# Episode: 27 More Dad Jokes, More Elvira, and More booze

**Source:** Poor Man's Pinball Podcast  
**Type:** podcast_episode  
**Published:** 2019-09-25  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://poormanspinballpodcast.libsyn.com/episode-27-more-dad-jokes-more-elvira-and-more-booze

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## Analysis

Poor Man's Pinball Podcast episode 27 features hosts Scott Ian and Drew discussing Elvira's House of Horrors (Premium Edition) following its official video release, dad jokes interspersed throughout, Drew's impromptu late-night Twitch stream experience with Zach Sharpe and others playing Jurassic Park and Avatar, and hints about upcoming Stern releases including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Brian Eddy's next game. The hosts maintain their signature drunk, casual tone while touching on production quality, collector pricing, and upcoming game speculation.

### Key Claims

- [MEDIUM] Cassandra Peterson appears in Elvira's House of Horrors (Premium Edition) video and this may be the first and last time she performs as Elvira in video content for a pinball game in recent years — _Scott Ian and Drew discussing Cassandra Peterson's involvement; they note she hasn't dressed as Elvira for years and this is a special case_
- [MEDIUM] A signature series premium package for Elvira's House of Horrors (Premium Edition) including a couch swatch and card signed by Cassandra Peterson is priced at $5,000 and there are only 50 of them — _Drew citing information, noting some uncertainty ('I heard they sold off... maybe Kaneda's Pinball Podcast said it')_
- [HIGH] Brian Eddy is working at Stern and designing a game with unknown release timeline — _Scott Ian states 'We just don't know when or where' regarding Brian Eddy's design work at Stern_
- [MEDIUM] Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is rumored to be the next Stern release — _Drew: 'If they bring Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles out this year, that's going to be a home run.' Scott Ian: 'I am personally looking forward to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, if that's true'_
- [MEDIUM] The next two Stern releases after Elvira's House of Horrors (Premium Edition) are supposed to be 'out of this world,' especially the second one coming this year or probably next year — _Scott Ian citing information heard on another show: 'The next two Sam Stern releases are supposed to be kind of out of this world'_
- [MEDIUM] Jeremy Packer is doing artwork for upcoming Stern games including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — _Scott Ian: 'You can't go wrong with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles artwork by Jeremy Packer'_
- [HIGH] Zach Sharpe from Pin Quest achieved 300 million points solo on Jurassic Park during a Friday night Twitch stream that lasted until approximately 2 AM — _Drew recounting personal experience watching the live stream; can be verified on Flip N Out Pinball's YouTube/Twitch channel_
- [HIGH] The Elvira's House of Horrors (Premium Edition) video release significantly improved community perception of the game from initially lukewarm photo reactions — _Scott Ian: 'That video drops, and I do a complete 180, dude. It's awesome... last week I was like, I was a little poo-pooing the artwork a bit. See it in that video, I'm like, oh, snap'_

### Notable Quotes

> "The sloppiest show on the internet"
> — **Zach Sharpe / Greg (Straight Down the Middle)**, intro
> _New tagline adopted by Poor Man's Pinball hosts to describe their drunk, unfiltered podcast style_

> "Sober podcasting is sort of like watching a baseball game sober. It's okay, but not nearly as fun."
> — **Drew**, early episode
> _Encapsulates the show's philosophy about their format and why listeners tune in_

> "That video drops, and I do a complete 180, dude. It's awesome."
> — **Scott Ian**, Elvira discussion
> _Shows how the official Stern video substantially changed perception of Elvira's House of Horrors (Premium Edition)_

> "You can't go wrong with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles artwork by Jeremy Packer. Jeremy Packer is an absolute fucking stud, and God bless him that he is doing pinball."
> — **Scott Ian**, future Stern games discussion
> _High praise for artist Jeremy Packer's work and implicit confirmation of his involvement with TMNT pinball_

> "If they bring Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles out this year, that's going to be a home run."
> — **Drew**, Stern pipeline discussion
> _Indicates TMNT is rumored for 2024 release and seen as major franchise win_

> "Zach Sharpe was having a little bit of fun... he doesn't usually drink... he was drinking."
> — **Drew**, Twitch stream story
> _Notes unusual behavior from Zach Sharpe, suggesting the event was particularly casual/social_

> "I think they're churning them out, man... their games do seem to be getting a little better over the last several years."
> — **Scott Ian**, Stern assessment
> _Recognition of Stern's production volume and improving quality trajectory_

> "It has to do with the theme, not the designer. Exactly."
> — **Drew and Scott Ian (agreeing)**, Brian Eddy budget discussion
> _Acknowledgment that pinball budgets are driven more by IP licensing costs than designer prestige_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Scott Ian | person | Co-host of Poor Man's Pinball Podcast; driver of discussion and guest segments |
| Drew | person | Co-host of Poor Man's Pinball Podcast; discusses Twitch stream experience and pinball collecting interests |
| Zach Sharpe | person | Host of Pin Quest podcast; appeared on Flip N Out Pinball's impromptu Twitch stream Friday night; achieved 300M points on Jurassic Park |
| Cassandra Peterson | person | Original Elvira character performer; featured prominently in Elvira's House of Horrors (Premium Edition) video content and signature series merchandise |
| Sam Stern | person | Designer/creative lead at Stern Pinball; releasing Elvira's House of Horrors (Premium Edition); next two releases rumored to be exceptional |
| Brian Eddy | person | Legendary pinball designer; recently joined Stern Pinball; designing upcoming game with unknown title and timeline |
| Jeremy Packer | person | Pinball artist at Stern; praised for artwork on recent titles including rumored Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles |
| Greg | person | Host of Straight Down the Middle podcast; co-creator of 'sloppiest show on the internet' tagline |
| Stern Pinball | company | Major pinball manufacturer; releasing Elvira's House of Horrors (Premium Edition); rumored TMNT and Brian Eddy game in development |
| Elvira's House of Horrors (Premium Edition) | game | Recently released Stern title featuring Cassandra Peterson; video release significantly improved community perception; signature series at $5,000 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | game | Rumored Stern pinball machine with artwork by Jeremy Packer; expected to release this year or next |
| Jurassic Park | game | Stern pinball played during Friday night Twitch stream; Zach Sharpe achieved 300M points |
| Avatar | game | Stern pinball; mentioned as being played during Friday night impromptu Flip N Out stream |
| Pin Quest | game | Game associated with Zach Sharpe; mentioned in context of Straight Down the Middle podcast |
| Flip N Out Pinball | organization | YouTube/Twitch channel that hosted impromptu Friday night stream featuring Zach Sharpe, Ken, and Bill |
| Straight Down the Middle | organization | Podcast hosted by Greg and Zach Sharpe; created intro for Poor Man's Pinball episode 27 |
| Poor Man's Pinball Podcast | organization | Podcast hosted by Scott Ian and Drew; self-described as 'sloppiest show on the internet' |
| This Week in Pinball | organization | Podcast that featured interview with Cassandra Peterson about Elvira's House of Horrors (Premium Edition) |
| Ken | person | Participant in Flip N Out Pinball Friday night stream; explained what Twitch bits are to viewers |
| Bill | person | Participant in Flip N Out Pinball Friday night stream from Illinois |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Elvira's House of Horrors (Premium Edition) video release and community reception, Cassandra Peterson's involvement and potential final performance as Elvira character, Premium signature series pricing and collector behavior ($5,000 couch/card sets), Stern Pinball upcoming releases: TMNT rumors and Brian Eddy's next game
- **Secondary:** Drew's impromptu Twitch stream experience and community engagement, Dad jokes as podcast segment format, Pinball collector market dynamics and operator vs. collector perspectives
- **Mentioned:** Jeremy Packer's artwork for Stern games

### Sentiment

**Positive** (0.78) — Hosts are enthusiastic about Elvira's House of Horrors (Premium Edition) after video release, excited about rumored Stern pipeline (TMNT, Brian Eddy), and had genuinely good social experiences with the community. Some skepticism about $5K signature series pricing but framed as out-of-touch luxury rather than condemning. Overall tone is celebratory and fun despite criticizing some design/production aspects.

### Signals

- **[product_launch]** Elvira's House of Horrors (Premium Edition) video release dramatically improved community perception and excitement for the game (confidence: high) — Scott Ian's complete 180 on game opinion after seeing video; detailed observations of playfield features (gargoyles, LED windows, spinning top, elevator, subway, crypt) visible in video
- **[collector_signal]** Premium signature series ($5K for 50 units) sold out quickly, indicating strong FOMO and whale collector demand for limited Cassandra Peterson memorabilia (confidence: medium) — Drew: 'I heard they sold off... at least Kaneda's Pinball Podcast said it' and '52 high-end collectors that have lots of money' suggest brisk sales despite high price
- **[rumor_hype]** Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pinball machine rumored for Stern release with Jeremy Packer artwork (confidence: medium) — Drew: 'If they bring Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles out this year, that's going to be a home run.' Scott Ian confirms interest in TMNT and credits Packer for artwork
- **[personnel_signal]** Brian Eddy, legendary pinball designer, has joined Stern Pinball and is designing a game (title and timeline unknown) (confidence: high) — Scott Ian: 'Brian Eddy is working at Sam Stern, and he is going to be designing a game. We just don't know when or where.'
- **[machine_intel]** Stern's next two releases after Elvira's House of Horrors (Premium Edition) are reportedly exceptional, especially the second one coming this year or next (confidence: medium) — Scott Ian: 'The next two Sam Stern releases are supposed to be kind of out of this world, especially the second one coming'
- **[content_signal]** Community actively consuming Twitch/YouTube pinball streams; Flip N Out Pinball stream went viral enough to be referenced on podcast and drove real-time engagement with Zach Sharpe and others (confidence: high) — Drew's detailed account of 3.5-hour Friday night stream; archival available on YouTube; cross-promotion between communities
- **[community_signal]** High degree of organic social engagement and collaboration between podcasters, streamers, and players (Zach Sharpe, Ken, Bill, Drew calling in drunk at 2 AM) (confidence: high) — Drew's Twitch interaction story; community gaming challenges and betting on stream; personal phone calls to stream participants
- **[design_innovation]** Elvira's House of Horrors (Premium Edition) features interactive mansion playfield with multiple state-based toys (gargoyles, LED windows, elevator, skull bash toy, subway, spinning top section) (confidence: high) — Scott Ian detailed feature observations from video: 'interactive mansion,' 'change of states,' 'right tunnel crypt thing,' 'elevator goes up,' 'Skull Bash toy,' 'subway,' 'windows are all LED,' 'spins around'
- **[product_strategy]** Stern producing high-volume games with aggressive bill-of-materials packed with features; market strategy emphasizes output over boutique positioning (confidence: high) — Scott Ian: 'They're churning them out, man... their games do seem to be getting a little better over the last several years' and 'what the hell is they doing lately? What are they trying to prove?'
- **[licensing_signal]** IP licensing costs (not designer prestige) are primary driver of pinball game budgets; major franchises (Jurassic Park, Avatar) command higher production budgets than boutique themes (confidence: high) — Discussion comparing Steve Ritchie vs. Brian Eddy budget allocation; conclusion: 'It has to do with the theme, not the designer. Exactly.' Example: 'Jurassic Park, regardless of who was building it' costs more than Shane Black theme
- **[sentiment_shift]** Community perception of Cassandra Peterson's Elvira character has evolved; she no longer dresses as Elvira for years, making video appearance a special/potentially final performance (confidence: medium) — Scott Ian: 'They said it's... she doesn't... when she goes to all these shows... she goes there as Cassandra Peterson, not as Elvira. So this is the first time in a long time and potentially the last time'
- **[market_signal]** High-end collector segment willing to pay $5K for signature/memorabilia packages despite mainstream community skepticism; tier segmentation in pinball market evident (confidence: medium) — Drew: 'it seems silly to most of us in pinball land because we don't have that kind of money... but Kaneda's did say... you know people want to show off'

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## Transcript

 Ian and Drew from the Poor Man's Pinball Podcast. Wow, what dicks. Wisconsin dicks. Hey, you know what? Cheese dicks. Literally, the guys with the darkest video are the ones wearing sunglasses in it. Really? What is that? Oh, so they said fuck you to us. Well, guess what, guys? Fuck you. Yeah, how about that? But I still loved it. They were hilarious because they were so free. They were just having a good fucking time. They were drunk having a good time. Listen to their podcast. Same way. It was funny. When you talk to them when they're sober, they're actually intelligent. And they have actual thought. I loved it when you called me after you did that podcast with them. You were like, I didn't even know who I was talking to. They were like two totally different guys. You get them at 8 in the morning when they're not drunk. You get them drunk and they've got the sloppiest show on the Internet. Oh, well. It's so great. Oh, well. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, Oh, down in the mix of Cali, there's a crazy little place that I know. Welcome to the Poor Man's Pinball Podcast, episode number 27, the sloppiest show on the internet. Hey! I am Drew, with me... I'm Ian. How's it going, buddy? Going good. That intro was brought to you by our good friends straight down the middle, guys, Greg and Zach. So guys, thank you for our new intro, that was awesome. One of the best taglines on the internet. Yeah. so thank you very much greg and zach uh congratulations again on 100 episodes thought that was pretty cool man it was 100 episodes that's a lot especially youtube terms and 35 of them were actually pretty good episodes oh womp womp all right well yep they're class acts we're not let's move on yeah we love them Good job, guys. Congratulations. But, Zach, kudos on the sloppiest show on the Internet. We're going to use that. We love that. It's happening. We were smiling ear to ear when we heard that. I don't know. Is that weird? Nope. Nope. Not weird. All right. I'm cool with it then. Ian, everything we do down here is weird. And to be fair, I had sunglasses on because I didn't want to look like I was reading off the screen. Does that make me even weirder? Yeah, that's weird. No. It's doubly weird. What's that song? Sunglasses at Night? Well, if Greg had any fashion sense, which I thought he did, those are like the dollar store plastic sunglasses you get at the zoo. You know, the neon green, the neon blue, the neon pink. And I'll attest to this. Ian wears those all the time. I wear them to work. Those are his sunglasses. I have a legit job where I dress up really nice, but I wear those sunglasses. Throws everyone off. But I'm like, fuck it. I'm one of those serial sitters. I sit on my sunglasses all the time. I never understood these people that buy these $100 sunglasses, whatever. It's like, buy the cheap ones and use them. They're there for a purpose. What do you think Kaneda wears, sunglass-wise? Oh, my God. Probably Ray-Bans, like $300. I bet you he puts all those sunglasses in the sock drawer because the sock drawer is empty. But I'm pumped. We got a lot of rim shots before we even get going today, folks. Oh, man. What are we drinking? Oh. Drew, what are you drinking? I'm drinking. I'm drinking what you made me again this week. All right, perfect. Well. Tell the audience what you made us this week. We got an email, mailbag. We'll do it later in the episode. But somebody said he loved Old Fashioned. Made them sound like they were delicious. He missed them. And he suggested bourbon Old Fashioned. So we are drinking Winchester bourbon Old Fashioned sweets. Yep. And this isn't some cheap Kessler's crap. This is good stuff. Yeah, Winchester extra smooth. It is. It's good, man. That's what it's called, Extra Smooth Winchester. Delicious. Love it. Tastes great. And we run out of this. I'm killing that bottle of Eagle Rare. You know, before we get started, I just want to tell you a quick story. Yeah. I was getting ready to leave. My wife and my son dropped me off here today. Oh, I thought you said you were going to leave your wife. I was like, this show got dark. That brings up a story, too. On the way here, I told her that she made some joke about how she never listens to us. And I said, oh, I could be talking about all my mistresses and stuff and all these different things that you would never know. And she goes, oh, somebody would tell me. I'm like, Kathleen, nobody listens to us. Nobody will tell you anything. Speak for yourself, man. We've been killing it on the listening. Oh, no. You guys have been awesome. It's been crazy. We blew up. Anyways. So I'm getting ready to leave. Thanks, Twip. I was having a cocktail before I left today, and my wife told me, she said, you should try sober podcasting once in a while. And I looked at her, and I said, you know what? Sober podcasting is sort of like watching a baseball game sober. It's okay, but not nearly as fun. Yeah, there was that one episode you were totally sober. Yep. And it wasn't funny. It was pretty boring, actually. It just didn't have the Drew Zip that we all come to know. Yeah, we love the Drew Zip. Drew Zip's the best part of this show. I'm trademarking that. Drew Zip. Drew Zip. Ian Sloppiness. Sloppiest show on the internet. Sloppy Ian. Drew Zip. You know, that's what you guys tune in for. I don't know why. So anyways. I can't fucking, I don't know the science behind why people listen to us, but we got listenership. Yep. A little bit of an audience. We love each and every one of you. We're going to talk pinball sometime today, but not. Yeah, we're getting there. Yeah. We're always slow. We're a slow burn. We build up. We've talked about that. It's a slow burn. So we got a lot today, though. Actually, no, we don't got a ton, but we got some. You know what we got? What do we got? A random timer set. Uh-oh. What does that mean, Ian? Dad joke day. All right. We got dad jokes. Why don't you explain it to the listeners who have just joined us today? Because we get new listeners each and every week. Dad joke day is our favorite day now because it allows Drew and I to tell really, really bad jokes. So what I do is I set up a random timer, and it could be anywhere from two minutes. It could be five minutes. It could be somewhere in the middle there. But when the timer goes off, we tell a bad dad joke, or at least one of us does. So very fun. We love doing it. We got a good response. We did this, what, two or three weeks ago, and people really seemed to like it. I'm starting the timer now. Okay. So we're good. Timer is set. So while that's being said and going off, in today's episode, we're going to discuss a little bit about Elvira. There was a three-minute video release that we'll get to shortly here. We're going to discuss why you should never leave Drew to his own devices on a Friday night. I got a great story for you guys. I've known that since high school. Go on. Drew is trying to buy more pins again. I saw those notes. I'm interested about that. Yep. Ian has no idea what to say. I don't know what any of this is. I get to surprise Ian for a change. Usually he surprises me with stuff and says, hey, we're doing this game. We're doing this or that. Today I'm going to tell him a few stories he hasn't heard yet. All right. We got another top five. Oh, God. Again. Top five filling episode. Yep. Episode filling. Here we go. We don't have much to talk about, so we're going to do another top five. Top five. What the hell? Of course, we have more dad jokes. We already discussed that. We know what that's all about. And then we have our mailbag. what do you think about that mr ian sir mailbag no i'm good man sounds great i'm ready to go let's do it kick it off with alvira here alvira they had no stern uh released that beautiful beautiful fucking video that trailer this is why i hate those original photographs because they are i know you said last week that they were pretty decent and we all saw them i don't know if they were the greatest representation of that game you mean the quality of the photos yeah that's Yeah, the photo quality, it's iffy, right? It's a little blurry, maybe a little pixelated when you try to zoom in, whatever. That video drops, and I do a complete 180, dude. It's awesome. I love watching that game in motion. I don't care if it's a fan layout. That sounds great to me. I'll do a fan layout all day. I loved how interactive that mansion looked. I mean, you had a lot of different change of states on the, what is it, that right tunnel crypt thing? Yeah. I think cool. You smash it, and then the elevator goes up, and then there's a Skull Bash toy in there. I know. Very cool. Yeah, there's a subway in this thing. The windows are all LED. The top of the freaking thing spins around. I don't know how else to describe it. And I didn't realize on the first go-around with the teaser video and everything, there's actually four gargoyles on there. Two for the crypt and two for the main ramp. Yeah. That's pretty cool. Yeah, and, you know, last week I was like, I was a little poo-pooing the artwork a bit. See it in that video, I'm like, oh, snap. It does look sharp. It's sharp. I'm excited. I want to play this game badly. I mean, I think we can all agree that Stern isn't going to release an art package that isn't at the very least, you know, colorful, pretty well done. You know what I mean? Oh, yeah. We're a long way away from Game of Thrones type stuff. You know, Lord of the Rings, Simpsons even. You know, just we're a long way away from that, which is good. Good, good. Yeah, no, it looked sharp. I liked it. I'm really excited. And, you know, I heard on, what was it, Twip today, they had Cassandra, who plays Elvira. Cassandra Peterson. Thank you. She did quite, I guess, a long time in the, what do you call it, video room. Oh, yeah, because all the LCD stuff. Yeah, dude. She did a ton. Yeah, we are ready for a dad joke, Drew. I'm kicking off dad joke day number two. My boss is going to fire the employee with the worst posture. I have a hunch it might be me. And that's what you can expect for the next 40 or 50 minutes here on the Poor Man's Pinball Podcast. Email us at poormanspinball at gmail.com. Let us know what you think about dad jokes. So Cassandra Peterson, she's doing all the video, obviously. They had her in the studio. I'm excited about that. She's going to introduce every single little monster and ghoul that comes on there in the only way Cassandra Peterson can, as Elvira. You know what I'm saying? Well, they're saying she doesn't really dress up as Elvira anymore, and she hasn't in years. Really? Yeah. They said it's, you know, our fact checker is on vacation. But, no. We pay him so good, he's on vacation. There were people talking about it, saying that in recent years, like several years, she has not, you know, she doesn't, when she goes to all these shows and she does these things, she goes there as Cassandra Peterson, not as Elvira. So this is the first time in a long time and potentially the last time she's ever going to do any sort of video stuff as Elvira. That's kind of cool. Spoiler alert, Cassandra Peterson's super hot. She is. She's beautiful. She's a seven-year-old woman and she looks stunning. Just stunning. Just stunning. Just gorgeous. Can we get a little for Cassandra? Sure. What do you feel about that piece of couch? How do you feel about them giving away stuff like that? Is that actually going to be on the game anywhere? Do they throw it in an envelope? No, in the apron, I think. In the apron? Yeah. I guess there's a card that she signs and then a piece of the couch. I don't know. Some people said she signs it. Some people said she doesn't. I don't know. You can look at the Matrix for that. It's a signature series. she should sign something she definitely signs a card on the apron um you know and obviously if you get a swatch of the couch you can put that you know on your play field or on the apron or something if you want but um you know essentially what's happening here is they're saying this is five thousand dollars you know a swatch of the couch a card signed by her and that's it i mean Really, there's nothing else. So they're saying that's $5,000. Now, you know, I don't know. I am literally speechless. He doesn't know what to say about that. But you know what? I heard they sold off. They did. At least Canada said it. I don't know. Maybe Canada was wrong. No, I'm pretty sure they did. I think some other people confirmed that. But when you have only 50 of them and you think about Stern's LEs that they were selling for $9,000 or $9,500 or whatever they sell them for at 500 of them, and they're selling out not all of their LEs in all cases, but a lot of them, 52 high-end collectors that have lots of money, I'm not really surprised. it seems silly to most of us in pinball land because we don't have that kind of money and spending five thousand dollars for a couple of signatures from cassandra seems ludicrous but to uh canada did say at best that you know people want to show off they want to say hey i have the best of something and in this case they're getting it first so they get to play that game before anybody else so that's pretty cool very cool oh i see the alert random timer's up here we go dad joke dad joke here we go what do you call a man with no body and no nose no idea nobody knows oh my god this is gonna get worse as the show goes on all right i love it um so um you're you're you're a horror theme you're a um creature from the black goon twilight zone all that stuff does alvira like do it for you with all the the b horror movies and that kind of stuff or are you just not into that yeah i think alvira hit her stride just i was just a little young no i'm not even saying like when you're growing up but just yeah i'm saying well that's what i'm saying like i don't have a direct connection okay i know of her i've never seen her movies. So do I? No, I don't. It doesn't do anything for me. So when you saw this, you weren't like, oh my God, this is so awesome. Because it so it like I look at this as like the most generic of horror Like there nothing there that screams horror movies to me Sure because she wasn much about her movies She would talk about other movies She introduced a lot of B-movies, sure. But that was back when the B-movies were all about boobs and gore. Yeah, the 70s. So, you know what? No, I don't have a affinity. So you don't have a connection to that. I don't have an affinity to the subject matter of this pin. However, I love her. It's hard not to love her. I mean, I think what she does and her brand is super cool. Sure. And do you think her other pins were good and different? When we played it at the Blackbird, a local bar of ours, they had Elvira there, the first one. And the Party Monsters, yeah. Yeah, dude, that was an awesome shooting pin, man. I had a lot of fun with that pin. That was. And, you know, a lot of people, I think it's Split where people say, because, you know, like Scared Stiff, everyone loves and, you know, goes for, you know, more money than what it's actually, quote, unquote, worth. But, you know, that game tends to be repetitive and pretty easy. But, yeah, Elvira and the Party Monsters seems to be more fun. Yeah, it's campy humor. It's double entendres. It's, you know, kind of a darker. Well, Scared Stiff had that, too. But, like I said. No, I'm saying all three of them. Yeah. I'm just talking about three in general. So as a set, yeah, they stand out from other pinball machines. That's what makes them so great. So I'm a big fan. No, I'm all about it. I don't have a direct, like I said, I don't have a direct fandom to her. I don't have a connection with it. This isn't like The Exorcist or something where I loved it growing up or the original Dawn of the Dead. That's not like what we're talking here. We're talking just someone that introduced a lot of B-movies and was someone that you heard of growing up. But, yeah, it's just one of those things that I missed that whole train. But, yeah, she's awesome. She's awesome. I just respect the hell out of her, and I loved her other two pins. So we'll just wait to play it and reserve judgment until then. But it looks cool. It looks like they packed as much as they could with their, once again, their bill of materials. Yeah, what the hell is they doing lately? What are they trying to prove? Well, they're – They're sinking the competition? They're churning them out, man. I mean, you can say whatever you want about art or bare playfields, but they're churning them out. People are buying them, and they're going to keep churning them out. And their games do seem to be getting a little better over the last several years. Here at Canada Today, talk about the – well, it wasn't today. It was yesterday, but I listened to it today. The next two Stern releases are supposed to be kind of out of this world, especially the second one coming. As in this year or probably next year? I'm assuming next year. Yeah. The next two are supposedly amazing. All right, we got a dad joke. Dad joke, dad joke. I had a pile of RAM, but I can't quite recall where I put it. I must have lost my memory. Oh, Jesus. Good Lord. There is not enough booze in the world for that one. All right. Speaking of which, Drew needs a refill. Oh, let's pause it. Ladies and gentlemen, enjoy the music. All right. So we are back. So, Drew, did you get a refill? I did. Nice. All right. Had to make it myself, though. I missed my bartender. Sorry, man. I was too busy sitting here watching you struggle. But anyway, so Stern's obviously kicking some serious ass. Let's go back to Stern. If they bring Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles out this year, that's going to be a home run. And if whatever's after that is even better, come on. Were there any hints to what that was? No. I mean, I know we're so far out. God bless it, no. Yeah. That'll be around the time Deep Root finally. What do you think Brian Eddy's up to? You think he's up to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? Well, that's the thing. You know, they said Brian Eddy was supposed to do something this year. I thought he was, too. And that was the whole, oh, is he doing Jaws? Is he doing a sequel to one of his games? Bill and Ted's. Bill and Ted's. There was a lot of stuff kind of floating around. But the things we know for sure, Brian Eddy is working at Stern, and he is going to be designing a game. We just don't know when or where. I'm excited, though. Oh, sure. Why not? You think they're throwing the kitchen sink with that game? I think they'll give him a little more budget than, you know, say like, I don't know, say more than what, but they'll give him a little bit more on the build. More than Steve Ritchie? Well, I was about to say that. And then I'm thinking like, well, he's Steve Ritchie, you know, so you think you'd give him a ton of budget. All depends on the title, I guess. Yeah. And the license. And that's a much bigger. It's not like, oh, you're Steve Ritchie. You only get $2,000. But Black Knight versus Jurassic Park, regardless of who was building it. Yeah. It has to do with the theme, not the designer. Exactly. All right. Well, hopefully it's a cool theme. It didn't cost a lot, right? Sure. Well, like I said, I am personally looking forward to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, if that's true. I want to see it. I want to see it, too. I want to see it. If it's as cool as I have in my mind, which it won't be. It never is. Never is. It never is. Jurassic Park, I thought the dinosaur was going to be sticking out of the glass. You can't go wrong with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles artwork by Zombie Yeti. You can't go wrong. After seeing Deadpool, Iron Maiden was fantastic, and then you see Deadpool, and it's just like, nope, that's it. Jeremy Packer (Zombie Yeti) is an absolute fucking stud, and God bless him that he is doing pinball. We're very lucky. I'm excited. I'm excited. I'm ready for it. I'm ready to see it. What's next? Oh, next for us? No, I'm just saying, what's next? What's next, Stern? I'm that asshole. We don't know. I know. Isn't it weird? Like I said, Elvira has – the stream isn't for a couple of days, the deadflip stream, and we're like, oh, what's next? Well, because I know I'm not going to get Elvira. I'd like to play it, obviously. Yeah, I guess that's a fair point. And I wasn't going to get – I'm kind of the same way. Yeah, I wasn't going to get Jurassic Park. We played it. It's amazing. It's a great game. Yeah, well, Jurassic Park's on my maybe list. Really? Yeah. Interesting. Okay, well, let's continue. What else is on our list today? Drew was up late on Friday night after work. Hold on. Hold on there, Drew. I got to tell a dad joke. All right, Drew, what kind of couch does it like to commit? You ask me all these questions, and I never have the answer. A pull-out couch. that's a good one oh man that's a good one that might win the night all right email us at poor man's pinball gmail.com let us know what your favorite dad joke was send us your own we will use dad jokes in future episodes fuck yeah all right drew yes next up what do we got so friday night i was up i was having some cocktails do we have shocker me like big surprise music no okay uh the wife had went to bed uh it's probably it was probably 10 o'clock whatever i got off work at seven or eight or whatever and i'm home and i'm just kind of watching tv and then i i get this uh i'm flipping through facebook or something or wherever i was and flipping out was doing an impromptu stream on their flipping out channel and i said oh that's interesting because you know it was 10 10 30 on a friday night and they're like yeah we're just you know this wasn't planned we're just doing a stream jurassic park le yeah oh that's pretty cool and i open up my twitch app and who do i see there right in the middle zach many he's there with ken and bill in illinois so i'm like oh this this will be interesting i'm like i'll just you know pop in and say hi and you know whatever it wasn't i didn't think much of it so i'm watching them you know talking to them we're just having fun you know i'm having some cocktails they were they were a couple couple beers in they're having some fun zach was was having a little bit of fun was he he doesn't usually drink was he drinking he was drinking oh zach good for you buddy so uh your liver the guy from pinball quest if you guys don't know what it is quest yeah i'm sorry pin quest he's there and and uh he issued a challenge oh great if they could get if anyone could get 150 million points which isn't terribly difficult on this game he was going to donate 500 bits which is like five bucks so it's like okay cool so now me having a couple of drinks i'm just having fun i'm like hey i'll double that bet if uh if you get on this next game i said to the guys you know i'll also donate 500 bits so we're having fun you know just doing this and that and they didn't get it so we're like you know haha of funny and we're having some more fun and we're drinking now it's like an hour later and we're still drinking having a good time and then i issued some more challenges so now drew is now pin quest point yeah 2.0 so now i i tell zach i said okay if you guys get 300 million together there were three of them it was bill ken and and zach um i'll give you i don't know it was like 300 bets or something for the 300 million but if you don't you just got to do a shot oh no so i'm thinking i'm thinking this is gonna be awesome because i'm sitting here drinking they're they're you know yeah zach who doesn't drink very often he's drinking i'm like if i can get these guys to do shots on the stream i'm like this is just gonna be awesome so uh and and they were their games were like 50 60 million a piece at best this whole time right yep well zach gets serious now zach blows this thing up for 300 million on his own oh so zach way to go it was fun and then zach so this is like 11 30 12 this went on till 2 in the morning by the way oh shit and uh they did their after hours call in and guess who called in drunk ass i went outside I was a little sloppy Sloppiest show on the internet Trademark Trademark pending I go outside so I don't disturb my wife Because she's right upstairs And I'm down in the living room Was this 2 in the morning? Yep, it was pretty close So I go outside and I call them They didn't know if it was Drew or Ian So they played a little guessing game Who it was I think you can go to YouTube and see the video The Flip N Out Pinball stream from Friday but anyway on youtube i'll have to i don't know but just check it out it was i don't know it was a good time i'm not going to bore you with any more details we i had i had a ton of fun i told him the next day and it was just it was just good fun it was just it was just so much fun and i can tell by ian's reaction because i usually i share this stuff with ian before we get here he didn't have any clue oh that's awesome man so it was it was just so much fun and i was like genuinely elated that you had that much fun with those guys. Holy crap. I just went in to say hi, literally, because it was just one of those things like, hey, I'm having a drink. Hey, great stream. Whatever. Good game. And then leave. And this ended up being a three and a half hour ordeal. So, it was good times. Nah, Twitch, you can get... Yeah, it's fun, man. You get sucked in, but it is a good time, though. It is. And I was throwing bits around like crazy. Of course you were. Making it rain with bits. Drew's thinking he's out of the strip club, but not really. And then I think one of the best parts was I made a joke about bits, and I said, I don't even know what a bit is. And then Ken, he stopped the stream and told everyone what bits were. Oh, God. Thanks for the tutorial, Ken. Love it. Thanks, Ken. So, yeah, I can tell Drew, when he gets feisty, and I've seen him at the strip club, It's something to behold. Because you'll never find him. You walk in, you turn around, he's already gone. He's already in some dark room. Get in a lap dance with anything. Never mind. Let's just move past it. Moving on, moving on. Move on. Sorry, guys. Moving on. This is why we're marked explicit on Apple. Do you guys have time for one more story that is pinball related? Hold on, hold on. Let's check our timer. Oh, man, our timer's up. Drew, go for it, brother. I was looking forward to this one. You ready? Rick Astley has a collection of every Pixar movie ever, and he'll let you borrow any of them except one. He's never going to give you up. Oh, God. I'm glad you're happy about that one. Crickets, crickets. Oh, God. All right, starting the timer. All right, Drew. All right. So what else we got? So I was on Pinside the other day, and I just went to Marketplace, which I don't go to the Marketplace very often, but maybe a couple times a month I just kind of click on it, and then I start looking through stuff. That's bullshit, by the way, people, because every time I say, man, there is a taxi, he's like, 3,500 over there in Pennsylvania? I'll be like, yeah, yeah, that's for sale. True story, true story. I was like, okay, well, I saw this one Elvira. Oh, the one over there in California, the one they want four grand for? Don't trust that. No, it's not shopped out. You know, like he knows everything. I don't really go up inside and spend all my time there. Okay, so I was at work, and I was on Marketplace. All right, anyway, continue, sir. And I saw a magic castle, which is a Zacharia or Zachariah? Zachariah. Zachariah, okay. One of those Zachariah pins. Very cool. I got to play one briefly at our friend Dave's house. Okay. And he was asking, it was local, and he was asking like $1,400. So I was like, oh, shit. And it worked, and there was just one small mark on the play field. I mean, it was in good shape, and everything worked, and I was like, that's awesome. And he had sold a ton of crap on Pinside, so I'm like, cool. So I just sent him a message right away, and I said, hey. I said, you know, I'm interested and I gave him my number and he texted me right away and he said, hey, I got a guy coming to look at it in a couple hours, but he goes you're next because a few people wanted me to put it on a pallet, one guy wanted me to meet in Madison, which Madison's about an hour, hour and a half from where we are or it's probably almost two hours from where he was because he's about 30 minutes south of us and so I said cool, he's like, I'll let you know as soon as possible, and I'm like, crap what am I going to do with another pin I running out of room but this was such a good deal and it a cool pin at a reasonable price Sure So it just one of those value pins So I'm like, awesome. And then I'm like, hmm. I'm like, you know what? I won't even tell my wife about this one. I'm bringing it right to Ian's house. So I was getting really excited for two reasons. One, I'm going to get this super cool pin because, like I said, it is an awesome pin. And two, I'm going to bring one to Ian and say, hey, Ian, foster this for a while. We're going to play it. We're going to have some fun with it. It's like $1,200. Who gives a shit? And then the other guy bought it. So I was a little disappointed about that. Womp, womp. Yep. So I was thinking of you, man. I was like, how cool would that be for me just to bring a cool pin over here and be like, here, just play this thing for a while. Yeah, I appreciate it. That'd be pretty cool. Yep. Bummer. Yep. So that was that story. So that was my weekend, man. That was personal pinball. Poor man's pinball. Personal pinball news. All right. We got a dad joke here. All right. How much does a millennial weigh? Oh, I'm interested in this one. An Instagram. Don't forget. I'm on fire today, folks. Email us your favorite dad joke at poormanspinball at gmail.com. Starting the timer now. All right. Jesus Christ. Okay, I should probably be marking these times. Is it just me, or do we have more fun with this thing every week? Oh, yeah. I don't know about you guys, but every week I come here, we just have more and more fun. Oh, yeah. It's ridiculous. I'm digging it. All right. So, you got any personal pinball news? Pinball news? No, I'm pinball-less still. Still pinball-less. Not that I haven't been looking. I didn't see that one, though. But I was doing a little bit of searching, something cheap, just a filler pin. But, nope, nothing really caught my eye yet. So I'm still looking. I still got a little bit of work that's going down on my house right now. And that's where some of the money went from my Monster Bash sale and just sprucing some stuff up. And then whatever I have left over, yeah, that's what my pinball budget will be. Cool. Can't wait. I'm starting to get my eye on some System 11 games and just kind of feeling it out what's out there that's where I'm at right now with my personal pinball news awesome it's not that great but it's something it's something it's gotta be the right fit she's gotta be the one she's gotta be the one that I play for a bit so what else we got on our show today should we do another awful top 5 drew i would like you to know that i did even less how is it possible you didn't do any work last week it took me two seconds last week this week one second one second okay and i did it angrily i i guarantee perfect i guarantee this okay hang on let's do this before we even start this okay how many how many of our pins on the list no matter what order they're in they're going to be the same zero because i i took mine in a weird direction oh okay good i did a couple of weird things too so maybe they are i don't know we'll see i did mine in a very sarcastic way so this will be fun okay all right all right so this is our top five sports themed pins top five sports themed pins all right you want me to go first or do you want to go first It's your choice I'll go first Number 5 1987 Bailey One of my all time favorite pins It's the greatest thing that ever happened To the pinball community It is 1987's Hardbody Bodybuilding extraordinaire It's by far pound for pound The best bodybuilder Pinball game ever made no questions about it developed by Ward Pemberton artwork was by Greg Freres you really did take this in a weird direction yeah but bodybuilding is badass wasn't that all photoshopped Greg Freres he drew a lot of muscles on the playfield yeah he drew a lot of muscles there's quite a few things going on with the game I'll be honest I don't think I've ever played it big surprise let's go on some of the comments and ratings for the game let me tell you the first one even says oh perhaps the cost cutting cabinetry and non themed back glass turns so many away but hard body is a very underrated game well thank you S-D-A-N-O S-K-I-2-thousand did anyone ever make an alternative Translate for that one? I don't think they did. Because a lot of people talk about it as this awful looking pin. It's so sexy. I love it. They only made $2,000, so maybe not. I guess for the low run like that. $1,000 to $1,100. Seems pretty high for an unwanted pin. I love it. I want it. Four players, four flippers, two ramps, zero multi-pulse. Sounds amazing to me. Drew, what's your number five? Number five is a game that I'll be full transparent here. I have not flipped either, but I think it's just an awesome theme. I think it's an amazing game. It has a lot of controversy around it. Dutch Pinball, 2016, The Big Lebowski. That's not a sports. Bowling is a sport. That is a... This is where it's going to get super debatable. because you are so full of shit right now. My whole list is like this. You wait. This isn't a sports pin. It's already fucking cheating, everybody. You listen to this guy. You got disqualified last time. You want to get disqualified on number five already? Tell that to, who's that, Richard Bond III or whatever, that guy that's in Kingpin. You're not helping your case, brother. You're not helping. You're hurting it. Bowling is a sport, and all the bowlers are going to say it. It's not about the bowling, though. It's about the dude. Checkmate. There's a bowling alley on the game. Checkmate. Number five. I'm drinking some E-Lair. I'm going into it finally, folks. We're going to kill this bottle finally, I think. Number five, the Big Lebowski. It's in. It's qualified. Send us your email at poormanspinball.gmail.com. It's not a sports pin. Let us know what you think if Big Lebowski qualifies as a sports pin or not. It has a sport in it, but it has nothing to do with sports. On the other hand, I did sports pins. Cheater. All right, 1986 Bally, a year before hard body. What did they do? They did the ultra amazing, fantastic black belt. 600 produced. Four players, four flippers, one ramp. Again, zero multiballs. Black belt isn't a sport. Karate is a sport. It's not called karate. It's called black belt. I'm pretty sure I'm reading this It says something about karate Anyway, Black Belt, badass Back class The artwork's phenomenal Dan Langolis Directed it, Greg Freres Did the art You are a Greg Freres fan, huh? Clearly, martial arts, boom It says that right there in the tag That, my friend, is a sport Black Belt I want both of those down here right now So this is just the top five We're just trying to one-up and spite the other one. I don't like these lists, and this is what I'm doing now. I'm going to do it, but begrudgingly, here we go. It's going to be the most ridiculous list, and again, I would love to play a black belt. So whoever has one out there in the Milwaukee area, I will play it. Perfect. All right. Drew, you're number four. I'm number four. A 1997 Williams. Can you guess what it is? You're probably going to say something like fucking Lost World, because there was once a tennis ball in that movie. that's my number one shop all right what do you what do you got it's a pat lawler design a williams no good gophers is that does that qualify as a sports theme there absolutely absolutely okay i can't believe you called me an a-hole because you don't know the difference between a big lebowski and no good gophers one a golfing pin and the other a moving all right anyway go ahead keep going what do you like about no good golf oh shots are fun uh the game is fun it's it's campy it's good humor um everything about it it's a cool game my brother picked one up uh recently and i played one at one of our local dive bars recently it's just a fun game so i think you know as far as sports teams go and you know a lot of people my brother is an example of it you know he's not a big pinball guy but he loves golf he has a 10 year old daughter It's a good family pin. It's just awesome. Nothing wrong with that pin at all. Sounds good. So that's my number four. We have a dad joke. Whose turn is it? My turn? Nope. Are you sure? I'm sure because I want to tell more. All right. Go for it. Ooh. Ooh. Can I tell two because they're kind of closely related? Sure. Okay. Ready? This is your show, buddy. If masturbation was a sport, I'd come first. That's a good one And that fits into our sports theme It does It's all coming together What's the other one? Not to brag But I've satisfied every waitress that's ever served me With just the tip Oh son of a gun If you have a problem with that last one Email Drew at thepoormanspinballpodcast at gmail.com okay back to my number three ready my number three 1990 bailey pretty awesome uh radical skateboarding like a champ uh i picked that one because one it looks beautiful two it's kind of rare three it looks like it shoots amazing again i haven't played this one uh Before John from John's Arcade bought one, so that's a big number four. I think Zach had one for a while, too, and he wanted a better example. He reviewed it, I believe. Yeah. Yeah, I think he wanted... Yeah, it is what it is. But, yep, that's my number three, Radical, 1990, Bailey. Good choice. I couldn't find it on my Top 100 here. Otherwise, I'd tell you more information on it. But go look at your local Pinside Top 100 for it. Somewhere on there. are you ready for the debate to begin again oh jesus yeah my number three well let's do it let's do it come on brother bring it octoberfest american pinball 2018 good lord you know what i agree with you 100 because drinking is a sport and we are sporting right now this is why they call us athletes folks fuck off we're doing great all right i agree with you 100 no debate there buddy enough said october fest is my number three and that is why i don't know why you assholes listen to us all right number two we've mentioned it multiple times but roller games roller games 1990 can't believe it's really happening roller games roller skating like a champ fantastic game great shots a lot of fun to play i love the call outs i love the opening little song it has. Made by Steve Ritchie. Can't go wrong with that. 5,000 produced, four flippers. You're really picking these more niche games. Pretty cool. I told you. I don't like you or your list. That's cool. You're going to love my number one, though. Alright, so that's what I got. Roller Games, brother. What do you got? Number two is a John Papadiuk special with John Papadiuk bumpers. World Cup soccer. Oh, yeah, that is a good number two. And that one, yeah, that's legitimate, obviously. That should be number one for most people. It actually almost was, and when you hear my number one, you'll be like, oh, that's why. It'll be a fast break? No, but that one, that was on the honorable mentions. It's fun. It's a cool game. It's not as good as World Cup Soccer. No, World Cup Soccer is a game that, once again, it's on my maybe list. One of our local sellers here, he has one, and he's been trying to sell it, And every time I look at it, I'm like, just buy it, Drew. Just buy it. Just get it. Because you could do it. It's one of those games that every time I flip it, I just have a ton of fun with it. And, you know, just trying to blow it up and get a couple billion. It's just a cool game. It's on my maybe list. All right. Maybe, baby. And for those of you just joining us, there are pop bumpers on the top right. Top right. We're calling them John Papadiuk bumpers. John Papadiuk bumpers. All right. I see the alarm. It must be time for another dad joke. We have a dad joke. Here we go. I heard the banana couldn't get a date. He had no appeal. That's a lie. I'm sitting here looking at him waiting for more, and he's like, nope, that's it? That's it? That's it? That's all I got? All right. We're on our number one. My number one. My number one. That's my drum roll. Best sports game out there. 1984. Williams. Laser cue. Why laser cue? Look at the back glass. You have these masculine men with their laser cues. They're playing a real sport, Poole. It's space pool. There's nothing more sporty than space pool. You can't beat it, guys. 2,800 produce, system seven. Come on, man. Four flippers. No ramps. You don't need a fucking ramp. There's five drop targets on that thing. Five. No multi-balls. You don't need multiple balls. No. One ball, five drop targets. That game is fun as hell. Love it. Yep. That's why we're best friends, Ian. The best sport in the world. I can't wait to play it in the future. I was going to put that as my number one but then I was like no I such a homer I not doing that No idiot would put that in the world No I like it it a good game but it not one of the best ones Well I was going to put one of the pool games down Well, there's a lot of them. There are. There's a lot of good ones. Yeah. There's a lot of great ones, actually. Sharky Shootout's kind of fun. Yeah, that's a lot of fun. 8-Ball Deluxe is one of the... That's another good one. Did you see... I saw LaserCube pop up. I was like, oh, yeah, dude, LaserCube. We were talking about Marketplace. I was scrolling through, and I saw an eBay ad. someone's trying to sell a fully restored 8-ball deluxe. It was beautiful. And it had a brand new playfield. Like $13,000. Oh, Jesus. And I was like, okay, it's nice. It was basically a brand new machine. But I was like, nope. I don't know what that goes for. We gotta look now. But there's no way that... Even with a brand new playfield, brand new cabinet, whatever. That's probably maybe a $3,000 game. I'm gonna go with no, Drew. But $13,000. I don't know. That's a whole lot of no for me, dog. So, anyways, I'm not going to even look up what they're worth. Drew, what's your number one? Number one. It is a non-traditional sport, as most of my list. It's a Williams game. All right. So we're on the right track, right? Yep. And it's actually high up on the top 100. It was in 1993. Can you take a guess? 1993 yes sir alright well I'm doing my math correctly you mean looking at Pinside Indiana Jones the pinball adventure boom no that would have been a good one that's a sport right pinball adventuring archaeology no no ready Williams Whitewater I'll accept it okay It's a good game. It's a sport, technically. Yeah, absolutely. Whitewater rafting, baby. That's a workout. Did you ever go whitewater rafting? Nope. I went once. For a guy who doesn't swim, that was fucking terrifying. Just looking at all the whitewater. Yeah, I was... Nope. No, I mean, I wasn't terrified just because I had the big-ass life jacket on, but, dude, it was fun. It was so much fun. Where'd you do that? Bachelor Party. We went camping and that was part of it Whitewater rafting Oh that's right that was Mike That outdoor excursion Our one buddy though He knew we were going whitewater rafting He knew it I don't know what he was thinking But this guy shows up We're going alright let me set the stage here Our buddies get married His name is Mike Total redneck love him to death He drank Keystone light No Keystone premium He made a big distinction there was a difference there and all he does is shoot things, drive things, blow up things, and build things. Yeah, that's it. So he has this bachelor party, and we're going camping. Surprise, surprise, right? My other buddy, our buddy also named Mike, shows up fucking wearing like he's wearing an outfit that you would wear like to go downtown, and he shows up at the campsite. He's got his dress socks on. He's got these beautiful brown leather shoes, slacks. hold nine yards I'm sitting there and I'm like what the fuck is he thinking that dude didn't bring enough pairs of shoes or socks for this camping trip and he's white water rafting with these expensive shoes by the way these leather shoes black dress socks and luckily he had swimming trunks that was his outfit it was the funniest fucking thing was this Kaneda? no he wore socks black dress socks uh but yeah i was laughing my ass off the whole time it's like i could i never met anyone so ill prepared for a camping trip than that man oh my god yeah dude that was a crazy bachelor party that was crazy there are some things that went on that night that i don't i can't repeat here we get kicked off the air so anyway wow we can't say it here on the poor man's pinball podcast oh yeah that's like i'll tell you after the good stories. All right. So anyway, all right, top five, done. Hey, we did it. I think that's awesome, man. That was good. We did good. We did good. And we didn't double up on our list at all, did we? Not this week. No. So that list wasn't so easy, was it, jerk? I didn't say it was easy. I just said it was dumb. All right, random timer is up. Bad joke, brother. Oh, you ready? Yep. It's about my favorite superhero. How does Spider-Man think of such witty comebacks? I don't know. because with great power comes great response ability. Jesus Christ. So that happened, ladies and gentlemen. Oh, I really wanted to like that one, too. You had me in the beginning. And I have one more for you guys to end out the show later. Good Lord. All right. That was... Jesus Christ. I've been saving these up literally for like weeks I've been scouring I know that's what makes it so sad that you had that joke in your pants pocket for a week yeah you love it email us at if you don't love it or if you do love it what else is going on man nothing man it's been it's been a good week why don't you just tell us what you have for that dad joke we're at 51 minutes we're done we're wrapping her up here yeah it's our show we can tell as many bad dad jokes as we want let's do it all right i got a couple myself here cool so i'm gonna tell one ian's gonna tell one we're gonna do mailbag why don't i why don't i tell this one first all right um where was the declaration of independence signed at the bottom always the easiest answer at the bottom all right My wife kicked me out because of my terrible Arnold Schwarzenegger impressions. But don't worry. I'll return. That infuriated me. That's the joke. Oh, that's good. I love it. All right. My last one here. What do they call Miley Cyrus in Europe? Ooh, I don't know. a kilometer Cyrus I can't top that folks I can't top that alright so mailbag mailbag read off some of our great mail guys you have been sending in some awesome messages we really appreciate it And I really want you guys to keep sending them because, yeah, we do appreciate it. All right. So we have, here we go. Troy Swoop. Swoop. Troy Swoop. Troy, hey, guys, just wanted to say thanks. Recently went on vacation, was driving from Ohio to Florida Keys and listened to you two on Twip and really enjoyed the dynamic between the two of you. I then started catching up on the back episodes, wound up listening to every episode, you poor bastard, that was out there and made the drive to and from so much faster. There were several times I was about to piss myself from laughing so hard. I'm also on Pinside. My screen name is FXDawgDWG. You too have an open invitation anytime you are in North Canton, Ohio area. and please stop by so I can finally have some respectable GCs on my machine. It's pretty embarrassing. Plus, I'll make sure you have plenty of Kessler's and other adult beverage. Looking forward to the next podcast. Well, guess what, Troy? We're not going to GC your machines because we're not. Definitely not. Ian looked at me when he said that. I'm like, yep, we might stop by, but we're not going to GC anything. Well, you had Drew at Kessler's and then you had me at adult beverage. We will be there, Troy. I'm not specific. Anything works for me. So, yeah, if I'm in the area, we'll hit you up, Troy. No worries, man. That's awesome. Thanks for the invite, sir. That's a good one. Read that one from Michael Williams. Michael Williams sent us an email. Greetings from Madison. I'm listening to this week's episode as I head out for work, and now I really want an old-fashioned. Although I prefer either Southern Comfort Old Fashioned or Bourbon Old Fashions, which is why we're drinking it today. Thank you, Michael. So I guess it'll be a two-martini lunch today. Cheers, Mike. Thanks, Michael Williams. I appreciate it. Drew, how do you like the bourbon old-fashioned? I love it, man. Dude, it's serious, Michael. We like it a lot. I mean, I was a Corbel guy, you know, but this has got a little bit of pep to it. Yeah, I usually do my whiskey old-fashions at home with my Kessler, so I'm just, you know, it's just Kessler. But this stuff, yeah, just adding that bourbon, like I said, a little bit of kick, a little bit of heartburn, but in a good way. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I feel like I discovered something. Thank you, Michael. And by the way, his subject line said, damn it, now I'm thirsty. Good stuff, guys. Keep it coming, man. Keep it coming. All right. And what else we have? Oh, our buddy Martin sent us a follow-up. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Martin, again, thank you for that love letter last week. Yeah, for you guys who didn't hear, we played an audio version of Martin's love letter from last week, which he did himself, edited himself, and it was awesome. Yeah, I think we're going to be doing more with Martin in the future because Martin is hilarious. Yeah, so make sure you listen to Episode 26 in the love letter segment. We are excited about that. You know, I'm going to go on our inbox here for our Poor Man's Pinball podcast. You can message us, too, on Poor Man's Pinball podcast on Facebook. Or email us at poormanspinball at gmail.com. But if you're a millennial with Instagram, you're out of luck. Ooh, yep. Yeah, we have an old one from Glenn. He had a good idea. Glenn Wetcher. What up, y'all? I love the podcast. One of my favorites. I have an idea for a segment, Pinball Anonymous. Ask your listeners to write in when they get busted playing pinball, when they shouldn't have, and how it ruined their relationship for that week. smiley face we've all got stories i'm sure come down to nashville in november for our grand old game room expo i'll let you know when i'm back in my hometown of west bend have a great day well we thought about it glenn we thought about doing something about that but you know what we just can't because we're still scared of our wives it's amazing we're allowed to do this podcast but you are not alone brother we have this conversation every day yes and we have this conversation with everybody we meet that does pinball yes um media like it seems to be a streamers yeah anybody that does that extra step playing pinball and doing a little bit extra like a podcast yeah none of us are happy like all of our wives are pissed my wife doesn't care what i do but i just have like the allotted time it's like hey you have one night to go do pinball stuff you know i don't care when it is but one night then when i ask for a second night it depends on how she's feeling you gotta yeah you gotta pick those battles yes you gotta say hey how was your night yeah how was your day and then judge it from that yeah she had a bad day you probably aren't going anywhere did you ever walk on a whole carton of eggshells it's nothing like that she just hit you in the face with a sledgehammer yeah yeah like you know my wife was cool with the podcast and the pinball and then for whatever reason, things changed. It took a nasty turn. Now it's a quote-unquote obsession. I'm like, I just like podcasting every once a week. I've dived into complete obsession, but my wife knows me and it's just kind of, eh. Like he said, you've got to pick your battles. You've got to pick where you want to do your pinball stuff. Drew's also dramatic when he talks to his wife. I've seen it. He goes, I could be doing so much worse. You want me to do crack Kathleen yeah I can do crack is that what you want me to and then when she says I can't go play pinball I go do crack yeah I'm going to do crack is that fine yeah no it's that's it's a delicate balance between husband and wife and pinball machine yep it's a waltz yep but we talked about it I mean it it could be pinball it could be you know a lot of guys are into cars you know sports whatever it is there's just you just gotta find that balance yeah yeah you know Hobbies are hobbies, and they're all expensive, and they're all time-consuming, and it is what it is. Yep. We got another message. This was just a... Hey, by the way, there's a Oktoberfest for sale in Madison from Ryan. Get it. Get it. Get it. Check. You check. Oh, no. Green Bay. His boss is selling it. I said I have no cash, unfortunately, for that. Bye, bye, bye. but thank you for looking out ryan he says he's gonna be at expo so we'll see ryan at expo so he's looking forward to meeting us there so looking forward to meet you ryan looking forward to meeting a lot of you guys at expo yeah we're gonna be at expo we're gonna hang out we're gonna kiss some babies bring your babies yep we're gonna have some hands you'll know me because i'll be holding a bottle of kessler walking around and you'll know ian because i'll be i'll He'll be wearing sunglasses inside. Just for you, Greg Bone. No, I'll probably be just as drunk as Drew and just make a fool of myself usually, and that's how this will happen. I'm okay with that, though. As Zach would say, these guys are pretty smart when they're not drinking. Well, I guess you're just going to have to see Dummy in. All right, well, welcome to Expo. All right, well, that's it for today. That's it, man. I love it. We did good. As always. It goes so smooth. Extra smooth. Yeah, I need another drink. Well, we're going to tear it up at the bar here. You guys have fun over there in Podcast Land. I hope you have a great week. Thank you for listening. We'll be back next week with episode 28 where we will talk about... Another fucking bullshit top five list. Whatever's going on. But there probably will be another bullshit top five list. We'll see what goes on. All right, bye guys. See ya. Music

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