The book is, to be kind about it, embellished in its telling of the tale. There are liberties taken with facts. But it is a good and exciting read, at any rate. I also enjoyed the TV series, and am enjoying it again on DVD. I have the first three seasons, and season 4 comes out in July.
Game requirements:
1.
The episodes (four seasons) of the original Desilu Productions series
“The Untouchables” (1959-1963) starring Robert Stack.
2,
This list.
3.
Beverages of choice.
4. Players – the more, the merrier!
Instructions:
While watching an episode, when a
condition of this list is met, take the recommended number and type of
drinks. A “sip” is just that – a small
amount of beverage. A “gulp” is a large
amount of beverage. A “chug” is to drain
your glass. Refill as needed.
Warning:
Remember,
you are watching “The Untouchables.” As
you are imbibing alcoholic beverages,
be warned that you could be raided.
I. Generic
actions
A dress worn by an actress or extra in a previous episode
is worn by
another in the current episode. 1
sip
A dress worn by an actress in a previous episode is worn
by the SAME
actress in the current episode chug
Someone kills someone else instantly while his
gun seems
aimed at something (or someone)
other than
the intended target chug
A prop you have seen in another episode turns
up in this
one (not including guns or cars) 1
gulp
A prop looks like something that might appear
on Antiques Roadshow 1
gulp
You actually have seen that prop on Antiques Roadshow chug
Stock footage is used 1
gulp
The stock footage used reveals a temporal anomaly
(i.e., cars
from the 1940s or 1950s, etc.) chug
A temporal anomaly turns up in a non-stock scene 1 gulp
(such as
Anne Francis reading “Prevention”
magazine –
not published until the early 1950s –
in “The
Doreen Maney Story”)
Someone is wearing glasses, but there are
no lenses
in them 1
gulp
A woman screams 1
sip
Mountains show up in the background when
the scene
is set in a place where there are
no
mountains (Illinois, Indiana, Florida) chug
Someone – good guy or bad – fires more
that six
shots from a .38 revolver 1 sip per gun
A flute solo plays when someone dies or
is about to
die 1
sip
A man slaps a woman 1
sip
A woman slaps a man 1
gulp
A woman is the boss of whatever criminal operation 1
gulp
Someone takes out a pack of cigarettes, lights a
cigarette
or is in a smoke-filled room 1
sip per weed
Someone takes a drink (this will get you plastered) 1 sip
Someone takes a drink and spits it out because it
is rotgut 1 gulp
Someone takes a drink directly from a bottle 1
gulp
Someone drinks directly from a bottle, then someone else
drinks from
the same bottle 1
gulp
Someone (other than Eliot Ness) breaks a bottle 1 sip
II. The
Ensemble Effect
An actor who played a good guy (including one of
the
Untouchables) in one or more other episodes
plays a bad
guy in the current episode 1
gulp
An actor who played a bad guy in one or more other
episodes
plays a good guy (including one of the
Untouchables)
in the current episode. 1
gulp
Any actor or actress makes a repeat appearance 1 sip
An actor makes a repeat appearance in the same role 1 gulp
A bad guy shows up repeatedly, played by the same 1 sip
actor (Bruce Gordon as Frank Nitti does not count)
A bad guy shows up repeatedly, played by different 1 gulp
actors
III. Eliot Ness
Ness pushes his hat up just a bit 1
sip
Ness hits a wall or a table with his fist 1
sip
Ness hits some hood with the back of his hand 1
sip
Ness goes out of control on some hood and the
other guys
have to restrain him 1
gulp
Ness throws himself on the floor to fire at a bad guy 1
gulp
Ness says he’ll protect someone and
they end up
dead 1
gulp
Someone asks to meet with Ness but is murdered
before the
meeting can take place 1
gulp
Someone tries to bribe Ness 1
gulp
Someone orders a hit on Ness 1
gulp
Ness lights a match with his thumbnail 1
gulp
Ness breaks a bottle. 1
gulp
A woman makes a pass at Ness. 1
sip
A woman slaps Ness 1
gulp
Ness gets slugged, beaten, or otherwise injured 1
gulp
Ness actually mentions his wife chug
Ness hooks a thumb on a trouser pocket 1
sip
Ness taps his thumb or finger (either hand)
while
thinking, debating, talking,
or deciding
something 1
sip
IV. The
Untouchables (singly or as a group)
The team stands in the open with bullets flying
all around,
and none of them get hit. 1
gulp
Untouchable Jack Rossman has no lines 1 gulp
One of the Untouchables gets shot and no one
reacts or
goes to his aid 1
gulp
One of the Untouchables
dies Stand
and raise a toast to a fallen hero.
The Untouchables get a government
car or
other government property trashed 1
gulp
One of the Untouchables holds a loaded gun so that
it points
to another one or to a civilian 1
gulp
An Untouchable who died in a previous episode
shows up in
a later one 1
gulp
An Untouchable is beaten up, shot, or otherwise
assaulted
(includes single blows) 1
gulp
Any of the good guys respectfully removes his
hat in the
presence of a dead person 1 gulp
The Untouchables grill a suspect under bright lights 1
sip
A wiretap installed by the Untouchables is found out
and
destroyed 1
sip
The bad guys put a wiretap on the Untouchables 1 gulp
One of the team brings the rest coffee 1
sip
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