Comments on: So it’s come to this: skee-ball cheats

By: March Hare

March Hare — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 22:06:53 +0000

I played skee-ball in the mid-60’s at Playland-at-the-Beach in San Francisco and the Santa Cruz Boardwalk. I was never good enough to win anything more than the lowest level of prize. When Chuckie Cheese came to town, th y also had skee-ball, which my older son enjoyed until he was old enough for video games.

By: Baklava

Baklava — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 17:25:54 +0000

And this is happening….
https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/police-seek-woman-who-urinated-on-potatoes-in-walmart?fbclid=IwAR17hjTCIoD5rRTYtimr0E9KyXOfQQVKrYtPwRRrq7D0AWg_hFnJh-L4FTQ

By: Gordon Scott

Gordon Scott — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 16:25:23 +0000

If I remember, Skee-ball was greatly loved by God, as played by singer Alanis Morissette in the movie Dogma. This was a really bad morality play by director Kevin Smith whose idea was to have two angels go on a serial killing spree. It is stopped eventually by the lead female character who is an employee of an abortion clinic.

God had not noticed the killing spree because She was busy playing Skee-ball.

I wonder why the guy who does the parody pitch meeting YouTube videos hasn’t tackled this one.

By: Baklava

Baklava — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 18:29:48 +0000

For some reason my arm doesn’t go straight. I’ve never been good at it so this is the first time I’m hearing about the cheaters.

How could that be any satisfaction for a cheater??? ???? ? ? I don’t get how the decay could be this bad. I do not get why they have to put locks on the icecream lids. I don’t get why they have to lock up the safety razors at Walmart. I don’t get any of it. I shop at Target now because I can’t stand that extra time just to save a few cents.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 13:30:15 +0000

Ha! At first glance I thought the subject line said “cleats” and wondered just how special shoes and Skee-ball intersected.

I don’t think I ever played it, but it was present at Playland At The Beach in SF in the early 50s. Skee-ball does not hold a candle to rides like Octopus and the bumper-cars, let alone the Fun House, and a roller coaster that any sea monster would take pleasure in attacking… .

By: Socratease

Socratease — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 06:21:50 +0000

Sorry, I misunderstood, I thought the game was purposely locking up if extra balls were played. That would imply it was designed to do that to frustrate cheaters.

By: neo

neo — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 03:28:18 +0000

huxley:

Or if you’re very lucky, a kazoo.

By: neo

neo — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 03:27:54 +0000

huxley:

You’d have to play a LOT more skee-ball than most people ever do to get any sort of stuffed animal. Mostly you win stuff like a small pack of candy or an ugly little rubber figurine, like something to put in a flower pot.

By: huxley

huxley — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 02:56:04 +0000

Of course, if you want to merge with something warm, soft and feminine, stuffed animals are the better bet.

By: huxley

huxley — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 02:48:36 +0000

I first saw skee-ball in the mid-sixties in Daytona Beach. It was too simple and wholesome for the teen-age boys who preferred pinball to merge with the machine and to win extra games.

Unless you’re out on a date, who needs stuffed animals?

Ever since I was a young boy
I’ve played the silver ball
From Soho down to Brighton
I must have played them all
But I ain’t seen nothing like him
In any amusement hall
That deaf dumb and blind kid
Sure plays a mean pinball!

–The Who, “Pinball Wizard”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J03yCE15rg