Silverball Chronicles with David and Ron
Episode 36: The Token Roger Sharpe Episode
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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.
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