Prefer Not To

Black velvet? Yes, please! Join us as Kate explores the not-so-secret society responsible for the creation of this black and tan drink that isn’t a Black & Tan. Once you’ve got your drink in hand, sit back and enjoy “Godsend,” starring a barely interested Robert de Niro, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos and Greg Kinnear.

Should ghosts only haunt species higher than themselves on the food chain? Should Donald Sutherland learn that a spit-shake deal is not binding in a court of law? Can plaid and stripes ever get along? These questions and more hover in the air as we drink the port-and-nutmeg flavor of the Sangaree and watch “An […]

Come taste the bitter colonial sass of the Stone Fence, Ethan Allen’s signature drink, before venturing south to Puerto Rico and the generically titled thriller “Under Suspicion,” starring Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman. No need for a statement from your web browsing provider, either! Just join us!

Neither a hairstyle nor a wrestling maneuver, the Porto Flip melds the sweet-tart joy of port wine with the syrupy goodness of sugar and eggs. Down a couple of these and you can climb K2 like Chris O’Donnell and Robin Tunney in “Vertical Limit,” from 2000. Join us!

Would Satan make the best moonshine? Did Papa Hemingway invent a ketchup-based cocktail? Who is the hottest movie Satan? Your answers to these questions and so much more this week as Kate and Josh enjoy Death in the Gulfstream and watch “Devil’s Due” from 2014. Join us!

This drink. It hurts. It hurts like a brick made of licorice delivered to the head. We drink Papa’s own Death in the Afternoon and chase it down with the strangest fantasy-heist-romcom of 1983, “Two of a Kind.” Join us!

Enjoy the strangely time-looped history of the Sazerac Cocktail and stick around for our dive into Reese Witherspoon’s back catalog with 1996’s “Freeway.” Join us!

Celebrate the new year and our 75th episode with a game of the Boomer-friendly 1981 edition of Trivial Pursuit! Kate rewrites Night Ranger, Josh mixes up his First Ladies, and eggnog is enjoyed by all. Join us!

This week, we play hide the vermouth with the help of some rum and Curacao, the tart-sweet El Presidente inspires Josh to new levels of terrible impressions, and Kate walks us through the cheaty mysteries of 1997’s “Kiss the Girls.” Join us!

Can a hastily improvised mixture of syrupy malted drinks ease the confusion of 1999’s “Double Jeopardy,” a movie whose central premise rests on a misreading of our constitutional rights? Only Kate and Josh know for sure!

Kate discovers her inner Gibson girl as we slurp the cocktail that is definitely, indubitably NOT just a martini with a pearl onion as garnish. Then Liam Neeson has a particular set of skills, but alas, none of them is able to make “Run All Night” very fun. Join us!

No silly Prohibition-era laws can stop Kate! She serves up a shaker of the law-skirting Twelve-Mile Limit while she and Josh settle down for a date with The Rock and “Hercules.” Join us!

A drink so delicious it had to be named after a disease vector meets a shape so mysterious nobody knows how many sides it has. Josh and Kate drink Rusty Nails and watch 2014’s “The Pyramid.” Take it from the World Health Organization. Flu vaccines work. Return to the theater of the mind and Josh’s […]

Our frightful tribute to a sweet, sweet drink! Join Josh and Kate as they sip on the mysterious Scottish concoction that is Drambouie and watch “Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight.”

Listen to the children of the night! Turns out the music they make sounds a lot like dogs singing “Jingle Bells.” Fear not! A couple delicious Vampiros should carry Kate and Josh through the unmitigated disaster that is “Return to House on Haunted Hill.” Join us!

Suffering from weak constitution, a limp spirit or low vigor? Try Prefer Not To’s revitalizing draught of Monkey Gland, a cocktail so embarrassingly named that Josh and Kate sought Old Testament guidance from Darren Aronofsky’s “Noah.” Join us! Monkey Gland Sauce is a condiment in South Africa that’s entirely unrelated to our cocktail. OR IS […]

The Green Fairy alights upon Kate’s shoulder, inspiring poetry of a sort as we drink absinthe and watch Sir Ridley Scott’s “Exodus: Gods and Kings.” Join us! Decorate your dorm room the Kate way with absinthe-friendly Art Nouveau by Alphonse Mucha. The angel of death in “The Prince of Egypt”: Sex wizard Frank Langella as […]

Kate’s put on her finest little black dress to give Josh an introduction to the history of cocktail dresses before we descend into the dexedrine-fueled Bob Fosse fantasia that is “All That Jazz.” Join us! Here’s one of Christian Dior’s signature cocktail dresses: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/C.I.63.36a-c Clips that show how much Michael Jackson was inspired by Bob […]

First it was a creepily sex-negative song. Then it was a creepily sexist cocktail. Join Josh and Kate as they sample the Maiden’s Prayer and watch the abandoned amusement park ride that is “Scooby-Doo.” Trailer for “All That Jazz,” which Josh promises Kate they’re going to watch because it’s fantastic and insane. A Taiwanese garbage […]

It’s our live show! Join us as we sample the truly foul Long Island Iced Tea and take a look backward as part of the DSI Comedy festival, Sound Bites! It was a blast. Thanks to Ashley, Zach and everyone else at DSI and thanks to you guys for coming out!