# F*@kit Friday! Mike Tyson.... Butter Bean....Arcade Machines....Jean Jackets

**Source:** Poor Man's Pinball Podcast  
**Type:** podcast_episode  
**Published:** 2020-05-22  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://poormanspinballpodcast.libsyn.com/fkit-friday-mike-tyson-butter-beanarcade-machinesjean-jackets

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## Analysis

Scott Ian and Drew from Poor Man's Pinball Podcast discuss boxing history (Mike Tyson, Butterbean, Kimbo Slice), vintage arcade games with specialized controls, and personal anecdotes about collecting arcade cabinets and customizing clothing. The conversation meanders through arcade nostalgia, control innovation, and lifestyle tangents with minimal pinball-specific content despite the show's focus.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] Mike Tyson became heavyweight champion at age 19 and dominated opponents with quick knockouts — _Scott Ian discussing Mike Tyson's boxing career and comeback_
- [HIGH] Butterbean was 5'11" and weighed 425 pounds during his boxing career — _Drew looking up Butterbean stats during podcast discussion_
- [HIGH] Kimbo Slice died in 2016 at age 42 — _Scott Ian stating facts found during online search about Kimbo Slice_
- [MEDIUM] Kimbo Slice was challenged by a local Florida police officer who knew MMA and submitted him quickly — _Scott Ian recounting story about Kimbo Slice's pivotal loss to an MMA-trained officer_
- [MEDIUM] Sega Turbo arcade machine from 1980 featured a 12-inch subwoofer, unusually large for arcade games of that era — _Drew discussing arcade collecting and specific arcade cabinet specs_
- [MEDIUM] Nintendo's seal of quality review system was a differentiator that helped them dominate over Atari — _Scott Ian discussing the video game market crash and Nintendo's quality control approach_
- [MEDIUM] Specialized arcade cabinets (flight simulators, racing games, gun games) can be found for $500-$600 when people don't have room for them — _Drew discussing arcade cabinet collecting and pricing_
- [MEDIUM] Atari prioritized licensing over game quality, which contributed to the market crash — _Scott Ian discussing Atari business strategy vs. Nintendo's approach_

### Notable Quotes

> "he destroyed people. He hurt. Yes. And, you know, he's not the tallest boxer. You know, he doesn't have the longest reach... the short little bulldog this dude fucking murders people"
> — **Scott Ian**, Early in episode
> _Illustrates Mike Tyson's dominance despite physical limitations in boxing_

> "If you ever... Even I have fucked around with guys. We're just going to mess around and play wrestle or play fight with guys that know any bit of jiu-jitsu. It's silly because they can make you look like a goddamn fool."
> — **Drew**, Mid-episode
> _Demonstrates the dramatic skill difference between untrained fighters and those trained in grappling arts_

> "For me, it was like, okay, my main cabinet does a damn good job emulating 90% of the arcade machines that were out there. Any game with standard joysticks and buttons... But I got into all those games that had specific controls."
> — **Scott Ian**, Arcade collecting section
> _Explains transition from MAME emulation to collecting actual arcade machines with specialized controls_

> "Those are some of my favorites. Having one of those in the house would also be kind of cool."
> — **Drew**, Gun games discussion
> _Expressing interest in specialized arcade machines like House of the Dead and Virtual Cop_

> "He's just generally the coolest guy. He's, like, super stylish. He drives a Harley. He's, like, 22... he's the ultimate cool kid... he goes antiquing at 22"
> — **Scott Ian**, Jean jacket discussion
> _Describing coworker's style as inspiration for his own fashion upgrades_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Scott Ian | person | Co-host of Poor Man's Pinball Podcast, discussing boxing history, arcade games, and personal anecdotes |
| Drew | person | Co-host of Poor Man's Pinball Podcast, arcade collector discussing vintage cabinet specifications and restoration |
| Mike Tyson | person | Professional boxer discussed for his dominance as heavyweight champion at age 19 and comeback training |
| Butterbean | person | Professional boxer and fighter, stats cited as 5'11" and 425 pounds, fought Mike Tyson |
| Kimbo Slice | person | Street fighter and MMA competitor who rose to fame via YouTube, died in 2016 at age 42 |
| George Michael | person | Referenced for Wham! music video where Scott Ian's inspiration for vintage short shorts came from |
| Jack Danger | person | Mentioned as 'a patch guy' in context of Scott Ian's jean jacket customization |
| Eric Pripty | person | Guest on Poor Man's Pinball Podcast episode 55, praised by hosts as professional and knowledgeable |
| Poor Man's Pinball Podcast | organization | Podcast hosted by Scott Ian and Drew, weekly episodes including 'Fuck It Friday' segments |
| American Pinball | company | Mentioned tangentially in corrupted transcript segment; context unclear due to ASR errors |
| Nintendo | company | Discussed as superior to Atari due to seal of quality system and better game ports |
| Atari | company | Video game manufacturer criticized for prioritizing licensing over game quality, contributing to market crash |
| Sega | company | Arcade and home console manufacturer, produced specialized control arcade machines like Sega Turbo and After Burner |
| Ben Heck | person | Designer of racing arcade cabinet modifications mentioned as alternative solution for arcade collecting |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Boxing history and fighters, Vintage arcade games and collecting, Arcade cabinet controls and design innovation
- **Secondary:** Video game history (Atari vs Nintendo era), Pinball community and guests, Personal lifestyle and fashion
- **Mentioned:** MMA and street fighting

### Sentiment

**Positive** (0.72) — Hosts are enthusiastic and nostalgic about arcade gaming and boxing history. Conversational tone is celebratory and humorous. Some self-deprecating humor about personal choices (short shorts, fashion). Minimal negativity, mostly directed at dated technology and bad design decisions in older games.

### Signals

- **[content_signal]** Poor Man's Pinball Podcast maintains casual, meandering format with off-topic tangents; 'Fuck It Friday' segments diverge significantly from pinball focus (confidence: high) — Episode title and content show discussion of boxing, arcade games, and fashion rather than pinball-specific topics
- **[community_signal]** Reference to Eric Pripty as Well-respected guest and industry professional on podcast (confidence: medium) — Scott Ian praising Eric Pripty for being 'legit' and representing his company professionally, differentiating him from 'drunk asshole tribe members'
- **[collector_signal]** Drew and Scott Ian actively collecting specialized arcade cabinets (After Burner, racing simulators, gun games) and discussing value propositions (confidence: high) — Extensive discussion of arcade cabinet acquisition, pricing ($500-$1200), room constraints, and specific sought-after machines
- **[technology_signal]** Transition from MAME emulation to authentic arcade cabinets driven by desire for specialized control schemes (confidence: high) — Scott Ian explaining shift from main cabinet MAME setup to collecting machines with unique controls like flight sticks, steering wheels, and shifters
- **[historical_signal]** Discussion of video game market history, Atari-Nintendo competition, arcade innovation in control design (1980s-1990s) (confidence: high) — Detailed conversation about Nintendo seal of quality, Atari licensing strategy, arcade cabinet innovations like subwoofers and specialized controls
- **[design_innovation]** Appreciation for creative arcade control schemes as differentiator from standard joystick/button setup (confidence: high) — Extended discussion of After Burner flight stick, Sega Turbo shifter and subwoofer, specialized controls in gun games and racing simulators

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## Transcript

 Cause it's Friday, you ain't got no job, and you ain't got shit to do. You're just in time for the after party that is Fuck It Friday, starring Drew and Ian. Welcome to Fuck It Friday, the Laser War edition. Hey guys, it's Ian and Drew. How you doing today, Drew? Doing great, man. Just finished recording a poor man's episode. Feeling good? And then we get the laser horn in the background. I should have turned it off, but we didn't. Yeah, so Eric Pripty laying little eggs of knowledge on us, cracking them. Check out episode 55, 49 Spinball Podcast. I love Eric, dude. He's awesome. I love that man so much. He is one of my favorite guests in his own, like, just because it's so Eric. Like, those episodes are Eric episodes, and that's what I love about that man. you know we have a lot of drunk asshole tribe members talking to you boys i know you guys don't know who you are all 26 of you assholes but you know but sometimes when you get those guys that are like just legit like professional they got a company they have to represent it's just nice man it's just it was kind of nice i enjoyed it uh eric thank you again for being on bud i really really liked it so fuck it friday dude we haven't done one of these in a while because our last four or five poor man episodes were fucking poor men, you know? Yeah. We just didn't care. Skyping away and trying to, you know, combat the coronavirus. And by combat, we mean just not going outside. Rubbing alcohol on our buttholes. I didn't say butthole that first episode, so we got to go butthole. That's for you, Orbital Albert. Yes. We're name dropping everyone today. Orbital Albert, Captain Butthole. so uh you know what a typical pocket friday fashion let's get into some current events some things that are kind of weird and uh mike tyson is back he is iron mike once again you know what he said he had a he had a oh god he had like a thing on his instagram page about being uh the the god of war has awoken him and he's ready he's ready to go back fucking terrifying man mike tyson uh if you guys could there's videos all over the internet of mike tyson training um he is a terrifying man and he's what he's like 50 55 yeah 52 to 55 one of those do you remember so he was heavyweight champion when he was 19, I think, right? Mm-hmm. So just imagine this. Like, you know, most people, even like elite athletes, they don't become elite athletes at 19. You know, they're good. They're entering college. Yes. You know, they're getting looked at by prospects and the pro, you know, football, baseball. No, he was heavyweight fucking champion of the world when he was 19 years old. And it wasn't even close. No, it wasn't like, oh, he just, he fought, he won. No, he destroyed people. He hurt. Yes. And, you know, he's not the tallest boxer. You know, he doesn't have the longest reach. Mm-mm. And usually... He's actually short, right? He's at... Well, yeah, when you put him next to some of these guys, he's shorter. Yeah. Not much reach. But, boy, he's still... That's like two strikes, right? You're almost out. like in the boxing world you know reach and length and and being able to be evasive and all that stuff that's all part of it and here we go the short little bulldog this dude fucking murders people it was you don't want the all right i'll just say it because i'm a cheap ass if you bought pay-per-view mike tyson fights it's just because you had a lot of money because those fights went real quick he just killed people he just he was so violent he was a goddamn savage that's all it was like they were all quick k.o's man do you remember um when he fought butterbean yeah that was like yeah i remember because you know we were still kids at that time right butterbean just had a video game that came out tough tough man contest for say oh yeah i do remember that just before the tyson fight i believe and because he was like the he was in that weird boxing league whatever league that was and yeah yeah he got his it was just weird because even as a kid i didn't know much about boxing but i was just like it just seemed cartoony at the time even and then you watch what actually happened yeah it was just as cartoony as you thought like here's here's mike tyson this this brood of a man and like here's butterbean this you know taller slightly overweight like bald guy yeah and he just got slightly overweight the dude was just yeah he was he was like too i'm looking at i'm trying to look up some stuff now to get some more stats on that but yeah he was he was he was a big he's a monster man and all he did was power like the guy couldn't last any longer than two rounds because he was so out of shape but he was to boxing what that one guy was to the mma who was that kimbo slice oh god remember kimbo slice so kimbo slice comes out kimbo he was like he was like homeless or something before right no no uh kimbo slice where did he come from he came from youtube so that's right there was a actually even before actual street fights right before youtube there were like if you stayed up late enough like i did when i was a younger guy there was always like two infomercials there was the girls gone wild infomercial and then there was always like the street brawl yes uh street ball sex you know and it's like just a bunch of people beating the shit out of each other and uh but he he started to get into that and then that kind of just it didn't blow up for him until youtube hit and he was in all these youtube compilations of just like backyard fights sprawls basically boxing matches and uh but kimbo slice the reason why he just stood out was i mean talk about a dude that looked like he was ready to kill you like he was a big bad motherfucker with skinny ass legs it was always funny watching him fight he was all arms and uh but he used to beat the shit out of people um and then kimbo slice's whole career kind of changed when he got challenged by a local police officer in Florida there. And the police officer actually knew MMA. And Kimbo Slice was just a street brawler. And so all of his homies and them, they all went to like a local gym and they were going to have just like a fight and put it on YouTube. So it was going to be Kimbo Slice, the street, versus this white guy who was a cop who knew MMA. And it was going to be an MMA fight. and uh you know it was 100 the cap he grounded it you know ground and pound not even ground and pound he just he submitted him real quick he got him in some jujitsu locks i'm not i'm not smart enough to know what kind of locks he did but uh could have been a triangle could have been an armbar i don't remember but i did remember watching the fight and this cop just took control of Kimbo Slice. If you ever... Even I have fucked around with guys. We're just going to mess around and play wrestle or play fight with guys that know any bit of jiu-jitsu. It's silly because they can make you look like a goddamn fool. They make you look like a goddamn baby. They don't have to be bigger than you. No. Paul Burnett. Little guy. I was wrestling with him at one of the many bachelor parties that I've been to. He's probably 120 pounds. Yeah. Yeah. But he knew, he knew, he knew, uh, jujitsu at the time and I tackled him just drunkenly. And in two seconds I was like, oh my God, I am completely defenseless. Whoops. I was like, oh yeah, that's right. He knows this stupid shit, you know? And, but that's how Kimbo Slice looked. He was just, he was a baby in this guy's arms because this guy knew how to submit him. so obviously kimbo slice saw that and long story short he got obsessed with the mma stuff and i think he was an ultimate one of the ultimate fighters i saw that season i don't know what season it was but um and he didn't do well he didn't do well i mean he's no because like i said brute brute for if he got into a street fight with you he'd probably do some damage but it's like okay i can box but when you go into the world of mma there's so much there Yeah, boxing doesn't do well in there, quite honestly. The second you're on your back, you're done. As just a brawler? Yep. So he didn do too well in the UFC I mean I know Dana White loved him just for the marketing of it Oh yeah He was a character I mean it much like Butterbean I think And, you know, when the cameras were on him and they were talking to this guy, he was like the sweetest man. Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, you can pass judgment on these videos and see, like, that is a crazy dude, and I would never want to see him in a dark alley. But then you watch him on, like, The Ultimate Fighter, and he was, like, the sweetest. And for those of you who don't know what The Ultimate Fighter is, Dana White has this reality TV show that he's been doing for years, and it's basically showcasing the newest, youngest talent. And then they train together, and then they do kind of a tournament, a small tournament. And if you win The Ultimate Fighter, you actually get to go into the UFC and do some fights. There's a lot of heavyweights that came from that program, so it's very cool. So here's just a couple of quick facts that I didn't know. So first of all, he sadly died in 2016. Who? kimbo 42 years old oh yeah i didn't know that yeah i didn't realize that and then rolling stone called him the king of the web brawlers so there you go that was his nickname sure and that makes sense because i watched one where he punched a guy so hard his eye popped out of his socket jesus christ it was scary as shit i watched it i was like oh and this was a video they were like selling it was on youtube oh just a youtube yeah his eye popped out jesus guy had like push his eye back but i was like this is fucking crazy i'm not prepared for this i was like a 24 year old man i was like no i can't do it yeah um did you find any butterbean stance stats no i was i was too busy looking at uh kimbo so now it's on to butterbean but yeah the back to the butterbean tyson thing so you know he they said they had this big match and And it was well televised because Butterbean was huge and Tyson was even huger. I know that's not a word. Butterbean. All right. Ready for this? Go ahead. 5'11". Oh, here it comes. 425 pounds. Oh, my God. That fucker was a monster. Now, I'm a big guy, but that is two of me. Yeah, that's... You are a kitten in this guy's arms. Oh, my God. You are a fucking kitten. See, when you were saying, like, big, rolly, I remember him, but I never would have guessed he was 425 pounds. Yeah, you were, like, slightly overweight. I was like, I'm pretty sure he was a monstrous man. Jesus. That is, holy shit. My next thing, is Butterbean still alive? Let's see, because that is a lot of weight. He is. 1966 he was born, so that makes a lot of weight. Oh, my God. 50? I put, is Butterbean, and then everybody, yeah, the first thing, is Butterbean the boxer still alive? Yeah. crazy no shit dude oh my god listen to this an american retired professional boxer kickboxer mixed martial artist and professional wrestler all right motherfucker i don't think this guy can go i got a strange suspicion this fucking can't kick go just just type in butter mean click on images and the second image it looks like his boobs are swallowing the rest of his body and it looks like they could also knock you out at the same time. This is one of the most. Butterbean images and the second image. It's him with American flag shorts. Save that picture. That's going up on our page. His titties look like his face. It does. I know. No, seriously, he's right. It looks like someone Photoshopped his face on his titties. It looks like the same fucking thing. All right, save images. Yeah, save that. that's going up on our poor man's pinball podcast we'll put that in the art section that is for fuck's sake Butterbean you ridiculous man he is a man alright does anyone remember that game though just type in Butterbean video game cause there is I swear to god it was um Butterbean ok don't put in Butterbean game because apparently there's like a whole section of coffee cake creator games uh boxer game uh it was called that was genesis wasn't it pretty sure man tough man contest there you go that's what it was and he's right there on the thing yeah he was the guy you fought at the end it was uh this one's 32x but it was also in sega genesis so yeah dude i used to play the george foreman boxing that was a cool one really all right man yeah i what boxing games did i play i played i mean obviously yeah i actually didn't play a lot of punch until later in life i played a ton of punch later when i was a kid um yeah do you remember there was one um there's a box game on the arcade where you each joystick was actually a boxing gloves uh rinking yep that was at aladdin's castle yeah bias yeah to play that uh on nintendo oh you play that the arcade yeah actually had the two joysticks were the shape of and it was two player yeah so there's four joysticks you versus your body and then you because you were kind of squared up yeah kind of yeah and and the joysticks had like a a cover on them that made it look like boxing gloves and yeah oh yeah dude that was the shit that you felt like a boxer sure granted i was like you know whatever that bell went i just looked at my hands and i just went crazy like and i was i was i was going up and down left right i don't know what i was doing but um i lost every time sure it didn't matter i know what the fuck i was doing but yeah boxing games there's there's quite a bit um in the history of boxing video games uh vander holyfield was another good one yeah they did that one in sega genesis i'd like the original atari box and you ever put it from the from activision where it's an overhead view the overhead and it's just like a circle and two circles so it's three circles one's your head ian and i like holding our hands out here yeah and we're like you had your nose yeah you were you were definitely squared at that point you're just like punching side to side yeah yeah that was on activision's platform yeah for atari 2600 yeah like it was the most awkward arm position you can imagine but you know what but it worked it was one of those atari games that the controls worked so well like there's the way it was set up was so few atari games that actually like controlled well you know and i think that was the reason why nintendo did so well because super mario brothers controls to this day still controls for now phenomenally like you can yes you can like the original mario brothers you plug it in to this day you can control it no problem but if you put in some of those old atari games nine times out of ten those atari games they controlled like shit they just did you know i can think of some some rare examples where i was like i could actually control the sprites on the screen with relative ease you know i can i can name like river raid um kaboom with the little paddle yep i remember boom i don't remember river raid river raid was one of the first like you're a little airplane shooter and okay it was it was really cool i never had an atari a couple of my friends did oh um i'm trying to think of some other ones that played well you know and some of the arcade ports i think they focus so much on the port themselves that the controls just weren't up to snuff yeah and that was the big that was the big thing you know between atari and nintendo because yeah like when you played you know pac-man on atari it was awful but then when you got a nintendo it was like wow this is almost like the real thing this is arcade quality yeah yeah which you know just that simple game was was kind of the turning point for plus you know i was reading a lot about atari in general when it came to uh getting a lot of those license like you know et as well but pac-man was one too where it was more or less I don't give a fuck about the game get the license get the license get the license just figure it out on your software end but just get the license and we'll sell it oh yeah because uh like jaws on nintendo the game's not great but it was jaws right you know you're you're you're looking for this huge shark you know and it was just cool yeah I mean I guess the point of that was you know Just like with Atari, they didn't focus so much on the quality games, especially from third-party manufacturers. So when Nintendo came, remember the Nintendo seal of quality? Yes, it was a Nintendo official game. So Nintendo would review the games, and if they didn't pass, they didn't pass. And Atari was just stamping them. Well, that's what crashed the market. They just stamped the fuck out of it. It was just like, sell it, sell it, sell it, sell it. I have a cool book. I don't know if I've ever showed you the book, but, uh, it's a hardcover, big ass book and it's a Atari artwork. Oh, super cool. It's the coolest book that I have. That's just like, it's just, it's not like, it's not a lot of words. It's just like bad-ass art. And they tell you some of the because the Atari artwork like the box art is some of the best box art you ever see And it like straight artists working their asses off to make a game way more interesting than it is Sure, because it's just a couple of bleeps on the screen, but they're going to make this cool box art. You look at the box art and you're like, oh, shit, I'm in that cockpit. Bro, it's Defender, man. Yeah. Can we talk about Defender? Sure. I'm all over the place, guys. I'm fired up. But I love this old retro video game stuff. So here's Defender, all right? So when I played it on Atari, you had the joystick, you went left, right, you had your action button so you're shooting. And that was Defender for me forever. And I even think I played Defender on Nintendo. Left, right, action button, smart bomb, you know, A and B. And I loved it. I thought it was the greatest. And then when I got into actual arcade collecting and I played the Defender on MAME, yep it occurred to me i'd never played the real thing because because you hit left and right it doesn't do shit you have to actually hit the turn button yep can we just talk about how stupid that is yeah those those controls they were trying to be creative and innovative i think it's such a beautiful game defender is a gorgeous pixeled game like it's one of my all-time favorite like all moment good sound effects um you know good visuals the laser beam that comes out of that thing it rival out of the out of the spaceship that rivals like you know how much i wanted that laser beam to come out of cyclops's eyes in in any of those nintendo x-men games they were they were always the worst yeah but defender they fucking he got the laser beam you know and i was I wish that was like that. Some of those early games they were close. It was clever the way they did stuff. Asteroids where they have that background. It's a static background they put in there. You're talking about the arcade machine? Just to make it more interesting and make it look 3D and all that stuff. How cool is that? We don't have the technology. Stick a background in there. We figure it out. Super cool. You're right though. Going back to your boxing gloves on ring king you know these games in the arcade let's face it they could be novelties and they would make a shit ton of money they had good games they were the modern freaking redemption machine sure sure because it's like this game doesn't it's hard to play it's really it's a boxing game you're the boxer i'm like god i'm a total boxer yeah super cool that's just like afterburner right you know you have that if that had any bit of a flight stick on it like the flight stick on there it was so amazing if they had any joystick you know like a normal joystick that game would have tanked but because they had that fun cockpit cabinet and you know that's a game that has absolute zero replayability quick quick story about afterburner yeah knows i had one for a while yes i bought it it was working it was beautiful i think i paid like 600 bucks for it so you know it was a good good deal i bring this thing home i didn't realize how wicked the shaker motor was on this thing i start to stand and you know these were the games they had the easy volume control right inside so right away i open it up i turn it up a little bit right yeah i fire it up my wife comes home she comes running in the room she goes what the hell is going on in here the whole house because because our house was built in the 50s you know and my games are in a bedroom so you know we're on the first floor so if something shakes violently you know you're gonna feel that through the house right that old wood so like the house was shaking and she's like what the fuck is going on in here and i'm like oh it's just my new game and then she just said oh pinball stuff or you know she made one of her jokes and you know went on her way but you were you were just like welcome to the danger zone i don't think you understand well it's funny i had i had aviator glasses and i know how she hates them and i don't really wear them i just have them and just it's just funny for me so one day i just put them on and i call her in the room and I'm in front of the flight stick and I turn and I look at her and she goes, you're an idiot. So, yeah, that was, but to Ian's point, yeah, replayability. Like, you play it, you like it. You can pump in more quarters or credits and, you know, it's fun to play through, but it's just like. I had it for the Sega Genesis. Yeah. It was one of those games where you're like, cool. Mm-hmm. It's okay. But, you know, if you had a large arcade and if I had more room, I'd probably keep it, you know, because it's just one of those, like, cool things. Because it's unique and whatever. Well, I mean, Drew, we've kind of evolved from MAME to collecting the real thing. And when you collect the real thing, and I don't know, everyone's a little different. Everyone has their own taste. A lot of it goes like the nostalgic thing, right? But for Drew and I, I'll just speak for myself. For me, it was like, okay, my main cabinet does a damn good job emulating 90% of the arcade machines that were out there. Any game with standard joysticks and buttons. With a joystick. Yeah, absolutely. Totally agree. But I got into all those games that had specific controls. Yes. It was all about the controls. So like OutRun with that steering wheel with the shaker motor. You know, After Burner. Yes. It's another good one. Sega Turbo. Yes. With that. The shifter. The shifter with the, which was beautiful, the subwoofer. Sega Turbo had those awesome score displays. So as you're going, that score just kicks up. Oh, the LCD. I know. I kind of miss that sometimes. Think about this. It's a beautiful machine. 1980, this thing had a 12-inch subwoofer. Oh, for a racing game. People thought they were crazy because they put in, you know, most people are putting in, you know, these little three or four-inch speakers. They're like, nope, 12-inch woofer, you know. And, yeah, it sounded great. I had this one for a while. Yeah, it was really cool. Yeah. Tron or Star Wars. Tempest. Even like anything with a cockpit. Yeah, Tempest. Yeah. Like I would have killed for a Tempest, but they were going for, at the time, $1,200. I thought it was nuts. Now I laugh about it. How about the Afterburner cockpit? Yeah. Yeah, they have that big thing with the cockpit that moves around and shit. It's got the hydraulics on it. Yeah. That thing's pretty insane. But, yeah, just, no, those crazy controls are pretty awesome. Yeah, all the racing games, flying games. I'll say it. I want one of those. Or even Silent Scope with the sniper rifle or even the, oh, what's the one where you're in the submarine and you had the periscope from Sega? Oh, Seawolf. Seawolf? No, that was the older one. Yeah, well, that one's cool, too. Yeah, I know. Seawolf was awesome. Yeah. But, yeah, like, there's something with they had to really think of different ways to do the controls instead of just a joystick and four buttons. They take up a shit ton of room, but, you know, depending how my new house goes when we get that whenever, you know, I think having a pair of sit-down racers would be cool. It would be cool. You know, like, you know, Ridge Racer or, you know, Cruisin' USA, any of those. Yeah. You know, I just think they're kind of neat. And those actually, bang for your buck, they're pretty good because they're not usually wicked expensive. Especially the ones that link up. Yes, because people don't want them. They don't have the room. They're too big. They're too big. So if you have the room, it's a good value because sometimes you can get them like $500, $600 a piece. Oh, gun games too. Yeah. House of the Dead. Yes. Virtual Cop, one or two. Yes. You know? Those are some of my favorites. Having one of those in the house would also be kind of cool. Yeah. So speaking of awesome things that my wife is like, what the hell are you doing? So Saturday night, Drew. For those of you who are friends with me on Facebook know that I have a jean jacket and short shorts. My short shorts, those are from... I thought we were never going to speak of this ever again. My short shorts are from... Oh, sit back and listen to this, buddy. So when I was watching Wham! You know, George Michael What song is that? Were you in Canada singing Kumbaya by the campfire while you were doing this? Wearing no socks God damn it, what's that Wham! song? It's at the tip of my tongue Jitterbug Jitterbug? Yeah The Jitterbug Jitterbug Yep, good song Well, if you watch that music video, which everyone should He's got the short shorts on, and they are epic, and that's where I was going with those short shorts. Those are actually vintage, dude, eBay from 1979. Oh. Those are legit shorts, bro. Problem is I had to make sure I had tight underwear because my junk falls out of them, and my wife was not thrilled with it. I thought she'd love it. Apparently when a man's junk just kind of flaps out, not as attractive. It's not like porn has taught me. Edit, edit, edit. I think Ian misread the room. so anyway my george michael shorts pretty cool no nobody said that ever nobody has ever said that in the history of anything maybe on george michael Yeah well fuck it I just as cool as George Michael It 2020 There no judgment here You can be as gay as you want but I don want your junk hanging out of your short shorts Because you know what? I have to have tight underwear, but man, I can keep my junk in. And there's probably gay men out there that say, I don't want your junk hanging out of your underwear. It's just that, no. Everything will be in it. Oh my God. Nobody. Anyway, don't worry, Drew. You're going to love them. I've had them for a couple years now And I just haven't had the balls to wear them But I'm thinking like Haven't had the balls to wear them I see what you did there sir Didn't know what I was doing So what I was going with this story Just to keep everyone informed with my happenings Informed but not entertained This episode is all about short shorts And Ian's junk Entertainment is my speciality So no I was going back to the jean jacket I spent some money on some patches to put patches on my jean jacket because all the cool kids. Jack Danger would be proud. Yes. He's a patch guy. So here's the thing. I work with a young guy. It's like a Seinfeld episode or Curb Your Enthusiasm. I'm not much of a patch guy. Yeah, I work with a young guy. He is probably one of the coolest guys I know. He's the coolest. Because he has patches. He's just generally the coolest guy. He's, like, super stylish. He drives a Harley. He's, like, 22. first of all you don't drive a harley or rise a harley whatever i'm not cool he is he wouldn't have said that he works on it he's got his jean jacket he's got like a vintage like harley davidson eagle on the back of his jean jack and i go fuck dude you're cool you know he buys a puppy he actually is a big brother to a couple of people you know a couple kids yeah i'm like he's the ultimate cool kid yeah he's one of those guys so cool goes antiquing at 22 i was like and he goes out and drinks every night i'm like you are everybody i wanted to be you know you are me so many years ago so anyway so he got security is showing so he got me yes totally so he got he he got me thinking i was like you know what i can i could pull off the jean jacket no problem and i was looking and the problem is i couldn't get a vintage one on ebay because i'd have to wear it i don't know how it would fit fair enough what's the target a couple weeks ago just for some You ruined your street cred by saying that. Just for some baby shit. Yeah, I had to get diapers for my little one. Fuck off. It happens. Street cred gone. Never had it. It's cool. That's true. So the mannequin had, oh, man, it was, like, totally geared to me. The mannequin literally had a jean jacket with, like, short shorts. Oh, my God. And the T-shirt underneath was an MTV T-shirt. Oh, Jesus Christ. It, like, spoke to me. I was like, fuck, dude, I want that outfit, kind of. I did, kind of. Maybe not the short shorts, because I had one. And I didn't really care about the MTV, but that Jean Jack was like, oh, fuck. All right. So I saw it, bought it, fits great, bring it home. Wife loves it. I'm like, all right. I go to my wife. I was like, should we patch this thing? Should we put some patches on it? She goes, she's like, fuck yeah. That's such a lawyer response. So we go on Amazon, we go on eBay. I spend about $150 on patches. Oh, my God. Wait, you didn't want to get mirror blades or laser bar? Okay, go ahead. These are patches, bro. Okay, got it. Patch it up, brody. Well, when they're $3 a piece, you just keep clicking, man. You're like, fuck it. Keep going. Oh, yeah, that'd be cool. That'd be cool. I was like, I have to see them in person in order to find out what's going to fit on the jean jacket. Of course. What I'm going to like. Yeah. So they all come in within a matter of a couple weeks, and they're all glorious, glorious. I got some for you if you want to patch something, because I don't have enough room. No, I'm good. So my jean jacket, so we started Saturday, I started ironing some of these patches on. We laid it out on Friday. Ironed on Saturday. Guys, I didn't know this story beforehand, and I'm just as bored as you are. Go ahead. You know, you can't just iron on patches. because that's bullshit. That's a fucking joke. So right now, hang on. I talked to Christopher Franchi about this, by the way. I envision Christopher Franchi, because he's the artist, and possibly Jack Danger. They're like sitting on the edge of their seat, and everyone else is like, what the fuck is this guy talking about? Go ahead. Fucking G-Jacket, bro. No, no, this is good. This is podcast gold. Fucking G-Jacket, bro. Well, you know what? I didn't even think about Jack Danger, so now I can't wear it to any pinball shows, because now I'm just going to try to be like a poor man's Jack Danger, and I don't want to do that. but um your name poor man yeah so i had i put on half of the amount of patches i originally planned all right so you bought like 50 60 80 patches 50 probably 20 something okay somewhere five somewhere 10 okay but i have a badass bald eagle on the back of it i i got a big ass patch america you had to my wife would not allow me not to i was looking at big dragons and i thought a dragon would be cool but laura's like so into like the bald eagle thing america america yeah she thinks it's the funniest thing so she was like you gotta get a you gotta get a bald eagle i was like dragon she's like no get the bald eagle i was like but i got the bald eagle patch in i was like yeah dude it's badass i'll show you this jacket so i got half the patches on and i look at it i'm just like so you sewed these on i so what i ended up doing was i ironed i iron and that ironing thing is bullshit by the way because those patches were ready to fall off instantly afterwards did you do it right? so what I ended up doing was I stitched them all wow but you know what I did half of them right and I realized that's way too much that's way too many I stopped instantly because I knew I was like I look like a teeny bopper I was like I fucked this up Jack Danger, please email us at poormanspinball at gmail.com. Let us know how many patches. How many patches did you do, Jack Danger? I should have emailed him. You should have. He would have gave you a lot of, and I think Christopher Franchi wears that kind of stuff, right? Yeah, Christopher Franchi says he gave up on it because they kept falling off after he ironed them. The trick is, Christopher Franchi, iron them, throw some hot glue on them, and then stitch them up. They'll never leave. And that's what I did. A lot of them are hot glued. But, you know, I had like, there's so many cool patches. I have some naked ladies on there. I have some pirate stuff. I have some pinup stuff. I have a creature from the Black Lagoon, of course. I have some drunken stuff, some beer stuff. Just the coolest stuff. Everything that I love. This sounds like a Drew project. You took, okay, I understand the jean jacket. I understand patches. That's fine. I mean, there are cool patches out there. I get it. But you just bought them all. They're all mine. So, like, it's not like, you know, I can understand, like, okay, yeah, I like Harley Davidson, so I'm going to buy this, you know, Harley patch, put it on my jean jacket, you know, I'm going to ride my Harley. That makes sense to me. Ian goes, I'm going to buy every patch that's available, and I'm putting them all on here. I'm going to see what looks good on it. So, luckily, I only did half that one night, and then afterwards, I was like, I can't put a single one on there. How many patches are on that jacket? 20? roughly 12 12 okay yeah 12 i bought yeah 25 30 so you got half of them yeah 12 buy another jacket 12 well that's what i was gonna give them to the cool kid i was like dude i got some patches if you want them why don't you buy another jacket i was like fuck all right you know what he said you don't want any of my patches you're too cool that's right i forget oh too good fucking story in my life, man. Oh, that's awesome. Anyway. So anyways. That's my Mike Tyson story. So that's Mike Tyson with his big comeback. Yeah, there you go, guys. Oh, that's too good, man. All right. That's podcast gold. Should we wrap it? Yeah, let's wrap it on that note. All right. Thanks, guys, for listening to Fuck It Friday. We will be back next week when we will discuss the merits of stuff. Stuff. Merits of stuff. We have a special guest next week. We're excited. Yeah. So we had Orbital Albert two weeks ago. We had Eric Pripke this week. And next week, we're going to have another super awesome special guest. I'm excited. I am too. Fuck it, Friday. I almost feel like we should bring another one on. There's just so many guests. We have a ton. Everybody wants to come on. People keep sending us messages. I want to be on your show. And we're like, well, we only have so many shows. We can't do more shows. So relax. You're so full of shit. We beg everyone. Shut up. We're a bunch of whores. All right, guys. We love you. All right. Poor Man's Pinball, gmail.com. 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