Raise your hands: Who's seen the Judy Garland version of "The Wizard of Oz?"

Of course you have, you're a human being on this planet, you've seen that movie. We're not talking about that movie today, though (at least mostly not). We're talking about its 1970's step-cousin "The Wiz", starring Diana Ross, Michael Jackson and a terrifying amount of additional star power. 

"The Wiz" had come out on Broadway in 1975, only a few years before this film was made, and it won a slew of awards, notably "Best Score", "Best Choreography" and "Best Musical" at the Tony's. One would expect that a film adaptation of this musical would do just as well, especially if it was made when the stage version was still fresh in everyone's minds.

That's not what happened. This movie flopped, big time. Some critics credit this film with setting African Americans in film back several decades, an astounding claim given that the Wiz is an unsubstantial film in the first place. 

Could the creators of this film guess that the stakes would be so high upon its theatrical release? More simply, what happened during the translation from stage to screen to cause this kind of blowback? And what merit does this film have now over 40 years later?

We're taking a trip down the yellow brick road with today's drinking game. Hopefully we'll be left sober enough to walk home; turns out the cabs in Oz are pretty unreliable.

A Happy New Year to you all! I hope you had a wonderful time, full of presents, good food, family and friends. As for me, I got some pretty great gifts, but one of my greatest gifts was seeing "Gremlins" for the first time in my life.

I'm one of those unfortunate souls who missed out on some classic 80's films. Basically, I've only seen films that Chris Columbus has directed, never ones that he's written (the first time I saw "The Goonies" was when we made our pretty stellar drinking game). I've heard the quotes. I know you're not supposed to feed them after midnight. I was not prepared for how fun and dynamic this movie is. It's a perfect example of the best of 80's entertainment; ridiculous, at times raunchy, cheerfully offensive and carefully crafted.

In other words, perfect for Christmas. Come drink with us as you recover from your holiday, as we gaze upon a film about fighting monsters, the dangers of over-reliance on technology, and the constant fear of a Red Invasion.

Yeah, you heard me.

Ahhh, "Grease", otherwise known as Baby's First Movie Musical. 

If you're like me, you were shown this movie for the first time when you were extremely young. I must have been...what, ten? Maybe nine? the first time I witnessed the wonder and the magic that is this 1970's parody of the 1950's, and I loved it to pieces. I used to sing "Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee" in my bedroom, right before I sang both parts of "You're the One That I Want" to myself. I had a blast.

Maybe it's because we all loved this movie when we were children that there was such huge backlash against it when the film's fans grew up. You hear those songs often enough, and they suddenly become reminders of your lost innocence, and you feel sort of betrayed by the film because NO, high school is not a constant party with swing dancing and showtunes, but maybe it's a good thing that real high school isn't like Rydell because people are really awful to each other and there's sex and unplanned pregnancy everywhere, and you're constantly being told to be yourself but also that your true self is lame...

There's a lot to unpack is what I'm saying.

Grease is not a perfect film. I, however, love this movie in more than a purely nostalgic way, and it took seeing it again with some of my closest friends ten years later to really articulate why.

It's not because of John Travolta. Not totally, anyway.

Variety Shows.

I honestly can't believe I didn't think to include one of these on the site before now. Variety Shows are kind of a dying art. "Saturday Night Live" holds the monopoly on variety entertainment in the U.S. right now, and it's nearly impossible to make a drinking game encompassing the entire series run (although, if it comes up, we'll find a way). 

"The Muppet Show", however, is PERFECT for drinking to. It had a relatively short run, only five seasons long, and the content of each episode rarely changed. You had a guest star, you had some musical numbers, you had some sketches, you had some offstage hijinks...bing bang boom, you had the Muppet Show. 

As children of the 90's, we all had fond memories of Jim Henson and the Muppets, although many of us had never seen the show where they all got their start. Luckily for us, and for YOU, as of writing this article the entire series can be seen for FREE on Youtube. So join us, won't you, for this most sensational, inspirational, celebrational drinking game!

Happy Halloween, everybody! Last year we looked at a children's classic, and this year we're looking at one of the more successful thrillers of modern cinema.

"Paranormal Activity" revived several trends in horror flicks, most notably the hand-held "found footage" set-up popularized by "The Blair Witch Project". The first film especially was a modest effort. Two actors, the director, no camera crew, a WEEK of shooting and a miniscule budget resulted in what eventually became a blockbuster hit, spawning several sequels (including one that comes out this year). It's arguably one of the greatest success stories of independent cinema. Legend has it that while watching the premiere people walked out of the theatre, not because the film was bad but because audience members were so scared that they couldn't take it anymore.

We here at For Your Inebriation have already established that we're skeptical folks. We ain't afraid of no ghosts. So how did we react to this modern-day spookfest? Join us for the "Paranormal Activity" drinking game!

Fans love to joke about the plethora of endings in this film, how every loose end needs to be wrapped up. And yeah, if you're sitting in a theater for three hours it can feel a little annoying to be faked out again and again when all you want is to stretch your legs and relieve your bladder.

I feel like these endings are necessary. After the years devoted to these films, after feeling the passion they inspire, I can wait a little longer to see exactly how things play out for our heroes. After letting these films put me through the wringer, it's nice to see everyone get their happy ending.

When we began watching The Return of the King, Seb and I were largely unaware of how drunk we were. We were so caught up with the story that the booze didn't hit us until about twenty minutes after we finished. We record these things; the recording for this film is composed of equal parts us talking about dicks, quoting the film, proudly declaring that we're very sober thankyouverymuch, and crying. Hysterically crying. The journey ended, the ring was destroyed, there was no more evil in Middle Earth ever again, and we proceeded to fall asleep, content.

No hangover, I might add. So, aren't we the real heroes of this story?

Here's where things start to get silly.

"The Two Towers" is a great action movie. You've got the battle of Helm's Deep, you've got the skirmish at Osgiliath, you've got the sacking of Isengard...in contrast to the "Fellowship", a lot of things are happening. But these big important things don't connect directly to the main plot, which is the journey to DESTROY the RING. The film suffers from splitting its time between Aragorn's quest with the Riders of Rohan, and Frodo and Sam's continuing march towards Mount Doom. The less that's said about Merry, Pippin and the Ents the better.

I still love "The Two Towers". Its only flaw is that it's not as good as the other two films. But Seb and I have seen this movie a lot, and after five beers each we were already paying less attention. So now I get to not only write about the films, I get to write about the GAME.

I'd bought an 18-pack of Bud Light earlier that morning. Also a bag of Cheetos, some salt and pepper potato chips, and a can of peanuts for some reason. I thought we would need the salt.

This trilogy means a lot to me. You don't have to love this series to be my friend. I've got plenty of friends who have never seen these movies and have no plans to. They have other good qualities to make up for this absurd lack in judgment. But when people come into my life who have seen these movies as much as I have, who respond the same way to the same scenes, who label it not just as an entertaining set of films but as an influence, there's a soul bond formed. It's the only thing I'd write my 50th article about. It's the first thing I made a drinking game for. 

Seb and I had watched these movies together before, but never in sequence. And when I learned they were moving to the other side of the country, we both knew it was a thing we had to do. 

I'm glad you were with me, Seb. Here, at the end of all things.

Apart from "Mission Impossible", most Americans probably think of "Ocean's Eleven" when they think of the heist movie genre. A remake of a 60's movie by the same name starring Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack, the film is the epitome of class. A bunch of dashing men from all walks of life banding together to pull of the perfect crime. The main draw of this film is the cast; anyone who wasn't already famous could expect to be in the decades following (except maybe the Amazing Yen.)

I hadn't made a drinking game for a heist flick yet, so I thought, what better place to start than with this film? We ran into some unexpected pitfalls while play-testing this particular game, but one thing's for sure: you can fully expect to be hit hard and fast by these rules. When it comes to making drinking games, I don't play around.

Originally conceived by Matt Groening and David X. Cohen in 1999 (for God's sake), Futurama was dropped by its home network Fox (which never knows a good thing when it has one), only to be picked back up a couple seasons later due to outraged fans. This did not last long. The network dropped it again shortly after its relaunch, and the show was later rescued by Comedy Central, almost 10 years after its original premiere. Some movies were made. Devoted fans ignored the fact that the show just wasn't as good as they remembered. The show was cancelled one last time in 2012. For good.

All this to say, Futurama isn't exactly The Simpsons. Stability is not a word it's familiar with. What did the fans see that the networks didn't? This week, we delve into this constantly beloved, very flawed, wonderful show the only way it would have us do so: by throwing a huge party.