In the middle of listening to that podcast going thru Steve Ritchie's pinball history. Have about 30 minutes left and it sure helped pass the time waiting in the car shop. I think I'd enjoy more of these podcasts reviewing pinball history, etc.

I listened to most of the Pinball Show episode and I enjoyed the thoughts and opinions of that guy Dennis. Well done.

Was listening to the Pinball Show mid week update episode (last Thurs) on the train this morning.

Constructive criticism for Zach - pick a voice and stick with it for an entire episode. Every other minute you're switching voices to make lame jokes. Are those voices supposed to be imitations I should recognize? Not getting it. It is very distracting to listen to because:

1) Interrupting the co-host(s) with a lame joke, spoken in an odd high pitched voice, forces the co-host to stop their train of thought and provide you with a courtesy chuckle. In pinball terms, your jokes and odd voices break the flow and make the podcast stop and go.

2) Switching over to those high pitched ,whiny voices is incredibly annoying when listening with headphones. I was often lowering my volume because everything was fine, but then Zach is blowing out my eardrums. Raise it back up to hear normally, then back down, rinse and repeat. Was trying to sit and relax with my eyes closed and kept needing to adjust my headphones volume.

3) Too many non-sequiturs, see #1 above.

Tune in and find out.

Let us know if you do listen and that's the topic. I'll tune in and listen to a butthurt woman crying about a molesting monkey.

Good episode and I'll be a weekly listener if episode 3 stays consistent like this one was. Nice job.

I listened to the Final Round Ep 2 this morning while working and found it to be well produced and edited. I don't play in any pinball events (too much waiting around) but I still was interested in the info and well done interviews. I learned a few things, so there's that too.

That is most definitely NOT a stromboli. It's s sub/hoagie.

Listening right now and at the 15 min mark. This episode is very low energy, don't think I'll finish listening since I have a few Howard Stern shows to catch up on.

I thought the last two episodes were really interesting. Looking forward to the next company on the list.

Interesting is interesting.

I don’t mind the market trends segment. But God damn turn the volume down on that Buy buy buy audio clip. Holy shit is that annoying when listening to the podcast with headphones on.

The segment with the reports on the different manufacturers has gotten better with regards to the very low audio level but still the audio level could be consistent with the podcast audio. A couple of those guys could maybe drink a cup of coffee before recording the report so they have a little bit more energy. Whoever the third guy was on this podcast episode report has it right. Someone on that Wednesday midweek show sounded like he was whispering telling me a secret.

Interesting episode and a good listen. Have to admit I'm disappointed "Big Hurt" was glossed over and not given a few minutes. Has to be the best and most loaded Gottlieb and got nothing.

I made the mistake of getting on the tractor to mow without a backup listening plan and fucking got stuck listening to that entire game segment. Maybe next time the hosts wanna go into a game segment blind, they have a 3rd party listen and vet it? Or in the future, keep all game segments to their own gaming podcast?

Thumbs up for a podcast I can listen to without adjusting the volume 10x because someone suddenly decides to scream or sing. I appreciate your proper modulation.

WTF is with the SCREAMING in my ears? Do you not understand that some people are listening with headphone/ear buds? Fucking knock off the screaming and yelling. Pretty sure I'm done listening to The Pinball Show now because this. Tried to give it a shot, listened to most of each episode so far, but I have to draw the line somewhere. Why would I continue to listen to an asshole podcast host who purposely screams in the ears of listeners. Fucking childish shit, man.

There was intentional screaming around the 61 minute mark. It was not excitement or squealing with delight over Stranger Things, it was intentional. Anyone screams in my ear, I don't care if I know them or not, that's an asshole move.

It's fine because I won't have to hear it anymore. But if anyone who listens to the next episode wants to let us know if it's scream-free, then maybe I'll take a listen.

Any over the top screaming and yelling in this episode?

Y'all are fucking weird.

Give Kaneda’s podcast the scoop.

With all this drama, you'd think I'd be interested in listening to each weekly podcast.

You're more man than me. I ain't even gonna try because of two key words I've seen: puppets and showtunes

Decided to take a listen to the show again.....looks like I picked the wrong episode for testing the waters. Had to tune out after 4 minutes of a Heart retrospective....mainly because I did not want to hear any singing. Not sure if that happened or not, but was not going to subject myself to that.

He was being facetious. It was a funny reply to mine.

Def my favorite podcast, pinball or otherwise.

I have a 6 hour drive tomorrow and need to finish that Steve Ritchie podcast. It's been a fun listen - listened to the first hour on the tractor and it helps the time go by. I'll try the latest pinball show episode in the truck because at least I have the 30 second skip button available. Can't do that when on the tractor since the phone is in my pocket.

Excellent Steve Ritchie episode and wished I had another episode available this morning during the drive. Regarding the Steve Ritchie cannons on his game, I had a 1971 Hi-Score Pool pinball machine that used a "cannon" as the ball launcher. The motor swiveled the launcher back and forth between the flippers and you'd launch the ball trying to hit the pool ball targets. Maybe the earliest cannon in pinball? Maybe not, I'm not well versed on games that old, but found it interesting to recall when the topic came up.

Tried listening to the Pinball Show episode after that, but gave up after I pressed "30 second skip" many times all the way to the 15 minute mark. Seriously, 15 minutes into a show titled "The Pinball Show" without any on-topic discussion? Maybe get right to pinball talk and save off-topic discussion for the very last segment?

I miss Kaneda's show because I knew I could tune in and the entire length of the show would be on topic. Dennis was absolutely correct saying he did nothing all weekend because I think he knows it's a waste of time discussing if it wasn't time spent on the show topic (pinball).

No, I haven't. I don't listen to many podcasts though. Spent the last 90 min of the drive to my daughter's university and then entire 3 hour drive back listening to Talk Is Jericho because I'm a wrestling and AEW fan. So I caught up with some of his shows. Kaneda was the only pinball podcast I regularly listened to prior to his departure. Pinball Chronicles is a must listen, but it's once a month-ish. I very much like the format and information provided in that show.

Are you on the pinball network? I'll give it a listen on Thursday when I have to drive into my DC office.

Volume level is way too low on the current episode. Have my earbuds volume up and a headset on while I mow, had to turn it off. I did listen to the prior episode and it sounded fine.

Yup, I wouldn't have given a 2nd episode a try if the first one didn't hold my interest.

I listened to more of it while working and was able to hear fine on my bluetooth speaker at full volume without a tractor engine competing. So far, listening to a pair of your episodes, I'll be continuing to listen.

Listening right now while mowing. Stopped to post that the audio is perfect. Can hear it just fine while the mower is going (have ear protectors on over the buds) and could still turn the volume up a little if it was needed.

Gave it 10 minutes, but the audio levels are way too low. Especially the audio level of the guy combined with his low energy accent. Do these get posted without any quality control?

Phone and car stereo at max volume and struggled to hear the guy on the podcast that was talking during the first 10 minutes. The woman was a bit louder, but still shouldn't need to max out the volume to hear effortlessly.

Edit: thought the quote picked up on what podcast message I quoted from. The Jessy podcast one.

Gave this podcast another try and I still think the audio is pretty bad for Ryan. His audio either needs to be bumped up to the same level as Jessy, or ideally he should speak louder and clear up his vocal fry.

He does speak louder, clearer and eliminates most of the vocal fry when talking with Dennis, so he can actually do it. Jump to the 1 hour mark and listen to the last minutes of Ryan and Dennis talking. Then listen at the 1:02 mark when the show resumes with Jessy. The audio level drops and he speaks softer with lower energy and lapses back into vocal fry with Jessy.

The content is interesting, but it's too difficult to listen if not in a silent environment. Can't listen when working in the garage or driving because of the poor audio level. Hoping it can be improved so I can listen next time.

What's going to be the running time?

...Craig could tone down the use of the word "fucking" and find another word for variety.

Would sound so much better and make it easier listening if the volume levels of the host and the interviewee were matched. The host volume is too low or Tom's is too high.

I only have this issue on the TPN podcasts. That Jessy and Ryan podcast always have awful sound levels, for example, Ryan is way too low and has vocal fry.

The other (non-pinball) podcasts I listen to are professional sounding. This seems like a waste of an interesting interview because of the audio levels.

Audio levels aside, I did listen to the interview...just had to wait until I was back at home instead of in the truck. I learned lots that I didn't know about pinball on the creative and manufacturing side, along with Cactus Canyon info, etc. So good job on the interview and certainly keep them coming if you can.

Not sure I'm going to make it any further than 5 min, but this sums up Delt31's comments in the first 5 min.

So damn cringy so far. This is sofa king awful that now I'm cracking up and going to keep going. Now on to the Main issue" of Zach and Pinstadiums....ok let's hear.

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Ok, I have to tap out.

Unfortunately, I could hear Delt.

If there's something I enjoy more than Acapulco music, it's a medium rare steak with a nice serenade.

I enjoyed the interview with John Youssi.

....but keep those audio levels up in the future. I couldn't listen to this on the tractor because at full volume was straining to hear, so had to listen inside while working.

The audio of Amanda was fine for everyone else? I couldn't listen more than a few minutes because her audio was awful. She sounded tinny, distant and broadcasting from a bathroom stall. It's a shame because I'd be interested in listening to Dwight's comments, but listening to the questions was painful.

Waaayyy too Meny drops.

New drinking game.

Take a shot when Joel tells someone, "That's fair."
Double shot when he mentions wanting his friends and family to enjoy a pin.

Can’t play the game if you don’t listen. I’ve been enjoying listening to Pinball discussion and what the three of you like and don’t like and gameplay strategy etc.

I thought it was an awful Mr. Mackey (Southpark, mmmmmkay) impersonation that I skipped entirely by once it started. I never heard Dr. Phil, so no idea if it was good impersonation. Is he still a thing?

Triple Drain Pinball Podcast has become one of the better podcasts for sure. I like that pinball is the topic and that it stays on topic. The tournament talk and strategy is interesting even though I'm not interested in playing in tournament. The segments about wizard mode tips and strategies has been helpful to me learning about some of my games and things to attempt.

Here's an endorsement. I don't listen at 1.5x speed like most other pinball podcasts (get to the point!) and I only used the 30 sec skip a few times....just to skip the opening and skipping the Tom songs segment.

That would be boring for us.

Looking forward to the day when every podcast stops discussing Deeproot. Don't care and at this point everyone is just reporting on the same stale information.

Zach, your audio has been very soft the last few shows i’ve listen to. Seems to be a combination of low audio for yourself because everyone else sounds fine, like Dennis and Greg, and that you are purposely talking softly. In addition, you have got into the habit of trailing off at the end of a lot of your sentences as if you are trying to speak under your breath for effect.

Whatever the reasons or cause, this is an audio podcast and if you were going to say something, speak clearly and not under your breath. Otherwise what is the point of listening?

It's actually more than your audio level, you are actually trailing off at the end of sentences and often making comments under your breath. I think that's for humorous effect? But that only works in comedy when the audience can hear your under-the-breath-comment and the person you're speaking with cannot.

If no one can hear it, then why bother saying it?

Can't watch the NFL games due to your limited streaming package/no cable TV service? All the games are here, including the Red Zone channel.

https://vipleague.me/american-football-schedule-streaming-links

Please, no. That bit is so cringey and unfunny.

Are you on shrooms? Wtf?

Take a drink every time Steve Bowden cracks himself up in the middle of a sentence…..when he’s not even saying anything funny.

You’ll need a liver transplant.

Someone clue the guy who flagged my Steve Bowden drinking game post for moderation, that I've created a drinking game before.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/the-pinball-network-/page/51#post-6437831

Triple Drain Podcast (One of the best for sure) embraced my dumb comment and made it an inside recurring joke on their podcasts.

I didn't hear that episode, but I'm a fan of the Triple Drain Podcast, so will check it out when on the road next time.

Now I can skip the show.

I’d listen if it was in podcast form. But can’t watch an awards show of any kind.

4 min in, getting ready to turn off. Is this some fake interview?

Movie reviewers, music reviewers, Broadway critics….what’s the difference?

Good episode and it stayed on topic, so well done.

Tell you what, that guy who kept saying “Annie Ma” during his report……fucking stop. Took me a while to even understand what you were saying.

Willing to give the benefit of the doubt and assume it was an inside joke or bet…ala “meow” from Super Troopers.

Stick with "cartoon" or "Japanese cartoon". They're all cartoons, whether it's Woody Woodpecker, or a wood pecker from a tentacled monster attacking a Japanese girl.

I was happy to hear it was a disaster. I feel awards shows are a complete waste of time for anyone not up for an award.

I did listen to this episode today. I did not think it was possible, but a Pinball Show record was set.

An entire episode without a high-pitched "Oooooooh" after a comment. (Not withstanding Bobby Craig's Stern report)
Zero imitations of movie creatures
No unfunny homoerotic comments
No impersonations based on an amalgamation of SNL sketches/movies

It's clear that Dennis gets dragged down to the lowest common denominator by co-hosts. Can we have another solo host job next week?

I listened because the post said that Dennis was hosting solo. Otherwise this podcast is a rare listen these days due to everything I mentioned.

I enjoy plenty of pinball podcasts. Triple Drain, Slam Tilt, silverball chronicles, the one with two guys Marty and Jeff. Common denominator? They all come off as genuine and real, not acting like a character and putting on a bit.

The podcasters are certainly critics of pinball machines; TWIPYs award shows; pinball shows/festivals and any other topics they care to discuss.

But you're saying they themselves cannot be critiqued? I spent my time listening and shared my thoughts. No big whoop.

See? Now this shit is interesting and I'll have to go listen to the episode now.

Well done.

Ugh, any mention of Deeproot by ANY podcast gets the 30 second skip button until the next topic.

I listened to this episode yesterday on my way into DC and I enjoyed it. Was glad to not hear Deeproot talk and listen to some good pinball discussion during the drive.

Drink every time someone says, "J-Pop" on this episode. Haven't listened yet, but I can just imagine.

Good episode. Listened last night on the way back from getting a Led Zeppelin game.

Good idea to toss all the "correspondents" simply because, listening quality wise, it was the weakest link of the show. Having one segment where everyone's audio levels and audio quality are all over the place is a hard listen. Then add in a low and slow talker like the guy John from Australia and it makes it even tougher to listen.

But why not just have Bobby Craig do a solo, 15 minute podcast once a week instead of inserting his monologue into the show?

He would literally be doing the same amount of work though. Just take his monologue that he records for this show and post it as a separate podcast.

Would’ve been interested in listening. Had to stop after 9 minutes because of all the soundboard and music drops inserted during the conversation.

I hope podcasts don’t count a quick bail out as an actual interested listen. I don’t want to encourage this.

I thought I was listening to a Dickie Goodman record.

Yeah, it was embarrassing to play with my wife with me on a 5 hour ride home. Decided to turn on a podcast, this popped up, and it was a LONG 9 minutes before we were like, what the hell? Back to music.

He does a well prepared and scripted monologue. That can certainly go an episode or three without the "Say what" gimmick.

News? WTF? It's a podcast.

What C word?

I was thinking Caneda, but I think it starts with a K.

Catty

Look, let Joel Bob run his podcast and not worry about second guessing himself. The Triple Drain podcast has been a nice source of pinball entertainment for me and I don't want it watered down.

I enjoy, really enjoy, the tournament discussions and how to approach different pins in a tournament. And I've never played in, nor plan to, play in any tournament except the local house ones among friends for fun. So that speaks to enjoying their banter regardless of the topics....well, I do skip forward a few minutes to get nonsense out of the way.

Job well done on the podcast and keep on doing what the three of you appear to enjoy doing with each other.

Welp, dunno what to say. It's up to you to keep listening or not. Nothing else to say here about it. People use a variety of language and it is not a public "radio" airwaves either.

I sure hope for your safety, because people are fucking dangerous weirdos these days, you don't ask anyone in public to watch their mouth.

Use a VPN and download 4k torrents of the stuff you want to watch in 4k on Netflix. It's not pirating if you already pay for the content but Netflix is making the 4k content look lousy.

They could argue all they want but you won’t be a part of the argument. They won’t know you’re doing anything since you’re behind the VPN.

Anyways, just giving an idea. I don’t need it shot down just because.

The Pinball Chronicles podcast, what's the deal with that fake financial commercial that is always inserted? I don't get the joke and it always just pops up at random.

Oh ok. To me, his inflection kind of sounds like it's a spoof or parody of a commercial I'm not aware of.

Maybe save it for the end or the beginning?

Duh, is it his podcast and he can do whatever he wants? Of course. I’m commenting about something I heard on the podcast that I didn’t understand Why it was being played when it was being played.

Haha, it's only three presses of the 30 second skip button. But yeah, smart thinking. Otherwise it would be like whenever I've tried listening to the Loser Kid podcast. Everyone must know to just skip ahead to the 4 minute mark to get their commercials out of the way.

Yeah I didn’t wanna say anything but I’ve been feeling the same way the last few episodes. It’s tiring to listen to and it often derails a thought or a sentence during a conversation. Kind of like how a heckler interrupts a comedian and stops the flow of the show and as an audience member it’s kind of cringe.

It’s already established that Joel doesn’t play in tournaments. Got it. I haven’t listened to this episode yet but that’s usually where the needling comes from.

That description makes me never wanna listen again.

Dennis wondering why Stern used Shaking instead of Shaken and says he's confused.

Dennis is also the same person who thinks "Rumortained" makes a lick of sense and sounds clever.

Man, these new posts here had me listen to the show today. It's still a hard listen for me due to the childish, mouth sound effects and soft humor like puns and dad jokes.

If the Pinball Show were a pinball machine, it would have to be Punny Factory.

There's a topic....which pinball machine represents each podcast or podcaster?

Slam Tilt would be South Park.

What is a Discord server exactly? I imagine it being like an AOL chatroom?

A few days ago, I thought Patreon was a tequila.

Both are too expensive for my tastes. I'm not giving anyone money to talk to me about pinball and well liquor is just fine.

Frankly, your podcast would be the one I might consider paying for.

Ha, you're leaving $3 on the table, sucker! You're the financial commercial guy, right? Should know better.

That photo makes me think I'm looking at a trail cam screen capture in an outhouse.

Heads up, 10 minutes to skip at the beginning of Silverballs. Seriously.

The discussion of the Stern EULA was interesting. But what about this? I've never bought a NIB game, all have been used, hence I've never agreed to a goddamned thing. How would the EULA apply to a used buyer?

Did anyone listen to the audio levels and quality before posting this? It was unlistenable during a drive because of the low level of Bill and the high volume of Amanda. No way to balance out the audio without not hearing one person and the other blowing the tweeters out.

I enjoyed listening to the tournament talk. I’m never going to watch people play pinball for longer than a few minutes. That’s extremely boring to me.

But listening to what happened, boiled down to 15-20 minutes was perfect. Just telling me what happened, explaining thoughts going into the competition and a few anecdotes was way more interesting than watching pinball being played will ever be.

Interesting and well done interview.

Those two Canadian co-hosts sure have a hard time keeping on topic and being succinct with a story. Not sure if one of them was trying to be funny by not getting to a point, but it was a rough listen and I had to bail out.

I think I noticed one podcast recently putting a timestamp in the show notes as to when the actual on topic show started. That’s my suggestion for any Pinball podcast, give us a timestamp of when you all get on topic, so those of us who want to get there can just jump to it.

What is frustrating is when I am multitasking and don’t have my hands free to get to my phone to start skipping. It can be annoying if I am on my tractor, vacuuming the house, pinball repairing, etc, to stop what I’m doing, reach into my pocket, unlock the phone, get to the app and start skipping to on topic discussion. At a certain point of off-topic, discussion about some mundane, daily activity, I am like WTF am I listening to and why?

Maybe rename the network to The Patreon Network? Can still keep TPN initials. You guys have become obsessed with it.

Final round and slam tilt are always good for a listen. I’m listening to that Pinball party podcast now while I shop out a few machines and it’s also been enjoyable.

Them too and Bro You Do Pinball.

Hey, had a drive last night and listened to all of the pinball party episode. I really enjoyed the discussions on this episode. Well done.