On yonder eve the third of October and subsequent eves henceforth totalling thrice, the electorate will listen and watch with bated breath as…
Sir Willard Mittenton T. Romney IV of the Celestial Kingdom debates…
Lord Barackus T. Hussein Obama Jr. of the Incumbency…
…for the opportunity to serve this great nation in the high office of the Presidency.
And regardless of the victor of these great debates…there is but one truth to illuminate the masses…
IT’S TIME TO GET YOUR DRINK ON!
Consider this, dear compatriots in libations, to be a living document. Provide at will your best suggestions and most opportune and timely rules to be added to the games in the comments section so that we might all partake in drunken sloppiness and hangovers knowing that in our hearts we played the games to their fullest.
Seriously, guys, I have to give this speech...now?
If I were President Obama, I wouldn’t want to get on national television on Tuesday night. The more the media focuses on the current Republican Presidential Primaries, the better he looks. He’s best out of the spotlight right now, but it is his duty…and tradition…so the show must go on at 9pm EST Tuesday, January 24, 2012.
Oh, how we’re all enjoying the dog (Santorum) and pony (Romney) and rabid wolf dog (Newt) and radically libertarian anti-war horse (Ron Paul) show that is the Republican primary season. Heck, I’ve been so wrapped up in the raucous roller-coaster comedy of miss-manners that I have no idea what Obama is going to talk about this year. Jobs? Sure. Gridlock? Check. The economy is in the midst of a mild recovery on paper (unemployment slightly down, job creation slight up) but it’s not enough to change the sentiments of the populace who are still feeling the full aches and pains of the recession. Or maybe he’ll take about the season finale of his favorite TV show, Homeland? (Seriously, are you watching that show yet? The season finale was off the chains, yo!) Continue reading →
President Obama looks over the speech one last time to see if they can fit in any more allusions to Graham Greene or Terrence Malick to make Dave happy.
In the words of Bob Dylan, the times they are a changing.
It’s amazing what the other party regaining power in Congress and one rousing and comforting speech in the wake of a tragedy can do for a guy’s approval ratings. After quoting everything from the Bible to the trailer for Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life in his Tuscon Speech (which served as a Hail Mary pass that will be left hanging in the air until 2012), Obama looks to get back down to it with his highly anticipated and much ballyhooed State of the Union speech on Tuesday night, January 25th and 9pm EST.
Gone are the days of crazy-eyed blinking Pelosi, and now sitting next to Biden and his comb-over behind the President will be Sooki-colored blubbering Boehner. Apparently out on the floor those kooky tea partiers, blue dogs, and bleeding hearts will be mixin’ it up, sittin’ all up in each others’ pieces singin’ kumbaya. Ah, political theater. Ain’t it grand?
All eyes will be on the Prez, and there ain’t nuthin’ to do in times likes these but get your drink on. Continue reading →
And now what all the kids have been clamorin’ for since the series premier…
The Schleicher Spin Boardwalk Empire Drinking Game!
Feel free to add your own rules in the comment form as the series progresses, and thank your lucky stars Prohibition is dead – though please drink responsibly.
Take a swig when:
Someone anachronistically drops the f-bomb
Someone is shot, stabbed, lynched, kicked, slapped or beaten Continue reading →
"Look...guys, relax...you know I still got this....right?"
Hope…where have ye gone? Back to Arkansas? Did you take the Laughter with you, Hope? Were you shot in the face at the Crawford Ranch? I sure do miss the good ol’ days of Bubba…and Dubya…when we could all laugh our problems away.
I wrestled for a long time with putting up a drinking game for the 2010 State of the Union which will air live this Wednesday night, January 27th at 9pm EST.
The ‘Spin has come a long way from the days of playing “Bush or Chimp” during past States of the Union.
I feel maybe I’ve grown up some in the past few years…or maybe the country has. Or maybe politics just aren’t funny these days. There’s not much to laugh about with an economy still in shambles, wars still ongoing, Tea Parties gaining traction and a non-functioning and totally inept Congress that can’t get anything done.
But I’d be a fool to overlook the fact that when my 2008 Presidential Debate Drinking Game appeared as a top link on The Huffington Post website, it was the first time The Schleicher Spin was put on the map. To this day, despite all my literary and film-based blathering, that ridiculous thing remains my most popular post ever.
So, what the hell…if this is the new Great Depression…then consider Prohibition repealed, and let’s make COCO proud… Continue reading →
C’mon, dudes. Perk up. It’s not like the economy is in shambles, Americans can’t afford health care, we’re in the midst of a global energy crisis, and we’re stuck in a never-ending military operation in the Middle East with no clear exit strategy…oh, wait, yeah….it is, we can’t, we are, and oh shit.
Well, it’s time to wake the kids, call the neighbors, turn up granny’s hearing aid, put out the party favors, and have yourself an old-fashioned Debate Party — despite the fact that someone wanted to postpone the first one.
With all the “is it on or not?” debate about the first debate, I decided to forge ahead as planned with the hope that there would be no delay. Regardless of when the debate(s) actually happen, you’ll need a drinking game to survive all the political double-speak and subterfuge. Continue reading →
Ever since the demise of The Sopranos and Rome, the only thing even remotely worth watching on HBO (or on TV in general) has been the Mormon soap opera, Big Love. Well, thankfully, the good folks at HBO have got their wits about them once again and will be unveiling the first two parts of their epic 7-part miniseries, John Adams this Sunday, March 16th.
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by David McCullough, HBO’s John Adams will attempt to take the same intimate look at history that made the two-part Elizabeth I starring Helen Mirren and, like John Adams, directed by Tom Hooper, such a roaring success, while painting historical events across a sprawling gritty epic canvas like they did with the decadent Rome (which was essentially a 22-part miniseries) in hopes of bringing the past frightfully alive.
Loaded with a cast of award-winning character actors and familiar faces (check out Danny Huston as Sam Adams, David Morse as George Washington, and Tom Wilkinson as Ben Franklin), and headlined by Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney as John and Abigail Adams, HBO will give us a glimpse into the events leading up to the American Revolution and the first 50 years of American history. For many people, their knowledge of this time period comes only from school textbooks or images from the ridiculous musical 1776 or more recently, the historically inaccurate Mel Gibson vehicle The Patriot. HBO has taken on the task of educating and entertaining, a dangerous gambit that could pay off in scores.
