Episode 326: Michael Hanley and Shane Jackson
Pinball Profile
38 min
Summary
Pinball Profile visits Maple Pinball in Mississauga to hear Michael Hanley and Shane Jackson's collecting, arcade, and repair history.
Jeff Teolis interviews Michael Hanley and Shane Jackson at Maple Pinball in Mississauga, Ontario, covering Michael's origins as a collector, the history of his former Church of the Silver Ball arcade (opened 1998), repair skills, collecting philosophy, and anecdotes about John Popadiuk's Canadian ties including Easter eggs in Cirqus Voltaire and World Cup Soccer '94. The conversation is informal and digressive, touching on Rush, The Simpsons pinball, and Bally history.
Spent time with two avid pinball collectors in Mississauga, Ontario (west of Toronto). We talked about opening The Church of the Silverball, the Maple Pinball league, TorontoPinballRepair.ca and the story of the original JPop Alice In Wonderland prototype machine.
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