It was only after the butcher filled the order, that Python noticed the enormously long line to pay the cashier. One day in late 1987, Python stopped in to load up on some of his favourite meaty treats. This was not Python’s little secret, the deli was known as the go-to meat spot in the Chicagoland area.
Ever the lover of smoked and encased meats, this deli was his local source for some of the best Polish kielbasa and sausage in the entire city. So the story goes, Python Anghelo had a favourite Polish delicatessen in Chicago that he frequented on a regular basis. As Jimmy Stewart says, in the film The Man Who Shot the Liberty Valance, “When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” Fitting, since Python is a true legend in the industry. I’m not sure if this was a commonly told tale at Pinball Expo over the years, but I had never heard it before. The story sounds more like folklore than fact, with details added and details taken away in its retelling. While sitting around in a hotel room full of fifteen pinball collectors, drinking beer and watching a pin-tech fix an old EM, I was privy to a story about the late, great Python Anghelo.