#140: MICROBOTS - BRAWNDICKERY
Join the Haunted Halloween Honchos of the APDC as they review S2, Ep18, “Microbots,” of the 1985 classic animated series, The Transformers!
Back in the Ark!! Happy Birthday, Ryan!!! Monkey Scrotums!! 1 star reviews. Starscream gives the suk-suk!! But the Mayans!!! Let’s drive to South America!! The Deception Plan: Let’s get drunk!! The Autobot Plan: Let’s get small!! Optimus’s Plan: Let’s build a useless tiny force field!!! Tell that to Sully Sullenberger!! Ride the evil impulses!! Script Deviations!! In the Real World!! We ain’t Good Fellas!!
THE MONKEY GLAND!
This is not from Jigger, Beaker, & Glass, just one I happened to stumble across because I liked the name. The origin of which I shall explain presently.
· 2 oz. (60 ml) gin
· 1.5 oz. (45) freshly squeezed OJ
· ½ oz. (15 ml) tsp grenadine
· A dash of absinthe
o And when I say, “a dash,” I mean, like, two drips from an eye dropper – absinthe has a very powerful anise taste that tends to blow out any other flavors
o Put the dash of absinthe into a chilled cocktail glass, and dump it out; anything that sticks to the inside of the glass will be in the drink
o Shake remaining ingredients with ice in a shaker and strain into the cocktail glass
o Garnish with an orange slice
§ It has been brought to my attention by our friend Michael T. from Australia that some of these cocktails include difficult-to-find or perhaps expensive ingredients, particularly overseas
§ Totally true, and a lot of these ingredients were more common in bygone eras
§ I will say, regarding the absinthe, it can be omitted, obviously, but its inclusion adds a complicated, floral quality that can’t really be imitated by anything else, so just leave it out if you don’t have it
· HISTORY: The cocktail was invented in the 1920s by Harry MacElhone, owner of Harry’s New York Bar in Paris, France
o It’s named after a very insane procedure promising rejuvenation and an increase in longevity – grafting monkey testicle tissue onto the human scrotum
§ They called it “rejuvenation,” but it’s pretty clear it was meant to treat impotence, as well, in old-timey vernacular
o Proposed by Russian scientist and dangerous quack Serge Voronoff
o Voronoff started out using the testicles of executed criminals and grafting them onto millionaires, but when demand outstripped supply, he turned to monkeys
Caleb’s gift to Ryan for his birthday. Pretty sweet stuff.
Who wore it better?
