Many of us "old timers" knew john caler, was the second owner / publisher of the coin slot.
he bought it from les druyan, and then sold it to bill harris.
john was quite an innovator.
many of you have seen ROBBY, the talking robot slot machine, and, the talking pirate slot machine (which was made to look like john's oldest son mark), well, john caler made those.
anyway, he was also an actor, and, appeared in several films.
below is a link to some information on him, that is incomplete, but, lists most of the films he was in.
one that is not listed, is "REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE".
John was in that one. he was one of the kids in the gang scene at the planetarium.
john was a great friend.
i would stay with him when i went to the loose change fun fair, and when i would go to los angeles with truck loads of slot machines back in the 80's.
he, and, his family were warm and kind people.
Those who knew him may find this interesting.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0129856/?ref_=fn_nm_nm_1
