The Spinner Is Lit - Episode 70_2024 Reflection

“I lost my dad on Saturday. We're recording Monday, the 30th of December, and I lost my dad on the morning of the 28th, Saturday morning, so two days ago. And a big reason I love pinball is because of my dad, who introduced me to pinball.”

“And so I want to remember him for just a minute. And so, you know, if there's somebody, you know, he's thinking about, you know, grab him and go play pinball with them. It's a simple joy just sharing a game together and hanging out and talking about nothing and just being together.”

“Because they're worth it, yeah. It's so nice just to pop that board in. $150, man, not that bad, you know. Yeah, $150 and it's playing like a champ.”

“My high score on it is like $220 million. Oh. Yeah. It's not $220 million. It's $2.2 million.”

“The problem with card-based game is you have to be consistent across all games to be able to get that higher value of points, depending on how you're comparing to other people playing that same game.”

“And I had to set the bar on every single game from that point forward all the way up to the finals until we played head-to-head on the final game. But that was a lot of pressure, and it was crazy to be able to set a bar high enough that people couldn't beat or who could get a score lower to give you a chance to move on.”

“Pin golf's always been a great format for me because I'm pretty good at just knowing what to do on pinball machines.”

“The funny thing about it is it really kicks the COVID ass, and then when you stop taking it, you feel amazing.”

“I made it in, like, by the skin of my teeth. I think I took, like, third or fourth one season. Yeah... I have a shot at the interleague championship, a very slim shot. Like I'm running the entire gauntlet kind of shot.”

“It doesn't happen, but it has happened. Right. And it's funny, you know, Royal Rumble, because we got a trophy now. I guess it's going to be a traveling trophy, but it's like a championship belt.”