Wallace the Brave by Will Henry for January 13, 2023

Du du du du, you have now entered the Twilight Zone!

He doesn’t look like a deaf, dumb and blind kid, but he sure plays a mean pinball.

Wizardry! I smell wizardry!

But did Seagull get some cake!!

It’s too bad they didn’t preserve the tapes for “The Magnificent Marble Machine”, so Wallace could watch it on Buzzr.

Become one with the machine, Grasshopper….

I entered this zone once, in a tiny pizza parlor in Scranton, PA on an old machine with flip-over numbers… magic.

If you manage one ‘free game’ you’re hooked. Resistance is futile. (Space Invaders assimilated me.)

Will Spud pull the plug? Will Wallace return to reality? Will Seagull get some cake? Tune in tomorrow for the exciting(?) conclusion.

It is not time until all the cake is eaten.

Ever since I was a young boy, I’ve played the silver ballFrom Soho down to Brighton, I must’ve played ‘em allBut I ain’t seen nothin’ like him in any amusement hallThat Wallace The Brave kid sure plays a mean pinball

After the last 2 years, I feel the same way as Wallace as he so eloquently stated it. And – I don’t even play pinball!

you know where to put the cork

He’s gone way past that point. Pull the plug and save your friend…..

Sez you, Wallace . .

Spud could be right—yet another reason for him to accompany Wallace on these little pinball sprees.

he wanted to go to the championships, if i recall correctly

Pinball Nirvana.

I still think that Mom should take him to Vegas for the annual high-stakes pinball tournament. The buy-in might be a little steep, but I am quite certain that he’d do well enough to more than make their money back, and probably sweep the competition. And can you see Spud at the casino’s all-you-can-eat buffet?

It’s either time to quit, or time to go pro.

Pinball Wizard (Live)The WhoEver since I was a young boyI’ve played the silver ballFrom Soho down to BrightonI must have played them allBut I ain’t seen nothing like himIn any amusement hallThat deaf, dumb and blind kidSure plays a mean pinballHe stands like a statueBecomes part of the machineFeeling all the bumpersAlways playing cleanPlays by intuitionThe digit counters fallThat deaf, dumb and blind kidSure plays a mean pinballHe’s a pinball wizardThere has to be a twistA pinball wizard’sGot such a supple wristHow do you think he does it?I don’t knowWhat makes him so good?Ain’t got no distractionsCan’t hear no buzzers and bellsDon’t see no lights a-flashingPlays by sense of smellAlways gets a replayNever seen him fallThat deaf, dumb and blind kidSure plays a mean pinballThought I was the Bally Table kingBut I just handed my pinball crown to himEven on my favorite tableHe can beat my bestHis disciples lead him inAnd he just does the restHe’s got crazy flipper fingersNever seen him fallThat deaf, dumb and blind kindSure plays a mean pinball

I wonder how Will Henry would like it if I designed a pinball machine that portrayed drawing cartoons as a psychedelic trance

Looks like Wallace had lunch with Zaphod Beeblebrox. “Reason not withstanding, the universe continues unabated. Its history is terribly long and awfully difficult to understand, even in its simpler moments which are, roughly speaking, the beginning and the end. The wave harmonic theory of historical perception, in its simplest form, states that history is an illusion caused by the passage of time, and that time is an illusion caused by the passage of history. It also states that one’s perception of these illusions is conditioned by three important factors: who you are; where you are; and when you last had lunch with Zaphod Beeblebrox”

When I was a young man I played the silver ball…

Spud, Seagull’s been very patient. Give him some cake!!!!