Pinball Wizards of Orange County

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Inside Brad Chamberlain's home on this quiet, tree-lined Anaheim Hills street, medieval knights hoist their lances. Detectives interrogate murder suspects. An annoying kid with a big, fat mouth constantly taunts. Hell, even Peter Griffin and Homer Simpson are at the party. People plunge, flip and shoot.And nobody's high on anything; except pinball.

It's the monthly meeting of the Orange County Pinball League, and some 50 people ranging in ages from 18 to 60 are competing on 12 of the nearly 40 pinball machines in Chamberlain's house. Chamberlain's gig is installing and operating pool tables, ATM machines, electronic jukeboxes and pinball machines in bars, pizza parlors and other businesses throughout Orange County and neighboring environs.