OG Stoolie PSA---THE KING OF KONG: A FISTFUL OF QUARTERS Is Now Streaming On Prime

Rear Admiral12/06/2024 3:30 PM

If there's one documentary that has been intrinsically linked to Barstool Sports for the last 17 years, there's absolutely no doubt that it's THE KING OF KONG: A FISTFUL OF QUARTERS.

I fell in love with it at Kendall Square back in 2007 and Dave showed it some blog love way back in 2008 and gave it FOUR Golden Stools!

Movie reviews really aren’t our thing here at the Stool. But every once in awhile a movie comes along that we’d be doing an injustice not to let our readers know about. King of Kong Fistful of Quarters is one of those movies. Now I’d never heard of this until Manzo wrote an article in our latest issue about watching some dude compete for the World Record in Dig Dug at Fun Spot in NH. This article sparked some conversation about a documentary called King of Kong Fistful of Quarters which focuses on two guys competing for the World Record in Donkey Kong. So this weekend I checked Rotten Tomatoes to see the reviews about it and it got a 96% rating which if like the highest any human made movie can get. This sealed the deal. I decided to put down my clicker, get off my couch and go rent it at Blockbuster. This by itself is a monumental event since my couch could be on fire and I wouldn’t get up on a Saturday afternoon. Needless to say I’m glad I did it. Now I readily admit that I’m a video game guy so I thought the subject matter was pretty funny. But even The First Lady, who most would say is not a video game guy LOVED it. It is one of the best movies I’ve seen in years. There will be no better story about good vs. evil in the next decade And if there is any justice in this world Billy Mitchell will win an Oscar for the best villain of the year. I don’t care if this isn’t a category, he should still win. That’s how good he was. He makes the bad guy from No Country for Old Men look like Mary Poppins. So there is your Barstool tip of the day. Rent King of Kong…Fistful of Quarters. It gets four Golden Stools.

It's the ultimate Good vs. Evil doc featuring a nebbishy challenger to a bullying champion with the the title of World's Greatest Donkey Kong Player on the line. And it has more drama than the playoffs in any sport.

That champion even appeared on Pardon My Take…

If you have yet to see THE KING OF KONG: A FISTFUL OF QUARTERS, get on it this weekend.

I'm coming for that ass, Billy.