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Ep 50!
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Throw the confetti, episode 50 is here! Ain't party like a LoserKid 50th self throw party. Even if Josh's audio quality isn't perfect.
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Podcast Origin and Milestone Celebration
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From the heart of the UK to the rest of the world, celebrating 50 years of the Loser Kid Pinball podcast.
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It began in 1970 as the Loser Kid Pinball newspaper with the audio show distributed on reel-to-reel tape.
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Now, 50 years on from that very first recording.
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shows?
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Yep, just 50 shows.
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Oh god.
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50 shows?
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That's nothing.
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What you gonna do?
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Okay.
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Hey Scott, hi Joshua.
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This is Mark Silk, Loser Kid, Pinball Podcast fan here.
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I'm a voice actor for films and games and cartoons, and in Pinball, I play a bunch of characters in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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I'm very proud to say I'm the voice of Splinter.
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Choose your turtle.
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Bebop and Rocksteady.
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Baxter and a bunch of others.
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So there's a pinball connection.
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I just wanted to say thank you for the show.
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You've really helped us all get through this apocalypse.
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I love the Loser Kid podcast.
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I treasure our transatlantic chats.
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The moment I can safely get on a plane and fly to the States, I'm there.
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Congratulations on 50 years of the Loser Kid Pinball podcast.
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50 shows.
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God, yeah, 50 shows.
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It's nothing.
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It's just 50 shows.
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Okay, congratulations on 50 shows.
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Here's to the next 10.
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See you, bye.
Sponsor and Community Mentions
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Thanks for tuning in to the Loser Kid Pinball Podcast.
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This is episode number 50, and that was awesome.
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Okay.
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Mark, Marcus, by the way, talking to Mark, it makes me realize how actually unfunny and not entertaining I am in comparison.
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So it's always fun talking to him.
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It's so amazing.
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Oh yes.
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I totally agree.
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So no, it's a, yeah, it's, I don't know exactly what kind of, what kind of mechanisms go through his brain to actually come up with all this stuff, but it's a, it's a gift.
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And I, I,
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I don't know.
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I'm in awe.
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So we love having Mark as a friend and we'd like to welcome you to our 50th show.
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It's been kind of a crazy ride.
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We've really loved it, but it's I don't know.
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I'm glad that we're offering something that at least can provide some people entertainment.
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And I feel that this has been an escape for me during this, especially this year.
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When it's been so strange and we hope that it's been some sort of escape for you as well.
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As I don't really consider you listeners.
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I consider you guys friends because most of the people that I've met in pinball, I have actually kind of met through the podcast and we've been able to develop some really good relationships.
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And I can't do this all without Josh actually having the dream to do a pinball podcast and inviting me to take a ride with him.
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Well, and what's funny is I want Mark to set the tone.
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Like, I know it's only 50 episodes.
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It's two years.
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I know there's, like, final round with Martin and Tealus.
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They've been around longer.
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And Mark's done tons and tons of stuff.
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But I wanted to celebrate kind of what we had done in this last couple of years.
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Because, I don't know, it's just fun, right?
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Yeah, this has been just such a fun way of experiencing pinball in really a different way in that I feel that I was always talking with you and other friends about pinball.
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However, this is a little organized way.
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And through this journey, this whatever we're doing, we've been able to have some really good conversations with people who are influential in the pinball market to be able to develop games, bring them
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forth and visionaries who have actually helped propel things going forward.
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So it feels like I've been able to be a super fan boy to get in and be able to talk to all these people that I feel like I have a much deeper understanding than I did when I first got into pinball, you know, five, six years ago.
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I totally agree.
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And we'll talk more about them here in a little bit.
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Let's hurry and cover our friends in the podcast, because these are the people we've met along the way.
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And we've just said, hey, we want to help you out.
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You guys support us.
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We want to support you.
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So Scott, do you mind reading those off for us?
Industry Updates and Innovations
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Yeah, first and foremost, Flippin' Out Pinball.
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If you are looking for a new machine for the holiday season or any sort of additions to your pinball machines, please check out Zach and Nicole at Flippin' Out Pinball.
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I actually just paid for my Avengers topper and my Avengers shooter rod.
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So I'm super excited to have that come out.
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Second, if you want to learn how to play those pinball machines, please check out Ray Day Pinball.
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Raymond Davidson is currently the number one player in the world and a genuinely nice guy.
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He is a he basically is this bundle of joy that's playing pinball.
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And it's so much fun to see how much he enjoys it.
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And he really acts like a giant kid playing these games.
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And it's infectious.
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It makes you want to learn more about it and play.
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My friend's blog, The Pinball Loft.
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Go ahead and check it out.
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Updates it when he has something to say, but it's always fun to get someone's personal take on their experience with pinball.
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And he does have a recap of his Avengers in there.
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Also, please check out This Week in Pinball.
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If you're looking for those quick updates on what has happened all around pinball, please check out Jeff Patterson's This Week in Pinball.
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It's always fun.
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And right now there is a contest going on where you can get a super awesome pinball, excuse me, a T-Rex head that will go into your Jurassic Park machine.
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It's by The Art of Pinball.
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I don't know how to say this guy's name.
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Is it Lior or Lior?
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Awesome job.
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I don't know.
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Yeah, I don't.
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He's he's not from the United States, but his stuff is so amazing.
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And if you look at the T-Rex head, it looks like the T-Rex head.
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It's it's a work of art.
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And so if you want to up your game, go ahead and check out check out that and also check out his site, too.
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Next, we have Pinshades.
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If you want to play on location, but you're having a hard time with all that glare, go ahead and slap on some Pinshades.
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They're polarized lenses that help you reduce the glare on the machines and you can see the ball a little better.
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I don't know if the promo code is still going on, but go ahead and throw it in and see what happens.
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LoserkidBF for Black Friday.
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You can get yourself a pair of Pinshades.
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Also, Brian Allen Art at Flyland Designs, he just released his alternative Translight to Whitewater, which is a lot of fun.
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It has a lot of Easter eggs from the Bally Williams games in there.
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So it's just a lot of fun to check it out.
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You can either buy it as a art piece or throw it in your Whitewater machine.
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And if you're looking for a way of illuminating those frames, excuse me, those Translights, please go to Lit Frames.
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Brad Hunter over at Lit Frames, also a great way and a good gift if those pinball spouses are looking for those gifts for the people in the hobby, please go ahead and check that out.
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It's a great way of upping your game room.
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Also, if you're looking for some other alternative news in pinball, go ahead and check out Pinball Supernova.
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Pinball Supernova, he's supported us, and we certainly want to support him too.
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So, there's the recap, Josh.
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Now I need to take a break.
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Awesome.
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I was going to take a drink, but I already spilled it all over my desk.
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Nice.
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Well, and...
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in the spirit of episode 50, you know, we've kind of discussed, there is news out there, obviously like Led Zeppelin's being floated around.
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I'm getting a premium.
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Yeah.
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You're getting a premium.
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Okay.
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Well, okay.
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No, we're assuming a lot on that, but it's a, it just sounds like so much fun.
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If they're going through their standard, uh,
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you know, pro premium LE.
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I am dialed in on a premium, so I think that would be great.
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If it ends up being kind of an Elvira or a Batman 66, I still think I would be interested in some level.
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So as soon as we find out more, we will certainly discuss it in depth, but I am definitely getting a Led Zeppelin.
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Well, I'd hate to talk rumors and stuff because we could go through what has and hasn't been confirmed.
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But knowing this episode, it probably won't come out.
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Until like it'll come out after Stern reveals everything and then we'll just look silly.
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So, Hey, well, we know Led Zeppelin's coming and it's a pinball machine.
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So we are locked.
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We are locked solid on that one.
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So, yep.
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What other news did we want to discuss?
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Well, OK, I I have constantly said I will be happy to be loud wrong.
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So deep root, they are offering their games.
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They are for sale.
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And so I never thought we'd get to this point.
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And so I would like to one.
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I want to find out who's going to buy the game.
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Yes.
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And I also want to find out when you guys get it.
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I want to hear your experience with it.
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Yes.
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And we want to come play it.
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Well, no, absolutely.
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I, obviously it has been a clumsy rollout to be kind.
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That being said, if they are making machines, they have made machines.
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And so it doesn't really matter how you run the race as long as you finish.
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And if they're able to get things out, then I would love to hear people's experience on it.
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I agree.
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So, and if you haven't checked out the pinball profile,
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interview with Robert Mueller, Stephen Bowden, and I am so sorry.
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I can't remember the last person, but it was a wonderful interview.
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They talked a lot of shop.
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Please go check it out.
Podcast Inspiration and Reflections
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Support Teolis and the one of many podcasts that he does on Pinball Profile.
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It's an awesome episode.
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Absolutely.
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And then honestly, it's getting Christmas time.
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So things kind of ramp down this time of year.
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I know.
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Okay.
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There's also the twippies.
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And so if people want to, uh, Hey, we'd love to have your votes, but vote your conscious.
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If you want to actually throw in something, this is a pre voting time.
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So you can go ahead and throw in a vote.
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Uh, but certainly vote for somebody.
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And this is my attitude, even about elections.
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I really don't care who you vote for.
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Well, I kind of want you to vote for us, but, um,
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It's always good to just go and vote your mind.
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Just see who actually has been able to influence your time and your experience this year in pinball.
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And so go ahead and go to This Week in Pinball and go ahead and try to do your pre-voting for the Twippies.
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And then next month, it'll be parred down, I think, to the top five or something.
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And my other thought process, too, is we know that there is a wide variety of podcasts.
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You kind of listen to what's available.
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If we're your favorite, awesome.
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If not, consider us for second or third place.
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That's how the voting is going to be this year, where you can vote your number one, then your number two, and your number three, and then there's an actual point-based system this year.
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So if you want to throw us a bone, even if it's third place, we're obviously the loser kids.
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We're fine with third place.
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We're used to it.
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Yeah.
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But it would be funny, just because people reference...
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Twippies in their clips.
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I don't want to spoil anything, but we'll talk more about it later.
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Absolutely.
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So I wanted to kind of recap where, I mean, where this even started, you know, I don't know what it was.
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I was loving what head to head was doing.
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I was super impressed with Zach many on this week in pinball.
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I mean, just, just that once a week news, more of a discussion between some friends and,
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But originally I didn't know where to go with it.
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So I did kind of like a pilot episode.
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If you haven't checked it out, it is our number one episode, just episode number one.
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It's not even 10 minutes long.
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And the funny part is, is I'm like, well, I'm going to send it to people that I feel like are professionals in the industry.
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If they say it's good, then I'm going to post it.
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And if they say like, dude, you need to keep on trying, then I was just going to trash it.
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And the two people I could think of was head to head.
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So Ryan and Martin at the time,
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And Zach Manning.
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And after I sent it to him, they're like, dude, you've got to do this.
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And I'll let Martin, he sent us a clip along with Jeff.
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I'll let him kind of tell it.
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And I say, let's go from there.
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What do you think, Scott?
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Absolutely.
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Hey, Josh, you do have a slight echo.
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I can hear when you say something.
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So it's almost like a slight delay.
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Gotcha.
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I think, okay.
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Let me stop the recording for a split second and turn off my monitoring.
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Okay, it looks like the check cleared.
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They paid us.
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You ready, Marty?
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I am absolutely ready.
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What are their names again?
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Loser Kid Pinball Podcast.
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I believe they're from Utah.
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No, I once stood on the Four Corners, you know, that famous place in the States.
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The one state I refused to step on was Utah.
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I'm like, nope, not touching it.
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But anyway.
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As you know, I've been to Utah a couple of times, and I have met the Loser Kid guys twice, I believe.
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Nice.
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I was in Salt Lake City, and I was like, get me out of here.
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And I guess I could have called them.
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I was like, no, no, I'm good.
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But I'm sure they're nice guys.
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They are.
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They've been on our show.
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They did the trivia thing, remember?
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They did, absolutely.
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I've been on their show.
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Have you been on their show?
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Probably.
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I've been on so many, I lose track.
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I know.
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They've done 50 episodes.
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And I think, really, if I can think about their podcast and the one thing that really stands out that I think is the best thing that they do.
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They're Desperate?
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No, it's their cap.
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The Loser Get Podcast cap.
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It's definitely the best thing of the podcast.
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No doubt.
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Well, I guess when you're trying to impress people by talking and the best thing you do is something visual, are you missing the mark?
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You know, you've got to give them credit where it's due.
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And guys, great merch.
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Well done.
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They are the number one podcast for merchandise.
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No question about that.
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But I do know that getting to 50 is a significant milestone.
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And it is a lot of effort that's gone into it.
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Are you talking about shows or age?
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Because I agree with you on the age part.
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Yeah.
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both.
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So, you know, 50, it's a bit cute.
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I get that.
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But also I know that at 50 is such a huge milestone.
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Yeah.
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Is it downhill from here or what?
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Can they get better?
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How's it work?
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I think you start coasting at about 50.
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You've built your audience.
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You've improved the quality of your podcast.
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You're really at the top of your game.
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You've peaked.
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It's just, yeah, clear sailing from there.
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Just easy.
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Anyway, let's record the tribute now.
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Ready?
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All right.
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Okay.
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Here we go.
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Sorry.
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Are their names again?
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Josh, I think is one of them.
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I can't remember the other one.
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Okay.
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Just go, hey, guys.
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Yeah.
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Okay.
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Great.
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Three, two, one.
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Hey there.
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It's Jeff Teolis from Final Round Pinball Podcast.
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How are you?
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It's Martin from the Final Round Pinball Podcast, here to talk all about Loser Kid Pinball Podcast.
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50 episodes.
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That is such an amazing milestone.
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I mean, you should be really, really proud.
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Not many podcasts get, I mean, yes, I've done over 300.
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Marty, you've done over 150.
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It doesn't matter.
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The point is 50 is amazing.
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Okay, 50 episodes, but let's just state the facts.
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20 of them have been with Keith Elwin.
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It seems like that.
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I could be wrong.
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But the point is, what were you saying, Marty?
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The fact is, the Loser Kid People podcast would not exist without me.
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That's a fact.
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What?
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Yeah, it's true.
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So you're to blame?
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I mean, you're to thank?
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No, I won't give full credit.
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But I remember early days, I think Josh did a pilot episode, sent it to me and said, what do you think?
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And I listened to it and it was only like a, I think a 10 minute, as I said, like a pilot.
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And I just went, hang on, there's something here.
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And I wrote back and said, I really like what you're doing.
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Go for it.
00:16:53
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And he did.
00:16:53
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And you get commission on every piece of their merchandise.
00:16:57
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You son of a gun.
00:16:58
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I do.
00:16:58
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I would not be doing this tribute to Loser Kid without the free merchandise they've given me.
00:17:04
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And the Reacheron money, let's be honest.
00:17:08
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But seriously, it's one of the podcasts I do listen to every time I get my notification.
00:17:13
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I'm like, great, there's my Loser Kid fix.
00:17:16
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I love how they've grown, they've developed, they've got all the great interviews, sort of taken what we did with Head to Head, all the different personalities in the pinball industry, and I love what they do.
00:17:27
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Gosh, I hate admitting I like another podcast, but darn it, you're right.
00:17:31
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Loser Kid, congrats on 50.
00:17:32
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You guys are cool.
00:17:34
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You're all right in my books.
00:17:35
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And I know everyone else thinks the same too.
00:17:38
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So congratulations, really, seriously.
00:17:39
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Well done, Josh and Scott.
00:17:41
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You guys are awesome.
00:17:42
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Scott, that's his name, Scott.
00:17:43
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We love you guys.
00:17:45
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Hey Scott and Josh, it's Ryan C here from Australia and I am just messaging in to congratulate you on reaching the massive 5-0.
00:17:56
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Isn't it amazing that so many people in pinball has just turned 50 or about to turn 50 this year?
00:18:03
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Between the awesome interviews that you have both conducted, the very well balanced
00:18:10
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opinion pieces which I think are some of the best in the industry because they're very well balanced and not reactive because of the cadence of your podcast.
00:18:22
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Between all of that, I have to say the best thing about your podcast is still your awesome hats.
00:18:27
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So, congratulations guys.
00:18:29
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Here's to another 50.
00:18:31
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You know, it's okay.
00:18:33
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They're all good friends.
00:18:34
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I mean, we have met Martin, we've met Jeff and we've, we've met Ryan through the podcast and really they genuinely are super nice guys, like all of them.
00:18:44
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And it's, it's fun to interact with them a little behind the scenes, especially when something comes out and we're like, Hey, did you see this?
00:18:51
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What do you think about this?
00:18:52
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And it's really interesting feeling their side of it versus our side.
00:18:57
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So it's been so nice and really everything they do is so entertaining that I, I still feel like I'm trying to catch up and trying to be as entertaining as them and to even count them as friends and colleagues in the hobby.
00:19:10
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I feel very honored.
Podcast Formation and Notable Interviews
00:19:11
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And I love that we have this interaction and through a common, awesome world of pinball.
00:19:19
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I totally agree.
00:19:20
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And like Martin said there, you know, he kind of encouraged us to keep going.
00:19:24
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And that was the one thing that Martin and Zach had both told me.
00:19:27
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He said, you can do it on your own.
00:19:29
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It's just that much harder.
00:19:30
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It's easier to have a co-host to bounce stuff off of.
00:19:32
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And that's when I reached out to you.
00:19:33
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I know that we'd met through pinball and I was like, may I'll give him a try and see if he's even up for it.
00:19:39
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And kind of gave you the vision of what I wanted to do with it.
00:19:42
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And you're like, sure, let's try this out.
00:19:45
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And I was going back to our old episodes.
00:19:47
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Do you even remember what our second episode, what we talked about?
00:19:50
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I have no idea.
00:19:51
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And you know what?
00:19:52
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The funny thing is I actually, okay, this is a confession time.
00:19:56
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I actually never listened to your pilot.
00:20:01
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So when you said, let's go ahead and do this.
00:20:03
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I'm like, okay, go ahead.
00:20:04
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I have no idea what we're going to talk about, but let's give it a shot.
00:20:07
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So I actually probably should go back and see what I was getting myself into, but I decided to try it going in and blind.
00:20:15
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Well, and I'd encourage everyone if you really want, actually, I don't encourage because it's episode one and it's not that great, but
00:20:20
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But it's 10 minutes long, and I know that a lot of you haven't listened to it because we're getting over 1,000-plus listens per episode or more.
00:20:28
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And that first episode had like 350.
00:20:30
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There you go.
00:20:32
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We can bump it back up.
00:20:33
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Bump it up.
00:20:34
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But the episode that I had you on, which is called Introducing Scott, we talked about Angry Birds Pinball Machine.
00:20:42
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Oh, yeah.
00:20:43
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It was legit.
00:20:44
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Yeah, I do remember that with the with the pop up thing in the ball trough.
00:20:49
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And yeah, yeah, it's it was an idea that like the movie was probably about four years too late.
00:20:56
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Doesn't that feel like forever ago, though?
00:20:58
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It totally does.
00:20:59
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And I totally forgot that there was even going to be a an Angry Birds pinball machine.
00:21:04
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So that that's what's funny about it.
00:21:07
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Well, and that's right when Munsters had come out.
00:21:10
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So we're talking about Franchi and his wonderful artwork, which is another friend of the podcast.
00:21:14
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Shout out to Franchi and Christian.
00:21:16
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And yeah, it's just, it's kind of funny that it snowballed from there.
00:21:20
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I remember episode 31 of This Week in Pinball.
00:21:23
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I'm not going to lie.
00:21:24
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The only reason I remember it is because for some odd reason I had it saved in my notes somewhere.
00:21:28
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But that was the episode that Zach Menny had had Christopher Franchi on.
00:21:32
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And he was like, you guys should start the episode with like root
00:21:35
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there it is.
00:21:36
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Come on, there it is.
00:21:38
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That's true.
00:21:39
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I remember that.
00:21:39
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Yeah.
00:21:40
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And so, uh, I mean, it was just, it was cool.
00:21:43
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It was cool because the first episode was talking about, I just wanted to be a part of the conversation.
00:21:46
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Just, just join in.
00:21:48
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Like I have a knowledge of pinball.
00:21:49
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I kind of live in the boonies, so I don't get to talk to many people, but I just wanted to be like, I felt like I had something to add to the conversation that was out there at that point.
00:21:58
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And so, and, and me and you both agreed we wanted to be positive.
00:22:01
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Like everyone else was doing their own thing, but I wanted to,
00:22:06
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bring a more positive vibe to what the hobby was doing at that point.
00:22:09
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So, and it, and look where we are now, I guess, you know?
00:22:13
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Yeah.
00:22:14
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We're the loser kids, but we're also the safe ones for your kids.
00:22:18
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You know, you can listen to us in the car with the kids driving to and from a daycare.
00:22:24
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So, you know, it kind of snowballed after that.
00:22:28
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We had our friend, Jeff Rivera on, we had Dan Newman, also our friend, Jeff Rivera, the pinball podcast.
00:22:34
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If you haven't checked that out,
00:22:37
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I highly recommend so.
00:22:38
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They keep bringing episodes back.
00:22:41
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And then it wasn't until episode eight until we had our first official industry interview.
00:22:48
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Who was it that broke our ice?
00:22:51
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It was Eric Menur.
00:22:53
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And yes, I can pronounce it right.
00:22:56
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Yes.
00:22:56
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And it was an awesome... I remember having so many butterflies going into this interview because I'm like, this is an industry professional.
00:23:03
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We're taking up his time.
00:23:04
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You know, Wonka had just released, but we were kind of like, we want to talk to Eric because pirates were still on that teetering of like, are they going to still do it?
00:23:12
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Or is it, you know, it was one of those things.
00:23:14
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It was like, I didn't know how we were going to do it.
00:23:17
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And I was, I was a little starstruck.
00:23:18
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I'm not going to lie.
00:23:19
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What were your thoughts about it?
00:23:22
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You know, I wasn't as nervous as you, I think mainly because I have an engineering background.
00:23:28
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And so I felt that I had a lot to talk to Eric about.
00:23:33
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It was fun to get his perspective.
00:23:35
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And considering he's our age or younger, and that, well, okay, he's younger than me.
00:23:42
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He's roughly your age.
00:23:43
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But it was fun to see what it is like to work.
00:23:48
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to grow up in the industry in the, the second Renaissance and to see how he's been able to, to go through and be able to design his own game and be one of the younger guns, but still be able to produce something big.
00:24:03
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It was pretty, it was pretty impressive to see what the, the new lifeblood can do with the industry.
00:24:11
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So I thought it was a lot of fun.
00:24:12
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It was great talking to him.
00:24:14
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It really was.
00:24:14
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And it was very insightful.
00:24:16
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It was,
00:24:17
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And it was nice because Eric was very laid back.
00:24:19
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It wasn't like, I guess everyone that we've interviewed, there's never been like a, like you should be grateful that I'm on your podcast.
00:24:26
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Like everyone's just been really, really cool.
00:24:29
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Like even Mark Silk, like our intro gentleman that we talked about turtles.
00:24:34
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It was like, he was one of us, which I guess he is like, no one's above being human.
00:24:39
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Right.
00:24:40
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But like, sometimes it's hard to approach a celebrity or someone that's a profession in an industry and
00:24:46
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And so I really appreciate everyone just like, yeah, we'll be on your show.
00:24:50
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And they've just, they've taken our questions and done it all in stride.
00:24:54
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And the cool part is too, every question we've asked, I don't think we've had a no.
00:24:58
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And it's funny because after we did the Eric interview, at the end of it, he sat there for a second.
00:25:03
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He's like, I don't think I said anything that I couldn't have said.
00:25:06
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Yeah.
00:25:08
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we won't worry about it.
00:25:11
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Well, it actually felt like I pulled up to him at a restaurant or just a social thing and we sat down and it felt like I was talking with a friend really or just reintroducing, hey, we have this common ground and it was a lot of fun to talk to him about all of that.
00:25:31
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And really, you're right.
00:25:33
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Everybody who's come on the show has been so gracious with their time
00:25:38
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And with everything they've been able to give us, especially when we were starting out, I mean, Eric really had no idea who we were.
00:25:45
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And really at that point, we didn't know who we were.
00:25:48
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So it was fun to have him on and just feel like, you know what, this is something that we could really incorporate into the show because I think people would really like hearing their perspective of things.
00:25:58
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I agree.
00:26:00
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We had a crazy – it's funny because I didn't really think about this until I went back and started writing down stuff.
00:26:07
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2019, so Eric started us off, and then we just started having interviews come in.
00:26:13
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Episode 12 was our very first time interviewing Keith Elwin.
00:26:17
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Then 14 was Bo and Karens.
00:26:20
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15 was Martin Robbins.
00:26:24
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Yes.
00:26:25
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16 was Josh Sharp, which we got to come back to that one really quick.
00:26:30
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Episode 18, Brad Albright.
00:26:32
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Man, his artwork is amazing.
00:26:34
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And
00:26:35
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Then we had Zach Manny on, which is still our most listened to episode out of all of them for some odd reason.
00:26:40
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Like I'm not saying Zach, like I'm just kind of shocked that Keith isn't.
00:26:44
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And, uh, okay.
00:26:45
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But Keith is really is, is up there.
00:26:48
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It's like Zach and then Keith, Keith, Keith, Keith.
00:26:50
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So, you know, yeah, yeah.
00:26:53
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Uh, and then episode 20, Brad Hunter.
00:26:55
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And I mean, lit frames.
00:26:57
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It was so cool doing the collaborations with Christmas stuff last year with him.
00:27:01
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It just awesome.
00:27:02
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You know, Brad's an awesome dude.
00:27:03
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Well, what's funny is you say that, but it actually goes, it goes Zach many.
00:27:08
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Then number two is Keith, our laundry day episode.
00:27:10
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And then third is our deeper episode with Dennis and Zach.
00:27:16
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And then it's Keith again.
00:27:18
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It's so, but I think that episode will haunt me forever for me going off.
00:27:24
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Oh,
00:27:25
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We got to have Robert Mueller on to apologize for your chaoticness of that.
00:27:30
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You know what?
00:27:31
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Okay.
00:27:31
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In fairness, my take was legit.
00:27:35
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It kind of was.
00:27:35
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Like, yeah.
00:27:36
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So again, I'm glad that they've been able to release it, but my criticism was legit.
00:27:43
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So I want to hurry and talk about the Josh Sharp episode.
00:27:46
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I don't know if you guys know this, but we use Zencaster for 95% of the recordings we do.
00:27:52
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We've done it ever since Jeff Rivera was like,
00:27:54
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You guys need to use this.
00:27:56
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It's an awesome program.
00:27:57
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And we fell in love with it.
00:27:59
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It's made this whole recording process easier.
00:28:02
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If you're using Skype, it's a pain in the butt, in my opinion.
00:28:05
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I was the one setting everything up.
00:28:07
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Well, Josh Sharp couldn't use Zencaster for some odd reason.
00:28:11
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It was because he was recording off his phone.
00:28:13
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It's an Apple phone.
00:28:14
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Yeah, and he – well, okay.
00:28:15
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He also didn't have an external microphone on his computer.
00:28:19
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And for some reason, his computer wouldn't record.
00:28:22
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Correct.
00:28:23
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And so we went to the fallback, which was Skype, but we hadn't used it for months.
00:28:27
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And so I pulled it up and you guys could hear me, but for some odd reason, it was not recording my voice.
00:28:33
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And so I was just like, you know what?
00:28:35
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Josh has dedicated his time right now.
00:28:39
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Let's just record it.
00:28:40
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And so we hit the button and went for it.
00:28:43
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And that's why that episode, it's like just kind of you talking and you guys are kind of harassing me a little bit throughout the episode.
00:28:51
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Didn't you go in and like record some clips and like insert them into it.
00:28:55
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So like gave the, the feeling like you were still participating in the conversation.
00:29:01
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Yeah.
00:29:01
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That's why we're giving the behind the scenes right now.
00:29:05
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It was like every, every 10th question, Josh pipes up.
00:29:08
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Hey, what about this?
00:29:10
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No.
00:29:11
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Yeah, I guess.
00:29:11
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Yeah.
00:29:12
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But we've made a lot of awesome friends.
00:29:16
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I want,
00:29:16
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I wanted to play, let's play our next clip.
00:29:18
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And this is kind of some of the people we've been in 2019 and the beginning of 2020.
00:29:22
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So here we go.
00:29:25
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What's up all you loser kids.
00:29:26
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This is Eric Menyer from Jersey Jack Pinball, game designer of Pirates of the Caribbean and Guns N' Roses.
00:29:32
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Special shout out to the Loser Kid podcast.
00:29:34
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Congratulations on your guys' 50th episode.
00:29:37
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Come a long way since I was around on what, episode eight.
00:29:41
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So thanks for having me.
00:29:42
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Thanks for a good show and keep up the great work guys.
00:29:46
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Hey, it's Brad Albright.
00:29:47
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Congratulations on two whole years.
00:29:49
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Thank you for having me on all that time ago to talk about the Led Zeppelin pin project with Rotor Dave.
00:29:56
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Man, I was hoping to wear that loser kid hat at TPF this year, but looks like maybe we'll have to wait another year or two.
00:30:04
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I think that'll be all right.
00:30:06
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In the meantime, stay safe, play lots of games, and enjoy.
00:30:12
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Hey, Scott and Josh, this is Brad from Lit Frames.
00:30:15
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Congrats on the 50th episode.
00:30:17
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I can't wait to see what you have in store for the next 50.
00:30:20
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Hey y'all, it's Lauren Gray from the Back Box Pinball Podcast.
00:30:23
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Here are some other things turning 50.
00:30:25
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The Apollo 13 mission, the Ford Pinto, and Matt Damon.
00:30:30
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By the way, when I Googled that, I felt super old.
00:30:32
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But Scott, Josh, congratulations on 50 episodes.
00:30:36
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I wish you another 50 more.
00:30:37
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I know it's a lot of hard work, but you guys bring such wonderful energy, great content, great guests, and your swag game, hashtag awesome sauce.
00:30:46
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You guys, heart emojis for everybody.
00:30:49
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Here's to another 50.
00:30:50
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Good luck and happy holidays.
00:30:53
Speaker
Oh, hello, it's Elder Macho coming to you from the sunny Florida Keys, baby.
00:30:59
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Hey, have you heard about Utah's favorite pinball podcast?
00:31:04
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Well, Macho heard they're celebrating 50 episodes, so that deserves a big Macho Bravo, boys.
00:31:12
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Oh, I bet all six of your wives are going to be super proud of your accomplishment.
00:31:17
Speaker
But Macho can't just show up without a gift on this special.
00:31:21
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special occasion baby hey josh and scott remember that rap song i promised you well it ain't happening not yet anyhow instead here's a carrot my shoulder's gonna dangle that carrot in front of your beautiful sparkly pinball dream filled eyes and i'm pushing you yeah i'm pushing you to the top the top of the pinball podcast food chain baby we're gonna push to episode 100 then you'll get that prize yeah
00:31:49
Speaker
All right.
00:31:50
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Hey, you keep spreading the good word and thanks for keeping older Macho entertained with all your great content and interviews while we've been in this crazy COVID boat.
00:32:00
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Oh, yeah.
00:32:01
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Hey, you keep up all the great work.
00:32:04
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Macho loves you.
00:32:05
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I'm out.
00:32:08
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And we love you too, Macho.
00:32:13
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You know, my one regret at 2020 that never came to fruition is doing karaoke with Lauren Gray.
00:32:19
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in a barbecue joint in Texas.
00:32:21
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Yeah.
00:32:22
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No, Hey, you know what?
00:32:23
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It'll come.
00:32:24
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It'll come.
00:32:24
Speaker
Hey, actually.
00:32:25
Speaker
Okay.
00:32:25
Speaker
So breaking news, I'm actually scheduled for the, for the vaccine on Thursday.
00:32:31
Speaker
Ooh, you're going to have to tell us how it goes, man.
00:32:33
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So, yeah, so I'm all in.
00:32:35
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I'm actually getting the vaccine and I'm happy to get happy to get it.
00:32:38
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So, so I love that macho is like, and I'm going to do the rapid episode 100.
00:32:43
Speaker
Oh, come on.
00:32:44
Speaker
That's another two years away, dude.
00:32:46
Speaker
Like,
00:32:46
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Yeah.
00:32:46
Speaker
You know, it's okay.
00:32:47
Speaker
You know, it's the anticipation is part of the fun.
00:32:51
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Yes.
00:32:52
Speaker
Well, and do you remember that episode?
00:32:53
Speaker
So we had Lauren on our first female guest.
00:32:56
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Yeah.
00:32:56
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Uh, and for some odd reason, macho had just started.
00:33:01
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I think he was only like two episodes in and we had her listen and she's just laughing.
00:33:05
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Cause she was listening with her husband there and he's like, is this the podcast you're going on?
00:33:09
Speaker
She's like, no, no, it's research.
00:33:12
Speaker
Yeah.
00:33:12
Speaker
And then, and then episode four of macho pinball podcast,
00:33:16
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You guys should go check it out.
00:33:17
Speaker
It's only like three minutes on.
00:33:18
Speaker
Like he quoted Scott like multiple times about like being a sugar rush and like pop soda.
00:33:25
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Just joke.
00:33:26
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Cola.
00:33:26
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That's what it was.
00:33:27
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Joke.
00:33:27
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Cola.
00:33:28
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It just, it was awesome, you know?
00:33:31
Speaker
And so it's good to hear him start coming back.
00:33:33
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It's good to have macho back.
00:33:34
Speaker
Like, you know, it, you know, you have to take a break sometimes, you know, he's probably pumping iron and trying to get those lats up.
00:33:40
Speaker
You know what?
00:33:41
Speaker
Yeah.
00:33:42
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So,
00:33:43
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but, and then like others in there, you know, Eric talking about his first time on our podcast and Brad, both Brad's Hunter and Albright.
00:33:50
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I mean, we, we appreciate everyone that we've made friends with within this time.
00:33:53
Speaker
And those that have taken time to send us clips.
00:33:56
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I mean, it just, thank you guys.
00:33:57
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Like we really appreciate it.
Adapting During COVID-19
00:33:59
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But, um, 2020 was kind of crazy, right?
00:34:01
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Like we were starting off with Lauren and then we just, the more interviews came in.
00:34:07
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We then had Keith on episode 28.
00:34:09
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That was our second time.
00:34:10
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That was laundry day.
00:34:12
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Um,
00:34:13
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And just everything felt like it was going right.
00:34:15
Speaker
And then me and you were both planning on going to Texas Pinball Festival.
00:34:18
Speaker
And then I think we all knew what happened in March.
00:34:21
Speaker
And it kind of was like, well, crap, what do we do?
00:34:24
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You know, and a lot of podcasts had dropped out.
00:34:27
Speaker
If you remember, there was what TPN had happened.
00:34:30
Speaker
Yeah, but there were a lot of podcasts that just kind of called it quits.
00:34:35
Speaker
And then then basically kind of got reformed in the pinball network.
00:34:42
Speaker
uh, it kind of was shuffled for certainly multiple reasons.
00:34:46
Speaker
I think a lot of people just had a lot of, uh, personal things that just, uh, needed to take, uh, the driver's seat as opposed to pinball.
00:34:53
Speaker
I agree.
00:34:54
Speaker
So, yeah, well, that's, you know, we met Ken Cromwell and Bill Webb along the way.
00:34:59
Speaker
Awesome dudes like shout out to Ken and getting that job with Jersey Jack.
00:35:03
Speaker
You've, you've killed it with the marketing.
00:35:05
Speaker
Like you're an awesome dude.
00:35:06
Speaker
You were always really good to us behind the scenes.
00:35:08
Speaker
Like you encouraged us to do what we're doing.
00:35:10
Speaker
And, uh,
00:35:11
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You've just been a good dude.
00:35:13
Speaker
Same with Bill.
00:35:14
Speaker
Bill's the more laid back guy.
00:35:16
Speaker
And the one that I really miss is Slap Save.
00:35:19
Speaker
I talked to Jason Fowler.
00:35:21
Speaker
Not very often.
00:35:22
Speaker
But we were talking about episode 50.
00:35:25
Speaker
And he's just super humble.
00:35:27
Speaker
He talked about sending a clip.
00:35:28
Speaker
But he felt like he wasn't relevant in the hobby anymore.
00:35:32
Speaker
I was like, dude, you're cool.
00:35:34
Speaker
You are an OG pinball podcaster.
00:35:38
Speaker
And I know that's weird to say because pinball podcasting has been around for years.
00:35:41
Speaker
But like, did you, did you see Fowler's post just this past week or two?
00:35:46
Speaker
I don't know if he wants us to talk about this, but I'm going to anyway.
00:35:50
Speaker
Okay, go ahead.
00:35:51
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So him and his co-host raised enough money for project pinball that not only were they able to donate one machine, but they donate two machines to children's hospitals here in America for, uh, you know, for the project pinball stuff.
00:36:06
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And that's just, that is amazing.
00:36:09
Speaker
That is outstanding to see.
00:36:12
Speaker
And so I just, I find it awesome.
00:36:14
Speaker
Yeah.
00:36:14
Speaker
I know.
00:36:15
Speaker
Anytime you hear someone who's actually spreading the, the good karma around, it certainly makes you feel better because it, it doesn't get nearly the airtime that the toxicity does.
00:36:27
Speaker
So it's always nice to hear the good stuff.
00:36:32
Speaker
So my biggest question to you, cause I know that the first of 2020, one of our favorite episodes, we had a lot of people reach out to us and say, what made us fall in love with you is something that you did, Scott.
00:36:42
Speaker
And it was when you went down and you started fixing cleft pallets as a, as a volunteer thing, is that something you're going to be able to do again?
00:36:50
Speaker
This, I know it was kind of like an every year thing that you were doing.
00:36:54
Speaker
Is that something you're able to do here coming up in 2021 or not so much because of restrictions?
00:37:00
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We were concerned about the, the viability of such a trip during 2021 because the,
00:37:11
Speaker
A couple of things.
00:37:11
Speaker
All the people who go down on the trips, they they are donating their time and they're paying for it.
00:37:18
Speaker
So in many ways, people are taking a double a double sacrifice.
00:37:23
Speaker
I'm not going to say a double hit because we have a waiting list of people who want to come because everybody loves coming down.
00:37:30
Speaker
And it's such a great feeling and being able to to do something for no pay.
00:37:38
Speaker
But you, except for the pleasure you see on, you know, doing something good, doing the karma in the world.
00:37:48
Speaker
So we were just concerned because people, many people had already taken, you know, COVID has hurt.
00:37:55
Speaker
In many ways, it's hurt people's income, it's hurt people's mental status, it's hurt people's health.
00:38:03
Speaker
So there's so many ways that COVID has affected it.
00:38:06
Speaker
And we felt that it was too many unpredictable factors to commit to such a trip.
00:38:12
Speaker
So we did put the trip on hold this year.
00:38:14
Speaker
I've gone four years, but
00:38:18
Speaker
We plan on resuming in another year.
00:38:22
Speaker
And so we just took a year hiatus to let people recharge what they need to to take care of their personal life.
00:38:28
Speaker
And so we can still go back and the kids are still there.
00:38:32
Speaker
We're still going to be able to do all this stuff.
00:38:34
Speaker
But again, I don't feel the only thing that I get from this is a huge, a huge insertion of positive karma.
00:38:44
Speaker
And I feel so lucky to be able to do that, that unfortunately, we're not going to do it in the next couple of weeks.
00:38:51
Speaker
But
00:38:51
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With everybody getting hopefully vaccinated this next year, we are all in on 2022 and we'll be able to resume those trips.
00:39:02
Speaker
But again, I feel very lucky that in my job, I'm able to do something like this because a lot of people's jobs doesn't have the same opportunities.
00:39:10
Speaker
And so the fact that we can do this, I feel blessed.
00:39:15
Speaker
I totally agree.
00:39:16
Speaker
And I'd recommend to anyone listening, I know you might be able to go down and do something like this.
00:39:20
Speaker
but there's plenty of things you can do in your community to help those that are maybe less fortunate, those that may be hurting.
00:39:29
Speaker
It's a really rough time right now.
00:39:30
Speaker
We're all isolated from each other.
00:39:33
Speaker
Even just reaching out and saying a message that says hi to someone on Messenger or through your text, whatever it may be, we're all in this together.
00:39:42
Speaker
And so that's my recommendation for all this.
00:39:45
Speaker
And so as COVID hit, Scott and I were kind of,
00:39:50
Speaker
Jobs were kind of like, well, you know, we're trying to figure this out.
00:39:55
Speaker
And with all these podcasts that have kind of left, we stepped up and started doing like one a week there for a little bit.
00:40:02
Speaker
There in April and beginning of May, we had the Sharp Trifecta, which was amazing.
00:40:10
Speaker
And then shortly thereafter, we got to interview Josh Kukler with Hot Wheels and Doug Polka with Papa.
00:40:19
Speaker
And it was just awesome.
00:40:21
Speaker
And so Roger Sharp actually and the fam sent us a clip.
00:40:27
Speaker
I'm going to play that right now for you.
00:40:29
Speaker
Josh, Scott, it's Roger Sharp.
00:40:33
Speaker
Just wanting to wish both of you an incredible congratulations on 50 episodes of Loser Kid.
00:40:44
Speaker
Whether or not that should be condolences on having survived the
00:40:49
Speaker
50 episodes.
00:40:51
Speaker
I don't know.
00:40:52
Speaker
I guess you guys just put yourselves through the torment and torture of coming up with these podcasts on a regular basis.
00:40:59
Speaker
But truthfully, I wish you all the best.
00:41:03
Speaker
I mean, if anything, it shouldn't be loser kids.
00:41:06
Speaker
It should be winning kids for having done all that you've done and continue to do.
00:41:11
Speaker
And I'm sure that everybody's going to celebrate this on your behalf, with you and for you.
00:41:19
Speaker
You guys be good.
00:41:21
Speaker
Keep on flipping.
00:41:22
Speaker
It's all any of us can do as we get through these times.
00:41:27
Speaker
Take care.
00:41:29
Speaker
Scott, Josh, congratulations on 50 episodes of the Loser Kid podcast.
00:41:36
Speaker
I, uh,
00:41:38
Speaker
The fact that you guys reached out to me asking for a congratulatory message on hitting 50 podcasts, it fit the name of your podcast, guys.
00:41:50
Speaker
You need to have someone else do this outreach for you so it could be like a surprise for you instead of, yeah, you guys doing it on your own.
00:41:59
Speaker
Regardless, you guys, by far, it's not even close, you get the Twippy in advance for the best merch company that also happens to have a podcast.
00:42:09
Speaker
So congrats, guys.
00:42:11
Speaker
I'm looking forward to coming on again and adding to my merch collection.
00:42:14
Speaker
I'm assuming that it is one item per appearance.
00:42:17
Speaker
So yeah, my wardrobe is open and ready for more goodies.
00:42:21
Speaker
Take care, boys.
00:42:24
Speaker
Congratulations, Scott, and not my brother Josh on episode 50 of the Loser Kid Pinball Podcast.
00:42:30
Speaker
By far the best podcast hat in the business, and the show is not too shabby either.
00:42:35
Speaker
Here's to another 50, and congrats again.
00:42:39
Speaker
I want to point out something really quick.
00:42:40
Speaker
Jeff and Martin took longer than Roger's clip.
00:42:45
Speaker
Just saying.
00:42:46
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Yeah.
00:42:49
Speaker
Yeah.
00:42:49
Speaker
Oh, that, that's actually true.
00:42:51
Speaker
Yeah.
00:42:51
Speaker
Roger's episode.
00:42:52
Speaker
It was hilarious because I think we asked him three questions and he just kept going.
00:42:57
Speaker
It was so much fun to interview him.
00:42:59
Speaker
And actually, uh, so we have a small text, uh, stream behind the scenes and, uh,
00:43:05
Speaker
Josh, uh, was looking for someone who had an Eldorado and I reached out and I said, Hey, I, I have a friend who has an Eldorado.
00:43:13
Speaker
He's like, okay, so they're making a show about my dad and I need to have someone video how it reacts when it tilts.
00:43:21
Speaker
So that was just kind of interesting, just random thing.
00:43:24
Speaker
I was like, okay, well I'll reach out.
00:43:26
Speaker
And he said he'd get it to me soon.
00:43:27
Speaker
So that's a, I didn't know they were making a show about Roger.
00:43:30
Speaker
So that'll be a lot of fun.
00:43:31
Speaker
I, I,
00:43:33
Speaker
I think a lot of people still have no idea that one pinball is still around and two, that pinball was illegal at some point.
00:43:41
Speaker
Oh yeah.
00:43:42
Speaker
Well, what was cool too is, um, Tucson pinball podcast.
00:43:46
Speaker
I don't know if you've ever listened to him, but he reached out to us shortly after and was like, dude, I've always wanted to interview Roger.
00:43:52
Speaker
How did you get ahold of him?
00:43:53
Speaker
And we're like, we were more than happy to help him out.
00:43:55
Speaker
And then he just had, he had Roger on shortly after that.
00:43:57
Speaker
And it was, it was awesome, you know?
00:43:59
Speaker
And so if, if you haven't checked out Tucson, go check him out.
00:44:02
Speaker
He's, he's a good guy.
00:44:04
Speaker
And it just, it was fun.
00:44:05
Speaker
It started snowballing.
00:44:07
Speaker
And I don't know how, I'm going to say it right now, I don't know how Zach Manning does it.
00:44:11
Speaker
I don't know how, like, even Orbital Albert and Kaneda, all those guys that do a weekly or even more in a week podcast, because we do it two, you know, once every two weeks or whenever.
00:44:26
Speaker
Like, we don't usually go out past for three weeks of a recording.
00:44:29
Speaker
But it just, I cannot imagine...
00:44:34
Speaker
doing every week and i know when we first started this i told you like i wanted to do every week the first the pilot episode was one week and then the next week i had you on and you're like dude let's do every other week and then go from there and i'm really glad that you said that because like i'm it's a lot it is a ton of work and and i feel like the every two weeks is perfect i look forward to recording every two weeks it's just it's a blast
00:44:58
Speaker
It feels like there's I feel like we can give a better take on things as opposed to manufacturing information, which sometimes happens.
00:45:07
Speaker
As we know, there are weeks in pinball where nothing really happened.
00:45:11
Speaker
And so this has been a very lucky calculation that we just said, well, let's try this and see what happens.
00:45:18
Speaker
And it's really worked out for us.
00:45:20
Speaker
Well, that was kind of the other thing behind when COVID hit her head, you know, and they had to lock everything down.
00:45:27
Speaker
we were like, well, there's like no news.
00:45:29
Speaker
So what do we do?
00:45:30
Speaker
And it was, it was just perfect having the sharp trifecta and all that jazz.
00:45:35
Speaker
It worked perfectly.
00:45:36
Speaker
Yeah.
00:45:37
Speaker
And in the future, I do want to, we actually, so Roger, Roger Sharp has a stepson who he actually worked in the Broadway arcade.
00:45:46
Speaker
I did contact him a few months ago and he, he sent me a phone call and we haven't had a chance to work it in, but we are looking forward to talking to him and finding out,
00:45:57
Speaker
about the Broadway arcade time.
00:46:00
Speaker
Because in some ways, we work in an interview with Steve Epstein, but unfortunately he passed away unexpectedly, and so we weren't able to get him on.
00:46:10
Speaker
But it's one snapshot of a history of pinball, that iconic Broadway arcade, that we really want to bring back into people's memory to tell, yeah, this is how it was in the 70s and 80s, the Broadway arcade.
00:46:25
Speaker
Well, and celebrities played there.
00:46:27
Speaker
I mean, Matthew Brodwick.
00:46:30
Speaker
There's a big list that goes on and on.
00:46:32
Speaker
If you were in New York, you were shooting a show, you needed to take a break, you walked down to Broadway, and you played a game.
00:46:37
Speaker
It's just awesome.
00:46:39
Speaker
It still just kind of blows me away how crazy expensive that real estate would have been for an arcade.
00:46:49
Speaker
It's in New York.
00:46:50
Speaker
It's like a walk-in.
00:46:51
Speaker
It's like, yeah, that's crazy.
00:46:54
Speaker
But I mean, man, we did so many interviews.
00:46:57
Speaker
Okay.
00:46:58
Speaker
This was, this was after COVID hit.
00:47:00
Speaker
You ready for this?
00:47:01
Speaker
It's like, it's a Doug, Doug Polka, Josh Coogler.
00:47:04
Speaker
We did the sharp trifecta, Dwight Sullivan, Mark Silk, Butch pill, Dennis Creasel, and Zach many, Jeff Teolis and Martin Robbins, Jeremy Packard, Jack danger and Ray day and Keith Elwin again.
00:47:17
Speaker
And that's not including, we had other shows where we just talked.
00:47:20
Speaker
It was us.
00:47:22
Speaker
I mean, we've kind of packed it in for the last six months.
00:47:24
Speaker
We've,
00:47:25
Speaker
We've had a blast doing this, and it's really cool that people have said sure.
00:47:29
Speaker
It was cool having Doug Polka on to give us kind of a behind-the-scenes of Papa and what goes on at Pemberg.
00:47:36
Speaker
For someone like me that has always wanted to go, and sadly, we'll have to wait to see what the future holds, but it was cool to see and feel...
00:47:45
Speaker
kind of what they go through behind the scenes there at Papa.
00:47:47
Speaker
And it was awesome.
00:47:48
Speaker
Yeah.
00:47:49
Speaker
Yeah.
00:47:49
Speaker
Well, and again, hopefully, well, yeah, and hopefully they'll be able to resurrect that in some new form in the future.
00:47:58
Speaker
We all know that, that, you know, Pinberg and Papa are on indefinite hiatus and we'll see what the new iteration will happen.
Community and Industry Support
00:48:07
Speaker
So.
00:48:07
Speaker
But I mean, we have met so many people over this past year, and it's just been cool to go out and hang out with these people.
00:48:18
Speaker
Not physically, but get those Shirley Temples that we keep are getting promised.
00:48:23
Speaker
Yeah, exactly.
00:48:24
Speaker
And, you know, and, and that's the next time we hang out or the first time we hang out with, with slam tilt, we'll be able to pick their brains on classic sterns because obviously they're the ones who drove up all the prices on the classic sterns.
00:48:38
Speaker
Yes.
00:48:40
Speaker
What, what interviews stood out to you in the last six months?
00:48:44
Speaker
Oh, you know what?
00:48:47
Speaker
Interviewing, interviewing Keith and Raymond together.
00:48:52
Speaker
because it was interesting seeing behind the scenes on both of them because I am unapologetically in love with Avengers.
00:49:04
Speaker
It's a super addictive game, and I love playing it.
00:49:08
Speaker
And hearing their takes on it, well, this is what our thought process is, and this is how it works.
00:49:13
Speaker
And it was so much fun to get the interaction because I had so much information built up.
00:49:21
Speaker
that it was such an easy conversation.
00:49:24
Speaker
And I loved hearing the behind the scenes.
00:49:27
Speaker
And when Keith said, yeah, you're doing that mode wrong.
00:49:30
Speaker
You're actually, you're doing exactly opposite.
00:49:33
Speaker
You're supposed to hit the shot worth of mind control.
00:49:35
Speaker
And I was like, oh,
00:49:36
Speaker
I totally didn't think about that.
00:49:38
Speaker
I thought I was supposed to release the mind control before I hit it.
00:49:41
Speaker
So just little things like that.
00:49:44
Speaker
And because my brain doesn't work like them, it was just fascinating to see behind the scenes on, hey, what do you do when you're designing a machine?
00:49:56
Speaker
And when you're laying out the rules and trying to find that balance of the casual player, the person who has
00:50:03
Speaker
$1 and just wants to play a game versus the person who wants to buy the game and know the rules so in depth that they will play it all the time.
00:50:14
Speaker
Like that is a crazy balance that they were able to do.
00:50:17
Speaker
And the fact that they're so easy to talk to, it made it, it made it a dream.
00:50:22
Speaker
What about you?
00:50:24
Speaker
I think the Mark Silk interviews.
00:50:26
Speaker
Oh, OK.
00:50:28
Speaker
OK, Mark.
00:50:30
Speaker
I actually consider Mark more as a buddy because it didn't seem like interviewing him about pinball.
00:50:38
Speaker
It was again.
00:50:40
Speaker
Mark is so funny in real life.
00:50:43
Speaker
And we have had conversations where, you know, it's like Saturday afternoon and he calls like, hey, how are you guys doing?
00:50:49
Speaker
And so we'll talk for hours.
00:50:51
Speaker
So in some ways, I don't really consider Mark as in the same category as like a pinball interview, because it just seems like I am calling my good friend and I need a pickup.
00:51:07
Speaker
And he has way more energy than anyone will ever know.
00:51:11
Speaker
Well, and the funny part too is, I know we've discussed this before, but I had a dentist appointment right in the middle that I had totally forgotten about and trying to do that episode and I cut pieces out, but there was parts where you guys were giving me crap because you're like, Josh, are you still there?
00:51:27
Speaker
And I had my mouth full and I was like... And so I'll never forget that.
00:51:36
Speaker
And then it was even funnier because then I got home and
00:51:39
Speaker
Out of all the interviews, my wife's like, it's just pinball, right?
00:51:41
Speaker
Like, whoop-de-doo.
00:51:43
Speaker
And then when I told her Mark Silk did the voice of Johnny Bravo, that was her favorite cartoon growing up.
00:51:49
Speaker
She's a huge Elvis fan because her grandma instilled that into her.
00:51:52
Speaker
And so Johnny Bravo is kind of like the Elvis, you know.
00:51:55
Speaker
And so when I told her that, she's like, wait, what?
00:51:59
Speaker
Why?
00:51:59
Speaker
Why did you get your teeth taken care of right now?
00:52:01
Speaker
You were talking to Johnny Bravo, you know?
00:52:04
Speaker
No, it's really so there's ways I look at it.
00:52:08
Speaker
You know, I look at the designer interviews and I look at people who are also in in whatever you categorize the pinball media.
00:52:17
Speaker
We talk to them and then you talk about the historical figures of the game and then you talk about the business figures of the game.
00:52:24
Speaker
And I put Mark in a category of his own.
00:52:28
Speaker
Because he is the fun, positive, super enthusiastic fan that we are that also has a specific set of talents that can translate to being in a game.
00:52:43
Speaker
And I do smile every time I am playing Turtles and he's telling me, shoot the right rep.
00:52:50
Speaker
Yes.
00:52:52
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I always like I always smile.
00:52:53
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Hey, Mark, I don't.
00:52:56
Speaker
And we've met.
00:52:57
Speaker
we've met tons of people within that time.
00:53:00
Speaker
We were on slam tilts with the, the, the cluster episode.
00:53:04
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Yeah.
00:53:04
Speaker
The cluster buck.
00:53:05
Speaker
Yeah.
00:53:06
Speaker
Yeah.
00:53:06
Speaker
I was going to say, I don't know if I want to say the word cause it's too close, but okay.
00:53:11
Speaker
Vertical up kickers.
00:53:12
Speaker
Yes.
00:53:13
Speaker
Yes.
00:53:13
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That's exactly what they're trying to do.
00:53:15
Speaker
We're going to verticalize this.
00:53:17
Speaker
Yes.
00:53:17
Speaker
We're going to cluster all together and up kick you, you know?
00:53:20
Speaker
Exactly.
00:53:21
Speaker
Yeah.
00:53:22
Speaker
And we've gotten to know those guys recently and just, it's been awesome.
00:53:27
Speaker
It's been awesome to run into people like who I've got here on my list, you know, zombie Yeti slam till super awesome pinball show.
00:53:36
Speaker
I swear we talked to Frenchie and Christian at least once or twice a week.
00:53:41
Speaker
You know, it's, you know, it's been so nice too, because I, I talked to Christian even behind the scenes, maybe a little more just because of our common anesthesia thing.
00:53:49
Speaker
So we'll, we talk about funny things in anesthesia about 50% of the time.
00:53:53
Speaker
And then,
00:53:55
Speaker
They are crazy amazing at making their own pinball toppers.
00:53:59
Speaker
Yep.
00:54:01
Speaker
So I was trying to figure out like, hey, I want a pinball topper for this.
00:54:06
Speaker
And they sent us a picture of what they did for their Guns N' Roses pinball topper.
00:54:11
Speaker
And it looked like a work of art.
00:54:15
Speaker
It was crazy good.
00:54:16
Speaker
And I actually mentioned to Sarah, who's Mrs. Pin, who check out her podcast too.
00:54:21
Speaker
Hilarious.
00:54:23
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Make sure the kids are not in the car.
00:54:27
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but I was like, man, she went all out and she said, Oh no, that was Christian.
00:54:33
Speaker
So, so, you know, whereas a Mrs. Penn, maybe, maybe crafterella, you know, Dr. Penn, he's got some mad crafterella skills himself.
00:54:44
Speaker
So I want to showcase, this is kind of going to be our last big clip.
00:54:47
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This is, this is people we've met.
00:54:49
Speaker
This is people that listen.
00:54:50
Speaker
Like I want to give out a shout out to not even the pinball personalities.
00:54:53
Speaker
Like,
00:54:53
Speaker
People like Tim Lee, Glenn Watcher, Landon Orr, Naomi Shedd.
00:54:58
Speaker
I mean, there's just people that we have met through this hobby that we appreciate.
00:55:06
Speaker
Like, you don't have to be a pinball personality for us to be like, you guys are awesome.
00:55:10
Speaker
And everyone I just mentioned, and even more, I know you've talked about Tony Murphy.
00:55:15
Speaker
And Brad Hunter was just a dude you met on Pinside.
00:55:19
Speaker
It wasn't that he knew our podcast.
00:55:21
Speaker
Yeah.
00:55:22
Speaker
this final clip I'm going to play.
00:55:23
Speaker
Well, not the final, but this is kind of a combination of everyone that we've met and, and people that we talked to.
00:55:32
Speaker
Yeah.
00:55:33
Speaker
And, and I'll give a shout out to, to Timothy Purcell.
00:55:36
Speaker
Talk to him behind the scenes to a genuinely good guy.
00:55:40
Speaker
He's the one with the pinball loft blog.
00:55:42
Speaker
And it's been really fun just seeing what they've,
00:55:47
Speaker
what the hobbyists do, because there's so many really invested people who are involved in the hobby without being involved in like podcasting.
00:55:56
Speaker
So it's been, it's been genuinely a soul enriching experience to be able to hear and interact with these people.
00:56:04
Speaker
And I have considered that over the last two years, I have increased my pinball friend pool, uh,
00:56:12
Speaker
exponentially and it's been such a great experience so really shout out to everybody who even takes time to shoot me a message on Facebook or in Josh and I and just I have really enjoyed that we have become friends throughout this entire experience and it's really gotten me through this year I agree okay here we go hello pinball land
00:56:38
Speaker
You know, I'm sitting here in my bunker, deep, deep underground, working hard every day trying to save pinball from a pandemic, and I'm thinking, from this seat,
00:56:51
Speaker
Scott and Joshua are not loser kids.
00:56:55
Speaker
No, I, I think that, you know, they're cool kids.
00:56:59
Speaker
I think they should rename their podcast, the cool kids podcast.
00:57:02
Speaker
Cause, cause you know, that would make more sense anyway.
00:57:07
Speaker
Happy holidays.
00:57:07
Speaker
And I hope everyone's staying safe and healthy.
00:57:10
Speaker
Um, take care.
00:57:13
Speaker
Hey, Jason and Scott, this is your favorite pinball artist, Zombie Eddie.
00:57:17
Speaker
So I just wanted to reach out and wish you loser kids a hearty and merry congratulations for your 50th episode.
00:57:25
Speaker
I don't recall having a better time talking with two pinball podcasters with your names than when I was on your podcast rambling and using words.
00:57:34
Speaker
Also, I got that hat you sent me, and my head is way too large physically, not mentally.
00:57:40
Speaker
So if I had to fault your podcast during this two-year run, it would probably be the lack of Yeti-sized headwear.
00:57:46
Speaker
Otherwise, you guys should be proud, and I look forward to coming on again when the next project drops and everyone hates it.
00:57:53
Speaker
By the way, I assume this will meet our agreed-upon quota of backscratching so that we can finally be even?
00:57:58
Speaker
Just let me know.
00:57:59
Speaker
Thanks.
00:58:08
Speaker
one gin and tonic to go and this guy is all set to record the show buddy.
00:58:12
Speaker
I'm just getting my notes together here.
00:58:14
Speaker
I think we're all set.
00:58:16
Speaker
I'm ready when you are.
00:58:17
Speaker
Oh sh**.
00:58:18
Speaker
We forgot to record that thing for the Loser Kids.
00:58:21
Speaker
Oh dude, that's right.
00:58:22
Speaker
We have to do that.
00:58:23
Speaker
Yeah.
00:58:23
Speaker
Let's just wing something really quick.
00:58:25
Speaker
I'll hit record.
00:58:27
Speaker
Are you ready?
00:58:28
Speaker
Yeah.
00:58:28
Speaker
Let's go.
00:58:31
Speaker
And recording.
00:58:34
Speaker
Hey, all you pinball rock stars out there, this is Christopher Paranici.
00:58:36
Speaker
And Dr. Pin from the Super Awesome Pinball Show.
00:58:39
Speaker
And we want to congratulate our pals Scott and Josh on the 50th episode of the Loser Kids Pinball Podcast.
00:58:45
Speaker
That's right, Christian.
00:58:46
Speaker
Congrats and all the best, guys.
00:58:48
Speaker
Here's to another 50.
00:58:49
Speaker
Cheers.
00:58:50
Speaker
Cheers.
00:58:53
Speaker
And cut.
00:58:54
Speaker
Hey, are these guys going to make it to our Super Elite Awesome Podcasters Club on Friday night?
00:58:58
Speaker
I don't know, man.
00:58:59
Speaker
I hope so.
00:59:00
Speaker
Hey, will you pass me the grape coupon?
00:59:02
Speaker
Sure.
00:59:02
Speaker
Here you go, buddy.
00:59:03
Speaker
More Louie Trey?
00:59:05
Speaker
Of course.
00:59:06
Speaker
Thank you.
00:59:07
Speaker
Why do we have to do this again?
00:59:09
Speaker
You're the one that said you want to do this.
00:59:11
Speaker
Yeah, but I guess we have to do this, don't we?
00:59:14
Speaker
Yes, I think we do.
00:59:16
Speaker
What kind of name is Loser Kid anyway?
00:59:18
Speaker
We'd want to be a loser.
00:59:20
Speaker
I'm a loser.
00:59:21
Speaker
You're a loser.
00:59:22
Speaker
He's a loser.
00:59:22
Speaker
She's a loser.
00:59:23
Speaker
Wouldn't you like to listen to Loser Kid podcast too?
00:59:26
Speaker
Yeah, don't do that during the actual take.
00:59:28
Speaker
Oh, come on.
00:59:29
Speaker
All right.
00:59:29
Speaker
All right.
00:59:29
Speaker
Ready?
00:59:30
Speaker
Here we go.
00:59:31
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Hi there.
00:59:32
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I'm Ron Hallett.
00:59:33
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And Bruce Nightingale.
00:59:34
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From the Slam Tilt Podcast.
00:59:37
Speaker
Oh my.
00:59:38
Speaker
And congratulations, Loser Kid, on 50 episodes.
00:59:41
Speaker
Here's hoping 50 more.
00:59:43
Speaker
Hell yeah.
00:59:44
Speaker
And one of these days, we'll even get you on one of our episodes of Slam Tilt Podcast.
00:59:48
Speaker
Sure about that?
00:59:50
Speaker
Eh, maybe not.
00:59:51
Speaker
Okay.
00:59:51
Speaker
Congratulations!
00:59:52
Speaker
Yay!
00:59:53
Speaker
Good job, guys!
00:59:56
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Hey Josh and Scott, it's Jeff from This Week in Pinball.
00:59:59
Speaker
Huge congratulations on 50 episodes.
01:00:04
Speaker
Always enjoy your podcast and looking forward to hopefully hanging out in person soon.
01:00:10
Speaker
You guys have the best hats and shirts in the business and I wear mine all the time.
01:00:15
Speaker
I'm still not sure that
01:00:18
Speaker
Aquabats is a great theme for a pinball machine.
01:00:23
Speaker
But anyway, here's to 50 more guys.
01:00:26
Speaker
Thank you for all that you do.
01:00:28
Speaker
Hey, this is David Dennis from Silverball Chronicles.
01:00:33
Speaker
Well, we all remember that during the great pinball podcast purge of January 2020, pinball podcasting became a dreary, uninhabited land of sadness, much like Utah.
01:00:47
Speaker
But unlike Utah, the podcasting landscape still had one team which was a vibrant and intelligent one.
01:00:56
Speaker
The Loser Kid Pinball Podcast.
01:00:59
Speaker
Josh and Scott, I can't believe you find the time to record thoughtful and fun interviews from some of the industry's top talent in between getting yelled at by your nine wives.
01:01:12
Speaker
That was a Mormon joke, by the way.
01:01:15
Speaker
Thanks a bunch for doing what you do and doing it at the caliber that you do.
01:01:20
Speaker
All of the trees in Arizona may lean north because Utah sucks, but the Loser Kid Pinball Podcast doesn't.
01:01:29
Speaker
Thanks, guys.
01:01:30
Speaker
Keep up the good work.
01:01:32
Speaker
Moppy, one of our favorite pinball podcasts is celebrating 50 episodes.
01:01:37
Speaker
Isn't that swell?
01:01:39
Speaker
The Parman's been my podcast?
01:01:41
Speaker
No, silly.
01:01:42
Speaker
Our pals Josh and Scott at the Loser Kids Pinball Podcast.
01:01:46
Speaker
Gosh, I sure do love their positive outlook on pinball.
01:01:49
Speaker
And I hear they're pro puppet too.
01:01:51
Speaker
So anyway, from me, Moppy, and the rest of the gang.
01:01:55
Speaker
Congrats on your 50.
01:01:58
Speaker
We sure think you're nifty.
01:02:01
Speaker
We're hoping for fame
01:02:20
Speaker
Hey there, Josh and Scott.
01:02:21
Speaker
It's Oberto Elbert here of the Pinball Nerds Podcast.
01:02:23
Speaker
I just wanted to congratulate you on 50 episodes of the Loser Kid Pinball Podcast.
01:02:28
Speaker
And of those 50 episodes, I think you've had Keith Elwin on, what, 48, 49 times?
01:02:33
Speaker
So the only thing I could say is maybe leave Keith Elwin to go on some other podcasts just from time to time.
01:02:40
Speaker
Just once in a while.
01:02:41
Speaker
Let him come on the other shows as well.
01:02:43
Speaker
I'm just razzing you boys.
01:02:44
Speaker
Absolutely love you guys.
01:02:45
Speaker
Love what you're doing.
01:02:46
Speaker
From everyone here on my homestead, from Luke and Leia, my goats, to Drop Target Danielle, my wonderful wife, even a little Orby Jr. And hurry up, Hayden.
01:02:54
Speaker
All of us here.
01:02:55
Speaker
Congratulations on 50 episodes.
01:02:57
Speaker
And I can't wait to hear the next 50.
01:02:59
Speaker
Cheers.
01:03:01
Speaker
Nick Lane from Buffalo Pinball here to say congrats to Loser Kid Pinball Podcast for their 50th episode and two years of podcasting.
01:03:09
Speaker
Nicely done guys.
01:03:10
Speaker
Here's to many more years because if the world needs one thing right now, it's more pinball podcasts.
01:03:16
Speaker
Hey guys, this is Landon Orr from Raleigh, North Carolina, former member of the Salt Lake Area Pinballers.
01:03:22
Speaker
Well, congrats.
01:03:23
Speaker
I can't believe it's been two years and 50 episodes already.
01:03:26
Speaker
Y'all are my favorite pinball podcasts and I listen to far too many of those.
01:03:30
Speaker
I love your upbeat positivity and really love your honesty, especially when it comes to deep root.
01:03:36
Speaker
Being positive while still being honest is a rare combination pinball, and you guys have nailed it.
01:03:40
Speaker
It's what keeps me coming back.
01:03:43
Speaker
Well, congrats again, and here's to another 50 episodes.
01:03:47
Speaker
What's up, guys?
01:03:47
Speaker
Kerry Hardy here on the Loser Kid Pinball Podcast.
01:03:51
Speaker
Now, since this may be the only time you hear me on this show, I'm going to milk it like Stern milks the Star Wars license.
01:03:57
Speaker
So buckle up, we got 10 minutes of this shit.
01:04:00
Speaker
Kidding.
01:04:00
Speaker
Instead, we're going to treat it like a topper and make it limited.
01:04:04
Speaker
I thoroughly enjoy listening to your show and interviews when I should be listening to the soul-crushing Zoom meetings at work.
01:04:11
Speaker
Congrats to Joshua and Scott on reaching their 50th episode, and here's to 50 more.
01:04:16
Speaker
Peace out.
01:04:18
Speaker
Hey, you loser good pinball podcast.
01:04:19
Speaker
This is Gamma Goat.
01:04:20
Speaker
Long time listener, first time caller.
01:04:23
Speaker
Congratulations on 50 episodes.
01:04:26
Speaker
All right, that should do.
01:04:28
Speaker
Wow.
01:04:29
Speaker
I can't believe they're still on that whole Aquabats thing.
01:04:31
Speaker
Who thinks Aquabats is a good theme for a pinball machine?
01:04:34
Speaker
I know that actually, you're right.
01:04:37
Speaker
In true loser fashion, we are throwing our own party.
01:04:39
Speaker
But I will say it's been a lot of fun hearing the people talk about that they have enjoyed interacting with us, enjoyed listening to us.
01:04:47
Speaker
And that actually makes me happy to say that what we have done means something to someone else.
01:04:55
Speaker
Well, I still feel like the little kid, like the new kids on the block.
01:04:57
Speaker
Like I still look up to everyone.
01:05:00
Speaker
I still don't think we're like professionals at all.
01:05:03
Speaker
We're not.
01:05:03
Speaker
We're not.
01:05:03
Speaker
We're not.
01:05:04
Speaker
I guess we're not.
01:05:06
Speaker
But I still look up to the others and like, it's still cool that like, like Nick Lane of Buffalo pinball sent us a message and, and, you know,
01:05:14
Speaker
Puppet pals.
01:05:15
Speaker
I was not expecting that.
01:05:17
Speaker
Yeah.
01:05:18
Speaker
Well, macho macho is awesome.
01:05:20
Speaker
Yeah.
01:05:21
Speaker
Okay.
01:05:21
Speaker
All these, again, I kind of, all these people, Carrie Hardy's great.
01:05:25
Speaker
And, and really everybody who sent that, uh, actually David Dennis, he sent me, uh, a, um, because I was mocking a little bit about the, uh, the ketchup chips.
01:05:36
Speaker
He actually sent me a bag of ketchup chips so I can try it.
01:05:40
Speaker
That is awesome.
01:05:41
Speaker
Yeah, and I actually tried them and I will say it tastes a little bit like astronaut food.
01:05:46
Speaker
What I would imagine astronauts would eat with a dried French fry with some dried ketchup on it.
01:05:54
Speaker
It's still good, but I think I'll still take my Doritos.
01:05:58
Speaker
That's the American equivalent, I guess.
01:06:01
Speaker
Well, I'm doing another Canadian tradition on my side.
01:06:05
Speaker
Orbital Albert says you've got to drink.
01:06:09
Speaker
60% chocolate milk mixed with 40% eggnog.
01:06:12
Speaker
And I've got to say, I know there's a lot of division of eggnog out there.
01:06:17
Speaker
People think you either throw it in the trash or drink it till you pass out.
01:06:21
Speaker
I'm the kind of person that my only downfall with eggnog is it's like 750 calories for half a pint.
01:06:29
Speaker
Yeah, I drink one cup of eggnog a year and I love eggnog, but that one cup really takes me throughout the year.
01:06:36
Speaker
So I'm good.
01:06:38
Speaker
You've at least got to try the chocolate milk.
01:06:41
Speaker
Is it warm or cold?
01:06:43
Speaker
You got to do it cold.
01:06:44
Speaker
I did it cold.
01:06:45
Speaker
Okay.
01:06:46
Speaker
Check it out on, I think it's his podcast episode where he talked about we were like his third favorite or something like that.
01:06:51
Speaker
He just recently did.
01:06:53
Speaker
But he gives the whole, if you want to do true Canadian style, you have to like slightly sour the milk and all that jazz.
01:06:58
Speaker
I seriously just went to the convenience store, bought a 1% chocolate milk and the eggnog and drink.
01:07:04
Speaker
uh, you know, 40% of the chocolate milk and then dumped my, my eggnog in.
01:07:09
Speaker
Oh, there you go.
01:07:11
Speaker
Do you have to listen to rush while you're doing it?
01:07:13
Speaker
Cause I'd be all for that.
01:07:14
Speaker
It's fine.
01:07:14
Speaker
It is optional.
01:07:16
Speaker
Uh, but it's not, it's not mandatory.
01:07:18
Speaker
So, okay.
01:07:18
Speaker
Okay.
01:07:19
Speaker
And I gotta say, I love David Dennis.
01:07:20
Speaker
I know that we've got the joke a couple of times though.
01:07:23
Speaker
Okay.
01:07:24
Speaker
Now, okay.
Cultural Humor and Future Hopes
01:07:25
Speaker
Full disclosure.
01:07:25
Speaker
I only have five.
01:07:27
Speaker
You only have five.
01:07:28
Speaker
We jokingly, my wife's best friend, we call her our second wife because we're from Utah and, you know, that's the joke.
01:07:36
Speaker
It's actually good.
01:07:39
Speaker
I'm from Pioneer Heritage.
01:07:40
Speaker
I had polygamous in my ancestors.
01:07:42
Speaker
So it's totally fair game.
01:07:44
Speaker
I totally get it.
01:07:45
Speaker
Well, and the other one that made me laugh, too, is when he's like, and all the trees lean north because Utah sucks.
01:07:52
Speaker
It was great.
01:07:54
Speaker
Exactly.
01:07:54
Speaker
No, it was awesome.
01:07:57
Speaker
But no, really, thanks, everyone.
01:07:59
Speaker
We may be throwing our own party, but you know what?
01:08:02
Speaker
It's totally appropriate.
01:08:06
Speaker
And I'm totally not kidding.
01:08:08
Speaker
I am actually such a slacker at sending stuff off.
01:08:11
Speaker
I'm going to outsource those to Josh because Josh is actually on top of that.
01:08:14
Speaker
So I'm going to send him some of the swag and let him actually distribute some of the hats because I've been promising people hats for about two months and I have sorely under sent them.
01:08:24
Speaker
So.
01:08:26
Speaker
You're good, man.
01:08:26
Speaker
You're good.
01:08:27
Speaker
So we'll get it taken care of.
01:08:29
Speaker
I know that, and like Glenn needs his swag back too.
01:08:32
Speaker
So we'll get you taken care of.
01:08:34
Speaker
Like we're not, we have not forgotten.
01:08:35
Speaker
We haven't forgotten.
01:08:36
Speaker
I have a list.
01:08:37
Speaker
I do have a list.
01:08:38
Speaker
It's been kind of busy at the hospital.
01:08:42
Speaker
Well, I want to do one final clip.
01:08:44
Speaker
I know we played this on the Rayday episode, but like Tim Lee, Glenn Watcher, you guys knocked this out of the park.
01:08:52
Speaker
I love your guys' podcast of geniuses episode.
01:08:55
Speaker
we're hurrying throw this in here and then we'll wrap some stuff up and and say merry christmas and happy holidays and all that jazz so poor man's tribe presents podcasts of genius podcasts of genius today we salute you nicest pinball podcast in the universe it's a
01:09:20
Speaker
You could be like other podcasters and rip other shows, dropping F-bombs, trying to be cool, but you stinkers know your swag is better than theirs.
01:09:29
Speaker
Only champions wear their beanies.
01:09:32
Speaker
Sometimes you want to give the middle finger, but you just give them that pointy finger, because you're from Utah.
01:09:39
Speaker
Just don't bring up deep roots.
01:09:42
Speaker
Sure, you might not win a twippy by being nice, but you can lay your heads on that comfy pillow at night knowing your logo is on a pinball machine.
01:09:51
Speaker
So mix yourselves a couple of Shirley Temple's loser kids, cause you'll always be winners with us.
01:09:58
Speaker
These guys always get the best in.
01:10:04
Speaker
Okay, that is by far, I want to make that as my callback on the ringtone when people call me.
01:10:10
Speaker
Yes, I totally agree.
01:10:12
Speaker
And you know what?
01:10:13
Speaker
They say we might not win Twippy for Nice's podcast, but you know, now that the voting system is 3-2.
01:10:20
Speaker
Yeah, yeah.
01:10:21
Speaker
You know, we could win it at least.
01:10:23
Speaker
We could be solid second.
01:10:25
Speaker
Yeah.
01:10:26
Speaker
We could get the Josh Sharpe Award.
01:10:29
Speaker
I will take that award any day.
01:10:33
Speaker
Love you, Josh.
01:10:36
Speaker
But seriously, guys, thank you for sticking around with us for two years now.
01:10:41
Speaker
We, this, this is our final episode.
01:10:44
Speaker
Uh, and so we wanted to go out with a bang.
01:10:47
Speaker
We're signing out.
01:10:48
Speaker
We figured that, uh, everybody else made it to a hundred and then signed out.
01:10:51
Speaker
So we're going to do 50 and just call it good.
01:10:53
Speaker
Yep.
01:10:54
Speaker
We're going to call it good.
01:10:55
Speaker
Oh, I've got on my notes right here.
01:10:56
Speaker
Final episode of, of 2020.
01:10:58
Speaker
Oh, okay.
01:10:59
Speaker
No, it's fine.
01:11:00
Speaker
You know, we, we may actually sneak one in, uh, you know, the, the week of, uh,
01:11:05
Speaker
you know, the week of, uh, new year's new year's.
01:11:08
Speaker
So maybe we'll see what happens, but, uh, yeah, man.
01:11:11
Speaker
Yeah.
01:11:11
Speaker
I'm taking a vacation next week.
01:11:13
Speaker
I'm actually, uh, gonna take a little time with the family.
01:11:16
Speaker
We haven't done anything this year, so this will be a lot of fun.
01:11:19
Speaker
So, uh, it will be a week from pinball, but, uh, I will enjoy it.
01:11:25
Speaker
So I got to ask you, what is your holiday wishes?
01:11:30
Speaker
You know, for not only this time of year, but,
01:11:32
Speaker
Also, New Year's and the hobby going into 2021.
01:11:37
Speaker
OK, for the hobby, my holiday wish is that everybody gets vaccinated and then we can actually start doing pinball again.
01:11:46
Speaker
Pinball really is a social sport.
01:11:50
Speaker
I I totally love playing the pinball at home.
01:11:54
Speaker
But I have way more fun when I'm with people.
01:11:58
Speaker
And this has been a great outlet for me to talk to people on the podcast.
01:12:04
Speaker
But really, I enjoy getting together with people.
01:12:07
Speaker
And I I want 2021 to be a lot more like 2019.
01:12:14
Speaker
in that when we had events, we had people together, we had bars that weren't struggling, or any sort of arcade that they could actually feel, people would feel safe to go and play.
01:12:26
Speaker
And that's really my big wish.
01:12:28
Speaker
My big wish is let's do a reboot, let's everybody play safely, and if anything's out there,
01:12:37
Speaker
throw a mask on, Purell it up and go ahead and flip, send some money their way.
01:12:41
Speaker
But really, I just want it to be back to everybody making money in their vocation again and feeling safe and connecting on a human level as opposed to a digital level.
01:12:55
Speaker
That would be my wish.
01:12:56
Speaker
What's yours?
01:12:57
Speaker
Mine for the hobby is that those that have been affected by this
01:13:05
Speaker
That they were able to recover.
01:13:06
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That whether it be sickness wise.
01:13:08
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Your business.
01:13:11
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Location play.
01:13:12
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Whatever it may be.
01:13:13
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That you may be able to.
01:13:16
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Not only live a happy life.
01:13:18
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In this coming year.
01:13:19
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Along with pinball.
01:13:21
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But also that it's a healthy one.
01:13:23
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That you may be able to.
01:13:25
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Know the people around you love you.
01:13:27
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And that.
01:13:31
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This hobby truly is awesome.
01:13:33
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It may be a niche hobby.
01:13:35
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But I feel like it's family.
01:13:38
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I feel like when we get together and hang out, it's truly like going back to a family reunion.
Emotional Support and Recovery Wishes
01:13:45
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And so my wish is that 2020 only gets better, that we don't have a repeat.
01:13:51
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Or sorry, 2021 gets better, that we don't have a repeat of 2020.
01:13:55
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Yeah.
01:13:56
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And as we've said before, I know there are people who are emotionally struggling, emotionally hurting.
01:14:01
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And just like any other part of your body, your brain and your psyche, they need help, too.
01:14:07
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And so if you need like feel like you need help, please go ahead and talk to someone.
01:14:12
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It's just it's just like any other organ in the body.
01:14:15
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Is that if your gallbladder sick or your heart sick or anything like that, your lungs, you need to seek out the people who you can talk to.
01:14:23
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And if you feel like there's any sort of thing holding you back on that, but it's still affecting your life, I mean, take charge, take that step and reach out, try to try to find some way of getting back to you and getting back to healing.
01:14:38
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Yep.
01:14:40
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Uh, one final thing, a friend of the podcast, Kate Martin.
01:14:44
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If you haven't reached out to her, send her a little note.
01:14:47
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Tell her that you're thinking of her.
01:14:49
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She tore her meniscus, and she is out of work for the rest of the year.
01:14:54
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She is stuck at home doing nothing.
01:14:57
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Hit her up.
01:14:59
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Watch a show with her on Netflix.
01:15:00
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whatever it may be.
01:15:01
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Send her some Taco Bell.
01:15:02
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I know that she enjoys Taco Bell.
01:15:04
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Send her pictures of Taco Bell tacos.
01:15:05
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That's what I want you to do.
01:15:07
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So just, I don't know, just go ahead and just drop her like an Instagram post or a Facebook messenger and just send her, send her some taco tacos.
01:15:16
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She'll love that.
01:15:17
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So seriously, everyone, thank you.
01:15:19
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Thank you.
01:15:20
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Thank you.
01:15:21
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We wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you.
01:15:24
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And we appreciate everything that you guys have done for us.
01:15:28
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You know, we love talking to you.
01:15:31
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Can't wait to do another 50 more episodes.
01:15:34
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Yeah.
01:15:34
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And, and save up and hopefully buy that next dream machine to tell us what you get and drop us a, drop us a review.
01:15:42
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We'd love to hear what you guys bought and why you bought it.
01:15:45
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And what's your favorite game right now.
01:15:48
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And totally not kidding.
01:15:50
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We will get the swag out.
01:15:51
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I'm a slacker.
01:15:52
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I'm a loser kid.
01:15:53
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We will get the slag.
01:15:54
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That's why you're good.
01:15:55
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You're good.
01:15:55
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Captain.
01:15:56
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I was going to say my dream machine came in Avengers premium.
Gratitude and Social Media Engagement
01:16:00
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And I can't open it till Christmas.
01:16:02
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So be thinking of me and your Christmas wishes.
01:16:06
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Cause I'm ready to play some of the vendors goodness.
01:16:09
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Yeah.
01:16:10
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Well, you got, you got a, what a nine days left or 11 days left, I guess.
01:16:16
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We're, we're recording on the 14th.
01:16:18
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So, yes.
01:16:19
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So, well, awesome.
01:16:21
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Thank you, Scott.
01:16:21
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Like, honestly, it's been awesome having you along for this ride and just, it's great to have a co-host that's kind of on the same level.
01:16:30
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And seriously, man, you're awesome.
01:16:33
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It's a low level, but it's the same.
01:16:35
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So I appreciate that too.
01:16:38
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And all the times you let me crash at your house.
01:16:40
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So there you go.
01:16:41
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Thanks, Josh.
01:16:41
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I appreciate it.
01:16:43
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And I appreciate you.
01:16:45
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Cheers to you.
01:16:46
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Thank you.
01:16:48
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Let's wrap this up.
01:16:48
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Let's work.
01:16:49
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Where can people find us, Scott?
01:16:51
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Uh, Hey, the easiest place to find us is on Facebook.
01:16:55
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Uh, just because every, uh, everybody in our demographic, uh, tends to be on Facebook, but, uh, Josh, uh, runs the Twitter.
01:17:01
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He runs the, uh, the Instagram or the Insta face or the snap, whatever, uh, kind of reach out.
01:17:09
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You know what, Josh, why don't you say what you run?
01:17:13
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We're on Facebook at loser kid pinball.
01:17:16
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And we're also on Twitter and Instagram.
01:17:19
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Um,
01:17:20
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I am messing around with Tik TOK at the moment.
01:17:22
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I really don't know if I want to do anything with it, but you can find us on there if you really want to.
01:17:28
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Um, it just, yeah.
01:17:30
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Fastest way to get ahold of us is to send us a message on Instagram on, uh, yes.
01:17:36
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And the more that I'm on Tik TOK, the more I'm like, why the crap was this even invented?
01:17:40
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So, you know, I think, I think I'm just too old.
01:17:43
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I don't get it.
01:17:45
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Same here.
01:17:45
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So, but no, if you want to reach out to us, that's the places to do it.
01:17:49
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Also,
01:17:49
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If you're more of an email person, loser kid, pinball podcast at gmail.com.
01:17:54
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We will reveal some of the swag we've come out with as well.
01:17:57
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I know we talked about some stuff a couple episodes ago, but it'll probably be after the beginning of the new year.
01:18:03
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We'll hit it hard.
01:18:04
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So.
01:18:04
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Okay.
Holiday Wishes and Future Outlook
01:18:06
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Well, you guys have a Merry Christmas and a happy new year and let's all stay safe and we'll meet up at the next pinball gathering.
01:18:13
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I agree.
01:18:13
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Happy Christmas.
01:18:14
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Exactly.
01:18:16
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Exactly.