Republic of drinking game
Posted on: Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
What better way to celebrate anything than with intense drinking? With that fact in mind, some fine netizen has created a Facebook fan page in celebration of Republic of Doyle.
Behold, the Republic of Drinking Game.
As the publisher of the game puts it, the aim is “to enhance your Doyle watching experience with structured inebriation.” Oh yeah!
There are twelve rules to the the Republic of Drinking Game, most of which involve taking a drink, a couple of which require you to down it. I haven’t played the game myself yet, but I can all but assure you if you do you’ll be seeing double before the credits roll.
If you do plan on playing along with tonight’s episode, The Pen is Mightier than the Doyle, why not further enhance the experience by taking it down to The Duke, the Doyle family’s favourite watering hole? I’ve been getting my RoD fix down there most Wednesdays and have been surprised to find how much of a phenomenon it hasn’t become yet.
There’s something to be said for knocking back a pint with one of your favourite TV shows only to see virtually the same image reflected on the screen (almost entirely the same image if you happened to be one of the countless extras that day).
Did you know they built a replica of The Duke for the series in order to film the many scenes that take place there?
Rule #6 of the Republic of Drinking Game states that you have to take a drink every time someone on screen does the same. Perhaps an addendum to that rule ought to be if they take a drink at The Duke it’s bottoms up.
But only if you’re there, too.
March 27th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
A drinking game is the only way you could sit through that show.
‘Doyle’ falters amongst:
1. comic-book antics (Jake gets pummelled with a pipe and the ‘novelist’ stands by observing astutely, no blood or physical repercussions),
2. too much focus on the ‘relationships’ (shag Rockford and Moonlighting, that was popular 20 years ago for a reason: it was 20 years ago, this is 2010),
3. overt concern with sex (the time Jake’s wife is first getting it from the macho black doctor/perfect-looking perfect guy – lots of those around town – they cut back to her reaction oo-ver and oooover and oh!-ver while she tries that new size on… please, we got it on the first cut),
4. a dose too much of male ego (jake’s psych 101 problems with women, all of whom seem to be in love with him or he with them, and the ‘oh yeah’ shout/sing tagline – i haven’t checked but i’m guessing it means ‘chug’ in the drinking game),
5. improbable-snap-together-answers-to-problems-style of writing (is it a kids show? with sex? pulling solutions to crimes out of thin air gets a little thin, learn from HMD and take it up a notch)
they do have a new season, but I won’t be watching anymore this year. good luck to them next year! push further! aim higher than the lowest common denominator!
everybody drink now!
oh yeah.
yours,
The Puke of Puckworth