In the TV show “Cheers”, did Norm drink real beer?
Also, in movies where alcohol is consumed, is it real?
If not, which I don’t think it is, what are they drinking?
My understanding is that iced tea is generally substituted for beer, whisky, etc., while water is the substitute for gin, vodka, etc.
They can’t use real booze while filming because after 15 or 20 takes of the scene, the cast would be too sozzled to function.
Why the heck would they use ice tea for beer when they could just use non-alcoholic brew?
I remember on Saturday Night Live when Ron Howard was on, he said that in his movies and t.v. shows he had to drink fake beer. Then he pulled a Bud out of his pocket and yelled “But this is real beer” and popped it open and drank it down.
I still don’t like him.:rolleyes:
Give Ron Howard a break. After all, he did produce and direct that great movie about the time travelling, robotic Driver’s Ed teacher with a talking pie for a best friend.
In the film “Ice Cold in Alex” the final scene is set in a bar in Alexandria, Egypt. The plot is about escaping Tobruk in 1943 overland in a truck, just ahead of the Germans. Failing to find a good visual substitute (th film was made in the early 1950’s), the cast drank real Carlsberg. After multiple takes, John Mills was well oiled. It’s just about noticable, in some camera angles the speed of his speech varies. Also, the levels of beer in the glasses change a lot between different camera angles.
I know that this is a little off topic but:
amp: I saw the simpsons episode about the talking pie and all, however I know the simpsons often parodies real movies and/or situation; so was there ever a real move about the talking pie and time travel and all this stuff or was that just made up.
I have read (sorry, no cite) that in the case of Guinness or similar stout - the real thing is used, it being harder to “fake” than, say, cold tea for whisky.