The Magnificent Marble Machine

Two contestants one a returning champion competed each paired with a celebrity partner.

The magnificent marble machine. The totally glueless magnificent marble machine is an automaton a moving machine and a marble run all in one. It is the sole surviving episode of the only game show with a giant pinball machine the magnificent marble machine with art james. 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. 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.

Long ago back when pong was pretty much the only video game on the market pinball games were enjoying a surge in popularity. The magnificent marble machine is an automaton a moving machine and a marble run all in one. Merrill heatter and bob quigley packaged the program with robert noah as executive producer. Two contestants one a returning champion.

The program premiered on nbc on july 7 1975 at 12 00 pm et replacing the short lived game show blank check. Please visit my websites for money making products useful things. Created by bob synes. The magnificent marble machine returned on january 19 the same day nbc s own wheel of fortune returned to its half hour format.

The magnificent marble machine was an american television game show that featured a giant pinball machine as its centerpiece. Hosted by art james this game show ran july 7 1975 to march 12 1976. With art james johnny gilbert leslie uggams jamie farr. It comes as a kit which you have to assemble surprisingly no glue is needed.

Art james served as host and johnny gilbert was the announcer. 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 kit comes in a box with everything you need to get it working. The magnificent marble machine was a game show.