# F*@kit Friday! Tiger King and Random Tribe Member Questions

**Source:** Poor Man's Pinball Podcast  
**Type:** podcast_episode  
**Published:** 2020-04-03  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://poormanspinballpodcast.libsyn.com/fkit-friday-tiger-king-and-random-tribe-member-questions

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## Analysis

Poor Man's Pinball hosts Drew and Scott Ian record a casual Fuck It Friday episode discussing Tiger King (Netflix documentary), arcade and pinball collecting experiences, and personal top-5 pinball games. The conversation covers Tiger King's wild cast of characters, arcade repair anecdotes, pinball acquisitions, and closes with their favorite pinball machines of all time.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] Tiger King is a 7-8 episode Netflix documentary series about Joe Exotic who ran a zoo with 187 big cats — _Scott Ian describing the show premise_
- [MEDIUM] Joe Exotic ran for President and got 0.2% of the vote (about 5 votes), then ran for Governor and got 19% — _Drew and Scott Ian discussing Joe Exotic's electoral history from the show_
- [HIGH] Doc Antle ran a sex cult where he groomed interns and gave them breast implants — _Scott Ian describing Doc Antle's behavior from the Tiger King documentary_
- [HIGH] Drew owns six pinball games currently housed in one bedroom and is near capacity — _Drew discussing his collection space limitations_
- [MEDIUM] A tiger ripped off an employee's arm at Joe Exotic's zoo and Joe announced this to customers in the gift shop — _Scott Ian describing a scene from Tiger King; discussed as memetic moment_
- [MEDIUM] Drew scored a Super Punch-Out arcade cabinet with dual monitors for $200, did restoration work, and sold it for significant profit — _Drew discussing his arcade collecting deals_
- [HIGH] Drew accidentally removed artwork from Space Invaders playfield while attempting to remove adhesive residue — _Drew describing a restoration mistake with Space Invaders pinball_

### Notable Quotes

> "There's not one redeemable fucking thing there's not one redeemable person in that whole show"
> — **Scott Ian**, early in episode
> _Establishes his view of Tiger King's moral landscape_

> "The documentary crew they thought they had a plot... it's kind of like American Chopper... it started off that way but then it became about the family dynamic"
> — **Scott Ian**, mid-episode
> _Analytical comparison of how reality show narrative structures shift from stated premise to interpersonal drama_

> "I love pinball and my wife's probably at the door listening right now saying yep... everybody knows that it's fine man, you like it"
> — **Drew**, pinball segment
> _Self-aware humor about his pinball obsession and marital dynamics_

> "The problem with arcade games is there's just such a short life on them. You find a game that's really cool, but you get sick of it quickly."
> — **Scott Ian**, arcade discussion
> _Core observation about arcade vs pinball collecting longevity_

> "I'm in the one hobby I can't enjoy it's fucking blows... I want all these toys but I can't afford them"
> — **Scott Ian**, pinball pricing discussion
> _Expresses frustration with high cost of modern pinball games ($7,000+)_

> "Danny McBride 100%... because it's the same character... I'm the best I'm the greatest"
> — **Drew**, Joe Exotic casting discussion
> _Perfect comedic comparison between Danny McBride's Kenny Powers character and Joe Exotic's personality_

> "I proceeded to spill the cap... which was awesome too... that sucked that's stupid"
> — **Drew**, pinball repair mistakes
> _Self-deprecating account of multiple mistakes during playfield restoration_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Joe Exotic | person | Subject of Netflix Tiger King documentary; runs exotic cat zoo; ran for President and Governor; described as flamboyant, polygamist, meth-involved |
| Carol Baskin | person | Runs animal sanctuary in Florida; central figure in Tiger King; accused by Joe Exotic and Doc Antle of feeding her missing husband to tigers |
| Doc Antle | person | Runs animal sanctuary/zoo; described in Tiger King as running a sex cult; grooms female interns, provides breast implants; documented on show |
| Drew | person | Co-host of Poor Man's Pinball podcast; pinball and arcade collector; owns 6 pinball games; restoration enthusiast; essential employee during social distancing |
| Scott Ian | person | Co-host of Poor Man's Pinball podcast; pinball enthusiast; arcade collector; currently working as essential employee; casual TV watcher |
| Danny McBride | person | Actor; hosts suggest him as ideal casting for Joe Exotic biopic; known for Eastbound & Down and Pineapple Express; character 'Kenny Powers' compared to Joe Exotic |
| Dax Shepard | person | Actor; expressed desire to play Joe Exotic in future biopic via Twitter; married to Kristen Bell |
| Edward Norton | person | Actor; responded to Dax Shepard's casting interest; suggested Shepard was too young/buff for the role |
| David Spade | person | Actor; suggested by hosts as potential Joe Exotic casting; known for Joe Dirt character (dismissed as too on-the-nose) |
| Brad Pitt | person | Referenced in Tiger King casting discussion; one option mentioned for Joe Exotic role |
| Tiger King | media | Netflix documentary series; 7-8 episodes; focuses on exotic cat zoos and keepers; features Joe Exotic, Doc Antle, Carol Baskin; major topic of discussion |
| Firepower | game | Pinball game; Drew is restoring/playing; part of his collection; described as keeping him busy |
| Space Invaders | game | Pinball machine; Drew acquired free from someone's garage; had cracked/peeling Mylar that he removed; accidentally damaged artwork during restoration |
| Swords of Fury | game | Pinball game; Drew's next acquisition target; considers it a 'keeper' game he would keep long-term |
| Meteor | game | Pinball game; Drew is currently working on/maintaining |
| Laser War 2 | game | Arcade game; Scott Ian is assembling/restoring; describes the process as exhausting; used flour method for adhesive removal |
| Operation Wolf | game | Arcade game; Drew and Scott Ian attempted restoration; sourced from Green Bay; had faulty boards, MDF cabinet issues, poor monitor; project abandoned |
| Turbo | game | Sega arcade game; Drew restored; acquired from Bob Smith's warehouse in Troy |
| Outrun | game | Arcade game; Drew purchased multiple units with intent to create Super Outrun; eventually sold/discarded |
| Super Punch-Out | game | Nintendo arcade cabinet with dual monitors; Drew acquired for $200, restored, sold for significant profit |
| Poor Man's Pinball Podcast | organization | Podcast hosted by Drew and Scott Ian; this is episode 50; casual format discussing pinball and arcade games |
| Bradley Check | person | Arcade collector from Green Bay; described as living American Dream; owns extensive collection of rare, restored arcade games; no apparent job |
| Kristen Bell | person | Actress; married to Dax Shepard |
| Netflix | company | Streaming platform; hosts Tiger King, Dirty Money, America's Secrets, and other content discussed |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Tiger King documentary (Netflix), Pinball machine collecting and restoration, Arcade game collecting and repair
- **Secondary:** Joe Exotic casting speculation for biopic, Pinball game pricing and affordability, Reality TV entertainment during social distancing, Playfield restoration techniques and mistakes
- **Mentioned:** Essential worker experiences during COVID lockdown

### Sentiment

**Positive** (0.72) — Generally upbeat and entertaining casual podcast with humor and camaraderie between hosts. Tiger King discussion is entertaining despite dark subject matter. Pinball and arcade content shows passion and enthusiasm despite frustration with pricing. Some self-deprecating humor about restoration mistakes and financial limitations. Overall tone is fun and irreverent ('Fuck It Friday' format).

### Signals

- **[community_signal]** Podcast engaging with tribe members through listener-submitted questions about arcade repairs, pinball games, music preferences, and personal collecting stories (confidence: high) — Multiple mentions of 'tribe members' submitting questions: Jonathan Hall asking about arcade repair stories, Scott Ian Howell about music preferences, etc.
- **[community_signal]** Hosts mention missing local pinball league play due to social distancing; references to specific community member Ryan Kuyper they haven't seen (confidence: medium) — Drew: 'I do miss some of my pinball people I haven't been able to go to pinball league What else? We haven't seen Ryan Kuyper in forever'
- **[competitive_signal]** Hosts discussing favorite pinball games in top-5 list including Stern Star Trek, Attack from Mars (Chicago Gaming remake), Oktoberfest, Twilight Zone, and Metallica; suggests breadth of modern and classic game appeal (confidence: medium) — Extended discussion of personal top-5 pinball games with reasoning about gameplay and collecting preferences
- **[product_concern]** Operation Wolf arcade game criticized as poorly manufactured with MDF cabinet moisture issues, faulty gun, and bad monitor; project abandoned after Drew acquired two non-functional units (confidence: high) — Scott Ian: 'the boards were made like shit the cabinet was made out of that mdf that just soaked up any kind of moisture... the gun was faulty most of them are'
- **[sentiment_shift]** Hosts expressing price-driven frustration with modern pinball market; Scott Ian explicitly states he cannot afford desired games ($7,000+ range) and feels excluded from hobby despite passion (confidence: high) — Scott Ian: 'every pinball table title is like seven thousand dollars... I want all these toys but I can't afford them... I'm in the one hobby I can't enjoy it's fucking blows'

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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. Rolling right into it, here we go, Fuck It Friday. Drew? Yes, I'm here. Live and not in person, Skyping it. I am in the poor man's studio All alone We've been drinking We just recorded episode number 50 Not as grand as we would have wanted But you know what it was alright It was a pretty good episode Not bad felt good What do you think Drew I think it's great man Alright so with fucking Friday And I'm glad Drew thinks it's great man Do you hear that music No Are you playing music Well I wasn't trying to but it was actually good music for what we were doing. Go ahead. Oh, sorry. No, you're good. So let's talk about, what do you want to talk about, man? There's lots going on. I've watched so much TV, so much TV. There's only one thing we can talk about in this episode. Are you ready? I know what you're thinking, but go for it. Fucking Tiger King. Rawr! Rawr! Oh, can you not? This train wreck is like, oh it's it's terrible i haven't got through the whole thing but holy shit is this thing nuts yeah there's not one redeemable fucking thing there's not one redeemable person in that whole show even down like the i'm even even down to like that shitty producer who uh was trying to just like take advantage of joe exotic joe's like uh fucking uh oh the guy with the internet show yeah smoking like 30 cigarettes telling the story like he was a really important story to tell I was like look at this fucking clown you were just trying to take advantage this is your retirement you're just going to exploit the shit out of this Joe Exotic guy this was one of the few like shows like that you know usually reality shows there's like you know some redeeming people some this everyone in that show was just shit oh my god I mean like most ridiculous you know maybe not everyone there were probably a few redeeming people in there but for the most part it was like this person did this shitty thing and this person did that shitty thing and holy crap what a train wreck but it was awesome oh yeah oh yeah dude i don't even know where to start with this you know why because they throw so much at you so they do well i guess we'll start in the beginning real quick just like in case you don't know what we're talking about uh the tiger king is a series it's i think it's seven episodes eight episodes on netflix netflix yep It's called Tiger King. It revolves around Joe Exotic, who runs a zoo that specializes in tigers, exotic cats, big cats. And this is all a true story. This is a documentary. Yeah, he had 187 big cats in this zoo, a fucking stupid amount of cats. And it also had two other zoos. They had this guy named Doc something or other, I tell, or somebody. He has an animal sanctuary and zoo, and then there was this other lady in Florida, Carol Baskins. She also had an animal sanctuary. She wouldn't call it a zoo. It's a sanctuary. But all three of them exploit the shit out of tigers and lions and exotic animals, and all three of them hate each other. and i think doc was pretty cool with joe exotic but they both doc and joe hated that carol lady um but that it was no no not the carol lady that bitch carol that bitch carol that bitch carol baskins yeah she was dude the whole i mean is there even a plot you know there's a reason there's no plot because i feel like the documentary crew the documentary crew they thought they had a plot drew they thought they had it yes and they were going down this plot of oh tigers and and and raising tigers and the ethics behind it right and that show has nothing to do with tigers truly well i think it started that way no no it started that way it's kind of like um american chopper remember that one no i never really watched that one okay so american chopper you know i won't go into great detail but it simply put you know it was on the air for like seven eight years whatever it was they started off that documentary just making it about building motorcycles yeah it was a tv show right yes correct it was a reality show and it literally was there was no drama it was supposed to be about building custom bikes and for the first like almost year that's what it was and people are like oh this is cool these guys build bikes then it became about the family dynamic because you know the father was always yelling at the sons and vice versa and whatever this show is no different it starts off like you said like talking about you know tigers and how people keep them in the wild and some people don't agree with it and this and that but then i said tigers just get put on the table no one gives a shit about the tigers there's there's there's a clear there's multiple moments where the whole thing the whole series just takes a hard left or a hard right it's fucking phenomenal it's so crazy you can be sitting there and they can be talking about the ethics of tigers and then all of a sudden joe exotic would be like oh yeah that carol yeah she fed her husband to the to the tigers and you can hear the documentary guys going wait what you know like wait huh and then doc's like you know yeah dude she's got a missing husband and just vanished and we're pretty sure he fed her you know she fed them to the tigers and then all of a sudden the documentary takes like this crazy 90 degree turn and all of a sudden we're here fucking talking about missing persons and we got detectives involved and we got all these murder uh well and then the other layer to that is there's the other tiger keepers on like you know in different areas the one guy's like a polygamist and he has like four wives well doc is yeah yeah doc antler yeah antler antler yeah that's it yeah yeah he's got like the sex cult going on yeah yeah he he he starts grooming these young women he's like oh you're you want to be an intern sure you're an intern uh interns have sex with me yeah they're like what they live they live here and uh i give them breast implants yeah it's fucking crazy and he said it for the tigers so nonchalantly like here's the thing not only you know am i a decent human being and i wouldn't even do that like i couldn't even say that out loud i mean it's just it's fucking crazy hey i was just listening to this like nope hey hey blow me for the tigers you gotta do it for the tigers yeah yeah get these breast implants do it do it for the tigers and these chicks are like okay oh my god what is happening you're watching this you're like what is happening it's so fucked and so great and then like the last three episodes they introduced like all these like sleazebag people in case like we weren't dealing with already sleazebag people like you got even sleazier it's not bad enough how about these people holy shit dude it was it's the memes alone the memes are so good because They point out shit that you saw, but there was so much other crazy shit that was going on that you didn't even – you didn't really think much of it. There was a part where, like, a tiger ripped off an employee's arm, and then there was the next scene. Joe Exotics, he's in the gift shop, and he's, like, talking to all the customers. He's like, ladies and gentlemen, I'm sorry, but I just want to let you know that Tiger ripped off one of my employees' arms. So no more tours today. And all these memes are like, yeah, that's funny. But did you notice he's wearing like an EMS like medic or an EMT medic like jacket? Like he dressed up as a medic. He's running around with a walkie talkie. I guess part of that. I didn't see that part yet. But what I was listening to is they said he was just concerned. He goes, oh, the financial fallout from this is going to be terrible. Yeah, I'll never recover from this. Yeah, that's right. I'll never recover from this financially. Oh, I think that was something else. I think that was something else. I don't know. There was so much that went on. So you didn't finish it all the way? No, I think I got just a couple episodes left. Oh, God. But here's the thing. So I'm on Fox News has this thing. tiger king star joe exotic reveals which hollywood actors he wants to portray him ready this is what we need to put on our facebook page who should portray joe exotic brad pitt or david spade jesus it danny mcbride 100 oh you know what i thought that too yeah danny mcbride uh from eastbound and down yeah what was his name uh god damn it oh i don know i remember him in like uh pineapple express and stuff now i gotta here we go eastbound and down uh fuck what's his name it's it's eluding me now i watched that do you ever watch eastbound and down now oh my god ian you are missing out oh i have a lot i watch a lot i'm sorry i can't get everything here it's the best name ever his name is kenny powers oh that's a good name yeah just like joe exotic right so yeah you're right danny mcbride should be playing joe exotic 100 because it's the same it's the same character i'm the best i'm the greatest no do everyone do yourself a favor watch eastbound and down watch this first watch tiger king first watch both but yeah oh tiger king we even talk about like he runs for governor he like fucking he uh oh that was great when he was running for governor he's also like he doesn't sound or he doesn't act like super gay it's not a big deal but he you know he has two husbands he's like a gay polygamist yeah but you find out later that the two guys that he married aren't even gay they're straight but they like meth so much that they were like fuck it i like sucking dick so i'll suck dick for meth you know it doesn't bother me you know what i love meth more than sucking dick or vice versa and then you gotta kind of kind of figure out what you want to do but these guys thought meth was better so they went with the meth and uh yeah it's just it was crazy just crazy if you haven't seen it watch it yeah dude there's twists there's turns and carol baskins i don't know man i think she meant it fed her fucking husband did the tigers so sorry there's more here so um during the series dack shepherd expressed the desire to play joe exotic as well as ed norton so so dac said on twitter if i don't get cast as joe exotic and eventual biopic hollywood is broken and then edward norton responded step aside pal you're way too young and buff and you know it you could probably pull off maldonado still actually wouldn't that be fun that's awesome oh dac shepherd i gotta oh yeah i see this guy yeah He's the one married to, what's her face? Kristen Bell. Yes. Okay. But no, I think David Spade would be the best. Just get Joe Dirt to do it. Nah, that's too on the nose, man. I like Danny McBride. I'd go Danny McBride. No, I'm with you, though. I do like Kenny Powers as Joe Exotic. Yeah. The personality is definitely there. He can do it. I know he can. He plays those sleazes really good. Yeah. Super cool. Good Lord. So Tiger King, guys. We didn't even scratch the surface. Does it sound like we did a lot of spoilers? But no, we didn't spoil anything. No, you need to watch it because it's such – like I said, I haven't even seen the whole thing. And I'm just like this show is fucking great. But what a fucking train wreck. Just do it just for the memes, man. The memes are hilarious, dude. I can't stop. But I'm totally addicted to everything that's coming out now online now that everyone is sitting at home. What happened to the bitch Carol? Yeah. What? Are you okay? Mm-hmm. Oh, I thought there was an answer to that joke. Nope, there is no answer. Nobody knows because he keeps asking that throughout the whole show. What about this bitch Carol? Bitch Carol, bitch Carol. Oh, my God. Just watch it. He's unhinged all the time. They grab old meat from Walmart and they feed it to the tigers. Yes. But there was a point where they opened up a pizza place inside the zoo. Yes. and they were serving the old meat on the pizzas. Their tigers are getting all hungry. We don't have enough meat to feed the tigers and to put them on the pizza. It's like, oh, God. It's so fucked up. You can say what you want. That guy knows how to make money. No, he didn't because he bankrupted his mom. Well, he knew how to make money. He just also knew how to spend a lot of it. Well, when you're running a zoo and shows and running for governor, Yeah, you end up burning through your capital pretty quick, I suppose. Yeah. Yeah, once again, the running for governor is just fucking hilarious. Yeah, he got 19% of the vote. 19. That's pretty good. Goddamn crazy. Do John Youssi it? The better part was he ran for president before he ran for governor. Oh, yeah, that's right. He did. He didn't do too well on that one. No, that one was like 0.2% of the vote or something. yeah he got like five votes oh all right so that that's tiger king watch it um drew what else have you been uh doing to keep occupied in this time of social distancing i've been uh i've been tearing through that firepower man oh you want to go pinball on this fucking friday sure why not that that firepower man has been keeping me really busy i've been tearing it apart and you know sanded down the play field thanks to mr festool is he a guy is he a real dude no no mr festool doesn't exist no he doesn't uh yeah that's it's just pinball man all the fucking time i i play too much pinball and my wife's probably at the door listening right now saying yep yeah well you do i told you that but that's yeah i know everybody knows that it's fine Hey, man, you like it. I do. I love it. What are you going to say? What are we going to say? Don't like something? No, that's what I'm doing, man. I'm working on Meteor. I'm working on Firepower and, you know, just doing my thing. It's fun. Well, for those of you who don't know, Drew and I are essential employees, so what that means is we're basically working pretty much nonstop. Every day. Until we're deemed normal again. so I don't know how long it's going to last but yeah they got my ass in the store busting butt and trying to just basically I'm just a glorified I'm a credit card I just buy lunch every day for all the employees so it's been a long couple weeks for sure to say the least but spare time I'm watching I just started watching Lego Masters I think it's on oh that's cool too I watched four or five episodes very neat Hulu right Hulu yeah Hulu Yeah, it's on Hulu. Only watched the first episode, but I'm hooked. I can't wait to start. I'll probably binge it this weekend, though, with my wife, because she got into it, too. But we like all those reality shows. That's a good one, too, because it's not so drama-filled. Well, it's just silly. It's because it's Lego. Yeah, it's about a Lego, and it's neat. There actually is a little drama, but not terrible. Okay, all right. What else has been going? on, man. I don't know. I've been working on Laser War 2. You know, that's a process of getting that thing assembled, but I don't know. I don't know, man. I don't know if I want to talk about it. I'm exhausted. I'm exhausted about Laser War. It's been a long week for me, for sure. I'm just glad that we're back on the air. We're doing a fucking Friday. It is a nice fucking Friday. No, it's good, man. I do miss some of my pinball people I haven't been able to go to pinball league What else? We haven't seen Ryan Kuyper in forever Ryan, I know we've been texting We need to see you I know we're on social distancing now What else? I'm just all over the place right now All right, so back to other things I've seen. I saw, let's see, what have I been watching? I've been watching, Laura's been into this Dirty Money on Netflix. I watched a couple episodes. I watched a few episodes of that. It's interesting. Yeah, it's interesting for sure. It's just sometimes I watch it, I'm like, well, that's okay. And Laura's like, it's not okay. This is Dirty Money. I'm like, good point. It's the way the world works. Boiler alert. It's dirty money. It's not the best way to make money. But it is a good idea to make money and lots of it. So watch that show. Take some notes. Go make yourself some dirty money. Did John Youssi that other one, America's Secrets? No, no, I haven't seen that one. Yeah, America's Secrets, I think it's Netflix. And they talk about Fort Knox and they talk about Air Force One, all the Area 51, stuff like that. Oh, gosh, yes. And, yeah, everything's an episode. And they have a lot of facts in there. I like to talk about Air Force One and how they protect it and how they have like two of the same aircraft you know it pretty cool and the fort knox one is neat because they like you know they let a bunch of reporters in there like i don't know back in the 70s i think yeah and they were able to see like some of the gold but people are like there wasn't that much gold so maybe they're lying about how much gold we have yeah you know it's just it's just the whole thing but uh pretty pretty interesting because they they actually talk about the security of fort knox and how it's set up and it's just really cool so another neat one to check out all right so we did ask um our tribe members what we should talk about on a fucking friday and they gave us a good list so let's just how king was number one let's just power through this list real quick and um so here we go all right so okay so uh jonathan hall wanted to see uh we had any arcade repair stories arcade fines repair jobs etc that's a good question john it's a lot of them uh the first thing that i the one that i will always remember was going to green bay to pick up operation Charles Wolf um drew wanted to fix up a game so we thought operation Charles Wolf would be a perfect candidate because it's a cool game you know who doesn't like operation Charles Wolf back in that day in the air it's an awesome game if it works well here's the reason why nobody wants to fix that game up the boards were made like shit the cabinet was made out of that mdf that just soaked up any kind of moisture so the cabinet was shit uh the gun was faulty most of them are um they use a really terrible monitor in there i don't have i've never seen a monitor like that to be honest um it was hard to even get to the monitor because the cabinets again shit drew bought a second operation Charles Wolf thinking that it would be easy to just swap parts in and out of both of them well what he ended up having were two operation wolves that didn't work yeah that was not great and you don't know it until like that when the artwork's nice that works nice but when the cabinet's bullshit and you don't realize it behind that artwork oh well and it worked for a while and i was having like intermittent sound issues and just different things and yeah yeah we were just like fuck this and then uh drew you fixed up turbo i did turbo Turbo was cool. Yeah, Sega Turbo. Sega Turbo was neat. Yep, that was cool. I went to Troy Smith's warehouse. That was a pretty cool time because I got to see a warehouse full of games, like fucking just on top of each other, arcade machines. And I bought a couple Outruns that day in hopes of combining them to make one Super Outrun, which I did, and that Outrun was awesome. It's gone now. Yeah, all the arcades are gone. Do you have any more, Drew? Nope. Pinball's it. Yeah, you haven't been over to my house in like eight years. Yeah, it's been a while. Yeah, the arcade stuff just – the problem with arcade games is there's just such a short life on them. You find a game that's pretty cool, but you get sick of it quickly. Am I right, Drew? Oh, totally. There are three or four games that I want when I get a bigger house, but that's it. I mean, like you said, you play them, they're not as much fun as you remember. Right. Right. And anything in the 90s and 2000s is basically, you know, insert another quarter to continue. So there isn't really a high score to chase anymore, you know. That whole high score thing is kind of done the second they had a quarter to continue. But with that being said, a couple of, like, cabarets of, like, Dig Dug or Pac-Man, that would be cool. But, you know, you need room. That's the problem for me right now at least. Yeah, yeah. They do take up quite a bit of a footprint. I wouldn't mind like one of those arcade one-up Star Wars games. Yeah. That looks really, really pretty cool. Best finds, deals, you know, arcade-wise, one of the find and a deal was Drew had an obsession with Popeye. Yeah. I did. From Nintendo? I still want a pinball, Popeye pinball. I swooped it up. I swooped it up in front of Drew. He even helped me load it in my car. I was the second call. Ian was the first call, and he got it, and I helped him pick it up. And then I sold it right away because it's a bullshit game. Yeah, it's not a great game. It's not a great game. It's not a bad game, but it's like one of those games, once you beat it, you're like, well, what else do I do with it? so um yeah fines and deals though i don't really know if i had any really like crazy fines oh um i did find i did score a oh what the hell was it it was a uh super punch out one of those cool nintendo caps with two monitors the double monitors on top of each other uh somebody's basement got it for 200 bucks barely worked had i had to do a lot of work to it but uh ended up selling it for quite a bit quite a bit it was uh it was a good it was a it was very lucrative for me so um pinball wise same kind of thing i got a free pinball machine it was the uh space invaders pinball machine um that was in somebody's garage they didn't want it anymore so they gave it to me that was a cool one yeah it was a cool find um and deal uh trying to think all the you know the the best thing about arcade collecting and pinball collecting is meeting the people that's always been the best part so you get to see like-minded people you get to see their collection everyone's super proud of their collection especially in the arcade world uh who was that one guy in green bay drew that oh brad bradley check bradley check bradley check so this guy freaking just like lives the american dream you know he's got the the pretty girlfriend and her wife and goes to Vegas all the time, go to his basement. He's got nothing but like the most rarest arcade games. Um, pretty sure he didn't have a job restored a hundred percent. These aren't like beat up games. These are all nice. Yeah. Beautiful games. So, uh, meeting some guys, guys like that. Just so fucking cool. Um, Oh, Daniel Donald. so let's talk about future plans what are you hoping to buy trade in the upcoming months what are you always on the lookout for oh this could be pinball or arcade drew what do you what are you always on the lookout for man uh swords of fury okay swords of fury is kind of my next one i'm almost done with firepower and that's going to be because swords of fury is one i think i would keep in my collection and maybe have uh more expensive games i'm looking for a ghostbuster I'm looking for a, oh, what am I looking for? Oh, a Sorcerer, William Sorcerer. Yes. From the 80s. Yes. Yep, that's a really cool one. So, yeah, I got some stuff I'm on the lookout for. I'm full right now. That's the problem. I have six games in one bedroom. That's kind of my limit. I'm packed in there pretty tight. And now I have at least three or four keepers. keepers so i can only move one or two out i mean my problem one i have space problems but two it's it's i got expensive taste like yeah that's the problem i don't have like i want i would love a i would love an elvira i would love a um octoberfest i'd love a wonka i would love um yeah every creature from the black lagoon is like seven thousand dollars i'd love a creature from the black lagoon i love a fathom you know i love all these games but yeah who's got the fucking money for that shit i don't have that kind of cash so yeah it's a tough world we live in yeah i want all these toys but i can't afford them i'm in the one hobby i can't enjoy it's fucking blows true story let's see here oh um i don't see it but i know ian howell wanted to talk about music like what kind of music do you like to listen to drew uh classic rock for me yeah yeah 60s 70s 80s i'm i'm into all that stuff so okay that's usually my pandora jam all right um i got i'm like add with music i'm all over the place uh it all depends on what i'm doing so it's kind of like my beer it's true too it's kind of like my beer you know like there's a time and place to drink a coors light but there's a time in place for stouts and and really good ipas and stuff so um for music it's like when i work out it's like it's always got to be oh early 80s to mid 80s rap like original rap like the old school rap that i just have to work out to that um when i drive it got to be something hype high paced like Little Richard it gotta Richard It got to be classic rock and roll Elvis time period When I like drinking in the basement, I like lounge music. I like jazz. I like the jazzy, just chill music. And then if I'm really feeling fun, then I'll just go into 80s music. Anything that I can sing to, wham. Ed Boon. I like wham. I don't know. So that's been my jam. I've been singing a lot of wham lately. So, yeah, I don't know if that's going to be a good enough answer for you, buddy. That's fine, man. What's the dumbest thing you did while shopping repairing a pin? Drew, what do you got, buddy? I sliced my finger open pretty good last week, and it's almost healed now. but nothing too bad. I mean, it's just, you know, normal cutting myself, I guess. Yeah, you do that quite a bit, actually. I'd say the dumbest thing I've ever done to a pin, and it was so funny, when I was taking the Mylar off of the Space Invaders, my issue with it was the Mylar was cracked and peeling in a lot of different places and it was yellow and it was brittle, so it had to go. It just had to go. and uh so removing it was super simple i did the upside down freeze can thing you know this the the air the compressed air um you hold it upside down and then it literally freezes the mylar and it just comes right off it's beautiful but it leaves a glue residue so i was on online i was on youtube and i forgot who it was but he was telling us telling me the easiest way to remove glue was taking these plastic razor blades and taking a little bit of goo gone and just gently wiping it on the artwork where the glue is and then taking that razor blade and just kind of scrape that glue off you know it's supposed to loosen the glue up and you can just scrape it right off and wipe it off so i said oh well that's super simple i got the same exact goof off he did you know and i got the same damn razor blades he did i get down here in the basement i take a little artist brush very very light brush i dab it into the goo gone in a little cap and i gently brush it on the playfield and then i go to my plastic razor blade i go to scrape off the the glue that's dissolving all i took off was like fucking artwork like it's just all art i was like son of a bitch you know removing all that artwork just like god damn it that sucked that's stupid you know i was like well i'm not doing this anymore and then i proceeded to spill the cap um which was awesome too but i was able to wipe it up gently without ruining the artwork but yeah dude it was fucking disaster dude never do that again uh with laser war what did i do i used the the flower method where you just uh a little bit of alcohol a little bit of flour and you just knead it with your hands and you rub it all into little balls and yeah wipe it up it's easy do it that way it's messy but it's easy easy peasy awesome all right uh personal top five pins of all time you want to do that one drew and then we'll be done oh yeah that's a good one all right top five all time all time um you want to start with number five i'll go five then four four three three two two one one all right so top five let's do it real in an impromptu top five top five drew what's number five for you brother number five uh stern star trek great shooter great fun pro premium doesn't matter it's a good game yeah it's awesome can't can't go wrong with that my updated attack from mars attack from mars huh well it's like an updated attack from mars oh yeah for sure for sure uh my number five i'll just go oktoberfest because what the hell i've been talking about it so much might as well stick with it um sure fun game lots of cool modes i dig the drinking theme um fit well in my basement if i ever get it and uh i have not gotten sick of it yet and i look forward to playing it every time i sit on location so cool octoberfest uh number four for me is attack for mars oh okay uh great game uh never gets old someday i would like to own one um you know it's not the best game of all time but it is a solid game and it's fun to play all right uh my number four is twilight zone um can't get more packed then a twilight zone uh we had one in our local uh bar here for a little bit and i had a ton of fun on that game um i would be blessed to have one in working condition that was shopped out and beautiful like if you have one that's not great uh do me a favor and spend that extra money and try to get it chopped out and make it look as beautiful as you can because those games are awesome so twilight zone number four uh number three for me is it was my favorite game it's still a great game up there is metallica um it's kind of jumped down a few spots just because there's so much other good stuff out there but metallica is my number three because it's still an awesome game yeah i went i went kind of uh the same way of thinking drew my number three used to me my favorite game it was all i ever wanted um my my history with it quick is that i went to uh an early midwest gaming classic and i saw pinball machines there and i was like holy shit pinball i haven't played any of these games and i was really into the arcade scene at the time so i wasn't real into the pinball stuff but there was one game that just had me hooked and i thought it was the most beautiful thing i ever saw but it was two thousand dollars i thought who had two thousand dollars to It's been on a pinball machine. And that was a creature from the Black Lagoon. And boy, I wish I would have bought that. You should have bought three of them. It was so beautiful. It was shiny. The blacks were so black. The purples were so purple. I loved the call-outs on it. I dug everything about it out. And that was even before I was a huge fan of Creature from the Black Lagoon movies, which I later became a huge fan of. So, yeah, it made sense. Creature from the Black Lagoon. Still one of my favorites. It's still probably one of the most played games on my pinball arcade on my phone on the app. Sure. Easily. Number two. Number two is tough for me. It was a toss-up, but Willy Wonka's got to get it. Oh, okay. Great shooter, great game. Might want to own that someday as well. Gotcha. Can't go wrong. Yeah, my number two, Attack from Mars, for the same reasons Drew said. It's just it never gets old. You can keep playing that game. I put too many games on it, and I still want to play it. And the reason why it's number two and not number one is because, man, it's so frustrating. When you have a bad game, you have a really shit game on that game. It's true. It's whatever. That ball is cursed. I hate it. But the game itself, I love the call-outs. It's probably my most – and the light show. But the call-outs, they're my favorite call-outs. That's why I like it more than Medieval Madness. So number two, Attack from Mars. Awesome. Number one, Jurassic Park Stern Premium. I own it. I love it. Can't get enough of it. He wants to have its babies, kids. It is the greatest game so far. May that change? Sure. But right now, Jurassic Park Stern is where it's at. Beautiful. my number one weird number one but it's the game i'm kind of obsessed with and i would love one um and i played it for the first time at pinball expo and that would be taxi what the hell might as well make that number one because it's weird it's fun it shoots like a dream it's interesting it's got a good layout and uh i like the call outs so um that's also on my radar of games we We need to get a taxi. Either you or me, we need to get one. We're not going to break the bank on one. They're not crazy expensive. And they have hard tops for taxi. Oh, fuck yeah. We don't need a pretty one. Nope, we just need to find one and we can redo it. I freaking love it. That's awesome. That's our top five. Good top fives, guys. All right, let's call it, guys. Thank you so much for listening to our fucking Friday. Drew, I'm not nearly as drunk as I used to be. nope but we're back it's easier when you're here drinking with me yeah i know but but we're back that's all that matters i love making love with this microphone with you buddy it was fun man all right yeah we did it again uh we're hoping to be back uh most weeks from here on out and uh i don't know we'll see you guys next week yep all right guys will you take care we love you and peace out peace

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