Tom and Yung play foosball At RPI, Alpha Chi Rho. Problem w/the photo is, you can't see the foosball table. But what else could Yung be holding in his hand? (6/98) Original Link.

Foos at Bucknell Univ's Sigma Alpha Mu, Sigma Phi Chapter Foos during the Sammy Speakeasy 1996. (6/98) Original Link.

 

Foos at the TEP house at MIT This is the newly revised link (2/98), within TEP's virtual tour of their house. . . and it's a Tornado, hurrah! Tornado should promote their tables to frats and colleges more... just a thought ... The TEP house tour still exists, but the foos picture is gone in the new web page (6/98)Original Link.

 

Boys and Girls Club of Abilene .....(6/98) Original Link.

The no pics Foosball Section

some interesting stuff here though!

Salon za igru "Gallo" (Croatia) Zabavni salon "Gallo" Terminal, Supetar - Braã; Tel. (021) 631-349. Look for the words "stolni nogomet" which translate to "table soccer." A game center in a resort town in Croatia (Hrvatska) on the gorgeous Dalmatian coast. For the ENGLISH description of this beautiful coastal resort town, click here. (11/99)

College Bars near Oxford University (UK) search for "table footie" which is the term this page uses for foos. (11/99)

"The Fooseball Guys" skit by John Dylan McNeill Who says you can't mix fiction and foosball? (11/99)

Jon's NYC Page How to see NYC, including NYC etiquette, cheap good drinking holes, and of course foosball (11/99)

The Virtual Bar's Game Room A list of links to all activities bar-related. (11/99)

Le Babyfoot au pavillon André-Aisenstadt not much here, just a paragrpah or two in French (11/99)

Tom's Carstensen's Stuff: Foosball, Fish, and a Jeep Some things that no human on the planet should be wihout: Tornado foosball table, a huge fishtank, and a Jeep! (11/99)

Jean-Charles Bonin's babyfoot links (11/99)

Jeff Winter's Hobbies Jeff is a USTSA semipro, I think. (11/99)

Fernando Acosta's Procrastination Guide "Try to forget about your girlfriend by playing one more game of foosball" (11/99)

The War Against Silence music page.Enter the word "foosball" into the search field and article that mention (sometimes lots of) foos come up. Small excerpt from article ".TWAS 129: Verbow, Radiohead, Michael Penn" : The real problem, actually, was not that foosball left us unable to concentrate on what our investors' money was supposed to be underwriting,...The rules of Chaosball, for those of you with foosball tables who wish to try it, are as follows. The game is always played two-on-two (one-on-one Chaosball is physically possible, but a hopeless mess, and officially unsanctioned). Each attacking player begins the game with one ball in hand, and at the starting cry they fling them into play (service subtleties are deprecated in Chaosball) and everyone begins whacking at the two balls with as little finesse as possible. When a goal is scored, the victimized defender must retrieve the ball and return it to play promptly (doing this without getting instantly scored upon with the other ball takes some practice), while at the other end of the table the defender of the team that scored must also record the tally with one hand while play continues. A dead ball cannot be touched or re-served, it must be dislodged with the live one. We made up a rule at one point about what to do if both balls become marooned in neutral zones at once, but I've forgotten what it was, and in several months of play the situation has never come up. As noted earlier, the harder, more irregular and more uncooperative foosballs you can find, the better. Chaosball games go by extremely quickly, so matches are always two-out-of-three. And if you play during company board meetings, close the conference room door first. . . (6/99)

Enciclopedia del Rock Argentina "Metegol" (1980) Raúl Porchetto. I guess an album by the name "metegol," which means foosball was made by a famous Argentinian rock musician. I'm not sure if it also means something else, but for now until I receive a translation, I'll assume it's foos related. Viven escalando la gran cima/ pateando el amor de los demás, /buscando/hacer mal toda su vida/para llegar a comprar el silencio del mundo, / a comprarse alguien para amar, /convencerse que son elegidos, algo especial. /// Todo lo que hagas pibe no es bueno, / hoy ser joven no tiene perdón, / sos la pelotita de este juego, /un metegol. /// Míralos como van a la mentira, /cómo le corren a la verdad, /¿qué anda pasando con la vida, qué libro usás? / Mirá cómo hablan, mirá cómo viven, /mirate que estamos igual.(6/99)

3D Tafelvoetbal (Denmark) A CD-ROM video game for windows. I found this on several sites, and I think this link is the software manufacturer's site. (6/99)

French Joke Archive Foosball is "babyfoot" in French... Scroll down to joke #105... here it is: C'est les Jeux Olympiques pour nains a Pagran-sur-pattes. Les organisateurs ont pense a tout : la taille du stade est plus petite, les buts sont adaptes, le ballon est plus petit. Bref tout a ete etudie dans les moindre details. Le match de foot commence, tout se passe bien les 2 equipes s'eclatent comme des fous. Arrive la mi-temps, nos petits joueurs se dirigent vers les estiaires. L'entraineur va voir l'organisateur : "Ecoutez, on est embete, on sait vous avez pense a tout mais les toilettes sont trop haut : mes joueurs en foutent partout quand ils sautent pour essayer de pisser dans la cuvette, et sauter ca les fatiguent..." "Ah oui c'est vrai, on est desole... Attendez Chez Dede le bar d'en face il y a des chiottes a la turc..." Tout nos joueurs s'en vont chez Dede... Ils entrent dans les toilettes et font ce qu'ils ont a faire... L'equipe de foot de nains retourne vers le stade au pas de course en groupe. A ce moment la, un pilier de bar completement bourre gueule : "EH DEDE !!! y'a ton babyfoot qui se fait la malle !!!!" (6/99)

Serbo-Croatian Joke Archive It's a long archive with only one foosball joke; foosball is "stolni nogomet" in Croatian (literally "table football/soccer") so if you are interested, do a FIND command in your browser for "stolni nogomet." Anyways here's the joke right here, from D.J. Skodra: Q: Kako se zove stvar na koju stavljas nogu? ?!? A: stolni nogomet! This translates roughly to what do you call where you put your foot? The answer being a pun, roughly a "foot-put-table", since the word for soccer, or football, sounds similar to foot-put. Thanks to Marina, the Croatian translation sensation. (6/99)

BIF Billard (Germany) has tournament listings. (4/99)

Moe's surf-up bar; party deck Did you know Moe's 4 statistics about foosball? No pics (except for the bikini contest).

Bardy's World's Foosball Page Author frequents the 6-Tornado Charles Billiards in Glendale, CA. Let's see some pics of you guys playing! No pics. Cool site... really cool...

Fisher's Fabulous Funhouse Foosball and Shotgun Rules No pics.

Princeton's Center for Jewish Life foosball Table No pics. New link (6/98) to the Coatroom.

Steve Evans home page w/reference to foosball. No pics yet.

Foos wheel of fortune from Eric Powell. No pics

How to Have Fun on Foosball and (Ultimate) Frisbee by Cameron Betts. No pics.
Travis Bacon and Jason Stuke's Page of sports and activities Golf, Basketball, Fooseball. If you've got a pic of Greg Norman, what about one of a fooser? or you guys? No pics.

Eastern Michigan Univ. Kid's Summer Fun Camp The front page photo may change; it used to have a Tornado Twister photo... but for now no foos pics.
In French, a random article on foos and math from Le journal de l'Association des Étudiants en Informatique et Recherche Opérationnelle de l'Université de Montréal

 

 

Mass Media, Celebrities, etc.

 

Duncan Sheik Interview mentions foosball. Who? A musician who opened for Jewel. (11/99)

Cheers episode 9.13. "Achilles Hill" (209) - Aired 10 Jan 1991. Sam, bedeviled by John Hill, decides to exorcise the demon by dating his daughter; Carla thinks the foosball table is possessed. If this link doesn't work, try This one at furman.edu

Friends' Matthew Perry plays foos A random factoid at a fan page.

Friends' Episode "Joey Moves out" where Chandler plays foos (See near bottom of text). Audio clip listed below is noted at top of this page as no longer functional, until it is fixed, so as of now (2/98) the audio links are not working... but you can still read the screenplay. Available is an audio clip (66K) where he says, "Stop talking to your men!" while you can hear foosing. Also see the episode entitled The One with the Prom Video for foosball related scenes.

Friends: Other important episodes: Season One, They buy the foosball table in: 1.12 THE ONE WITH THE DOZEN LASAGNAS Original Airdate 01-12-95 Ross' ex-wife, Carol, learns the sex of their child, but insists she wants it to be a surprise. Rachel eventually spills the beans, and Ross is thrilled he'll soon have a son. Meanwhile, Paolo gives Phoebe a massage, and makes a pass at her. After much debate among the group, Phoebe eventually tells Rachel, who breaks things off with Paolo. Ross is ecstatic, until Rachel swears off men forever. Joey and Chandler's kitchen table breaks, and they end up bickering like a married couple over what to buy. Eventually they settle on a practical piece, a foosball table. Season Two, Tom Selleck plays foosball (see video here at Foosball Heaven): 2.20 THE ONE WHERE OLD YELLER DIES Original Airdate 04-04-96 Upset that he's missed many of Ben's 'firsts,' Ross asks Carol and Susan to have Ben for the whole weekend, where Rachel explains she's uncomfortable around the baby. Ross says she'll feel comfortable when they have their own, which leads to a heated debate, where Ross says he's involved for the long haul. Monica begs Chandler and Joey to hang out with Richard. Although originally intimated by his age, they have a blast, Joey smokes a pipe like Richard, Chandler grows a mustache like Richard, and Richard spends his time playing foosball. Phoebe learns that Old Yeller dies, a secret her mother kept from her, as well as that ET goes home, Rocky loses, and Charlotte dies.

Atari Lynx World Class Soccer/Foosball Cartridge... I'm still looking for any link, but I know it's cartridge #PA2037... Although I've found one person who owns it and maybe he'll trade...

Mystery Science Theatre 3000 Episode Guide at RTFM Search for "foosball" or scroll down to episode MST3k 205 Rocket Attack USA; Short: Phantom Creeps part 2; Airdate: October 27, 1990 Water foosball invented by MS. If this link (at the rtfm- read the friggin manual- archive) doesn't work, try This link at netwave.net or This link from the UK

Leif Garrett's Filmography Link revised 2/98. Leif had the starring role in the 1981 Foosball movie LONGSHOT (there's also one called "The Longshot" which is different); the former 70's teen idol has still been making films. Check out this filmography is at The Best Video Guide (tbvg.com). Johnny Lott, of course, was the foosball "stunt double" :-) for the over-the-top "rainbow shot." (4/99)

Dazed and Confused movie interview w/director Richard Linklater. There is a foosball scene in this movie, it's set in 1976! However this link only has a brief mention of a foostable in the director's office, but if you're interested in the film, go ahead... I'll try to find more interesting Dazed & Confused Foos soon... by the way the foos scene has the best action shots (from within the table!) of foosball in recent memory. If you want to see a movie clip of the foosball scene from this movie, see my foosball multimedia page.

Weezer: Evidence that Pat from the band Weezer plays foosball. No foos pics. (5/98)

Rumour has it, a VIP from THE LA KINGS ICE HOCKEY NHL FRANCHISE has foos-fever... maybe we can interview him here on this web page & persuade him to persuade his players to play foos in a few of the many local weekly LA Draw-your-partner (DYP) tourneys? I heard it through the grapevine from my cousin Garrett Kakita of La Canada, CA, who worked with the Kings, and even operated the message display board at their stadium in LA. ....................(go sharks!)

Curiosities: Foos at software/hardware companies, and one college bowl

7 Cyber St. This computer training & support center has a leisure room for time off from that monitor: foosball! (6/99)

Dell Computer Careers Page Dell Computer specifically notes they currently have no positions available for people to play foosball. See the text bar on the left of this page. No Images.

IBM in New York IBM's new Manhattan presence includes a rec room with foosball. No images. Anyone work here, got some pics?

Lightspeed Software Summer Olympic Games Foosball is an event. No images.

Bristol software company Has foosball & ping pong in employee lounge... employees are hooked if you look at their pages. No images.

The Association of College Unions International had a competition (bowling, billiards, foos, chess) with representatives from colleges from 5 states. Harkens back to the good old days of the GE College Bowl. No images.

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