# Episode 13: The Classic Pinball Podcast - WARNING! NO PINBALL IN THIS PODCAST

**Source:** The Classic Pinball Podcast  
**Type:** podcast_episode  
**Published:** 2019-10-29  
**Duration:** 29m 17s  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/george272/episodes/Episode-13-The-Classic-Pinball-Podcast---WARNING--NO-PINBALL-IN-THIS-PODCAST-e50gab

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## Analysis

This episode of The Classic Pinball Podcast is not about pinball at all. Instead, hosts George and Dave follow world-ranked pinball player Eric Stone (ranked #13) as he plays redemption arcade games—primarily Frogger—at an arcade venue (Fun Spot), demonstrating his skill at timing-based games to win tokens and tickets. The episode covers Eric's technique on coin pushers, bingo machines, and especially his expertise at Frogger, where he eventually wins 500 tickets after patient gameplay.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] Eric Stone is ranked number 13 in the world in pinball — _George's introduction: 'world-ranked pinball player Eric Stone, number 13 in the world'_
- [HIGH] Coin pusher machines (Circus game) are from the 1980s and used to have real quarters in Jersey — _Eric explaining machine history: 'This is from the 80s. These actually used to have quarters in them in Jersey'_
- [HIGH] Eric was previously thrown off arcade machines for winning too much as a kid — _Eric: 'These are the kind of games I would get thrown off of for winning too much when I was a kid'_
- [HIGH] Eric won a 28-inch Samsung flat-screen TV for 58,000 tickets from Frogger the previous year — _Eric: 'I got a 28-inch Samsung flat-screen TV last year. 58,000 tickets.'_
- [HIGH] A Frogger win at Hampton Beach pays out 1,000 tickets — _George: 'They got this in Hampton Beach. And I played it the other day. You get $1,000.'_
- [HIGH] Eric has a photographic memory and used it to win skill games like Skill-o-Bingo by memorizing card patterns — _Eric: 'There were cards that just kept flipping around, and I had the cards memorized. That's how I'd win.'_
- [HIGH] Frogger at this arcade pays 500 tickets for a win and costs one token to play — _George: 'if you get to the end, you get 500. How much does it cost? One shiny token.'_
- [HIGH] Eric needs to time his button presses precisely in Frogger—everything has to line up just right — _George explaining mechanics: 'it's all about timing. You have to wait for everything to be right... everything has to be lined up just right.'_

### Notable Quotes

> "These are the kind of games I would get thrown off of for winning too much when I was a kid."
> — **Eric Stone**, ~14:00
> _Reveals Eric's long history and skill with redemption games, establishing his credibility as an expert at arcade skill games_

> "I got a 28-inch Samsung flat-screen TV last year. 58,000 tickets."
> — **Eric Stone**, ~26:00
> _Demonstrates the scale of Eric's winnings and commitment to redemption games despite being a world-ranked pinball player_

> "If you have a photographic memory, what the hell are you going after tokens? Why wouldn't you go after dollars?"
> — **George**, ~53:00
> _Highlights the tension between Eric's exceptional cognitive abilities and his choice to pursue skill-based arcade games over gambling_

> "Because the dollars are all non-skill games. This is skill."
> — **Eric Stone**, ~54:00
> _Explains Eric's motivation: he specifically pursues games requiring skill rather than chance, aligning with his competitive nature_

> "You get just enough to make you want to put another quarter in or another token in. This is kitty crack."
> — **George**, ~49:00
> _Commentary on redemption game design mechanics and their addictive nature_

> "Winner, winner, chicken dinner, 500. Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding."
> — **George**, ~51:00
> _Celebrates Eric's successful 500-ticket win in Frogger, culmination of patient, timed gameplay_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Eric Stone | person | World-ranked pinball player (#13 WPPR), expert at redemption arcade games, particularly Frogger. Known for photographic memory and skill-based game dominance. Previously won 58,000 tickets for a 28-inch TV. |
| George | person | Host of The Classic Pinball Podcast, co-hosts episode with Dave, narrates Eric Stone's arcade gameplay at Fun Spot |
| Dave | person | Co-host of The Classic Pinball Podcast alongside George |
| Fun Spot | venue | Arcade venue where the episode is filmed, features coin pushers, bingo machines, Frogger redemption game, and prize redemption counter |
| The Classic Pinball Podcast | organization | Podcast show hosted by George and Dave, Episode 13 focuses on arcade redemption games rather than pinball despite the title |
| Frogger | game | Redemption arcade game requiring precise timing to complete, pays 500 tickets for win, costs 1 token to play. Eric's specialty and primary focus of episode. |
| Circus | game | Coin pusher game from the 1980s at Fun Spot, generates tokens for players |
| Bingo Reno | game | Bingo machine at Fun Spot with grid-based gameplay using racquetballs; referenced as similar to vintage Fascination game from boardwalks |
| Skill-o-Bingo | game | Vintage arcade game with flipping cards and red star, which Eric Stone mastered using photographic memory until being thrown off for excessive winning |
| Slamma winner | game | Arcade game at Fun Spot offering free games and tickets, Eric plays two machines simultaneously |
| Maureen | person | Young player (appears to be child) who plays Frogger against Eric, wins 7 tickets in her round |
| Hampton Beach | venue | Arcade location mentioned where Frogger pays out 1,000 tickets for a win, higher than Fun Spot's 500 |
| Seaside Heights | venue | New Jersey boardwalk location George references where Bingo Reno/Fascination games were played and cigarettes could be won |
| The Tubes | organization | 1980s rock band referenced during discussion of song lyrics and 'Price is Right' wheel theme |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Redemption arcade games and skill-based gameplay, Frogger game strategy and mastery, Arcade venue operations and prize redemption systems, Eric Stone's expertise in timing and pattern recognition
- **Secondary:** Vintage arcade game history and nostalgia, Intersection between pinball and broader arcade culture, Prize redemption economics and incentive mechanics
- **Mentioned:** Photographic memory and competitive gaming advantage

### Sentiment

**Neutral** (0)

### Signals

- **[personnel_signal]** Eric Stone, ranked #13 in world pinball (WPPR), is deeply invested in arcade redemption games as a parallel competitive pursuit, suggesting broader competitive gaming ecosystem beyond pinball (confidence: high) — George's introduction establishes Eric as 'world-ranked pinball player Eric Stone, number 13 in the world' before detailing his arcade prowess
- **[community_signal]** The pinball podcast pivoting entirely to arcade redemption content indicates cultural overlap and shared community between pinball and arcade gaming niches (confidence: high) — Episode title explicitly warns 'NO PINBALL IN THIS PODCAST' yet features world-ranked pinball player, suggesting this is intentional crossover content for the pinball community
- **[operational_signal]** Arcade operators historically banned players for excessive winning on skill games, including Eric Stone as a child, reflecting tension between revenue protection and skill competition (confidence: high) — Eric: 'These are the kind of games I would get thrown off of for winning too much when I was a kid' and later 'they didn't like that, and they had to say bye-bye for a while'
- **[gameplay_signal]** Frogger gameplay requires precise timing and pattern recognition; Eric demonstrates expert-level execution of timing windows and waiting for optimal conditions to maximize tickets (confidence: high) — Repeated emphasis on waiting for patterns to 'line up just right' and George's observation that 'everything has to be lined up just right' before button press
- **[collector_signal]** Eric previously accumulated 58,000 tickets in a year, demonstrating sustained engagement and large-scale prize redemption (28-inch TV), establishing serious collector-level commitment to arcade games (confidence: high) — Eric: 'I got a 28-inch Samsung flat-screen TV last year. 58,000 tickets.'
- **[design_philosophy]** Eric deliberately avoids gambling/chance-based games (21, non-skill games) in favor of skill-based redemption games, suggesting philosophical preference for merit-based competition over luck (confidence: high) — George: 'what the hell are you going after tokens? Why wouldn't you go after dollars?' Eric: 'Because the dollars are all non-skill games. This is skill.'
- **[technology_signal]** Coin pusher machines from the 1980s remain functional decades later, with historical note that machines previously used real currency (quarters) before redemption token conversion (confidence: high) — Discussion of Circus coin pusher: 'This is from the 80s. These actually used to have quarters in them in Jersey'
- **[historical_signal]** Vintage bingo machines (Fascination/Bingo Reno) from boardwalk era (~1960s-80s) persist in modern arcades, showing long-term survival of mechanical design despite low modern play rates (confidence: medium) — George references Seaside Heights boardwalk version and notes 'There's one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight different machines. I have not seen one person the whole time we've been here.'
- **[market_signal]** Arcade prize redemption economics show extreme ticket inflation (e.g., $30,000 Keurig, $15,000 massagers, $25,000 chess set) suggesting devaluation of individual ticket wins or intentional discouragement of high-end prize redemption (confidence: high) — George's tour of prize counter reveals: '4,000 tickets for Boston Red Sox cap', '7,000 for Hungry Hippos', '$30,000 for Keurig', '$25,000 Chinese chess'
- **[venue_signal]** Frogger payout varies significantly by location: Hampton Beach pays 1,000 tickets per win vs Fun Spot's 500 tickets, indicating regional pricing/profitability differences (confidence: medium) — George: 'They got this in Hampton Beach. And I played it the other day. You get $1,000' vs earlier discussion that Fun Spot Frogger pays 500
- **[community_signal]** World-ranked pinball players maintain parallel expertise and engagement with arcade redemption games, suggesting unified competitive gaming identity across multiple game types (confidence: high) — Episode premise: Eric Stone is simultaneously ranked #13 in pinball and an expert Frogger player demonstrating mastery of timing and pattern-based arcade games

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## Transcript

 I want it all, I want it all, I want it all, and I want it now. Hello everyone and welcome to episode 13 of the Classic Pinball Podcast. My name is George and I'm here with my co-host Dave. Hello Dave. Hello George. In this episode, Dave and I are joined by world-ranked pinball player Eric Stone, number 13 in the world. but this isn't your typical pinball podcast instead we're focusing on eric's uncanny ability to play the redemption game frogger for you who are thinking that this is a pinball show turn off now it's anything but it's all arcade all the time with eric stone this is kind of my routine when i go to fun spot we'll walk in downstairs and we'll head right to uh circus which is a game that you win tokens on. See how it looks. So, a few open spots. I'm kind of moseying on over real fast. Playing a coin pusher. Right, exactly. But I can tell that some of these are going to go. So, three at a time is the best. We'll do it one more time. I've only been doing this since I was a kid. since I was a kid. So that's how long these things have been around? Oh, yeah. This is from the 80s. These actually used to have quarters in them in Jersey and where? Yes. Real quarters years ago, these things. Yes, but not now, unfortunately. The whole key is to put more than one in at one time. Boy, you know what I could do? I could really give it a good shove. No, you don't want to do that. Why not? Can that microphone hear all the talking? Yeah, oh yeah, I think it's... Oh, I had a whole bunch right there. So, yeah, so... Oh, this thing isn't even made in the United States! No, of course not. I think it's made in Robert Englunds. No, Robert Englunds. How old is this machine? From the 80s. Yet it still works. Okay. Not bad, huh? So, instead of pinball, you are... You're a coin pusher. coin pusher. Yes. You're a coin pusher. That's definitely one. So that was good. Now, I guess the best way, you wait and find a lot of pigeons, load this game up, and then when it's all loaded up, you go in for the kill. That's the way it seems anyway. I'm kind of fixated behind us here, though, for a second. Yeah, let's go see over here. Why don't we take I have not seen this since the boardwalk in New Jersey in Seaside Heights. They used to, I think, call it Fascination. Here it's called Bingo Reno. But you get the idea. It's a bingo machine that you, on a slanted platform, I guess. On a slanted platform, like a grid of a cupcake holder. It looks like it's five by five, five by five. Yeah, cupcake holder tins. you take the racquetball, a bunch of them, blue racquetballs, roll them down, they bounce around, and you try to do your best bingo card. This is a game that I want to talk to Vic Camp about, because this is kind of like the bingo machines, but it's real. It's like rolling a real ball. Roll a real ball down. Yeah, bounce around. They used to win cigarettes on the boardwalk in Seaside Heights playing this game, and I remember that used to be a real huff palace. I wonder what you win here. I guess you win tickets. It looks like tickets. Must be tickets. Okay, let's go back and find Eric and see how many... I hope he's not shoving little children aside to get these tokens. Yeah, there he is. He just shoved one out of the way. He's still winning, folks. Oh, yeah, you know. Let's go down by the coin slot here. Let's go see. Oh, not yet. Let's see. Not yet. Not yet. Not yet. Yeah, we're just kind of messing around a little bit. There's two anyway. Four. Four? Yep. So your folks with a hand-eye coordination idea is really paying off right now. Oh, definitely. It's paying off in tokens. Oh, almost there. Definitely. Yep. It definitely is. It definitely is. So when you came to the arcade, you not only played pinball, but you played this. Oh, yeah. These are the kind of games I would get thrown off of for winning too much when I was a kid. Yeah, we got a hit at stores sometime about years ago when you were winning too much, and they didn't like that, and they had to say bye-bye for a while. Yeah, and then they were kind enough to let me back. And they kind of let you back. Well, they let you back. That's nice, though. Yeah, they were kind enough to let me back in. But the problem is most of the games that you could win tokens on were gone. So, you know, there really wasn't much to win except for this game. So I figured out all the different patterns on this game, and I started winning on this. Oh, nice one. Yeah, got more. That was all right. Maybe. Oh, it's ready to go. So no skee-ball for you, I guess. Yeah. I got skee-ball, too. So you can win tokens or tickets. But I like more of a high percentage game. And that would be Frogger, which we'll play that in a little while. So when are we going to go get that big screen TV over there in the background? Can we get that soon? Now he just sent his girlfriend over to take care of the site. He might have heard one token fall by accident. We have to grab, or maybe two. Grab every token. Check the slots? Yeah, check the slots too. Make sure. He did check the slots. It's covering all the bases. Wow. It looks like some of these may go right here. See them moving? I see them moving. Jackpot, baby. There we go. Jackpot. Jackpot. It's too bad these are recorders. Oh, yeah. If this is as good as course, you can go behind you and buy the big screen TV, the iPhone. If these were recorders, I wouldn't have to work. How many millions do you need to get something worthwhile here? Yeah, how many do you need to get something worthwhile behind the counter? You know, not the stuffed animal or the Chinese... Oh, you're not allowed to say that, sorry. Maybe 20... The finger thing, remember those? Oh, yeah. What do they call those? Well, they actually are called Chinese torture finger things, aren't they? Are they? No. I don't know. Is the correct term Asian torture thing I don know I don know What do they call those things Non finger torture things Okay Right Isn that the kind of crap that you can win at the Yeah, years ago... We should actually... I think years ago... I think years ago... I think nowadays it'd be too dangerous. You might hurt yourself, so they can't sell you that anymore. Okay, so... Well, there's a gun you can get. Oh, but it's plastic. And it's got a special orange tip so that you won't hurt anybody. Okay, well, we do live in New Hampshire, so... That's true. Okay, here we go. You can get yourself, for 4,000 tickets, you can get yourself a Boston Red Sox cap. Or a Patriots cap for 4,000. I do not see a Yankees cap here. I'm pretty sure if you're not Eric Stone, that 4,000 is going to come really hard. Oh, look, a dinosaur. And a dinosaur. Hungry, hungry hippos. That's old school. 7,000 for that. Oh, only 7,000. How many? That's like $150 in tokens. You know, I'm really reminded of, I'll take the electric pair of socks, Jack, for 3,000. It's running me a Wheel of Fortune prizes here. Everything's inflated. Tell me that's Jurassic Park. Safari Discovery. Yes, it's Jurassic Park, I think. It looks that way. That's $3,000. $3,000 for that. An Aquaman or Aquasum. Old school operation game. How many millions is that? $5,000 for that one. These are bargains, aren't they? They are bargains. They are bargains. Where's the use now? Oh, right here behind the case. We have audio phones. We got headphones. Let's see if we can find something that is brand name. Let's see what we got here. We got a seat cushion massager. $15,000. Only $15,000. We can say Chinese chess because it says Chinese chess. We can say Chinese chess. It says, yes. It's only $25,000, whatever that is. Oh, it's a chess board. It's a chess board. Why is it called... I'm going to take a guess and I'm going to guess it's made in China. I don't know. I'm just guessing. Here, the energy... What the hell is that thing? That looks like a smart indoor camera for $15,000. You can get a... Hey, all the kids want a Keurig. Keurig for $30,000. You get yourself a nice Keurig one-cup maker thing. All right. What else? Oh, we got a little... We got a bunch here. We got $10,000 for a drone. So what's the most expensive thing in here? Let's see. We got $30,000. How much is that? $20,000 for a touchscreen air convection fryer. Because you never know when you're going to get anyone else. You want your kids to play with these. When I grew up, I asked Santa for one of those. I never got it. You never got it. The oil fryer? Oil fryer. Yeah, nothing like that. You know, you might poke your eye out. Who knows? Okay, I think we've driven the stick through the five points here. I think we have. So let's see. So Eric right now, he's with Eric. He's going by the lineup, and he's checking all the coin slots to get every last token that is possible to get. He will get them. And you missed it. While we were standing there, the machine spit out four additional tokens with him doing nothing, just grabbing them out of the slot. Very nice. Yes, but that's not how I win. I only got four that way. The other 56 were because I won fair and square. Okay, just to make sure we get that right. Now, I watch out. See, that's the owner's grandson right there. I watch out for people watching me. Okay, I'm back with Dave, and Eric is just cleaning out this machine. But that's not why I started this again. I'm looking at the crap redemption table. You don't like the plastic crap behind the redemption table? There's 30 people. Well, they're going for some crap. I mean, you know, you can use a plastic owl or an octopus with a glitter on it. That thing is in the dumpster tomorrow. Yeah, but it's today. You can enjoy it for a couple hours, and then you throw it out tomorrow. It's our society today. It's just throw it away. Get it thrown away. And that wheel of, what's the big wheel? Oh, that's the Drew Carey. What's the Drew Carey show? Price is Right. Right, the Price is Right wheel. What's to that? You pull the lever and you get tickets. And you get some tickets. How many brains do you need for that? Not much, but you can win about five or ten tickets on it, and then you can go get the plastic ring that squirts water. Maybe. We will talk about tickets in a minute when I show you Frogger. Okay. Okay, so let's go back to this bingo Reno thing. All right. As I call it, the fascination. That no one is playing at all. There's one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight different machines. I have not seen one person the whole time we've been here. We've been here, what, an hour and change? It looks like it was built in 1960. Everyone, I think it's maybe like idiocracy. It's too tough to figure out. They'd rather just spin the one thing. Yeah, bingo's real tough. It's kind of tough. Put five lights in a row. It requires some kind of math, maybe. I don't know. Eric, have you ever seen anybody play these games? Oh, yeah. I used to play these back in the 80s. My parents loved playing these games. When you could win tokens. No. None of these games you win tokens on. Speaking of tokens, we need a token update. What is our token total today right now? 232. 232. We're at 232, folks. Are we going up from here? We always go up. Oh, we go up. We never go down. So we're going frogging soon? Yeah, I think so. We have to wait. Frogging. We have to wait for the frogs to come out. Is it only Frogger and Ning? No, we actually are playing sort of a Frogger variant. It is playing Frogger, but it's a variant. But for tokens. But for tokens. Sorry, sorry, tickets, lots of tickets. But you can put tickets in the machine to get tokens? No, you put tokens in to get tickets, and you take the tickets, and then you can get all kinds of cash and prizes. What are you going to do with the tickets? Oh, she went home for a little while. You can go get a unicorn that's very popular these days. Are you going to get something with your tickets? I got a 28-inch Samsung flat-screen TV last year. 58,000 tickets. 58,000 tickets. That was the highest thing I've ever seen. You mean you didn't want that great Chinese chess thing over there? Yeah, the normal mortal playing with 58,000 tickets or tokens? Tickets. Tickets. That would take how long a regular person to get that? Five years? A long time. No, not that long. A summer. I'm probably going to get a couple of those speakers because when I'm doing the Carl Weathers, I like to listen to music on the computer. okay other than that you mean you don't like the keurig machine or i'm not i'm not into coffee okay so you're not getting that all right eric is gonna play some frogger here for fun and prizes so the whole thing is is you have to wait for the pattern you have to wait for everything to be right you know what there's two free games on this. Alright, two free games next door on the Slamma winner. Oh, I was so close to Jackpot. Here we go. He's going to try it again. Slamma winner and... Oh, he got it. Two games at once. He's playing two games at once. He's gambling two games at once. One ticket for that. Well, he got one ticket. Now we're going to play some Frogger. He's going to try to win the lots and lots of tickets here. So this looks like regular Frogger. Well, it's all about timing. You have to wait for your turn. It's all about timing. You've got to wait. You're going to wait for things to line up just right. And now, there's a free game on this side. And now there's a free game next door. So he's going to do double fisting. He's going to do left hand, right hand. Kind of playing the piano, but you're playing Frogger. And I going to pull my pants up because I got two more And he going to pull his pants on Oh that right Droopy token pants When he gets so many tokens you know he going to get a lot of tokens After about 100 150 tokens the pants start drooping down At 250 they really start coming down So he needs to, like, you know. He starts looking like me. He starts looking like you, George, sometimes. You know, get the plumber's butt going. You know. You know, you got the twink jeans going on, you know. Well, he's still waiting. He's showing Dolly. He's showing Dolly. You see all the pink frogs are going by waving to him to say, hey, get me 25 tickets, 45 tickets. All right, here he goes. He's going to frogger it up now. He's going to go. Here goes Mr. Frogger. That's a big frog. There he goes. Oh, right in the drink. But he won four tickets on that one. So you get almost to the end, you get four. But if you get to the end, you get 500. Yes, and it's very hard to do. Okay. And how much does it cost? How much does it cost for play? One shiny token. So one to four, that's a pretty good ratio. He's waiting. No, it's not. $200 to one is better. $500 to one is even better. $500 to one. We can actually do $500 to one. Anyway, they got this in Hampton Beach. And I played it the other day. You get $1,000. $1,000. Boy, they're really paying off. And what do those $1,000 tickets get you? A lot. Does it get you a new car? A new car. Almost. And a pair of electric socks. Those are always good. And a baby's arm holding an apple. Yes. oh what's the name of that group the tubes yes yes the tubes a Mort Moriarty a Mort Moriarty a Maserati a Mack Truck a Winnebago you can't have that but you can't have this sorry I used to remember the whole thing I love that band if you've never seen that band go you will be entertained I almost saw the lead singer punch out an audience member for taking the set list off the stage. He got right, B-Way Bill got right in the audience member's grill. Right in his grill. I thought he was going to rip his head off. Eric is now giving away some free tickets to a lovely young lady. No, he wants his tickets, I'm sure. You want your tickets or you want to... Oh, he's going to give her the tickets. Oh, he's giving away some valuable tickets there. That'll get you a Chinese neck scratcher or something. A piece of plastic something you win. A squirt ring. Squirt ring is possible. What's the other crap they used to get? All kinds of good crap down there. What are you saving up for? Anything good down there? How about the... Something for a stuffed animal. A stuffed animal? All right. Let me guess, a unicorn. Unicorn? No, a poop emoji. What's that called? It's a poop emoji. Oh, a poop emoji. Oh, I've seen those. What? It's called a poop. It's a pile of brown poop, right? A poop emoji. Yeah, it's like an ice cream cone. Oh, it's a hunk of crap. But instead of ice cream swirled, it's a poop. Yeah. Okay, very nice. Oh, it's like Mr. Softy, but poop. Mr. Softy, Mr. Softy poop. Yes. All the kids are raving about it. Keep going. You have to have that. Oh, look it, look it. Oh, he almost made it. I got three. I got three. Okay, so how long is it going to take? Eric. Not long at all. Frog Boy Stone. Frog Boy will be getting. To get 500. Come on, Frog Boy. Frog Boy Stone. Frog Boy Stone. What else did we call him? Eric the Hands? No. Well, I call him Eric Hands of Stone, but he probably doesn't like that, because that makes no sense. No, someone else called him Hands of Stone. Yeah, but if you had Hands of Stone, you wouldn't be real good at pinball. That's true. I mean, it's like Tommy calling Taylor Ham Hands on this flipping podcast. Did that happen? Oh, yeah. He calls him it all the time. I think it's funny. Okay. Think of it. How do you get that? You must have ham hands. I don't know. Interesting. Maybe they're big hands. Right. Well, we've called him a couple of things today. I don't know. Eric Tokenstone. The pattern just hasn't shown up. I got greeny on the first two. Eric Laser Focusstone. Nah. Eric Check the Coin Slotstone. No way. No way. Give me your money. Give me your money. We're not at Tinberg. We're not at your local arcade You scamming little kids Come here little kid See I would have missed the second row here Because I needed to hit this guy He's biding his time Oh some people have token How about Eric the Patients of a Saint stone No If this little girl gets 500 Oh I got it one time Did you? Yeah Alright So you can get a poopy stone A poopy man. It's a poopy emoji doll or something. Stuffed animal. I played one game and bought like 30 tickets. And it's like one thing. Nice. I'm going to go to the second row again. Because I needed this guy. I would have had nothing here. And then I would have gotten to that. You know, you want to know something? What? I'm feeling really, really old. Well, you are old. You don't know what the poopy thing is. I mean, everybody wants one. I know what it is. I've been wanting one forever. I've seen that emoji, but I didn't know it was called a poopy emoji. Is it a hat one? A hat of what? A hat emoji? A poop hat. Not to be, no, I'm not going to say it. Do you know they sell unicorns that actually poop out swirly poop? They're the unicorns. You can buy them. I have a polar bear that poops out milk duds. Awesome. They probably had that down in the... Eric, she's kicking it. Eric, she's kicking your ass now. She's got more tickets than you do. She's about 10. How old are you, 10? Oh, you win Maureen too? No, no, no. Maureen's got one play. She's going to win. No, they left too. Oh, Maureen's going to win. Watch. Who's going to kick your... Not yet. You've got to wait, Maureen. Okay. Why does she have to wait? Oh, she has to wait for the right time. Because it messes him up? No. Try now. Hit it. No, you waited too long. Well, you've got tickets, though. Oh, you've got drinks. Seven tickets. Oh, you mean once you press the button... That's it. You're done. Yeah. One shot. You've got to do a pass. You've got to hit it really quick. Everything has to be lined up. Right, the stars, the moon. Right, everything has to be lined up just right. All right, so when should I hit? So basically you're spending hours here staring at a screen. Yes. Just like in real life when you're in your computer screen all day long. You want to play? Go ahead, you go play. Go ahead. How old's your sister? She's 13. She just turned 13. 13, see? See, you were saying 10. How old are you? I'm 9. I'm almost 10. Almost 10, see? You've got to go high. And he's going to take the ticket. We thought we were going to give him but he going to take him this time We were thinking he might give him to the little brother But nope nope nope He needs those tickets Sorry Although he going to I got faith in this guy I think he going to Show him up. Let's see. We've got two tickets, three tickets, four tickets. There's no log, kid. No log. Oh, we need the log. You got some tickets, though. You got tickets, though. How about... Because you got the little bugs on the way out. So tell me you get tickets no matter what. You're a slugger and you get tickets. No, I'm saying you don't know what the hell you're doing. You get tickets. Yeah, you get just enough to make you want to put another quarter in or another token in. This is kitty crack. This is crack. Kitty crack. I really want the poop doll. The doll? Oh, the poop doll. Oh, the poop emoji. The poop emoji, but it's an emoji doll. Yeah, it's probably like 9,000 tickets. Yeah, but it's worth it. Well, Eric could buy it. He won't even buy us a Chinese hand. He can even buy a pair of pool. He won't even buy us the finger torture thing. Ah, yes. We all are fine. Anybody who's over 50 knows what the hell those things are. Exactly. You know, they probably bought them for what? Like a half a cent? This will be close. Here he goes. It might be close. Here he goes. He's going. He's going to go for the log. Log. Okay, on to the next log. And, oh! He won four tickets. Why am I so early on these? Seriously, I'm not early. Four tickets down. what happened oh I got a poop hat there's a poop hat right there see that's a poop emoji hat see that yeah it's a poop emoji it's an emoji I'll tell you it looks like a wizard hat and that's a hat some people that play tournament pinball should be wearing you know what that would actually be called you'd call that an S head if you know what I'm saying yes you would call him that we're trying to keep it clean keep it kind of clean yes I've seen everything now. If I would have said to you 30 years ago, hey, here's a hat. It looks like poop. Do you want to wear it? I'd say no. I think most people would say no. Because you would be called a... Right, exactly. Right. X-head. Right, yes. Okay, here we go. Turtle. 25. Oh, we got it! Winner, winner, chicken dinner, 500. Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. Let's not get obvious. Here he goes. Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. We're recording it. We're bothering little kids. I don't know. I don't want that. And we're calling the kid over here an S-head. The lightning bugs. Bugs are flashing. The flashing lightning bugs. We'll get it all going. Look at that thing spit out tickets. And the management just called over a SWAT team. They're coming in to get Eric right now. Oh, right. They come to the SWAT team. Here they come. Snipers. And you were worried about us making a racket? That thing hasn't shut up. Well, it's going to spit out 500 tickets. It's going to take 20 minutes of tickets spitting out. This thing is going to empty out. Yeah, we can go have dinner, but... He's going to win three. He needs to win more. No. It only takes another 15, 20 minutes. We're going to... What's more important, a poop hat or food? Come on. I know. Okay, I'm calling them over I'm hungry And this noise is tickets It's still spitting out And that'll be going on For another ten minutes probably You mean you would have got more tickets? Oh yeah You have a photographic memory Yeah, tell about your Star game you used to play with the little cards that would flip around. You'd stop the button and the red star would come out. Oh, they have that at Weir's Beach. Hold on. I want to try to win again. He's still trying here. He's still trying to win more. Damn it. Okay, I can't win on that because I'm going to have water in the second row. Otherwise, I would have hit this guy, this guy. Well, we're at minute 14 here at frog time. Bingo. It was skill-o-bingo. There were cards that just kept flipping around, and I had the cards memorized. That's how I'd win. That's how I got thrown off of that game. And so it was a red star. You're waiting to come, and you see the red star, and bang, hit the button, and you win. No, you don't go for the star. Oh, you don't? No, you go for bingo numbers. Oh. I thought it was the red star that comes around. No, the red star sucks. Oh. Okay. So what if I didn't win that game? So now it begs the question, if you have a photographic memory, what the hell are you going after tokens? Why wouldn't you go after dollars? Because the dollars are all non-skill games. This is skill. 21 is a non-skill game? Yep. People make livings out of that. Well, I haven't met one. Okay. Okay. Poker? I don't know. I never tried it. You have to read people. You have to know when to bluff and know when not to. Yes. That's different. That's different. Right. Okay. I want a black and white pattern. Pattern. Son of a bitch It's out of tickets They owe you 142 tickets Uh oh Maybe Maureen can ask It's for her instead Uh oh Uh oh Uh oh Uh oh Here's where we play The Jaws theme Uh oh Uh oh It's Mr. Arcade Owner Uh oh Get out of here, kid. What are you doing here? Did they have a... Did Super Mario have, like, a mallet? No more tickets for you, Eric Stone. You're out of here. You're out of here. You're done, Frog Boy. You're done, Hands of Stone. Token Boy. What the hell is... Okay, I'm stopping. Well, that was something certainly different. So to all of you out there, be good and be well. I want to tell everybody to keep those spinners spinning and have a blessed day and be grateful. I won't stay When I shoot a gun by the head Stay Oh yeah, yeah, yeah

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