The Paunch Stevenson Show

Ep 197 6/17/12


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Special guests Jim from the Silverball Pinbal Museum, Michael Zapcic from Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash and AMC's Comic Book Men, and Ken from Yestercades!
In this episode:
the thrilling conclusion to Episode 196, our Yestercades theme song, our review of the Silverball Pinball Museum in Asbury Park, NJ, playing old and rare pinball games, comparison to Austin, Texas, pinball arcade by The Overnightscape's Frank Nora, our interview with Jim of Silverball (origin of the arcade, where the games come from, what regular customers think?, etc.), our visit to Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash comic book store in Red Bank, NJ, our interview with Michael Zapcic- star of Comic Book Men, cooky customers and the background history of the store, how are comic books valued?, future of the comic book business, the upcoming second season of Comic Book Men on AMC, listen to Mike and Ming every Thursday on the "I Sell Comics!" podcast (part of the Smodcast Network), our visit to the Yestercades classic arcade in Red Bank, NJ, a quick rundown of the games including Baby Pac-man!, our interview with Ken- owner and founder of Yestercades (75+ arcade games, 16 pinball games, and almost every home video game console), hourly freeplay pricing vs. quarters, background history of the arcade, children love to play old arcade games, where do Ken's games come from?, extensive maintenance of arcade and pinball games, the social aspect of playing old console games, the popularity of board games at Yestercades, Ken's favorite arcade games and home game console, Ken's thoughts about the Sega Genesis and Sega CD, and Ken's video game trivia every Thursday on "I Sell Comics!"
49.5 minutes - http://www.paunchstevenson.com
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The Paunch Stevenson ShowBy Greg and Rob in NJ