Steve Weibe Reclaims The Donkey Kong World Record – All Is Right With The World
Wiebe last held the Donkey Kong record in spring of 2007, only to be bested by his movie rival Billy Mitchell months later. Mitchell’s score fell to New York’s Hank Chien in March of this year, but the Florida hot sauce distributor regained the title on July 31 with a score of 1,062,800 points.
Wiebe, who has attempted regaining the record at numerous live events over the years, recorded his championship game on August 30 for submission to Twin Galaxies, who verified and announced the score on Monday, September 20 as the new World Record.
Twin Galaxies announcement: http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=46&id=1982
I’m embarrassed to say that I’d never seen this movie before Saturday night. I put it on at 2:30 in the morning and was totally riveted, and almost cried at one point.
Of course, part of this may have been due to the mysterious “trail mix bar” I ate at 1:30, which was described to me later as “applying the principles of 5 Hour Energy to weed chocolate.” If they had to name this product, I would go with “You Will End Up Watching YouTube Videos Of Billy Mitchell Until 5 AM Hour Energy.”
