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Pinball Junk Drawer Episode 64 - Customer Service Greatness, Pinball at the beach and random rumors

Poor Man's Pinball Podcast·podcast_episode·31m 49s·held·Jan 23, 2025
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TL;DR

Stern customer service praise, Harry Potter pinball rumors, tournament updates, and Sally's 100-machine challenge.

Summary

In this rambling and comedic episode of Pinball Junk Drawer, the hosts discuss positive customer service experiences from Stern Pinball and Flip N Out Pinball regarding Elvira machine repairs, rumor mill speculation about an unannounced Harry Potter pinball game from Jersey Jack Pinball, recent Women's Wisconsin Championship tournament results, and Craft Brew Sally's goal to play 100 different pinball machines in the year while also tracking her beer consumption via Untapped.

Key Claims

  • Stern Pinball reached out to the hosts about their Elvira customer service issue within 2-3 days of their previous show, despite the hosts not having uploaded the episode yet.

    high confidence · Foghorn Leghorn (host), discussing January 15th outreach from Stern

  • Zach Roger Sharpe from the Saved Pinball documentary listened to their 'Straight Down the Middle: a pinball show' and emailed them directly to offer customer service support.

    high confidence · Foghorn Leghorn, receiving email from Zach Roger Sharpe after podcast aired

  • Harry Potter pinball game rumors are heating up and the rumors suggest it's a Jersey Jack Pinball project.

    medium confidence · Craft Brew Sally, describing rumor mill activity and JJP teasing in background photos

  • Harry Potter owner (J.K. Rowling) is 'notorious' for licensing restrictions, possibly worse than James Bond or Toy Story licensing constraints.

    medium confidence · Foghorn Leghorn, speculating on licensing complexity based on industry reputation

  • Cassidy (barista at Lumberjack Johnny's) won the Women's Wisconsin Championship and Rachel took second place.

    high confidence · Foghorn Leghorn, reporting on recent tournament results

  • Craft Brew Sally is tracking 100 different pinball machines played in a year using a Hobonichi planner.

    high confidence · Craft Brew Sally, explaining her 2024 goal list

  • Craft Brew Sally consumed 153 new beers in the previous year (tracked via Untapped Premium subscription costing $33).

    high confidence · Craft Brew Sally, reviewing Untapped year-end statistics

  • Flip N Flip N Out Pinball partner Greg Bone is willing to 'shake some trees' to help with customer issues.

    high confidence · Foghorn Leghorn, describing Flip N Flip N Out Pinball customer service approach

Notable Quotes

  • “to receive an email from Zach Roger Sharpe, I was like... I was dumbfounded that he reached out directly and kind of said, make sure we know.”

    Foghorn Leghorn @ ~11:00 — Highlights surprising positive customer service outreach from a prominent industry figure; shows community engagement beyond typical corporate channels

  • “the Harry Potter rumors are heating up... this is a jjp thing and they keep tweaking like putting making sure it's in the background of a picture when they talk about something or goofy stuff.”

    Craft Brew Sally @ ~16:30 — Describes teaser marketing strategy for unannounced game; indicates active rumor mill and community speculation

  • “I decided my 100 list is going to be pinball machines... I need to play 100 different machines over the course of the year.”

    Craft Brew Sally @ ~32:00 — Documents personal community engagement goal; reflects collector/enthusiast mentality and venue engagement patterns

  • “if they had a Johanna Taylor Swift pinball machine... it wouldn't even matter how much it is... everyone in the pinball hobby would go, that's stupid.”

    Foghorn Leghorn @ ~21:00 — Illustrates market dynamics around mega-popular IP licensing and FOMO; commentary on mainstream crossover appeal vs. hobby sensibilities

  • “what are we going to get? she's notorious for that so what's the pinball world going to get? I'm not sure at this point they can't walk away but at some point you should just go nah.”

    Foghorn Leghorn @ ~23:30 — Expresses concerns about licensing constraints potentially limiting game design quality; commentary on IP owner power dynamics

Entities

Foghorn LeghornpersonCraft Brew Sallyperson[name withheld pending review]personZach (Flip N Out Pinball distributor)personGreg BonepersonCassidypersonRachelpersonBeckypersonDorypersonMarshallperson

Signals

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    community_signal: Stern Pinball and Flip N Out Pinball both demonstrated proactive customer service outreach, with Zach Roger Sharpe personally reaching out after listening to hosts' podcast to offer support, suggesting manufacturer engagement with community content.

    high · Zach Roger Sharpe emailed directly after podcast aired; Stern responded within 2-3 days despite not being tagged in episode; Greg Bone at Flip N Out offered escalation support.

  • ?

    rumor_hype: Harry Potter pinball game rumors intensifying in community with Jersey Jack Pinball allegedly teasing through background photo placements, creating speculation around theme, scope, and licensing constraints.

    medium · Hosts describe 'rumor mill in full flight,' JJP 'tweaking' by placing Harry Potter references in background photos, hosts acknowledge rumors are unconfirmed but widespread.

  • ?

    licensing_signal: Hosts express concern that Harry Potter IP owner (J.K. Rowling) is 'notorious' for restrictive licensing similar to or worse than James Bond and Toy Story, potentially limiting game design and increasing costs.

    medium · Foghorn Leghorn: 'the person that owns Harry Potter is worse... she's notorious for that so what's the pinball world going to get?'; comparison to Toy Story and Bond licensing constraints.

  • ?

    product_concern: Speculation that Harry Potter licensing costs could add $5,000+ to machine price, mirrored in discussion of how major IP (e.g., Taylor Swift) would guarantee sellout regardless of premium pricing.

    medium · Hosts discuss likelihood of 'five grand on each machine because of the contract,' noting such games would 'sell out no matter what.'

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Transcript

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0:00
Now who's responsi- I say who's responsible for this unwarranted attack on my person? I say, I say, I say, pay attention now, boy. This is, of course, Foghorn Leghorn presents the Pinball Junk Drawer. You all asked for it. I say, I say, you all asked for it now. You're gonna get it. Boy, oh boy, are you gonna get it. Go, I say, go away, boy, you bother me. Will you still need me? Will you still feed me? When I'm show 64 of the pinball junk drawer. Yes, I will. Nice. My name is Foghorn Leghorn. With me, as always, the talented and lovely... Craft Brew Sally. That's right. We're here to talk about random nonsense.
0:45
Lots of stuff. And Craft Brew Sally has some big updates to go over. First and foremost, we do want to give a quick call out. If you are in the St. Pete, Clearwater, Tampa area, our old stomping ground where we used to live, please make sure you are going to Pinball at the Beach. It's only, what does it say, 18 days away. It's amazing. It's from February 7th through February 9th, and that is in St. Pete Beach, Florida.
1:16
Where is it at? It's at the... Tradewinds, probably. Yeah, probably trade ones. That's where everything is. So, and of course, our friends Marshall and Little Shop at Games is kind of, I don't want to say leading the charge, but he's definitely in it and doing it. Isn't he the one doing it? Maybe. I don't know. Okay. I didn't do it. I thought it was, but I hate saying stuff like that without actually confirming 100%. Without fact checking? Yes. And I'm not big on that. I mostly just talk stupid. Right. That's my two best. Stupid talk. You do that really well. Yes, I do. It hurts a little bit to acknowledge that, but that's okay. Marshall knows we love him. And, you know, if this takes off, could this be a new thing we go to? Possibly. Oh, my goodness. I don't know. I'd have mixed feelings going back to our place we lived for 28 years. Right.
Stern Pinball
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Jersey Jack Pinballcompany
Flip N Out Pinballcompany
Lumberjack Johnny'svenue
District 82venue
Glow in the Parkvenue
[name withheld pending review]game
Godzilla (Pro)game
Dr. Dude (game)game
Willie Wonka (game)game
The Beatles (Gold)game
Pinball at the Beachevent
Women's Wisconsin Championshipevent
Drekker Brewing Companycompany
Untapped (app)product
Saved Pinball (documentary)product

competitive_signal: Women's Wisconsin Championship tournament held with strong participation; Cassidy won, Rachel second, Becky and Dory placed in top finishes, representing growing women's competitive pinball participation.

high · Tournament results: Cassidy 1st, Rachel 2nd, Becky/Dory top finishers; started with 16 competitors in initial round.

  • ?

    content_signal: Hosts' podcast 'Straight Down the Middle: a pinball show' reaching industry figures like Zach Roger Sharpe, indicating meaningful audience and influence in community.

    high · Zach Roger Sharpe listened to and responded to podcast episode; Stern also monitoring content despite initial issue occurring before upload.

  • ?

    collector_signal: Hosts actively purchasing spare plastic sets and parts for machines they intend to keep long-term (Godzilla, Elvira, Dr. Dude, Willie Wonka), reflecting collector mentality and preservation strategy.

    high · Hosts have plastic sets for Godzilla, Elvira, Dr. Dude, Willie Wonka; actively seeking Beatles set; customizing machines with art blades, gargoyles, decals.

  • ?

    venue_signal: Multiple venues hosting tournaments (Lumberjack Johnny Pinball, Glow in the Park, District 82) supporting competitive play and community engagement; strong regional tournament infrastructure in Wisconsin.

    high · Women's Wisconsin Championship at Lumberjack Johnny Pinball; Ladies' Flip tournaments at Glow in the Park; District 82 mentioned as having ~70 machines for play.

  • ?

    event_signal: Pinball at the Beach event (February 7-9 in St. Pete, Florida) launching or expanding as new regional tournament attraction with community organizer support.

    medium · Event 18 days away from podcast date; at Tradewinds venue; Marshall/Little Shop of Games involved in organization.

  • ?

    business_signal: Flip N Out Pinball positioning as customer-service-first distributor, proactively offering escalation support through partner Greg Bone to address customer issues and build loyalty.

    high · Unsolicited outreach offering support; partner available to 'shake some trees'; mentioned alongside Stern as positive service interaction.

  • ?

    collector_signal: Craft Brew Sally setting ambitious goal to play 100 different pinball machines in calendar year, reflecting deep engagement with local arcade/venue ecosystem and preservation of play patterns.

    high · Hobonichi planner with 100-machine checklist; counting Premium and Pro versions of same game as separate machines; acknowledging District 82 visit alone could account for ~70 machines.

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    market_signal: Speculation that major cultural IP (Harry Potter, Taylor Swift) could generate unprecedented demand transcending traditional pinball audience, potentially justifying premium pricing and high production volumes.

    medium · Hosts discuss hypothetical Taylor Swift machine selling out 'forever,' creating new factory, reaching 'every Swifty in the world'; similar expectations for Harry Potter potential.

    • 2:11
    We'd probably land there and be like, oh, my God, I want to go back to Wisconsin. That's scary. We love Florida. We did. It was also, it's good to not be in Florida. Yeah. If that makes any sense. I know everyone's like, what? You moved to Wisconsin from Florida? I'm like, yeah, you lived in Florida for a little while. You tell me why we moved to Wisconsin. I've gotten to the point where when people say that to me, I'm like, yeah, it's a nice place to visit. And not in the summer. Don't go visit in the summer. Yes. And don't have, and always carry change for the bums. Oh, that's sad. I did have an update, but then also a super surprise update. So on January 15th, it was like two or three days after we did our last show, where I was crying like a baby about the customer service for the Elvira machine. Well, lo and behold, Stern reached out, and it wasn't because of the show. They didn't listen to us. We hadn't put it up yet, I don't think. But they reached out, and it was like what we thought, backlogged from the holidays. so they took care of everything and that was cool a little back and forth narrowing down what actually was wrong and got it sent out but that wasn't the big surprise that wasn't the exciting news the first surprise was Zach number one aka flipping out pinball distributor which we owe some money to not for this something else he reached out saying if you have any trouble let us know because his partner in crime Greg Bone is the man he'll shake some trees and I was like oh that's cool I was thinking this is a lot of trouble for like a rubber but then today we got an email in our pinball junk drawer email account from Zach Sharp I know I was so like I was blown away and you're thinking man, Zach Sharp. And I was like, well, if you know the amount of times I've watched the Man Who Saved Pinball documentary, you'd know that I basically consider myself one of the Sharks at this point. I've watched it so many times. I love that movie. It's so good, though. I will say this. Every time I'm feeling kind of, I don't want to say defeated or just listless or I'm feeling down, I watch that movie and I feel better because I love pinball. And I think the story is funny and truthful and I just dig it. So I know I'm not one of the sharps. No. So to receive an email from Zach Sharp, I was like. Because he listened to the show. Yeah. Not because he saw our email at Stern. He listened to our show and reached out. We've got to make a banner that says officially endorsed by Zach Sharp. No. We won't. No, no, no. If you're listening, we won't. But I replied back in kind saying, oh, yeah, it was taken care of. And I was really kind of like, wow. I was dumbfounded. that he reached out directly and kind of said, make sure we know. I don't think I was too harsh, but I wasn't super kind either. That's what I said to you today. I was like, did we say something bad? I never say nothing too bad about Stern. I'm a booster. What can I tell you? We are. Thank you, Zach, number one. And we will be paying for the other stuff tonight. And thank you, Zach, number two. You really made our day because I might geek out a little bit for Zach Sharp. We already did. Well, I'm okay. Not in a weird way. We're not stalking you. Don't worry. It's all good. But other stuff for the Elvira. The binge buying has begun. I got the art. Art blades. Got the art blades. We now got the, I super glued the gargoyle together. I just have to, I'm a little afraid of this glass. So I'm taking my time. I'm going to do it all at one shot. Because we've been playing it every day. I love that machine so much. And the reason we are flipping out pinball money is because we bought an extra plastic set. Yes. If you listen to this show for any amount of time, you know that I have some anomalies in my brain. And any pinball machine that I know is going to be here for the rest of what I'm assuming my life, I immediately go out and like. Buy all the stuff. Buy as much stuff as I can. I have a plastic kit for the doctor dude. I have a plastic set for Wonelly. I have a plastic set for Godzilla. And now I have a plastic set for Elvira. And the only one I can't get is the damn Beatles. So if you have one, you could email us at pinballjd at gmail.com and let us know. It's just one of those things where I buy the, like, I buy the extra plastic set, so I just have it, and I buy, like, all the little goofy stuff. I don't, like, mod out a lot, but if I find the stuff, I grab it, you know. So we got Elvira. Now I'm going to need that little, those little urethane cups that go underneath the legs. and I don't know if we decided we need one of those fatigue mats we have enough for the pinball machines but now I think the Dr. Dude doesn't have one I feel like the Dr. Dude is like the left out pinball machine and we used to have the one for the Elvira we used to have in front of the bowler so now the bowler technically we need like two more of those Titan fatigue mats because we always get the glow in the dark ones and I'm already kind of itching I was like well you know we really do need those those light kits for the speakers are pretty rad
    7:38
    Like we gotta pay this thing off before I keep buying this crap, but I like The Elvira is a man is it fun. It is fun. It's one of my favorite games You know I really do enjoy it and thank you very much stern and thank you both Zaks for everything It appreciated And all joking aside I mean honestly you know it great So thank you. We feel very appreciative. Yes, we do.
    8:09
    I'm trying to think what else. Oh, so this is totally different, but the Harry Potter rumors are heating up. you know the rumor mill is in full full gallop or full uh flight what are those the the witches what those what's that game quidditch they're in the full quidditch match with the brooms and the things so anyway like you know this is a jjp thing and they keep tweaking like putting making sure it's in the background of a picture when they talk about something or goofy stuff. What are you? You are... I am a huge Harry Potter fan. Huge. Ah, yes. I know. And I don't know how I feel about this one. I know.
    8:54
    I'm not saying that I don't like JJP's. But I am not in love with JJP's, I guess. To be fair, we haven't spent a whole lot of time on any of them. True. Even Elton John. That's true. Which I like. Yes. I haven't played a whole lot. Right. You know. You like. Elton John I feel was better than. Yeah. True. So it might. Elton John I feel is better than some of the previous ones. Yeah. Like the Wizard of Oz. I know. I could not. A lot of people loved Wizard of Oz. I couldn't dig it. Right. And that's nothing against. This is just our opinion. It doesn't matter. Like I tried. I was like. Everyone loves this game. I have to love this game. And I'm playing it. I was like. I just don't love this game. Right. You know. And it's beautiful, and it's very, at the time, it had a lot of really innovative and interesting things going on. But, you know, I don't know. I guess I'm going to have to wait and see, because I just don't know how they're going to put all of that content into one machine. And then here's something else. Have they announced that they're actually doing it? No, no, no. Okay. This is fraught with nonsense. Everyone's talking about all the nonsense. None of it's confirmed and none of it's real. So you're coming here for the nonsense, for more nonsense. Sure, why not? On top of ours. So, you know, one of the things, like the Toy Story, the back story of the Toy Story is they had it planned for the original trilogy or like maybe even the first one. And all the beloved characters and Disney said, nope, you're going to do four. And they went, crap. And then we got what we got. But I mean, what we got was, I think, is good. There's a lot of things on there that I enjoy. Oh, it's a fine game. I just don't like Toy Story. I didn't even watch Toy Story 4. I don't acknowledge it as a thing.
    10:50
    And then like the James Bond was, they're notoriously difficult. So we got what we got because they were hobbled by the people, the owners of the name. and if any of the accounts are even remotely true the person that owns Harry Potter is worse so what are we going to get?
    11:13
    she's notorious for that so what's the pinball world going to get? I'm not sure at this point they can't walk away but at some point you should just go nah like even the Toy Story one wait Toy Story 4? Nah they could have went and got anything and just rethemed it and it would have been like, I don't know. I mean, I know you like that game. I do. I don't dislike that game. It's fine. I think that guy at the Stux Pizza is pissed that I come in there sometimes and... And whoop him. You're like, I didn't play better, dude. You ought to play him for a pizza. I know, I should. You come home with a free pizza. That's how you make it. Wouldn't that be awesome? Yes, it would. But, you know, it's just one of those things where you kind of like... And it's easy for me to sit behind a microphone and just walk away. when they've poured three years into making this damn thing a thing. You can't just walk away with all that vested hours and stuff like that. And you can't just re-theme something. No. I'm wondering what she would have given permission to use. And also, what are you going to do? But also, is it from her or did they get permission from the movies? Is it the movies? Is it the books? Is it just the name? so it has to be Hogwarts Theater of Imagination or whatever. You don't know because, of course, nobody knows yet. Because it's all rumors. Yes, and this is where you turn. These are not actual facts that we're saying. Some of it is. Some of the stuff we're like, and then maybe this is all wrong, and she said, do it. Yeah. I decided I like more money and do whatever you want. Right. And then now it's going to be who the hell knows. Right. Each movie is going to have its own machine and it's going to be going on the internet and they connect with some new people. I can't have seven more machines.
    13:01
    Yeah, who knows. It's a strong enough license. Yeah. You know, everyone, the biggest speculations, of course, is money. Is this going to be a thing where, well, we've got to add five grand on each machine because of the contract, because of how much it costs to get this license. Yeah. In which case, this is probably going to sell out no matter what. Oh, I'm sure. I mean, that is, it'd be like if they had a Taylor Swift pinball machine. Oh, my goodness. It wouldn't even matter. No, it wouldn't matter how much it is. And they could make them forever, and they'll just continue selling out. Right. And everyone in the pinball hobby would go, that's stupid. Yeah. Except for the people making it, and they'd be like, well, we're retching out. Right. We have a whole new factory, because it just makes that one machine, and every Swifty in the world buys it. Yeah. She takes it on one tour, plays it one time at each show, and that's the end of it. She now owns Stern.
    13:53
    But it's that kind of a draw. It has that much power. It does have draw. So I don't know. Because these last two, the Godzilla and the Elvira, the Godzilla, they're all for us. But you were like, you love this. Why aren't we getting this? You've pushed it knowing how much I love them. yeah so now i had to go well you love harry potter don't you have to get this one i don't want to go further into debt but i'm kind of like well i know well you'll have to play it i guess i'm gonna have to see yeah i mean we have to pay this one off first and then the lighting the lighting kits maybe that'll be your christmas present you never you never know merry christmas everyone no i know no but i don't know it's i mean it is because like it was my dream theme on whatever show number we did our dream theme you love i know i do you have the matching books and you have the pens you have a pen set that's every every house yep yep i have i the first book i have i think from eight or nine different countries yeah so i remember i sent you one from japan and korea yeah yeah i have one from vietnam that tau got me yeah and then i don't think i have germany I think I have. So if you're listening from Germany, could you send Crab Roussali a Harry Potter one? Yes. Is that the name of it? Harry Potter one? Harry Potter, yes. The first Harry Potter. Harry Potter and wine. Oh, that's not right. I don't want wine. If you want to send beer from Germany, that'd be okay. No kidding. You can pack that all together if you want. I have something I would like to talk about. What's that? So this past weekend was the Women's Wisconsin Championship. Oh, yeah, yeah. Yeah, and our fellow tribe member, Rachel, took second place in the state of Wisconsin. And everyone favorite barista took first Everyone favorite barista Cassidy took number one Wow representing Lumberjack Johnny Or at least I guess the coffee at Lumberjack Johnny I don know I think she's representing herself pretty much. I believe you're correct on that one, yes. Yeah. But then the other two, the top three and four were Becky and Dory, who are part of the Women's Flip Wisconsin. Nice. Ladies' Flip. I always get it wrong. I did, too. I don't know why. Now, was one of them the one that was with us at Don's when we did the unboxing? No. Okay. She was there, though, right? She played. She was one of the 16. Okay. So she made finals. That's cool. No, she didn't make finals. Oh. It was 16 to start. Oh, gotcha, gotcha, gotcha. Yeah. That's cool. Yeah. I mean, just being there. Yeah. And then you were very excited about the ladies' flip next tournament, and then you were like, wait, that's on Super Bowl Sunday. I know. I'm very torn. because it's at glow in the park which i love going to glow in the park yeah really and now that i don't have to work weekends i really want to start going to all the ladies flip but it's super bowl sunday and we usually like do a whole thing where we eat around the like the super bowl like we have football we have football snacks all day it's the one day we're like go i know so i don't know i probably will just start in march which i think is at nikki's house so oh that makes sense yeah very cool yeah yeah i don't think i had anything else i had one or two topics but there i when i read them now i was like i don't want to talk about those so okay what now i guess it's time for everyone's no no no not yet we have to talk about my uh my hobo nichi oh my god everyone's right i was rushing to the okay so tell what what's a hobo my hobo nichi is like a planner is that one of the harry potter books it is not the spell of hobo nichi oh no it's not um so it's a planner and it's from japan it has a whole bunch of neat things in it and one of the things in the back is like your top like a list of 100 things for the year wow so this year i have that or just yours you should have it too because i have one but i have a different one yeah a smaller one because i don't know why i decided that this year my 100 list is going to be pinball machines. Okay, now what does that mean to you? So I need to play 100 different machines over the course of the year. Oh my. That's a little bit harder than you think. I know, but also maybe not. One or two of those things, if you go to like if you go to District 82, that's going to be like 70 machines. Right.
    18:33
    That's a lot of playing in one day though, so we might have to go multiple times. No, we'd have to go on a Saturday. Yeah. Instead of Friday. Like I like Friday nights. Yeah. But I guarantee you Saturday is probably busier, but also probably more spread out so you could play more, maybe. See, I love the old machines up there. I do really like older machines more. I mean, the new ones are great. I didn't mean more as far as... The replayability of a new machine is leaps and bounds better, but I love the old machines. Yeah. I'm kind of better at the old machines, to be honest with you. They're slower, like me. they're older and slower like me so I do like the old stuff the old EMs and some of those crazy ones they have some really great ones but I know that we have one that you haven't even put in your book yet I haven't even played Dr. Dude yet this year I don't hate it though I don't know it's hard I think for me I don't know I don't really play it that much and maybe that's part of the it's like poking fun at me I think maybe you just don't it doesn't have lighted speakers so you don't like oh wait none of them do yet so okay anyway maybe that's it I don't think so you don't even notice that crap I talk about do you not really you do notice the art blades though right because you help put them in I just did an hours worth of work over on that and maybe that's another problem I have with Dr. Dude was putting those side decals on and I'm just like Yeah, but you did so good. I know. That thing got perfect. Man, we bondoed the sides, and that thing's dialed in and tight and right. Right. But, you know. So, 100 demo machines. 100 different gigs. And I decided to count, like, I play our Godzilla Premium here. So, if it's a Godzilla Pro, you're going to still count that. I counted that, too. Because. Cheating the system a little bit. Maybe. Maybe a little bit. But. Not really. They're different machines. Right. they do they are okay so I think everyone's rooting for you I hope so you should also do like a hundred beers oh I can do a hundred machines into a hundred beers that's no problem okay so there you have it folks because I actually okay no no we'll talk about it next all right after everyone's favorite theme song yes you know for a while a couple days I had that theme song stuck in my head thanks Glenn thank you Glenn we did we done yep all right here is everyone's favorite theme song for everyone's favorite segment. Craft Brew Sally Gonna have to put your journal down Craft Brew Sally, child You've been to all the breweries around You've been running all over the town Tell me what to drink until I fall on the ground Yeah That's right, people.
    21:41
    And we're back, but before we start, I know we have to... We got an email from the amazing Rando. The amazing Rando. So, tell us, what did you get here? So, Rando said, hey you two, enjoy the show, the we want to... Thank you very much. and wanted to pass along my favorite holiday brew. Found it at Costco and got a couple bottles for my pop, and it was quite tasty, even though strong. Brewed by monks, so I guess it has to be good. Chimay Grand Reserve. We know that Chimay. Yeah. We've seen that before. We have. I don't know if I've had anything from Chimay. I bet you the Grand Reserve is like some special once-a-year thing. You know what I mean? It might be that or it might be one of those like higher alcohol content. Oh, it's a Belgian dark ale. I'm sorry, Belgian strong dark ale. I thought some of the shtick with that was the monks brewed it really heavy because during times of fasting, it actually served as nutrients. So they were able to drink it. I might have just made that up in my head. But I watched a lot of kung fu movies in my life. So I think it came up. I don't know. That's what I remember hearing. We have not had this one. Or I have not. You may have before. Or I may have had. In the monastery in the hills of China. Yeah, I remember that. Well, I drank so much of that stuff I don't remember it. Anyway, go ahead. So, yes, what else? It comes in a 750 ml bottle. So it's quite large. Yeah, those are those big ones. Anything else in the email? Nope. All right. Well, thanks very much, Amazing Rando. I know we gave you a slight call out on our Wii show because that was in between. Yes. But now this is the official. So we always encourage people to write. Don't be mean. But, you know, it's in the links. And I think Crafter Sally gave a shout out to it. Yes. Maybe twice. Probably. Three times. Four times. Who knows how many times. All right. Thanks. And now it's time for you to elaborate on your beer journey. So last week I talked about how Untapped wouldn let you look at your year end results They got you didn they Without paying They got you didn they Without paying. They got you, didn't they, Scarecrow and Sally?
    24:00
    They may have got me. And may have meaning absolutely. They absolutely got me. Yeah, they did. So here, take my $33 so I can see how many beers I had last year. Oh, my God.
    24:18
    I may have a problem. That's a yearly thing, isn't it? Yeah. Oh, my. I feel like it was worth the $33. Yeah, if you'll use it, then it is. Yeah. So I paid the money, and now I can go over my year in review.
    24:32
    So it lists my top beers. I'm not sure how it picks the top beers because it wasn't listed like, oh, these are the ones you rated highest. It was just a random selection of beers. so I just picked like the ones that I really liked and one of them of course was pink fluffy unicorns dancing on rainbows yes everyone's favorite really and the other one was a Drekker plop painkiller which was awesome you just left your job here's a painkiller you got it for me for some reason I can't remember why and then it lists my top breweries which of course one of them was Drecker because I love everything by Drecker I had 29 Drecker beers and the Brewing Project which is in I think it's in Eau Claire yeah I think that's where it was Brewing Project and Lion's Tale were the next ones and those I had nine of each of those so does it give totals how many total beers did you have I haven't gotten that far yet. Oh, you're... I'm coming. Oh, okay. It's coming. I'll just sit back and listen like the rest of us. And then it listed my top venue, which guess what my top venue was? I can't even imagine. Yes, you can. Corks and Caps. No. Venue. I don't know. Lumberjack Johnny's. There you go. Yeah, that makes sense. And then it lists the top styles, which I had Sour Fruited, Sour Smoothie, and then IPA, which I was surprised. I thought I drank more IPAs than sours, but here we are.
    26:14
    And now the stat you're looking for. Oh, my God. I had 153 new beers last year. 153 beers last year. New beers, yeah. And I just had one beer last year. Yes, but it wasn't new. That's not true. I've had more than one. I had Asahi. Not new. I had Bud Light Platinum. Not new. And I think that's it. So I had two beers last year. Not new beers, just beers. I make you taste a lot of them, though. So you've had some. I do. So does that go year over year? Does it show the year before? Are you up from year over year? I think I can put in the dates on it. Go for a new personal best every year. I think that might be causing alcoholism across America. I might have to do that for next show. So see how far back I can go and how many I had every year. Let's do a deep dive on the stats. Yes, let's do that.
    27:13
    Well, that's cool. I mean, I know a lot of our tribe members helped add to that number by bringing in some awesomeness. Yes. You know, people from around the globe looking for, was that one Elder the? Pliny the Elder. There you go, Pliny the Elder. Which I love. I think that was a Harry Potter character, I think. No. The 10th one. Remember that one? Come on, Pliny. Throw that ball with the wings, and I'm going to hit it with a stick. Remember that part? Do you know what that ball with the wings is? I do not. Baseball, I think it's called. Okay. All right.
    27:47
    Which baseball? Which warlock's baseball? Keep going. No, I'm good. Okay. We're all good. I don't want any hate mail from the Taylor Swift. From the Potterheads. Potterheads, yeah. The Potterheads or the Swifties. Neither of them. I'm just being me, man. you just be you. No, it's all good. So there you have it. Beers untapped.
    28:10
    You got my money. You got their money. That's right, yeah. And you know, every time that Rocket Mortgage commercial comes on, they go, you have so many subscriptions. I'm like, we don't have that many subscriptions. Yeah, we do. We have Adobe. We have untapped. We have others. We have ancestry. That's what it's talking about. It's just all these rando things that now are starting to ring you up. You know, I let some go because I don't, I'm not going to pay. You know, and I just don't. Like, I don't subscribe to, like, Prime. It says, oh, if you subscribe, you know, you're not going to hear any commercials. It's like, just the hell with it. No, we already pay. I know. It's like, ugh, just everyone. Mm-hmm. You know. We want to keep our money. We work hard for it. We just want to give Zach our money. We're saving up to give Zach all of our money. so we yeah like I don't even do I do feel like I should do some Patreons but I don't like there's some shows I actually really like look forward to and I listen to each you know and I not just pinball ones there's a couple others but I just can't I don't know like you're just like man I don't know I don't know why I just don't you know I could right that's beer money it's lit speaker money because we all want our speakers to flash lights on our pinball machines, don't we, folks? I kid. If you want your speakers to flash lights, could you email us and tell me why? Oh, the reasons are endless. I want to hear from others.
    29:48
    Again, you are asking a lot. If you're listening, please email me and tell me why you would want flashing speakers. I guess I shouldn't say this because we made fun of Promi forever because he didn't get that car with the flashing speakers. He chose not to get them. Backstory. A friend of mine, Promi, he got one of those Kias, and one of the options was to pay extra for the leakers that blinked. It had the LEDs in them and they were blinking. and I looked at him and he said he didn't get him and I almost, I might have fallen out of my chair and I made fun of him mercilessly. I was like, well that's as dumb as buying a car without blinking lights in your speakers because why wouldn't you? And he just, I don't know, we differed on that. Yeah. And now I'm kind of making fun of you for wanting those. I think what's going to happen is I'm going to buy one and I'm going to either put it in the Godzilla or I'm going to put it in the Elvira. Okay. And then you're going to be like, that does look really cool. I mean, yeah, now I'm on the hook for a second one because we've got to get one for the Godzilla. And, you know, maybe not. We'll see. Yeah, we'll see. But if you would like to email us, you can email us at pinballjd at gmail.com. Go ahead.
    31:05
    Educate Pinball Sally on why. Craft Brew Sally. Come on. Get my name right. Jesus. What did I say? Pinball Sally. Come on down, Pinball Sally.
    31:18
    I'm not even drinking. I'm so dumb. All right. That's the end of this. Thanks for listening to, what is this called again? Craft Brew Junk Drawer, I think it was called. And then Harry Votter Junk Drawer. And yes, email if you like, and we'll be glad you did. Thanks for listening, one and all.
    31:39
    That's it, man. Game over, man. Game over.