#marvin yagoda

[monsters-conquer-the-world]

Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum is an insanely cool collection of vintage and antique animatronics, pinball machines, arcade cabinets, penny-arcades, nickelodeons, and a million other creepy-cool-crazy old coin-op contraptions from yesteryear. It's a one-of-a-kind exhibit and I love that it's right here in Michigan. If that sounds cool to you, please consider signing the petition linked above. Here are a couple local news stories that sum up this delightful slice of mechanized whimsy and automated buffoonery:

"Wouldn't the world be better off if we took nonsense more seriously?" -Marvin Yagoda

#marvin's marvelous mechanical museum #michigan #arcade #animatronics #vintage #antique #marvin yagoda #coin-op #Youtube

[thermonucleartoast]

THEY WANT TO TEAR DOWN MARVIN'S MARVELOUS MECHANICAL MUSEUM DO NOT LET THAT HAPPEN, IF YOU LIVE IN ANN ARBOR ATTEND TO THE MEETING AT FARMINGTON CITY HALL COUNCIL AT 7:30 PM.

IF YOU'RE ALSO NOT A LOCAL SIGN THIS PETITION TO SHOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT CARE ABOUT THIS BEAUTIFUL PLACE, LIKE FELLOW HALL MONITORS (tally hall fans) THAT WISH TO GO ONE DAY

https://chng.it/QrhnwnnLJ4

#marvin's marvelous mechanical museum #mmmm #tally balls #tally hall reference #tally hall #marvin yagoda #miracle musical #hawaii part ii #joe hawley #rob cantor #andrew horowitz #ross federman #tally hall zubin #zubin sedghi #ally tall #ruler of everything #good & evil #fate of the stars best song ever

[daily-tallyhall]

"welcome to marvins marvelous mechanical museum, known from coast to coast like butter and toast. from headlines to bread lines. from school rooms to pool rooms. no other place in the contigious united states, or other enviroments of the world. welcome"

-marvin yagoda, welcome to tally hall

#tally hall #tally hall quotes #marvin yagoda #welcome to tally hall #the official music video doesnt have marvins part so i had to link to a version that did

[talos-stims]

MARVIN’S MARVELOUS MECHANICAL MUSEUM | source

#talos gifs #stim gifs #stim #weird stim #tally hall #oddcore #marvins marvelous mechanical museum #marvin yagoda #dolls #toys #puppets #hands free #mechanical #wood #toy planes #circus #fake food #spaghetti bathtub is there. only real tally hall fans will know #torture tw #blood tw #the spanish inquisition #guillotine #paper #brown #tan #pink #purple #blue #gold #black

[frankentyner]

The Crew in Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum, Part Two.

#the crew #in #marvin's marvelous mechanical museum #farmington hills michigan #marvin yagoda #arcade #collectibles #pinball #video games #wrestling #pro wrestling #andre the giant

[ame-in-the-rain]

every time I think “oh golly gee i remember the good ol’ days of enjoying tally hall, i wonder what other people think. i should start listening to them more frequently again” take one step and then immediately remember why I don’t want to do that

#i saw a post on twitter a couple of days ago of a picture someone took at marvin’s because there was an isreal flag hung up there #and the poster was like ‘MAYBE MARVINS SHOULD BE DESTROYED’ like WOAH!! #it’s hard to discuss and i personally don’t like stating opinions on it because it’s not my place but marvin yagoda was a Jewish man. #he’s also been dead for ten years #im definitely phrasing this horribly wrong and my apologies. but tallytwt and just the rest of fandom spaces miss a lot of context #which does NOT excuse but does explain #also the ableism looove the ableism. got a lot of thoughts on that #Anyway

[daily-chonny-jash-music]

FULL FIGHTER LIST:

Chonny Jash: Heart, Mind, Soul, Whole, Chonny Jash, The Announcer / The Narrator of The Fall of the House of Usher, Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde, Dracula, Wilhelmina, Carmilla, Victor Frankenstein, Frankenstein's Monster/Adam, Roderick Usher, Madeline Usher (Mentioned) Hawkins, Billy Bones (Mentioned), Silver (Mentioned), Flint (Parrot) (Mentioned), Captain Flint (Person), Winston from 1984, Julia from 1984 (Mentioned) Big Brother (Mentioned), The entire cast of Mario 64 (Debatable), Tally Hall (Mentioned) (Very debatable), The Banana Man (Mentioned), Colonel PT. Chester Whitmore (Mentioned), Bung Vulchungo and the Zimbabwe Songbirds (Mentioned), The Man with the Skeleton Arms, K.K. Slider (Debatable), Steve-O, DJ Soup, Jesus Christ (Mentioned), All the people Chonny's covered (Debatable), and more that I've probably forgotten. Tally Hall: Joe Hawley, Rob Cantor, Zubin Sedghi, Andrew Horowitz, Ross Federman, Bora Karaca, Steve Gallagher, Casey Shea, Coz Baldwin, Jeremy Kittel, Marvin Yagoda, Joerilla, Jerk Chicken, AnonyMous, The Banana Man (Mentioned), Colonel PT. Chester Whitmore (Mentioned), Bung Vulchungo and the Zimbabwe Songbirds (Mentioned), Mr. Moon, Mary-Kate Olsen (Mentioned), Ashley Olsen (Mentioned), Andrew Sotry, The lil guys from Ruler of Everything, the other lil guys from Ruler of Everything, The big guy from Ruler of Everything, The Human from the early version of Ruler of Everything, The Toy Orchestra, Capitalists & Communists, A Cannibal, The Sacred Beast, The various monsters from Turn The Lights Off, The kid from Turn The Lights Off, A Lady (Mentioned), The Scarecrow, Nellie McKay, Simon, Stella, The Erlking (Mentioned), The Twin Towers (Mentioned?), All of the things mentioned in Black People White People (Mentioned), Francesca (Mentioned), Your Mother (Mentioned), A Wizard, A Witch, A Gnome, A Bridge Troll, Hot Rod Duncan, Aristotle, Minimall, Alice from Alice in Wonderland (Mentioned), the White Knight (Mentioned), the Red Queen (Mentioned), The Jabberwocky (Debatable), John from South Taiwan (Mentioned), God (Mentioned) (Debatable), Pluto, Haumea (Mentioned), Makemake (Mentioned), Eris (Mentioned), The entire cast of Mega Man 2 (Debatable), The entire cast of Mega Man 3 (Debatable), Alan Alda, Lemon, Pear (Mentioned), Hummingbird (Mentioned), The girl with daisy fingers (Mentioned), Someone's Grandpa (Mentioned), and more that I've probably forgotten.

Note: You can really take or leave the debatable ones.

#tally hall #not daily chonny jash #chonny jash #chonnys charming chaos compendium #the novel lyric hunt #rob cantor #joe hawley #zubin sedghi #ross federman #andrew horowitz

[steamedtangerine]

For those unaware, the city of Farmington Hills, MI used to play host to a huge food court once called Tally Hall (that much later spawned a band baring the same name) surrounded by a small strip mall called Hunter Square in the 1980s. The food court blew away anything that passes for mall food courts today. A man named Marvin Yagoda (I once worked for his uncle Herman at a dank sports bar in Southfield called McVee's) started putting in co-operated rides and love testers in the mall. Then he started getting old, rustic machines, fortune tellers, and other oddities gathered into a small center section of the food court right next to the Sanrio store.

Tally Hall eventually closed up....and it's memories still thrive on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/12156072137/

Some remnants of Tally Hall still persisted: Anita's Kitchen, The Honey Tree, and one was Marvin's Coin-operated menagerie, which he was able to set-up in a separate business in the 90s called Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum....filled with pinball games, video games, odd animatronics, and many mind-bogglers.

Marvin sadly passed away in 2017.

The city of Farmington Hills is now talking about demolishing the entire building and relocation may be near next to impossible.

My post is by-far not-the only one here on Tumblr making mention of this, but at least I can boast that I was there from the beginning (and not someone who hitched a ride by way of the band Tally Hall) back in the 80s.

Anyway, if anyone cares to sign the online petition-and upon completion they either request a donation or a chance to spread it on the more popular (eww) social media sites- here it is: https://www.change.org/p/save-marvin-s-marvelous-mechanical-museum

So, if anyone cares enough for another roadside attraction for weirdos (much like House on the Rock in Wisconsin or the Coral Castle in Miami) to survive, please take the time to sign.

#tally hall #request

[sunnyskies281]

i saw ur tags in the clown code post and if its real, i have to ask. how does one become a clown? are there courses for it?? is clown college real?? i want to be a clown. so bad. can it be a side gig????

Ok I’ll tackle these questions one by one.

1: it’s my belief that anyone can be a clown, all it takes is makeup and a fun attitude

2: yes, there are courses for it! I signed up for a clown group and we had a two day class where we learned all about clowning and the dos and donts!

3: clown college is real! It’s not a traditional college, but it’s real! there are courses you can take to get yourself registered and qualified as a professional clown!

If you register as a clown at the Clowns International website, you can even get your clown look painted on an egg, although membership is like $60 so do with that knowledge what you will.

4: yes it can absolutely be a side gig! I did some volunteer work on top of my original volunteer work with the clown troupe at a community center. It was really fun, but I bet you could find payed gigs too!

I think the world would be better if there were more clowns.

In the words of Marvin Yagoda, “Wouldn’t the world be better off if we took nonsense more seriously?”

#thanks for the ask! #clowning is serious business #clowning #clowns #clowning tips #tips from P. T.

[sincerecinnamon]

“Wouldn’t the world be better off if we took nonsense more seriously?”

-Marvin Yagoda, founder of Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum

#since people are thinking of taking down marvin's I figured people need to be reminded of this quote of his

[nothings-wholey]

"I think it's better when you don't plan things... because you get too disappointed in things. But, I- this wasn't planned, it just grew. Started one little machine, then two, and five, and six, and... Only thing I'd probably do is like to have a bigger place to display more things, not get rid of 'em. But on the other hand, big is not better, it's, better is what's better, I think. How do you like that quote? 'Better is better.'" quote by Marvin Yagoda

<...

His heart breaks.>

#dying

[getvhsd]

🎧 :: the tally hall internet show

over the past three days i have been watching the tally hall internet show (THIS), which has been up since 2008 (i believe), and the most recent comments on the vimeo uploads were about 6 months ago? since i discovered tally hall, i have always thought there is a deeper meaning behind each song, and a full story per album. this led me into doing bits and pieces of research into what other people have thought, leading me to THIS. i found episode 3 (taken for a ride) was the most notable, it has something being spoken backwards, and is also the most surreal episode of the show, with flashing and colourful lights, strange images and of course, the ultimate pause test which resulted in (funnily enough), the lyrics for taken for a ride as a book format.

i don't know if the format is of significance to working out the story (if there is one), other than the page numbers, which means this isn't the beginning of the story.

another episode which helps with taken for a ride specifically is the last episode, "marvin's marvelous mechanical museum". this shows the band visiting mavin yagoda (the guy who started the museum).

the episodes themselves are packed full of skits and the band getting up to some random shit, many episodes include "welcometonow.org", which is a mystery to most fans, as it was taken down(?), which isn't too much of a help, but it's been said that it was something about a cult, and the joke was that tally hall could get their "crazy fans" to join a cult, even though this started in 2007-2008, when they hadn't had the amount of fans as they do now.

#tally hall #tally hall internet show #marvins marvelous mechanical museum #joe hawley #zubin sedghi #rob cantor #ross federman #andrew horowitz

[aedris-7]

Wouldn't the world be better off if we took nonsense seriously?

Marvin Yagoda

[softboyscully]

[Intro: Marvin Yagoda]

Welcome to Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum

Known from coast to coast like butter and toast

From headlines to bread lines

From schoolrooms to pool rooms

No other place in the contiguous United States

Or other environs of the world, welcome

[Verse 1: Rob Cantor]

Can I get a T? ("T")

And if you hit me with the A-L-L-Y, then you'd see

Why the Hall is here for y'all

The mini-mall is calling us all in

So kids, pack up your mom's car, back up the Windstar

Kick it in drive and arrive at the mega mart

Slide the side hatch with pride 'cause your ties match

On booty duty like your name was Eddie Thatch' (Yarrgh)

W-W-T-H-D?

We like to kick it at the university

But all work and no play makes us crazy

So we jump in the bumping SUV

Hit the street, get the sweet tunes on

Do a donut on your mama's front lawn

And sooner than you know, you've found the rock 'n' roll show

At the Tizzy Hizzy, we'll be gone

[Chorus 1: Joe Hawley, Rob Cantor, Zubin Sedghi]

We're in the mini-mall

Working the carnival

We like to play it all

Welcome to Tally Hall

[Verse 2: Zubin Sedghi, Joe Hawley, Marvin Yagoda]

"Who's to blame?"

The automated players, I proclaim

Yellow tie, this suave fellow writes

Heterophonic tunes of how love bites

Red, the proud loud guy we adore

"Is my amp too high?" "No, turn it up more!"

So Grey in the back, sippin' 'gnac can hear

He's knockin' down the shots like Bill Laimbeer

Send home the locksmith, Green's got keys

To unlock the rock in the act if you please

Now open the case, give Blue the bass

And jiggle your badiggle all over the place

[Chorus 1: Joe Hawley, Rob Cantor, Zubin Sedghi]

We're in the mini-mall

Working the carnival

We like to play it all

Welcome to Tally Hall

We're in the mini-mall

Working the carnival

We like to play it all

Welcome to Tally Hall

[Verse 3: Joe Hawley with Zubin Sedghi]

Can I get a click?

Flick off the switch and we'll ignite the night in pitch

Singin' songs you like to hear, and the world will disappear

Then we'll be glowing in the dark, lighting up the park

Revealing that the Hall is the place that aims to please

With unpredictable games and antiquities

The collectibles so delectable

The unreliable style's undetectable!

Like I might rap like an English chap

Take you by the knickers and a bum you'll slap

You didn't think we had the gall

Well, bloody welcome to Tally Hall!

[Bridge: Joe Hawley]

We're stereosonic, we're animatronic

We're rappin' with the robo-electronic ebonics

A quick distraction, a mechanic attraction

Got a penny in your pocket for the slot?

(Rock!)

[Pre-Chorus: Joe Hawley, Rob Cantor]

Hey, ho, don't'cha know?

It's a good old-fashioned puppet show!

That's right, quite the set

We're the marionette quintet

[Chorus 2: Joe Hawley, Rob Cantor, Zubin Sedghi]

We think we're playing in a band

But we'd love to give you all a hand

Woo!

[Chorus 1: Joe Hawley, Rob Cantor, Zubin Sedghi]

We're in the mini-mall

Working the carnival

We like to play it all

Welcome to Tally Hall

[Chorus 2: Joe Hawley, Rob Cantor, Zubin Sedghi]

We think we're playing in a band

But we'd love to give you all a hand

We think we're playing in a band ("Yarrgh!")

We'd love to give you all a hand

We think we're playing in a band ("Ah!")

We'd love to give you all a hand

what is this from?????????????

[frankentyner]

The Crew in Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum, Part One.

#the crew #in #marvin's marvelous mechanical museum #farmington hills michigan #marvin yagoda #arcade #pinball #video games #collectibles #fun

[r0b0t-j0n3z]

[Intro: Marvin Yagoda]

Welcome to Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum

Known from coast to coast like butter and toast

From headlines to bread lines

From schoolrooms to pool rooms

No other place in the contiguous United States

Or other environs of the world, welcome

[Verse 1: Rob Cantor]

Can I get a T? ("T")

And if you hit me with the A-L-L-Y, then you'd see

Why the Hall is here for y'all

The mini-mall is calling us all in

So kids, pack up your mom's car, back up the Windstar

Kick it in drive and arrive at the mega mart

Slide the side hatch with pride 'cause your ties match

On booty duty like your name was Eddie Thatch' (Yarrgh)

W-W-T-H-D?

We like to kick it at the university

But all work and no play makes us crazy

So we jump in the bumping SUV

Hit the street, get the sweet tunes on

Do a donut on your mama's front lawn

And sooner than you know, you've found the rock 'n' roll show

At the Tizzy Hizzy, we'll be gone

[Chorus 1: Joe Hawley, Rob Cantor, Zubin Sedghi]

We're in the mini-mall

Working the carnival

We like to play it all

Welcome to Tally Hall

[Verse 2: Zubin Sedghi, Joe Hawley, Marvin Yagoda]

"Who's to blame?"

The automated players, I proclaim

Yellow tie, this suave fellow writes

Heterophonic tunes of how love bites

Red, the proud loud guy we adore

"Is my amp too high?" "No, turn it up more!"

So Grey in the back, sippin' 'gnac can hear

He's knockin' down the shots like Bill Laimbeer

Send home the locksmith, Green's got keys

To unlock the rock in the act if you please

Now open the case, give Blue the bass

And jiggle your badiggle all over the place

[Chorus 1: Joe Hawley, Rob Cantor, Zubin Sedghi]

We're in the mini-mall

Working the carnival

We like to play it all

Welcome to Tally Hall

We're in the mini-mall

Working the carnival

We like to play it all

Welcome to Tally Hall

[Verse 3: Joe Hawley with Zubin Sedghi]

Can I get a click?

Flick off the switch and we'll ignite the night in pitch

Singin' songs you like to hear, and the world will disappear

Then we'll be glowing in the dark, lighting up the park

Revealing that the Hall is the place that aims to please

With unpredictable games and antiquities

The collectibles so delectable

The unreliable style's undetectable!

Like I might rap like an English chap

Take you by the knickers and a bum you'll slap

You didn't think we had the gall

Well, bloody welcome to Tally Hall!

[Bridge: Joe Hawley]

We're stereosonic, we're animatronic

We're rappin' with the robo-electronic ebonics

A quick distraction, a mechanic attraction

Got a penny in your pocket for the slot?

(Rock!)

[Pre-Chorus: Joe Hawley, Rob Cantor]

Hey, ho, don't'cha know?

It's a good old-fashioned puppet show!

That's right, quite the set

We're the marionette quintet

[Chorus 2: Joe Hawley, Rob Cantor, Zubin Sedghi]

We think we're playing in a band

But we'd love to give you all a hand

Woo!

[Chorus 1: Joe Hawley, Rob Cantor, Zubin Sedghi]

We're in the mini-mall

Working the carnival

We like to play it all

Welcome to Tally Hall

[Chorus 2: Joe Hawley, Rob Cantor, Zubin Sedghi]

We think we're playing in a band

But we'd love to give you all a hand

We think we're playing in a band ("Yarrgh!")

We'd love to give you all a hand

We think we're playing in a band ("Ah!")

We'd love to give you all a hand

?????qhat

#anton text #ask #ok????