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Pinball Junk Drawer Episode 69 - Wizards and Standees and Beer Whatnot!

Poor Man's Pinball Podcast·podcast_episode·22m 56s·analyzed·Apr 3, 2025
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TL;DR

Community meet-up at D&D launch, Harry Potter licensing clarity, Gary Stern standee acquisition.

Summary

Pinball Junk Drawer Episode 69 features hosts Foghorn Leghorn and Craft Brew Sally discussing their recent experience at a Dungeons & Dragons launch party, meeting a listener named John, and the acquisition of a Gary Stern cardboard cutout standee. The episode includes discussion of Harry Potter pinball licensing details shared by Jack Guarneri at Texas Pinball Festival, featuring voice actors instead of original actors, and concludes with a Mount Rushmore of beers segment.

Key Claims

  • Harry Potter pinball will use voice actors instead of original movie actors for cost reasons

    high confidence · Jack Guarneri confirmed on Pinball News podcast that they have all assets but it's not going to be the actors, it's going to be like a voice actor that does the voice overs for the rides or roller coasters

  • Jack Guarneri has been pursuing Harry Potter licensing for 10 years

    high confidence · He said 10 years. He's been after it for 10 years, being a huge Harry Potter fan, she does not give anything up.

  • Jersey Jack Pinball machines become more appreciated when owned long-term

    medium confidence · If you own a Jersey Jack, you appreciate them more. When you put the dollar down and it drains you're confused, but when you own them and spend a lot of time with them, then you start getting it.

  • Dungeons & Dragons pinball has strong aftermarket mod community already developing

    medium confidence · They're already starting to make awesome mods for it and everything like that. So it's pretty cool.

  • A listener named John met Foghorn Leghorn and Craft Brew Sally at Lumberjack Johnny's during a D&D launch party

    high confidence · Someone came over and says, are you Craft Brew Sally? And then he said our catchphrase. John, it was wonderful meeting you, a listener. Has a long commute.

Notable Quotes

  • “for your ears and your butt”

    Foghorn Leghorn / Craft Brew Sally @ Opening and closing — Show's signature catchphrase; listener John spontaneously quoted it at Lumberjack Johnny's, which impressed the hosts

  • “That game is a monster.”

    Foghorn Leghorn @ ~13:00 — Assessment of Dungeons & Dragons pinball quality after listener John purchased a used machine with only 100 plays

  • “it's going to be one of the biggest things ever”

    Craft Brew Sally @ ~23:00 — Prediction about Harry Potter pinball's commercial success regardless of game quality

  • “The return, the long game is going to be the return. This thing is going to sell. I mean, it could be a terrible game and it's going to sell, you know, a couple thousand.”

    Craft Brew Sally @ ~22:30 — Commentary on Harry Potter pinball's guaranteed commercial success due to IP strength

  • “I'm slowly becoming Gary Stern.”

    Craft Brew Sally @ ~43:00 — Joke about aging as they received Gary Stern cardboard cutout standee to join their pinball machine collection

Entities

Foghorn LeghornpersonCraft Brew SallypersonJohnpersonJack GuarneripersonDungeons & Dragons: The Tyrant's EyegameHarry PottergamePinball Junk DrawerorganizationLumberjack Johnny'sorganization

Signals

  • ?

    community_signal: Listener John spontaneously recognized and quoted Pinball Junk Drawer catchphrase at Lumberjack Johnny's, indicating successful podcast reach and community recognition

    high · Someone came over and says, are you Craft Brew Sally? And then he turned and said, you must be Foghorn Leghorn. And he said our catchphrase.

  • ?

    event_signal: Texas Pinball Festival featured Harry Potter pinball announcement and new wizard-themed attractions expanding venue offerings

    medium · TPF had like, there's now there was like a Cactus Canyon. Like there's an add on thing. That's Merlin's Wonder Shop or Wizards or something. And then there's like Merlin's Arcade.

  • ?

    licensing_signal: Harry Potter pinball cost-cutting strategy confirmed: using voice actors from theme park attractions instead of original movie actors to manage licensing expenses

    high · he was kind of saying, like yes they have all the assets but it's not going to be the actors it's going to be like a voice actor that does I guess the voice overs for the rides or the roller coasters

  • $

    market_signal: Harry Potter pinball expected to achieve significant commercial success regardless of game quality due to IP strength

    high · This thing is going to sell. I mean, it could be a terrible game and it's going to sell, you know, a couple thousand.

  • ?

    community_signal: Jersey Jack Pinball machines require extended ownership period to fully appreciate design philosophy; initial player experience can be confusing before learning curve

    medium · If you own a Jersey Jack, you appreciate them more...when you put the dollar down and it drains, you're confused...but when you own them and spend a lot of time with them, then you start getting it

Transcript

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0:00
Now who's responsible, 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.
0:25
Coming to you live from the dankest, darkest basement in Greenville, Wisconsin, I'm talking, of course, about the pinball junk drawer. Big Show 69. Insert sexual innuendo here. My name's Foghorn Leghorn. With me, as always, Craft Brew Sally. Wowzers. And this is, of course, the only pinball podcast that's for your ears. And your butt. That's right. We actually had a call-out for our world-famous catchphrase last week. And I think I almost fell over. I know. I studied myself. It was awesome. It was. So we were at Lumberjack Johnny's because why not go to Lumberjack Johnny's? Because we had two out of the three for the March Madness quest. And we're like, well, guess we're going to play pinball at the Lumberjack Johnny's to get that boopie-doop. And when we get there, they're having a Dungeons and Dragons release party. Launch party. And so there was a bunch of people there. see I was sorry to interrupt I was thinking about doing that but then I saw it was a tournament and I was like nah if they would have just said hey you're here play this game I would have been like yep I'm in I'll stand in line to play this game but then I was like oh wait no nothing against tournaments I just no I don't I'm okay I'm not good at tournament play I mean it's fine sometimes I know the one that you go to the Lady's Club Wisconsin that's fun it is and you look forward to that I do quite a bit back to the story So anyway, so we're playing, I don't even remember what game we were playing. Aerosmith, I think. It must have been Aerosmith because I was like, why am I getting Boopy Doops? Oh, that's because I never play Aerosmith.
2:08
And then, so we finished our game and we were just standing there. I think we were talking to Lumberjack Dave or something. And someone came over and says, are you Craft Brew Sally? And I was like, yeah. And then he turned and said, you must be Foghorn Leghorn. And I was like, yeah, wow. Then he said our catchphrase. Yep, he did. And I was like, wow, for your ears and your butt. So big shout out. For John. John, it was wonderful meeting you, a listener. Has a long commute. So he's digging all the different podcasts. And it was nice to hear that he digs our positivity. Or just, I guess, not drama. We're not super positive. But, you know, yeah, that's what we strive for. And then, of course, he was with a tribe member, the Chosen One. The chosen one, yes. And I didn't get the other guy's name. Mike? I think it was Mark. Mark, okay. Yes. Sorry, Mark. Yeah, sorry. He was, and I'm almost sure I've met him before. As dumb as that might sound, I think he might have been kicking around with the chosen one. I could be totally wrong about that. Maybe at Expo or the MGC. Yeah, that's what I mean. So I thought, but my brain is a sieve of just, it catches very little things. It kind of just, most things are water, is what I'm going to say. You know, that all, ooh, be like water. Well, both things are water, and it's a sieve that just goes right through my brain. So that's how that works. Hmm. Visuals, everyone. So it was wonderful meeting him. He's the new owner of, he bought a used Dungeons & Dragons. I was like, a used, well-purchased, because that game is slamming. I think they said only 100 plays. Yeah. I was like, wow, you know. And that's good on him, man. I know it's tough plunking down cash, but it was a good buy because that game is a monster. Yeah, it is.
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    product_strategy: Dungeons & Dragons pinball already generating strong aftermarket mod community interest post-release

    medium · They're already starting to make awesome mods for it and everything like that.

    • 4:07
    I'm going to put more time on it. Of course, not during a tournament, not during a reveal party. I was like, okay, next time. Next time, baby, because they're already starting to make awesome mods for it and everything like that. So it's pretty cool. It was great. I was, I never, now I've had a lot of shows, every now and then I would get noticed from the TV show. Like someone would go, oh, I know that voice, because we were never on air other than in costume. Right. But he was like, oh, they know the voice, and I'd be like, oh, yeah, we do that show. And it's always, I don't want to say off-putting, but it's like, whoa. Yeah. Like someone, when you meet someone that actually listens and gives a crap about what you say, you're like, holy crap. Hi. You know, you don't even know how to, yeah, go, hi. You know, I'm like a big dork. I know. But it was very cool. Yeah. And I don't know. How'd they do? Did you see how any of them did? I did look at it. I think John did pretty well. Nice. I'm sorry. I didn't. It's okay. I'm putting you on the spot. I know. It's all all right. Paul Bruce Alley needs some time to research things sometimes. It's totally okay. I promise. And a good big shout out. I'm trying to think of all the names. we should have like a list that we read off every time to thank them like Dan the Man and Skateboarder Glenn and that's the problem though now I'm going to miss like 17 people that we should say hey to and acknowledge but we don't again anyway so lots of exciting news Harry Potter is getting some clarity it was the big deal that Jack Guarneri kind of announced it sort of at Texas the Texas Pinball Festival TPF.
    5:53
    I watched parts of it and I was like, okay, whatever. There's been plenty of commentary on that. How it was revealed and all that kind of stuff. I don't really... This isn't a surprise to anybody. Not anybody that is a pinball content consumer. You know, it's been out there for two years now or whatever the hell. It was kind of interesting to hear how long he's been after. He said 10 years. Yeah, I mean, I have to, being a huge Harry Potter fan, she does not give anything up. No. I'm surprised that there's as much merchandise out there as there is. Yeah. But I'm sure she's getting probably 70, 30 on that. Yeah. Maybe more. I think what happens is something gets super popular. and then you don't want to be the kiss of that thing where it's so merchandised it's almost like comical. Right. But everyone's clamoring for it. That's the problem. Everyone's clamoring for Harry Potter. It's going to be one of the biggest things ever. Right. You know, so it's exciting. But it was just an odd thing. But now then I listened to a, what is it, Pinball News? They had to do like a monthly wrap-up kind of a podcast. and it's always, that one's very like fact based you know, those guys are kind of in the industry so they, or they have a lot of friends in the industry so they get a lot of actual things. So they talk to Jack himself, he was on the show and he was kind of saying, like yes they have all the assets but it's not going to be the actors it's going to be like a voice actor that does I guess the voice overs for the rides or the roller coasters. Oh, so it's probably Warner Brothers. Something. You know, like, and I'm sure that's also, that's a way to like, you have to cost cut at some point if you have this massive license that costs so much money. Yeah. The return, the long game is going to be the return. This thing is going to sell. I mean, it could be a terrible game and it's going to sell, you know, a couple thousand. I would have one in the basement just because of the theme. And I'm not a huge Jersey Jack fan. Yeah. Well, and again, I honestly think it's that if you own a Jersey Jack, you appreciate them more. Because you can tell there's interesting stuff there. Yeah. But when you put the dollar down and it drains, you're like, I don't know, what the hell's going on here? Like, it feels so much different. And then I think, like, when you own them and you spend a lot of time with them, then you're kind of like, oh, this, okay, I get, you know, now you start getting it kind of, you know.
    8:25
    But I don't have, we don't have 15, 12, 15 grand to get it. Right. Do you know what I mean? You're like, oh, okay. And good luck reeling me in when we're at a convention. Oh, let's go play this game. I'm like, I already have three games. I'm already three games down the road by the time you turn around and say, hey, let's wait in line for, oh, never mind. Yeah, it's hard to reign you in at an expo or Disney Quest. Oh, great. He's falling in with some godly piece of crap from 78. Oh, well. Guess we're going to go on that journey now, huh? That's a crap of a style he's saying in her brain when I'm, oh, look at this. This is so cool. You're like, oh, yeah, it looks cool.
    9:01
    How it just drains every time you plunge. That's cool. I'm so dumb. I'm going to be over here just, you know, doing my thing. You go ahead and.
    9:12
    Yeah. I'm like an excited dog. I have 10,000 steps in before the doors actually even open. Oh, my goodness. It's unbelievable.
    9:20
    It's like you in a store. You touch everything. I do. Oh, my goodness. Yeah. Everything. Well, what can I tell you? So that was interesting. And then like TPF had like, there's now there was like a Cactus Canyon. Like there's an add on thing. That's Merlin's Wonder Shop or Wizards or something. And then there's like Merlin's Arcade. And then there's some other. What's the resurgence of Wizards? Should we buy like a 70s van and get some murals on the side? Is that? No. Maybe we should invest in a franchise for Spencer's gift. if you want to get ahead of it because wizards must be making a comeback I didn't know that that was a thing see like because wizards are different like Harry Potter doesn't invoke the feelings of like the 70's style wizard with the black lights and the what not it's a little different am I missing something? is it the same? no it's totally not the same Okay. So you're saying we're not getting a van and or investing in a Spencer's Gift franchise?
    10:30
    No. Okay. Well, all right. Harry Potter pinball machine. Looks like you're missing the boat. All right. One of us could be making money.
    10:38
    Look at that. There's a globe you can put your hand on. Look at that electric. That's pretty wild, huh? You can make a... Here's our poster section. You turn a black light on, maybe? No. Okay. so yeah there's a lot of a lot of cool stuff coming with pinball i'm excited i'm excited to see the uh the harry potter stuff of course you know stern is is uh fresh off the heels of dungeons and dragons who knows what's coming up with them we had some exciting stern news though do you want to you want to tell the story we do so last week i was at work and it was like you know my downtime at the end of the day and I was looking through Facebook. It's not two o'clock-ish. Nah brah So I looking through Facebook and i see expo exclusive harry or gary stern cut out oh and i was like what yeah that what we were talking about that right like because we had we we we whiffed we did lumberjack dave and and nikki were we were on the stern tour with them and they bought one and we were like oh man we should have got we could have got we should have yeah and then we didn't and then driving home i'm like why why didn't we i think i was driving home from chicago i was like why the hell didn't we buy one of those like you know what what was it was the dumbest thing we ever did ever didn't do i guess yeah yeah so i was like i tried to call foghorn and of course he didn't pick up because if he sees that on Facebook he is just going to buy it so I was like I'm going to buy it and then we're going to have two so he didn't pick up so I just bought it and then he called back he's like hey what's going on and I was like well here's the story so finally Gary Stern has come back to the pinball junk drawer. And it's neat because we have Melody from the Woe Nelly, her staying there holding melons. And we recently got an Elvira because those are our pinball machines. So then immediately I put Gary in between Elvira and Melody and sent a picture of that to Stern Marketing saying, you know, the girls are getting a little bit lonely, thankfully, Gary. So if you go to our Facebook page, we have the pinball junk drawer Facebook page. I put a picture of that up because I thought it was really I amuse myself easily but it's pretty cool so now we have Elvira, we have Melody for Woe Nelly and we have now finally Gary Stern is with us he's going to be fun at parties, that's all I can say well he was fun at parties he is fun at parties and it was just like, it came yesterday and then I was looking at my Facebook that then and now thing that pops up all the time and it was a picture of Foghorn with Gary Stern at a party in Florida. Oh, yeah, the Curly's Barbecue or whatever the hell it's called. Because I still have that T-shirt. I should take a picture of me in that T-shirt now with the standee and just put that then and now. That's funny. We could literally do a then and now with just me with a cutout. Right. It would be fun. I think we're going to end up doing that. I was surprised how bright and yellow that shirt was. I still wear that shirt all the time, and now the yellow is kind of like that faded yellow. It's green. No. Okay. Green? No, no. I have the yellow one was the one I was wearing. The yellow pinball bumper one. I promise you. So I was like, wow, look how yellow that used to be. So now it's going to be all faded. My hair is going to be all gray.
    14:27
    I'm slowly becoming Gary Stern. Not as much vodka. Oh, I kid. All right. So what else do we got going on? I think that's all I have. We have a big surprise. Oh, we do have a very, very exciting surprise. I have a feeling if, I'm sorry, I have a feeling if things play out the way they are in my brain, like the next two or three shows are going to be pretty jam-packed with some awesomeness. Yeah. Because I just, I'm going to try and parlay the one super cool thing into a secondary cool thing, and I promise you guys you'll dig it. But we're not going to let the cat out of the bag for that. you have to stick around it'll be good for your butt and oh damn it it'll be good for your ears and your butt don't mix up the catchphrase because if you do then people get confused you have to say it exactly the same way ears and your butt let's drop in the music because it's time for everyone's favorite segment of the pinball junk drawer craft brew salad gonna have to put You're churled down Crook 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. All right. So this week I have a question for you. Oh, my God. Yeah. I'm going to put you on the spot because you always put me on the spot. That's okay. So what would your Mount Rushmore of beers be? Mount Rushmore of beers. So top four. Oh, my goodness gracious. Yep. You know, I don't know. I'd have to go back to like when I was a teenager maybe. I would do I do a what's that one Moosehead I haven't had a Moosehead lately I used to we used to when we like because we drank cheap beer because we were poor yeah I don't think I have a Moosehead in my journal I don't know how Canada feels about Moosehead but I think I used to when we were kids we used to drink a lot of it okay Moosehead would be up there I almost would say St. Polly Girl but I haven't had one of them in like forever either so I'm going to say Asahi okay so Asahi Moosehead oh my goodness gracious let me think just because I'm sure Dr. John's no not is it Dr. John I going to say Foster I not like the two guys that we were with at Expo just crashed their cars They driving some Henry HJs and they just smashed them into each other And then Mel Gibson came out of a bush. He was like, you guys need help? And they're like, no, just some curse word just said he likes Fosters. I'm kidding with him. That's okay. So Fosters isn't on the top? No. I don't mind Fosters, but it's not on the top. Okay. God, like if I say like Bud Platinum, people would literally throw rocks at me. I can't say that. I mean, you know. Yours is not craft. No. Yours is not the craft beer Mount Rushmore. No, it isn't. Mine is. So you do yours and let me think through about my other two. I will. I'll get them. So as I'm like thinking about this, I was like, hmm, I really miss Florida beer.
    18:03
    Yeah. I think only one of them is not from Florida. Huh. So my first one is High Lie, which is an IPA from Cigar City. Yeah, you like High Lie a lot. Oh, I miss Cigar City so bad. And then from probably my all-time favorite brewery from Arcane is Cherry Papa.
    18:27
    Yeah. That was a cherry sour. and then Funky Buddha Buttercup. Tasted just like a liquid Reese's Pieces. Not a liquid Reese's Pieces, a Reese's Cup.
    18:46
    Yeah. And then number four is Grand Crew 22 from Hinterland. Grand Crew 22? What is that? It's like a cherry it's like a I think it's a strong ale oh okay wow look how easy you had time to think though I did I'm gonna say Guinness oh yeah Guinness has to be on there so what do I have Asahi, Guinness and Moosehead and I guess my fourth one I would I should say like Harp for the fourth one but I'm gonna do a callback because it took a great many of my brain cells I'm gonna go with Black Label man oh no now that is on there just because of how much I drank it when we were poor.
    19:32
    Like, I guarantee if I drank one now, I would spit it out and smash the bottle on the ground in front of you. But, yeah, I'm doing it, man. Why not? Yeah. This was really hard for me to decide for. Yeah, because you have a lot of the different kinds. I like to try a lot of beers, so it's not like I drink a lot of the same one. I'm going to finally get to someplace that has moose head, and I'm going to buy it, and I'm going to be like, ugh. And I'm going to be like, can I revise my Mount Rushmore? I think Moosehead's good, but the problem is it comes in the green bottle. Yeah, so it's skunk. If you don't buy it, like I think at a tap or fresh, it's not good. I don't know. And I doubt that anywhere here in Wisconsin has Moosehead on tap. No, probably not. I should have done it like a Leinenkugel maybe. And I was wavering because I love Leinenkugel's Summer Shandy, but I was like, hmm, if I had to pick my top four, it's so hard. If any of my crew from when I was growing up was listening, they probably did a shout-out because, yay, black label. We drank way too much. We felt bad for buying it, so we used to call it Bud Labels. Instead of black label, it was Bud Label. My friend Jack used to buy it because even though he was 17, he looked like he was 23. So he bought us all the beer we wanted at the place your Aunt Riri used to work because they didn't give a crap about who they were selling beer to, and it was never a problem buying underage. So there you have it. Yay for our – so your Mount Rushmore is just a quick summary. What is it? It is High Lie, Cherry Papa, Buttercup, and Grand Crew 22. All right. Mine's Moosehead, Asahi, Guinness, and Black Label. Yeah. One of these things is not like the other. If you're listening to this, I would really love to hear what your Mount Rushmore is. so send me your Mount Rushmore at pinballjd at gmail.com pinballjd at gmail.com also if anyone that ever wants a sticker this isn't a scheme we don't keep a list if you want one we will literally just you send us your email or email us your address we literally just put a sticker in the mail send it to you we're not keeping track we'll give a shout out to you on the show we like to send our we love to send our stickers all over the place because that way we're getting more reach I don't know if that means and if you notice us in public you can ask us for a sticker yeah, Crab for Sally carries them and John got one yeah, John did get one, awesome so one last shout out before we go of course we have to show a little bit make sure you're hitting up Silver Ball Swag we are seeing people buying up our shirts and our merch, it's awesome we have women's cut, men's cut the logos on t-shirts. Pint glasses. Pint glasses, because Craft Your Sally, gotta have that. Yeah. And I think we have other stuff there, like pins and buttons and stickers. But, again, you write us, send me your address, send us your address, and we will ship you out a sticker. You'll be glad you did. Anything else, Craft Brew? Don't forget, it's for your ears and your butt. Yes. And with that, we bid you adieu.
    22:47
    That's it, man. Game over, man. Game over. Bye.