What is Star Wars?
- This orphan learns of his magical birthright.
Who is Harry Potter?
- These hillbilly characters were the protagonists of ten films that kept Universal Studios afloat in the 1950s.
Who are Ma and Pa Kettle?
- This loquacious equine title character appeared in seven films in the 1950s.
Who is Francis the Talking Mule?
- Either the antagonist of the first film, or the protagonist of the whole series, depending on when you ask (and Asta isn’t talking).
What is The Thin Man?
New category: Potent Potables.
- This bitter liqueur, originally sold as a medicinal tonic, is held up as a point of pride by Chicagoans capable of tolerating its unique flavor
What is Malort?
- This stout was originally brewed at a Dublin brewery, on which the founder held a 9000-year lease.
What is Guinness?
- This mixed drink popular in New Orleans takes its name from the lantern-shaped glass in which it is traditionally served
What is a Hurricane?
- Popular cocktail whose name translates to “divine wind.”
What is a Kamikaze?
- A major-league baseball team was once referred to by the name of this trendy drink from the 1970s.
-“BB”-
What is the Cincinnati Reds? (“The Big Red Machine”)
Next: Department stores
- This iconic department store closed it’s New York City store in 1987 after 140 years of operation.
What is Gimbels?
- This defunct chain of tech-focused department stores shared its name and logo with a supermarket chain now owned by Kroger
What is Fry’s?
- The flagship store of this chain on 34th Street in New York City has wooden escalators between its upper floors.
I’m sorry, but that’s not the answer we were looking for.
And for the record – I’ve never heard of a drink called “The Big Red Machine”. Is that a regional thing?
-“BB”-
(I believe that @Bicycle_Bill may have been referring to the “Harvey Wallbanger,” a mixed drink which was the basis for the nickname of the Milwaukee Brewers (“Harvey’s Wallbangers”) in the early '80s, when they were managed by Harvey Kuenn, and hit a lot of home runs.)
There’s Big Red, but that’s not a potent potable.
There’s a regional soft drink around the northern KY / southern OH area called “Big Red”. I’m not sure that the “Big Red Machine” was an allusion to the soft drink to the same extent that “Harvey’s Wallbangers” was for the early 80’s Brewers, and in any case I don’t think that Big Red qualifies as a Potent Potable.
ETA: ninja’d by @Smapti
What is Macy’s?
- Garrett Popcorn of Chicago is now the home of these chocolate mints originally associated with Frederick & Nelson
That’s the one I was thinking of.
Play on.
-“BB”-
What are… Milk Mints?
- This anchor store was prominently located at “Twin Pines Mall” in the movie Back to the Future.
Nope.
Frangos.