Meet Your Friends at Fascination! copyright 2009 Randy Senna

[@deniseboldea1624]

As someone who is afraid of heights, I give that guy props for climbing up that shaky structure. One Fair game I miss was a horse racing game where you sat at a pinball type machine, each one with a horse's name, and the key to winning was to not only shoot the ball fast enough, but to try to make the ball go through the slot that advanced the light up horse 3 spaces at a time. Each win gave you a larger metal horse. I always played the Horse "Beatlebaum"!

[@MainStreetRANDYLAND]

@@deniseboldea1624 I would not like doing it, and he was not young

[@retroaussie13]

He said 7.18 you're "not quite, all wrapped up too tight " Randy lol , as Rodney Dangerfield would say " No Respect "

[@MainStreetRANDYLAND]

He said "he's RIGHT, they're wrong"

[@MainStreetRANDYLAND]

@@retroaussie13 lol... Ah, yes... 😂 That's friends for ya!

[@guthc]

What about when Walter said, "He (Randy), was in Keansburg, couldn't make it, he was in Seaside, couldn't make it." & what about hired help & working alone. Randy presses a button & it plays, "If I only had a brain?" imagine what that does to a kid? 🤔

[@MainStreetRANDYLAND]

@guthc not sure what you mean; what about when...? I started in Keansburg, low volume park, little money, but I learned at age 18 with my first Fascination! Had the Kentucky Derby and a Skilo which we made an arcade! Was hit by 2 boardwalk fires December, and then June... Ended Keansburg for me. Went and worked for Walt Disney World. Came back buying Lucky's Fascination in Seaside. Operated 87 to 95, added ice cream store and candy game... Lost location lease end of 95, and came to Wildwood... Not sure what his point in what he said actually was other than to imply negativity... The Florimonts (Walter and brother Ed), started in Coney Island, had Fascination in Coney Island, and then long Beach NY,then Olympic Park, then Palisades Park, then Seaside, then Wildwood... Had a one point 30 or so various game stands and 2 Fascinationsvin Wildwood, and at the time of interview, only had the Fascination and games in that 1/2 concentration... Sold out the business just after the interview, and sold out the property about 13 years after that.... These are only historical facts of life in the business... Not a reflection on anyone as circumstances vary with each location and operation. Walter was fortunate that he was in the amusement business before I was born, when money flew in with crowds of patrons at Boardwalks, and cheap rent of the period... Boardwalks were already in decline when I started 1979, and rents were high. A fundamental difference between us was that I was never all about money, and my operations reflected that then, and still today... Walter however, was not in love with running the games, it was a business, and he wanted to go on vacation during winter while I worked doing creations for my games... This is only a difference in purpose. Walter says in another video on the subject "he, (referring to Randy), loves the game,... He, (Walter),vresoects the game as he made a lot of money, but fascination is his, (Randy's) life. Walter actually understood that important difference. He knew me well... The problem was always that he didn't want me as competition. That's what it was all about. It was a business to Walter, but it was my love.

[@guthc]

@@MainStreetRANDYLAND It's nice to never have to worry about $ & being profitable. 👍

[@retroaussie13]

This guy seems pretty pissed with you Randy would love to hear your side of the story.

[@MainStreetRANDYLAND]

@@retroaussie13 read the description notes

[@buserror1]

I don't mean to be insulting by asking this question, mind you -- but is the word "carny" considered derogatory by people who work in the amusement business? I've heard conflicting answers on this. I'd consider this kind old man a "carny", which I don't consider derrogatory.😊

[@MainStreetRANDYLAND]

Depends on how it is implied. A true Carney would be a compliment... A typical Carney would be derogatory.