Made by
- Design
- Ted Zale
Vision analysis
On the playfield
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- cream
- sky blue
- red
- yellow
Fingerprint: Musical duet: Blonde woman in yellow dress playing red acoustic guitar beside smiling man in blue checkered shirt, three pink-capped pop bumpers arranged above couple, white shield insert between flippers reading 50 POINTS, cream apron with retro red-blue-orange atom swirls, sailor guitar motifs, three cream flipper lanes, 1950s comic artwork, primary colours and flat fills
The dominant central artwork is a painted duettist couple - a blonde woman in a yellow dress playing a red acoustic guitar with a man in a blue checkered shirt beside her, both grinning at the viewer. Three pink-capped round pop bumpers arranged in a triangle sit directly above the couple's heads. A white apron shield reading 50 POINTS WHEN LIT sits centrally between the two flippers. The cream lower apron is decorated with retro red/blue/orange atom-style swirls and star outlines, with BALLS PLAYED in large red capitals.
Setting
- Painted outdoor scene with pale blue sky and a horizon line behind the couple
- White/cream playfield with counter-style printed numerals and rings
- Wooden cabinet side rails and chrome ball-guide rail on the left
Symbols
- Acoustic guitar motifs painted on both slingshots
- Star outlines on the apron
- Atom-style triple swirls on the apron
- Counter/target value rings
- Spiral bullseye target at upper right
Notable shapes
- Triangular arrangement of three bumpers
- Central diamond/shield insert
- Large white guitar body spanning the middle of the playfield
- Star outlines on the apron
Art motifs
- Red, blue and orange sweeping swirls
- Circle-and-arrow value indicators
- Black-outlined 1950s comic inking with flat colour fills
Themes
- Musical duettist couple
- Guitar
- Country/pop 1950s
- Love song theme
Text on it
- 10 POINTS
- 10
- WHEN LIT
- 50 POINTS
- 10 WHEN LIT
- 1
- 3
- 30
- 100
- 20
- 50 POINTS WHEN LIT
- FLIPPER
- SEE PATENT NOTICE IN BACK CABINET
- BALLS PLAYED
- 3 REPLAYS for lighting 10 letters in
- 5 BALLS
- BALLS TO OPEN 1st Free-Ball Lane Gate
- 2nd GATE
- 3rd GATE
- Shot for 1000 Points
- of 12000 Points
- of 10000 Points
- MANUFACTURING COMPANY
- ILLINOIS
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Cartoon, short blonde bobbed hair, smiling with visible teeth, sleeveless yellow dress, holding a red acoustic guitar with a black pickguard and round sound hole |
| Man | Cartoon, short blonde/light hair, smiling, blue-and-white checkered short-sleeve shirt, right arm around the woman's shoulder, left hand on the guitar neck |
Full-length view down a 1950s-style pinball playfield behind glass, wooden side rails and a cream apron below. The central artwork is a painted cartoon of a smiling blonde woman in a sleeveless yellow dress holding a red acoustic guitar with a black pickguard, standing beside a smiling man in a blue-and-white checkered shirt who has his arm around her. Three round pop bumpers with pink-and-cream caps reading 10 sit in a triangle at the top, above painted counter-style value targets. Two white flipper bats with blue-outlined FLIPPER lettering sit low and wide, flanking a white apron-shield insert reading 50 POINTS WHEN LIT over a black hole and a 20 at the drain. White-walled slingshots with painted guitars and 10 WHEN LIT circles sit above each flipper. The cream apron carries red, blue and orange swirls, star outlines, BALLS PLAYED in red block letters over a ball trough, and a printed instruction card on the left.
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- red
- yellow
- pink
Fingerprint: HOOTENANNY: blonde woman in deep pink dress on stool strumming acoustic guitar; dark-haired man in red-white checkered shirt playing red electric guitar; dense crowd of laughing teenagers in bright 1950s clothing at right; yellow lozenge score panel; arched red-yellow title
The dominant memory is a grinning country-and-western duo — a blonde woman in a tight pink dress sitting on a stool playing a big acoustic guitar, and a checkered-shirt man with a red hollow-body electric guitar behind her. A crowd of around twenty laughing, apple-cheeked teenagers in bright 1950s clothing presses in from the right, one giant blonde woman's head looming in the bottom-right foreground. Four score reels sit in a yellow lozenge panel to the right, above a scattering of red, green and blue musical notes on a pale blue sky. The title arches across the very top in red-and-yellow block capitals.
Setting
- Pale blue sky with scattered coloured musical notes
- Red-orange wooden stage or bleacher barrier across the lower third
- A five-pointed sparkle glint on the upper right blue field
Symbols
- Acoustic guitar
- Hollow-body electric guitar
- Yellow four-window score reel display
- Scattered quavers and eighth notes in red, green, blue and black
- Red-orange stage barrier
- Wooden stool
- Five-pointed star sparkle
Lettering
- Tall condensed sans-serif block capitals arched across the top, red faces with a yellow-to-orange vertical gradient stripe and a dark maroon outline; a small red cursive script signature in the top-left corner
Themes
- Country and western music
- 1950s rock and roll
- Musical performers
- Teenage dance audience
- Concert stage
Title on it
- Hootenanny
Text on it
- HOOTENANNY
- 6
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Left of centre, blonde shoulder-length wavy hair, gold hoop earring, deep pink-red long-sleeve dress with a plunging v neckline, bare legs crossed, black high-heeled pumps; seated on a blue-grey wooden stool, smiling, both hands on a natural-wood acoustic guitar with a dark pickguard |
| Man | Behind and slightly right of her, short dark slicked-back hair, red-and-white checkered shirt, yellow scarf knotted at the throat; grinning broadly, playing a red hollow-body electric guitar with a white pickguard |
| Woman | Extreme bottom-right foreground, large blonde head with curled hair, red stud earring, green high-neck top, blue-lidded eyes, smiling |
| Man | Bottom-right edge behind her, only part of head and light blue collared shirt visible, red hair, mouth open as if cheering |
| Woman | Crowd, left side: blonde with hair up in a bun, rust-orange top and pale skirt, hands on the barrier |
| Woman | Crowd, left: brunette with short waved hair in a light blue off-shoulder top and blue jeans |
| Woman | Crowd: dark-haired in a red-and-white striped top |
| Woman | Crowd centre: dark bobbed hair in a dark green jumper over a white collar |
| Woman | Crowd right of centre: red-haired in a red jacket over a white-and-blue striped top with a white collar |
| Man | Crowd right: dark-haired in a pale yellow shirt with darker yellow vertical stripes |
| Man | Crowd far right: brown-haired man with a moustache in a red shirt |
| Man | Crowd far right edge: fair-haired man in a bright yellow shirt, mouth open |
| Man | Crowd left edge: two men's faces partly visible, one in a dark jacket, one in a green shirt |
| Man | Crowd behind the barrier centre: several men's faces only, one dark-haired in a dark top, one balding in a red top |
A cartoon-style backglass on a pale sky-blue ground. Across the top, a huge arched title in tall block capitals, red with a yellow-to-orange inner stripe and a dark outline, reads HOOTENANNY, with a small red cursive script signature logo in the extreme top-left corner. Below and left of centre, a smiling blonde woman in a deep pink-red dress and matching high heels sits on a blue-grey wooden stool, legs crossed, strumming a large natural-wood acoustic guitar with a dark soundhole. Behind her a dark-haired man in a red-and-white checkered shirt with a yellow scarf at the neck grins and plays a red hollow-body electric guitar with a cream pickguard. At right, a yellow lozenge-shaped reel window with red trim holds four white reels showing black digits, with small music notes printed on the yellow panel above it; a white number 6 sits to the right. Scattered coloured musical notes decorate the blue field. The lower right is filled with a dense crowd of smiling young men and women in 1950s clothes — yellow, red, green, blue and white tops — leaning over a red-orange stage barrier, with one large blonde woman's head in the extreme foreground.
Backglass
- cyan
- red
- yellow
- white
Fingerprint: Two-piece band of young lovers: blonde woman in tight red dress playing yellow acoustic guitar, dark-haired man in red check shirt holding orange electric guitar, "HOOTENANNY" title in enormous yellow letters with red shadowing, red cursive manufacturer script, yellow scalloped oval with four score reels, disembodied smiling blonde head in green lower right, packed teenage audience.
The most striking feature is the two-piece band of young lovers seated on the left: a blonde woman in a tight red dress playing a yellow acoustic guitar and a dark-haired man in a red check shirt holding an orange electric guitar, drawn in 1960s pop-art style. The title HOOTENANNY arches over them in enormous yellow letters with red shadowing, with a red cursive manufacturer script in the top left corner. A yellow scalloped oval cutout with four mechanical score reels sits mid-right, encircled by hand-drawn eighth notes. A disembodied smiling blonde head in green floats in the lower right corner, and a packed audience of grinning teenagers fills the background. The cabinet is cream with a red-and-white moulded frame, and the glass carries visible reflection glare across the title.
Setting
- Flat cyan blue field
- Scattered floating musical notes
- Crowd of audience figures
- Red stage floor with white diagonal stripes
Symbols
- Musical eighth notes and quavers
- Treble clef
- Acoustic guitar
- Electric guitar
- Music stool
- Four-digit score reel window
- Scalloped oval window surround
Lettering
- Large arched condensed sans-serif capitals in yellow with red drop shadow and black outline, plus a red cursive script wordmark in the upper left
Themes
- Music
- Rock and roll
- Band
- Teenagers
- Dance hall
- Singing contest
Title on it
- Hootenanny
Text on it
- Bally
- HOOTENANNY
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Young blonde woman, shoulder-length waved hair, red short-sleeved dress, red high-heeled shoes, seated on a blue wooden stool, strumming a yellow acoustic guitar, bare legs crossed, smiling |
| Man | Young dark-haired man, tall quiff, red-and-white gingham check shirt, orange trousers, holding a red/orange electric guitar across his chest, standing |
| Woman | Large stylised blonde head in the lower right corner, green top, earrings, open smiling mouth, drawn at head-and-shoulders scale |
| Other | Crowd of roughly a dozen smiling young men and women in bright shirts (green, blue, red, orange, teal) standing shoulder to shoulder as an audience behind the band |
A 1960s-style pinball backglass on a cream/white cabinet, art panel bordered by a red-and-white woodgrain plastic frame. Flat cyan-blue background scattered with floating musical notes, eighth notes, quavers and a treble clef, in red, green, blue and black. Across the top, huge arched block letters read HOOTENANNY in yellow with heavy red drop shadow and black outline, and a red cursive manufacturer script logo sits in the upper left corner. Below the title, a seated young couple performs: a blonde woman in a red dress and red heels strums a yellow acoustic guitar on a blue stool, beside a dark-haired man in a red-and-white check shirt and orange trousers holding an orange electric guitar against his chest. Behind them a large crowd of smiling young people in colourful shirts stand as an audience, and a stylised blonde woman's head in green lurks lower right. A yellow scalloped oval window housing four mechanical score reels occupies the right side, framed by more notes. The style is flat, clean mid-century commercial cartoon illustration with heavy black outlines.