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Episode 265: Roger Sharpe reflects
PodcastAnalysis updated yesterday1 hr 3 min listen
Happy Father's Day! Roger Sharpe talks about being a dad, early memories, plus great stories of his best-friend, Steve Epstein.
Highlights
- Roger lost his father when he was 13 years old
- Roger's stepfather (Papa Paul) was a major positive influence in his life
- Roger began his writing career at Gentleman's Quarterly magazine
- Steve Epstein was instrumental in creating the Silver Ball Cafe concept with Roger
- The Century Club required 50 years in the pinball industry as initial membership criterion, later relaxed to 25 years
- Steve Epstein headed the Century Club for approximately the last two or three years before it fell apart
- Roger and Ellen met on November 14th and married on the same date
- Roger's son Zachary and son Joshua's wedding anniversaries fall on the birthdays of Roger's parents
Notable quotes
“Every day is Father's Day with our great kids.”
“If you are blessed to still have your father, whatever your relationship has been, good, maybe not so good. Tomorrow is a day to really celebrate that time with that person.”
“He was my brother from another mother. We just kind of blended and hit it off instantaneously.”
“Scottie Pippen really needed Michael Jordan. The two of them together were blessed to be a force that was unshakable. And I think that you know with Steve and I it was much the same.”
“I said no. He looked at me, stunned, and I said, nope, you're too good for her.”
Entities
- Gentleman's Quarterly· company
- Playmeter magazine· company
- Pinball Wizards· event
- Broadway Bar and Arcade· game|venue
- Century Club· organization
- IFPA· organization
- Al Simon· person
- Dale Epstein· person
- Dave Epstein· person
- Ellen Sharpe· person
- Erica· person
- Jeff Lee· person
- Josh Sharpe· person
- Lionel Martinez· person
- Papa Paul· person
- Roger Sharpe· person
- Steve Epstein· person
- Steve Kordek· person
- Zach Sharpe· person
- Silver Ball Cafe· product
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