Tucson Pinball Podcast – Episode 80 – Rough Week

Host mourns celebrity deaths and celebrates their pinball legacy.

Synopsis

The host of Tucson A Pinball Podcast 80 reflects on a difficult week marked by the deaths of three celebrities with pinball connections: Dolly Parton, Tim Curry, and Peter Cullen. The episode includes personal anecdotes about acquiring and restoring a Dolly Parton pinball machine, appreciation for Tim Curry's roles in Clue and pinball-themed films (The Shadow, Congo), and discussion of Transformers pinball games in context of Peter Cullen's legacy as Optimus Prime voice actor.

Entities

• Bally· company
• Stern· company
• Williams· company
• Pittsburgh Pinball Dojo· event
• Attack from Mars· game
• Congo· game
• Dolly Parton· game
• Stars· game
• The Shadow· game
• Transformers· game
• Phoenix· location
• Tucson Pinball Podcast· organization
• Dolly Parton· person
• Elizabeth Gieske· person
• Peter Cullen· person
• Tim Curry· person
• Whip· person