Another Obama Carnival Game Pops Up at the Jersey Shore

New game where you hurl things at the president's likeness pops up in Seaside Heights, N.J. of all places

By Karen Araiza and Vince Lattanzio
|  Monday, Aug 9, 2010  |  Updated 3:31 PM EDT
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Another Obama Carnival Game Pops Up at the Jersey Shore

Chris Barrett, YouTube

The prez has popped up in another carnival game, this time at the Jersey Shore.

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Snooki finally has the chance to give President Obama some payback for passing that 10-percent tax on tanning -- by way of a baseball and his likeness.

On the ever-so-refined boards of Seaside Heights, N.J., the Commander-in-Chief makes a daily spin in a carnival game -- a lot like the "Alien Attack" game you saw last week in Allentown, Pa. Only instead of shooting at a likeness of Obama, you get to try out your pitching arm.

The goal of the game is to knock plates out of the hands of famous characters like the president, the Burger King, Family Guy's Stewie and Michael Jackson.

Chris Barrett, a New Jersey filmmaker, author and entrepreneur, read about the Allentown guy who pulled his game down and realized seeing something a lot like it down the shore.

Barrett went back to the boardwalk on Saturday, shot the video above and posted on YouTube. The video was then picked up by pop culture blog Gawker Monday.

The maker of the first controversial game denied it was made with Mr. Obama in mind -- even though the figure featured a mock presidential seal belt buckle and health care bill. But this Jersey version makes no qualms about it. The game's backdrop even has his name painted on it.

One player yells "F--- you Obama" as he releases his pitch at Obama's likeness. He doesn't hit the plate, but does get the prez right in the kisser -- earning him the most treasured prize in the shore town -- a beer bong!

We're waiting with baited breath to see if the game makes a cameo on Season 3 of the Jersey Shore.

Posted Aug 9, 2010
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