Tale of the pinball wizard6/7/2023 ![]() We open as we generally do, with the campfire weirdos prepping for another night of just-pubescent terror. If there was an arcade, of course you’d have to spend some time there. Ignoring being caught by the authorities, think of all the awesome antics you could get up to and all the food you could devour. Regardless, who wouldn’t want to be stuck in a mall overnight. For a while there things got better, with higher quality shops and better options – now though it’s just pound (dollar) shops and pointless clothes places. My favourite destinations were the Toy Store, naturally, and the doughnut joint where you could watch the doughnuts being made, splatting into the fryer, travelling up the belt, and being covered in sugar. Everything would be on a single level, and instead of fountains we had tramps pissing in the corner. ![]() While you have fountains and playing areas and multi-levels and hundreds of stores, all I had growing up was a large supermarket (or one on either end) with a few minor stores dotted around it. American Malls, I should add, are a hell of a lot different from the crap we have over here. And to that the fact (as I’ve probably mentioned here before) that I’ve always loved the idea of being trapped in a mall overnight – as a kid it was one of my dreams. Malls and horror go hand in hand like zombies and chopper blades. He becomes absorbed in the game, loses track of time, and soon finds that he is locked inside the mall. Temptation gets the best of Ross and he plays it anyway. Mr Ohlsen, manager of the arcade, leaves him there alone and warns him not to play the ‘Mystery Machine’. Ross is a latchkey kid and spends his time after school playing pinball at the mall. Does it feature a deaf, dumb, and blind kid who sure plays a mean pinball? I sure hope so. Looking at the title and the synposis, I have no memory of this episode. ![]() I see on the stats though that the old posts get a few views every so often so it’s time to kick off my ‘hilarious’ reviews once more. Greetings, Glancers! Since the series disappeared from Amazon Prime, I haven’t bothered trying to catch up on any more episodes.
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