Video URL


13160_13237_Gold_Pin_Fun_Center
Subjects

1970s
Color

This ‘70s commercial is for the Gold Pin Fun Center, a bowling alley. The Center was located in South Beloit, Illinois, very near the southern border of Wisconsin.

The clip begins with animation: a periscope is held above a sea of people in bathing suits at a beach.

The clip then cuts to a live-action sequence of a man and a woman bowling.

Cuts to another animation: a family eating at a picnic table. The father eats a sandwich, the mother kills bugs with bug spray, and the son swats a bug off his face. A storm with lightening plagues a couple playing tennis.

The voiceover encourages the viewer to visit the Gold Pin Fun Center for a game of bowling, suggesting that bugs and bad weather won't be found at the Fun Center. Just a ol' good time!