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The Pinball Show Ep 122 Part 2: Witch’s Poutine
PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago1 hr 11 min listen
The Pinball Show Episode 122 Part 2: Witch's Poutine Host: Zach Meny Special Guest Cohosts: David Dennis & Craig Bobbie - The 2022 Pinball Awards: Breakdown & Behind The Scenes - The...
Highlights
- The Pinball Awards received over $10,000 in giveaways from manufacturers (Stern, JJP, American Pinball, Spooky, Flippin' Out)
- 58 judges were approved out of 60 applications; 54 completed ballots 100%, 3 approved judges didn't complete, 1 completed partial
- Only 25.87% of approved judges (15 of 58) were TPN members
- 189 public ballots were sent out, 158 returned and counted on first year of public voting
- Excellence in Writing was decided by only 0.19% difference between judges and public vote (Nap Arcade vs Nudge Magazine)
- Toy Story 4 won Best Art (24.3%), with Rush and Fathom Revisited tied at 20.1%
- Rush won Best Music with over 60% of vote; public voted almost 70% in favor
- Weird Al's Museum of Natural Hilarity won Best Callouts with over 33% of vote
- Toy Story 4 won Best Animation Display and Effects with 48% of vote
- Weird Al won both Best Innovation (nearly 60%) and Best Toys
Notable quotes
“I wasn't even out yet. I wasn't even breathing. Oh, God. Yeah. 84, baby. That was when I was established.”
“If Greg Bone took a breathalyzer during the award show, he would have blown a .19 as well.”
“I'm so freaking busy. This was a freaking close one.”
“At the end of the day, we're trying to celebrate pinball. There's nothing wrong that can come out of that.”
“I was banned in the chat 30 seconds in, I want to say, of the broadcast...Our moderator bot was like a bot Nazi.”
“Whenever we got done with that awards and cut, me looking over at the pride that George Fisher...to see all of them together, know that they just nailed it...that felt, that was the world to me.”
“Some people go well of course toy story won because it was a disney property and pixar provided all the whatever's but they didn't put it together to look like a pinball machine they just provided the clips and stuff”
“I just think it's ridiculous that we're voting on something that was created 40 years ago.”
“Numbers don't lie. I only report to facts. You're lying.”
“They're more clever than they need to be. They're great. Yeah. More recognition needed. Maybe next year.”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Multimorphic· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- The Pinball Awards· event
- Alien· game
- Cactus Canyon Remake· game
- Fathom Revisited· game
- Rush· game
- Toy Story 4· game
- Weird Al's Museum of Natural Hilarity· game
- Flippin' Out Pinball· organization
- Nap Arcade· organization
- Nudge Magazine· organization
- This Week in Pinball (TPN)· organization
- Amanda Hamilton· person
- Dennis Creasel· person
- George Fisher· person
- Jason Naps· person
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