We are at Kings Island today in Ohio and we're here to play Peach Basket, the name of the
game is so cute it's usually Basket Toss but I do like to think about there being a nice
big bushel of fruit in there, so the name of the game here is a little different than
we've seen it before, it's technically still a one in wins but since it's a winner every
time if you get it in on your first try you get a choice prize, second try you get a large
prize, and then three through eight's a medium and then it is winner every time so after
that you win a small prize um so you have to get it on that first try so can Spencer
do it today?
And if he can hopefully he'll tell us how to do it right?
Because we need to figure out how to win Bushel Basket or Basket Toss.
Okay so this is Peach Basket for ten dollars we got these 15 balls here that's a nice basket
of balls, let's go over these prize levels though so you make the basket on the first
row you win choice, that's these guys up here okay and then second throw, second throw they're
large.
The medium is third through eight, that's the tails and poop hats.
Okay uh our small prizes are the Christmas bears and the gingerbread men for nine plus
throws.
Okay as a reminder we are filming this the first week of August so not anywhere near
Christmas but that's okay because we love a good Christmas prize.
Okay so these are M, no they're not M-Balls I thought they were, but they're lightweight
softballs, five ounces so a little bit larger, baskets a little far, this is my foul line
so I can't cross over the front line of this thing okay so let's see let's see if we can
get on the first try, first time I've ever tried it here okay.
Oh wow okay.
Okay so now this is number two so this is for the large.
Man.
Oh man okay so now we've got a lot of tries for medium so yeah okay so third try that's
a medium, okay so our mediums are, well.
What are the Squishmallows what size are those?
Those are large.
Oh those are large okay.
Okay I guess let's go poop hat right?
Poop hat seems like a good choice to me.
Okay so you're gonna play again what are you gonna do differently this time?
Do what I did on that third throw.
Yeah well yeah until I until I win on the first try we're going to wear the poop hat.
You had the right kind of throw.
Is this like a dunce cap?
Yeah totally fine, we got to remove the ball from there too.
I mean yes so technically the ball being in there means Spencer would get it uh first
try but uh hopefully he can move it.
I mean I don't mind I guess but yeah I'm sure he'll want me to, well he'll want to remove
the ball.
Yeah.
So what I did on that third throw is what I was trying to do all three which is a side
spin, light as possible trying to hit the side of the basket a little bit and that's
gonna make it roll in the basket instead of out, in the first two throws I just didn't
have my head in the game so that's why I have my poop hat on now to get my head in the game
to try to get that, you want the rotation inside of there instead of out, so many people
are going to throw it like that and unless you hit the very top or the very edge it's
not going to work for you.
Yeah so if you hit anywhere on the bottom of the basket it's just going to pop right
back out so um let's see if we can flag him down to get the ball out, just to play fair,
okay so excellent news he has taken the basket uh the ball out of the basket and there are
a few other people playing and he wants us to wait so that he can launch everyone at
one time, another important thing to know when you're playing these carnival games because
the name of the game is to be fair we're not trying to be rude here right you want to make
sure that the attendant can see you so the win is fair and square um obviously we film
most of our wins but we don't we don't want to get into like an arguing match like okay
well I did this and I did that you know that's not that's not a fair thing to do, are there
different balls in there?
Uh no I was just trying to see if one of them was heavier than the other ones because the
heavier the ball the easier to beat, okay you ready?
Yes, oh no okay this time's for a large.
Got it.
Okay so second try, so first round he got it in on the third try, second round he got
in on the second try, we're definitely progressing, what went well there?
Uh I hit it right on the side so not only did I do my spin like I said you got to throw
it like I hit the side of the basket at the same time so when it hit the side of the basket
with the sidespin it immediately killed the ball and made a lay flat into the basket.
Okay perfect because the name of the game is to remove that momentum, because that's
what shoots it back out is that correct?
Okay so now we've got cows, uh we've got small world friends question mark, um Orion pillows,
Squishmallows and um looks like raccoons.
Yeah I don't know it's hard choice between the Orion pillow.
I think you might want to go for that Squishmallow.
Unicorn unicorn octopus?
It's not a squid it's an octopus!
We've been over this, yes in another video, oh there is a hiding penguin too so but let's
go for the uh the pink unicorn octopus, I think, is the best option.
Although the Christmas bears are still very tempting.
I gotta go upstairs and check my attic and I'll grab you a large prize rather the octopus.
Okay thank you, he has to go to the attic.
We have an attic here ooo ah secrets.
Secret Kings Island secrets.
There he goes okay we'll come back to you when we're back from the attic.
All right what'd you get?
Boom all right well he didn't find him in the attic so we had to get one off the display
but these are pretty clean so I can't believe that these have been here for very long.
Doesn't rain as much here as it does in Florida.
That's true and we're under a lot of cover.
It's uh all different colors.
That's so cute that is adorable, one two three four five six seven okay it's an octopus.
It's an octopus obviously.
Okay what's her name?
Um oh I already saw it.
Davina?
Oh yeah looks like they have the whole set, they don't have the koala here but they have
everything else.
Why is the penguin like the most boring one possible?
Rude.
You guys are good to throw.
Okay we are good to throw!
We've gotten our all clear.
I'm a little nervous.
All right this is it.
This is try three.
Nope, ayy!!
Just like that all right, so it took three tries, we started with the medium, then we
hit the large and now we just got Choice!
Go show everybody the choice.
Okay so we've got Bulbasaur, he's not super big oh we've got an ice cream Squishmallow,
a cupcake Squishmallow, a cute hedgehog, Paw Patrol oh these are good options, okay I think
I know what he's gonna go for, so you know we're a Squishmallow family, let us know in
the comments would you pick the pink cupcake or the blue ice cream?
Let us know because this is gonna be a hard choice.
Okay so uh Spencer has won it is a limit of one Choice price per day, we're not sure if
we're gonna come back tomorrow but I do wanna kind of see how other people are doing here,
so uh these are just some other people playing but I am not including their faces in the
shot.
Oh yeah your hand cannot cross that foul line, it does make it easier the closer you are
obviously because a nice light throw is the best, lets see if we'll have any winners today.
It's nice because with the 15 balls, someone got one in what a great job looks like they
got a medium prize that's awesome.
Spencer's over here trying to help people win the game, this is what we do after we
win we just sit around and help people win, this this is the vibe we like to put out so
uh but I do have we also love watching people play um okay you can see someone playing else
down there so let's see how they do, it's getting close.
That was close.
Yeah so the harder you throw the more velocity it has and it's just gonna pop right out,
so Spencer has a nice like spin on the side strategy that we're gonna go into depth about
um but another strategy that does work is the granny throw uh usually we see kids do
that.
Wow!
Holy crap.
So big!
Wow that is huge I mean that is a massive Squishmallow.
Squish it squish it!
And it's kind of fun too because here at Kings Island they have a blue ice cream and they
did have an exclusive blue ice cream Squishmallow, this is not it this is like the all over with
the chocolate but I love it because it I mean it symbolizes Kings Island to me still with
the blue ice cream it's really cute and I love it.
Okay so tell us a little bit more about your strategy though.
Let's take a look here.
Let's take a let's take a knee here.
Okay all right so you had your softballs here the basket was pretty far you can lean forward
if you want to I find I have a little bit better control when I don't lean too far forward.
Right so you cannot lean in front of this yellow line but you have a nice big gap here.
Right and so the name of the game here is light like we said that velocity is gonna
be super hard when you throw it and so you definitely wanna underhand it you definitely
don't want to overhand it you got to underhand it as light as possible and it's going to
take some control you literally have to control it to make it light because you don't want
to throw it hard, people say to put front spin or backspin on it or rather that's what
they try to do and that has never ever worked for me the only way that has worked for me
is what I've done and that's putting side spin on it I go to the left just because I'm
right-handed it's easier to do the flick of the wrist to the right from right to left,
you hit the side of the basket okay because that's not going to bounce it out if anything
if you hit the side of the basket it's going to bounce it from left to right or right to
left and then the spin is going to kill the ball and so it's not going to bounce forward
or back if it hits the side and it's spinning left already to the left side and spinning
left it's going to spin up or then just fall right down and so that's the way you're going
to have to do it, this one's an easy game and it's a good game to practice on because
it's winner every time, it's a little pricey at ten dollars per play and we are already
maxed out, we cannot win more than one choice price per day.
You can win I think what three large prizes a day?
Well I can win.
You could win if you wanted to, so we'll see, but you know yeah this one is a good one to
practice that if you do want to practice.
You get 15 balls.
So if you really wanted to come and for your first shot now you do have to stop playing
as soon as you win.
Right.
Which is kind of a bummer but.
I know at cedar point you had to get three balls out of three balls to win and you had
no room for error, it was cheaper it was five dollars for normal people four dollars for
pass holders but three out of three is a tough challenge when you don't have time to practice
so this is going to give you some time to practice and hone up on your skill because
this is at a few other Cedar Fair parks.