Line #40 DrinkingGame/PBS


1	This wholly unique drinking game made possible by a grant from the Milwaukee Brewing Company, and by PBS Tropers Like You. Thank you.
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3	* Take a shot any time your local station uses the network feed during any break between programs, except when it does so on a regular basis.
4	* Have a whole bottle when your local station runs a pledge drive.
5	** Two bottles whenever it runs pledge programming on New Year's Day.
6	* Have yourself a cup of cheer whenever your local station preempts its regular daytime programming for Christmas-themed programming on Christmas Day.
7	* Take two shots every time ''PBS [=NewsHour=]'' mentions ''Washington Week'' or ''PBS [=NewsHour=] Weekend'' at the end of the Friday edition, and ''double'' if both are mentioned.
8	* Finish your drink if ''PBS [=NewsHour=]'' runs a special program during primetime.
9	* Toast at the start of each episode of a Creator/KenBurns documentary, and finish your drink at the conclusion of the finale or any one-shot doc of his.
10	* Down the whole bottle if PBS reruns a program from before 2009, and ''two'' if it originally aired in the '80s. If the program was originally shown in the '60s or '70s, it's a full six-pack. For obvious reasons, this does ''not'' apply to children's programming.
11	* Drink a full bottle if a movie studio sponsors the program you're watching (easiest way to tell is if a TV spot for a motion picture is shown during the funding credits). Most commonly applies to ''PBS [=NewsHour=]'' and ''Masterpiece''.
12	* Drink a full bottle if a video game company sponsors the program you're watching. This can be found in ''Ghostwriter''.
13	* Drink a full bottle if a program is funded by Viewers Like You, but not the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. There's a good chance you'll be right soused by the time you get to late night between 1973 and 1991, when CPB only sponsored a select few programs due to pressure from the Nixon and Reagan administrations.
14	* Two bottles if a program is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, but not Viewers Like You.
15	* If neither of the above are funding the program, down a six-pack.
16	* Take a shot whenever a [[Series/RickStevesEurope Rick Steves special]] is shown during a pledge drive.
17	* Drink a whole bottle if Suze Orman puts in an appearance during a pledge drive.
18	* Take a sip for every My Music special your local station shows during a pledge drive, and two for every concert. Upgrade to two ''shots'' if the concert comes from before 2000.
19	* Take a shot every time the 1971 logo appears in any context except to close a program (there's a special rule for that directly below).
20	* If a pre-2009 PBS logo is preserved when your local station shows a program from 2009 or earlier, down the whole bottle. If it's older than 1998, it's a full six-pack.
21	* If the show you're watching gets interrupted by the Emergency Alert System, take a drink.
22	** Down the bottle if it's an alert (for example: Tornado Warning, Severe Thunderstorm Warning, Child Abduction Emergency) and not a test. (Then, if required, stop drinking and take appropriate emergency precautions, obviously.)
23	* Take a drink for every self-help motivational show. If it's not aired late at night, down your bottle.
24	* If Creator/PBSKids shows are aired during a pledge drive, down a full six-pack.
25	* If your station encounters technical difficulties, down the bottle.
26	* Take a drink every time a documentary uses a HiroshimaAsAUnitOfMeasure-type comparison.
27	* Take a drink if the program you are watching was created for a British network.
28	** Whole bottle (and ''pace yourself'') if it's ''Series/DoctorWho''
29	* Take a drink if the program you are watching was created for a Canadian network. (For Creator/PBSKids shows, this only counts if the show is co-produced with a Canadian network.)
30	** Down the bottle if its ''Series/TheRedGreenShow''.
31	* Take a drink if a narrator has a British accent.
32	* Take a shot if ''Antiques Roadshow'' is airing.
33	* Drink half a bottle if you reluctantly donated to your PBS member station.
34	* Take a big sip if you chose to receive or have received some merch after donating.
35	* Take another drink if PBS shows Masterpiece.
36	* Drink (approximately) one quarter of a bottle if you donated during a pledge drive.
37	* Take three shots if you fear that [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons PBS personalities will track you down if you don't donate]]. Anything to drink the fear away, I guess.
38	* Drink about three quarters of a bottle if the program you are watching was produced and/or distributed by American Public Television.
39	* If your station airs a very old Creator/PBSKids show from 2009 or earlier, down the whole bottle. In the ''very'' rare chance it's older than 1999, down a whole six-pack. If its ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood'', [[LibationForTheDead pour a 40 out]] (preferably outside to avoid ruining your carpet) in memory of Fred Rogers.
40	* Take a swig of fine champagne (or Miller High Life, soda or seltzer water if you don't have any) if ''The Lawrence Welk Show'' is airing, then blow some bubbles afterwards for a fully immersive experience.
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Context DrinkingGame / PBS