Sunday Morning Shootout Drinking Game

Even before I moved to Los Angeles, I rarely missed an episode of Sunday Morning Shootout on AMC. Unlike most entertainment-industry gabfests, Shootout entices guests into discussing the real nitty gritty of showbiz, like a dugout confab during rain delay. (The show's caption writers keep busy clarifying obscure references across the bottom of the screen.) Also unlike any other talk show, Shootout is co-hosted by a gloriously awkward pairing: pie-in-the-sky Variety philosopher Peter Bart and money-takes-all studio honcho Peter Guber. Play this drinking game with mimosas, screwdrivers and Bloody Marys. It's Sunday morning, after all. Take one drink when: Peter Guber says "derring-do" Peter Guber says "lighting in a bottle" or any variation thereof ("They're looking for the lightning, but they can't find the bottle") Peter Guber reminisces about the 70s Peter Bart sounds like he's quoting one of his own columns Peter Bart does a half-stand half-sit thing when greeting a guest Peter Bart reminisces about the 70s One of the Peters sports a blue button-down shirt One of the Peters' chairs suddenly appears on the other side of the table A guest pretends to pick up a coffee order A guest reminisces about the 70s Take two drinks when: The episode is shot on location (Sundance, Cannes, anything other than the "coffee shop") A guest is in a movie shown on one of the posters in the background A coffee-shop patron breaks the "extras" wall by reacting to something on the show A Peter and a guest sport blue button-down shirts on the same episode In the two-guest format, the guests cross arms during handshake time with Peter and Peter A guest hasn't been seen on American television since the 70s