1 00:00:10,577 --> 00:00:12,578 [patriotic music] 2 00:00:12,580 --> 00:00:13,412 - Milton bradley's like, 3 00:00:13,414 --> 00:00:14,947 Hey, everybody, I got this new game. 4 00:00:14,949 --> 00:00:15,981 It's, like, american. 5 00:00:15,983 --> 00:00:17,716 It's, like, [bleep] cool. 6 00:00:17,718 --> 00:00:19,118 - Ugh! - [chuckles] 7 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:22,821 - We're gonna ban [bleep] pinball, dude. 8 00:00:22,823 --> 00:00:25,190 Because pinball is a game of chance. 9 00:00:25,192 --> 00:00:26,658 - [belches] - jeez. 10 00:00:26,660 --> 00:00:28,360 - Bobby fischer would be like, 11 00:00:28,362 --> 00:00:30,062 Bup, zow, poosh! 12 00:00:30,064 --> 00:00:32,698 It's like, blaaah! 13 00:00:32,700 --> 00:00:35,634 [making guttural noises] 14 00:00:35,636 --> 00:00:38,837 [patriotic music] 15 00:00:38,839 --> 00:00:47,112 ♪ ♪ 16 00:00:50,150 --> 00:00:51,216 - We've been playing games 17 00:00:51,218 --> 00:00:53,118 As long as we've been telling stories, 18 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:54,753 And even before we were writing-- 19 00:00:54,755 --> 00:00:57,689 Like, writing, literally scrawling things-- 20 00:00:57,691 --> 00:00:58,891 We were playing games. 21 00:00:58,893 --> 00:01:00,793 - You can kind of escape when you play the game. 22 00:01:00,795 --> 00:01:03,495 You're in that world. You're not in your world. 23 00:01:03,497 --> 00:01:04,663 - How many e3s is this for you? 24 00:01:04,665 --> 00:01:06,165 - First e3. Virgin. 25 00:01:06,167 --> 00:01:07,599 - Congratulations. - Thank you. 26 00:01:07,601 --> 00:01:10,035 This place kinda gives me a panic attack. 27 00:01:10,037 --> 00:01:10,903 - Are you drunk right now? 28 00:01:10,905 --> 00:01:14,339 - No, I just--god just made me look like this. 29 00:01:14,341 --> 00:01:15,140 [laughter] 30 00:01:15,142 --> 00:01:16,708 - Let the games begin! 31 00:01:16,710 --> 00:01:20,212 ♪ the name of the game is water or vodka ♪ 32 00:01:20,214 --> 00:01:23,382 ♪ is it water or is it vodka? ♪ 33 00:01:23,384 --> 00:01:26,085 Okay, three red. - Three. 34 00:01:27,987 --> 00:01:29,388 That was vodka. 35 00:01:29,390 --> 00:01:30,756 Now you spin. I don't. 36 00:01:30,758 --> 00:01:33,392 ♪ bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ 37 00:01:33,394 --> 00:01:35,327 16 red. 38 00:01:35,329 --> 00:01:38,597 There it is. 39 00:01:38,599 --> 00:01:40,499 You can't not tell! 40 00:01:40,501 --> 00:01:42,534 - Hmm? - You have to say! 41 00:01:42,536 --> 00:01:45,571 - What? - Which one are you drinking? 42 00:01:46,940 --> 00:01:49,508 That one. 43 00:01:50,643 --> 00:01:52,678 I'm so mad at you! 44 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:54,012 I hate you. 45 00:01:54,014 --> 00:01:56,782 - Nice to see you. 46 00:01:56,784 --> 00:01:57,850 - Ugh! 47 00:01:57,852 --> 00:01:58,650 - [chuckles] 48 00:01:58,652 --> 00:02:00,919 - Hello, today we're gonna talk 49 00:02:00,921 --> 00:02:03,889 About milton bradley. 50 00:02:03,891 --> 00:02:05,691 All right, so it's 1860, 51 00:02:05,693 --> 00:02:09,328 And this 24-year-old guy named milton bradley 52 00:02:09,330 --> 00:02:11,797 Has this lithography business, 53 00:02:11,799 --> 00:02:14,299 And his lithograph that he's selling 54 00:02:14,301 --> 00:02:15,934 Is of abraham lincoln. 55 00:02:15,936 --> 00:02:16,768 But at this time, 56 00:02:16,770 --> 00:02:18,670 Abraham lincoln doesn't have a beard. 57 00:02:18,672 --> 00:02:21,840 He's a shaved beast. - [chuckles] 58 00:02:21,842 --> 00:02:22,875 - And milton bradley's like, 59 00:02:22,877 --> 00:02:24,143 This is a good one to make, 60 00:02:24,145 --> 00:02:25,144 'cause people will want it. 61 00:02:25,146 --> 00:02:27,045 So they're selling like hotcakes. 62 00:02:27,047 --> 00:02:28,046 Everyone loves 'em. 63 00:02:28,048 --> 00:02:30,682 And then this little girl, grace bedell, 64 00:02:30,684 --> 00:02:32,651 Writes to abraham lincoln and she says, 65 00:02:32,653 --> 00:02:35,454 If I were a woman, I would vote for-- 66 00:02:35,456 --> 00:02:36,622 Wait, no, she says, 67 00:02:36,624 --> 00:02:38,524 If I were a man, I would vote for you. 68 00:02:38,526 --> 00:02:41,126 But I'm a girl, and what you need to do 69 00:02:41,128 --> 00:02:43,061 Is you need to grow a beard, 70 00:02:43,063 --> 00:02:45,097 Because women love whiskers. 71 00:02:45,099 --> 00:02:48,000 So, if women tell their husband 72 00:02:48,002 --> 00:02:50,969 That they like you, to vote for you, 73 00:02:50,971 --> 00:02:52,538 You'll get more votes if you have a beard. 74 00:02:52,540 --> 00:02:54,006 So abraham, like, gets this letter, 75 00:02:54,008 --> 00:02:56,909 And he's like, notice anything different about me? 76 00:02:56,911 --> 00:02:59,178 I got a beard, baby. 77 00:02:59,180 --> 00:02:59,945 Isn't that cute? 78 00:02:59,947 --> 00:03:01,947 So everyone in the whole country 79 00:03:01,949 --> 00:03:05,017 Gets newspapers with drawings of lincoln, 80 00:03:05,019 --> 00:03:06,151 And he's got a beard. 81 00:03:06,153 --> 00:03:07,819 And they're like, I bought this lithograph 82 00:03:07,821 --> 00:03:10,322 For, like, a bunch of money, and it's a joke now 83 00:03:10,324 --> 00:03:14,126 Because he's got a blank face, he's got a shaved face. 84 00:03:14,128 --> 00:03:16,795 And milton bradley's like, I've spent all my ink 85 00:03:16,797 --> 00:03:18,964 On all these garbage lithographs. 86 00:03:18,966 --> 00:03:22,034 So he burns them all, and he's completely done for. 87 00:03:22,036 --> 00:03:24,236 So he's like, I have this lithograph machine. 88 00:03:24,238 --> 00:03:25,704 It's, like, this big hunk of junk. 89 00:03:25,706 --> 00:03:28,674 I don't even have a good picture to print. 90 00:03:28,676 --> 00:03:29,408 What am I gonna do? 91 00:03:29,410 --> 00:03:32,477 So he goes to hang out with his best friend, george tapley, 92 00:03:32,479 --> 00:03:35,113 And they're playing this, like, puritan game. 93 00:03:35,115 --> 00:03:36,248 It's, like, really boring. 94 00:03:36,250 --> 00:03:37,516 So he realized during the game, 95 00:03:37,518 --> 00:03:40,185 I could make a game better than this. 96 00:03:40,187 --> 00:03:41,220 I could come up with a game 97 00:03:41,222 --> 00:03:45,591 That people who aren't all puritan-minded would enjoy, 98 00:03:45,593 --> 00:03:49,061 And he calls his game the checkered game of life. 99 00:03:49,063 --> 00:03:50,529 The checkered game of life! 100 00:03:50,531 --> 00:03:52,431 And george was like, a new game to play. 101 00:03:52,433 --> 00:03:54,032 Like, they didn't have anything else 102 00:03:54,034 --> 00:03:55,734 To entertain themselves, you know? 103 00:03:55,736 --> 00:03:56,668 And milton bradley's like, 104 00:03:56,670 --> 00:03:59,004 Every other square has, like, a thing on it. 105 00:03:59,006 --> 00:04:00,572 You know, and the goal is to reach 106 00:04:00,574 --> 00:04:01,907 The ripe old age of 50. 107 00:04:01,909 --> 00:04:03,875 And the not goal is to reach ruin 108 00:04:03,877 --> 00:04:06,211 And have complete destruction in your life. 109 00:04:06,213 --> 00:04:09,248 And in the middle, there was suicide. 110 00:04:09,250 --> 00:04:10,816 Well, good night. 111 00:04:10,818 --> 00:04:12,217 So, he goes to new york with the game, 112 00:04:12,219 --> 00:04:14,953 And he's like, hey, everybody, I got this new game. 113 00:04:14,955 --> 00:04:16,054 It's, like, american. 114 00:04:16,056 --> 00:04:17,322 It's not just puritan. 115 00:04:17,324 --> 00:04:19,024 It's, like, [bleep] cool. 116 00:04:19,026 --> 00:04:20,125 And everyone's buying it. 117 00:04:20,127 --> 00:04:23,595 He sells 40,000 copies in one weekend. 118 00:04:23,597 --> 00:04:27,466 And then he's dumb because the civil war happened, 119 00:04:27,468 --> 00:04:28,500 Like, the next day. 120 00:04:28,502 --> 00:04:30,302 Everyone's like, we're only doing war. 121 00:04:30,304 --> 00:04:31,970 We don't-- we don't play games. 122 00:04:31,972 --> 00:04:35,140 And then because he's so smart, milton bradley's like, 123 00:04:35,142 --> 00:04:37,509 Soldiers have a lot of downtime. 124 00:04:37,511 --> 00:04:39,845 I'm gonna make these games really tiny 125 00:04:39,847 --> 00:04:41,546 So soldiers can have them in their pocket, 126 00:04:41,548 --> 00:04:43,949 And then the second they're bored, they can play it. 127 00:04:43,951 --> 00:04:45,484 And so he takes the game, 128 00:04:45,486 --> 00:04:48,520 And he squishes it into, like, small. 129 00:04:48,522 --> 00:04:52,824 And on this board, you can play checkers and chess 130 00:04:52,826 --> 00:04:55,861 And backgammon and the checkered game of life. 131 00:04:55,863 --> 00:04:57,629 And all these charities were like, 132 00:04:57,631 --> 00:04:59,264 We're gonna buy these for a dollar, 133 00:04:59,266 --> 00:05:00,532 And we're gonna give them to soldiers, 134 00:05:00,534 --> 00:05:02,234 And the soldiers will have something to do. 135 00:05:02,236 --> 00:05:03,435 And all the soldiers were like, 136 00:05:03,437 --> 00:05:05,904 This is so cool, like someone thought of us. 137 00:05:05,906 --> 00:05:09,341 And they would play the game in their downtime. 138 00:05:09,343 --> 00:05:10,208 - That must have been nice. 139 00:05:10,210 --> 00:05:11,843 - It was really fun for them, and they were like, 140 00:05:11,845 --> 00:05:13,745 We're so happy we have a thing to do. 141 00:05:13,747 --> 00:05:15,447 It's not just look at each other 142 00:05:15,449 --> 00:05:17,683 While we wait to shoot somebody. 143 00:05:17,685 --> 00:05:18,483 Milton bradley's like, 144 00:05:18,485 --> 00:05:21,253 Yes, I came up with a cool idea again. 145 00:05:21,255 --> 00:05:22,287 Everyone likes it. 146 00:05:22,289 --> 00:05:25,257 And so the war ends, and everyone was like, 147 00:05:25,259 --> 00:05:27,659 We have time now, we can play games. 148 00:05:27,661 --> 00:05:28,493 We want more games. 149 00:05:28,495 --> 00:05:30,796 So, he starts printing out the checkered game of life. 150 00:05:30,798 --> 00:05:32,431 And he made other games, and he was selling them, 151 00:05:32,433 --> 00:05:33,799 And they were really popular. 152 00:05:33,801 --> 00:05:34,900 And then milton bradley started 153 00:05:34,902 --> 00:05:37,336 The milton bradley company, and they make all the games. 154 00:05:37,338 --> 00:05:41,473 I mean, like, candyland, jenga, guess who?, 155 00:05:41,475 --> 00:05:42,974 Battleship, twister. 156 00:05:42,976 --> 00:05:46,478 And board games are still 18x18 inches, 157 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:48,714 Because that's the size of the cardboard 158 00:05:48,716 --> 00:05:50,782 That fit into the lithograph machine, 159 00:05:50,784 --> 00:05:52,317 And we're all comfortable with it. 160 00:05:52,319 --> 00:05:56,521 And 100%, none of it would have happened 161 00:05:56,523 --> 00:05:59,358 If abraham lincoln didn't grow a beard. 162 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:01,259 Now is this where your mind explodes? 163 00:06:01,261 --> 00:06:04,696 - Yeah. I lost my virginity on a twister mat. 164 00:06:04,698 --> 00:06:06,698 - Penis, blue. 165 00:06:06,700 --> 00:06:07,833 - Vagina, yellow. 166 00:06:07,835 --> 00:06:09,868 - [laughs] - makes green. 167 00:06:09,870 --> 00:06:11,069 [patriotic music] 168 00:06:11,071 --> 00:06:12,404 - Yeah, pinball was illegal, 169 00:06:12,406 --> 00:06:13,338 But roger sharpe, 170 00:06:13,340 --> 00:06:15,006 He's one of the best in the world. 171 00:06:15,008 --> 00:06:17,576 He's like, I will show you mother[bleep] 172 00:06:17,578 --> 00:06:19,845 That this is a game of skill. 173 00:06:19,847 --> 00:06:21,913 I'm [bleep] up. 174 00:06:25,818 --> 00:06:26,685 - Let's do a shot, right? 175 00:06:26,687 --> 00:06:27,586 - All right, let's cheers to-- 176 00:06:27,588 --> 00:06:29,721 - We haven't been drunk together in a long time. 177 00:06:29,723 --> 00:06:32,224 - This is very nice. 178 00:06:34,026 --> 00:06:36,261 - What the [bleep]? 179 00:06:36,263 --> 00:06:36,962 Come on, man! 180 00:06:36,964 --> 00:06:38,330 - That's what makes a good friend. 181 00:06:38,332 --> 00:06:41,066 How many people can I just slap in the face? 182 00:06:41,068 --> 00:06:42,467 - Oh, [bleep]. Ugh. 183 00:06:42,469 --> 00:06:44,469 Yeah, that's what makes a good friend for derek. 184 00:06:44,471 --> 00:06:47,406 How many of his friends can he slap in the face? 185 00:06:47,408 --> 00:06:49,541 - Only one. 186 00:06:49,543 --> 00:06:50,609 - Really? 187 00:06:50,611 --> 00:06:52,677 Well, that makes me feel good. 188 00:06:52,679 --> 00:06:53,311 Hello. 189 00:06:53,313 --> 00:06:59,684 Today we're gonna talk about the prohibition of pinball. 190 00:06:59,686 --> 00:07:01,286 Cheers. 191 00:07:01,288 --> 00:07:03,121 So, 1942, 192 00:07:03,123 --> 00:07:06,057 Fiorello henry la guardia, 193 00:07:06,059 --> 00:07:07,426 Mayor of new york, goes, 194 00:07:07,428 --> 00:07:10,996 You know what, this pinball thing is evil. 195 00:07:10,998 --> 00:07:14,966 We're gonna ban [bleep] pinball, dude. 196 00:07:14,968 --> 00:07:16,401 Not gonna ball around. 197 00:07:16,403 --> 00:07:18,336 You know, just it's a game. 198 00:07:18,338 --> 00:07:20,472 We're gonna ban it. Why pinball? 199 00:07:20,474 --> 00:07:23,475 Because pinball is a game of chance. 200 00:07:23,477 --> 00:07:25,877 It's a [bleep] game, dude. 201 00:07:25,879 --> 00:07:26,445 - Yeah. 202 00:07:26,447 --> 00:07:29,080 - All right, so, the new york police 203 00:07:29,082 --> 00:07:31,149 Start raiding restaurants. 204 00:07:31,151 --> 00:07:32,951 Oh, you got a pinball machine here. 205 00:07:32,953 --> 00:07:36,087 So, it's okay if we [ bleep] it up. 206 00:07:36,089 --> 00:07:37,155 The new york police department 207 00:07:37,157 --> 00:07:39,591 Confiscated the pinball machines. 208 00:07:39,593 --> 00:07:41,193 La guardia smashed them, 209 00:07:41,195 --> 00:07:44,062 And then pushed them into the hudson river. 210 00:07:44,064 --> 00:07:46,531 A lot of smaller cities around america 211 00:07:46,533 --> 00:07:47,933 Would follow what new york did. 212 00:07:47,935 --> 00:07:52,137 So all around america, yeah, pinball is illegal. 213 00:07:52,139 --> 00:07:54,940 Cut to decades later in the early '70s, 214 00:07:54,942 --> 00:07:57,209 There's this guy roger sharpe. 215 00:07:57,211 --> 00:07:59,878 Roger sharpe is this writer. 216 00:07:59,880 --> 00:08:02,113 But what he does in his off time 217 00:08:02,115 --> 00:08:04,115 Is he plays pinball. 218 00:08:04,117 --> 00:08:06,852 But he has to do it, like, under the radar, 219 00:08:06,854 --> 00:08:09,221 Because pinball is still illegal. 220 00:08:09,223 --> 00:08:10,222 You know, roger sharpe. 221 00:08:10,224 --> 00:08:12,491 He's one of the best in the world. 222 00:08:12,493 --> 00:08:15,627 He's like, hey, I'm good at this. 223 00:08:15,629 --> 00:08:18,497 I know how to make this pinball move, 224 00:08:18,499 --> 00:08:23,101 And it's not chance, it's not gambling. 225 00:08:23,103 --> 00:08:24,503 So, in the mist-- 226 00:08:24,505 --> 00:08:26,538 In the-- in the midst-- 227 00:08:26,540 --> 00:08:29,674 In the midst--mist--mist-- 228 00:08:29,676 --> 00:08:30,275 - Mid-- 229 00:08:30,277 --> 00:08:32,077 - Midst. Is there a d in there? 230 00:08:32,079 --> 00:08:33,812 Midst, right? - Mm-hmm. 231 00:08:33,814 --> 00:08:35,247 - I'm serious. Midst? - Mm-hmm. 232 00:08:35,249 --> 00:08:36,781 - In the midst of all this, 233 00:08:36,783 --> 00:08:40,185 The american music & amusement association, 234 00:08:40,187 --> 00:08:41,052 Which is kind of like 235 00:08:41,054 --> 00:08:44,356 The pinball manufacturers of america, was like, 236 00:08:44,358 --> 00:08:48,059 All right, look, pinball was declared illegal, right? 237 00:08:48,061 --> 00:08:50,929 That's crazy. That's [bleep] crazy. 238 00:08:50,931 --> 00:08:55,000 We have to do something. We have to save our industry. 239 00:08:55,002 --> 00:08:56,301 [belches] 240 00:08:56,303 --> 00:08:57,302 - Jeez. 241 00:08:57,304 --> 00:09:02,841 - So, the american music & music association 242 00:09:02,843 --> 00:09:04,743 Call roger sharpe and they're like, 243 00:09:04,745 --> 00:09:06,511 Hey, we're [bleep] here. 244 00:09:06,513 --> 00:09:07,579 You've gotta help us out. 245 00:09:07,581 --> 00:09:11,283 And he goes, okay, I gotta do what I gotta do. 246 00:09:11,285 --> 00:09:13,518 So, they bring roger sharpe 247 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:15,954 In front of the new york city council 248 00:09:15,956 --> 00:09:19,090 To try to get pinball legalized. 249 00:09:19,092 --> 00:09:22,427 The news media is there. This is a big deal. 250 00:09:22,429 --> 00:09:24,930 This is 1976. 251 00:09:26,599 --> 00:09:27,632 I'm [bleep] up. 252 00:09:27,634 --> 00:09:30,001 So there's kinda like this moment where he's like, 253 00:09:30,003 --> 00:09:31,603 You know what, look, 254 00:09:31,605 --> 00:09:33,238 If I'm good enough at pinball, 255 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:34,372 I can succeed at pinball. 256 00:09:34,374 --> 00:09:36,441 I'm not just-- this isn't just gambling. 257 00:09:36,443 --> 00:09:38,443 This is like, you know, I'm having fun. 258 00:09:38,445 --> 00:09:41,446 This is-- this is a game of skill. 259 00:09:41,448 --> 00:09:43,682 Does that make sense? 260 00:09:43,684 --> 00:09:46,551 [belches] 261 00:09:46,553 --> 00:09:47,519 - Jeez. 262 00:09:47,521 --> 00:09:50,121 - All right, so roger sharpe 263 00:09:50,123 --> 00:09:53,158 Steps up to the el dorado machine. 264 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:54,092 He's playing on it. 265 00:09:54,094 --> 00:09:56,294 He's just, you know, banging the ball around 266 00:09:56,296 --> 00:09:57,829 On this el dorado machine. 267 00:09:57,831 --> 00:09:58,797 But then there's one prick 268 00:09:58,799 --> 00:10:01,666 On the [bleep] board of the city council who's like, 269 00:10:01,668 --> 00:10:04,169 No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. 270 00:10:04,171 --> 00:10:06,237 You guys are trying to pull a fast one. 271 00:10:06,239 --> 00:10:08,340 This machine is probably set up 272 00:10:08,342 --> 00:10:10,241 So he could try to impress us. 273 00:10:10,243 --> 00:10:12,544 I want him to play the backup machine, 274 00:10:12,546 --> 00:10:14,045 Which is bank shot. 275 00:10:14,047 --> 00:10:14,713 [dramatic music] 276 00:10:14,715 --> 00:10:17,882 Now, roger sharpe had never played that other machine. 277 00:10:17,884 --> 00:10:20,485 He'd never even-- like, not even one quarter. 278 00:10:20,487 --> 00:10:21,920 He had never played it. 279 00:10:21,922 --> 00:10:23,822 But he's like, I'll play it. 280 00:10:23,824 --> 00:10:26,191 I'll play bank--bank shot? 281 00:10:26,193 --> 00:10:28,793 But I will show you mother[bleep] 282 00:10:28,795 --> 00:10:30,762 That this is a game of skill. 283 00:10:30,764 --> 00:10:34,132 Roger sharpe goes over to the bank shot machine. 284 00:10:34,134 --> 00:10:36,368 He plays it for a few minutes, 285 00:10:36,370 --> 00:10:37,936 And he's, like, mastering it, right? 286 00:10:37,938 --> 00:10:40,105 He's, you know, batting the ball around. 287 00:10:40,107 --> 00:10:41,539 Still nobody's impressed. 288 00:10:41,541 --> 00:10:42,807 They're like, eh, whatever. 289 00:10:42,809 --> 00:10:46,611 He looks at everybody in the city council 290 00:10:46,613 --> 00:10:47,545 And no [bleep], 291 00:10:47,547 --> 00:10:50,649 Straight out of babe ruth's book, 292 00:10:50,651 --> 00:10:54,486 He goes, listen up, I'm gonna call my shot. 293 00:10:54,488 --> 00:10:55,620 See the ball? 294 00:10:55,622 --> 00:10:57,689 I'm gonna pull this plunger back 295 00:10:57,691 --> 00:10:59,224 A certain distance, 296 00:10:59,226 --> 00:11:00,291 I'm gonna launch the ball, 297 00:11:00,293 --> 00:11:04,162 And that ball is gonna go into that center slot. 298 00:11:04,164 --> 00:11:06,197 Everyone's like, yeah, whatever. 299 00:11:06,199 --> 00:11:09,067 So the pressure is on this dude's shoulders. 300 00:11:09,069 --> 00:11:13,238 He pulls back the plunger just enough, lets it go, 301 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:17,308 And the pinball goes up the playfield 302 00:11:17,310 --> 00:11:20,045 And lands right in that middle slot 303 00:11:20,047 --> 00:11:21,913 Where he says it's gonna go. 304 00:11:21,915 --> 00:11:23,014 Right at that moment, 305 00:11:23,016 --> 00:11:25,550 One of the councilmen just grabbed his gavel, 306 00:11:25,552 --> 00:11:30,021 Smacked the-- smacked the, you know... 307 00:11:30,023 --> 00:11:32,123 Whatever he smacks and goes, 308 00:11:32,125 --> 00:11:34,392 Pinball is now legal. 309 00:11:34,394 --> 00:11:38,530 Across america, all the cities who just kowtowed 310 00:11:38,532 --> 00:11:40,832 To whatever new york did were like, 311 00:11:40,834 --> 00:11:42,701 Yeah, okay, pinball is legal 312 00:11:42,703 --> 00:11:44,102 And blah, blah, blah, blah. 313 00:11:44,104 --> 00:11:46,004 So it really did all come down 314 00:11:46,006 --> 00:11:47,806 To that one called shot. 315 00:11:47,808 --> 00:11:50,542 This is not a guy that's regularly-- 316 00:11:50,544 --> 00:11:52,777 Regul-- 317 00:11:52,779 --> 00:11:56,681 Regulated to the anals of history. 318 00:11:56,683 --> 00:11:57,849 Roger sharpe was a dude 319 00:11:57,851 --> 00:12:01,352 Who was asked to show off his skills 320 00:12:01,354 --> 00:12:05,223 In order to save an entire industry, 321 00:12:05,225 --> 00:12:06,424 Which he did. 322 00:12:06,426 --> 00:12:08,059 - Two balls! 323 00:12:09,795 --> 00:12:11,463 Nine ball. 324 00:12:11,465 --> 00:12:12,697 - This is sad. 325 00:12:12,699 --> 00:12:14,933 - All right, I'm gonna shoot it from here 326 00:12:14,935 --> 00:12:16,801 - The four ball! - To the middle. 327 00:12:16,803 --> 00:12:18,269 Ready? 328 00:12:18,271 --> 00:12:19,904 - Wow. - I called it, dude. 329 00:12:19,906 --> 00:12:22,974 - Roger sharpe. Games. 330 00:12:22,976 --> 00:12:24,409 What would we do without games? 331 00:12:24,411 --> 00:12:27,045 We'd actually have to communicate. 332 00:12:30,916 --> 00:12:31,816 - I think virtual reality 333 00:12:31,818 --> 00:12:33,985 Will be the biggest thing starting next year. 334 00:12:33,987 --> 00:12:34,586 - Okay. 335 00:12:34,588 --> 00:12:36,254 - You can step into the device. 336 00:12:36,256 --> 00:12:39,124 Your body will be completely tracked. 337 00:12:39,126 --> 00:12:40,291 Okay. 338 00:12:40,293 --> 00:12:41,760 - [groans] 339 00:12:41,762 --> 00:12:42,994 [grunting] 340 00:12:42,996 --> 00:12:45,363 Can you do this move, like-- 341 00:12:45,365 --> 00:12:45,930 Oh! 342 00:12:45,932 --> 00:12:49,634 Wait, now I can't-- is anybody around me? 343 00:12:49,636 --> 00:12:51,302 [grunting] 344 00:12:51,304 --> 00:12:52,203 This is how you walk 345 00:12:52,205 --> 00:12:54,806 When you're trying not to [bleep] in your pants. 346 00:12:54,808 --> 00:12:55,540 - [laughs] 347 00:12:55,542 --> 00:12:58,109 - Stay on the path. - I'm trying. 348 00:12:58,111 --> 00:13:01,379 Whoa-ah! [yells] 349 00:13:01,381 --> 00:13:04,015 My life! 350 00:13:04,017 --> 00:13:06,217 Let's cheers to bobby fischer, yeah? 351 00:13:06,219 --> 00:13:08,419 - Here's the bobby b. 352 00:13:08,421 --> 00:13:09,454 F. 353 00:13:09,456 --> 00:13:10,688 - Check. 354 00:13:10,690 --> 00:13:11,923 - Mate. 355 00:13:11,925 --> 00:13:13,124 - [chuckles] 356 00:13:13,126 --> 00:13:14,492 - Hello. 357 00:13:14,494 --> 00:13:15,293 I'm rich fulcher, 358 00:13:15,295 --> 00:13:18,429 And today we're gonna talk about bobby fischer, 359 00:13:18,431 --> 00:13:22,667 King of the chess people. 360 00:13:22,669 --> 00:13:24,602 It's 1972. 361 00:13:24,604 --> 00:13:27,138 Bobby fischer is, like, 29 years old, 362 00:13:27,140 --> 00:13:31,409 And at the time, he had won the u.S. Open championship 363 00:13:31,411 --> 00:13:35,013 And was an international grandmaster. 364 00:13:35,015 --> 00:13:37,682 But he wasn't just a normal chess player. 365 00:13:37,684 --> 00:13:42,520 He was going, put, put, put, put, put, check! 366 00:13:42,522 --> 00:13:44,823 Woot, woot, woot, checkmate! 367 00:13:44,825 --> 00:13:47,859 That was when he felt most comfortable in life. 368 00:13:47,861 --> 00:13:52,030 And yet, russia had won the world championship 369 00:13:52,032 --> 00:13:53,765 For the last 24 years. 370 00:13:53,767 --> 00:13:59,003 Like, russia, russia, russia, russia, 371 00:13:59,005 --> 00:14:00,638 Can--russia! 372 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:04,809 And russia used that as sort of a pr campaign, 373 00:14:04,811 --> 00:14:06,845 Like, we are the kings. 374 00:14:06,847 --> 00:14:08,313 We are not only communists, 375 00:14:08,315 --> 00:14:11,182 But we are the intellectuals of the world 376 00:14:11,184 --> 00:14:13,585 Because we do chess. 377 00:14:13,587 --> 00:14:16,421 The world championships are in iceland, 378 00:14:16,423 --> 00:14:20,692 And boris spassky, backed by the russian government, 379 00:14:20,694 --> 00:14:25,330 Was like, bobby fischer is too young and inexperienced 380 00:14:25,332 --> 00:14:30,335 For someone like me, the world champion. 381 00:14:30,337 --> 00:14:34,239 Here's the thing, fischer hated russians, 382 00:14:34,241 --> 00:14:37,809 And he called them filthy pigs. 383 00:14:37,811 --> 00:14:41,746 So it was much more than just a chess match. 384 00:14:41,748 --> 00:14:44,515 The cold war is happening. 385 00:14:44,517 --> 00:14:48,887 Life magazine called it the match of the century, 386 00:14:48,889 --> 00:14:52,156 And in the retrospect it was, 387 00:14:52,158 --> 00:14:55,793 Because it was the match of the century. 388 00:14:55,795 --> 00:14:58,563 And then fischer didn't show up. 389 00:14:58,565 --> 00:15:01,799 He was still in, uh, new york, and he said, 390 00:15:01,801 --> 00:15:03,935 I don't want to play in this match 391 00:15:03,937 --> 00:15:07,171 'cause it's not enough prize money. 392 00:15:07,173 --> 00:15:08,706 It's not enough! 393 00:15:08,708 --> 00:15:10,008 He was all talk. 394 00:15:10,010 --> 00:15:13,444 He wasn't, like, ready to perform 395 00:15:13,446 --> 00:15:14,979 For, like, magic people. 396 00:15:14,981 --> 00:15:21,152 But he gets a phone call from henry [bleep] kissinger, 397 00:15:21,154 --> 00:15:24,322 The secretary of state, and he said, 398 00:15:24,324 --> 00:15:28,593 Uh...Hi, this is ken-- 399 00:15:28,595 --> 00:15:30,395 This is henry kissinger 400 00:15:30,397 --> 00:15:36,200 Saying that you need to get your butt over to iceland now. 401 00:15:36,202 --> 00:15:38,569 So he finally shows up in iceland, 402 00:15:38,571 --> 00:15:43,474 And spassky's like, fine, great, let's get started. 403 00:15:43,476 --> 00:15:48,980 But fischer was like, there's too many cameras. 404 00:15:48,982 --> 00:15:52,650 There's, uh-- the audience is too close. 405 00:15:52,652 --> 00:15:55,853 The chess board is too shiny. 406 00:15:55,855 --> 00:15:57,789 The lights are shiny. 407 00:15:57,791 --> 00:16:00,658 But fischer finally agreed to play, 408 00:16:00,660 --> 00:16:04,595 And in america it was shown on bars 409 00:16:04,597 --> 00:16:06,331 Throughout the country. 410 00:16:06,333 --> 00:16:08,466 So you would go into a bar, 411 00:16:08,468 --> 00:16:13,271 You'd see chess and not the new york mets, 412 00:16:13,273 --> 00:16:18,142 Not the...Klondike...Bars. 413 00:16:18,144 --> 00:16:20,912 - But what would you do for a klondike? 414 00:16:20,914 --> 00:16:24,515 - I would do anything for a klondike bar, 415 00:16:24,517 --> 00:16:29,854 Except wikipedia my dingus. 416 00:16:29,856 --> 00:16:32,190 - [laughs] 417 00:16:32,192 --> 00:16:34,625 - And so, the world championship 418 00:16:34,627 --> 00:16:37,628 Was a best out of 24 match. 419 00:16:37,630 --> 00:16:39,063 The first game was weird 420 00:16:39,065 --> 00:16:42,000 Because there's cameras everywhere. 421 00:16:42,002 --> 00:16:45,470 [whimpering gibberish] 422 00:16:45,472 --> 00:16:47,405 It was like, they're too close! 423 00:16:47,407 --> 00:16:49,874 And fischer made a rookie move, 424 00:16:49,876 --> 00:16:53,978 Like, he went and got an outlier pawn 425 00:16:53,980 --> 00:16:54,812 With his bishop, 426 00:16:54,814 --> 00:16:59,384 And spassky surrounded it with his bishops. 427 00:16:59,386 --> 00:17:00,451 Whoa. 428 00:17:00,453 --> 00:17:02,820 And he lost big time. 429 00:17:02,822 --> 00:17:07,725 The second match came around, and spassky was there, 430 00:17:07,727 --> 00:17:09,527 And he goes, where is he? 431 00:17:09,529 --> 00:17:12,997 Fischer was staying in his room and saying, 432 00:17:12,999 --> 00:17:17,368 I will not go out unless the cameras change. 433 00:17:17,370 --> 00:17:20,772 And he was thinking that they would do it, 434 00:17:20,774 --> 00:17:22,407 But they didn't. 435 00:17:22,409 --> 00:17:27,745 And then fischer forfeits the match. 436 00:17:27,747 --> 00:17:28,980 Hrrump! 437 00:17:28,982 --> 00:17:30,615 That's how they did it. 438 00:17:30,617 --> 00:17:34,085 And he's down two-nothing, 439 00:17:34,087 --> 00:17:39,424 Which is pretty [bleep] bad. 440 00:17:39,426 --> 00:17:41,325 Pfft-pfft-pfft. 441 00:17:45,264 --> 00:17:47,565 - Why is all the ice gone? Where did all the ice go? 442 00:17:47,567 --> 00:17:49,133 - I just want some free flowers. What? 443 00:17:49,135 --> 00:17:52,236 - All the ice was put into the cooler. 444 00:17:52,238 --> 00:17:54,172 - Let me tell you about the ice. 445 00:17:54,174 --> 00:17:57,575 You just gotta mix it up! 446 00:17:57,577 --> 00:17:58,876 - Jeez. 447 00:17:58,878 --> 00:18:00,344 - Here's the thing. 448 00:18:00,346 --> 00:18:02,346 The thing is-- - here's the thing. 449 00:18:02,348 --> 00:18:05,550 - No, but what the thing is, is, um, 450 00:18:05,552 --> 00:18:08,986 I have a flaming dick disease. 451 00:18:08,988 --> 00:18:10,154 [laughter] 452 00:18:10,156 --> 00:18:14,125 No, I was trying to say that to be behind two-nothing 453 00:18:14,127 --> 00:18:16,494 Is a big deal in these matches. 454 00:18:16,496 --> 00:18:18,830 And then finally for the third game 455 00:18:18,832 --> 00:18:22,467 Fischer said, look, let's go to a back room 456 00:18:22,469 --> 00:18:24,669 With no cameras, please. 457 00:18:24,671 --> 00:18:26,571 And spassky said yes. 458 00:18:26,573 --> 00:18:30,708 Fischer felt comfortable and won. 459 00:18:30,710 --> 00:18:31,676 He won! 460 00:18:31,678 --> 00:18:36,013 The first time he'd ever beaten fas--fassko-- 461 00:18:36,015 --> 00:18:37,482 No, spassky. 462 00:18:37,484 --> 00:18:40,418 Once he won, it just changed. 463 00:18:40,420 --> 00:18:41,486 It's like a turnaround. 464 00:18:41,488 --> 00:18:44,822 It's like a blip, blah, aghhhh. 465 00:18:44,824 --> 00:18:45,890 It's like a shhh. 466 00:18:45,892 --> 00:18:48,426 It's like a pup. It's like a poosh. 467 00:18:48,428 --> 00:18:52,163 It's like a boo-laah! 468 00:18:52,165 --> 00:18:54,065 Like a put-chi-sha-sha-snoot! 469 00:18:54,067 --> 00:18:55,099 It happened. 470 00:18:55,101 --> 00:18:57,668 So fischer won the third game, 471 00:18:57,670 --> 00:18:59,770 The fifth game, the sixth game, 472 00:18:59,772 --> 00:19:02,640 The eighth game, the tenth game. 473 00:19:02,642 --> 00:19:04,408 It was so brilliant, 474 00:19:04,410 --> 00:19:06,611 Spassky actually stood up, 475 00:19:06,613 --> 00:19:08,880 He gave a standing ovation. 476 00:19:08,882 --> 00:19:10,748 Thank you, thank you. 477 00:19:10,750 --> 00:19:12,617 And after the 13th game, 478 00:19:12,619 --> 00:19:15,119 The soviets were like, what do we do? 479 00:19:15,121 --> 00:19:17,522 They went to the officials and said, 480 00:19:17,524 --> 00:19:22,560 Bobby fischer is using electronic devices 481 00:19:22,562 --> 00:19:26,030 To wane spassky's energy 482 00:19:26,032 --> 00:19:28,432 Through electronic zappage. 483 00:19:28,434 --> 00:19:32,937 So the reykjavik police from iceland 484 00:19:32,939 --> 00:19:35,373 Came in and took apart everything. 485 00:19:35,375 --> 00:19:38,709 They took apart bobby fischer's chair, 486 00:19:38,711 --> 00:19:41,679 Bobby fischer's, uh... 487 00:19:41,681 --> 00:19:44,315 Peanuts. 488 00:19:44,317 --> 00:19:45,349 Peanuts. 489 00:19:45,351 --> 00:19:46,384 And they were thinking, 490 00:19:46,386 --> 00:19:48,186 Oh, this is gonna fluster fischer, 491 00:19:48,188 --> 00:19:52,156 Because fischer's very, you know, tumultuous. 492 00:19:52,158 --> 00:19:54,225 It didn't at all. 493 00:19:54,227 --> 00:19:55,426 He loved it. 494 00:19:55,428 --> 00:19:57,962 And he won after that, 495 00:19:57,964 --> 00:19:59,197 And won and won, 496 00:19:59,199 --> 00:20:03,067 And pretty much after the 21st match, 497 00:20:03,069 --> 00:20:06,270 It became mathematically impossible 498 00:20:06,272 --> 00:20:07,838 For spassky to win. 499 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:11,142 And it was like, oh, my god! 500 00:20:11,144 --> 00:20:13,844 Fischer wins! Fischer wins! 501 00:20:13,846 --> 00:20:14,779 And it's--he-- 502 00:20:14,781 --> 00:20:17,381 He's, like, the world chess champion, 503 00:20:17,383 --> 00:20:19,217 And he's from the u.S. 504 00:20:19,219 --> 00:20:21,152 He walks out in reykjavik, 505 00:20:21,154 --> 00:20:22,954 There's people everywhere. 506 00:20:22,956 --> 00:20:24,055 He's mobbed. 507 00:20:24,057 --> 00:20:26,190 Fischer was huge, 508 00:20:26,192 --> 00:20:28,859 And he became a cold war hero, 509 00:20:28,861 --> 00:20:31,095 And he felt like... 510 00:20:31,097 --> 00:20:34,966 [making guttural noises] 511 00:20:34,968 --> 00:20:37,101 Tell me more, 512 00:20:37,103 --> 00:20:39,370 You sucking pig! 513 00:20:39,372 --> 00:20:41,405 Suck! 514 00:20:41,407 --> 00:20:44,775 Suck! 515 00:20:44,777 --> 00:20:46,277 That's it. 516 00:20:46,279 --> 00:20:49,480 [patriotic music] 517 00:20:49,482 --> 00:20:57,755 ♪ ♪ 518 00:21:07,933 --> 00:21:09,700 - This, I'm no expert, is half the board. 519 00:21:09,702 --> 00:21:12,336 - I've never played. I'm not just saying that. 520 00:21:12,338 --> 00:21:15,840 - A queen to bishop, king-4. 521 00:21:15,842 --> 00:21:18,609 Checkmate. [laughs] 522 00:21:18,611 --> 00:21:18,642 - All right, so that's how chess is played.