabinet, edged with a bright orange border band and a curved top arch. Three pop bumpers in a row across the top read 100 WHEN LIT, 1000 WHEN LIT and 100 WHEN LIT, drawn as white starbursts with red or blue radiating points. Below them a painted cartoon scene shows a running red-haired woman in a short green top and red skirt on the left and a man in a leopard-print shirt, blue jeans and dark sunglasses on the right, both lunging towards a large dark brown and red circular disc at centre. A small blue and green toy train with a yellow funnel sits on a wire in the middle. Two green triangular panels read STOP FEATURE WHEEL either side. An orange arrow-shaped bonus panel below carries a red ball insert, ADVANCE BONUS twice, 1000, and a BONUS SCORE row of 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000. Lower down is a large green-rimmed FEATURE WHEEL with segments LITES ALL BUMPER, LITES SPELL BUMPER, ADVANCE and OPEN, flanked by DOWN BALL SAVER round inserts, blue star shapes and small cartoon men. A blue inverted triangle reads BALL SAVER / UP WHEN LIT above a red starburst insert. Two white rubber flippers and cream slingshots sit at the bottom with a red star-shaped kicker hole. Scratches, reflections and a metal ball guide are visible.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- red
- blue
- tan
- green
Fingerprint: Hee Haw: grinning cowboy in white hat and red gingham shirt playing black guitar dead centre beneath score reels, elderly white-bearded man behind his shoulder, blonde woman in green top and pink skirt being swung by dark-haired man in maroon shirt, Western main street setting.
The single most memorable element is the grinning cowboy in a white hat and red gingham shirt playing a black guitar, dead centre beneath the score reels. Close behind him an elderly white-bearded man with a huge flowing beard adds a second, older face to the Western theme. The lower half is a laughing blonde woman in a green top and fishnet stockings being swung around by a dark-haired man in a maroon shirt, their red and pink garments sweeping across the bottom. The title sits low right in huge block capitals under a small red script line.
Setting
- Western main street with painted clapboard building facades
- Top band of pastel blue, pink and green storefronts with shuttered windows
- Wooden plank floor across the lower third
- Small framed picture of a woman in orange hanging high at top right
Symbols
- Semi-hollow electric guitar
- Five-window mechanical score reels
- Player-selection lamp strip numbered 1 to 4
- Framed portrait on the back wall
- Wooden floorboards
- Building shutters and windows
Lettering
- Hand-painted cartoon lettering; player labels in compact white sans-serif capitals on black banner shapes; title in very large fat angular block capitals, red h letters with pale yellow-green infill and dark outline, stacked on two lines, under a small red cursive script line
Themes
- Country and western
- Hillbilly caricature
- Music
- Dancing couple
- Dance hall
Title on it
- Hee haw
Text on it
- 1ST PLAYER
- 2ND PLAYER
- 3RD PLAYER
- 4TH PLAYER
- Chicago Coin's
- HEE HAW
- PLAYERS
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- BALL IN PLAY
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Central grinning cowboy, wide white hat, red-and-white gingham shirt, pink neckerchief, strumming a black semi-hollow electric guitar, eyes closed in a broad toothy grin |
| Man | Elderly man at left behind the guitar, long flowing white hair and full white beard, red plaid shirt, leaning forward and looking out at the player |
| Man | Foreground dancer seen from behind, short brown hair, maroon shirt with a plaid elbow patch and a fishnet sleeve, one arm flung outward |
| Woman | Foreground blonde woman, curly hair, head thrown back laughing, green top with a pink ruffled collar, pink patterned skirt and black fishnet stockings, being dipped by her partner |
| Woman | Small figure in orange visible inside the framed picture at top right of the backglass |
A wide, letterboxed painted backglass in a bold flat-colour cartoon style, framed by a cream/tan border. The composition is set on a Western main street: pastel blue, pink, green and orange clapboard building facades with shuttered windows fill the top band, and a small framed picture of a woman in orange hangs high at top right. Four black banner labels with white lettering — 1ST PLAYER, 2ND PLAYER, 3RD PLAYER, 4TH PLAYER — each sit above a five-window mechanical score reel showing 00000, arranged as an upper pair and a lower pair. In the centre a grinning white-hatted cowboy in a red-and-white gingham shirt strums a black semi-hollow guitar; behind his left shoulder an elderly white-bearded man in red plaid peers forward. The lower half is dominated by a dancing young couple seen from behind: a brown-haired man in a maroon shirt with a plaid elbow patch and mesh sleeve, and a blonde woman in a green top with a pink ruffled collar, laughing with her head thrown back, her pink skirt and fishnet stockings sweeping right. At lower left a vertical lamp strip reads 1 2 3 4 and PLAYERS. Lower right carries the title.