I have to dig his full name out, but I recognized today's new challenger on Blockbusters. Chris was the champ on the final 10:30AM episode of Press Your Luck on 1/3/86.
The episode is on the circuit, of course, and in it Chris was one of the few (if not the only) contestant to attempt Larson-esque strategies. He had a few of the 32 patterns, but not all of them, otherwise he would have won again. Regardless, he's still a good player all around.
Suddenly, I've got the urge to ask how many of the 32 you guys have down, but that's for another thread.
(PS: Ooo... post #99 for me... Gonna reach a milestone soon...)