Drinking Game of the Week: Hot Tub Time Machine
Welcome back to the glorious return of Current Ground’s drinking game of the week! We took a little break after our attempt at the Godfather game sent one of our friends to the hospital (not from alcohol — just a couple staples in the head for a gash). This week we’ll be covering the cinematic masterpiece that is Steve Pink’s Hot Tub Time Machine. For those of you that don’t know how this works, the first step is picking a drink and a shot that are related to the film itself. This week the drink is Vodka-redbulls (to stand in for Chernobly) and shots of Tequila (in honor of the line, Tequils O’Neal’s). I then write ten rules regarding when to take shots and when to drink. Then I play the game, taking notes along the way, and immediately after, write a review. So, without further ado, let’s have some fun.
Here are the rules:
- Drink every time Chernobly is mentioned or seen
- Drink every time you see the hot tub
- Drink every time Jacob flickers
- Drink every time Krispen Glover almost, or does lose an arm
- Drink every time there’s nudity
- Take a drink for every 80’s song
- Take a shot every time you see a squirrel
- Take a shot every time you see Chevy Chase
- Take a shot every time you see their younger versions
- 10. Take a shot every time they call Lou the ‘violater’
Blackout Rule: Drink whatever they’re drinking, whenever they drink it.
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Review:
All in all, a pretty solid game, didn’t get as wasted as I expected, but still fun. At first it seems like the shot rules are too frequent, but they switch in the second half of the film. Like I said, it’s a good game, won’t get you too hammered, but a pretty good time over all. Here are my notes (in timeline format) from my game-playing experience:
2:48 – Slow start so far, only saw two drinks in the opening credits
5:52 – Those are squirrels, take a shot… wow I hate tequila
7:00 – No, but seriously, I hate tequila
10:09 – Another violater… regretting putting this as a shot
11:15 – “Tequils O’Neals” was mentioned, while not a rule, we took a drink for it
13:37 – Great White Buffalo
15:50 – I don’t think I’ve ever taken a shot of tequila then been happy about it
17:25 – They say violater way too often
17:30 – we’re counting this as nudity
19:12 – that was two Chevy Chases in the montage, and now a squirrel… sorry liver
23:50 – pretty much drink for every new song at this point
25:39 – Younger selves, another shot
31:12 – If they call him violater one more time… I… I have no response thought out yet…. Someone will get an angry letter or something
34:36 – Yeah, we all know the math doesn’t add up with Jacob’s age
35:57 – Younger self… shot
38:50 – Yup, that’s Don Draper’s wife
39:30 – I think I probably picked the wrong things for shots/drinks
41:45 – I could go for some Taco Bell right about now
46:40 – That whole Cincinnati part was improv’d… fun fact
58:14 – That f**king squirrel
1:00:45 – I can’t see her without thinking about Mean Girls
1:01:50 – Taking a shot every time you see Chevy Chase makes me hate him probably almost as much as Dan Harmon hates him
1:03:17 – Everybody loves tits and Mötley Crüe
1:07:20ish – I love how Chaz points
1:08:52 – That’s another younger self… shot
1:09:40ish – Out of my way stool
1:10:10ish – That does sound exhausting
1:11:58 – Another 80’s song
1:12:41 – So anyone down for some Taco Bell?
1:16:49 – John Cusack searches a room like a boss
1:17:31 – This is pretty much exactly how I lost my virginity… true story
1:19:44 – Shia LeBeof!
1:21:58 – He is the f**king Violater, and the next song is actually not from the 80’s
1:24:25 – Drink…
1:24:35 – …and drink again