Marvin (Rob) Knorr and His 15 Minutes of Fame

Poor Rob! He was badly treated by one and all. One other day the arcade owner called his mother, and suggested she bring him something to eat as he hadn't eaten all day, she countered (in no uncertain terms!) what he could do with the idea. You see, Rob had skipped school that day to hit the arcade, and his mother was not sympathetic to his plight.

On the day of his best game the arcade owner decided to close and go home after a very unprofitable day, (No one was playing any other games, they were all watching Rob.) he just PULLED THE PLUG ON THE MACHINE, ending Rob's record setting run.

However, he apparently found a more hospitable reception in Whithorse in the Yukon when he lived there sometime later. An arcade there allowed him to play as long as he wanted but he had to quit after 30 odd hours. By his own account he had underestimated the physical demands it would place on his body and had to quit, with plenty of spare men and nice high score, because he was no longer capable of carrying on.

We are trying to get the details (including newspaper reportage) to reproduce here.