The Magnificent Marble Machine

Hosted by art james this game show ran july 7 1975 to march 12 1976.

The magnificent marble machine.

Merrill heatter and bob quigley packaged the program with robert noah as executive producer. The magnificent marble machine returned on january 19 the same day nbc s own wheel of fortune returned to its half hour format. One of tv game show s legendary flops a celebrity contestant team answered questions and played a giant pinball game for cash and prizes. The totally glueless magnificent marble machine is an automaton a moving machine and a marble run all in one.

With the death of florence henderson hitting the world today i figured that it s time for this to make it s dailymotion debut. Two contestants one a returning champion. Also popular at the time were game shows so merrill heatter and bob quigley decided to fuse the two and the magnificent marble machine debuted july 7 1975 on nbc the host was art james fresh off the flopped blank check. The magnificent marble machine was an american television game show that featured a giant pinball machine as its centerpiece.

Two contestants one a returning champion competed each paired with a celebrity partner. The magnificent marble machine is an automaton a moving machine and a marble run all in one. Long ago back when pong was pretty much the only video game on the market pinball games were enjoying a surge in popularity. When the series returned however it had modified the rules and changed the format now only celebrities played the game with guests playing for home audience members and a studio audience member playing the bonus.

Push out the pieces from the frame and slot them together by following the instructional poster there is even a video which you can watch if you get a bit stuck. It comes as a kit which you have to assemble surprisingly no glue is needed. Created by bob synes. The guest on this show are florence of course and roddy mcdowall.

It is the sole surviving episode of the only game show with a giant pinball machine the magnificent marble machine with art james. With art james johnny gilbert leslie uggams jamie farr. Please visit my websites for money making products useful things. The kit comes in a box with everything you need to get it working.