A Rarely Seen Bally Pinball ELEKTRA - Understanding Pinball series - TNT Amusements

"More than 20 years ago, in 1989" *headdesk* I feel old. Really nicely edited video, was that all in camera? "I had to hit the special", love it. :)
 
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That must mean you've never seen the informercials. Stop whatever the hell you're doing right now, and go find one of Todd's informercials. I'm sure they're floating around all over the place. They are

A. funny
B. Suspensful
C. rediculous
D. frightening
E. nostalgic
F. creepy

I mean I could go on and on. Best stuff ever.
 
yes, back then, there was really no editing software---plus, you lost quite a bit of quality if you went to VHS...Using a hi band 8mm Sony camera, I filmed it exactly the way you see it...if I made a mistake, or chopped off a word, I set the game back up the way it was and went back and redid it...yes there are some mistakes here and there, but I got pretty good at that stop and start button and could pretty much tell when I could start talking once the record button was pushed!
They were all filmed after 11pm...no phones, etc...on a couple simple games like Countdown (posting it tomorrow), it took maybe 2 hours...but Elektra, Spirit and Vektor were 3-4 hours each...
These tapes have sat all these years--pretty much forgetting about them...I bought on EBay a used sony deck for $550 that plugs directly into the computer with a firewire--a luxury none of the analog cameras back then had--this keeps the clarity up there...once I put this on a DVD, they will be MUCH clearer than the YouTube translation.
I am only adding beginning and end titles, and I am able to do a couple minor cuts on a transistion or two to clean it up--and what I am really hoping is that these videos will get FRESH new blood into pinball! I have 55 new subscribers to my channel in 4 days...the first video ROBOWARS posted 1am Monday already is approaching 550 views! Todd
 
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