Nice footage Joe, some of the best I've seen so far! Thanks for sharing!
It appears to me that Mitchell didn't have his heart into this and wasn't taking it seriously, does that seem like a fair assessment? Why would he try to leap the fireball on the rivet stage and take a big risk like that if he was attempting a high score and not just screwing around?
Great pickup on the Donkey Kong also, I could have swore that you already had one but at that price I'd have 2 also!

My DK was my first arcade machine and it will never leave my house.. unless I find an absolute mint restored one to take it's place. I also have the 25" namco multi-kong since I love the DK series so much. There's just something about DK that makes it my all time favorite game.
Oh, and the footage of you unloading brought back some memories, that place looks familiar to me!
I did land a signed "Kong off" marquee after some searching around and an add here, so I'll have my little piece of history that will go up in my arcade..
Wish I could have made the event though..