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Marvin had been fascinated with coin operated machines since he was a little kid<ref name=MLive>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP5OMZFpvlc A Century of Arcade: Inside Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum. 2017. MLive. YouTube.]</ref> | Marvin had been fascinated with coin operated machines since he was a little kid<ref name=MLive>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP5OMZFpvlc A Century of Arcade: Inside Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum. 2017. MLive. YouTube.]</ref> | ||
Marvin was a pharmacist by trade and studied at the University of Michigan.<ref name=MLive>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP5OMZFpvlc A Century of Arcade: Inside Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum. 2017. MLive. YouTube.]</ref> after graduating in the early 60's he started collecting coin operated machines, overtaking his wife's house. In 1980 his wife, and his son, Jeremy | Marvin was a pharmacist by trade and studied at the University of Michigan.<ref name=MLive>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP5OMZFpvlc A Century of Arcade: Inside Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum. 2017. MLive. YouTube.]</ref> after graduating in the early 60's he started collecting coin operated machines, overtaking his wife's house. In 1980 his wife, and his son, Jeremy Yagoda, went to the Tally Hall food court and said that it would be a great place for the machines to take residence for other people to enjoy.<ref name=magicmode>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IKloucc4Dk Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum. 2010. Magicmode. Modern Marvels. YouTube.]</ref><ref name=THISMMMM>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jpSNLF40Ew Tally Hall's Internet Show - Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum. tallyall. YouTube.]</ref> This food court is where the band takes their name. | ||
Tally Hall is cited as being one of the first food courts in the United States, opening in the early 80's<ref name=THISMMMM>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jpSNLF40Ew Tally Hall's Internet Show - Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum. tallyall. YouTube.]</ref> and it's where Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum first opened it's doors.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Nk8xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-AIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3824%2C6229900 Toledo Blade Newspaper, August 21st, 1988]</ref> Tally Hall shut down in the late 80's/early 90's and Marvin's remains the sole surviving piece of the former food court.<ref name=THISMMMM>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jpSNLF40Ew Tally Hall's Internet Show - Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum. tallyall. YouTube.]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8spULkc9k0 Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum -TMOW (Traveling My Own Way). 2018. Sandman. YouTube.]</ref> | Tally Hall is cited as being one of the first food courts in the United States, opening in the early 80's<ref name=THISMMMM>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jpSNLF40Ew Tally Hall's Internet Show - Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum. tallyall. YouTube.]</ref> and it's where Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum first opened it's doors.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Nk8xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-AIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3824%2C6229900 Toledo Blade Newspaper, August 21st, 1988]</ref> Tally Hall shut down in the late 80's/early 90's and Marvin's remains the sole surviving piece of the former food court.<ref name=THISMMMM>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jpSNLF40Ew Tally Hall's Internet Show - Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum. tallyall. YouTube.]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8spULkc9k0 Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum -TMOW (Traveling My Own Way). 2018. Sandman. YouTube.]</ref> | ||