Archive for the ‘Interesting Links’ Category

Here's an old stand-up bit by Jim Breuer, once of Saturday Night Live fame. (Remember Goat Boy? That's him.)

I'll let the video speak for itself. Enjoy.

Have any funny booze-related links to share?

I regularly run across a famous quotation from the 1934 detective comedy The Thin Man, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy, where they play a couple that solve mysteries while drinking plenty of cocktails and exchanging witty banter.

The quote is:

Nick Charles: The important thing is the rhythm. Always have rhythm in your shaking. Now a Manhattan you shake to fox-trot time, a Bronx to two-step time, a dry martini you always shake to waltz time.

A classic to be sure, and just one of many fantastic lines from the first of six movies in The Thin Man series. While looking around YouTube, I came across this collection of clips that left me grinning from ear to ear. Check it out.

I'll leave you with one more funny quotation from the film, that wasn't featured in the previous video:

Reporter: Well, can't you tell us anything about the case?
Nick Charles: Yes, it's putting me way behind in my drinking.

What's your favourite movie line about drinking?

I ran across this Johnnie Walker ad on YouTube a while back and thought it was just an awesome piece of film. And just perfect to share today, July 27, which is National Scotch Day.

So why not pour yourself a couple of fingers worth of your favourite scotch, add some water or ice or drink it neat if you like, and check out this incredibly well-shot presentation.

What's your favourite scotch?

Featuring actor Willem Dafoe, Jim Beam's "Parallels" ad has won 3 awards at the American Independent Commercial Producers (AICP) awards.

It is the first ever TV commercial for the two-time Academy Award nominated Dafoe. Presented in black and white, it's a pretty cool short-film style ad celebrating bold choices. Check it out:

Have any favourite booze-related commercials to share with us?

The following are some of the more interesting links I've come across in the past week. Enjoy

What would you do if your beer can walked away? (Yeah, probably stop drinking altogether, right?) Well, someone has actually created a robot beer can.

Will the robot beer can please stand up? Seriously. Go ahead and stand up.

Robot beer cans. Check. Biomechanical cocktail-making dress? Yep, they've made that one, too. Check out the DareDroid 2.0.

Enjoy 12 fun facts about the history of the cocktail over at the Rum Mixology blog.

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