Celebrating the 41st anniversary of its release on June 25, Greg has chosen the 1982 John Carpenter film “The Thing” for our enjoyment this week. Join Greg and Karen as they discuss the film while enjoying an “Antarctic Freeze“. Greg found the recipe below at tipsybartender.com.

Antarctic Freeze
White Layer:
• 1 oz vodka
• 1 oz coconut rum
• 1/2 oz Island Punch Pucker
• 1 oz pineapple juice
Blue Layer:
• 1 oz coconut rum
• 1 1/2 oz blue curacao
• 1/2 oz lemon lime soda
• cherry for garnish

Instructions:

A Brief Synopsis: In remote Antarctica, a group of American research scientists are disturbed at their base camp by a helicopter shooting at a sled dog. When they take in the dog, it brutally attacks both human beings and canines in the camp and they discover that the beast can assume the shape of its victims. A resourceful helicopter pilot and the camp doctor lead the camp crew in a desperate, gory battle against the vicious creature before it picks them all off, one by one.

Some of the topics discussed and highlights of this episode include:

Our rating of the film:

This movie was pretty good. It only took us 2 cocktails to get through it.

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