Silverball Chronicles with David and Ron
Episode 36: The Token Roger Sharpe Episode
Want to Support the Show? Visit Our Patreon at www.patreon.com/silverballchronicles or pick up a tee shirt at
https://silverballswag.com/collections/silverball-chronicles
Topic Begins at 7:03
We’ve fought long and hard to avoid giving Roger Sharpe yet another ego-building podcast to spin his narrative and propaganda… but, here we are. Roger wrote about pinball. Played pinball. Promoted and evangelized pinball. Roger has been involved in the birth of tournaments, the second rise of licensing, and mainstream journalism. He also has had a great film based on him and his relationship with his wife Ellen.
Join us as we talk about Roger's beginning, looking to buy a pinball machine, a thing that happened in a Court Room in the late 1970s, his pinball designs, the birth of tournament pinball, and his friendship with Steve Epstein.
Sources:
TopCast Episode – 17 – Roger Sharpe
Teolis, Jeff. Pinball Profile. Here
Barracora Inspiration. Li I, 1974 by Swiss artist H.R. Giger. Here and Here
Pinball Magazine. 12-Aug-2015. Interview: Roger Sharpe. Here.
Pinball News.19-Jun-2020. Steve Epstein Dies. Here.
Shalhoub, Michael. The Pinball Compendium.
Internet Pinball Database. IPDB.org Joe Balcer Game List. Here.
YouTube. Modern Pinball NYC Closing. Here.
YouTube. Broadway Arcade Commercial. Here.
Pinball Party Podcast Ep 8: Years Ago
The Pinball Show Ep 114: I’m Confused, But Is It Really The Drugs?
Free Play Pinball Podcast Ep 18.5: The Calm Before The Storm
The Aussie Pinball Podcast Ep 10: Tony Turner
Pinball Party Podcast Ep 7: Dreams
Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Ep 24: We Are ALL IN On Galatic Tank Force
Final Round Pinball Podcast Ep 61: License To Tilt
Pinball Party Podcast Ep 6: Electric Nudge Bat
The Pinball Show Ep 113: The Big James Bond 007 Episode
Pinball Party Ep 5: The Pinball Party Network
The Pinball Show: Top Stories - September 19, 2022
Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Ep 23: LIVE From ClePin
The Pinball Show Ep 112: Shaken Soon
Final Round Pinball Podcast Ep 60: Royalty
Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Ep 22: Travis Is Seeing Things He Shouldn’t
The Pinball Tapes Ep 5: Stars (Masterclass)
Silverball Chronicles Ep 25: Playing Catch Up: Gottlieb System 80
The Aussie Pinball Podcast Ep 9: Chris Slevin
The Pinball Show Ep 111: Bridging The Pinball Gaps
The Pinball Show Ep 110: The Better Half
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Kaneda’s Pinball Podcast
LoserKid Pinball Podcast
That Don‘t Sound Right
Adeptus Ridiculous
Gun Talk