Out comes 1/5th of a nickel.

In goes my housemate's cat.

...and out comes a scratched up couch.

In goes a basket full of Barbie heads...

... and out comes a spool of yarn.

In goes a message in a bottle...

..out comes a message about a bottle.

In go my hopes and aspirations...

Out comes the Sting song that was stuck from the last spin.

In goes The Police...

...out comes the Yiddish Policeman's Union.

In go a collection of Ray Bradbury short stories...

...and out comes a fireman and a burning book.

In goes three stooges, a dynamic duo and a lone ranger...

out comes a classic novel! Congrats!

In goes a nickel and some chewed gum of mine...

Out comes -- nothing. The gum got stuck in the slot, I guess.

In goes a bottle of gum remover.

...and a bunch on loose teeth fall out

In goes a bottle of hair dye, a tub of bronzer and a bucket of fried chicken...

out comes the 45th president of the United states of america, Donald J. Trump!

In goes a small loan of one million dollars

...Out comes a bitcoin!

In goes a gallon of fuel...

out comes a Tesla with 1000 years of filled-upperness

In goes my dignity?

Out comes your 15 minutes of fame.

In goes Froggychum's remaining 14 minutes and 40 seconds of fame.

out comes a meaningless, empty and unknown life that was never worth living

in goes teen angst?

Out comes a generic young adult romance novel.

In goes a megaphone.

Out comes an annoyingly peppy cheerleader.

In goes a puppy...

out comes a chocolate puppy

in goes dog feces

Out comes a burning bag.

In goes a frog...

Out comes chum from the chumbucket

In goes my self-esteem for making that joke

Out comes esteem for Grant! Doesn't he look dapper in that profile pic?

In goes my own profile pic...

Out comes a goblin cult with you as their God.

In goes a grilled cheese sandwich...?

Out comes the Blessed Virgin.

In goes a slice of key lime pie...

Out comes key lime sugar cookies.

Out of game: That last output of yours was a darn solid joke, Plucky.

In goes a box of Thin Mints Girl Scout Cookies.

I interrupt this game to bring you Slot Machine Game: The Movie. Except for two things, it's actually titled Sunspring, and there is no slot.

Back in 2016, some guys decided to see if a computer could randomly generate an award-winning movie script. This is how they did it. They started with some AI-like software which auto-completes sentences in smart phones. Then fed the software with scripts from dozens of classic and also cheesy sci-fi movies. They named it Jetson. Then they seeded it with the name "Sunspring," one line of dialog, and one stage direction.

Here is what happened. First, the software announced that it had renamed itself "Benjamin." Secondly, it spat out the script for an eight minute long short film of three characters. Thirdly, it generated the lyrics to a theme song for the movie.

The producers of this experiment gave themselves forty-eight hours to film the script. The result? Pretty darn awesome. Granted, the story makes no sort of sense. The cast, director, and musical composer, however, really poured a lot of talent into this project. Robert Laws (gamer designer & author) described it as "a computer having a dream." It's well worth the nine minute investment to watch this movie.

Video --> https://vimeo.com/187172971
Script --> https://www.docdroid.net/lCZ2fPA/sunspring-final.pdf
Challenge --> Can you work any of this dialog into your own writing?