Ten-pin bowling over the Model A), all three versions are still in widespread use. The television age of the 1950s also helped to increase the popularity of ten-pin bowling, as images of the sport began to enter the homes of millions across the United States. Nationally televised programs like "Jackpot Bowling" and "Make That Spare" became popular on Friday nights from the late 1950s into the early 1960s. Following many years of debate over what constituted a professional bowler versus an amateur, Eddie Elias founded the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) in 1958. The PBA's "Pro Bowlers Tour" became a permanent part of
Animaniacs: Ten Pin Alley Animaniacs: Ten Pin Alley Animaniacs: Ten Pin Alley is a bowling video game released for the PlayStation in 1998. It is based on the 1996 video game "Ten Pin Alley" on the same system. A Nintendo 64 version was planned, but was cancelled because of the limitations of the N64 texture cache. In the opening cutscene, an invitation is delivered to the Warner Siblings in their water tower saying that they are invited to go bowling and that it's in 3D. They get excited about this and immediately jump out of the water tower. Just as the sibs are running,