So Roy and I were waiting to watch The Family Guy tonight when we happened upon the only show I've ever found worth watching on Discovery-Health (sorry Michelle). The Making of a Hangover took seven people, gave them money for drinks and a hotel room, sent them to a bar in Chicago, and basically told them to get loaded. At several points during the evening the participants were taken to the back room of this bar where their motor skills and blood alcohol level were tested, and then sent back out. One chick, after consuming seventeen (!) drinks, actually vomitted right next to the testing equipment after trying to follow a small dot going back and forth on the computer screen. And with the greatest quote heard on a TV show in a long time "Medical personnel were standing by in case they were deemed necessary." Ah, unintentional comedy.
Posted by at August 12, 2003 12:18 AMThe show is rated PG, huh? If I was on camera after 17 drinks (impressive), there'd have to be a whole lot of beeping and blurred body parts goin' on. By the way, I need that girl's number... actually, I just need her ring size, really.
Posted by: Rick at August 12, 2003 08:11 AMRick, there are so many jokes to be made here, I'm not sure which one to start with. Roy, help me out here, which one fits best?
Posted by: Mike at August 12, 2003 09:14 AMSounds like a neat show. Wasn't Comedy Central plugging this as a joke? I guess that one was hooking up, but good concept.
On another note, I too was waiting up for Family Guy at 11:30 on Cartoon Network. Nope, it comes on at 11:00 now, so I was stuck at the beginning of Futurama, which I don't like much (sorry Rick).
Family Guy tonight at 11 is Road to Rhode Island, with the classic lines "I say, it doesn't show dirt." and "We are trying to elude someone, not go to soccer practice."
Posted by: Pat at August 12, 2003 09:38 AMFor those that need their fix now, you can listen to the classic clip now (found on this page, chock full of Episode 19 goodness).
Posted by: Rick at August 12, 2003 10:07 AMthe show was awesome, complete with the chicky mike mentioned, a college student who downed about 15 drinks and was totally coherent (though motor skills suffered) and a british guy who, when all the volunteers were escorted to their rooms, broke the rules and went out for a few more drinks. the only thing that could have made the show better is if the doctors had drinks during the interviews the morning after.
Posted by: Roy at August 12, 2003 01:28 PMHoly bejeebus: $155 for the DVD! Someone needs to tape this thing next time it's on.
Posted by: Rick at August 12, 2003 02:15 PMHell, if someone can send me a digital recording of it (or high quality analog), I'll put it on DVD for everybody. I don't have satellite, so I only get the basic cable channels.
And Rick, how come I have to type in my personal info each time, even though I tell it to remember me?
Posted by: Fatboy at August 12, 2003 03:23 PMHell, if someone can send me a digital recording of it (or high quality analog), I'll put it on DVD for everybody. I don't have satellite, so I only get the basic cable channels.
And Rick, how come I have to type in my personal info each time, even though I tell it to remember me?
Posted by: Fatboy at August 12, 2003 03:23 PMOh, and if you accidentally double click the post button, it posts your message twice.
Posted by: Fatboy at August 12, 2003 03:24 PMRick tells me it isn't accepting/creating/storing the cookies properly. Look out! Pat is talking the nerd talk.
That would be cool though to make your own DVD's. We don't really have satellite anymore either. Regular cable stinks...
Posted by: Pat at August 12, 2003 04:18 PMCan someone please explain to me why we don't have a video camera. The next time we go out we can tape it, then dub over some crap about how its an experiment on hangovers on an expose on binge drinking.
Oh, and thank Jeebus UMD football only got one year probation.
Posted by: John at August 12, 2003 07:01 PMOkay, I'm really out of the loop. One year probation for what?
Posted by: Fatboy at August 13, 2003 11:10 AMWow, Fatboy, what happened to you.
A former assistant coach paid a recruit $355 so the kid could buy an XBox because his parent's wouldn't buy him one. It is a "major" violation, but there are no tangible sanctions (loss of money or scholarships or bowl eligibility)
Posted by: Pat at August 13, 2003 01:33 PM