Drinking game for Good Eats:
- Take a shot every time he says the word 'now.'
- Take a shot every time he mentions a unitasker. Double that if it's the fire extinguisher.
- Take a shot if his sister appears (only once per episode.)
- Take a shot for nephew Elton.
- Take 2 shots whenever he builds a rig.
- Take a shot when ever one of the many whimsy characters pops in (Lady of the Refrigerator, Cocoa Karl, etc)
- Take a double shot for the Nutritional Anthropologist. Only one if mentioned and doesn't appear.
- Take a shot whenever he says, "That's another show". Double that if, in Reloaded or The Return, he appends it with "...That we've already made!".
- Don't do this on the Amnesia Episode, it will kill you.
- Take a shot for every yeast on the screen.
- Amendment: for every yeast sockpuppet. If you do this for the breeding yeast models in the one episode, you will die.
- Take a shot for every time he says, "Oh, bother."
- Take a shot whenever he explains the concept of gluten and why it's important not to overstir muffin-type batters.
- Take a shot whenever he says, "Your patience will be rewarded."
- Take a shot whenever he says, "I said it was good; I never said it was ________."
- Take a shot whenever his shirt changes.
- Take a shot when he dresses up as one of The Men in Black to explain FDA regulations.
- Take a shot when his Evil Twin B.A. appears.
- Take a shot whenever W appears.
- Two if she's a Virtual Ghost.
- Take a shot whenever he tells the audience, "Now, go wash those ________y hands!"
- Take a shot whenever the spectre of cross-contamination is mentioned.
- Take a shot whenever Alton visits a farm, factory, or other such place.
- Take a shot whenever Alton visits the Whole Foods market.
- Take a shot whenever Alton visits the simulated fish/meat counter, or the simulated Asian market.
- Take a shot whenever there's a French Jerk.
- Take a shot whenever Alton says, "And that's never Good Eats."
- Take a shot for the Food Gallery opening.
- Take a shot whenever he uses a model to explain a scientific concept.
- Take a shot whenever the Blowhard is brought out.
- Take a shot whenever an emulsion is made.
- Take a shot whenever he asks people to measure ingredients "by weight, please."
- Whenever the nutmeg is brought out to be grated.
- The guy in drag from (variously) Germany, The Netherlands, or Pennsylvania Dutch Country appears.
- Whenever gelatinization is explained.
- When a recipe starts on the stovetop and ends in the oven (bi-level cooking).
- Whenever Alton tells the audience to "Walk away. Just walk away!"
- Whenever the recipe in question takes all day to do as instructed on the show.
- Whenever Alton says "Golden brown and delicious!"
- Whenever he puts gloves on.
- Whenever the kosher salt is brought out and used.
- Two if he uses any other kind of salt.
- Whenever some tip about the food or some Trivia appears on the screen as text.
- When Alton presses a sequence of buttons, and the theme song plays.
- When Alton whips out the Viewmaster.
- When Alton talks to the audience via the mirror.
- When you hear W's Leitmotif.
