Christopher Franchi

"I like I like Christopher franchi I like it I like him because he's broken and you know what I mean like I'm the same way like I'm a broken human being I like him that he's not like always he doesn't always say the appropriate thing I like it that he jumps in and defends his work. I like it that he sometimes flies off the handle I like people like that"

Christopher Franchi is relatable because he's broken like Kaneda

"Franchi's art is the best art for Pinball. It's just that simple...because it takes the iconic visual representation of the theme, and it serves it back to you in an even better way, that is recognizable and enhanced"

Christopher Franchi's art is the best in pinball

"That's why I think Stern losing Franchi was a huge mistake by them. That's what Franchi can do that like Yeti can't do is he can take the source material and enhance it in a way that is just what you want."

Stern losing Franchi was a huge mistake - he can enhance source material in ways Yeti cannot

"I think it was just more of a personality clash than anything else... I think Stern wants people to be a little bit more subdued. I think they want people to be a little bit more reserved."

Christopher Franchi leaving Stern was a personality clash, not Kaneda's fault

"If I could give Christopher Franchi any advice right now, I think you're in a good place. I think you're going to crush it over at Spooky Pinball. And I think sometimes you just got to let the past be the past as well."

Christopher Franchi should move forward and is in a good place at Spooky Pinball

"Christopher Franchi just crushed it. Like he is the greatest acquisition that I've seen in the last few years. The fact that he's going to make all these spooky games look this good."

Christopher Franchi is the greatest acquisition in pinball in recent years

"I am in the camp that a pinball themes art package should be done using an artist that makes the most sense for that theme"

Christopher Franchi exclusivity deal with Spooky Pinball is good news but raises concerns about artistic variety

"I've been living rent-free in that man's head for like a decade now... It's so weird like being on the airwaves when Franci said the show is off the airwaves. What? We ain't going anywhere."

Attacking Christopher Franchi for saying the podcast is off the airwaves

"If you do it with Kaneda, Franchi, I guarantee you, you'll get the most listens ever."

Prediction: If Franchi does a podcast episode with Kaneda, it will get the most listens ever.

"Poor Mr. Franchi. Did you see what he did yesterday? He uploaded on Facebook an image of a big Lebowski anniversary edition art package that he was working on. And yes, it looked really cool. But in the very post, he said that Universal SHIT Candid... Franchi, you're an incredible artist. Your stuff looks great on pinball machines. I own one of your machines. You need to be more professional now."

Criticism of Franchi for unprofessional behavior with Universal

"Christopher Franchi, who by the way I heard at the Expo panel, is still blaming me for his termination at Stern pinball. Oh, you know, I don't know, it wasn't really me who started selling artwork he wasn't supposed to at the shows. And Gary Stern saw him and flipped out. He was selling Beatles artwork. He seems to forget that. Everybody blame Kaneda. He's the big, bad, toxic guy in the hobby."

Christopher Franchi blames Kaneda for his Stern termination

"I have never, and I mean it when I say this, I have never just out of the blue made up stuff about a company to proactively destroy their reputation, get people fired, or do anything negative for that company."

Response to Christopher Franchi's criticism of pinball podcasting

"And he said something that is making me laugh. He said, what's going to happen to Kaneda's show over the next six months when no new games come out? And I just want to say, look, the same thing that happened to Kaneda in 2022 when absolutely no games came out. I still put out the most entertaining weekly pinball podcast the world has ever seen"

Responds to Christopher Franchi quitting and questioning Kaneda's content

"Mr. Franchi, you are selling an eight to $18,000 for-profit toy. We are allowed to look at this game and we're allowed to nitpick whatever we want... once you make a for-profit item, you need to just sit back and let people react to it the way they want to react to it."

Attacking Christopher Franchi for defending the game on Pinside

"He said my feedback on Godfather could have been classier. Mr. Christopher Franchi's mad at Kaneda. But you know, he'll get over it."

Christopher Franchi criticized Kaneda's feedback on Godfather as not classy enough

"You know what he said to me? He said, he can't have me on his show because his co-hosts hate me. And I think hate is a really strong word"

Disagreement with pinball artist Christopher Franchi about show appearance

"I think there might be a slim chance. It is a slim chance that we are going to see Franchi's artwork on this James Bond game because the game is going to be a capoe game and not a Stern."

Christopher Franchi might secretly be doing artwork for the upcoming James Bond Stern game as a Joe Kaminkow commissioned piece

"Now I don't think this is really going to work out. Franci is incredibly talented but he has a very specific style. And we haven't seen this before. Like point another artist that in one year has worked on three separate companies games."

Christopher Franchi working on three different companies' games simultaneously is problematic

"I don't get how you can work on three different pinball companies at the same time. It just feels kind of strange to me"

Christopher Franchi working with multiple competing companies dilutes competitive advantage

"If you're man enough to put up negative stuff about me on your Facebook page, that's cool. Now what's not cool is this. Then he goes and he bans me from his page. So I can't comment or defend myself on his own Facebook page. So that's pretty lame."

Kaneda calls out Christopher Franchi and Christian Line from Super Awesome Pinball Show for negative posts about him

"I still to this day do not understand why mr. Christopher Franchi just can't understand I've never said anything negative about him on my show ever Christopher. I love your show Keep doing what you're doing, but if you want to go slam me on other people shows man You're gonna get the Kaneda treatment"

Addressing ongoing conflict with Christopher Franchi over alleged attacks on other shows

"Now you should never have to decide between whether or not you're going to watch a movie or listen to a pinball podcast. And here's the crazy part. It's two and a half hours long, and it's only part one of his interview with Zombie Yeti."

Pinball podcasts are getting ridiculously long - some are 2.5 hours

"I offered to go on that show. They won't let me on it. They won't let me on the show. It seems there's for some reason one of their members does not like Kaneda."

Being excluded from Christopher Franchise's pinball show

"Christopher Franchi finally his ship has come in he finally has delivered an art package that didn't have a zombie yeti to go up against it... the monsters art package is just a leagues above anything else that came out in 2019"

Christopher Franchi finally delivered superior art package with The Monsters

"I think what happened was this. I think George said, hey, come back. Let's do this. Like we want you. But in order to do it, you need to just like shut up."

Christopher Franchi is likely returning to Stern after George Gomez reached out, but had to agree to stop podcasting

"If you're Stern, you can't be happy that this is being shared... You don't want someone that you are trusting to be a member of your team to share with the outside world concepts that he's pitching you... If I shared with you what those ideas were after the client passed, they would fire me."

Christopher Franchi sharing Superman artwork violates professional client relationship and hurts Stern

"Christopher Franchi's art is incredible. I've never seen Christopher Franchi make a game where I'm like, yeah, no, that doesn't look very good. So I don't think we need to manufacture drama."

Christopher Franchi's art is incredible and shouldn't be attacked

"if he had not come on board, the Batman 66 package would have been nothing that like we see today. It wouldn't have been as good. And I think this man saved the day. I really do. And got the game to the best possible place it could be."

Believes Chris Franchi saved Batman 66 and made it much better than it would have been without his involvement

"I do think this is his nicest work to date by far. And I say that because I'm looking at it right now, and I'm standing over my Batman 66, and I will say this, this blows even Batman away"

Christopher Franchi delivered his best artwork to date

"I just think Franchi got the best art style for pinball and I really hope Stern gets him on some new titles because I know they've been back and forth with him and I know he's outspoken but part of me is like well whatever I'd be willing to deal with all that"

Christopher Franchi has the best art style for pinball and Stern should use him more despite him being outspoken

"He saved Batman. He saved it. He single-handedly, that man is the reason why Batman, him and Lyman Sheats, are the reason why Batman is so coveted."

Christopher Franchi and Lyman Sheats saved Batman pinball