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Ep 75: 2021 Christmas Special
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Are you on the naughty list or the nice? Time to find out on the special 2021 Christmas episode!
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Santa's Humorous Christmas Greeting
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Ho, ho, ho!
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Merry Christmas!
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Santa here, and hello and merry-do-da to my favorite loser kids.
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You really are my favorite losers.
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It's been lovely to hear interviews and stories about something other than playfield chipping.
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So, Scott and Joshua, thank you for everything.
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And to all you loser kids, Merry Pinball Christmas!
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Ho, ho!
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Oh, Rudolph, this ball's stuck in the scoop again.
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And that spotlight's broken off again.
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And that decal's peeling.
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Oh, this hobby's exhausting.
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Many Christmas.
Introduction and Holiday Spirits
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Thank you, Santa Claus, for that intro.
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And thank you, everyone, for joining us.
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It is our Christmas episode, episode number 75.
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I am Josh Roop on the Loser Kid Pinball Podcast with me, my co-slay writer.
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Scott Larson, I didn't know we had a sleigh, but sure, why not?
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Are we doing like a Kristoff and Anna thing?
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Maybe.
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Can I be Olaf?
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Yeah.
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And I'm going to pull a page right out of the Poor Man's Pinball podcast book.
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I see that you have a mug there.
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What are you drinking tonight, Scott?
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Well, it's hot cocoa.
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I've actually been getting over a cold and my airway is such that every time I get a cold, it cements crud right below my larynx.
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And I have a chronic cough for about a month, which is absolutely terrible.
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So right now I'm into that cement mucus phase and it feels like I've been chain smoking for about 30 years.
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Nice.
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That's probably way more.
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So I'll probably, I'll probably be jumping for the mute button many times when I'm trying to clear my voice.
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Nice.
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Well, I...
Eggnog and Chocolate Milk Discussion
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How am I supposed to follow that up?
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Do you have some mucus that you're sipping there?
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Well, I was going to lead into what I am drinking.
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I know that we don't drink alcoholic beverages.
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And so Orbital Albert from Pinball Nerds swears by this.
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You can see in the camera.
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It says eggnog.
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But it is 60% chocolate milk, 40% eggnog.
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And it's pretty good.
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Yeah, it's pretty delicious.
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I drink about a cup of eggnog once a year.
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And it's always it's it's good because I do like the taste, but it's so thick that I drink it once and I'm like, OK, and then I usually end up making syrup with her French toast.
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Well, it's delicious.
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If you haven't tried it, definitely do it the Canadian way.
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Okay.
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60% chocolate milk kind of thins out that eggnog, last 40% eggnog.
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All right.
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Okay.
Pinball Christmas Gifts and Santa's List
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And if we're looking for getting a present for Christmas, who do we contact on that, Josh?
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We call our own personal pinball Santa, Zach Menny and Nicole Menny at Flippin' Out Pinball.
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So if you're looking for that Godzilla, you got to hook up onto his Facebook page.
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Because randomly, two days ago, he's like, I got a Wonka.
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Who wants it?
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He's got games just randomly coming in.
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So if you want that game, it's that time of year.
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Or drop him a wish list.
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It's like Santa.
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You can give him a wish list and say, these are the games I'm looking for and let me know when they're available.
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Yep, exactly.
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You know what?
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And speaking of which, Scott, I stole Santa's naughty or nice list.
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Ooh, does that put you on the naughty list?
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I don't know.
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We will have to check here at the bottom, but I saw some notable names on here and I wanted to go over this with you.
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See what you thought.
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Okay, wait, do I get a vote, Naughty or Nice?
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Is that how it works?
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Yes, we either vote or we can tell the people what Santa is going to give them as a rating on Naughty or Nice.
Contributions to Pinball and Santa's Nice List
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Before we do that, though, let's try and throw out a real big congratulations to Colin McAlpine and Bo and Karens for joining the team over at P3 Multimorphic.
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We're excited to see what you bring to the table, guys.
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Yeah, friends of the show, and they've both been on, and they've both been great guests.
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And so we certainly look forward to their expertise that they're bringing.
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It's been so good for pinball to really absorb and incorporate these tournament players into what they're doing, because it really does help develop the rules beyond what the casual player like you and I would appreciate.
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They actually know how to take it to that next level.
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And that will be really interesting because P3 is on the way up.
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It's still continuing to develop and continuing to change.
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And I really think that it'll be something really interesting in the future, if not already.
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You could argue it's already arrived.
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Yes, and I'm excited to see what they produce.
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It was really very fun to play their product at Pinball Expo.
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If you haven't tried a multimorphic game, get yourself a Texas pinball festival.
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I know for sure they'll be there.
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We'll be there.
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It's going to be a blast.
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So, and speaking of the list, speaking of the list, I got Colin McAlpine right here.
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Oh, what, what do you think Santa thinks is Colin McAlpine?
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Okay.
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Legitimately, Colin is one of the nicest guys that I've met in person.
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And even though he took five of my grand champion scores, and that's only because he played five games for an hour each, I would still put him on the nice list because in the middle of him crushing all my high scores, he was still giving me instructions on how to be a better player.
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Yep.
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So I would absolutely say, and his family is super nice and super awesome.
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So anytime they're around, certainly hit them up.
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Well, and you must be reading exactly from Santa's list because it does say he's nice.
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He is nice.
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Even though he took Santa's grand champion scores as well.
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Yeah, well, that makes sense.
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Here's the question.
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What games does Santa play?
Santa's Pinball Preferences and List Speculations
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obviously taxi uh why yeah yeah so that's like his main jam isn't that like a band listening to their own music though most bands don't listen to their own music i pretty for sure iron maiden tours with an iron iron maiden pinball machine that is true that's true and it's an la pretty sure
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You would assume that musicians that play their music every night for hours on end, for days on end, over months, would be sick of playing, hearing their own music.
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But hey.
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You know what?
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It pays the bills, man.
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It does.
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It does.
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Hey, let's move down this list.
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I see on here the pins.
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Christian and Sarah Line.
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See, this is kind of sneaky.
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Yeah.
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Because while I would love to say they are nice, I think they're the naughty elves.
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Yeah.
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I think they're on the, you know, okay.
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Have you seen, have you seen prep and landing?
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I have not.
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Okay.
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So if you have Disney plus, it's great.
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There's prep and landing.
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It's a, it's an awesome Christmas show and they have, there's two elves out there, two sets of elves.
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There's the prep and landing elves that actually land before Santa.
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They're like the, the advanced party.
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And get everything ready for Santa to come.
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And if you're on the nice list, you get the prep and landing elves.
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But if you're on the naughty list, you get the coal elves.
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And while I think they're still good, I think they would be coal elves.
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I think they'd be stopping off and dropping by and visiting the naughty kids.
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I agree.
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So looking at Santa's list here, it says that Sarah Line is nice.
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But Christian Lyne is on the naughty list.
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All it says next to his name is he knows what he did.
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Well, he does check that list twice.
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Yes.
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So I don't know what Santa knows, but Christian, you better keep your nose clean.
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Yeah.
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Well, it's probably all those.
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Well, he's basically a drug dealer.
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He's a legalized drug dealer.
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So people pay him money and he knocks them out.
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I mean, you really shouldn't be able to do that in a civilized society.
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Give you the high of your life and make sure you don't die from it, right?
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Yeah, it's actually more of the sleep of your life, but yes.
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Oh my goodness.
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Okay, so also here on the list, we've got triple drain.
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So Tom Graff, Joel Engelberth, and Travis Murie.
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There's no chance all three of those are on the nice list.
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No, no chance.
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Huh?
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There's no chance.
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No.
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Okay.
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So give, give us your prediction.
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Uh, well, um, Travis, uh, Travis kind of stuffed us at expo.
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Yeah, that's true.
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He like, he, he didn't show up.
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And so I'm going to give him an incomplete.
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Cause I just, I really don't have a vibe.
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Yeah.
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Um, you know, maybe the other two, you know, you could do a coin flip.
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One's nice and one's naughty.
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Yeah.
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Which one's nice?
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So I've got here Tom Graff is nice because of all the streaming he does for the community.
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Well, absolutely, yeah.
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Through Fox City Pinball.
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And just the nice general guy he is along with his son.
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I guess it's a tag team there on Santa's list.
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As far as Joel Engelberth,
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He is on the naughty list this year for taking too many high scores is what it says here.
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Yeah.
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And he didn't he win some of the Olympic stuff to something like that.
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And for being a little too harsh on David Dennis.
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Hey, this is this isn't coming from us, Joel.
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This is coming from Santa.
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You know what?
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If you can make fun of a Canadian, then your heart is dark.
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It is four sizes too small, my friend.
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I agree.
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And then the last but not least, Travis Murie.
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And all it says is nice because he's trying to jump ship to join Loser Kids.
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Hey.
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Oh, well, okay.
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And that's pandering.
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But you know what?
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We take pandering on the show.
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Yes, we do.
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We accept bribes.
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We accept pandering.
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We accept all sorts of constructive compliments.
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Yep.
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So, ooh, here's a good one.
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You ready for this?
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Gary Stern.
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Ooh.
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Um, wow.
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That's a tough one.
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That is a tough one because you've got the, like, you've got the people that you would assume would think he's naughty because of the price raising, but the nice for bringing us all the sweet, sweet themes and the consistent product out the door.
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Um, wow.
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Wow.
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You know what?
Gary Stern's Drinking Adventures with Santa
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I think that he is.
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OK, so you've seen Arthur Christmas, right?
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Yeah.
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He's like the retired Santa.
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OK.
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Who now all he does is sit in the corner and drink vodka spiked eggnog and watches his Beatles number one diamond that sits in his in his office boxed.
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Yeah.
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Like ready to deliver to somebody.
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But, you know, he's probably never going to deliver to anybody.
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Yeah.
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It says here, nice list.
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It just has a winky emoji and says, forever remember that night we went drinking.
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Wow.
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Yeah.
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So I guess Gary and Santa are on the same level.
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Yeah, they're drinking buddies.
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There's a couple more names on this list.
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I don't know.
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Should we do some more?
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Should we move on?
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Sure.
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Okay.
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Do a few more.
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Keith Elwin.
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Come on.
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Yeah.
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I mean, he's the golden boy.
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He's like the Tom Brady right now of Pinball.
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And he has to be on the nice list.
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But there's got to be a few naughty designers out there.
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But obviously nice.
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And it's because all the joy he brings to the Pinball community.
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Right.
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The joy.
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Absolutely.
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Yeah.
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Except for the people who miss out on his LEs.
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exactly well yeah i know the right people i guess that's true maybe santa will bring you an ellie this christmas oh so i could see scott sitting on santa's lap that would be yeah that would be a little awkward that restraining order it's 300 feet and no no uh no elementary schools either dennis creasel
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Ooh.
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Okay.
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So Dennis is neither on the naughty or the nice list, but Dennis is Krampus.
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Yes.
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So, you know, if you are not nice, then you get a visit from Dennis and probably in his, his Nord man under ruse and he will steal your soul.
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Yeah.
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Your pinball soul, but he's still your soul.
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And last but not least, this is the last name I'm going to check off the list.
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Macho Man Randy Savage.
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Ooh, I would.
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Okay, so would you rank Macho Man as, is he one of the heroes or the villains in wrestling?
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I don't, I never watched wrestling too much.
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And by too much, I mean not at all growing up.
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And so although I recognize Randy Savage and his sweet Slim Jims, I'm not exactly sure if he would be on the nice list or the naughty list.
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What would you say?
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All I've got here next to the list is it says that Emoto is getting her nice presence this year.
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Well, okay.
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All right.
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So does that mean Emoto is macho?
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Who knows?
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I don't know.
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I would love to hear Emoto try to do the macho voice.
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Telling you, man.
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Macho pinball.
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It could be.
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That would be a twist that I would not have predicted.
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Yep.
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So...
Wrapping Up Santa's List
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Well, that wraps it up for Santa's Christmas list.
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If you want to see the naughty or nice list, you're going to have to break into his North Pole.
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What I want you to do is, so here is what we want from you guys.
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We want feedback to tell us who is on the naughty and nice list and why.
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Yeah.
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Just put it in the comments of our episode or you can send us an email at loser kid pinball podcast.
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Well, you should send it because we should at least read it.
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Yeah.
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So, yeah.
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Send us an email.
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Loserkidpinballpodcast at gmail.com.
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We'll read these out.
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You nominate who's on the naughty and nice list and we'll go from there.
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Yeah.
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So, awesome.
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You know, speaking of naughty or nice, we got to meet in person a gentleman by the name of Glenn Wechter.
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We even roomed with Glenn.
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So he, he totally, uh, because of, because Lee had to work or something.
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And so Glenn was able to hook us up in the room.
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And since I was the, uh, I was the ranking elder statesman, uh, you guys let me have the bed the whole time, which was nice.
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So Glenn is very artistic.
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I don't know if you know this.
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And we reached out to him and I asked, I gave him a challenge.
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And I said, Glenn, I know that you're moving.
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I know you're chock full of busyness right now.
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It is the season.
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But I want to hear the 12 Days of Christmas Pinball Edition.
Pinball-Themed '12 Days of Christmas' Performance
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And he did not fall short.
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We're going to listen to that right now.
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Oh, hey, Josh and Scott.
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It's Glenn in Nashville.
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I'm just sitting by this fire, singing to my Yule log, thinking about all the great episodes you guys made for us this year.
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Fun interviews.
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I thought I'd sing you a song about all the other podcasts I also appreciate.
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So, here we go.
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On the first Christmas podcast from Marty and Ryan C A Christmas episode of Head to Head for Me On the second pod for Christmas I got stuff from Orby Two goats from Nova Scotia And a Christmas episode of Head to Head for Me On the third pod from Christmas from Ron and Double D Three hour Chronicles Two goats from Nova Scotia And a Christmas episode of Head to Head for Me
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On the fourth pod from Christmas From puppets, Steve and Moppy Four ancient relics, three hour chronicles Two goats from Orbi And a Christmas episode of Head to Head for me On the fifth pod from Christmas From Jeff and Joe to me Five top five lists
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Four ancient relics, three hour chronicles, two goats from Orby, and a Christmas episode of Head to Head for me.
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On the sixth, hot from Christmas from Neal's dad, Joel, and T. Six triple combos, five top five lists.
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Four ancient relics, three hour chronicles, two goats from Orbi, and a Christmas episode of Head to Head for me.
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On the seventh pod from Christmas, Mrs. Pincraft did for me.
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Seven homemade toppers, six triple combos, five top five lists.
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Four ancient relics, three our chronicles, two goats from Morby, and a Christmas episode of head to head for me.
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On the eighth pot from Christmas, my friend Macho sent me eight Big Mona products, seven homemade top for six, triple combos, five top five lists.
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Four Ancient Relics, three Our Chronicles, two Goats from Orbi, and a Christmas episode of Head to Head for me.
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On the ninth, Pod from Christmas from DocuPin and then Frenchie.
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Nine Chokes with Laugh Tracks, eight Big Mona Products, seven Homemade Tompher, six Triple Combos, five Top Five Lists.
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Four ancient relics, three hour chronicles, two goats from Orbi, and a Christmas episode head to head for me.
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On the tenth pod from Christmas from T.P.
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and Zach Many.
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Ten network podcasts, nine jokes with laugh tracks, eight big Mona products, seven homemade toppers, six triple combos, five top five lists.
00:17:53
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Four ancient relics, three hour chronicles, two goats from Orbeez, and a Christmas episode of Head to Head for me.
00:18:01
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On the eleventh pod from Christmas from Teolus and Marty, eleven paid reach-arounds, ten network podcasts, nine jokes with laugh tracks, eight big Mona products, seven homemade toppers, six triple combos, five top five lists.
00:18:17
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Four ancient relics, three hour chronicles, two goats from Orbeez, and a Christmas episode of Head to Head for Me.
00:18:26
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On the twelfth pot of Christmas, the poor man gave to me.
00:18:32
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Twelve shots of kissers, eleven paid reach-around, ten network podcasts, nine jokes with laugh tracks, eight big Mona products, seven homemade toppers, six triple combos, five top five lists.
00:18:47
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Four ancient relics, three hour chronicles, two goats from Orbeez, and a Christmas episode of Head to Head for Me.
00:19:02
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Woo!
00:19:03
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Merry Christmas, Josh and Scott, all the other people that made this year so great.
00:19:10
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Oh, shoot, I forgot about Bruce Nightingale.
00:19:16
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Awesome.
00:19:16
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Okay.
00:19:17
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And Bruce is actually in, I think he was in Disney world this week or last week.
00:19:22
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So I don't know.
00:19:23
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He was, he was posting.
00:19:24
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So who knows?
00:19:25
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Yeah.
00:19:26
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Yeah.
00:19:26
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I don't think Bruce is too sad right now, but that was awesome.
00:19:31
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Certainly lots of great podcasts out there.
00:19:35
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Yeah, that was awesome.
00:19:36
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I think I could hear the fire crackling in the background.
00:19:38
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You could, you could, it was very impressive.
00:19:41
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It was very, I love the ambiance that he brought in with that.
00:19:44
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So, yeah,
00:19:46
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What you guys didn't see, it was a video he sent in.
00:19:48
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It was all shirtless.
00:19:49
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Oh, well, that makes sense.
00:19:52
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Yeah, that doesn't surprise me one bit.
00:19:54
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Bearskin rug, fireplace, it had candlelight.
00:19:58
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It was pretty good.
Pinball Secret Santa and Community Kindness
00:20:00
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Do you know what I found I figured that I totally forgot about again this year is the pin side secret Santa stuff.
00:20:10
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Have you ever done that?
00:20:11
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I have not.
00:20:12
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I keep forgetting because I know it's a sign up, but I saw that someone gave someone a pinball machine.
00:20:19
Speaker
I did see that.
00:20:20
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Yeah.
00:20:20
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Crazy, huh?
00:20:21
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Yeah.
00:20:21
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Well, I had to ask him like, is that for real?
00:20:23
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Did someone really do that?
00:20:24
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So there are some really nice people out there.
00:20:27
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That's a level of niceness.
00:20:29
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I think that's someone trying to bribe their way into heaven.
00:20:31
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They must have some bodies buried somewhere if they're willing to send someone a pinball machine.
00:20:37
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Or they got at home and the missus was like, what is this?
00:20:42
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Yeah, maybe the mister, you know, who knows?
00:20:45
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Yeah.
00:20:46
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The significant other.
00:20:48
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The significant other was like, what is this?
00:20:50
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And they were like, oh, I was holding this for a friend.
00:20:52
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I'm shipping it out soon.
00:20:54
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Either that or the significant other came home and the recipient said, guess what my secret Santa gave me?
00:21:01
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Exactly.
00:21:03
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Exactly.
00:21:04
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So.
00:21:05
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Okay.
00:21:05
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So I think we got to the bottom of that one.
00:21:08
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I think we did too.
00:21:09
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Well, it really has been a wonderful year.
Pinball Christmas Wishes and Community Unity
00:21:12
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We've done 25 more episodes this year.
00:21:17
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And it just seems like we've got a great fan base that has just listened and responded very well.
00:21:22
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We appreciate everyone that has chipped in.
00:21:25
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Give us your opinions or compliments or complaints.
00:21:30
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I know that I don't speak very well.
00:21:32
Speaker
Because I'm from Utah and we do not pronounce our T's.
00:21:35
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Okay.
00:21:36
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So I actually have to like, I don't know.
00:21:39
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Right.
00:21:40
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It's not hunting.
00:21:41
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It's hunting.
00:21:42
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Yeah.
00:21:43
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I guess I'm kind of a victim because I was in choirs for years.
00:21:47
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So they always made us enunciate.
00:21:49
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Yes.
00:21:50
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And I need to work on, I need to do the speech talk in the van while I'm driving around and work.
00:21:55
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Right.
00:21:55
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There you go.
00:21:56
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So.
00:21:56
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But no, we appreciate everything that you guys do out there.
00:21:59
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And really, if it wasn't for you, we wouldn't be doing this show.
00:22:02
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I know we have fun with it and whatnot, but it is being a part of the community and just laughing with our friends and whatnot and be able to enjoy it.
00:22:12
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What's your Christmas wishes, Scott?
00:22:19
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You know, my...
00:22:20
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My Christmas wishes is for a couple of things for pinball.
00:22:25
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I want pinball to find a way to make location pinball, I guess, more accessible again.
00:22:35
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I know that we have basically they found these specialty locations like, you know, arcades and and, you know, co-ops and whatnot.
00:22:44
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I want to see the day when we see pinballs a little bit back into the, into the wild.
00:22:51
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Cause when we were kids growing up, you would, you would see them and you'd go into, you know, either a seven 11 or something.
00:22:57
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You'd see one.
00:22:58
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Uh, you just don't see them anymore unless you seek them out.
00:23:02
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So that would be my first wish.
00:23:03
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My second wish would be everybody who's trying to get a hold of that grail pin or that, that pin that is, uh, scratching.
00:23:13
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hopefully we'll be able to find that itch and be able to send that machine off.
00:23:18
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I know that popularity is up and up, which, hey, if you're going to choose a problem, that's a pretty good problem to have is that there's so much demand for pinball that it's increasing disproportionately to the supply.
00:23:36
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I would also like to be able to...
00:23:41
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I guess chill out a little bit.
00:23:43
Speaker
Like, can we, can we tone down the rhetoric and people's own projects and just say, Hey, can we play some pinball and focus on what makes the game great as opposed to what divides us?
00:23:55
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And those would be my three wishes.
00:23:56
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What about you, Josh?
00:23:58
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You know, as far as it all goes, there's a lot of chaos going on in the world, a lot of confusion,
00:24:08
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My wish is just the community comes better.
00:24:10
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My wish is that the community comes together a little better.
00:24:14
Speaker
There's no reason to be fighting each other when there's so much division and tribalism going on.
00:24:20
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That's one cool part about pinball, even though technically pinball is like a tribe.
00:24:25
Speaker
There's so many different fractions of tribes within the tribe, right?
00:24:28
Speaker
Yeah.
00:24:29
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Like even going to Pinball Expo, if you haven't been to a major show like TPF or Pinsonati or Pinball Expo, get out there, go check it out and see that the hobby is not as fractured as what sometimes you'd see on Pinside or what you hear from other podcasts and whatnot.
00:24:50
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It is truly an awesome hobby to be a part of.
00:24:54
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And I know we all have our complaints.
00:24:56
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There's more that unites us.
00:24:57
Speaker
Yeah.
00:24:58
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Yes.
00:24:59
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I know that everyone has their complaints, but honestly, at the end of the day, pinball brings us all together and it's something that we all enjoy.
00:25:06
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That's why we're here.
00:25:09
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Right.
00:25:10
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I don't know if I really have much more wishes than that.
00:25:12
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Like,
00:25:15
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I'm pretty happy with everything else.
00:25:17
Speaker
I wish my cold would go away.
00:25:20
Speaker
I don't believe you there.
00:25:21
Speaker
I kind of wish, so we haven't told the audience this yet, though.
00:25:26
Speaker
Our Loser Kid hats in the red, white, and black will no longer be available because they discontinued that line.
00:25:31
Speaker
So I wish I could have at least got one last order in that I ordered six months ago.
00:25:36
Speaker
But if you have one of those hats, I guess you now have a limited edition Loser Kid hat.
00:25:42
Speaker
And so we'll be working on getting some new colors together, but I think we'll probably stick on the same route with like a gray, black, and a red.
00:25:51
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Yeah, those are good colors.
00:25:53
Speaker
And it's a really comfortable hat, so I think we'll stick with that hat.
00:25:56
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Yeah.
00:25:56
Speaker
Okay, I actually have one more wish list.
00:25:58
Speaker
All right, you give us that wish.
00:26:00
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Okay, and my final pinball wish is that the Rush pinball machine will be great.
00:26:07
Speaker
because I don't want to buy it and then say, oh, I wish it were.
00:26:11
Speaker
And it's hard as a fanboy because your expectations are so high.
00:26:17
Speaker
It's like Star Wars fanboys.
00:26:18
Speaker
Every time a new Star Wars comes out, it's nearly impossible to actually match the hype of what you want it to be versus what it is.
00:26:28
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I hope for everyone else, too, especially Tom Graff, that Rush will be awesome.
00:26:33
Speaker
And rumor has it we'll see it before the end of the year.
00:26:36
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It's about the right time.
00:26:38
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Yep.
00:26:39
Speaker
My guess is we need Tuesday or Wednesday next week.
00:26:41
Speaker
We'll see.
00:26:42
Speaker
Ta-da.
00:26:43
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Merry Christmas.
00:26:45
Speaker
So our last episode, we put out the challenge.
00:26:47
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Anyone that wanted to wish anyone else a happy or happy holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy
Holiday Wishes from the Pinball Community
00:26:54
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Hanukkah.
00:26:54
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You are welcome to send us.
00:26:55
Speaker
Happy Festivus.
00:26:57
Speaker
You're welcome to send us an eclipse.
00:26:59
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We have plenty of people that responded to the call.
00:27:02
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We thank those that sent us some eclipse and we will share those Christmas wishes right now.
00:27:07
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Hey there, loser kids.
00:27:08
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This is David from Silver Ball Chronicles over on the Pinball Network.
00:27:13
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I have to say that I only have one Christmas wish this year, and that is that nobody in the pinball hobby has to listen to Joel Engelberth again.
00:27:22
Speaker
Over on the Triple Drain Pinball Podcast, Joel is probably the worst person currently in pinball.
00:27:30
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Thanks for another great year, Merry Christmas, and Happy Holidays to all your listeners.
00:27:35
Speaker
Except for Joel, if he's listening.
00:27:38
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God, he's the worst.
00:27:41
Speaker
Holy crap.
00:27:42
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Happy holidays, ladies and gentlemen.
00:27:44
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It's Jack Danger of Dead Flip.
00:27:47
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Wanted to wish you all a happy holidays.
00:27:50
Speaker
And my Christmas wish for this year is that you all just be freaking nice to each other.
00:27:54
Speaker
You dorks.
00:27:57
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I love you.
00:27:58
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And go play pinball.
00:28:00
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Oh, and, you know, buy every pinball machine I ever make from now on.
00:28:03
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I love you.
00:28:03
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Goodbye.
00:28:04
Speaker
Happy holidays.
00:28:05
Speaker
Goodbye.
00:28:06
Speaker
What is up everybody?
00:28:08
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It is Pinball Jen from No Coin Drop Required.
00:28:11
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And I just wish that everybody has a nice and safe holiday this season.
00:28:18
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And we can look forward to a whole bunch of Whoppers next year.
00:28:21
Speaker
So I'm really excited that things are finally starting to get back, hopefully to a somewhat new normal.
00:28:28
Speaker
But I wish that everybody is just having a nice, safe,
00:28:33
Speaker
Happy holiday.
00:28:35
Speaker
Playing some pinball.
00:28:36
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Maybe it's virtually.
00:28:38
Speaker
Maybe it's in person.
00:28:39
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Whatever the case may be, I hope that you and yours are super happy and super safe this holiday.
00:28:45
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And we look forward to seeing you in 2022.
00:28:48
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Bye!
00:28:48
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Hey guys.
00:28:53
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Josh Sharp here.
00:28:55
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A Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you both and to all your listeners.
00:29:01
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Um...
00:29:03
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Ask for Christmas pinball wishes for this year, next year.
00:29:09
Speaker
Man, I think I'm just wishing that I'll be in Florida in May for the world championship.
00:29:19
Speaker
So I may use my birthday and Christmas wishes both on that because I am itching to get back out there.
00:29:27
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Happy holidays, boys.
00:29:28
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Take care.
00:29:30
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This is Martin from the Final Round Pinball Podcast.
00:29:33
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I'm Jeff Teolis.
00:29:34
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I'm also from that little podcast, and it's great to be on this little podcast, one we love very much, Loser Kid Pinball.
00:29:41
Speaker
That's right.
00:29:41
Speaker
It's Loser Kid, right?
00:29:42
Speaker
Yes.
00:29:44
Speaker
Insert the name.
00:29:44
Speaker
We love it.
00:29:45
Speaker
But no, Scott and Josh.
00:29:47
Speaker
It's funny.
00:29:48
Speaker
We both love them, but not the same.
00:29:50
Speaker
Like, I totally think Scott's the cat's meow, whereas you wish him quite honestly dead.
00:29:56
Speaker
That's actually, it's not true.
00:29:58
Speaker
I don't wish that you put me in these situations and someone had to perish and it was Scott because Josh obviously loves me more.
00:30:08
Speaker
And because he picked you up in Utah, right?
00:30:11
Speaker
Is that why?
00:30:12
Speaker
Well, you know, he drove three and a half hours or something it was just to meet me.
00:30:15
Speaker
Scott flew to Guatemala.
00:30:17
Speaker
You're so selfish.
00:30:18
Speaker
Yeah.
00:30:18
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I mean, I know this is about them, but look what he does for all those wonderful kids in Guatemala.
00:30:23
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And you're like, oh, well.
00:30:24
Speaker
Did he fly to Guatemala to meet me?
00:30:28
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No.
00:30:29
Speaker
So, you know, there you go.
00:30:31
Speaker
But you're right.
00:30:32
Speaker
We do love both of them.
00:30:34
Speaker
We love their podcast.
00:30:36
Speaker
It's one of my regulars that I like to listen to.
00:30:39
Speaker
Whenever you want to hear Keith Elwin, I mean, it's great to get that fix.
00:30:45
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Their love for Deep Root.
00:30:47
Speaker
Mmm.
00:30:47
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Yep.
00:30:48
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No, but it was nice for me this year because I finally got to meet both the guys.
00:30:51
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I know you've met them both before, but saw them at Chicago Expo and very delightful.
00:30:56
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Got the gear, so I'll be wearing Loser Kids shirt and hat and appreciate that.
00:31:01
Speaker
But they do put a lot of smiles on faces everywhere, ours included.
00:31:06
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Absolutely.
00:31:07
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The production quality of this show is fantastic.
00:31:09
Speaker
The topics are really interesting.
00:31:10
Speaker
They're interesting as well, which is really half the battle one.
00:31:15
Speaker
But, you know, that's why they got a TPN award last year for best podcast.
00:31:20
Speaker
So maybe again.
00:31:22
Speaker
Who knows?
00:31:22
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Anyway, we look forward to 2022.
00:31:24
Speaker
Hope you have a wonderful holiday season.
00:31:26
Speaker
Thanks for everything you do.
00:31:27
Speaker
Scott and Josh.
00:31:28
Speaker
Hi there, loser kids.
Pinball Game Wishes for the Upcoming Year
00:31:30
Speaker
It's Ron and Bruce from the Slam Tilt podcast.
00:31:32
Speaker
Hey there.
00:31:33
Speaker
You know, this holiday time of year, I like to look forward to the next year, to what games I'm going to get.
00:31:39
Speaker
So, Bruce, what games are you going to get in 2022?
00:31:42
Speaker
Godzilla Premium!
00:31:44
Speaker
Ah, probably won't get that until 2023.
00:31:47
Speaker
Got any others?
00:31:48
Speaker
Elvira House of Horrors.
00:31:51
Speaker
Ah, no, probably also 2023.
00:31:52
Speaker
One more.
00:31:55
Speaker
I know the boys are a big supporter of these guys.
00:31:57
Speaker
Definitely going to go for it.
00:31:58
Speaker
Raza!
00:32:01
Speaker
You don't follow the news at all, do you?
00:32:03
Speaker
No, not really.
00:32:04
Speaker
Well, our pinball dreams might not come true, but hopefully yours do.
00:32:08
Speaker
Goodbye, Ron.
00:32:10
Speaker
Happy holidays, everyone.
00:32:12
Speaker
Hi, this is Steve Bowden from American Pinball and FunWithBonus.com wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.
00:32:20
Speaker
My pinball wish is that the community continues to grow as more and more people see the magic that makes the hobby and sport of pinball great.
00:32:28
Speaker
Also, if you would allow me a little bit of bias, I would love to see more American pinball games out there for the pinball population to enjoy.
00:32:37
Speaker
Right now, I'm just thinking about what it would be like to do commentary on a four-player match of, let's say, Legends of Valhalla in an A-Division final of a major tournament, or better yet, being a member of that final playing for a championship.
00:32:52
Speaker
I'm looking forward to seeing you at a pinball event or tournament in the new year.
00:32:56
Speaker
Always be cashing.
00:32:59
Speaker
Hello Loser Kids, this is Tim Lee and I'm here with my wife.
00:33:03
Speaker
Amy Lee.
00:33:04
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And we're here to talk about Christmas pinball wishes.
00:33:07
Speaker
We actually had a pretty cool segment all set up and ready to go for you, but our teenage kids were being buttholes, so we had to go a different direction.
00:33:14
Speaker
So I grabbed Amy and we're here to talk about pinball Christmas wishes.
00:33:18
Speaker
Wait, I'm your second option?
00:33:20
Speaker
You're always my first option, my love.
00:33:23
Speaker
Are you sure about that?
00:33:24
Speaker
Because when we met in college, it took you three months to realize I was parking beside you to get you to notice me.
00:33:32
Speaker
I'm not very observant.
00:33:34
Speaker
And in college, that happened a lot.
00:33:37
Speaker
What?
00:33:37
Speaker
Okay, so anyways, we're here to talk about Christmas pinball wishes.
00:33:41
Speaker
What is your Christmas pinball wish?
00:33:43
Speaker
Halloween.
00:33:44
Speaker
Like the holiday?
00:33:46
Speaker
Like the pinball machine.
00:33:48
Speaker
Yeah, that's kind of an expensive pinball machine.
00:33:51
Speaker
I don't care.
00:33:51
Speaker
I want Halloween.
00:33:53
Speaker
You realize, like, people are selling it in droves.
00:33:56
Speaker
I don't know why.
00:33:57
Speaker
I'm guessing there's issues with it.
00:33:59
Speaker
I don't care.
00:34:00
Speaker
You don't care about what?
00:34:01
Speaker
That there's issues.
00:34:02
Speaker
You can fix them.
00:34:04
Speaker
That's easier said than done sometime.
00:34:06
Speaker
Okay, so what's a realistic Christmas pinball wish?
00:34:09
Speaker
Halloween.
00:34:10
Speaker
Ha ha ha.
00:34:11
Speaker
Well, I was being a little more realistic.
00:34:14
Speaker
I kind of wanted a pin map or maybe a banner.
00:34:17
Speaker
I really like banners.
00:34:19
Speaker
And they have this Tesla mod somewhere on pin side for the Godzilla machine with like the high tension wires and so forth.
00:34:26
Speaker
I have no idea how you can get that.
00:34:28
Speaker
Much cheaper than Halloween.
00:34:30
Speaker
I still want Halloween.
00:34:32
Speaker
Alright, that's not gonna happen.
00:34:34
Speaker
I do have one pinball wish then.
00:34:36
Speaker
Well, it's maybe two pinball wishes.
00:34:38
Speaker
I would actually love for somebody to pay me crazy money for my Godzilla limited edition.
00:34:44
Speaker
So that option's out there.
00:34:45
Speaker
And I also thought I wouldn't mind trading Adam's family for a Transformers and a Star Wars Data East.
00:34:52
Speaker
Not sure if that would happen, but that's my pinball wish.
00:34:55
Speaker
I still want Halloween.
00:34:57
Speaker
All right.
00:34:57
Speaker
Well, this isn't going as I expected.
00:35:00
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Loser kids, we love you.
00:35:01
Speaker
That's our Christmas wishes.
00:35:03
Speaker
Thank you.
00:35:03
Speaker
Halloween.
00:35:04
Speaker
Halloween for Christmas it is.
00:35:08
Speaker
See ya.
00:35:09
Speaker
Andrew sucks at pinball.
00:35:27
Speaker
Oh, now what?
00:35:28
Speaker
Hey, Jeff and Joe, Scott and I were wondering if we could ask a favor of you.
00:35:32
Speaker
We're getting clips together for a Christmas episode, and we were wondering if you would record a clip of what your Christmas pinball wishes are.
00:35:41
Speaker
What?
00:35:42
Speaker
If you do want to, please keep it family-friendly.
00:35:46
Speaker
Family-friendly?
00:35:47
Speaker
I think we weren't the only podcast out there that was family-friendly.
00:35:49
Speaker
Well, except for the last episode.
00:35:51
Speaker
I still feel like I've got a hangover.
00:35:52
Speaker
All right, let me call Joe.
00:36:02
Speaker
Who's this?
00:36:03
Speaker
You don't have my number in your phone?
00:36:04
Speaker
You call me all the time.
00:36:05
Speaker
You should have the number in your phone.
00:36:07
Speaker
On the phone, do not.
00:36:09
Speaker
Messenger, maybe.
00:36:10
Speaker
Okay, well, maybe there's a reason for that.
00:36:12
Speaker
Anyway, did you get the message from Loser Kid on Facebook?
00:36:16
Speaker
I did.
00:36:17
Speaker
Yeah, you want to do that?
00:36:18
Speaker
Yeah, it's past the date.
00:36:20
Speaker
They're still going to have it, right?
00:36:22
Speaker
Yeah, but you know, I'm late with everything.
00:36:23
Speaker
You know that.
00:36:24
Speaker
It's fine.
00:36:24
Speaker
They'll be fine.
00:36:25
Speaker
If they want to run it, great.
00:36:26
Speaker
If not, they don't.
00:36:27
Speaker
Whatever.
00:36:28
Speaker
I thought I retired from podcasting.
00:36:31
Speaker
I know.
00:36:31
Speaker
They'll take it.
00:36:32
Speaker
This is special.
00:36:33
Speaker
We're not going to do it.
00:36:35
Speaker
Okay.
00:36:35
Speaker
So this is like the, you know, we'll get back to the Pinball Players podcast for one little thing for these guys because, you know, we kind of like them.
00:36:42
Speaker
Anything for the loser kids.
00:36:43
Speaker
Yeah.
00:36:44
Speaker
Okay.
00:36:44
Speaker
So I'll go first as for what I want with my Christmas Pinball Wishes.
00:36:50
Speaker
And these are wishes that are just not going to happen, but it's still what I want.
00:36:55
Speaker
I want a Price is Right pinball machine.
00:36:57
Speaker
I don't care, Stern, if you don't think there's an audience for it.
00:37:00
Speaker
I do.
00:37:01
Speaker
This might be the only pinball machine I ever actually buy.
00:37:04
Speaker
And I want you to have two editions.
00:37:06
Speaker
I want the Bob Barker Classic Edition that can be like your LE or whatever.
00:37:11
Speaker
And then I want the really bad host Drew Carey because that's what everybody's going to expect because I don't know if some people think he's actually good at what he does.
00:37:18
Speaker
And make that your premium, not even your premium, make that the pro.
00:37:23
Speaker
But the premium in the L.A., that's Bob Barker because he is the greatest emcee of all time.
00:37:27
Speaker
Wow, sure, I'm fired.
00:37:28
Speaker
You don't like him?
00:37:30
Speaker
Drew?
00:37:31
Speaker
He sucks.
00:37:32
Speaker
He's the worst.
00:37:34
Speaker
He only got the job because the CEO of CBS at the time wanted him to be the host of the show for some stupid reason.
00:37:40
Speaker
Now I'm going to go off because I wanted to be a game show host because they always had radio guys being game show hosts.
00:37:45
Speaker
Every single one of them.
00:37:46
Speaker
Bob Barker used to be a radio host.
00:37:48
Speaker
Tom Kennedy, Monty Hall, they all did radio.
00:37:51
Speaker
Now they get people like Alec Baldwin, Strahan, and Drew Carey hosting The Price is Right, and he's terrible at it.
00:37:57
Speaker
Sorry, I'm done.
00:37:58
Speaker
That's what I want.
00:37:59
Speaker
You're making me angry, loser kids.
00:38:02
Speaker
I agree.
00:38:03
Speaker
That would be cool.
00:38:04
Speaker
That would be cool.
00:38:05
Speaker
I mean, I disagree that you don't think that there's an audience for that, but...
00:38:09
Speaker
Yeah, and I can't really say if Drew's good or not because I have not watched.
00:38:13
Speaker
But when you talk about the other hosts, what's-her-name's really good on Press Your Luck.
00:38:19
Speaker
Yeah, Elizabeth Banks is the only good game show host.
00:38:23
Speaker
Yeah.
00:38:23
Speaker
Current day.
00:38:24
Speaker
Yeah, I think I agree with that.
00:38:25
Speaker
Well, Steve Harvey's okay, but, I mean, they've turned that family feud into match game.
00:38:30
Speaker
Why did we get on the game shows?
00:38:31
Speaker
What's your pinball thing they want?
00:38:33
Speaker
I got things to do.
00:38:34
Speaker
Move along.
00:38:35
Speaker
That's what I talked to, Jeff.
00:38:37
Speaker
My Christmas wish would be Lord of the Rings Vault.
00:38:41
Speaker
Oh, God.
00:38:42
Speaker
So it's not so expensive.
00:38:44
Speaker
I've had a chance to buy a Lord of the Rings recently, but I cannot, even though it's my favorite game, I can't stomach spending $7,000 or $8,000 for one.
00:38:54
Speaker
It's just, I can't justify that.
00:38:58
Speaker
But if it was $7,000 or $8,000 for a new one with LCD and all that stuff with it, mm.
00:39:06
Speaker
Definitely pay that kind of money for that.
00:39:08
Speaker
Never going to happen, but keep going.
00:39:10
Speaker
Yours isn't ever going to happen.
00:39:11
Speaker
Mine isn't even going to happen.
00:39:14
Speaker
Christmas wishes dashed again, just like when I never ended up getting that Dungeons & Dragons when I wanted it as a kid.
00:39:21
Speaker
Then when I finally did, no one would play with me.
00:39:23
Speaker
Aw, Jeffrey.
00:39:23
Speaker
I know.
00:39:23
Speaker
I'd play with you.
00:39:26
Speaker
There you go.
00:39:27
Speaker
Well, there you go, Loser Kids.
00:39:28
Speaker
You're welcome.
00:39:29
Speaker
Thanks.
00:39:29
Speaker
Appreciate what you do.
00:39:30
Speaker
You're still probably the best podcast out there because we're gone.
00:39:34
Speaker
Pinball Players Podcast.
00:39:35
Speaker
Thank you so much for listening.
00:39:37
Speaker
Yeah.
00:39:37
Speaker
Later, guys.
00:39:38
Speaker
Bye-bye.
00:39:40
Speaker
Bye-bye-bye.
00:39:42
Speaker
That is coming out.
00:39:46
Speaker
Travis and Tom, you ready?
00:39:48
Speaker
Oh, ho, ho.
00:39:50
Speaker
Yeah.
00:39:51
Speaker
All right.
00:39:52
Speaker
Well, this is Joel, Travis, and Tom with the Triple Drain Pinball Podcast.
00:39:57
Speaker
Triple Drain Pinball?
00:39:58
Speaker
There's no The Triple Drain Pinball Podcast coming at you live with, I don't know, with our Christmas wishes.
00:40:06
Speaker
Yeah, we were asked very kindly to share our Christmas wishes.
00:40:09
Speaker
So, Tom, what do you want for Christmas?
00:40:14
Speaker
I want every tournament to have a Cosmos so I could be Travis Murray in it.
00:40:21
Speaker
That's solid.
00:40:23
Speaker
Okay.
00:40:23
Speaker
All right.
00:40:24
Speaker
Travis, what do you want for Christmas?
00:40:27
Speaker
I wish that Loser Kid Pinball Podcast would drop Keith Elwin as their third co-host and welcome me with open arms in 2022 as their third co-host.
00:40:40
Speaker
Yeah.
00:40:42
Speaker
I think we're wishing the same thing, Tom, aren't we?
00:40:45
Speaker
Yeah.
00:40:46
Speaker
Yeah.
00:40:47
Speaker
You're wanting a Cosmos, too?
00:40:50
Speaker
I would love for you to apply and get rejected.
00:40:53
Speaker
That's what I would love.
00:40:56
Speaker
My Christmas wish is I'm looking forward to getting the new mixer that I've asked for so that this podcast can come.
00:41:04
Speaker
So Tom's voice can tickle the ears of all of our listeners, even in a more crisp and clean fashion.
00:41:11
Speaker
Maybe I should wish for some sexy phlegm voice.
00:41:15
Speaker
Some sexy phlegm voice.
00:41:17
Speaker
Okay.
00:41:19
Speaker
And I also wish that...
00:41:21
Speaker
Travis can learn how to say the word tour.
00:41:25
Speaker
I hate you guys.
00:41:26
Speaker
Merry Christmas, everybody.
00:41:27
Speaker
Yeah.
00:41:28
Speaker
Merry Christmas.
00:41:32
Speaker
So we'd like to give special thanks to all the people who send in clips, including David Dennis, who does the Silver Ball Chronicles.
00:41:39
Speaker
Glenn Wechter, who did the 12 Days of Pinsmith.
00:41:43
Speaker
Jack Danger, you know, Jack.
00:41:45
Speaker
Jen Rupert.
00:41:47
Speaker
Josh Sharp, Mark Silk, who did that excellent intro, Slam Tilt, Steve Bowden, who, by the way, is having the best end of the year compared to the beginning of the year, Tim and Amy Lee, and Triple Drain.
00:42:01
Speaker
We really do appreciate it, and we have loved with all the friendships that you guys have forged throughout the years.
00:42:08
Speaker
and i forgot to put one more on the list scott final round yeah final round yeah martin and jeff scott still loves you martin even though you didn't you didn't fly to guatemala just for him so it's you know it's okay it's okay i i feel it i'm hurt a little bit mainly in my voice because i'm dying but you know maybe that's what that's why he chose me because he knew i was already on death's door yep so
00:42:34
Speaker
No, it's all good.
00:42:35
Speaker
But seriously, in all sincerity, we appreciate the time that you guys put out and we certainly enjoy your product.
00:42:41
Speaker
So thanks again for the submissions.
00:42:45
Speaker
All right.
00:42:46
Speaker
And we'd like to thank everybody who shared a link to our episode.
00:42:49
Speaker
We actually had a total of 35 submissions and we like thank everybody that really does actually help get our numbers out there and get people listening.
00:42:59
Speaker
And we were able to get three people to get the awards.
00:43:05
Speaker
And the first thing is I'm going to put it myself.
00:43:07
Speaker
I have a few pieces of Loser Kid swag that I will be able to cobble together some sort of prize group.
00:43:18
Speaker
And let's start off with the first one, which who's the first winner, Josh?
00:43:23
Speaker
You're not going to believe this, but our first winner is Tom Graff.
00:43:28
Speaker
Oh, wow.
00:43:29
Speaker
Okay.
00:43:30
Speaker
Well, he is on the nice list, right?
00:43:32
Speaker
He is on the nice list.
00:43:34
Speaker
Well, hey, friends of the show will help friends of the show.
00:43:36
Speaker
And legitimately, it was a random number generator.
00:43:40
Speaker
All right, Tom, contact us and we'll figure out.
00:43:45
Speaker
I either have a shirt or a hat or key chains or something like that.
00:43:48
Speaker
We even have some earrings if you roll that way.
00:43:52
Speaker
Yep.
00:43:53
Speaker
That'll be the first prize.
00:43:55
Speaker
Okay.
00:43:55
Speaker
Second prize, Josh, who is it?
00:43:59
Speaker
Josh Hundley.
00:44:01
Speaker
Josh Hundley.
00:44:03
Speaker
All right.
00:44:03
Speaker
Josh Hundley, you won a Mando Translight.
00:44:06
Speaker
Yeah.
00:44:07
Speaker
So we will get with you.
00:44:09
Speaker
I have your email and we'll get with Zach and we'll get you taken care of there.
00:44:13
Speaker
And Josh, what's the best way to light that Translight?
00:44:17
Speaker
You know, Brad Hunter with lit frames is pretty legit.
00:44:23
Speaker
I got one of his frames for my TNA Translight, and it is fantastic.
00:44:29
Speaker
The kids will love it.
00:44:29
Speaker
So if you're looking for some way to light that Translight, I highly suggest Brad Hunter to do it for you.
00:44:36
Speaker
That's right.
00:44:36
Speaker
Okay.
00:44:37
Speaker
And so for the ultimate prize, the banner, who takes home
00:44:41
Speaker
The wall banner, Josh.
00:44:43
Speaker
The wall banner is Amanda Peel.
00:44:46
Speaker
All right, Amanda.
00:44:48
Speaker
So congratulations.
00:44:49
Speaker
Thanks for everyone that entered.
00:44:50
Speaker
We got a pretty good chunk of people that submitted.
00:44:53
Speaker
So thank you for entering.
00:44:57
Speaker
And also thanks again for those that submitted Christmas wishes.
00:45:00
Speaker
We really appreciate you sending in those clips.
00:45:02
Speaker
I know I asked some friends to send in some.
00:45:05
Speaker
And thanks for Zach and Nicole for putting up two of the three prizes.
00:45:10
Speaker
I mean, that was really generous of them.
00:45:12
Speaker
Those are actually high value prizes.
00:45:15
Speaker
So he's a bigger spender than I am, I guess.
00:45:18
Speaker
I mean, I'm giving you some swag, but he's actually giving you something that people will buy.
00:45:24
Speaker
So the real question is, do you think that Zach will ever let us give away anything on the show ever again if Keith Elwin overtakes his number one spot?
00:45:32
Speaker
Yeah.
00:45:32
Speaker
Because Glenn Wechter is on a mission.
00:45:35
Speaker
And we might be crowning a new media champ on our channel.
00:45:39
Speaker
I think that Zach would just have to come back on.
00:45:42
Speaker
Yeah, true.
00:45:42
Speaker
Zach likes the challenge.
00:45:44
Speaker
He likes to chase, right?
00:45:45
Speaker
Yes, he does.
00:45:47
Speaker
He's enjoyed having Keith Elwin be the jaw sharp.
00:45:53
Speaker
Zach has enjoyed being the Keith Elwin to Keith Elwin's jaw sharp.
00:46:01
Speaker
That was very interception of you.
00:46:03
Speaker
Yes.
00:46:04
Speaker
Inception.
00:46:05
Speaker
Interception.
00:46:06
Speaker
Yes.
00:46:07
Speaker
Interception of you.
00:46:09
Speaker
A fumble ruski.
00:46:10
Speaker
Yeah.
00:46:10
Speaker
Yes.
00:46:11
Speaker
Yes.
00:46:11
Speaker
So, well, I'm high on cough syrup.
00:46:13
Speaker
So, well, I should probably let you get to bed.
00:46:16
Speaker
I really appreciate you as a co-host, Scott.
00:46:18
Speaker
It has been awesome.
00:46:19
Speaker
We are wrapping up.
00:46:20
Speaker
This is our third year.
00:46:22
Speaker
We're getting ready to start our fourth and it's been an awesome ride, right?
00:46:27
Speaker
You know, it's the best part about it is we have met so many people from
00:46:33
Speaker
diverse walks of life.
00:46:36
Speaker
And I love that the pinball table is getting bigger and bigger as we add more seats and legitimately we're going to have differences.
00:46:44
Speaker
We're going to have different cultures.
00:46:45
Speaker
We're going to have different perspectives, but I'm glad that we, we share something in common and we can still react in a civil way.
00:46:53
Speaker
And, um, I, I'll even put it out there.
00:46:57
Speaker
We, uh, we hung out with, uh, with Chris from Canada, uh, at pinball expo.
00:47:02
Speaker
And,
00:47:03
Speaker
We genuinely had a great talk.
00:47:05
Speaker
And so even people that, uh, that tend to be, that tend to have a polarizing effect on people, uh, can still find common ground and talk about, uh, things that make us more alike than, than different.
00:47:19
Speaker
And, um, we are, I, I'm, I'm truly humbled and grateful that anybody spends any time to you and I, who we're good friends and we just like talking pinball.
00:47:29
Speaker
And I'm truly humbled that anyone is willing to
00:47:33
Speaker
commit the hour and be that silent partner to listen to us and to be involved in the chat.
00:47:39
Speaker
And it's just been so nice that we've met so many great people.
00:47:45
Speaker
And I feel that there is a legacy of fellowship that comes with that.
00:47:51
Speaker
I think you worded it perfectly.
00:47:53
Speaker
I don't know if there's really much else to add to that.
00:47:57
Speaker
It's been an awesome ride.
00:47:58
Speaker
So...
00:48:00
Speaker
No, we're not quitting.
00:48:01
Speaker
I know Zach.
00:48:03
Speaker
Zach's like, we haven't hit a hundred episodes yet.
00:48:06
Speaker
That's when everyone quits.
00:48:08
Speaker
So we still have at least a year.
00:48:09
Speaker
You've got a year left of us.
00:48:11
Speaker
So start counting down.
00:48:13
Speaker
Yeah.
00:48:14
Speaker
I don't think you'll get rid of us too soon.
00:48:16
Speaker
And actually, okay.
00:48:17
Speaker
So some pinball thank yous.
00:48:19
Speaker
I would like to thank Josh Roop for, for starting this to get the ball going because I,
00:48:24
Speaker
I legitimately don't have the time.
00:48:26
Speaker
I have a lot of stuff that I'm willing to talk about, but Josh is really the one who does all the heavy lifting to make it come from the recording to be edited and sent out to you guys.
00:48:36
Speaker
And he compiles everything.
00:48:37
Speaker
So really, if there's someone who does all the heavy lifting on the podcast is Josh and he's even responsible for the cool swag.
Appreciation and Support for Each Other
00:48:45
Speaker
We talk about it together, but he's the one who makes all the, all the samples.
00:48:50
Speaker
And the only thing I've really had to do is say, I like that.
00:48:53
Speaker
So yeah,
00:48:55
Speaker
Um, that, that's, uh, that's my pinball.
00:48:57
Speaker
Thank you for the years, uh, Josh starting this.
00:48:59
Speaker
And it's been a really fun ride.
00:49:01
Speaker
And I want to thank you, Scott.
00:49:02
Speaker
Like it's been, like I said, this has always been kind of my.
00:49:06
Speaker
my escape from reality.
00:49:08
Speaker
And so I'm so glad that I could share doing this with you.
00:49:13
Speaker
I've definitely made a best friend over these years.
00:49:16
Speaker
And you know me on the mic and off the mic and some of my personal issues and whatnot.
00:49:24
Speaker
And I've just appreciated you being there for me.
00:49:27
Speaker
Like I said, it's been a really...
00:49:28
Speaker
it's been kind of a rough year, you know?
00:49:31
Speaker
And so, uh, you know, it's just, I'm glad that I've got a friend like you and I appreciate that.
00:49:37
Speaker
So, and well, likewise, and legitimately I know down, um, we've talked about this before.
00:49:43
Speaker
There are people who are down, especially during this time, but legitimately, if you need someone to talk to reach out, we're happy to listen.
00:49:50
Speaker
We're happy to talk to you.
00:49:52
Speaker
And if, uh, if you're hurting emotionally or spiritually or, or physically, however,
00:49:59
Speaker
please reach out, reach out.
00:50:02
Speaker
And whether or not that's finding the therapy you need or finding a counselor or just finding some way to heal your soul, that really is the best gift that you can give yourself.
00:50:12
Speaker
And there is no shame.
00:50:14
Speaker
And there's a lot of stuff that we're all dealing with.
00:50:17
Speaker
And it's been challenging, especially the last two years for everybody.
00:50:21
Speaker
So I've really appreciated this venue to reach out and just want to say that there are people who are out there.
00:50:26
Speaker
There are people who care.
00:50:28
Speaker
And you make a difference whether or not you think you do or not.
00:50:31
Speaker
Yep.
00:50:32
Speaker
And so for those that are going to text me, there's nothing wrong with me mentally or anything like that.
00:50:37
Speaker
Just we've had a lot of deaths in the family and my grandmother that raised me helped raise me.
00:50:43
Speaker
I almost lost her at the beginning of the year.
00:50:45
Speaker
And then we almost lost her again a month ago, but she's home.
00:50:49
Speaker
She's recovering.
00:50:49
Speaker
She's doing great.
00:50:51
Speaker
So yeah.
Rebuilding Connections and Finding Common Ground
00:50:52
Speaker
If you were going to ask that, there's your answer.
00:50:53
Speaker
And Scott's been awesome to help with it.
00:50:57
Speaker
Yeah, and it's hard.
00:50:58
Speaker
We've all dealt with loss.
00:50:59
Speaker
We've all dealt with isolation.
00:51:01
Speaker
We've all dealt with people that are no longer at the table.
00:51:05
Speaker
And whether or not that's through death or distance or fights and who knows, maybe finding a way to bridge those gaps and to try to reach out to someone who you have been distanced from.
00:51:16
Speaker
Figure out a way to rebuild that connection, to build on the common ground that you have.
00:51:21
Speaker
I agree.
00:51:22
Speaker
Okay.
00:51:23
Speaker
Well, I'm, Oh, I was just going to wish everyone a Merry Christmas.
00:51:27
Speaker
And again, we are humbled and thankful for everybody who reaches out and listens to us on a biweekly basis.
00:51:35
Speaker
I mean, it really is humbling.
00:51:36
Speaker
So thank you guys so much.
00:51:38
Speaker
You guys make the show.
00:51:39
Speaker
Thank you.
00:51:40
Speaker
I'm going to wrap this up.
00:51:42
Speaker
We are loser kid pinball at loser kid pinball podcast at gmail.com.
00:51:47
Speaker
We're also on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram at loser kid pinball.
00:51:51
Speaker
If you'd like to get ahold of us, you're more than welcome to get Gmail, or if you want to get ahold of both of us, we're both on Facebook.
00:51:59
Speaker
And if you want to follow us on insider, Josh is loser kid and I'm loser kid.
00:52:04
Speaker
The number two.
00:52:06
Speaker
Yes.
00:52:07
Speaker
And so, switched up to music a little bit.
00:52:09
Speaker
Our usual intro is by The Hanks.
00:52:12
Speaker
There's some close professional friends of mine.
00:52:15
Speaker
It's their song called Cinnamon Scars.
00:52:17
Speaker
I don't know if we've ever announced that in the three years that we've done that.
00:52:20
Speaker
I didn't even know that.
00:52:22
Speaker
Yeah, they were a band that we used to tour with when I was in a band.
00:52:26
Speaker
And so I love their music.
00:52:28
Speaker
So as one friend to another, I've been using them as an intro.
00:52:31
Speaker
And then our outro music is just some license-free music we found on the internet.
00:52:35
Speaker
But this episode...
00:52:37
Speaker
I decided to go back to that well of friends.
00:52:39
Speaker
So if you enjoyed the music, this is all Christmas music you can find on the album Punk Goes Christmas.
00:52:46
Speaker
The first song was This Wildlife with their song Sleigh Ride.
00:52:50
Speaker
Very classic Christmas.
00:52:52
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And our outro is going to be very rocking.
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It's August Burns Red with the Home Alone theme.
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So I hope you enjoy it.
00:53:00
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Once again, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year.
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Can't wait to see you in 2022 and hope that your pinball dreams and wishes come true.
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And see you, Texas.
00:53:10
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Yes, see you, Texas.
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We'll be right back.