posted 10-24-2000 04:50 PM            

The rules are simple: Players hold a beverage of their choice in one hand, and a list of TV phrases or actions in the other. If you hear or see an item on the list, quaff as indicated.

Here are a few to get you started down the road to buzz-dom:

Seinfeld: Someone opens Jerry's fridge (take one drink); Jerry says, "Hello, Newman" (take two drinks)

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Someone invokes the Prime Directive (1 drink); Capt. Picard says, "I appreciate your concern" (2 drinks)

The Simpsons: Barney burps (1 drink); Grandpa mentions Matlock (2 drinks)

NYPD Blue: Det. Kelly says "C'mere" or "You okay?" (1 drink); Set. Sipowicz grabs his crotch (2 drinks)

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman: Clark/Superman uses X-ray vision (1 drink); Lois asks how to spell a word (2 drinks)

Northern Exposure: Chris names an obscure philosopher (1 drink); Shelly tells a childhood story (2 drinks)

Roseanne: Dan has a beer (1 drink); Roseanne does laundry (2 drinks)

Beverly Hills, 90210: Donna mentions her virginity (1 drink); Mom Walsh prepares food (2 drinks)

Melrose Place: Alison looks up and whines, "Uh. Billy!" (1 drink); Michael smirks (2 drinks)

Saturday Night Live: Someone looks at the cue cards (1 drink); You actually laugh at a skit (chug!)

I'm sure you can think up some of your own.

posted 10-24-2000 08:13 PM            

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Beverly Hills, 90210: Donna mentions her virginity (1 drink);

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posted 10-25-2000 06:45 PM            

For starters, how about:

Dharma & Greg: Each time Greg's mother is seen with a drink in her hand (1 drink); Dharma talks about sex (2 drinks)

Will & Grace: Grace whines (1 drink); Karen fights with her maid (2 drinks)

posted 10-26-2000 12:14 PM            

Aha!!

THE BEVERLY HILLS 90210 DRINKING GAME
Intro music - 2 drinks (1 for the guitar, 1 = for the drum machine)

Firm male handshake - 1 drink

"Hey Bro" - 1 drink (2 if it's BRANDON)

WALSH PARENTS are shown in bathrobes - 1 drink

VALERIE is in scanty clothing while BRANDON is there - 1 drink

Midriffs - 1 drink

Gentle scolding by the WALSHES - 1 drink

STEVE hits on a girl - 1 drink (His car involved in any way - 2 drinks)

Reference to BRENDA (new only) - 1 drink

HANNAH shrieks - 1 drink

Pensive looks - 1 drink

Sympathy hugs - 1 drink

CLAIRE has tiny plastic barrettes in her hair - 1 drink

CLAIRE looks too alternative for her own good (party vote) - 1 drink

VALERIE wears an unflattering outfit (party vote ) - 1 drink

Substance abuse by VALERIE - 2 drinks

DYLAN looks like a badass (party vote) - 1 drink

Anytime DYLAN drinks, drink with the man!

ANDREA whines - 1 drink

JESSE - 1 drink for every line

Anytime RAY sings, drink until he stops

KELLY gives a "Nobody understands how hard it is to be me" look - 1 drink

BRENDA'S eyes fill with tears - 1 drink (2 if she cries, 3 if she runs from the room)

Reference to "the accident" and KELLY'S Krispiness - 1 drink

Parental Figure Appears - 1 drink

Parental Figure makes a really stupid disciplinary decision - 1 drink

Reference to West Beverly Days of Yore - 1 drink

Melrose Place /Spelling parallel - 1 drink

Any mention of: Megaburger, Raves, or the Internet - 1 drink

A breakup - 2 drinks

Annoying College Lingo - 1 drink (2 if it's "abnormal psych")

Someone does "The right thing" - 1 drink

A death - 3 drinks

Old character returns - 1 drink

Random bad line (subject to vote) - 1 drink

Prophecy fulfilled - 2 drinks to the person who called it

Cliche - 1 drink (2 if it is altered - ex: "Give him an inch, he'll take a kilometer")

Historical or political reference - 1 drink (2 if it's out of place)

Fantasy sequence - 1 drink

Laughter is generated by actual humor - 3 drinks to the person who laughed

The Melrose Place Drinking Game
ALISON & AMANDA fight - 1 drink (if it's over BILLY - 2)

ALISON gives that fishy, bug-eyed look - 1 drink

BILLY wears a horrible tie (party vote) - 2 drinks

BILLY looks dumbfounded - 1 drink

JAKE flees the scene - 1 drink

JANE has on a ridiculous outfit (party vote) - 1 drink

JANE gives a dirty look - 1 drink (2 if it's to SYDNEY)

JO whines - 1 drink (whines about baby - 2 drinks)

JO mentions her "career" - 1 drink

KIMBERLY without her wig - 2 drinks

KIMBERLY threatens someone - 1 drink

extreme close-up of KIMBERLY'S face - 1 drink (2 if you're really shaken by it)

MATT - 1 drink for every line

MATT is used in a gay context - 1 drink

MICHAEL & KIMBERLY use medical lingo - 2 drinks

SYDNEY blows it - 1 drink

Any mention of D&D, corporate executives, meetings, or clients - 1 drink

Cheesy Music - 1 drink

Pool action - 1 drink

An old character comes back - 2 drinks

Someone does something out of character - 1 drink

A bra strap shows - 1 drink

A major character dies or is supposed to be dead - 2 drinks (minor character- 1 drink)

SEX - 2 drinks

prophecy fulfilled - 2 drinks to the person who called it

Cliche - 1 drink (2 if it is altered)

Historical or political reference - 1 drink (2 if it's out of place, as it usually is)

Laughter is generated by actual humor - 3 drinks to the person who laughed

Profanity - 1 drink per word (2 if uttered by Amanda)

Parallel to 90210 (or any Spelling show, for that matter) - 1 drink

MST3k

Magic Voice speaks
(2) Magic Voice speaks in a segment after the opening one
"Push the button"
"Commercial Sign"
"Movie Sign!"
A character goes hysterical
A character begins to sing (or tries to)
(2) "Hello, Hello, Hello" (3-part harmony when heads pop around door, etc.)
A character does a voiceover for a monster, robot,or other creature
Popular music reference*
(2) Classical music reference*
Literary/philosophical reference*
TV show reference*
Other MSTed film reference*
*--in all these categories, unless SOL crew IDs the source, everyone else must double-drink if they're not the first person to ID the ref.
Monty Python reference
Frank Zappa reference
(2) Firesign Theatre reference
Drug reference
Drinking reference
Sports reference
Commercial reference
(2) Rock Climbing reference (exc. in Lost Continent)
(2) Torgo reference (exc. in Manos)
(2) Torgo sighting (exc. in Manos)
(2) "He tried to kill him w/a forklift" (exc. in Fugitive Alien I, II)
A character mentions Sandy Frank (when his name isn't on screen)
Characters go "ow! ow! ow! ow!" whenever anyone onscreen rides a horse
Sight of horses initiates singing
A character refers to a Kennedy (2 drinks if it's NOT in connection w/sexual shenanigans; 4 drinks if it's the MTV VJ)
A self-reference is made (i.e., Tom asks Joel if he knows anyone stranded in space)
(2) Comedy Central reference
Planet of the Apes reference
NBC Sunday Night Mystery Movie ref. (3 if no flashlight present)
Star Trek (any of 'em) reference*
* (2) if it's specific to William Shatner (this includes refs. to TJ Hooker)
* (3) "I AM KIROK!!!"
Minnesota or Wisconsin reference
(2) SOL crewmember audibly muffs a line (unintentionally)
SOL Crewmember expresses awareness of the lameness of his own pun/joke/etc.
(2) A character points out obvious technical flaws in the experiment; i.e., visible boom mics, zippers in costumes, etc.
A character puts words in actor's mouth re lameness of film s/he's in
(2) The credits for the movie don't match the actual movie
A character mentions other movies/shows an actor has been in
A character mentions Deep 13 by name (exc. in Mike-era Love Theme)
A visitor to Deep 13
Dr. Forrester or TV's Frank viewed by the SOL crew unawares
Dr. F not in his lime green labcoat
Frank not in black
Dr. F hits, injures, slaps, or otherwise physically abuses Frank
(2) Frank h.i.s.o.o.p.a.'s Dr. Forrester
(2) Dr. F kills Frank
Frank calls Dr. Forrester a wrong name ("Steve" etc.)
(2) Dr. F calls Frank a wrong name
Pearl Forrester puts young Clayton in his place
SOL crew tries to get TV's Frank to get them down
TV's Frank sides with SOL crew
The Mads call the SOL crew
(2) Joel/Mike calls the Mads
Joel/Mike calls for Rocket #9
Joel/Mike physically interacts w/the movie image
SOL crewmembers hum schmoozy romantic theme from Starfighters when a plane is seen
Servo makes kissy noises, and gestures at image on screen
(2) Servo or Crow develops a crush on a woman in the experiment
(2) Mike resists the Mads in some manner
(3) Joel resists the Mads in some manner
Joel shushes the 'bots
(2) Mike shushes the 'bots
Tom Servo tries to shut up Crow
We see Crow's legs
Crow mentions his own name
Crow's headgear is altered or missing
A character mentions Tom Servo's fictional mother or father
(2) Servo mentions fictional ma/pa
Servo's head adapted for other uses
(2) Tom Servo's "sarcasm sequencer overload" voice
The Hexfield View Screen is used
The Umbilicus is used
A fashion show is presented
Cambot plays a role in a scene other than just filming it
A character refers to an actor's/actress's physique (i.e., "Claude Akins has a nice butt")*
*WARNING: this is an extremely dangerous category when viewing Outlaw of Gor)
(2) buffalo shot pointed out (ditto on WARNING above)
(2) A character appears in a promo during the commercial break
(5372) Hordes of Visigoths take over the SOL and force Gypsy to learn the Indonesian national anthem on the C-melody saxophone.
"Dickweed"
"Bite me!"
"I'm huge!"
"I'm dead now. Please don't smoke."
"...Sure, we all do/would." (a la Sally Struthers)
"Yup, pretty much."
"Haikeeba!" or "Gymkana" (2 if it's obviously not in battle-cry mode)
"Huzzah!" or other Ren-Fest reference*
*If you have no idea what a "Ren-Fest reference" might be, exempt yourself from the next 3 drinking situations that might arise...
"Jim Henson's...Babies"
"Richard Basehart" (2 if it's not Gypsy's line)
(2) "Puma, Puma..."
Servo says "Hellooooo Baaaaaaabieeee!" before some flying object crashes
"I WILL KILL HIM!"
"Do you like me? Do you find me pleasing?"
"Meanwhile...[in another film or location]"
Tom Servo says "Saaay!" (ironically leering)
"[so-and-so] gone horribly wrong"
"[so-and-so] is [character name]"
"Next week on..." (2 drinks if it's "a very special...")
"Jimmy Smits"
"Xanadu, stately home of Charles Foster Kane..." or variations thereon
(2) "Joe Namath netted slingshot briefs"
(2) "Little pants"
"Ooooh, is the Great [name] in this film?" etc.
"DOHH!!" a la Homer Simpson
Crow says "Does this bug you? I'm not touching you!" etc.
Anyone/thing other than Joel/Mike, Tom Servo, Crow in the theater
One of the characters appears differently in Shadowramma (TM) (i.e., Joel wears his Big Head, Crow in a shower cap)
Mike Nelson appears as another character*
* -(2) if it's Jack Perkins (exc. in MST3K Hour) or Hugh Beaumont
(2) Mary Jo Pehl as another character (i.e. not Mrs. Forrester)
(3) Anyone else as another character

Dr. Who

DRINK A SHOT EVERY TIME...
IN GENERAL
a Dalek shrieks EXTERMINATE!
(Take a double if the Dalek says it more than once without firing; if it keeps screaming like a broken Hitler doll, then keep drinking until it fires or the people involved get away.)
a Dalek seems to be having a nervous breakdown.
(One shot for each "MY VISION IS IMPAIRED! I CANNOT SEE!)
the Cyberleader says "Excellent!"
(duuude!)
the sonic screwdriver is used.
the sonic screwdriver convieniently breaks down just long enough to cause a cliff-hanger.
the Master shrinks someone, hypnotizes someone, uses a cheesy anagram for a false name, or says "I am the Master and you will obey me!"
any companion twists her ankle.
any companion screams
(Warning: "Time and the Rani" may prove hazardous to your health.)
the TARDIS materializes or dematerializes.
(Double if it's in a crowd of people and no one notices.)
(Triple if John Cleese notices.)
you can identify any prop/set/actor as from another story.
you can identify any prop/set/actor as from another series.
(Double for Blake's Seven)
(Triple for Eastenders)
(Quintuple for Red Dwarf)
(All you can drink if you catch the TARDIS in the Red Dwarf shuttlebay)
instead of shooting the Doctor in the back, the villain just puts him in some strange and easily escaped danger.
"But we're not spies! We're... travellers." (Or any variation)
a companion falls in love for no discernable reason.
someone dies.
(Quadruple shot score for death by special effect)
any set, prop, monster or actor wobbles.
(The Creature from the Pit does not count)
the TARDIS goes off course, or runs into a camera-shake vortex.
Atlantis is destroyed.
some twit actually says "Doctor Who?"
Bessie appears.
One drink for every time you actually recognize Terry Walsh doing stunt work or playing a double in the middle of a story
Every time you successfully notice Michael Sheard before the credits roll
Every sci-fi reference you hear in "Revelation of the Daleks"
Take a double if it's from "A Clockwork Orange"
Every reference to a "Doctor Who" planet or scientific invention in "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
"...the Argolin cluster..."
"...tachyon drive ..."
one for any reference to an older regeneration
one for any weapon which does NOT require a laser-like effect
one for every time the Doctor actually LOCKS the TARDIS door
one for any scene inside the TARDIS that does not have the roundels in it (except for the secondary control room)
one for every time the Doctor does something underneath the control panel.
they mention "The Of Rassilon" (The Tomb of Rassilon, The Harp of Rassilon, The Pink-And-Purple-Polka-Dot Pajamas of Rassilon...)
the Brigadier does something which actually advances the plot, instead of acting like a generic military twit (it's so rare, you've gotta celebrate!)
you can guess the author of the story from the way it's written (e.g. Robert Holmes characters, Pip&Jane Baker dialogue from hell)
a companion wears an outfit which the Fashion Police would shoot her dead for
they do an Evil Twin Story (or a good twin story)
one for every Gratuitous Continuity Reference!
One sip when the villain pauses to explain his plot to the Doctor before attempting to kill him. Another if the attempt to kill the Doctor is foiled by an outside agent rather than the Doctor himself.
Half the glass if any character uses the phrase, "too horrible to think about."
The whole glass for, "reverse the polarity of the neutron flow."
If the alien is green (the colour for aliens is always Gween)
If aliens invade human society/territory
If humans invade alien society/territory
If you see something of which Mary Whitehouse would disapprove
FIRST DOCTOR
William Hartnell blows, mangles, or forgets a line, or just giggles, 'hmph's or coughs.
you can chorus along with Hartnell's speech at the beginning of "The Five Doctors"
(optional: one drink per word correct)
you get mind-numbingly bored.
something directly contradicts what we are told in later stories
(ex: any detail of the Doctor's biology, or the TARDIS's inner workings)
SECOND DOCTOR
Patrick Troughton plays his recorder.
you think you see what's really under Jamie's kilt.
you can't understand what on Mondas one of the old-model Cybermen is saying.
Patrick Troughton's hairstyle changes in mid-story.
Patrick Troughton says "Oh dear." or "When I say run, run."
THIRD DOCTOR
Jon Pertwee says "my dear"
(Double if you're a girl, or wearing a mini-skirt.)
the Brigadier acts like a twit.
Jo Grant almost stumbles into something.
Jon Pertwee is obviously reading his lines off the props.
Jon Pertwee mentions Venusian Akido.
Anytime during a fight scene, somebody takes a swipe with a chair, misses the human target competely, yet, there is a loud "TWAAAACK!" and the person falls convulsively
Any indistinguishable accent in "The Ambassadors of Death"
Example: What the hell are Heldorf and Taltalian supposed to be???
one for every scene inside the TARDIS
FOURTH DOCTOR
Tom Baker trips on his scarf, offers someone a jelly baby, bugs out his eyes, or generally acts like he has more teeth than brain cells.
Harry sullivan is an imbecille.
Leela's butt or cleavage shows.
K9 obviously stalls, his batteries go flat, or someone ends up having to carry him.
Drink continuously through "The Horns of Nimon", until you're so soused that "Looord Niiiimon!" actually seems like good acting. You won't regret it.
Take a drink everytime K-9's nose-laser shoots in the wrong direction or for every time the little beam of red light isn't completely colored in.
Every bag of jelly babies the Doctor gives away ("The Ark in Space")
FIFTH DOCTOR
Peter Davidson smiles, then frowns fetchingly.
(aaaww!)
Turlough grips that little piece o'crystal and moans/whines "But I can't kill hiim!"
Tegan yells at someone.
you get lost in Peter Davidson's deep, romantic eyes.
(sorry Amy, this is a PG newsgroup, we can't mention chaining his sweet, luscious Gallifreian body to the wall.)
you want Adric to die.
(Quintuple drink score and hold a party when you get your wish)
SIXTH DOCTOR
Colin Baker repeats something three times.
(Take a double if they get progressively louder)
Peri's accent slips.
Peri's top slips.
Colin Baker calls the Valyard "The Graveyard", "Railyard", "Backyard", "Scrapyard", "Knacker's Yard" etc...
Oh, go ahead, drink to the man while he's strangling Peri, he almost managed it!
SEVENTH DOCTOR
Sylvester McCoy rrrrrrrolls an 'r'.
Ace says "wicked", "Gordon Benett", etc
(Double shot for "Ace!")
Ace blows something up
(Double shot if the Doctor uses Ace's nitro to blow something up)
the Doctor uses his umbrella to save the day.
you sight any "Unearthly Child" in-joke in "Remembrance of the Daleks"
Ace's current love interest dies.
"GhostLight" confuses you.
the line that comes out of Sylvester McCoy's mouth is clearly NOT the one in the script
And finish off the bottle every time the Doctor saves the universe!