Word: wizard
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...firm has installed pins to keep its salesmen on a competitive kick at lunchtime. Celebrated pinball addicts-who do not call themselves pinheads-include Andrea McArdle, star of Annie; Bill Cosby, Ann-Margret, Mike Nichols, Sammy Davis Jr., Elliott Gould and, of course, Elton John, whose role as Pinball Wizard in the 1975 movie Tommy helped in the gilding of the pins. Elton, for whom Bally named its Captain Fantastic game, has four ringer-dingers in each of his two pads, and has given...
...pushers, trace pinball's origins to the bagatelle board mentioned in Dickens' Pickwick Papers. Abe Lincoln was big on bagatelle. The sheiks of Araby are clamoring for the new machines, doubtless to keep their kids out of the casinos; King Hussein of Jordan ordered three Ballys: Wizard, Bow and Arrow, and Ro Go. Pinmania has been exploding throughout Europe, notably in France, Italy and Germany, where the game is ecumenically called Flipper. The passion has even pushed through the jungles of Malaysia, where the machine is battery-powered in unelectrified villages...
...album includes two trashy re-makes of '60s pop songs, "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" and "Pinball Wizard," the latter made for the still trashier film Tommy, itself a pathetic re-working of The Who's rock opera. Elton John's name did nothing for these ghosts from the past except make them sell. The originals were much better. Elton's willingness to perform them only showed that his fire was burning out. "Island Girl," an original, was among the most annoying of AM radio's most played tunes. "Don't Go Breaking My Heart," a vapid, iivv number...
...Wizard or Oz. Contrary to popular belief, this wonderful film is much more than a fantasy for children. Based on the Oz books written around the turn of the century by Populist publicist L. Frank Baum, "The Wizard of Oz" is actually a paean to Rooseveltian progressivism. The Land of Oz, where "we get up at noon, go to work at two we're done, jolly good fun," is actually the world's most advanced welfare state. The lushness of the make-believe countryside, filmed in a beautiful early attempt at color, contrasts starkly with the monochromatic depression reality...
...Wizard of Oz. Follow the yellow brick road to Emerson 105, this Friday and Saturday...