The Pinball Show Ep 99: Pinball Manifesto & The Amazing Andrew Moskos
The Pinball Show Episode 99: Pinball Manifesto & The Amazing Andrew Moskos Host: Zach Meny Special Guest Cohost: Andrew Moskos, Co-Founder Of Boom Chicago - Amsterdam - The Moskos Origin Story &...
Highlights
- Andrew Moskos and other Boom Chicago actors provided voice acting for the character voices in Dialed In pinball, including Tony Pepperoni
- Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso creator) came from Boom Chicago's comedy background and learned pinball from Medieval Madness in their theater
- ACM (Andrew Moskos) appears as the unbeatable high score holder in Ted Lasso Season 2's bar scene on Wizard of Oz pinball
- Steve Ritchie visited Amsterdam for the Dutch Pinball Open and asked Andrew not to read a roast poem about him publicly
- The pinball industry has a significant accessibility and education problem: casual players don't understand basic mechanics like how to start multiplayer games or what credits mean
- Pat Lawlor came out of retirement to design Dialed In after Jersey Jack asked him if he would make a game with any theme and no IP constraint
- Andrew has been playing pinball for approximately 50 years, starting at age 5 when his grandfather held him up to reach the flippers
- Dutch Pinball's Big Lebowski machine has an upper playfield and plays like classic Williams games
Notable quotes
“Comedians are important. Laughter is, life is better when you laugh. And comedians are the bridge to happiness.”
“The man does not do cute.”
“I don't know who you are, ACM, but I'm coming for your ASS.”
“Great pinball machines are funny. And you should use comedians.”
“It's such a damn great game, though. It really is a good game.”
“This isn't just some nostalgic bullshit anymore. This is cool.”
“Nobody understands how to play pinball now... they don't understand that two people play against each other... there's a plot... think of how hard we make it.”
“I have another connection to Wizard of Oz. The Ted Lasso guys got their start at Boom Chicago.”
Entities
- Boom Chicago· company
- Dutch Pinball· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Big Lebowski· game
- Dialed In· game
- Flash· game
- Medieval Madness· game
- Star Trek Next Generation· game
- Wizard of Oz· game
- Ted Lasso· game/show
- Andrew Moskos· person
- Brendan Hunt· person
- Dennis Creasel· person
- Jason Sudeikis· person
- JP Fournier· person
- Pat Lawlor· person
- Steve Ritchie· person
- Zach Manny· person
- Ted Lasso (show)· show
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