We’ve spoken on the show about the suicide drink— that thing where you mix everything at the soda fountain into one cup. And we’ve also covered the Matt Dillon, when a bartender pours whatever’s in the bar mat into a cocktail glass. But the actor Cary Elwes recently revealed that Andre the Giant fancies a drink called The American, which consists of 40 ounces of various liquors all in one pitcher. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Andre the Giant’s Drink”
It’s been a couple of years but do you remember when we talked about what you call the drink
That you make at the soda fountain when you take a little bit of everything oh yeah suicide right
Suicide or swan juice yeah a couple of those all right so I was reading a story where they
Interviewed Carrie Elwis. He was in the movie The Princess Bride with Andre the Giant and a bunch
Robin Wright and a bunch of other people, right?
Okay.
And he plays kind of the hero there.
And he was talking about hanging out with Andre the Giant, who was a massive man behind the scenes.
They’d go out to eat.
And apparently, Andre the Giant used to drink a drink like that, mixing a little bit of everything, only it was alcohol.
Oh, my gosh.
And they called it The American, a concoction that consisted of 40 ounces of various liquors poured into a pitcher.
Ooh, my head is hurting just listening to this.
And we also, so I was just remembering all these old calls.
We also did the, what was the one where they make it out of the mat?
You know, at the well, whatever spills in the mat.
Right, the bartender’s mat.
Yeah, they just pour it into a glass.
Call it a Matt Dillon or something.
Yeah, something like that.
Yeah.
Boy, anyway, I wanted to share that with you, The American.
I will never have one.
Right, don’t ever order an American.
But Andre the Giant, R.I.P., you are one of a kind, man.
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