# Pinball Junk Drawer Episode 45 - Wii Suck At PINBALL!

**Source:** Poor Man's Pinball Podcast  
**Type:** podcast_episode  
**Published:** 2024-04-24  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://poormanspinballpodcast.libsyn.com/pinball-junk-drawer-episode-45-wii-suck-at-pinball

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## Analysis

Foghorn Leghorn and Craft Brew Sally reflect on their disappointing performance at a District 82 classics pinball tournament, concluding that competitive pinball isn't for them despite loving casual play. They discuss new game announcements (ABBA and Blues Brothers by Home Pin Pinball), Stern's superior logistics, and recommend the book 'From Pinballs to Pixels' about arcade history.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] Foghorn Leghorn and Craft Brew Sally did not make finals at District 82 classics tournament — _Foghorn Leghorn and Craft Brew Sally directly discussing their tournament results_
- [HIGH] ABBA pinball machine has been announced — _Foghorn Leghorn: 'There has been a couple announcements, of course. ABBA?'_
- [HIGH] Home Pin Pinball is making a Blues Brothers pinball machine and it will be open source — _Foghorn Leghorn: 'Home Pin Pinball is going to make the Blues Brothers... It says it's an open source.'_
- [HIGH] Stern shipped Foghorn Leghorn socks and bar mate within 2 days of ordering — _Foghorn Leghorn: 'I pressed buy it now, and the guy rang my doorbell and was like, here's your socks and your bar mate... Thursday.'_
- [HIGH] Foghorn Leghorn ordered a Galactic Tank Force lunchbox 17 years ago and still hasn't received it — _Foghorn Leghorn: 'I ordered the lunchbox for the Galactic Tank Force. And I'm still waiting for that 17 years later.'_
- [MEDIUM] Home Pin Pinball 'famously hates pinball players' — _Craft Brew Sally: 'I don't know, Home Pin Pinball, I don't, he famously hates pinball players.'_
- [HIGH] The book 'From Pinballs to Pixels' by Ken Horowitz was published in 2023 — _Foghorn Leghorn checking book: '2023. So there you go.'_
- [HIGH] Ghost Face Killer beer contains 6 kinds of hot chili peppers including ghost pepper — _Craft Brew Sally reading product description: 'The description of it is 6 kinds of hot chili peppers go into this fiery ass beer including the infamous ghost pepper'_

### Notable Quotes

> "This isn't what pinball is for me. I don't, like, I love pinball. I love playing pinball. And I love those, I love going there and playing a million different pinball machines. Just playing and playing and playing."
> — **Foghorn Leghorn**, early segment
> _Core revelation about their pinball philosophy - casual play over competition_

> "It kind of comes down to... you had a lucky game, and that's what happened. Yeah. Because I can get on a tear sometimes. Yeah. And it seems I'm good. But not really."
> — **Foghorn Leghorn and Craft Brew Sally**, mid-segment
> _Self-aware assessment of their competitive limitations despite occasional strong games_

> "I think I liked playing in those ladies tournaments because it was like, it was more social than... Like you could talk to everybody... it feels more like having fun together with your friends. Like a relaxed atmosphere."
> — **Craft Brew Sally**, mid-segment
> _Identifies preferred tournament format emphasizing social connection over pure competition_

> "It's just not our bag. Baby."
> — **Foghorn Leghorn and Craft Brew Sally**, late mid-segment
> _Definitive conclusion about competitive pinball_

> "I'm a big Blues Brothers fan I could quote every single... I have not seen the movie in its entirety... after seven minutes of Blues Brothers that's the end of Craft Brew Sally"
> — **Foghorn Leghorn and Craft Brew Sally**, announcement segment
> _Humorous acknowledgment of Craft Brew Sally's viewing habits relevant to game interest_

> "I don't think the Dan Aykroyd and or John Belushi families are going to be getting any payment from this I could be wrong"
> — **Foghorn Leghorn**, announcement segment
> _Skepticism about Home Pin Pinball's licensing and business practices_

> "I ordered the lunchbox for the Galactic Tank Force. And I'm still waiting for that 17 years later. And then on Tuesday, I ordered some socks and a bar mate from the Stern thing. I got it Thursday."
> — **Foghorn Leghorn**, commerce segment
> _Contrasts poor fulfillment of merchandise vs. Stern's efficient logistics_

> "I'm starting to see maybe there's a reason Stern's on top."
> — **Foghorn Leghorn**, commerce segment
> _Observation about Stern's operational superiority based on shipping experience_

> "It tasted like just like that chemically crappy, like super hot breakshot flavor... It's not like nature didn't provide this."
> — **Craft Brew Sally**, beer review segment
> _Critical assessment of Ghost Face Killer beer quality_

> "I would not recommend it unless you like sucking on jalapenos."
> — **Foghorn Leghorn**, beer review segment
> _Final verdict on Ghost Face Killer beer_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Foghorn Leghorn | person | Co-host of Pinball Junk Drawer podcast, competitive pinball player, attended District 82 tournament |
| Craft Brew Sally | person | Co-host of Pinball Junk Drawer podcast, competitive pinball player, attended District 82 tournament, beer enthusiast |
| District 82 | venue | Location of classics pinball tournament where hosts competed |
| ABBA | game | Newly announced pinball machine based on the band ABBA |
| Blues Brothers | game | Pinball machine being developed by Home Pin Pinball, announced as open source |
| Home Pin Pinball | company | Pinball manufacturer making Blues Brothers machine with open source code |
| Stern | company | Major pinball manufacturer praised for logistics and shipping speed; referenced games include AC/DC Premium Vault Edition, Elton John |
| Don | person | Podcast host of Don's Pinball Podcast from Appleton area; described as 'quickly ascending to the number one podcast of all pinball world' |
| Tom Graff | person | Associated with Fox Cities Pinball streaming, from Appleton, uses 'Theatre of Magic Graff' as identifying information |
| Triple Drain | organization | Pinball podcast on Pinball Network; host lives in Appleton and is part of streaming crew |
| Pinball Network | company | Media platform hosting pinball podcasts including Triple Drain |
| Fox Cities Pinball | organization | Streaming/tournament organization with high-quality camera rig |
| Ken Horowitz | person | Author of 'From Pinballs to Pixels: An Arcade History of Harry Williams Bally Midway' (2023) |
| From Pinballs to Pixels | product | Book about arcade/pinball history by Ken Horowitz, published 2023, recommended by Foghorn Leghorn |
| Ghost Face Killer | product | Hot chili pepper beer with ghost pepper, rated poorly by hosts but has 5-star reviews on Untappd |
| Galactic Tank Force | game | Vintage arcade/pinball-related product; hosts ordered lunchbox 17 years ago and never received it |
| Queen | game | Stern pinball machine based on Queen band; hosts interested in playing it |
| Pulp Fiction | game | Pinball machine based on film; hosts last played at Pinball Expo MGC about 2 years prior |
| Appleton | location | Wisconsin city where multiple pinball podcasters/streamers are based; emerging as regional pinball media hub |
| Kaneda's Pinball Podcasts | organization | Source for Stern merchandise orders |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Tournament experience and player philosophy, New pinball game announcements
- **Secondary:** Appleton Wisconsin pinball media ecosystem, Manufacturer logistics and customer service, Home Pin Pinball open source strategy, Pinball history and literature
- **Mentioned:** Beer review and product quality

### Sentiment

**Mixed** (0.45) — Hosts are negative about their tournament performance and competitive pinball generally, but positive about casual pinball, Stern's service, new game announcements, and book recommendations. Critical of Ghost Face Killer beer. Generally self-deprecating humor maintains lighter tone despite disappointing tournament results.

### Signals

- **[community_signal]** Hosts experienced competitive tournament culture at District 82 that prioritizes serious play and repeat competitors, contrasted with preference for more social, inclusive tournament formats like ladies tournaments (confidence: high) — Discussion of District 82 regulars competing weekly on same machines, everyone knowing each other; contrast with ladies tournaments being more social and teaching-oriented
- **[sentiment_shift]** Hosts shift away from competitive tournament pinball toward purely recreational play despite initial interest (confidence: high) — Foghorn Leghorn epiphany mid-tournament: 'I had the epiphany that this isn't what pinball is for me'; decision to never do tournaments again
- **[announcement]** ABBA pinball machine announced (manufacturer not specified in discussion but likely Stern based on context) (confidence: high) — Foghorn Leghorn: 'There has been a couple announcements, of course. ABBA?'
- **[announcement]** Home Pin Pinball announced Blues Brothers pinball machine with open source code (confidence: high) — Foghorn Leghorn: 'Home Pin Pinball is going to make the Blues Brothers... It says it's an open source.'
- **[product_strategy]** Home Pin Pinball releasing Blues Brothers as open source, allowing community modification but creating potential quality/liability issues (confidence: medium) — Discussion of open source implications: 'they're giving you the codes saying do whatever you want with it... everyone's pinball machine's broken. Because the person didn't know what they were doing.'
- **[industry_signal]** Home Pin Pinball manufacturer reputation for disdain toward pinball players despite making machines (confidence: medium) — Craft Brew Sally: 'Home Pin Pinball, I don't, he famously hates pinball players'; hosts express skepticism about his engagement with community and licensing legitimacy
- **[content_signal]** Multiple pinball podcasts and streaming operations emerging from Appleton Wisconsin region (confidence: high) — Discussion of Don's Pinball Podcast, Triple Drain podcast, Fox Cities Pinball streaming all based in/near Appleton; hosts noting the concentration of media in region
- **[business_signal]** Stern's superior supply chain and logistics compared to merchandise fulfillment failure by other vendors (confidence: high) — Foghorn Leghorn ordered socks/bar mat Thursday delivery vs. 17-year-old unfulfilled lunchbox order; explicitly states 'I'm starting to see maybe there's a reason Stern's on top'
- **[competitive_signal]** District 82 tournament structure and player base composed of experienced regulars with home field advantage (confidence: high) — Hosts noting everyone there competes on same machines every week, all know each other, competing for nationals/worlds points; hosts' poor results expected given lack of familiarity
- **[venue_signal]** Ladies-focused pinball tournaments perceived as more welcoming and educational compared to serious competitive tournaments (confidence: medium) — Craft Brew Sally: 'I think I liked playing in those ladies tournaments because it was like, it was more social... They're like showing you stuff and teaching you things about the machine'
- **[product_concern]** Ghost Face Killer beer has poor sensory quality (artificial chemical heat vs. natural flavor) despite continued production and positive online reviews (confidence: high) — Hosts describing it as 'worst beer I have ever had,' 'chemically crappy,' 'didn't even taste like beer'; yet still being reviewed positively and sold as of 2024
- **[licensing_signal]** Uncertainty about whether Home Pin Pinball's Blues Brothers machine has legitimate licensing from Dan Aykroyd/John Belushi estates (confidence: medium) — Foghorn Leghorn: 'I don't think the Dan Aykroyd and or John Belushi families are going to be getting any payment from this I could be wrong'

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## Transcript

 Now who's responsi- I say who's responsible for this unwarranted attack on my person? I say, I say, I say, pay attention now, boy. This is, of course, Foghorn Leghorn presents the Pinball Junk Drawer. You all asked for it. I say, I say, you all asked for it now. You're gonna get it. Boy, oh boy, are you gonna get it. Go, I say, go away, boy, you bother me. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls of all ages, step right, it's time for the one, the only, The often imitated, never duplicated, We Suck at Pinball. That's right, we've rebranded. My name is Foghorn Leghorn, and with me as always... Craft Brew Sally. You like that new rebrand? Yes. It's fitting, isn't it? It is. So sad. It is so sad. Well, we're not actually going to change that. We do another show called We Suck at Video Games. and prior to that last tournament we did up at District 82, I was pretty confident I wasn't so bad at pinball. Yeah, me too. Bad news bears, I now suck at pinball. Yes. According to the results of that terrible, terrible tournament. Maybe it's just the old or the classics that we suck at. No, no, that's not it at all. I actually do better at those. some reflections we're going to do talk a little bit about the we went up to District A2 for a classics pinball tournament and did not do well didn't even make the finals which is disappointing I guess you know one thing that was good we didn't play each other that is great not one time that was about the only good thing that came out of the whole night I did enjoy playing pinball there was a couple times I was sitting there playing in between and you were like no you've got to go now and I'm like what are you talking about and I came around the corner and they're standing there tapping their toe like I was like come on man I'm playing you know I'm in the middle of a game you're in the middle of a tournament whoop-de-boop look at me I'm a big tournament player I care about things and stuff and time yes exactly yeah kind of exactly and I don't which it turns out Right. I did about midway through this tournament. I hit a wall. Well, I didn't hit a wall. I was still having a lot of fun and playing a lot. Yeah. But I did have an epiphany, you know, because I was doing okay but not great. Yeah. And I never won out or anything like that. I would, like, a couple times I was the last, and I was like, well, this sucks, you know. Yeah. You're doing four, and whoever scores the best. It's based on a point system. So if you were first, you got seven. Second got five. Third got three. And then the loser got one. Right. So a couple times I got one. And, you know, you meet a lot of people and you talk a little bit, but not a whole lot, you know. I had some trouble with tilting. There was one time I didn't even touch that machine, it tilted. I'm like, man, you know, and I looked at the guy and I was like, what the hell, man? because I literally didn't even touch it, and it just tilted my ball, and I was like, that sucks. And then a couple of times I was playing with these other people, and they were kind of shaking the crap out of these machines, so apparently I don't know how to... Not tilt? I don't know how to shake machines correctly or something because I'm not a very aggressive player. Yeah. Boy, it sucked. But anyway, I had the epiphany that this isn't what pinball is for me. I don't, like, I love pinball. I love playing pinball. And I love those, I love going there and playing, a million different pinball machines. Just playing and playing and playing. I guarantee I can outlast just about everyone playing pinball. I'll play pinball, sunup to sundown. And you'll be like, at the end of the day, I'll be like, come on, let's do a couple more. And you'll be like, oh my God, my fingers are bleeding. Oh my God, I'm going to be over here on the couch. You come get me when you're done. Oh my God, there's just one more time. but like this did nothing for me yeah um i thought it'd be fun and it was it was fun you know yeah um we we ate some some weird as no pork on the fork yes um it was okay yeah um but it was very i was like i don't even like this right you know and that's what that was kind of as i was playing now i was still trying because you want to you know i'd love to make the finals or whatever you know yeah uh it's the i have a feeling the same people kind of win a lot yeah it's it seems pretty stacked up there yeah and i think it's more i think a lot of the tournaments there are for points yes like for nationals oh yeah worlds and stuff so i think it's just kind of like very serious yeah and then the one lady was like oh yeah we we all competed last night so everyone there knows everyone right everyone there competes on these same machines every week and i'm like well i think i might not have the advantage no right and that's probably now i'm i'm not trying to like live off of past accolades i couldn't ever figure out why anyone would remember me or care when i went down to the asylum that one time yeah that's why if some rando walks into district 82 and like makes it to the final eight in the finals. Who's this guy? They all know each other and play each other all the time. If some random fella walks in and almost wins, everyone's like, what the hell? And my outcome was how it should be. I got smoked. I don't know. I'm not... Well, that tournament at the Asylum was like, you beat the number one person in the world. Well, that was, like, let's not overblow that. It was one game, you know. It was, but you knocked him down. Do you know what I mean? Well, I couldn't beat that Cassidy. Oh, no. Because she's the number two in the world or whatever she is. Right. She's really good. She is. And that's awesome, but I'll never be that. No. It kind of, like, comes down to, like. But it's just that you got a lucky game, and that's what happened. Yeah. Because I can get on a tear sometimes. Yeah. And it seems I'm pretty good. But not really. Yeah. And I had a couple good games. I rolled one of the games where I got over 100,000 on an old game. And you're like, my God. No one was beating that score. And the one with Sea Witch, I did really good on that because obviously we have the Beatles. Right. And if you're good on the Beatles, well, you know a few of the tricks to Sea Witch. Now, it's a different game. It plays different. It's not the same thing. But you can kind of have some of the same shots So it a little easier Yeah I just kind of at some point I was just like you know this isn what pinball is for me anymore I don't know if it ever was. Right. I don't think it ever was. I never really wanted to be a competition player. You know, I don't shy away from competition, but it's not, I do it for fun. I love pinball, just for fun. Yeah. I think I liked playing in those ladies tournaments because it was like, it was more social than, do you know what I mean? Like you got to talk to everybody and. Yeah. Cause there wasn't much chit chat. Yeah. A little bit, but not, not, not much, you know. But at that one, at the ladies flip things, those are, it's, it feels more like hanging out with your friends. Like a relaxed atmosphere. You're still competing. You're still having fun, you know. Yeah. Yeah. But they're like showing you stuff and teaching you things about the machine. Right. Which you wouldn't expect at a tournament. Right. So that's cool. Yeah. And this discussion is not besmirching tournament players or District 82 or any of that crap. This is about us. It's just not our bag. Baby. Yes. And so it was just one of those things where kind of like as I left, I was like, I don't think I'm ever going to do that again. No. And that's okay. Yeah. It's okay. you know some people live for that and that's cool too yeah uh pinball is very different for everyone or it can be very different for everyone you know yeah so uh much to the chagrin uh you know we we did not do very well and uh left with our tails between our legs i'm glad we didn't tell you when we were the pinball junk drawer i know that's in the like huh they're like who cares No, they would have been like, what's that? Who are you? So sad. We're so obscure. What an interesting side note. Now, he must have been there, but I don't know enough. I actually want to write this one group. There's a show I listen to, Triple Drain? I think, yeah, it's Triple Drain. Because I don't listen to a whole lot of podcasts, pinball podcasts, but I have been more and more here and there. yeah there's some i just don't like and some are great and triple triple drain is one that's on the pinball network and it popped up and i listened to it and i was like the guy was talking about lumberjack johnny's oh one of the guys there is part of that streaming crew and he's on that like he lives in appleton and i'm like how many podcasters are around here we got don from don's pinball podcast us this guy from triple drain and fox city i'm just like who knew this was a hotbed of pinball media. Right. We should make the Appleton like mafia or something. The Appleton pinball mafia. Who does that? I don't know. Triple Drain. Oh, I don't know. I did know. I had it written down and then I forgot the sticky notes. So that's the end of that. Because I even wrote down to write them and say, who are you? Or maybe like meet up one day and if he's going to Lumberjack Town, he's in Appleton, we can meet up with him. Yeah. Or just swing by and say hey and you know whatever it doesn't really uh i remember those guys doing the the fox city stuff because they had that really nice rig yeah that was really cool i should try and like show my uh poor man pinball tribe coin one time but then i don't know if it was even live or on or i don't know then i got yanked i started to try and play and i showed the coin to the camera and then they're like okay now it's time for the tournament i was like okay so i had to leave and go lose to somebody. That's a bummer. That camera rig that the Fox Cities has is nice. It looks like that is the same person that does the triple drain. The one that was... Yeah, yeah. Some people know people's names. I'm not so good with them. No offense to anyone. They're a funny really good podcast to listen to. So is Don's, of course. Don's coming on like a maniac he's quickly ascending to the number one podcast of all pinball world maybe I don't know so yeah it was it was just very interesting when he started talking about living down the street from the Lumberjack Johnny's in Appleton I was like what how many how many people live around this area I thought I was unique turns out I'm not well we're unique because we're a couple we're the power couple of pinball podcast Pinball, the Appleton area, pinball power cup ball. That's going to be our new show title. Just rolls off the tongue. It sure does. But so there you had it. There has been a couple announcements, of course. Abba? I say Abba. Abba? Abba. It's Abba, right? I don't know. You should check with your uncle. I'm not going to. Okay. No, that's okay. Abba? Yeah, Abba. I don't think. No, another one of those bands where I guarantee I know way more songs from ABBA than I think I do. Like the Elton John songs. Like the Elton John where you're playing that. I was like, well, I know that song. I know all these songs. And then you break out in a dance and it's all over. That's what I'm having fun playing. Every time I play Elton John, I start doing like a butt-wiggling disco dance kind of thing. On purpose. Every time. But I do it every time. And I play that same song every time. but yeah like I don't know we'll see this is the same one that did Queen and I haven't seen Queen so I haven't seen a Queen machine I'm assuming I'm not going to see an Abba anytime soon either which is a shame because I'd love to play these things right I don't know how they shoot or if they Abba's a huge band in Europe so you know yeah I guess why not right if you're going to have two kiss machines if you're going to have all these you know Guns N' Roses what the hell I don't know I don't know if it's going to sell here but I guess it probably would yeah well you know why not but do you like ABBA do? I honestly could not name one song right now by ABBA. Dancing Queen. He was a dancing queen. I just saw you like. And sometimes that man. Remember that one? So yeah it was that. Well you did roller skating when you were in junior high so I'm assuming. Oh I roller skated all the time. It's time for us all skate. Dancing Queen. Crafter Sally's skating. Remember that part of that song? Yes. Yeah. See. Now I know. Which song are you talking about? Not Trexler Town. What was the name of that? Edgemont. Take that, Edgemont. The Edgemont DJ was a big ABBA fan. He'd be like, all right, it's time for an all skate. I want to go roller skating now. Now it's time to. No, you do not. You're going to fall one time and you're going to be like, my hip hurts for the next month and a half. You'll be like, shouldn't I went ABBA skating? All skate with ABBA. Oh, no. So we'll see. I hope it's at Expo I would love to play Queen Emma right yeah you know Pulp Fiction yeah god I starting to want more I starting to want a Pulp Fiction more and more and I haven played one since Expo MGC whenever we played it last time Yeah I think it was MGC God Yeah not this last one The one before it. Yeah, Nigh On two years ago. Dancing Queen, getting shot in the face. Gimp mask. No, that's a different one. So, yeah, we'll see. The other one was just announced that Home Pin is going to make the Blues Brothers. now I'm a big Blues Brothers fan I could quote every single I have not seen the movie in its entirety that's one that gets put on a little bit later on a Saturday night and Crafter Sally is a little bit tipsy and doesn't quite make it to the end just like Big Lebowski just like after the first seven minutes of after seven minutes of Blues Brothers that's the end of Crafter Sally I sometimes make it to them driving to the mall that's classic But the odd, I don't know, Home Pin, I don't, he famously hates pinball players. Oh, then why does he make pinball machines? That is a very valid question. We'll never ask him because we don't do interviews. And if we did, I wouldn't want to interview him anyway. I don't think he's going to hit our target market. But, yeah, I don't know. It's just one of those weird anomalies in the pinball world. We'll see what it is. It says it's an open source. It's going to be open source. Not open sores. that's like after you go abo all skating and then you fall and your knee skin's open that's an open sore this is an open source thanks for that clarification I'm here for the pinball community and yeah that's like raspberry pie people that's open source so everyone can do crap with it or you know so you can hack the well they're not even hacking it they're giving you the codes saying do whatever you want with it we're not going to update the codes but you can And it's probably like they hear all the bitching about how shallow their codes are. They're like, well, here, you make them. I don't care. They're just, I don't know. And then everyone's pinball machine's broken. Because the person didn't know what they were doing. Even though they thought they did. I got this really cheap Blues Brothers. Awesome. And you find out it's bricked because some idiot doesn't know what they're doing. And just totally just shithoused the whole thing. Oh, man. And it starts playing ABBA songs because they thought it would be really funny to have the Blues Brothers play ABBA. and then you find out it's themed after the Blues Brothers 2000 movie and you just take it out in your yard and light it on fire. And the world's a better place. So it makes sense when you think about it like that. Yes. Complete sense. Or nonsense, whichever. You just have to work through it in your head, folks. Just get to burning it in your yard and everyone's happy. Now you know what I deal with on a weekly basis for 30-some years. Many years. We'll just say that. Oh, here's that sticky note. Nice. What's that guy's name? Tom. Yep. Tom from Appleton something Fox Cities. Appleton Graff. Tom Graff. Oh. Uh-huh. That's his name. Yeah, he was the one pushing that rig around. No, and he's the one from Appleton. Yep. So if you ever want to say, hey, how's Appleton, you can ask Tom Graff. Or me, because I'm there too. All right. So you're not in on ABBA or on Blues Brothers is what I'm saying. Well, I would be in on Blues Brothers. But you'd fall asleep after the first ball. You would just fall over. Sounds right. The way I play pinball. You'd just fall over. Put on your skates and we could put on ABBA and you could just fall over as you're playing the Blues Brothers. There you go. Just with what you just were talking about, I would probably say we should, if we get one, we would get it from the manufacturer before any updates and not have it online so that it doesn't get spammed. And people crap their rompers about Stern and putting in those like actual real commercials on there. Imagine the commercials that are going to get from the spamming of those open source pinball machines. you're like I don't remember downloading porn I don't remember Pornhub sponsoring my pinball machine but here we are and it won't be the Blues Brothers anymore oh man so no I don't think the Dan Aykroyd and or John Belushi families are going to be getting any money from this I could be wrong big quick commerce update so So I think it was about a year, 17 years ago, I ordered the lunchbox for the Galactic Tank Force. And I'm still waiting for that 17 years later. And then on Tuesday, I ordered some socks and a bar mat from the Stern thing. I got it Thursday. So I'm starting to see maybe there's a reason Stern's on top. I don't know. Right. And, you know, I literally pressed buy it now, and the guy rang my doorbell and was like, here's your socks and your bar mat. And I was like, thanks, Stern. It was Gary Stern. And I handed it to him. I was like, you don't happen to make lunchboxes for the Collective Tank Sport because I could really use that one I ordered. And he was like, nah, bro, I don't do that. And then he lit a pinball machine on fire in our yard and left. It was a blue spreader. Luckily, he didn't fall asleep driving away. I don't think he was listening to ABBA. So, yeah, it was one of those weird things where I was like, I don't think I'm ever getting that lunchbox that I ordered. That was like a Ponzi scheme. Maybe it was. Oh, God. Maybe they were using it to source their pinball machine. It's like, yeah, I'm going to fund buying a Ferrari by selling number two pencils. I don't know. I have to sell 78 trillion of these number two pencils. but as soon as I don't deliver them and I take all that money I'm going to get that one car. How many people would buy a lunchbox for $20? We did. And then you're like, oh, I'm sure it'll come eventually. And then 17 years later you still don't have it. I'm still carrying my soup in my hands because I don't have my thermos. And there's a sandwich I just put on my head when I'm walking to work. I don't have anywhere to store it. I put it in my pockets. You better be careful because that doesn't sound safe. Safety is number one at my work. So, yeah. So I'm carrying around soup in my hands and I got my sandwich on my head. And it warms it up before lunch. But still, I would like to have a little kettle to carry around. That would be nice. Yeah, it would be nice. So if you're listening out there, whomever makes Galactic Tank Force, can I have my goddamn lunchbox at some point, please? That would be super. Thanks. Have Stern make it for you. Then I'll get it tomorrow. That would be perfect. Or just have them ship them for you. Same difference, right? I'm almost sure it came from Canada. The stern stuff came from Canada So how On a donkey The donkey came up over the mountains We should ask him to grab some of Orbital Albert alpaca coffee Yeah. Since the pack mule was heading this way with our socks. Oh, we have to order some of that. I know. We keep forgetting. That's the problem. Too much forgetting. Last thing. I'm trying to think what else we have today. So the last thing, I have been reading a book, and I'm going to do a little bit of a recommend for this book. I do, all my nonsensical joking aside, I do actually read a lot of books about pinball and about video games and stuff like that and I got a new one called From Pinballs to Pixels, An Arcade History of Williams Bally Midway and this is by Ken Horowitz and then the last name is H-O-R-O-W-I-T-Z it's called From Pinballs to Pixels and it's a really good book I'm only about a quarter of the way through it but it's thorough and there's lots of really neat stories. And it just is talking about how basically value Valley Williams was making pinballs. And then they had to hit defender and how that like parlayed them into being breaking into the video game stuff. And it talks a lot about the people that they brought with them and how Steve Ritchie brought some guys in. So it's a, it's a wonderful book and it's not too crazy. I got it off Amazon. It was, you know, it's an easy order. I, you know, I like that one. I always give a plug for the illustrated history of pinball. And now I would like to add to that, from pinballs to pixels, it's a great book. So I think it's a pretty new one. I'm thinking it might have just come out this year. I could be totally wrong about that. Inside front cover. Wow, look at you. You know about books. I do. You know about the learning stuff, don't you? Yeah, 2023. So there you go. And I think it's time. You ready for everyone's favorite? Yeah. Okay, cool. the fans have spoken and we have listened it's beer journal review with me craft brew sally All right, so we are going to stick with our theme for this show. ABBA? No. Oh. We're going to call this episode segment, We Suck at Beer. Well, that can't be right. Yes, it can. And we're going to go over our least favorite beer that we have ever checked into our craft beer journal. Uh-oh, I think I know where this is headed. Yes. It was a little number called Ghost Face Killer. Yes. Which we got for the label. Yes, because I like Wu-Tang Clan and I like Ghost Face Killer. Uh-huh. I was like, oh, that's awesome. Yes. It sat for a while, too, didn't it, though? Like, I bought it, but I don't remember drinking it. I didn't, like, run home and drink it. I think it sat around. I don't know. I don't either. But it was the worst beer that I have ever had. I remember it being terrible and spitting it out. Yes. I think same for me. I think I forced you to drink it. And you were like, I don't want to. And I was like, well, try it. Just try a little for your journal. Yeah, you have to put it in your journal. Which you did a lot. Yeah, exactly. But I was looking at the reviews for it on my untapped app. Yes. And people are actually saying that they like it, which surprised me. I think that's why you should never, ever listen to anyone's review about anything. Right. But make sure you tune in to We Suck at Video Games for our Wii game reviews. Okay, go ahead. Sorry. You are correct. but people are actually giving it a 5 out of 5 oh no, they work there those people work there so the description of it is 6 kinds of hot chili peppers go into this fiery ass beer including the infamous ghost pepper all I remember is taking one sip of it and it literally tasted like the worst thing ever and it's super hot and super gross and I just spit it out. It was just like sucking on a jalapeno. Yeah. And I'm no stranger to hot peppers. Right. I eat a lot of hot food. I love hot food. Exactly. I'm up there with the hot. And no. No. It didn't even taste like beer. It tasted like just like that chemically crappy, like super hot BS flavor. You know, like sometimes you'll have wings. And you can tell it's not naturally hot. It's just they put like crap on it, you know. It's just like that chemical heat. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's not like nature didn't provide this. You know. That's what I got from it. Yeah, so. Now, I remembered also we tried a jalapeno beer. Did I make that up in my head? I think this was the one, but I can. For some reason, I thought we also, like, well, let's try this jalapeno beer because maybe that one was wrong. And I think that one was crap, too. Right. I don't know. So you're saying even if you like, well, I'm saying even if you like hot stuff, don't bother with it. Do they even make it anymore? Is that something they're still making? Yeah, they were still reviewing it in at least 2023. Wow. I would have assumed that would have came and went along with the, you know, I would have thought no way would anyone ever do that. I'm wondering if they maybe tweaked the recipe in later runs of it. Like fixed it. Yeah. Because, yeah, we got it right away. It had just come out, I thought. Yeah, because the last review on here was from 4-22 of this year. Wow. It's been around for a while. And maybe we got a bad batch. Maybe. I'm not going to try it again, though. Or maybe we were in on the first batch or something like that. Yeah. Who knows? Yeah. So I guess if you're curious about ghost pepper beer, try it. But I wouldn't recommend it. You could take that six bucks and buy something better. Right. Like almost anything in that whole thing. Yeah. You with me on that one, Craft Room? Yeah, I would not recommend it unless you like sucking on jalapenos. Yeah, and if you do, well, good for you. Yeah. So, all right. You got anything else for this week? I do not. I don't either. Well, thanks for listening, everyone. We will probably rebrand this show back to the Pinball Junk Show next week, I'm guessing. Yes, yes. As a short-lived. And Beer Journal review. That's okay, good. That's it? Yes. All right, well, thanks for listening, everyone. This has been Big Show 45 And we hope to see you next time for Big Show 46 That's it man Game over man Game over

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