Good ole' Jack Daniels Tennessee Whiskey. However, it is recommended to enjoy it slowly rather than John Belushi's 10 second chug. That is, only if you are trying to make it to the end of the movie...
Okay, load up the DVD and lets begin
It has been said that this is one of the quintessential films for all college students to have seen before or at some point during their college careers. Although the film is relatively dated(1978), and the main characters represent a small part of the overall college population(fraternity members), it is still a relevantly humorous film. Maybe most college students won't be able to relate to every outrageous situation, but most can at least relate to someone they know in similar situations. Who doesn't have the failing friend, barely pulling a 0.02 gpa, or the starving (or just gross) friend who eats anything that comes his way, or the slightly worrying alcoholic friend who constantly drinks and finds any excuse to celebrate with a beer or a shot. Besides some of the more low-brow gross-out humor, there are a few scenes of almost troubling perversion and voyeurism.
Overall, the J.D. is a great complement to this film. Just as the whiskey drowns out all of this world's sorrows, so does this movie. Seeing this fraternity filled with college failures helps the average college semi-failure feel pretty good about his/her life. Also, the humor helps...
There are valuable lessons one can learn from this experience:
1. Some fraternities are crazy. (There are two subclasses here: the freaky paddle using ones and the failing, non-stop drinking ones)
2. John Belushi is crazy.
3. Beer is much cheaper and easier to drink than a bottle of whiskey:
Next movie is: _____________ (TBD)
The plan for next time is to concurrently blog while watching/drinking. I'm excited.
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