Ep 113 - Fogtown - Show Notes
It’s Pride month again, so its time for: Pride 2: Electric Boogaloo
This Week: A gritty, graphic pulp fiction about the temptation, damnation and redemption of aging private eye Frank Grissel.
Frank Grissel is a hard-knuckled private eye – and a deeply closeted homosexual, set in the very real world of 1953 San Francisco. Aided by his long-suffering secretary (and sometime live-in lover) Loretta, Grissel’s search for a runaway girl winds up with him becoming a suspect in a string of gruesome murders. The case takes twists and turns through the Golden Gate’s greasy underbelly: the beguiling arms of Chinese shipping heiress (and smuggler); an unexpected reunion with the daughter he abandoned long ago; the loss of Loretta to the sadistic clutches of the high-powered “Colonel;” and finally the horrifying, gender-bending truth.
Drinking Game:
The Old Switch-a-roo - When a character is revealed to be something or someone other than who they say they are, take a drink.
More Layers than an Onion - Anytime a new wrinkle or story beat gets added on to the story.
Yup that's the 50s - Whenever anyone says something horribly racist or homophobic drink
I See More Blood on the Face - Every time the main character gets beat up, take a drink.
Quotes:
He makes my dick sore….raw! - Jeremiah
We will slip this in right now…giggty. - Bryan
Latter tonight, I’m gonna sneak into your bedroom and whisper in your ear: Sazarac. - Bryan
Scissor me timbers. - Adam
You don’t want floppy when you can have hard. - Todd
Cocktails
Cable Car
- 1⁄2 tspGround cinnamon
- 1⁄2 cup Sugar
- 1 Lemon wedge
- 1 1⁄2 ozCaptain Morgan Spiced Rum
- 3⁄4 ozMarie Brizard Orange Curaçao
- 1⁄2 oz Simple syrup (one part sugar, one part water)
- 1 oz Lemon juice
Garnish: 1 Orange spiral
Stir together the cinnamon and sugar in a wide-mouthed bowl or on a saucer.
Rub the rim of a chilled cocktail glass with the lemon wedge and dip in the cinnamon-sugar mixture to coat.
Set aside.
Add the remaining ingredients to a shaker and fill with ice.
Shake, and strain into the prepared glass and garnish with an orange spiral.
Gumshoe
- 1 1/2 oz scotch
- 1/2 oz Drambuie
- Twist of lemon
Pour over ice in a highball glass, stir and garnish with lemon peel
The Fog Cutter
- 2 ounces freshly squeezed orange juice
- 1 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1/2 ounce orgeat
- 1 1/2 ounces white rum
- 1/2 ounce gin
- 1/2 ounce brandy
- 1/2 ounce Amontillado sherry
Add everything except sherry to a cocktail shaker and fill with ice. Shake well and strain into an ice-filled highball glass. Carefully pour the sherry on top of the drink; garnish with a sprig of mint.
Sazarac
- Rinse Old Fashioned Glass with Absinthe
- Add crushed ice.
- Stir In
- A Sugar Cube
- 1.5 oz rye whiskey
- Lemon peel for garnish.
Next Week: At last! Everyone's favorite no-nonsense powerhouse, America Chavez, gets her own series! Critically acclaimed young-adult novelist Gabby Rivera and all-star artist Joe Quinones unite to shine a solo spotlight on America's high-octane and hard-hitting adventures! She was a Young Avenger. She leads the Ultimates. And now she officially claims her place as the preeminent butt-kicker of the entire Marvel Universe! But what's a super-powered teenager to do when she's looking for a little personal fulfillment? She goes to college! America just has to stop an inter-dimensional monster or two first and shut down a pesky alien cult that's begun worshipping her exploits before work can begin. Then she can get on with her first assignment: a field trip to the front lines of World War II - with Captain America as her wingman!