Podcast appearances and mentions of greg freres

Enjoy this special re-broadcast of Episode 38 of The Super Awesome Pinball Show.  Join Christopher Franchi, Christian Line and Jeff Parsons for our 2022 Halloween Spooktacular, featuring Elvira herself, Miss Cassandra Peterson and legendary Elvira pinball artist Greg Freres.  This episode was a great reminder as to why Super Awesome was the crown jewel of pinball podcasts.

We're joined again on the show by Greg Freres whom we spoke to in the last episode, about the legendary Bally Art Department of the early solid state era.  But in this episode we focus our discussions on his ascension to head of the art department at Williams/Bally after the 1988 merger,  guiding them through their wild 1990s pinball renaissance until they closed their doors in 1999.After about a decade in between of working in videogames and freelancing, he returned to pinball as the new art director at Stern, and quickly ushered in their own golden era of pinball with a return to hand illustrated art packages for their games.Greg just retired after 40+ years in the pinball industry, and we had a blast talking to him again.  But we are all adults here so...sometimes our language gets a little bit spicy.

In this episode, Alan and Alex are joined on the show by long time pinball artist Greg Freres, and they discuss Greg's time working in the late 1970s and early 1980s art department at Bally, a truly remarkable time period for pinball art.Greg tells us all about the different processes that revolutionized the industry, working under art director Paul Faris, and the fraternity bond that he shared with Paul, Kevin O'Connor, Margaret Hudsen, Dave Christensen, Tony Ramunni, and Pat McMahon.Greg tells us some great stories from the absolute peak of Bally pinball, and how this rogue's gallery of young artists came in and completely changed the game with their bold and risque illustrative style.Here's a bonus link to Greg's seminar from the Northwest Pinball and Arcade Show that we mention in this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChCqJVvGlL8 

The summer months are traditionally a quiet time for news in the pinball industry. Not so this year, so join Jonathan Joosten from Pinball Magazine and Martin Ayub from Pinball News as they bring you all the excitement from the pinball world in the latest edition of their Pinball Industry News PINcast. July's news is dominated by the collapse of Haggis Pinball and the disappearance of the company's head Damian Hartin along with any remaining stock and machines. With no assets left and millions of Australian dollars in debts, anyone who paid Haggis directly for a Fathom or Centaur remake is left at the back of a long line of creditors. Happier news from Stern Pinball, as they both announce a new black-and-white anniversary edition of their Godzilla title and also celebrate the well-deserved retirement of Art Director, Greg Freres. Meanwhile a famous face pays a visit to the Stern Pinball stand at the San Diego ComiCon to play the game in which he stars. Who could that be? That's not the only time that happens this month though, as down in Austin a certain “Weird Al” pops up at the Multimorphic stand to visit his Museum of Natural Hilarity game. There's news of two pinball machine giveaways – one from Stern and one from American Pinball. Get all the details and find out how you can be in with a chance of winning either or both. Pedretti Pinball are shipping both models of their Funhouse remake, while Pinball Brothers are shipping both versions of their ABBA game - all from the same factory - while in Topperland Pinball Brothers have shipped all their pre-order Alien toppers and Spooky Pinball has done the same with their Scooby-Doo toppers. Both now have extra stock for immediate delivery if you'd still like one. Pinball Adventures are taking a step back as they look to bring the fun back to pinball making and make it less of a chore. Find out what that means for production of their upcoming Elements and Sushi Mania titles. It's also peak show season, so there's news of who has been exhibiting what and where, what's coming up, plus details of all the latest code updates. Get all this and much, much more in this latest July 2024 edition of the Pinball Magazine and Pinball News PINcast – the podcast the pinball industry listens to. Grab it right now from your favourite podcast supplier, find it on YouTube and YouTube Music, or get it direct from Spotify on the link above, and don't forget to subscribe to the PINcast to guarantee you get the freshest episode every month the very moment it is published. There's so much happening right now with masses of excitement coming up in the pinball world, so join Jonathan and Martin each month to make sure you don't miss any of it.

Yes, it's our HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR with the one and only Elvira, Cassandra Peterson.  Also we talk to Greg Freres about his journey designing the Elvira pinball trilogy.  All this and more on episode 38 of your favorite pinball podcast.

We're back and its a biggie! (That's what she said) Join Franchi, Dr Pin and their special co-host Bruce Nightingale as they welcome Stern Art Director and pinball artist legend Mr. Greg Freres.  More secrets are revealed in a great deep dive interview.  Also, our take on the latest pin news and much more!!

Legendary pinball artist / Art Director Greg Freres and Production Art Manager Steven Martin take us behind the scenes of the heavy hitting art department at Stern Pinball.

(Part Three) In the final segment, Johnny & Duce talked to the "Player of the Century", Billy D. Mitchell as well as legendary pinball creators, Dennis Nordman and Greg Freres!

Ho Ho Ho and Merry pinball lovin’ Christmas to all our listeners. It’s our 2nd annual holiday trip to Stern Pinball! You’ll get to hear from Greg Freres, Lonnie Ropp, Gary Stern, and Steve Ritchie. If that wasn’t enough,

This month, it’s a monster of a show! Yep… Bug & I are off to the 2012 G Fest, where we do our best to spread the word of pinball amongst the kaiju fans. We even managed to meet up with Rob Berk from Pinball Expo, and our buddy Greg Freres,

Pinball artist of epic proportions, Greg Freres comes on the show to talk about his entire history in pinball… From the early days at Bally, to Williams, Pinball 2000, Whizbang Pinball, and his new gig at Jersey Jack Pinball with his first project,