1964 · Williams
Whoopee
Known for Captive balls, U-turn and Kickers. Swirling multi-colour pinwheel spiral, orange and red scalloped lower banner, red and yellow bunting strip across top and small framed interior scene at top centre showing standing people.
- Year
- 1964
- Maker
- Williams
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Captive ball
Captive balls
- mechanism
U-turn
- kickers
Kickers
On the playfield
Toy 1
- U-turn mechanism
Hole 1
- Kickers kickers
Captive ball 1
- Captive balls
Bumpers 3
- Red pop bumpers
- Green pop bumpers
- Top passive bumper
Target 1
- Lower standup targets
Control 1
- On Bumpers/On Kickers button button
On the backglass
Who and what
- woman Top-left pod, blonde bobbed hair, blue top, arms up, seated in the number 1 pod
- man Top-left pod, dark hair, blue suit jacket and tie, seated beside her
- woman Top-right pod, brown hair, yellow sweater, arms raised, in the number 2 pod
- woman Top-right pod, blonde hair, blue top, in the number 2 pod
- woman Bottom-left pod, blonde hair, pink top, in the number 3 pod
- man Bottom-left pod, red cap and red shirt, in the number 3 pod
Setting
- Swirling multi-colour pinwheel spiral
- Orange and red scalloped lower banner
- Red and yellow bunting strip across top
- Small framed interior scene at top centre showing standing people
Text on it
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 1ST PLAYER
- 2ND PLAYER
- 3RD PLAYER
- 4TH PLAYER
- 1 to 4 Can Play
- AT THE SAME TIME
- INVITE COMPETITION
- FOR MORE FUN
- PLAYERS
- 4 Player
- WHOOPEE
- BALL IN PLAY
How it plays
-
Goals 1
- Target Value
Made by
- Design
- Steve Kordek
Reference
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- red
- yellow
- blue
- green
Fingerprint: 4 Player, four numbered round player pods arranged in ring around central bowl of red and blue balls, each pod holding pair of cartoon spectators, enormous orange banner carrying WHOOPEE in yellow black-outlined capitals with black drop shadow and flanking quotation marks, bright green-and-yellow pinwheel spiral background with radiating wedges
Four numbered round player pods arranged in a ring around a central bowl of red and blue balls, each pod holding a pair of cartoon spectators. The huge orange bottom banner carrying the word 'WHOOPEE' in yellow black-outlined capitals with a black drop shadow, flanked by quotation marks. A bright green-and-yellow pinwheel spiral background with radiating colour wedges. A top-edge strip of red-and-yellow scalloped theatre-style bunting and a framed group of five formally dressed people along the top centre.
Setting
- Swirling multi-colour pinwheel spiral
- Orange and red scalloped lower banner
- Red and yellow bunting strip across top
- Small framed interior scene at top centre showing standing people
Symbols
- Four white circular player pods with scalloped skirts
- Small square number windows inside each pod
- Large arabic numerals 1, 2, 3, 4
- Red and blue balls in a central bowl
- Red and yellow scalloped bunting
- Green and yellow radial pinwheel wedges
- Quotation marks flanking the bottom word
Lettering
- Chunky hand-lettered capitals: red, blue and yellow arabic numerals with white outlines on the pods; curved white capitals with black outline on red or blue arc banners for the player captions; small red serif capitals on cream for the centre instruction panel; the title '4 player' in a slanted red script with white outline; 'whoopee' in large yellow capitals with heavy black outline and drop shadow on an orange ground.
Themes
- Four-player
- Amusement arcade
- Bowling-alley pods
- Talent contest
- Cartoon spectators
- Billiard balls
- Theatre bunting
Title on it
- 4 player
Text on it
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 1ST PLAYER
- 2ND PLAYER
- 3RD PLAYER
- 4TH PLAYER
- 1 to 4 Can Play
- AT THE SAME TIME
- INVITE COMPETITION
- FOR MORE FUN
- PLAYERS
- 4 Player
- WHOOPEE
- BALL IN PLAY
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Top-left pod, blonde bobbed hair, blue top, arms up, seated in the number 1 pod |
| Man | Top-left pod, dark hair, blue suit jacket and tie, seated beside her |
| Woman | Top-right pod, brown hair, yellow sweater, arms raised, in the number 2 pod |
| Woman | Top-right pod, blonde hair, blue top, in the number 2 pod |
| Woman | Bottom-left pod, blonde hair, pink top, in the number 3 pod |
| Man | Bottom-left pod, red cap and red shirt, in the number 3 pod |
| Woman | Bottom-right pod, red hair, green top, in the number 4 pod |
| Woman | Bottom-right pod, blonde hair, blue top, in the number 4 pod |
| Other | Group of five standing figures in a small framed panel at top centre, wearing blue, red, green, orange and blue outfits |
| Other | White bowl heaped with red and blue billiard-style balls in the centre of the glass |
A brightly coloured cartoon backglass for a four-player game, laid out as four separate round 'pods' on a swirling green, yellow, blue and red spiral background. Top left is a white-topped red-based pod marked 1 with a blonde woman in a blue top and a dark-haired man in a blue suit; top right is a blue-based pod marked 2 with a woman in a yellow sweater and a blonde woman in a blue top. Bottom left is a blue-based pod marked 3 with a blonde woman in a pink top and a red-capped man in a red shirt; bottom right is a red-based pod marked 4 with a red-haired woman in a green top and a blonde woman in a blue top. Each pod has four small square number windows and a scalloped white or red skirt, with curved captions '1ST PLAYER' through '4TH PLAYER'. In the centre a white bowl of red and blue balls sits above the word 'PLAYERS'. Above that, a panel reads '1 to 4 Can Play AT THE SAME TIME' over a red banner 'INVITE COMPETITION FOR MORE FUN', and a small framed scene of five standing people runs along the very top. Low centre sits a yellow plaque reading 'WHOOPEE' in black-outlined yellow letters on an orange banner, with a small white 'BALL IN PLAY' window at bottom left.