It’s been bothering for hours, and google isn’t helping me. It’s so silly, but I need to remember!
This is an old school arcade game played with a soft hammer/mallet. There are critters popping out of holes that you have to hit on the head.
Oh my god, everyone knows this, What’s wrong with me?! Help me!
Uh whack a mole?
YES! I was like: Pop a weasel! No, that’s not it, Smack a hedgehog! No… d a m n i t!
Thank you 
Let’s just hope you didn’t google “Pound the Beaver”.
Or “Spank the Monkey”…
“Whack the Mole” is mucho-fun, as is “Whack the Gator” and all its derivatives.
Agreed. Nobody should see Jerry Mathers in that position. It just ain’t right.
Details: It’s “Whac-A-Mole”. It’s one of the earliest ticket games, and the one (along with Skee-Ball) everyone remembers. In case you’re too young to remember, these are based on carnival games and award tickets, later exchanged for prizes at the redemption counter. It’s POSSIBLE to spend less than what the prize cost, but only the most incredibly dedicated (or incredibly lucky) players ever beat the system. Basically, you had fun and maybe got a workout, and whatever prize you took home was just a bonus.
Whac-A-Mole could get strenuous in a hurry. You had to be fast to get even a decent score, and because of the amount of force required to smack those critters, eschewing the mallet wasn’t an option. Wacky Gator was probably the most forgiving variant; there were five closely-spaced gators which only required a little push to score on. I could regularly get the best possible result barehanded with no problem.
Relevant commercial featuring Venus Williams.
Am I only the only one that can imagine a NSFW variant game “Whank-a-Skank” with Tiger Woods?
Just thought i’d toss this into the mix
C’mon now. How many of you admit to trying to cheat at Whac-A-Mole with your friends by playing as a group and each friend covers two holes? Hands up.