In Videos: Funny Fictional Cocktails
In his latest cocktail column, Eric Felten of the Wall Street Journal describes some fictional cocktails from cartoons, movies, and books. Daffy Duck cartoons, The Nutty Professor, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and The Simpsons have all provided recipes or inspiration for cocktails—more likely than not, ones that are overly potent and undrinkable. Watch clips from some of these videos after the jump.
Drip Along Daffy
Cocktail mixing starts at 3:50.
The Nutty Professor Cocktail
Cocktail mixing starts at 2:20
Flaming Homer from 'Flaming Moe's' (Season 3, Episode 10)
Sloppy Drunk Homer from 'War of the Simpsons' (Season 2, Episode 20)
Not the clip where Flanders mixes his Planters Punch cocktail for Homer, but shows the drink's effects.
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5 Comments:
Watching these reminded of a project we did at my company.
We were developing the drink menu for a dinner based on the African miracle fruit. It is that fruit that changes your taste buds so that sour tastes sweet and vodka tastes like water.
We were mixing things you would never expect to taste good but because of the fruit the taste was amazingly interesting.
JonTLB at 1:10PM on 02/26/09
We didn't have any luck with Miracle Fruit. Serious Eats should do a study of them, give a list of good food tests.
Also, Beer was absolutely vile.
Monkey4Sale at 1:45PM on 02/26/09
What about the cocktails at the end of each episode of A Bit of Fry and Laurie?
Soupy Twist!
sarahj at 1:50PM on 02/26/09
I LOVED that scene from The Nutty Professor! Funny movie!
Funny clips!
paris221966 at 10:06PM on 02/26/09
How about the one from Cheers, that they made up to embarrass the replacement bartender. A "screaming viking," I think?
sidebernie at 8:29AM on 02/27/09