The Magnificent Marble Machine

With the death of florence henderson hitting the world today i figured that it s time for this to make it s dailymotion debut.

The magnificent marble machine.

The magnificent marble machine was a game show. 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 magnificent marble machine was an american television game show that featured a giant pinball machine as its centerpiece. It comes as a kit which you have to assemble surprisingly no glue is needed.

Hosted by art james this game show ran july 7 1975 to march 12 1976. Please visit my websites for money making products useful things. The guest on this show are florence of course and roddy mcdowall. The magnificent marble machine is an automaton a moving machine and a marble run all in one.

The kit comes in a box with everything you need to get it working. Created by bob synes. The totally glueless magnificent marble machine is an automaton a moving machine and a marble run all in one. The program premiered on nbc on july 7 1975 at 12 00 pm et replacing the short lived game show blank check.

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. 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. Long ago back when pong was pretty much the only video game on the market pinball games were enjoying a surge in popularity. Two contestants one a returning champion competed each paired with a celebrity partner.

The magnificent marble machine returned on january 19 the same day nbc s own wheel of fortune returned to its half hour format. 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 is the sole surviving episode of the only game show with a giant pinball machine the magnificent marble machine with art james. Art james served as host and johnny gilbert was the announcer.