# Episode 56: My secret lover Chris Franchi! And Dad Jokes!

**Source:** Poor Man's Pinball Podcast  
**Type:** podcast_episode  
**Published:** 2020-05-27  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://poormanspinballpodcast.libsyn.com/episode-56-my-secret-lover-chris-franchi-and-dad-jokes

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## Analysis

Poor Man's Pinball Podcast Episode 56 features host Drew with guest Christopher Franchi (Spooky Pinball artist and co-host of Kaneda's Pinball Podcast). The episode includes sponsor segments for Pinball Stadiums' limited edition Hyper Beams and Pinshades, discussion of Christopher's artwork and game collection, personal pinball updates (Drew's upcoming Beatles machine delivery, restoration of Meteor), and an extended dad jokes segment. Christopher discusses his radio background, the creation and production of Kaneda's Pinball Podcast, and his journey into competitive pinball skill development.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] Pinball Stadiums' limited edition Hyper Beams are twice the power of regular Pinball Stadiums with RGB LED system, nuclear neon glow, and only $20 more expensive — _Scott Ian discussing his recent purchase of Hyper Beams for Jurassic Park machine_
- [HIGH] Christopher Franchi's parents call him 'Sissy Poo' due to his older brother's pronunciation error when learning to say 'Christopher' — _Christopher Franchi sharing family background, stated as personal anecdote_
- [HIGH] Kaneda's Pinball Podcast is co-hosted by Christopher Franchi, Ed Van Der Veen (who runs Texas Pinball Festival), and George Christian (Dr. Pin) — _Christopher Franchi directly introducing the podcast and co-hosts_
- [HIGH] Kaneda's Pinball Podcast started mid-December and releases episodes approximately every 2.5 weeks, with the next episode being episode 9 — _Christopher Franchi discussing podcast production schedule and current episode count_
- [HIGH] Christopher Franchi had a previous internet radio show that ran for 3-4 years and had approximately 35,000 live listeners worldwide by the end of its run — _Christopher Franchi recounting his radio background before starting Kaneda's Pinball Podcast_
- [HIGH] Editing a single episode of Kaneda's Pinball Podcast initially took Christopher 3 days of 10am-midnight work — _Christopher Franchi discussing podcast production challenges and editorial workload_
- [HIGH] Christopher Franchi's replacement game (The Beatles) is arriving within 30 days directly from Sam Stern, and Stern Pinball was up and running as of last Friday — _Christopher Franchi providing delivery timeline and manufacturing status for The Beatles machine_
- [HIGH] Christopher Franchi initially was not a huge fan of The Beatles when it came out, primarily due to pricing concerns — _Christopher Franchi and Drew discussing initial reception of The Beatles game_
- [HIGH] Drew is restoring his Meteor machine with help from Jeff LaGrange (Spooky tribe member), cutting vinyl stencils to touch up spaceships and exhaust using airbrush — _Drew describing personal restoration project during personal pinball news segment_
- [HIGH] Christopher Franchi owns five games in his home: Batman 66, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Munsters, Data East Batman 89, and Captain Fantastic — _Drew asking about games in Christopher's collection; Christopher lists them when discussing recent gaming_

### Notable Quotes

> "They are as cool as they sound... It's like this nuclear neon glow. It's awesome... it's like the pinball stadiums only on freaking steroids"
> — **Scott Ian**, opening segment
> _Enthusiastic product endorsement for Pinball Stadiums Hyper Beams; demonstrates community passion for aftermarket upgrades_

> "So when you do a first show what's there going to be like three people out there listening like your mom your sister and your girlfriend or whatever... so I'm like how bad am I going to embarrass myself"
> — **Christopher Franchi**, radio background discussion
> _Insight into creator mindset and overcoming fear of public performance; reflects journey into content creation_

> "I don't want to do this alone... I thought that I had a good idea for something to offer that was unique"
> — **Christopher Franchi**, Kaneda's Pinball Podcast origin story
> _Reveals podcast philosophy of balancing unique entertainment value with collaborative approach_

> "It takes a lot of work... Every time, like, when we interview somebody, when they stop their answer to our question, the three of us are all like, you know, jumping in with the next question"
> — **Christopher Franchi**, podcast production discussion
> _Candid discussion of podcast production challenges with remote collaboration via Skype; authenticity vs. editing overhead_

> "It's rather not, actually, because it's a very expensive way to keep up my portfolio... The Games that I really want, like Twilight Zone and Pinball Arcade table title and stuff like that, have evaded me because I've blown all my mate/man on buying these The Games that I've drawn"
> — **Christopher Franchi**, game collection discussion
> _Reveals artist tension between portfolio maintenance through purchased artwork games vs. collecting dream machines; economic constraints on collectors_

> "I spent a lifetime being one of those guys that tries to keep the ball out of the drain... I just took the time to say you know like look i'm gonna be here for a while you know why don't i start practicing some of the stuff"
> — **Christopher Franchi**, competitive skill development discussion
> _Personal journey toward competitive pinball play; shift from defensive play style to skill development and rules mastery_

> "Pictures never do it justice when you see stuff online... once you get in front of something like that, you see all the different colors, the details, it pops"
> — **Christopher Franchi**, Beatles artwork discussion
> _Commentary on limitations of digital media representation for physical pinball machines; in-person experience superiority_

> "The way you did that art package... The Beatles artwork is still one of my favorite all-time artwork packages"
> — **Drew**, Beatles artwork praise
> _Recognition of Christopher Franchi's artistic contribution to Beatles machine; community appreciation for visual design_

> "It's an experience you have to have. It's a tactile thing. You've got to sit in front of that game and play it yourself to get it."
> — **Christopher Franchi**, Beatles gameplay experience discussion
> _Articulates core value proposition of physical pinball: embodied, tactile experience cannot be conveyed through digital media alone_

> "I've been banging on Guardians of the Galaxy for I don't know how long, a year and a half, two years, not having any idea how to get the most points"
> — **Christopher Franchi**, competitive development discussion
> _Demonstrates how even experienced players can lack rules knowledge; motivation for structured learning and skill progression_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Christopher Franchi | person | Spooky Pinball artist, co-host of Kaneda's Pinball Podcast, guest on Poor Man's Pinball Podcast Episode 56, personal pinball enthusiast |
| Scott Ian | person | Co-host of Poor Man's Pinball Podcast, Dialed In owner, Pinball Stadiums customer |
| Drew Bavere | person | Co-host of Poor Man's Pinball Podcast, owns multiple machines including Batman 66, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Munsters, Data East Batman 89, Captain Fantastic, Meteor, and upcoming The Beatles delivery |
| Poor Man's Pinball Podcast | organization | Podcast hosted by Drew and Scott Ian; Episode 56 features Christopher Franchi as guest, describes itself as 'the sloppiest show on the internet' |
| Kaneda's Pinball Podcast | organization | Co-hosted by Christopher Franchi, Ed Van Der Veen, and George Christian; described as 'the number one worldwide podcast'; releases episodes approximately every 2.5 weeks |
| Pinball Stadiums | company | Aftermarket LED lighting manufacturer; produces limited edition Hyper Beams with RGB LED system; website pinstadium.com; owner named Matt Scott (Larry); offers 10% discount code 'poorman' |
| Pinshades | company | Aftermarket sunglasses manufacturer for pinball players; available on Pinside Marketplace; offers free shipping with code 'POORMANS' exclusively for Poor Man's Pinball Podcast listeners |
| Ed Van Der Veen | person | Co-host of Kaneda's Pinball Podcast, runs Texas Pinball Festival |
| George Christian | person | Co-host of Kaneda's Pinball Podcast, also known as Dr. Pin, handles podcast research and question preparation, married to Sarah (Mrs. Pin) |
| Sam Stern | person | Owner of Stern Pinball; manufacturing The Beatles machines; company was up and running as of 'last Friday' per conversation date context |
| Stern Pinball | company | Manufacturer of The Beatles pinball machine; supplied directly to Christopher Franchi |
| Spooky Pinball | company | Pinball manufacturer; Christopher Franchi is primary artist; Jeff LaGrange noted as tribe member working with Drew on Meteor restoration |
| Eric Pripke | person | Guest on Poor Man's Pinball Podcast Episode 55; discussed Rick and Morty; credited in Episode 56 shout-out |
| Jeff LaGrange | person | Spooky Pinball tribe member; helping Drew restore Meteor machine by cutting vinyl stencils for airbrush work on spaceships and exhaust |
| Jerry Thompson | person | Sound designer for The Beatles pinball machine; praised for high-quality sound package work |
| Tee'd Off | organization | Sponsor of Poor Man's Pinball Podcast Episode 56; associated with Pinball Stadiums sponsorship |
| The Beatles | game | Pinball machine manufactured by Stern Pinball; directed by Christopher Franchi (artist), designed with intricate rules and multipliers, sound package by Jerry Thompson; Christopher Franchi acquiring copy with delivery expected within 30 days |
| Jurassic Park | game | Pinball machine owned by Scott Ian; equipped with Pinball Stadiums Hyper Beams |
| Dialed 8 | game | Pinball machine previously owned by Scott Ian; sold after adding Pinball Stadiums light bars |
| Guardians of the Galaxy | game | Pinball machine owned by Christopher Franchi and Drew; described as complex rules-heavy game with multipliers and character selection mechanics |
| Batman 66 | game | Pinball machine owned by Christopher Franchi; listed in game collection |
| The Munsters | game | Pinball machine owned by Christopher Franchi; listed in game collection |
| Data East Batman 89 | game | Classic pinball machine owned by Christopher Franchi; arcade quarter-eater from childhood; described as difficult to play and not worth owning |
| Captain Fantastic | game | Pinball machine owned by Christopher Franchi; described as frustrating with constant side drains; plans to replace it with The Beatles |
| Meteor | game | Pinball machine owned by Drew; undergoing restoration with vinyl stencil work and airbrush touch-ups to spaceships and exhaust areas |
| Rick and Morty | game | Recent pinball machine release; discussed briefly as topic of Poor Man's Pinball Podcast Episode 55 guest Eric Pripke |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Aftermarket pinball upgrades (Pinball Stadiums Hyper Beams), Christopher Franchi's background, career, and podcast ventures, Personal pinball game collections and restoration projects, Podcast production challenges and remote collaboration via Skype, Competitive pinball skill development and rules mastery
- **Secondary:** The Beatles machine artwork, gameplay experience, and sound design, Limitations of digital representation vs. in-person pinball machine experience, Artist collector tensions between portfolio maintenance and dream machines

### Sentiment

**Positive** (0.82) — Episode has consistently upbeat, enthusiastic tone. Hosts express genuine affection for guest Christopher Franchi, excitement about products and upcoming game deliveries, and passion for pinball. Some minor frustration expressed about game design (Captain Fantastic difficulty), but overwhelmingly positive community celebration and camaraderie throughout.

### Signals

- **[product_launch]** Pinball Stadiums releases limited edition Hyper Beams with RGB LED system, positioning as premium aftermarket upgrade with only $20 price increase over standard model (confidence: high) — Scott Ian purchased limited edition Hyper Beams for Jurassic Park; described as 'only 20 more' than regular Pinball Stadiums; owner uncertain about long-term availability
- **[content_signal]** Kaneda's Pinball Podcast demonstrates high production value with elaborate sound design and editing, positioning as differentiated offering in crowded podcast market (confidence: high) — Christopher Franchi credits extensive editing (initially 3 days per episode), deliberate sound design strategy to prevent knockoffs, professional remote collaboration workflow with three hosts via Skype
- **[market_signal]** Growing adoption of specialized pinball aftermarket accessories (Pinball Stadiums lighting, Pinshades) indicating collector willingness to invest in customization and performance enhancement (confidence: medium) — Scott Ian's $300+ Pinball Stadiums order; positive community reception with Pinshades offering exclusive discounts to podcast listeners; integration into sponsor ecosystem suggests viable market segment
- **[sentiment_shift]** The Beatles machine experiencing positive sentiment reversal from initial skepticism about pricing toward enthusiastic gameplay appreciation post-release (confidence: high) — Christopher Franchi: initially not huge fan due to price, but after playing at MGC and owning, describes as 'one of my all-time favorite surprises' and ranks artwork highly; Drew agrees visual presentation undervalued until played in person
- **[manufacturing_signal]** Stern Pinball resuming production; The Beatles machines shipping, with Christopher Franchi's delivery expected within 30 days (confidence: high) — Christopher Franchi confirms Sam Stern had games 'good to go' and company 'up and running as of Friday' (last Friday prior to episode); directly sourcing from manufacturer
- **[community_signal]** Professional pinball artists face economic tension between portfolio maintenance (purchasing games they designed) and personal collecting desires (confidence: high) — Christopher Franchi: 'It's rather not... because it's a very expensive way to keep up my portfolio... The Games that I really want... have evaded me because I've blown all my mate/man on buying these The Games that I've drawn'
- **[gameplay_signal]** Complex modern pinball games (Guardians of the Galaxy) require intentional rules learning and skill development; casual players often play without understanding scoring mechanics (confidence: high) — Christopher Franchi played Guardians 1.5-2 years without knowing how to maximize points; intentionally studying rules, multipliers, character selection to improve play; acknowledges learning curve despite experience
- **[community_signal]** Pinball podcast ecosystem shows strong cross-promotion and guest-sharing; Eric Pripke on Episode 55, Christopher Franchi on Episode 56, discussion of other shows (This Week in Pinball, Pinball Network) (confidence: high) — Poor Man's Pinball hosts acknowledge coverage from competing shows; reciprocal guest appearances; acknowledges 'middle class men' joke from other podcast suggesting friendly competitive dynamic
- **[product_concern]** Captain Fantastic exhibits significant playability issues with consistent side drains regardless of player intent, creating frustration despite nostalgic appeal (confidence: high) — Drew repeatedly describes Captain Fantastic as quarter-eater with persistent drain problem: 'I could be aiming for nothing and it will hit nothing and go down the fucking side drain'; plans to replace machine rather than repair
- **[design_philosophy]** Christopher Franchi intentionally purchases machines featuring his artwork to maintain current portfolio examples, accepting economic trade-off over personal dream machines (confidence: high) — Christopher explains game lineup: 'The Games that I've drawn... were chosen because I'm like, well, you know, I did [the art]... I'd like to have an example of, you know, a year's worth of my work'
- **[technology_signal]** Multi-host remote podcasting via Skype creates unique editorial challenges with overlapping speech requiring extensive post-production cleanup (confidence: high) — Christopher discusses challenge of three hosts on Skype constantly talking over each other; every interview requires re-takes to manage cross-talk; advocates for structured turn-taking but hosts resist for spontaneity
- **[content_signal]** Pinball podcast market showing signs of specialization and professionalization with dedicated production value, sponsorship integration, and distinct editorial voices (confidence: medium) — Multiple active podcasts (Kaneda's, Poor Man's, This Week in Pinball, Pinball Network); cross-promotion indicating audience awareness; sponsor ecosystem (Pinball Stadiums, Pinshades) with exclusive codes

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## Transcript

 This episode of the Poor Man's Pinball Podcast is brought to you by PinStadiums. I finally did it, Ian. I bought some new PinStadiums for Jurassic Park. And not just any old PinStadiums, which are still amazing, by the way. What'd you get? I bought the limited edition Hyper Beams. Shut up. They are as cool as they sound. So tell me about those. Two times the power, over the top. It's like this nuclear neon glow. It's awesome. Like, I saw the picture of it. No, I'm serious. It is bold. it's they're super bright uh they got the rgb it's just like the pin stadiums only on freaking steroids so and here is the best part yeah they're only 20 more 20 more 20 more than a regular pin stadium for this super awesome glow they're limited edition he doesn't know if he's keeping them around but i bought some so uh the pictures alone they're awesome and you've seen scott's products right you've seen them in person oh hell don't they don't they always look better than they do in the pictures the pictures look good pictures look too blown out but but it's hard it's hard it's hard to to capture all that and then you see them in person and you're like oh my god these are freaking awesome yeah spoil alert i sold my white water and the guys were like oh my god what are those light bars you added and i was like yeah those have been stadiums and they're like what are those i was like ah i gotta tell you all about this company so you have to you have to see them in person so this is like a nuclear blast though in your cabinet huh yes nothing says nuclear blast like dinosaurs exactly you went you went that route huh i totally went that route i'm gonna install these things i'm gonna light up the night sky all right there you go can't lose your machine anymore kids go to pin stadiums don't forget to tell scott the poor men sent you enter poor man at checkout for 10 off your order a shipping baby that's shipping and more you know what we've been saying that's shipping guess what that is shipping plus so you get shipping plus dollars oh like a dollar no my shipping you ready for this folks so so i said i'm like ron popeo for all you younger kids who don't know what that is i spent i spent roughly 300 i bought these and some uh some accessories right yeah so i saved 30 bucks the shipping was only like 10 bucks nice so i got like 20 off the product yeah i got $10. I got free shipping. And guess what? He emailed me that day personally and said these things are packed up and ready to go. They are shipped. They're on their way. Pinstadiums. Go to pinstadium.com. Email Scott. Get yourself some pinstadiums today. What a commercial, Drew. What a commercial. We are also brought to you by Pinshades. Pinshades are the coolest, most stylized, and functional shades for playing pinball on the planet. They look great, and they really help you track the ball better in all types of lighting situations, and are our favorite among some of today's top players. You can find your own pair on the Pinside Marketplace, or if you're lazy like me, just Google Pinshades. Use the code POORMANS with an S at checkout for free shipping with your order. That is the only discount they are offering just for our listeners. How cool is that? Oh, yeah. It's time. You've waited a week or more, and now it's finally here. The time has come for the sloppiest show on the Internet. This week's episode of Poor Man's Pinball Podcast. Starring Drew and Ian. That's it, man. Game over, man. Game over. I'm gonna need someone to help me I'm gonna need somebody's help Son of a bitch, give me a drink One of the nights, I just can't fit me Son of a bitch, if I drink it clean I'm gonna drink my life away Welcome to the Poor Man's Pinball Podcast, episode number 56. The sloppiest show on the internet has returned. Today, in the studio, we have one of my favorite people of all time. My man crush, the love of my life, Drew Bavere. Drew, how you doing? I'm here. That's not... I kid, I kid. My man crush, without a doubt. Do you ever see when Rosie O'Donnell, when she had her show, and she'd always talk about Tom Antonio Cruz. This was before she was openly gay, but she always had this crush on Tom Antonio Cruz. Yeah, I vaguely remember that. And it was like a lead-up, weeks and weeks, and she was like, Tom's coming in five days. He's coming to the show in five days. We got Christopher Franchi here. He's here. My love, my man crush, my Tom Antonio Cruz, to me being Rosie O'Donnell. Super excited to have Mr. Christopher Franchi here. Chris, welcome to the show, brother. We love you. Hey, oh, I just got hit with a big veiny thing. What was that? What the hell? What kind of welcome is that? I don't know what the hell happened there. Chris, we are so excited to have you here, man. How does it feel to finally be on the Poor Man's Pinball Podcast? If it's two men who share my sensibilities, it's you two guys, so I'm excited. I don't even know what sensibility is. A lot of syllables there for Drew. If we share it, I'm happy to share it with you. Dick and fart jokes. Dick and fart jokes. We can share those all day long. There you go. Speaking of dick and fart jokes, we have dad joke today. Today's a dad joke day. It is a dad joke day. So we got the ultimate dad with us, Chris Ranchi. Yes, Chris Ranchi. So we're going to do dad jokes today. Pretty exciting. But before we do all that stuff, Drew, what are you drinking? uh i'm drinking a cuba libre without the would that be without the cuba or without the libre that's without the libre bro you're just doing a rum and coke ian did not cut up limes what kind of rum you using over there george ocean coconut rum shit is that really coconut rum over there all right well i opened up a whole nother thing of coconut rum well i didn't know you were having that see we're best friends we are best friends i am having uh also a coconut rum and coke it's a Largo Bay Coconut. You know what? Coconut rum is like, it's always the same. Tastes the same. I have never had one that I was like, this tastes different than the other ones. If you lined them up, you'd be like, that's coconut rum. You know somewhere out there there's some snob, though, that's like, I can tell the difference. I'm almost certain there's no snob for coconut rum. I know. Coconut rum and gasoline, same exact thing. No matter where you go, you taste it. It just tastes like gas. It does. It burns the same. Yep. That's why you got to mix it with some Coke. some other shit that's not good for you. My insides are screaming right now. Chris, what you drinking, sir? I'm lightweighting it because I had to drive to the studio, which means I have to drive back home, so I got a Blue Moon Mango Wheat. Ooh, well. It's quite delicious. Good, man. That's awesome. Get your vitamin C in, get some beer in. And I can drink about 12 of these and not feel a thing, so I'm good. There you go. That's good. Staying safe. That's right. What's your booze of choice? My booze of choice? I have to say, just yesterday I had a Betty Page spiced rum with Dr. Pepper, and it was quite delicious. But I'm kind of like a wuss. My alcohol intake is like fruity shit, like a mango daiquiri or stuff like that. Hey, you do you, sir. As Ian said, we got a really great show. We got dad jokes today. We got the awesome Mr. Christopher Franchi. Chris, what do you prefer? Do you prefer Franchi, Christopher, Chris, Buttercup? What do you want us to call you? Buttercup? I prefer Tender Vittle. Tender Vittle. Okay, see, that was not on my list. I was really thinking Princess Buttercup. Sorry, that was a movie reference. I'll just go with Franchi. All my friends call me Franchi. I was going to say, most people call you Franchi, right? That's just the standard. What does your family call you? Asshole. I will, you know, I am not too proud to share this with you. It's embarrassing, and from now on, people are going to come up to me at expos and call me this, but I don't care because I'm secure enough. Due to a grammical error in my brother's, my older brother's speech when I was very young and my brother was just learning how to talk. They were trying to teach my brother how to say my name, but unfortunately they didn't try to teach him how to say Chris. They tried to teach him how to say Christopher, and he couldn't get that out. So he managed to come out with Sissy Poo. So my mom and my dad still call me up and go, Sissy Poo. So everyone, you heard it here. When you see him at the show, say, Hey, Sissy Poo, how's it going? And I will turn and look because I've grown up with it. I know it. It's part of my DNA. So unfortunately, that's what my parents call me. We are so glad and humbled that you can bare your soul here with us at the Poor Man's Pinball Podcast. That is a rare nugget, let me tell you. Yeah, I can tell. I listen to all your shows. And, yeah, speaking of that, do you want to tell our audience about your super awesome pinball show? Yes. It's called Canada's Pinball Podcast. We are the number one worldwide podcast. Everyone loves you. Yes. I can't tell. I don't know if people like the shit that's wrong or the shit that's right, but we offer both. No, I am, of course, one-third of the super awesome pinball show with my friends Ed Van Der Veen, who runs the Texas Pinball Festival, and Christian Line, also known as Dr. Pin, husband of Mrs. Pin, who has her own podcast as well. Yeah, how did that all come together? Well, I've had a radio background. I used to do an internet radio show, not a podcast. It was actually a live internet radio show on weekends. And it was like a, well, we called it a morning show for slackers. It was very much like a morning show, but it was in the afternoon. And I kind of got hauled into that by a friend who interviewed me on her, she owned the radio station. We went to high school together. She brought me in because she thought my career was so interesting and she wanted to interview me. And so we did that, and she's like, you know, you have a really good voice for radio. You should really think about doing your own show. You've got a good personality and blah, blah, blah, blah. I'm like, I don't know. I don't like doing things and putting myself out there unless I think I can do them well, and I had no confidence whatsoever in doing a show like that. So she had me on a couple more times, and then I just kind of thought, like, you know if I don't try you know I never know what I'll miss and you know when you do a first show what's there going to be like three people out there listening like your mom your sister and your girlfriend or whatever so you know I'm like how bad am I going to embarrass myself and uh so I did it and and uh was pretty successful at it we had a run for about three or four years and uh by the end of the by the end of the run when I just there was a lot of crap to deal with when you when you get other people on the show it's very difficult when they don't get as long as good as you two guys get along and so i had to call it quits but we had probably about 35 000 listeners listening live around that time worldwide uh so it was a pretty it was a pretty good show and uh and i just missed it you know it was you know years had gone by eight eight or so six or eight years went by and when i found myself in the the pinball world i thought you know it be fun to do a pinball show but do it like we did the old radio show so kind of bring some entertainment value in and not just report the news because everybody reports the news so i thought that i you know had a pretty good idea for something to to offer that was unique and i just went around like well i don't want to do this alone um and i had talked about doing this with ed we had talked about it a couple of times so we brought ed in and then i had always heard And Christian, I'd known him at this point, but I'd always heard him on other podcasts and on his wife's podcast, Sarah's podcast. And I always thought he had a really – he had a good voice and spoke really well. And he knew what he was talking about. He was pretty well-educated in pinball. And so I thought, well, I'm going to bring him in too. And the three of us seemed like a good balance. And so we just took it from there. We started – I think mid-December was our first show. and we're all pretty busy so we only come out with a show every two and a half weeks or so but it's been really fun. It's been a good time. The shows have been great. You're on episode 6 or 7 now I think? Next show will be 9. I listen to them. They're good. You guys all do have a different perspective which I think is key for that. I listen to it. I get exhausted. You produce the shit out of that show. as the editor of this show it's like even when i put like four sound effects i'm exhausted and what you do in that show i go i listen to it and all i think about is the editor and me i'm like nope that's a whole lot of no he's gonna give drew ideas this is bullshit and i do i'm like did you hear that thing on super awesome pinball show can you do that and he's like i could yeah for every segment they have that fun little sound and you should you should find something like that and then we'll get a sound that starts up our next segment and i'm like oh the hell with this I was happy I found an applause button. Well, the idea was to try and design something that couldn't be easily knocked off. You know, because if you offer something and then everyone comes out and along and does the same thing, then you no longer have anything unique to offer. So it requires a lot of work. Definitely it takes a lot of work. When we first started, it was taking me about three days to edit one show. And I'm talking about like, you know, 10 a.m. until midnight, you know, for three days straight. Yeah, I believe it. But, yeah, and it wasn't fun. But I've learned, you know, some tricks to take that down. And plus, you know, you've got three guys talking. As much as I try to tell these guys, hey, let's come up with a rule where, like, you know, I'll say something, then we go to you, then we go to you. And they're like, no, no, no, it won't be spontaneous. Like, yeah, but I'm editing this thing. And every time, like, when we interview somebody, when they stop their answer to our question, the three of us are all like, you know, jumping in with the next question. And then we have to go, wait, wait, wait, cut it off, whatever you go, take that over again, and I'll just cut all this mess out. And it happens every time. You guys do this all through Skype, right? Yeah, so far. That's even harder because I notice when Drew and I, when we're just doing the show and it's just me and him and we're in the studio together, it's super easy. I don't have to edit as much. But whenever you add a third person, not even in studio, third person in studio still, naturally, when you communicate with each other, nobody's talking over each other. But with Skype, you're right. It's so easy to talk over each other, to talk, get excited, and everyone starts jammering on. So Skype is a whole other beast. It's definitely a harder, like you're not doing yourselves any easier favors by not having it all together. You look at when we had things like the three of us were interviewing Joe Balcer and Josh Kugler. That's five guys. Yep. You know, so and everybody, you know, nobody knows what's going to happen. I always try to preach like, you know, it's better to have a lull, you know, where somebody stops talking and there's dead air that I can edit out than it is for everyone to just pile on. So if you just want to let the guy finish the question, wait and, you know, take our time, figure out who's going to ask the next question. or I always tell Christian because he usually lines up the questions. So put a little initial next to each one, and we each take turns answering one. And he goes, no, I don't want to do that. So, you know, we always end up doing it the hard way, which always comes back to landing on my plate because I'm the editor. So that's why I say I'm the editor, and that's all I'm going to do. So you want to research, oh, we're going to have Ed Ed Robertson on. Okay, well, Christian, go research everything there is to know about Ed Ed Robertson and get some questions together because I got enough on my plate. Right. So we all have our things. So you asked the doctor to do that during the COVID thing, huh? Yes. Just checking. Even the doctor gets to come home. Yeah. And I know you're not busy, dude. I need you to do this for me. Yeah, it's like I'm a second wife, you know. Oh, you just think you're going to play video games, do you? Nope. Get it done, motherfucker. Get it done. All right. So let's get into this dad joke thing. So for those of you who don't know, dad jokes is basically something that Drew and I do because we are silly. So essentially what it is is I will set a random timer, and what we'll do is we'll take turns telling random dad jokes. It's like whose line is it anyway? Points don't matter. We just laugh, and we go on to the next stupid joke, okay? So I will set this timer right now, and usually when I do this, something always screwy happens, like some nasty alarm comes off. So I'm just going to hit it. Let's just do it. While Ian's doing that. Boom. Dad jokes. We're on. We're live, kids. Perfect. A little housekeeping from last week, though. I just want to give a special shout-out to Eric Pripke and thank him once again for being on the show last week. Super awesome. He came on and talked all about Rick and Morty. If you haven't heard that, listen to episode 55. Thanks again, Eric. Always a great, great guest, great friend of the show. So thanks for that. Yeah, they were talking about it on the Pinball Network today. They were talking about it on Twip. Yeah, pretty cool. Yeah, they told us we weren't the poor men anymore. We were the middle class men. Yeah. Remember that one? Well, you're going to be the poor men as soon as I sue you for saying super awesome and not referring to our show. That's trademarked. So let's keep that clean. Keep that out of the show. Keep it out of the show. Have you got a chance to play Rick and Morty at all? Me? No, I have not. No. no well it came out as soon as all the shit hit all I've been playing is the five games I have in my house and what games are those Batman 66, Guardians of the Galaxy The Munsters Data East Batman 89 which actually came out in 91 but the 89 movie and Captain Fantastic which I want to throw out of the window yeah I've heard about your woes on that thing just can't get it quite 100% it's just it doesn't matter what you hit it's a drain no matter what trajectory, no matter whether you're shooting I could be aiming for nothing and it will hit nothing and go down the fucking side drain I just I hate that fucking game back in the day it was all about the quarters my friend I grew up playing that thing that's why I went and bought it because that was like my nostalgia game from my childhood. I don't know what the fuck I was thinking as a kid. But my mom was probably just feeding me $10 bills to go put in the coin machine because that thing just – it's a fucking quarter eater. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Hate it. Hate it, hate it, hate it. But the good news is my replacement Beatles will be soon on the way. Cool. So that thing might get pushed down the stairs to make room for it. Oh, yes. I love Beatles, man. I love playing that game. That game is one of my all-time favorite surprises of, what was that last year, right? Yeah, we were not huge fans when it came out after kind of watching it a little bit, but man. It wasn't like we weren't huge. It wasn't like I hated it. I was just like, oh, well, I just didn't like the price. Tanked on it because of the price. They didn't even care whether it was a fun game or not. And also, it doesn't translate. It's hard to say. Visually, if you see somebody playing it, it's not as fun as if you're playing it yourself. It's an experience you have to have. It's a tactile thing. You've got to sit in front of that game and play it yourself to get it. 100%. Put a pin in that note. We'll get right back to it. Tell us your first dad joke, Franchi. My first dad joke. Okay. What did the drummer call his two daughters? Not sure. What is it? Anna one. Anna two. thank you oh it's gonna be a cringy episode i love it you're gonna get better uh but yeah back to your point about beatles i'm gonna start the timer again we we were the same way you know we got in front of it at expo and holy crap that thing's just fun mgc oh that's right it was played at mgc last year um yeah just just fun to fun to flip i haven't really heard it too much because you know it's obviously loud in those places but um just from a pinball perspective and obviously it's beautiful with your art on there but man that's it's just a cool fun game It is a piece of art, that whole thing. The way you did that art package, this is where I kiss your ass a bit. Beatles artwork is still one of my favorite all-time artwork packages because when I looked at it, you know, I'm a big fan of, you know, pictures never do it justice when you see stuff online, and I'll always say that. It doesn't matter whose artwork it is. Even with, like, PinStadiums, all that stuff, it's pictures. I don't know why, but once you get in front of something like that, you see all the different colors, the details, it pops. and when I saw it at MGC I was like oh that's not too bad and then I played it and it was so much fun and I was like alright dude yeah I love it still love the price but I love the game absolutely one of my all time favorites sound wise I can tell you that Jerry Thompson did an amazing job that thing sounds so damn good you'd think you got like a Bose system in there it's really incredible what he did with that stuff and he didn't have some real clean stuff to work with so what he did to it is amazing It sounds fantastic. Yeah, all of his sound packages always come out good. Yep, it's a fun game, so I can't wait to have it back in my house. Is that coming soon? Within the next 30 days. I have yet to give the final date because there's a few things that I'm still doing around the house that I want to have taken care of before that comes. So is this coming direct from Stern, I'd assume? Yes. Okay. So are they up and running now? Do you know? Or did they have this already kind of put together before this all happened? No, yeah, my game is good to go. But they're up and running as of Friday, last Friday. And now, the moment you've all been waiting for. Of course, I'm talking about the Poor Man's Pinball Podcast, personal pinball news. well we kind of just went through franchise poor man uh personal pinball news beautiful he's got a beatles coming beatles coming that jumps our news for sure yeah i got i got stuff coming from my monsters too i ordered from coin taker a bunch of uh plastic protectors and mods and fun shit it's the only game i had that i haven't screwed up with funky shit so i figured Like, well, you know, probably got a couple more weeks of downtime. Let's fuck this one up, too. Yeah, I saw some pictures of your Batman. It made me feel better about all the dolls I buy. Oh, yeah. Well, I love action figures. I got a house full of action figures. I know. Yeah, it's like the 40-year-old virgin house. That's my house. That's freaking cool. Don't crush the box. That's more valuable than the toy inside. Oh, you're older than 40. Don't worry. Yeah. I'm a 53-year-old virgin. So it feels like. Born-again virgin. All right, that's a dad joke. Drew, dad jokes. What do we got here? We got dad jokes. I was addicted to soap once. Now I'm clean. Oh. And as you see, folks, this is going to go on for at least another hour, hour and a half. And we're only on joke number two. so speed up the pace i got a whole shitload over here oh they're they're gonna they're gonna keep flying right at your ear balls don't worry every time every time that timer goes off if it's your turn i get a turn as well oh man for everybody's turn i'll take a turn all right perfect love it all right all right so the timer is back on oh gosh all right i'm sweating there a little bit All right, so your lineup, Franchi, I can tell that it's all your artwork except for the Batman. Is that a... Super awesome. Super awesome. Is it... What's the word he hates is what I'm trying to mark and say. Satisfying. Oh, it must be really satisfying. Yes, to have, to look around and see all of your hard work in your game room. You know what's funny? Go ahead. It's rather not, actually, because it's a very expensive way to keep up my portfolio. Oh. Oh, you know, it's like those games weren't chosen because they were awesome games. Not that they're not awesome games, but they were chosen because I'm like, well, you know, I did it. I'd like to have an example of, you know, a year's worth of my work. And so the unfortunate thing is the games that I really want, like Twilight Zone and Creature from the Black Lagoon and stuff like that, have evaded me because I've blown all my money on buying these games that I've drawn. I also hear on your show you're getting better at pinball, huh? So you're really working on the – you got the headband on, you got the YouTube videos playing, and you're learning the game, huh? Do you have the short shorts with your junk taped to your leg? No, that's me, dude. That's me. Wrong guy. And the fingerless gloves? Yes. I'm home alone, dude. It's boxer briefs, and that's about it. He doesn't need to tape anything. It's there. It's free. Yeah. No headlamp, no special gloves, no special anything. I don't even have a fucking pin gulp on my damn games. But, yeah, I've been – you know, I spent a lifetime being one of those guys that tries to keep the ball out of the drain. And I've spent so much time playing pinball because when you live on your own, you know, when you live with your wife or, you know, you've got kids or whatever around all the time. My kids are growing out of the house. I can't even play a fucking board game. Like there's – you know, my choice is like puzzles, you know, watch TV, you know, like it's not a good selection. so pinball calls my name and i just took the time to say you know like look i'm gonna be here for a while you know why don't i start practicing some of the stuff i not that i didn't have any skills whatsoever but to you know hone my you know drop catching skills and and um you know practice on my you know i noticed that i kind of had this theory on on aiming that i thought should work for every game across the board. And that doesn't quite work. Wrong. Right, right. So, you know, trying to learn the rules of the game, the code and all that stuff. You know, like I've been banging on Guardians of the Galaxy for I don't know how long, a year and a half, two years, not having any idea how to get the most points. I know that, okay, well, you know, select this character and you shoot all those shots. But how to use the multipliers and all those things. So I just said, like, you know, enough's enough. You know, this game's made very complicated, and I should be taking advantage of that and learning about all this different stuff. So I've just been practicing my skills and then at the same time educating myself on what the games have to offer and putting those two things together and becoming a better player. Cool. We got another dad joke. Ding! All right, here I go. Ready. I can't find my Gone in 60 Seconds DVD. It was here a minute ago. Jesus Christ. Yeah. Yeah, cringeworthy is correct. Yeah, but I know what you're saying about the rules, because I'm kind of a rules geek myself when it comes to pinball. You guys suck. And it's just more fun when you actually learn how to play a game, especially when you blow it up once or twice. Oh, yeah. I blew up Guardians before I came out here. Almost, I was just like 20 million shy of my grand champion score. Woo! Not bad. I had four modes that you need to get Cherry Bomb multiball on ball two, which never happened. Right, right. Once I got – first shot I took went right in and gave me the Cherry Bomb multiball, and I was just firing away, trying not to just flail at the balls, but make some shots and look up. Rather than just stare at the flippers because there's all these balls bouncing around, but look up the play field like what should i be looking at you know 31 30 balls bouncing around all right insert beavis and butthead laugh anytime franchise says balls bouncing around you better believe i'm keeping that that's gonna be our new intro all right drew what do you uh what do you got going on drew what's your personal pinball news um well i finally started touching up uh meteor and uh Jeff LaGrange, tribe member, he's helping me. He's cutting some vinyl stencils for me because I need to touch up the spaceships and exhaust. Oh, okay. Instead, I thought I was just going to pack it up and send it to Franchi. Oh, my back's really sore. So I did some small touch-ups with some acrylic paint, just kind of messing around. It looked okay, but he's going to cut some stencils, and we're going to see how we can do with an airbrush and some stencils. Nice. Yeah, I'm excited, but it's a lot of work. There's several stencils. There's several layers. So we'll see how it turns out. So this is the outside of the cab, obviously? No, this is the play field. So you're using stencils for the play field? Yeah, just for the couple parts that are biffed up. Okay. So basically what he did was he... Can't you use the Fiscus stuff that I have? Well, you can, but if he does the stencils, then you can just set the stencil down, airbrush one layer, put on a second stencil, airbrush. You know what I mean? it's just kind of a layered system. Wait, hold on a minute. What the hell's Fiscus? Fiscus is like a plastic, almost like a thick saran wrap that you can put down on a playfield and then you use an exacto knife carefully and just remove the, where you want to spray. That's called Frisket. Frisket? Frisket. Like biscuit. Frisket. Yeah. How would you know, Franchi? Because I was thinking to myself, what the hell am I explaining it to him? Frisket Fiscus I think fiscus is like some kind of a saliva mucus something I think there's a plant, a fiscus You know, it doesn't matter This is all getting edited out anyway, asshole Oh no, it's not, you big dope That's true What is it, frisket? Frisket You gotta own it, yeah, it's called frisket Just remember biscuit Chicken in a biscuit Fuck it in the frisket, got it Jesus Christ, what happened there? I don't know Alright, anyway But anyways, so we're going to try that. He's going to cut some vinyl stencils, and we're going to airbrush away. You know, because it's just a couple of small areas. It's not a ton, so we'll see. Okay. If it doesn't work out, we can go a different route, but then I'll send it to Franchi, and his back will still hurt. Sissypoo's Playfield Retouching at your service. There you go. Perfect. That'll be sissypoo at gmail.com. Sissypoo at gmail.com. Just send him an email and what game you need worked on. All right. So is that it for your poor mans? Yeah, I'm still looking for Spider-Man. I want a Spider-Man. I want every game. Which one? Atari? Oh, the Gottlieb? Yeah, I'm thinking Superman. We've been talking about that one. I would love to have that because I'm a huge Spider-Man fan, and having that Gottlieb, the art on there is so cool. I was just going to say I love the art. Like, if you could put that artwork on the Stern Spider-Man. Oh, we've talked. Because I can blow up that fucking Stern Spider-Man, but I just don't like the artwork. But if they had that classic shit, oh, man. Yeah. No, I'm a huge fan. And, you know, so, yeah. Someday I hope to have one of the Gottliebs, too, because they're still pretty reasonably priced. But the game's not great. But, yeah, super good looking. Just can't beat that. That back glass. You know, just that classic look. The iconic Spider-Man from, what's his name, Steve Ditko. Ditko. Mm-hmm. But you're open for any Spider-Man at this point, right? Yeah, yeah. You know, the original one's built better, but the VE does have more of the comic-y look, which the art is much better on that one. Have you seen the Vault Edition, Chris? Yes, I have. Yeah, we'll see. But yeah, I like the game, too, and I'm a Spider-Man fan, so that's what we're looking for. So you're happy with any Spider-Man you get. You just reach in the Spider-Man's pants and you're like, doesn't matter. Grab some webbing. Grab some of that webbing. All right, just checking. All right. That's good, man. Good for you. That's awesome. I know you're a huge Spider-Man fan. So I'll go to my news. I was over at Drew's and I got to finally play all of his games. About time. Last time I was there, oh, my God, he had, what do you have, Simpsons Pinball Party, The Hobbits. That was it. yeah you just had the two that was it i walked in that room so that's where poor man's came from yes yes that's the joke ever since i started this now i really am a poor man yeah no doubt yeah i've had some time on jurassic park premium which is rawr an amazing dinosaur song which is an amazing game amazing i just love that thing is solid too it did not feel like a stern it just felt great it felt good in the hands i think they and i mean that in the best way possible like it They really did a good job with that Jurassic Park, the premium. I played the Pro, and the Pro didn't really grab my attention as much as now I played the premium. And I'm like, oh, dude, yeah, this is awesome. So very cool. Played your Firepower? Well, Firepower. Where's that out? What was I playing? Oh, LaserCue. Oh, LaserCue. LaserCue is fun, man. That has some great sound effects to it. That is a cool 80s pin. and uh got the bell going and had the was this a photographic back glass what's that the the laser cue does have photos on the back glass no laser cue is space pool there's a bunch of muscular men playing space pool they look like they look like they'd be part of the village people but they're playing yeah they're playing a uh space pool one of my favorite moments from just it's worth a google yeah sure yeah definitely you don't know what we're talking about yeah jack Danger's streaming it one day a few months ago, and he just puts hashtag dude butt. Or dude butts. Hashtag dude butts, yeah. Yeah, because they're just like these. They look kind of like He-Man. They're wearing these short shorts. They're super muscular, and they're playing Space Pool, and that's it. It's all muscles and pool, baby. Space Pool. Space Pool. So look it up. Laser cue. If you haven't seen it, you're not missing anything. I'm on my way. Dude butts. Dude butts. I just wanted to say the Jurassic Park, fantastic game. Super fun. Had a blast with it. Drew put a subwoofer in it. I recommend everybody who has that game put a subwoofer in it. I recommend everyone get a woofer for any game, especially if you're going to pay that much for a game. All the new games, because it just adds such a dimension to most games. Vocal League of True Poop for it, man. Good job. All right. Ranchi, we got a dad joke. Yes. I went to the grocery store, and the cashier asked me if I'd like my milk in a bag, and I said, no, keep it in the jug. It's easier to pour. Oh, man. All right. Thank you. We're going to start that timer over. Okay. So what else we got today, Drew? We have a shaker motor giveaway, a Stern shaker motor from Flip N Out Pinball. Spike system. Yep. We have, what, a couple weeks ago, we announced it. Zach agreed to give away a Stern shaker motor, spike system. Spike system? The rules are simple. Write a paragraph or two on why you should be considered for tribe membership or why you should remain in the tribe if you are already there. Or if you just want to send us a funny paragraph. I don't really care. Whatever. Rules. We don't need rules. I don't give a shit. Let's just do something funny, and then we're going to read them on the air. Yeah, so we still have the deadline of May 29th, which is coming up in a few days here. So we will be reading all the submissions next week, and we will be giving away that Stern shaker motor. So keep them coming. We have a bunch. What's up, Franchi? I love how you guys are like, you've got to jump through all of these hoops to become a tribe member, and then you have to re-jump through hoops to stay in the tribe and get thrown out. It's tough. It's tough to stay there. That's why I deserve to stay. That was Drew's idea, and our tribe members don't like it. Here's what happened. But I don't give a shit again. Because as it was coming out of my mouth, you can time stamp that one, too. So when I said, hey, let us know why you want to be a tribe member, and then Ian just kind of looked at me. He's like, well, what about our tribe members? Because we have quite a few now. There's, what, 26? Yeah. So I was like, oh, shit, well, they need a chance to win too because we're not going to exclude them. Or maybe we should. Right. Hey. Welcome to the elite group. You can now not get prizes. Yeah. Yeah. You guys get a T-shirt. The other guy gets a shaker motor. Yeah. So anyways, that was just kind of the thing for that. And funny enough, we're probably, what, 50-50 on submissions? Maybe a little less. But a handful of our tribe members and quite a few people from the outside. The tribe members just keep sending us pictures of their dicks and flipping us off. They were doing that before. They don't care for this. Yeah. They don't care for this contest. Got your shaker motor right here, bitch. Did the five pillars and now I need to do another one? Yeah. So anyways, you guys have a few more days. Thanks, Zach, flipping out pinball. We will, like I said, next week we'll be reading those off and we're going to figure out who's going to win. So it'll be next week's Fuck It Friday episode, by the way. There you go, yeah. So we will announce on Friday, because we have a guest next week, and we don't want to mess up his time. No, we'll just read the submissions separately. So it'll be part of the Fuck It Friday. Boom, boom, boom. Done. Perfect. He's writing it down. Nope, I'm just editing more, because we keep fucking this up. But all right, good, good, good. All right, Drew. So anyways, all that to say that I installed a shaker motor in my Jurassic Park Premium. It felt good? It did feel good. That thing was rumbling like crazy. It was like that episode from... That sounds crazy, Drew. Yeah. What was that? Dino farts. All right, Drew. Drew, dad joke, Drew. Another dad joke. I love to tell dad jokes. Sometimes he even laughs. Jesus Christ. Edit that out. No. Stan. All the cringiest ones stay. Oh, man. We're an equal opportunity dad joke guy. Chris, do you have another one you want? Another one I want. All right. Another one you want to tell us? Sure, sure. Yeah. I like to say to the man in the wheelchair who stole my camouflage jacket, you can hide, but you can't run. That might be a top ten dad joke on the show. That's pretty good. That is good. I do like that one. Thank you. Thank you. Flip N Out Pinball. You want a new CERN? Boom, we have you covered. You want a new Chicago Gaming Company remake? Boom, we have you covered. You want a brand new Shiny from JJP? Guess what? Boom, we have you covered again. P3 Multimorphic? We can do that, too. We got mods, shaker motors, even some used pinball inventory. Flip N Out Pinball also sells the Stair Climbing Escalera Hand Truck. Email Zach at Flip N Out Pinball or call or text 812-525-7000. 457-9711. Zach at Flip N Out Pinball. Flip, letter N, Out Pinball. And now we'll get into some real news. Maybe that's why people are here. Nobody cares about real news with the poor men. I know. Well, our real news is fake news. Our real news is like stuff that's been reported like two weeks ago. Yep. We're always a step or a mile behind one or the other. So what's this Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles all about? Turtle. Turtle. Dirtle, dirtle. That is the news of the week, isn't it? Yeah, yeah. Kaneda's been dropping little nuggets all week. You know, and so what do you think? What do you think, Angie? It's like a bunny rabbit. He's dropping nuggets all week. I don't know. I mean, I think, I mean, supposedly it's being announced what, today's Monday we're recording, so Wednesday. so by the time this airs uh people might actually have seen the the reveal do you think that's gonna happen let's like act all cool then and stuff isn't it sweet check that out look at that look at that wireframe isn't that bitchin bro did you see that art it's awesome art for sure it was done by my favorite pinball artist all right so canada pinball podcast he is saying i'm just gonna read off his page hey sure i'm giving you some props here this is from the canada page but it looks like full reveal Wednesday and he's got all sorts of different little spoilers, should I read the spoilers? Might as well, we're here Spoiler number one, he says Did you read these at all Drew? I did Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will feature two target banks just like the Munsters to spell April and Lair Stop right there, do you like those target banks on Munsters? Franchi? You have the drop targets right? Nope, they're all the same target Really? Even the premium? Yeah, there's no drop targets. They're that sort of panel, that long panel target. Do I like them? Positioned where they are, I'm fine with it because it would be very difficult because they're flat against the side and they're so down low. It would be very difficult to kind of try and aim to peck those off. So to just have the wide thing, I'm fine with it. If they're in, like, Beatles has, you know, a couple banks in areas that you can actually, you know, skillfully shoot at. Sure. So I prefer drop targets. I think they're more fun. But in those situations, if they are the same as, like, the Munsters where they're down low and up against the side, I'm fine with the wide things because you just really can't aim for them. Okay. So down low, you're fine. But if they're up higher, you'd like to see drops. Yeah. Okay. I think that's, you know what, that's probably the most articulate comment I've heard. heard about that because everyone else goes i fucking hate this and i'm like okay like like let's let's let's slow down here you know this is bullshit yeah i really appreciate your honesty with that because i feel the same way because it's like yeah you know they're on the sides and you can't see them you know because there's a there's a single drop target in uh dracula bsd okay and you can't see it so where is it uh the skill shot so when you do the skill shot it's all the way in the back around the orbit like well it's not really an orbit but whatever so there's and it took me i didn't even know it was there until i looked through the manual and i'm like oh shit there's a drop target there because everything's covering hidden drop yeah it's just you know what i mean so i don't know the more you know all right you know all right spoiler number two from canada uh the teenage mini turtle van locks four balls or releases them for a multiball fun what do you tank that's kind of cool i i think that the van's in there if if that is true i think that's a clever use of the van yeah he actually clarified in a podcast today that it that only functions on the premium and le oh of course so it's probably just a static van on the pro all right yep i would uh agree with that or it might just be a plastic on the pro and a 3d mold on the like they did with uh dead pool yeah yeah that would be my guess all right we got a dad joke Hold on, let me get my dad joke. Why can't you hear a pterodactyl use the bathroom? I don't know. Because the P is silent. That's for you, Mr. Jurassic Park, man. Yeah, that's actually good. I dig that. All right, we'll restart the timer. Chris, do you want to do another one? Hell yeah. All right, go for it. I bought some shoes from a drug dealer the other day. I don't know what he laced them with, but I was tripping all day. so spoiler number three you guys ready spoiler number three teach me the turtles features a magnetized pizza mac that is a reuse of the x-men magneto mac what do you think about that um i need to see that mac i played x-men a handful of games at a show so i don't really recall it too much so i have no idea but i'm looking at the picture it just seems like it's it's like a spinning magnet hey man whatever so i'll take a spinning pizza sure well that's another one where people are like oh they're reusing it this is bullshit and i'm like well no it's just like come on welcome to the real world people hey wait a minute games had pinballs before yeah yeah no exactly so i mean it's it's i don't know we'll have to see but yeah i think i think a spinning pizza regardless of whether it was used before or not is pretty cool all right spoiler number four in teenage mutant turtles the player can control the path of the ball using Raphael on a glider, a.k.a. the Shadow Diverter. And the Shadow Diverter is awesome. It's a third flipper button which is yeah That so cool Yeah I hope that what happens I think third flipper buttons need to become more prevalent you know rick and morty has the one for their little charge timer their magna save but it's you know you can charge it up you can hold it for extended period it's very cool so i have such a hard time with magna saves the third button i'm not used to it yeah i have to i have to actually like own one i think and really practice on it but on location and I'm fucking garbage on it. Or do we think there's not going to be a third flipper button, it's just going to be the stern action button, probably. That would be my guess. I don't know, Franchi, you got an idea what it could be? This is all speculative, nobody cares. I have no idea. I'm not even familiar with this feature on the shadow because I've never played the shadow. Basically, there's a third button and then there's a metal diverter. There's two diverters, aren't there? Yeah, I'm not sure, but you can choose the direction. So if you push the button, it just basically turns the little diverter right or left. So they're just saying that there's like a drawing of Raphael on this hang glider thing and he's positioned like in the middle of this fork on this ramp or whatever. Yes, you get to turn him basically to either go this path or that path. What button would they use? Well, you know, Stern's not afraid to add buttons. There's four on the Munster. So I would imagine there'll probably be a button on whatever side that wireframe or ramp is on, an extra button. Why not? Yeah. No, the button's a pretty cheap thing. Like I said, they already have the action button, so that would make sense for something like that. All right. So Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, spoiler number five, from Kaneda. This one is weird. All right. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles features Krang Walker. the Krang Walker is that what they call Krang Walker? Well I think that's just the best way to describe it because he's not in the full body he's just in this little mech suit. It just bounces up and down. Hours of fun. Which is pretty funny. I know they're talking about TIE Fighter on a spring. Another thing on a spring. Spoiler number six Siege of Minoturtles features three flippers for honor of Canada's third Twippy Award. That's it. That's it Canada. That's why they did it brother. Well, the third flipper I am excited about because they said it should be on the left side this time instead of the right side, which is unique for, like, Funhaus, like, you know, Willy Wonka, that on the left side. So why do you like it on the left side? Well, it's just, it's, I don't necessarily like it there. I'd rather have, the right side is easier, but the left side adds another element of challenge, in my opinion. You're a goddamn maniac. Yeah. What can I say? All right. Anyway. What can I say? So those are some spoilers. How do I feel about the Turtles? I'm excited to see it. I'm excited to play it. I don't know if it's something that I would buy. I don't think it's something that I'd care to see. Down here, limited space, obviously. So it's definitely something I'd probably seek out and play on location, though, for sure. I'm excited about it. Now, Franchi, I'm going to make an assumption here. And based on your age, and I'm not going to tell everyone how old you are. I thought we said that already in the beginning of the show I'm just being nice to him that's fine Mr. Greybeard 53 so the turtles weren't in your wheelhouse because that was like yeah that was after though I was a big comic book geek so I'm very familiar with them never bought an issue never watched the cartoon the whole cowabunga dude It just did not appeal to me whatsoever. So I'll play the game because it's a Borg game, and I love me some Borg-y. So I'll play the game, and I'll definitely check it out. I won't run from it because of the theme, but the theme does nothing for me. Sure, sure. No, and that's what I thought, and that's kind of the thing. I think they're shooting for a younger demographic now, and it remains to be seen whether it's a sales success or not, but we'll see. Yeah, dip the toe in the 80s pool and see what happens. Well, people have been clamoring for that for a long time, but the problem is, much like us, a lot of people our age don't have money to spend on $6,000 toys. We don't have the money, and we don't play a lot of pinball. Yeah, so it'll be interesting to see. Ooh, is that another dad joke time? Another dad joke. Ooh, you ready for this one? This is comic related. We were just talking about it. What a good segue. Not really. Sometimes I just say words. Words. How come the Hulk doesn't lose his pants when he transforms? I always wondered that. Why is that? Well, the gamma radiation in the scientific experiments altered his genes. Another Franchi cringe. Oh, boy. I'm going to edit more laughter in there for you, Drew. Don't worry. Nope, just edit. Edit the crickets. Edit the crickets. Put them in there. Let's make this thing realistic. All right, I'm just going to start the timer again, and we're just going to call that one. Do it. Chris, do you want to throw another dad joke in there to rinse our mouth of that? Absolutely. To make up for that last one? Yes. No, that was a good one, Drew. I liked it. Do you hear about the new restaurant they opened up on the moon? No. Great food, but totally no atmosphere. See, I was going to pretend to cringe there, but that was really good. That was really good. Just killing it. Yeah. Oh, man, just killing it. All right. I love it, Chris. Thank you. All right. You're searching on Reddit. It's better than my searching on Reddit. Oh, man. I'm not going to say where I got mine from. Yeah. Don't tell the secrets. Actually, I'm 53, and I'm a dad, so they're kind of built in. Yeah. Touche. You didn't have to look anything up. You got the real dad stuff. You got the dad bod to go with it. Franchi, before we move on from news... Oh, we've got to talk about Multimorphic. No, go away. Go ahead. So the other thing that... You said go away. I did say go away. I thought I was talking to my wife. Then I realized it was Ian. That's worse. Go. So anyway, Multimorphic just announced head-to-head pinball over the Internet on the P3 system. We finally have some Internet connectivity, which will be on, I think, Heist is going to be the first one. No. Cosmic Kart Racing. Yes, that's it. I'm reading right now. Head-to-head on Cosmic Kart Racing over the Internet, Saturday, May 23rd. So it already had happened. But, yeah, the latest software patch is going to allow you to travel through the Internet on their Wi-Fi built-in connection to play games online. How cool is that? That's super awesome. The only thing I'm going to say about that, though, is they, I guess, Jerry, one night he sent out messages and he said, hey, let's get some people together and do this, right? Yeah. And they did, which is awesome. They didn't stream it. Whoops. Yeah. Isn't that like a big missed opportunity? Yeah. I mean, he sent out messages to everyone. He got several people to respond and say, yeah, let's do this. I got it. because you can play, I think, up to four players. So they got some people together, and they did this, and they didn't stream it. Yeah, well. Disappointing. That's okay. Very cool, though. No, super cool. Step in the right direction. They were talking about it like Mario Kart. Yeah. It's like a... It's a kart racing game? Yeah. Yeah. And it's simple. It's easy to learn, hard to master type of thing, so I think it's very cool. Awesome. Yeah. Super cool idea. I can't wait to see more from them if they can keep doing that. And Heist looks just absolutely cool. moving buildings and all. I'm into it. That crane is still pretty impressive. Oh, it's super awesome. I'd love to play one. I hope they got some in the shows coming up. That's another infringement there. What? Super awesome. Do you see how much free advertising we get by having that name? I see what you did there. Have your lawyer contact our lawyers. That's right. Does he still work under the freeway bridge? Yep. Still the same one. Next to the oil barrel that's burning. The abandoned oven. Yeah, the abandoned oven. Everyone who says butthole has to give us 25 cents because that's copyright infringement. Totally. Butthole. We're rich, bitch. All right. What do we got, Drew? Come on. Let's get excited here. We have, that's end of news. That is. But, so, Franchi, do you have any little nuggets you can share? Maybe CGC, maybe? I have a big nugget. I have some big nuggets I can share. He's got a couple big nuggets, kids. He's putting them on the camera right now. We can see them. Well, you know, this is going to be part fact and part speculation. That's no space. Wild speculation is what we do best here at 4Mans. Something that I noticed that apparently nobody else noticed because I haven't seen any talk about it. But Emoto, everybody knows Emoto. She was one of the hosts of the Twippies, and she does her thing. She works with Marco. on her Facebook page she posted some pictures of her wearing some swag from a Stern show that was cancelled March 20th I forget what the actual event was but it was a Stern event and they had a poster design that was put on t-shirts and jackets and hats and it was done by a certain Mr. Dirty Donnie who hasn't been seen since he supposedly got canned from Stern three or four years ago for doing other pinball projects. So apparently Dirty Donnie is back with Stern. And it would be strange if it was just this one single application. Like, you know, if they're going to work with him, they're going to work with him. They don't just say, well, we'll give you this flyer, but then fuck off. So I would imagine he might be on deck for a new game at Stern. And the rumors are that Elwynn's working on Godzilla and I tend to think that that would be a perfect fit for Donnie so we may see some more Dirty Donnie out of Stern recent and in the coming well in the coming 12 16 months yeah absolutely yeah I was just looking at a close-up picture of that jacket and I was going to ask if maybe they just had this stuff from before but it has the date of this thing like you said it was supposed to happen whenever in 2020 the Stern yeah circuit yeah so it has the date on there and I'm like huh Very, very bizarre. Is it possible they used some other older art and then just put it on there? Or is that something they would do? It could be. I don't know them to have artwork laying around that they paid for and didn't use. Sure, sure. But maybe they did. That seems very specific artwork. Yeah, it does. It's a stern tour. Yeah, so I'm thinking maybe bridges were mended. Who knows? I saw that and I'm like, that's Donnie. I'm like, hey, wait a minute. How come nobody's talking about this? There you have it. Like I said, it's part truth and part speculation. But I would tend to think that if they were going to hire him to do a flyer, they're going to hire him to do more than that. Right. But like you said about mending bridges, their thing wasn't a crash and burn, was it? It was just, hey, we don't need you anymore? I don't know. I'm asking. That sounds like a crash and burn, bro. No, you're done. No, I mean, stuff like this happens all the time in lots of businesses. I believe it. That's why I'm asking. I mean, there's a difference between, hey, we just don't need you anymore. I wasn't there. I don't know what happened. I just know what I heard was that he had mentioned or something that he was working on this other game, And Stern just said, well, you work for us and us alone or you can go elsewhere. And that was pretty much the same. I mean, maybe not as explained as rudely and crassly as that, but that was pretty much the rule for me too. So, you know, I don't know if he did it behind their back and got caught. I don't know if he said he was going to do it and they said, okay, well, fuck off. I don't know. It's all speculation. But the fact is he just disappeared out of nowhere like three years ago and hasn't been seen at Stern since. And there was talk of him not working there any longer. I know that was mentioned from people with Stern. So I'm thinking that bridges were mended. It would have to be. Now, typically, are pinball artists W2 employees or are they just 1099 contractors? For Stern, it's 1099. It's just a contract. You're not an employee. But it's not like, okay, well, you worked for this company, so you're fired. It's basically like we're not giving you work anymore. Sure. If you're a 1099, it's just that. Yeah, we don't need you anymore. Right. Okay. Well, cool. I'd welcome to see some of Dirty Donnie's stuff back at Stern. That'd be kind of neat. Especially, like you said, Godzilla might be a kind of cool comeback for him. Yeah, it would have to fit his style, and Godzilla could. I could see that 100%. He does do the monster things good. Yep, monsters, dragons, flames, all kinds of cool stuff. Yeah. Big teeth, saliva, and fire. Spread up Dirty Tommy's alley. He might have been good for Jurassic Park, huh? Or do you think that might have been too... Yeah? You think he could have done something really cool on it? Yeah, because I don't think there's any... There's some characters in there and stuff, but it's mostly foliage and dinosaurs, isn't it? Yep. The premium especially, it has that saliva kind of look, and that's what made me think about it. Yeah. Cool, cool stuff. So we'll see. Time will tell. But I just thought I would bring that to everyone's attention because nobody said anything about it, and I'm like, whoa. It stood out to me. I don't know, maybe because I'm an artist, but the minute I saw it, I knew it was his work, and then I looked, double-checked, and it was. And I'm like, holy crap. Does anybody realize what this means? So for what it's worth, there it is. There's my bit of news. Interesting. You just told 10,000 people about it, so. You're one of the secrets out. Sorry, Donnie. Sorry? Why sorry? He's getting work, and it's something to celebrate. Absolutely. So, Chris, how's, and you don't have to, like, I'm not asking for nuggets, But how's working with CGC? How's that been? How's that experience been so far? It's been, well, I don't mean, not to sound bad, but it's been a whole lot of nothing so far. And that's because things had to be tidied up and find the right timing for me to start the projects I was working on. And then as soon as I got a green light, we got hit with all this crap and I was separated from my office. And piece by piece, I've been trying to move things into home. I had to buy a new desk and set up a workstation at home because I didn't have one because I didn't want to work at home. Sure. You know, I wanted to keep the thing separate. You know, as people come over, like, why don't you have your own artwork hanging in your house? Because when I look at it, I think of work. I don't want to think of work. And I respect other artists. I'm going to hang their work in my house. I can look at it, enjoy it, relax. So, unfortunately, yeah, this hit and it was like, well, all right, now we need a workstation, you know, computer setup and all my art supplies and things like that. So I finally just got all that set up actually just this week, kind of finalize everything this week and I'm going to get rolling on. Um, um, I have a couple of small things to button up for a remake and then I'm getting started on two brand new projects. Cool. Cool. Very cool. So very excited to get back to work. I believe it. I believe it. How, and I know it's probably different per, you know, different projects probably require different amounts of time and effort but what's like your average um how long does it usually take to do the art on a pinball machine you know it's hard to say because when you work on them you don't work start to finish you know when when i was working with stern i would do uh you know a back glass design and then just you know see like how does the artwork match do they like you know i work with uh worked with uh greg freris and all that so he'd take a look and see what i did and you know if we tweak the style or tweak the color palette or whatever once we find the pocket then i would just go ahead and do three back glasses three cabinet designs and um kind of sit back and wait for the play field to finish the play field's always the last thing well the topper is always the last thing but uh uh it usually never come like i'll finish the the back glasses and the cabinets and all that stuff and i might sit on my hands for two and a half months waiting for the final on the play field and then i might start working on the play field and they might make some changes and you know so it it's never there's no a to be like i spent an entire year working on that yeah you know it took a year to get it done but there were probably several you know two or three months where you know there was no work being done in little pockets here and there so it's kind of hard to say and i've never really sat down and went like you know hour wise you know how many hours what i'd say it take to do three different pinball designs in one play field i don't know i couldn't tell you right right and you mentioned the three that you're doing right now or at least coming up in the near future. You mentioned a remake. Now, is that something that's where you're just kind of recreating the artwork or are they changing it up a little bit? How does that work when it's already kind of existing artwork? Yeah, CGC usually never kind of takes what they're given in a sense. They don't say, look, okay, here's the game. We're rebuilding this. They look for ways to improve things. In the case of what I'm doing, it was a situation where they felt maybe they skimped a bit on the original design, and CGC thought they could make it better by adding a few things. Oh, okay. So it's all in the interest of making the best product, basically. It doesn't serve any function other than to make it look better than the original. So I respect that a lot. I really respect Doug and Ryan and what these guys are doing in trying to get these games back into people's hands in even a better way. It gives you a reason to, even if you had owned or had owned the original, to seek out the remake. Because there's definitely a lot of effort being put in to make it even better than the original. And I think the same can be said for Medieval Madness and Monster Badge, too. Yeah, I loved my Monster Bash. I really did. I was just impressed how nicely they did it. It was beautiful. It was beautiful to look at. It was a solid machine. They know what they're doing over there, that's for sure. It looks like a game from 2017 or 2018 or whatever. Definitely. It wasn't $10,000. I haven't got one yet, but I did beg them, and they agreed to give me one of those plates that has the monster heads on it by the button. What do you call it? The lockdown bar. The lockdown bar, yeah. Yeah, they have the little etched plates. Very cool. Yeah, with the heads on it. I walked up and I saw that. I'm like, oh, we're going to buy this game just for that plate. Did you just want the plate, or are you getting the game as well? Well, no, I do want the game, but I've got to get a house first. Well, you know, that's what happens when you have so many DVDs that you need a house. Well, my daughter's making fun of me. She comes walking up the stairs, and she's presented with this probably nine-foot-tall statue of Batman standing on a cement pillar. So it was a 50th birthday gift, but it's like this life-size statue. It was huge. And it's like right in the middle of my living room, and she's like, there's really no other house like this, is there, Dad? Pinball machines in the dining room and just strange things everywhere. but yeah definitely I'm not going to say I'm a hoarder but I'm a hoarder of particular things number one I can't seem to focus on what I'm going to collect so I collect many things and I have totes and totes and totes I have this hallway that goes down into a storage room or I should say across into a storage room and then downstairs and into my garage and that hallway which is probably 20 feet is lined from the floor to the ceiling with totes full of crap, Batman crap, Creature from the Black Lagoon, you know, monsters and Beavis and Butthead and whatever, you know, just like whatever crap floats my boat, and I just have nowhere to put it. Right. I can solve your problem, Franchi. Just get married. You want some? Just get married. It'll all go away. It'll all be gone. Poof. Yeah. Your hopes and dreams along with it and that tote. That's not exactly where he was going with that, Drew. That's exactly why I'm single because I want to at least keep the stuff that's out and about. The totes of stuff, my daughter comes over to help me out. She's like, oh, wash your dishes and take your trash out or whatever. I'll just give her a tote of stuff and say, here, just take this and go put it on eBay. You can keep the money. Just get it out of here. So we've been chiseling away at this stuff a couple totes at a time. So I finally was willing to part with it and get rid of it. But it was only after seeing my house be consumed by it. No, no. But there is a difference. And to your point, though, I always thought the difference between a hoarder and hoarders, that's a whole other thing, versus a collector is there's a method to the madness. I know with me, I'm really big into Creature from the Black Lagoon. So, you know, when the – we actually had a really cool store. You would have loved this store. That was literally just down the street from my house, but they specialized in vintage figures. And, you know, a lot of – it was all kind of centered towards horror. So they had all this creature from the Black Lagoon collectibles, you know, Frankenstein, Godzilla, all this stuff kind of all across the board. And they were going out of business. So I was there day one. feel like a jerk but I was like I will take everything creature from the Black Lagoon just throw it in a bin I don't even care what it is and they did yeah it was great it was great but but now there's a bathroom I put all my creature from the Black Lagoon stuff in the bathroom because that's where it fit best I've got a movie poster that I I took the original graphics and reformulated them and took the creature out and made it fit probably about three feet wide by eight feet tall and it goes right up from behind the toilet up the wall And then I mounted this you know that thing some people use it for a topper the creature you know like it the chest and the shoulders and the arms and the head Yeah you see it on the airline magazine all the time Yeah, yeah, yeah. I took one of those and mounted it on the poster so it looks like he's swimming out of the poster. It's like a 3D poster, you know, it's really cool. I got these little porthole windows with like pictures of the creature, you know, in the window. Yeah, I saw that and then you lit up your bathroom with PinStadium Lights. If you don't know what you're talking about, go check out the Poor Man's Podcast page. Do you have the original? What's that? Well, no. The stuff that I posted, that's one thing, but that was based on what you originally posted. Oh, I know. But you changed it, didn't you? Yeah. Like six times. Yeah. I got enough shit from enough people. A guy just can't post. I'm at work all day trying to do work, and all you guys do all day is spend your day on Facebook. your Penn Stadium before photo was like three bulbs lit at the top hey PinStadiums are awesome they light up the shit it's got a blackout mode before PinStadiums and after I stand by your product sir it's fantastic I have no control over them Chris PinStadiums are wonderful I'm just saying that particular example was rather misleading and probably not good for business because it looked like you were trying to pull a fast one Yeah, a little snake salesman there, but that's okay. Tell Scotty he needs to improve everything you guys post. That way he's sure that he's looking good. Absolutely. One more CGC question, and we can just kind of move on from that. Because these things just popped in my head. So I know that CGC, they like to do the three tiers. You know, you're kind of your pro premium, you know, like Stern does. for their new original ones are they doing kind of a different artwork for each tier then just kind of like stern's model or are they going to kind of stick with like at least with like cabinet art is it going to just be one art package throughout and then well they're going to be having bells and whistles to uh to answer your question the best i can i don't know because i don't know what's going on with their remake that you know they kind of pulled me at the last minute and said we just need these couple of things here i've not seen you know what what they have planned as far as art packages and models and stuff like that i don't know um and then it's too early to say on the stuff that we're just getting into now because i'm just sort of like developing the right kind of style for the artwork um well the remakes were all the same they were yeah but i guess my question would have been you know he doesn't know but yeah it's an interesting if they're going to kind of stick with that but just focus on what's in the game to sell it, or are they going to have different art packages? I'd assume they're going to do different art packages. For the original, I'm sure the next remake is just going to be standard. Well, the remake will be the same artwork, but I'm just saying when they do start doing these original games. I don't know. It just hit my head and I was like, I've got to ask. Since I've got the man on. Dad joke time. Who's next? I think it was me. Let's see if we can make Franchi cringe one more time. Today my son asked, Can you lend me a bookmark? I immediately burst into tears. 12 years old and he doesn't even know my name is Drew. Wait. Hold on. Did you read that one more time? Did you read that right? Edit, edit, edit. Nope. Nope. This is staying on. I just want to know what the hell is that joke. You left something out, right? Did you skip over something? Today my son asked, can you lend me a bookmark? I immediately burst into tears. 12 years old and he doesn't even know my name is Drew. Oh, I get it. Can you lend me a book, comma, mark? Oh. And that's the fourth cringe of the day from Mr. Chris Ranchi. That was good, Drew. That was good. That was good. The way you read it, though, it was just, it went too fast. And I was like, wait. Yeah, that's why I slowed down on the second one. Makes sense. All right, man. Starting the timer. Chris, you want to throw another one in there? Sure. he's still cringing two zombies are eating a comedian one says the other does this say it's funny to you that's such a Christopher Franchi joke i love that all right cool so speaking of Christopher Franchi um you have a love letter for us don't you i well i have a love letter for one of you oh all right well we can do that we can do that let me let me take my pants off let's cue this music huh all right chris whenever you're well just just to make sure because i you know i'm getting old it's ian who has the crush right superman crush i just i just i just love you okay stay off my man drew i'm telling you i'm warning you you know you know what screws with me is that like i guys i had your voices flip-flopped oh i i've done that before from seeing the pictures and i can't stop thinking that like which one is which and and i i know i know who's who now but well i just whatever it doesn't matter the love is real so so this is for for ian the uh the uh man with the man with the man crush on me and by the way i wrote this i'm already sweating it's a poem so it's not just a love letter it's a love poem. I'd love you till forever, forever and a day. My love for you just grows and grows in every single way. You say it's just a man crush, but I just wonder if. I gave you my heart and what's in my pants, you'd dash over in just a jiff. Yes, I'd love you till forever, forever and a day I'd kiss your face and grab your tush if only I were gay that was the best love letter that has ever been on the poor man's pinball podcast that was spectacular Ian's blushing over here I'm blushed I got a lot of red in the face it's good I feel really good that was spectacular Oh, this is going to be the best week of my life. Christopher Franchi said, grab your tush to me. Oh, you were gay. It could be real. I have to destroy this before I put up my garbage can in case the cleaning lady comes by and goes, what? You might want to burn that one, yeah. There we go. Rip it up. Several pieces. Don't worry. 10,000 people just listened to that. All right. So true. Oh, man. All right. Hey, Drew, can we just take a cocktail break? Yeah. I need to ice up here a little bit. Yeah. I'm going to put on the cocktail music. We haven't done this in a while. Guys, enjoy the music. So, what do you think? Should we do mailbag or should we do tribe member? What do you want to do first today? Let's do the tribe, but first, dad joke. It's my turn, I think. Yep, sure is. All right, so I entered a horse-themed costume contest, but I dressed up as an elephant. I won despite many naysayers. Should I read that again? I entered a horse-themed costume contest. But I dressed up as an elephant. I won despite many naysayers. It's a true story. All right, so. I laughed the first time. Thank you. I got it. I got it. Drew looked at me like, that's not English, bro. No, I got it. I got it. Horses know. When I cringe, it's bad. Because I like almost all jokes. All right, I'll just do one more then. No, you don't get to edit. No, no, I'll keep that in. Fuck it, I don't care. I got plenty of dad jokes. I finally told my suitcase there will be no holiday this year. Now I'm dealing with the emotional baggage. There he goes. He's laughing, guys. It's a quiet laugh, but it was a laugh. All right. It was there. Okay, so let's do Tribe Member, Drew, and I will start this timer. Thank you, sir. May I have another? Poor Man's Pinball Tribe. Thank you, sir. May I have another? Poor Man's Pinball Tribe. Thank you, sir. May I have another? Poor Man's Pinball Tribe. Right now, yeah! How do we become a tribe member? Number one, like us on Facebook. Easy. That's pillar number one. Pillar number two? um communicate with us regularly i didn't know you're throwing it back at me communicate with us regularly yeah communicate with us regularly send us an email number three is help us grow our podcast share the links um whatever tell his mom tell her tell grammy hey listen to these guys they know a thing or two about becoming slightly more family friendly every week not so much but grandma's like us i don't know and then uh love us pillar number four and five our secret four got toppled actually that was revealed that we uh we just weren't putting personalities in but that got toppled and then we let orbital albert in because why not it's orby yeah so so four stoppled but we do have the fifth pillar which is still secret you'll never know that one that one is being held close to the vest yes never never again so with that being said drew my man, who is our tribe member? Should we do a drum roll? Tribe member number 27. We said we'd never let him in. Christopher Franchi. Hey, Christopher Franchi. Congratulations. Hang on. Before I can accept this honor, let's find out one thing. Are you guys still there? We're still here. We're at the edge of our seats. Wow, you guys were so quiet. It was like I thought I got cut off. All right, edit that out. Was I the person who was supposed to be the last winner, but because Orby was around, you had to flip-flop it? No. No, no. That guy is still waiting. Well, see, that proposes a problem because I don't know if I can go in after a third-class podcaster. Or was it third rate? What was it? Or C class? D class. No, Kaneda called him a C class. Yes. C class podcaster. I can't be admitted after a C class podcaster. That would ruin my image. Well, here's the thing, okay? He's not in because of his podcasting. He's in because of his love of pinball. And that guy loves pinball more than anyone I've ever met. Well, that's fair enough then. Right? I suppose I can accept the honor. See, with great honor comes great responsibility because apparently my job's not done just winning the accolades. Now I have to live up to it. So what does that mean? You get $10. We're going to donate $10 to the Project Pinball. Can I have that? No, you can't. And we're going to invite you to our super secret poor man's group. Pinball tribe. Yeah, that's getting worse and worse every day. more dicks and buttholes every day and i wish you know we make a lot of jokes on this show and i wish i could say that was a joke but there are literally more dicks and buttholes on that page than yeah it's good stuff it's really funny so uh it's so funny you see these guys like regular feeds and it's just like oh hey look at i'm with my kids and my grandma and this and it's like here's batman's dick you know it's like what it it turns out i haven't even joined yet no you haven't you haven't you're gonna love it yeah um chris you are tailor-made for the tribe welcome to the tribe brother seriously it's a good time it's a um we're happy to have you really super super happy that uh you accepted and we weren't asking you're in the tribe there's no accepting or not accepting. We make the rules, don't we? So I'm 27, right? Yep, number 27. There are not a lot of people in the tribe that want to be in the tribe. We just accepted them in. 27. And next week, you guys are going to hear about all the people that are trying to get in. All the cool submissions for the Flip N Out Pinball Stern Shaker Motor Giveaway. Spike System. Oh, I better start writing my letter now. Yep, you got four more days. I deserve to win. Nope, no. That's why you want to stay in the tribe after you've been there for eight seconds. Can I put that thing in my Captain Fantastic? Well, to be honest, though, I mean, you hit all the pillars. You have been a big supporter of our show. You helped us with our logo, which we changed this week. We're going strictly to the Franchi logo now. The barrel guy is gone. We're going to retire him. He was cool. We love him. But people keep just saying they love the Franchi logo that you did for us. I'm wearing you on my chest right now. And he did it for free, guys. I mean, he's genuinely, we were so appreciative of that. And I don't think anybody has done that much to help us grow, you know. And it's been really, really cool. No, it really has. It's been really, really cool to help us out. And being part of the industry, you know, when we were just starting off, we're just like, is Christopher Franchi really messaging us? This is crazy right now. Yeah, a little starstruck. but we were so happy to have you in. I embraced you guys early on. You did. You were one of the first, and we appreciate that. Yeah. And honestly, when we started the tribe, we talked about having you in there, but we really didn't want it to become just media personality because we know, you know, then it wouldn't be. And this was before he had his pinball podcast either. That's true. He didn't have that. He was just an insider. An awesome pinball dude. Yeah, and we didn't know how it was all going to work out, But we're just like the hell with it. It's already at the point now where anybody can come in. But he's already Batman dicks. How much worse can it get? Yeah, exactly. Well, we've set the bar really low. It's time for you to go lower, sir. Yes, sir. All right. Very cool. Congrats again. But thank you so much again for everything you've done for us as our podcast grows. And tell us a dad joke. And still our number one selling T-shirt is your logo. We have sold three. Thank you, Chris. Yes. So the Silver Ball Swag on the promoter's page, you can get the Poor Man's Pinball Podcast Franchi logo t-shirt, which is awesome. But if you want more Franchi art, he has the saps. He's also part of the Silver Ball Swag crew. So he also has his shirts for sale over there at the Silver Ball Swag. So buy our shit. Buy his shit. Buy all the shit. as we say on our show, Super Bowl Swag, that girl! I'm going to top that off with a dad joke. Dad joke? You know, bullshit. I'm going with a two-pack. I can't figure out which one to read, so I'm going to Sam Bull. Perfect. I'm reading a book about anti-gravity right now. It's impossible to put down. Do you think glass coffins could catch on and be successful? I think it remains to be seen. No. I saw that one. Yeah. I like how you guys have to announce it. Oh, I saw that one. Oh, no. I love that one, though. That's why. I was like, oh, man, that was a good one. I'm glad you read it. All right. You ready for the last cringe? My dad is forbidden from buying alcohol since he started working in the coal mine. They don't sell alcohol to miners. Oh, Jesus. Oh. All right. Are we doing mailbag? We are doing mailbag. Mailbag. Eddie! Malcolm! We have, once again, our inbox was flooded again with all the submissions for the Shaker More giveaway. So thank you, everybody. Thank you very much. Once again, we will be reading those next week. But the one that was not one of those submissions was just from tribe member number 13, Brian Thomas. I've been a bit distant lately due to my company producing parts that go into ventilators and respirators. Wow, he's doing real work, unlike us. Among lots of other things, we ramped up during March and April. Things have been crazy. I had fallen behind on shows, but I'm caught up now. I want to drop you a line and let you know I was thinking about you guys and enjoying the podcast. I'm really loving having club members on the show. It's fantastic. I also check out the member Facebook page when I can to see what all the buttholes are up to. Is it just me, or does Orbital Albert sound a little like Will Wheaton? A little bit. Yeah, it's kind of funny. Yeah, I was like, you know, kind of. so oh he gave us just a couple of dad jokes that's the other reason it's on here because dad jokes right here we go i asked my date to meet me at the gym but she never showed up guess the two of us aren't gonna work out i just saw my wife i like that one brian i just saw my wife trip and fall while carrying a laundry basket full of iron clothes i watched it all on fred so brian thomas thank you for that that was a great ending to our dad joke episode. That's why you're number 13, brother. Oh, yeah, fantastic. Christopher Franchi, how can people get in touch with you? All right, well, I would be remorseful if I came here and did your show and I didn't take a moment to promote a few things that I'm doing right now. Number one is my new line of hair products. I also have an upcoming variety show on NBC. The Southern Fruit Growers endorsement that I was recently given. I have a new pinball cookbook coming out. I have an 80s footwear boat ride called the Shoes Antonio Cruz that you can get tickets for. And I have a new line of men's lingerie coming out. All in an uncomfortable lace, but very alluring to the ladies. Respectful, but alluring. Yes. Very respectful, but alluring. He has the creature pocket for the creature. not quite a cock sock but it's close yeah but it's a creature pocket it's pretty cool i like that one the wife doesn't care for it much but yeah i'm into it man cool yes so anyway done with that one all right so let's wrap it up wrap her up all right well thank you very much again mr franchi for joining us it was so much fun drew yes i love you bro i love you too man i love you all right Christopher Franchi, I love you. Yes. We love you, Chris. I love you guys, too. No, this was a ton of fun, man. Seriously. This was great. Hey, anytime you want me, 20 bucks and I'm yours. Perfect. Exactly how much I have right now. See? He suckered us in. He's like, the first one's free. Yep. First one's free. 20 bucks. First taste is free. 10.99. 10.99. Taste the French. Perfect. No, super fun, man. We'll be talking soon, I'm sure. Yeah, good luck with everything you're doing right now, man. CGC. Sounds exciting. Lingerie line. Yeah, I saw your, what was that, the burger? The burger lingerie that you posted. Well, because I'm, like, missing fast food so much, and that popped up in my feed on Facebook. It's like fast food lingerie. That's, like, double. Hot chick underwear and fast food all in one. What do I sign? Yeah, I'd put my wife in those. Yeah. Except no lettuce and tomato, please. You'd eat that and then fall asleep next to it. Yep. He'd be like, this was worthless. It was the only time he belched after we made love. Yeah. Oh, shit. Too good. Not the first time he was satisfied, though. But that's exactly the type of post that goes on the Tribe page almost daily. Yeah, it's terrible. Again, thank you very much Let's wrap it up, let's get it done Alright boys Drew, where can they follow us? Pormanspinball at gmail.com Send us an email or check us out at the Pormanspinball podcast page on Facebook Perfect, where can they buy our shit? Silverballswag.com And if you're looking for us on Instagram Keep fucking looking Yeah, we don't tweet either We leave that to TurboGrafx7 So Chris, thank you so much again I had a blast I hope you can come back again very soon. Maybe we can talk turtles. Sure. Anytime. All right. Awesome. Thank you, Chris. Thank you, guys. Thank you very much. We'll talk soon. All right. We're wrapping it. See ya. Thank you, Chris. Have a great day, all right, man? You too, man. All right. Bye-bye. Hey, guys. Remember this. The opinions expressed on the show do not necessarily reflect that of the show's sponsors. So just to get this straight, Chris is your man crush. I'm just your lifelong partner. Yeah, we're like an old married couple. Yeah, that's true. He's my fun little side piece. My side piece, yes. Like I said, he's my Tom Antonio Cruz, my Rosie O'Donnell. Christopher Franchi, the side piece, is in the studio today. Welcome, side piece. That was good. Chris, how are you doing today, sir? I wonder what the side you're before. I wonder what the side you're before. I wonder what the side you're before. I wonder what's inside your bottle Maybe there is new options Maybe there are billions all inside your bottle I wonder what's inside your bottle What's inside your bottle I always wonder I wonder what's inside your bottle What's inside your bottle I always wonder What's inside your bottle Mm, maybe there is extremely bacteria in nature, orrier... I wonder what's inside your book... Find a friends that сильно 10 Let's travel

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