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Dutch and Kevin's Birthday Bash at The Grasley Garage!

Pinball Shenanigans·video·19m 8s·analyzed·Aug 20, 2025
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TL;DR

Birthday tournament at Grazley Garage celebrates Dutch and Kevin with 28+ players competing.

Summary

Mike Dimus from Pinball Shenanigans documents a birthday tournament celebration at Grazley Garage for Dutch (turning 19) and Kevin's birthdays, featuring approximately 28-29 players competing across 30 pinball machines in an A/B finals format. Dutch wins the A division tournament and claims the championship trophy, with community members celebrating at the packed venue.

Key Claims

  • Dutch and Kevin were not charged entry fees for the tournament despite being two of approximately 29 players

    high confidence · Tournament organizer explicitly states '29 players, but 28 payouts cuz Dutch and Kevin were not charging them'

  • Grazley Garage has approximately 30 pinball machines and was in 'the most organized and tiptop shape' recently

    high confidence · Maddie states 'this is the like the most organized and tiptop shape the arcade has been in and pretty much complete, too' and Mike references '30 people and 30 pinball machines'

  • Dutch is turning 19 years old at this event

    high confidence · Mike introduces the segment as 'It's Dutch's 19th birthday' and references becoming of legal drinking age at midnight

  • Dutch won the A division championship with Mike Dimus in second place

    high confidence · Tournament results show Dutch as champion after final match, with Mike finishing second in A division

  • The Grazley Garage venue recently acquired Flintstones and Paragon pinball machines

    high confidence · Maddie references 'Couple machines in the middle here, the recent pickups, the Flintstones and Paragon'

Notable Quotes

  • “Uh, seems like a nice night to go check out the Grazley garage. I wonder if there's uh anything going on here tonight.”

    Mike Dimus @ opening — Establishes the casual documentary format of Pinball Shenanigans content

  • “this is the like the most organized and tiptop shape the arcade has been in and pretty much complete, too”

    Maddie @ mid-video — Indicates Grazley Garage recent improvements and venue quality for tournament hosting

  • “Dutch and Kevin were not charging them. There's 340 in the A division and 180 in the B division.”

    tournament organizer @ tournament payouts section — Clarifies tournament structure and birthday gesture by venue/organizers

  • “He's 18. He'll be 19 in a few minutes.”

    tournament organizer @ award presentation — Humor around Dutch's exact age at tournament time vs. official birthday milestone

Entities

Mike DimuspersonDutchpersonKevinpersonGrazley GarageorganizationPinball ShenanigansorganizationCory CookpersonDan ShadicpersonJuliepersonHerbpersonMaddiepersonTrevorperson

Signals

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    event_signal: Birthday tournament at Grazley Garage combining celebration with competitive pinball and A/B division structure

    high · 29 players, organized tournament with tiered payouts, dedicated finals matches, trophy presentation

  • ?

    competitive_signal: Multi-ball stacking and rule exploitation visible in A division finals play; players discussing strategy during matches

    medium · Dutch discussing stacking Mars multiball with other multiballs for 4x margins strategy; commentary on risk/reward of complex shots

  • ?

    venue_signal: Grazley Garage recently invested in machine acquisitions (Flintstones, Paragon) and improved venue organization/presentation

    high · Maddie's explicit statement about 'most organized and tiptop shape' and recent pickups mentioned

Transcript

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0:02
Uh, seems like a nice night to go check out the Grazley garage. I wonder if there's uh anything going on here tonight. Let's see.
0:19
It's Dutch's 19th birthday. I'm Mike Dus and this is Pinball Shenanigans. Bye doggies. Oh [ __ ]
0:34
and also Kevin's birthday. And the house is packed. Let's go for a tour. We got Chris, JC, and Ronald hanging out on the couch. Shout out to Ronald McDonald.
0:53
We got like 10 bags of chips there. Oh, Dutch's uh birthday pile of beer. He's going to build a giant pyramid of beer with all of his uh birthday beers. Check out the spread here. And we got big boy watching out over the action here. We got Mason. What? Come on, man. Get it together. What? Come on, man. Get it together. There's the birthday boy. What's up? There's the birthday boy. What's up? What do you have to say for yourself? Huh? Huh? Okay, that works. Trying to play Brad Wells Trying to play Brad Wells on Mortal Kombat. So, what? what? What did I say? I said nothing. I said What did I say? I said nothing. I said Oh, Oh, it's uh not Mortal Kombat. it's uh not Mortal Kombat. It is uh Street Fighter. It is uh Street Fighter. There you go. There you go. Put respect on the name. Put respect on the name. Thank you. So, we've got a tournament Thank you. So, we've got a tournament here. What's up, Maddie? Okay, Okay, this is the like this is the like the most organized and tiptop shape the arcade has been in and pretty much complete, too. Posting a little birthday action for Dutch as we kind of typically have done the last few years. And uh I don't know. We got about 28 players. There's more than 28 people here though, I'll tell you. Cuz it is warm. When you got 30 people and uh 30 pinball machines, it gets hot quick, right, Herb? Yeah. This is Ray's spawn here, Herb.
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2:49
So, I thought I'd go for a quick little birthday tour here. Couple machines in the middle here, the Couple machines in the middle here, the recent pickups, the Flintstones and Paragon, and then uh scoot around to the other side here. This is what happens when you get like 30 shenanigans in a room together. It's sheer chaos.
3:19
Hey, there he is. What's up, boys? Happy birthday, dude. You antique. Like I said, if you keep that up, you'll be a collector's item soon. You'd be potentially very valuable. Yeah, I know, right? Yeah, I know, right? I'm a little bit older, so, you know, I can't say too much.
3:40
Julie's kicking some butt here on white sweater. in a low period. What are you saying? What are you saying? Oh, perfect. Oh, perfect. Are you still in first place? Are you still in first place? If so, [ __ ] off. If so, [ __ ] off. I didn't do You barely know how to fix I didn't do You barely know how to fix machines. I didn't know you could play them, too.
4:07
Anyway, Mr. Shadic was in first last I checked. Let's go take a look at the tournament software here. Timmy, hey, I actually won. hey, I actually won. Yes, that a boy. Ah, you're out of Yes, that a boy. Ah, you're out of contention for the last place prize of $20 now. Probably. Here you go. Here you go. Yeah. Anyway, you could you could always Yeah. Anyway, you could you could always sandbag.
4:28
All right, let's see. Let's see what we got here in the tournament software. Go to standings. Whoa. Who is that? Whoa. Dutch. Dutch. Whoa. Who is that? Whoa. Dutch. Dutch. Did you see this? Look who's not in first, dude. I took a last on my second game. dude. I took a last on my second game. Oh [ __ ] Oh [ __ ] Dan Shadic. Oh, he's still in a match Dan Shadic. Oh, he's still in a match right now. So, uh, you know, he could surge to uh first again. So, we got to top four will be um Is my butt in your way? All right, fine. Well, I'll just look at All right, fine. Well, I'll just look at this screen then. Top four will go to the A finals and then five through eight will go to the B finals. And I see Matt McGoffin, Jay the neighbor, Cory Cook, and Sean Arts currently in contention for B, but we're playing for another hour and 15 minutes. Michael, did you win? You did. I had a boy. Michael's currently uh babysitting my stranger things right now. Taking good care of it. Even pin snaked it for me. What a guy. Appreciate that. Ki, I've seen some of your tours, your little videos. You did like Ontario Pinfest recently. Go check it out. Ki look at just type in Ki in YouTube and hopefully you'll find it.
6:01
That is um what's going on in the Grazley garage. Just want to give a special birthday shout out to the Grazley boys. They're born one day apart from each other. And uh as of uh 12:01 midnight,
6:22
I guess 12:01 and midnight are two different times, but as of 12:01, what's that? what's that? Along with all this beer that Dutch has Along with all this beer that Dutch has to drink, he's technically of age. And uh where is there is a Dan Akroyd. Oh, here it is. Here it is. I see what you mean by you're going to do this at midnight. you're going to do this at midnight. Happy 19th Dutch. Happy 19th Dutch. Open at 12:01 a.m. Open at 12:01 a.m. If he's still uh awake at 12:01 a.m. If he's still uh awake at 12:01 a.m. probably recommend that he doesn't do that cuz he's probably already drinking half of his tower of beer. But there's no shortage of that. Anyway, that's what's going on in the crazy garage. Birthday tournament action. Happy birthday, boys. Are you? Are you? Yes, I am. Busted. Yes, I am. Busted. All right, this is literally the last All right, this is literally the last round. Are you going to be in? Are you going to be in? No. Julie, are you in? No. Julie, are you in? Top eight. Top eight. Let's see. Let's Top eight. Top eight. Let's see. Let's see. Whoa. What is going on here? Whoa. What is going on here? Cory Cook in number one, Dutch number two, I'm number three, and Stephanie's number four in the B so far. Dan, Shadic, Eric, Jean, and Julie. But not all the games are over yet. Let's see. Oh, actually, you know what? Our game is the last game, so this is the final eight, boys and girls. I can only just uh improve from here. So, I need two points to beat Cory. I got to do that on uh road show I'm playing right now. All right. You want to talk like uh want All right. You want to talk like uh want to talk some turkey, split some cash, maybe do some wheeling and dealing. Oh, okay. Well, maybe. You never know. Oh, okay. Well, maybe. You never know. We never know. There's a lot of cash on the line right now. Here, let's check out the payouts. Here, let's check out the payouts. I'll show you. Here we go. I'll show you. Here we go. Hey, look at this. Look, I'm in. I'm in. Hey, look at this. Look, I'm in. I'm in. Dutch is in. I just showed that off. Dutch is in. I just showed that off. Here's the payouts. I don't know if you can see. There's 20 There's actually 29 players, There's 20 There's actually 29 players, but 28 payouts cuz Dutch and Kevin were not charging them. 340 in the A division and 180 in the B 340 in the A division and 180 in the B division. Last place gets 20 bucks. I know who that is. I know who that is. So, 140, 110, 60, and 30. And then So, 140, 110, 60, and 30. And then that's the B division payouts. Do you know who last place is? Is it set? No, it's it's it's gonna Oh, wait. No, it's it's it's gonna Oh, wait. It's not set yet. It's not set yet. I thought it was we try first. I didn't I thought it was we try first. I didn't realize Chris was also down there, so I never mind. All right. So, yet to be determined on All right. So, yet to be determined on who gets last and who gets first. Check this out. It will look great next to our best our It will look great next to our best our best restoration post. I want to another awesome trophy by Alex. What? another awesome trophy by Alex. What? What? What? What? What? It doesn't matter any of this. Why not? Why not? Because guess who's in first place. Because guess who's in first place. Uh well, guess what, mother? I'm still Uh well, guess what, mother? I'm still playing my game. No, I'm going to correct you. I'm going No, I'm going to correct you. I'm going to punch you in the face. I just need two points. I just need two points. I still have one more ball. I still have one more ball. Oh, wait a minute. Actually, no, I Oh, wait a minute. Actually, no, I don't. I don't have one more ball. Is it over? All right. Oh, All right. Oh, snap. Seven points for me. Seven. Second place is the first loser. Finals is about to begin. There you have Finals is about to begin. There you have it. The biggest shenaniger of them all. Takes first place. Takes first place. Boo.
10:15
Nice job, buddy. In a division, we've got In a division, we've got four. Got more ammo against you now. Got more ammo against you now. This guy
10:38
All right. Okay. And last place last place last place gets $20. gets $20. And that goes to Who is it? Is it Trevor? Who is it? Is it Trevor? Trevor. Trevor. I think it's Trevor. Where is he? I think it's Trevor. Where is he? Where's Trevor? Where's Trevor? He might be outside. Okay, let me get He might be outside. Okay, let me get his 20 bucks. He'll be happy. Trevor, this will be his uh first pinball payday this will be his uh first pinball payday except for the fact that uh Oh, here we go. Lost the money. Okay, where is he? There you go, buddy. Congrats. There you go, buddy. Congrats. Congrats. He's so stoked.
11:22
Keep that away from me. How is Dutch still alive? Game one of a How is Dutch still alive? Game one of a finals here. We just did a double danger. And this is ball three. Oh, one more lock and he is off to the races.
11:46
Oh, that was like a classic J save right there off the tip of both Clippers. Oh, he's going in deep, man. He's going for the super stack here. If he gets both these multiballs stacked, you're [ __ ] I'm [ __ ] Now I can stack Mars multiball with Now I can stack Mars multiball with this. If I hit all the Yeah, that's what I was afraid of. Yeah, that's what I was afraid of. With this multiball, it's going to With this multiball, it's going to easily hit the four margins. We thought we were uh in, you know, good shape up until this last ball here.
12:28
Well, we got one more marching to go. [Music] Oh, saucer destroyed. Oh, saucer destroyed. Boom.
12:40
Cool. Two bill, but that's what Cory has. So, he needs to uh put some distance
12:48
between Cory and himself. I had a multiball and I got literally zero jackpots cuz I suck. All right, we have our B finalists here in order. We're starting with Jean in fourth place. in fourth place. In fourth place. In fourth place. Cool. $10. Cool. $10. Dan Shadic the dark horse. Dan Shadic the dark horse. 30 bucks. Julie in second place and Herb Eric Bole in first in the B division. Congrats, guys. Nice job. They just played a three-way tiebreaker on Paragon for second, third, and fourth. So, good job. Okay, I think we're down to the last ball. Last ball of no good go first. of no good go first. Let the camera know if Mike gets first Let the camera know if Mike gets first and I get third, we tie break. If I get if he gets first and I get fourth, I lose. And if I He gets first, I get second, I win. And I'm currently in second. Uh-oh. Here it is. The results are in. Uh-oh. Here it is. The results are in. The results are in. The results are in. That was the end of it. That was the end of it. That's it. That's it. Is Dutch the winner? He needs a second Is Dutch the winner? He needs a second to win, a third to tie. I'm first. I got second. I got second. Dutch, I think, is our champion.
14:08
Home field advantage. Where's the trophy? Over here. Over here. Okay. And Julie. Over here. Over here. Okay. And Julie. Where's Kevin? Where's Kevin? Here it is. Here it is. We got a We got an award presentation. We got a We got an award presentation. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Hold on. We'll be right back All right. Hold on. We'll be right back for the award presentation. Good battle, son. Nice job. All right. Your award presentation is about to begin. Minutes. Minutes. All right. Everyone, the finalist, get All right. Everyone, the finalist, get over here and start off. In fourth place, In fourth place, Stephanie. Stephanie. Yay. You made it to the top four. That's Yay. You made it to the top four. That's amazing. Congratulations. Do we have money? $30. $30. $30 for Stephanie. $30 for Stephanie. All right. All right. In third place, Corey Cook. In third place, Corey Cook. Oh, no. I'll show you. Oh, no. I'll show you. Yeah, that's that's the $50.
15:08
Oh, wow. Everyone's so kind to me today. Everyone's so kind to me today. In second place, Mike Dinus. In second place, Mike Dinus. How much is that?
15:20
Take it. Take it. All right. I'm rich apparently. All right. I'm rich apparently. And in first place, the 19year-old And in first place, the 19year-old birthday boy. Oh, he's 18. Oh, he's 18. Yeah. Dutch Yeah. Dutch Grazley. Grazley. Good job, buddy. Good job, buddy. I wanted to trade up. I wanted to trade up. He's 18. Julie, nice job. He's 18. Julie, nice job. He'll be 19 in a few minutes. He'll be 19 in a few minutes. I'll feel bad. I'll feel bad. Okay, a little closer so we can take Okay, a little closer so we can take them. Couple photos. Couple photos. Yeah, let's get a photo. Everybody Yeah, let's get a photo. Everybody All right. You're making me sweat. Oh, All right. You're making me sweat. Oh, get hot. That's a song. [Music]
16:20
[Music] My kid's a champion of everything. Don't even think of challenging him. Watch your shots and post as he kicks you in the ass. We can't resist. Best YouTube channel you don't want to miss. Pinballies garage fixing pins. No matter how you look at it, we all win. Now look at Julie's big smile as she takes down your score by a mile. There's no girl that can rescue. Don't pay a dinner or you will be paying the bill shenanigans. We can't resist. Best YouTube channel you don't want to miss. Pinballies garage fixing pins. No matter how you look at it, we all win.
17:14
We all win. We all win. [Music] Kevin's a pinball restoration king who never stops. Takes a pile of junk and makes it pop. Bringing one, two, three pinball machines. He don't care. Don't in a week and you won't be able to not stare. In those shenanigans, we can't resist. Best YouTube channel you don't want to miss. There's all these grizzly garage fixing pins. No matter how you look at it, we all win.
17:54
[Applause] [Music] Here comes a shiny boy scoring high on each pin. This guy only knows how to win. A while back, he sold Mike in Stranger Things. These two are living like kings. Pinball shenanigans, we can't resist. Best YouTube channel you don't want to miss. Pinball 40s garage fixing pins. No matter how you look at it, we all win.
18:26
We all win. We all win. [Music] Duchess Kevin's kid who's a master on the silver ball. Winning weekly tournaments is typical. At the tournaments he might be number two, but Mike Diver is coming for you. Pinball shenanigans, we can't resist. Best YouTube channel you don't want to miss. Pinballies garage fixing pens. No matter how you look at it, we all win. [Music]