The Scooby Doo Drinking Game!!
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brendalaThe Scooby Doo Drinking Game: Featuring Charlton issues 1-3 (1975)
I wanted to make these old comics available to you guys. But just dumping the scans here seemed too boring, so I decided to make a game of it. Here are the rules:
1. Even though I’m calling it a “drinking game”, alcohol is not required. I don’t drink, so I’m opting for soda and/or ice cream. Having a fun munchie nearby makes the game more fun, but it’s not required.
2. Take a drink/bite/whatever every time you spot something that would NEVER fly in a modern children’s comic book (or children’s anything for that matter).
Stuff that is ridiculously dated and/or inappropriate can also warrant drink/bite if you feel that said stuff is extreme enough to deserve it.
3. Take two drinks whenever a HUGE error makes it past the editors (ie getting a character’s name wrong, drawing them REALLY off model, a hideous typo, etc)
4. Take a drink for any wildly OOC behavior on the part of our main characters.
HAVE FUN!
You can also just look at the pictures without my dopey commentary. I’d be happy to put these up in zip format on mega upload; but sadly, I don’t know how. If anyone wants to help me with that, that would be great.
On to the game!
===Charlton, issue 1 (publish date: 1975)====
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hmmm, the “get out or die” sign would probably be a bit too extreme to fly in the current books. But the cartoons have been getting away with using the “d-word” a lot these days so…I’d say it warrants a sip if you want to count it.
GUNPLAY! DRINK!
Politically incorrect depiction of Native Americans! DRINK!!
More racist depictions of Native Americans! DRINK!
Random story time break!
Hmmmm, I think this short story warrants at least half a drink because I’m pretty sure the person who wrote and drew it was high as a kite
Now for the ads. The stories for this comic are pretty tame. But the ads…or Lord the ads…
This one is kinda weird and disturbing. Kids have no need for metal plated SSN cards and the picture of the limbless man pretty freaky. Take a drink or two if you think this warrants it.
It’s been years since I’ve seen one of these ads trying to make children think they can get rich selling worthless crap from some novelty company (does anyone besides the Girl Scouts still do this?). Not a drink-worthy ad. Just kinda funny
Classified ads! Who knew that Scooby comics were a great place for them? This one warrants 5 drinks.
--One drink for the “Buy gold and silver to beat inflation NOW!!!” ad. Glenn Beck must have been working for Charlton back in the 70s. XD
--Two drinks for the ad telling you how you can beat Uncle Sam by sending away for a brochure for Cayman Island bank accounts. This ad warrants two because it’s outright encouraging the reader to break tax laws (did children in the 70s really NEED that information?).
--One drink for the dating service. These comics must have been aimed at adults because what seven year old would be interested in THAT!?
--One drink for the ad for the hypnosis tape that claims it can help you beat smoking/insomnia/whatever
--I don’t know if it warrants a drink. But I call bullshit on the “sell your song lyrics to famous singers and collect royalties” ad.
Theres nothing offensive or drink-worthy about this ad. I just don’t understand how people buying Scooby comics are the ideal demographic for expensive jewelry
This one gets a drink because of the slightly homoerotic undertones (don’t pretend you don’t see it). And the DON’T BE A SKINNY LOSER text was hilarious, too. Right now, society would love it if being too skinny was the average little boy's biggest problem!
This one gets two drinks because it provides not one, but TWO products that advertise themselves as great ways for dudes to see through women’s clothes
Take one drink for the playboy decal ad!
This one gets two. One for the “sex maniac” tag. And one for the frat-tastic “USA drinking team” tag.
And I saved the best for last. This ad is just….there's so much weirdness in it....
I’m so naïve that it actually took me a while to figure out what these master/slave t-shirts meant. And now I’m just horrified that these things are sitting just a page away from Scooby and the gang. I think this thing warrants 3 drinks!
One drink for this one. I’d make it worth more, but I’m not sure the positioning of the pitchfork was intentional or just a funny goof on the artist’s part
===Charlton issue 2 (publish date 1975)===
Animal abuse! Take a drink!
Gunplay! Take a drink!
Quadruple guns! Two drinks!
TIME FOR A BORING STORY!!
More “please sell our cheap crap” ads (did any kids actually make money doing this!?)
The stuff this one is selling is hilarious! I don’t think even an adult could easily get a hold of them today…
Yeah. I bet the biggest problem young Scooby fans had back in the day was other kids on the playground bumming their smokes. This one warrants FIVE drinks because cigarettes are so wildly taboo today that they can’t be advertised to grown ups; let alone kids.
I’m sure this thing didn’t work but still…selling something that says “break the law with our awesome product” is pretty WTF. Two drinks.
Advertising a toy gun by gushing about how real it looks and sounds? Good luck doing that today! THREE drinks!
Turning a healthy, harmless vegetable into a weapon!? Something this awesome would NEVER be marketed to kids today. Two drinks
These ads are amusing, but none of them are really drink worthy (except maybe the “hot German pen pals” one)
==========Charlton 3 (1975)====
--Take one drink for the creepy image of Scooby being served on a platter like a pig at a luau!
--And take one more drink for Aggressive-Scooby lunging at a guy just because he "doesn't like him"! Modern incarnations would never let him flat out ATTACK someone he doesn’t like before they’ve been proven guilty. No, that kind of senseless violence is reserved for the Mystery Incorporated incarnation of Scooby against helpless, crying women.....
Sorry, but I’M STILL PISSED ABOUT THIS SCENE! F**K THAT SHOW!!!
**ahem** anyhoo, back to our story…
Two drinks for Scooby actually BITING someone!
CUTESY STORY BREAK
Back to the story....
NAZIS!! This is worth FIVE drinks!
Gun pointed at the gang! Take a drink!
FIVE more drinks for the visible swastikas! Not even “mature” cartoons like Justice League can get away with that these days!
More gunplay and swastikas. Two more drinks!
ANOTHER VISIBLE SWASTIKA! DRINK!!!
Hmmm, I’m not sure if Daphne and Velma’s apparent personality switch in this story warrants any drinks. So, take one if you think it does (and you’re not already sick from [insert vice of your choice] over-dosing).
MORE ADS
Hmmm, I think this one warrants a drink or two because of some of the bizarre stuff in the ads. Seriously, prayer requests and about a dozen “change your awful body TODAY” ads in a Scooby Doo book!? WTF!?!?
Not drink-worthy. But I just wanted to say that the “love spreads germs, GET ME SICK” tag is one of the most unsexy phrases I’ve ever heard. Seriously, yuck! >_<
==========================
Well, that’s it for this edition of the game. I wanted to include more issues; but I think the NAZI story alone is enough to give most people alcohol poisoning. Once everyone has sobered up, I’ll post some more!
I wanted to make these old comics available to you guys. But just dumping the scans here seemed too boring, so I decided to make a game of it. Here are the rules:
1. Even though I’m calling it a “drinking game”, alcohol is not required. I don’t drink, so I’m opting for soda and/or ice cream. Having a fun munchie nearby makes the game more fun, but it’s not required.
2. Take a drink/bite/whatever every time you spot something that would NEVER fly in a modern children’s comic book (or children’s anything for that matter).
Stuff that is ridiculously dated and/or inappropriate can also warrant drink/bite if you feel that said stuff is extreme enough to deserve it.
3. Take two drinks whenever a HUGE error makes it past the editors (ie getting a character’s name wrong, drawing them REALLY off model, a hideous typo, etc)
4. Take a drink for any wildly OOC behavior on the part of our main characters.
HAVE FUN!
You can also just look at the pictures without my dopey commentary. I’d be happy to put these up in zip format on mega upload; but sadly, I don’t know how. If anyone wants to help me with that, that would be great.
On to the game!
===Charlton, issue 1 (publish date: 1975)====
===
hmmm, the “get out or die” sign would probably be a bit too extreme to fly in the current books. But the cartoons have been getting away with using the “d-word” a lot these days so…I’d say it warrants a sip if you want to count it.
GUNPLAY! DRINK!
Politically incorrect depiction of Native Americans! DRINK!!
More racist depictions of Native Americans! DRINK!
Random story time break!
Hmmmm, I think this short story warrants at least half a drink because I’m pretty sure the person who wrote and drew it was high as a kite
Now for the ads. The stories for this comic are pretty tame. But the ads…or Lord the ads…
This one is kinda weird and disturbing. Kids have no need for metal plated SSN cards and the picture of the limbless man pretty freaky. Take a drink or two if you think this warrants it.
It’s been years since I’ve seen one of these ads trying to make children think they can get rich selling worthless crap from some novelty company (does anyone besides the Girl Scouts still do this?). Not a drink-worthy ad. Just kinda funny
Classified ads! Who knew that Scooby comics were a great place for them? This one warrants 5 drinks.
--One drink for the “Buy gold and silver to beat inflation NOW!!!” ad. Glenn Beck must have been working for Charlton back in the 70s. XD
--Two drinks for the ad telling you how you can beat Uncle Sam by sending away for a brochure for Cayman Island bank accounts. This ad warrants two because it’s outright encouraging the reader to break tax laws (did children in the 70s really NEED that information?).
--One drink for the dating service. These comics must have been aimed at adults because what seven year old would be interested in THAT!?
--One drink for the ad for the hypnosis tape that claims it can help you beat smoking/insomnia/whatever
--I don’t know if it warrants a drink. But I call bullshit on the “sell your song lyrics to famous singers and collect royalties” ad.
Theres nothing offensive or drink-worthy about this ad. I just don’t understand how people buying Scooby comics are the ideal demographic for expensive jewelry
This one gets a drink because of the slightly homoerotic undertones (don’t pretend you don’t see it). And the DON’T BE A SKINNY LOSER text was hilarious, too. Right now, society would love it if being too skinny was the average little boy's biggest problem!
This one gets two drinks because it provides not one, but TWO products that advertise themselves as great ways for dudes to see through women’s clothes
Take one drink for the playboy decal ad!
This one gets two. One for the “sex maniac” tag. And one for the frat-tastic “USA drinking team” tag.
And I saved the best for last. This ad is just….there's so much weirdness in it....
I’m so naïve that it actually took me a while to figure out what these master/slave t-shirts meant. And now I’m just horrified that these things are sitting just a page away from Scooby and the gang. I think this thing warrants 3 drinks!
One drink for this one. I’d make it worth more, but I’m not sure the positioning of the pitchfork was intentional or just a funny goof on the artist’s part
===Charlton issue 2 (publish date 1975)===
Animal abuse! Take a drink!
Gunplay! Take a drink!
Quadruple guns! Two drinks!
TIME FOR A BORING STORY!!
More “please sell our cheap crap” ads (did any kids actually make money doing this!?)
The stuff this one is selling is hilarious! I don’t think even an adult could easily get a hold of them today…
Yeah. I bet the biggest problem young Scooby fans had back in the day was other kids on the playground bumming their smokes. This one warrants FIVE drinks because cigarettes are so wildly taboo today that they can’t be advertised to grown ups; let alone kids.
I’m sure this thing didn’t work but still…selling something that says “break the law with our awesome product” is pretty WTF. Two drinks.
Advertising a toy gun by gushing about how real it looks and sounds? Good luck doing that today! THREE drinks!
Turning a healthy, harmless vegetable into a weapon!? Something this awesome would NEVER be marketed to kids today. Two drinks
These ads are amusing, but none of them are really drink worthy (except maybe the “hot German pen pals” one)
==========Charlton 3 (1975)====
--Take one drink for the creepy image of Scooby being served on a platter like a pig at a luau!
--And take one more drink for Aggressive-Scooby lunging at a guy just because he "doesn't like him"! Modern incarnations would never let him flat out ATTACK someone he doesn’t like before they’ve been proven guilty. No, that kind of senseless violence is reserved for the Mystery Incorporated incarnation of Scooby against helpless, crying women.....
Sorry, but I’M STILL PISSED ABOUT THIS SCENE! F**K THAT SHOW!!!
**ahem** anyhoo, back to our story…
Two drinks for Scooby actually BITING someone!
CUTESY STORY BREAK
Back to the story....
NAZIS!! This is worth FIVE drinks!
Gun pointed at the gang! Take a drink!
FIVE more drinks for the visible swastikas! Not even “mature” cartoons like Justice League can get away with that these days!
More gunplay and swastikas. Two more drinks!
ANOTHER VISIBLE SWASTIKA! DRINK!!!
Hmmm, I’m not sure if Daphne and Velma’s apparent personality switch in this story warrants any drinks. So, take one if you think it does (and you’re not already sick from [insert vice of your choice] over-dosing).
MORE ADS
Hmmm, I think this one warrants a drink or two because of some of the bizarre stuff in the ads. Seriously, prayer requests and about a dozen “change your awful body TODAY” ads in a Scooby Doo book!? WTF!?!?
Not drink-worthy. But I just wanted to say that the “love spreads germs, GET ME SICK” tag is one of the most unsexy phrases I’ve ever heard. Seriously, yuck! >_<
==========================
Well, that’s it for this edition of the game. I wanted to include more issues; but I think the NAZI story alone is enough to give most people alcohol poisoning. Once everyone has sobered up, I’ll post some more!
