“Three Sheets” is a show on the Fine Living Channel in which host Zane Lamprey (awesome pro wrestling name) travels around the world and gets drunk with locals. It’s like “No Reservations” or “Man vs. Food,” but with booze. The only problem: it’s on Fine Living Channel, which few people have and fewer people watch. That makes this video good news: in it, Lamprey announces that “Three Sheets” will appear on the Travel Channel for one month beginning in April.
Without getting all Grampa Oldendays on everyone, I really do wish that alcohol was portrayed like this on television more. You know, instead of young jackasses on MTV reality shows stumbling around like idiots, maybe they could show how alcohol fits into cultural traditions. And THEN show people stumbling around like idiots.
Take me, for example. As a mixologist and a gentleman, I take a lot of care to make a perfectly balanced Manhattan. And then I sip it responsibly while I watch television alone before making two more, drinking those, and eventually just start drinking whiskey on ice. Sure, it’s depressing and pitiful, but it’s still more dignified than “Jersey Shore.”
(thanks, Chris!)
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Matt, serious question. What brand of sweet vermouth do you prefer. I personally use Martini and Rossi for my Manhattan. I can thank my dad for teaching me what a great drink it is.
Because when I want to watch drunks stumble around only HD will do.
3 parts Bulleit Bourbon (yes I’m a heathen and will make a Manhattan with bourbon, though I love a Michter’s Manhattan too)
1 part Noilly Prat sweet vermouth. I think it is just a little more aromatic
3 good shakes Fee Bros West Indian Orange bitters
Stir.
Just delicious, I wish I had one at my desk right now. With one of those fancy Luxardo cherries.
I might add, this is the only cocktail that I will religiously measure with a jigger. Anything else is open for interpretation.
I watched Three Sheets: Ireland on hulu before I went over last summer. It was key in helping me not look like as much of a drunk American asshole at the pubs.
Why this fails: Because drinking is something you do, not something you watch. Also, here’s a tip… if you’re waiting for something to happen (on tv, in a sporting event, whathaveya) before you take a drink, then you’re doing it wrong!
I use Martini & Rossi, but in all honesty I don’t have a real preference when it comes to vermouth. Like The Other Matt, I happen to like my Manhattans with orange bitters as well. Oh, and I usually go with rye, but there’s nothing wrong with bourbon.
Ah, the Manhattan. The King of Cocktails. Not to be confused with the anal themed adult video starring well-endowed male star, Man Hat.
“Man Hat, in ‘The King of Cock, Tails,’”
Matt, have you tried the Bulleit? I just read that it’s actually 30% rye, which is maybe why I favor it in cocktails. The appeal for me, though, is both aromatic, and the kick-ass bottle they sell it in. Looks like it fell off the wagon of an old-timey medicine man’s traveling show.
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I haven’t seen this show once but I still liked it better when it was called, “Insomniac with Dave Attell”.
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“mixologist and a gentleman” Does that mean you wear a tuxedo when you’re on the turntables?
I think you have mixologist confused with mix master.
Goddamn you Gordo, I was gonna make that Dave Attell reference! That’ll teach me for doing actual work while I’m at work.
I think you all confused “mixologist” with “being a real, productive thing”.
I hate it when people say, “I’m not a bartender, I’m a mixologist.” No, you are just a bartender now get me a fucking PBR, you pretentious ass-weave.
My own preference: 2 parts Buffalo Trace bourbon*, 1 part Martini & Rossi sweet vermouth, one dash angostura bitters. With stemless cherries because I’m a cheapskate and the ones with stems cost like twice as much.
*Delicious bourbon…brownest of the brown liquors…what’s that? You want me to drink you? But I’m in the middle of commenting on the internet!
True story: my sister and her husband bought me Three Sheets seasons 1 and 2 on DVD for my B-Day last year. Had no idea what it was.
My wife and I watched all episodes within a week. Also, the drinking game that you can play with the show is awesome, as you don’t get so hammered that you forget some of the cool facts on the show, but you do get a nice buzz. I am pleased this will be on more accessible TV than Fine Living.
@Enrico: this should bring you some joy – if you search for “mixologist” at wikipedia it redirects you to “bartender.”
Why this fails: Because drinking is something you do, not something you watch.
You can’t watch this (pretty good) show and not drink. I get dry mouth and the shakes about 3 minutes in.
Favorite episodes?
Drinking tequila in tequila – because of that nasty fucking head rattle they do
Champagne – Because that french twat looked like he was going to puke when he saw Zane downing glass after glass of super-pricey fizzy wine
I’d like this show better without all the stupid animations and sound effects. I don’t need dumb shit stolen from an episode of Sesame Street to make drinking in the Cayman Islands look better.
Watch the first episode (Belgium) and you’ll be instantly hooked. And I agree, you can’t watch and not drink. This show is great.
As my father has taught me since I was just a boy, having a sip of his Manhattan when we were out to dinner…
“Manhattans are like breasts on a woman: two are never enough and three are always too many.”
While I rarely choose to stop at two, it’s usually a good idea. I prefer mine with Canadian Club, the way grandma used to drink them.
I like it when it was Dave Attell, not this unlikeable douchetaster. He actually carries around a little stuffed beanie babie monkey and they pose it with shit on their tables.
this show is the tits, used to be on MOJO before that channel got the axe and as much as i like watching bourdain eat pork…pause…all they do is get twice as pissed as him on this show w/o eating a damn thing
Throw in some instructional cooking or baking and that’s my dream job.
God I’m seething with jealousy. Seething! And making a Manhattan. Seething and Making!
-You can’t watch this (pretty good) show and not drink. I get dry mouth and the shakes about 3 minutes in.
I bring my shakes with me to the party. The ladies are at first repelled and then strangely aroused.
Ever had a Grand Manhattan? Three parts bourbon (I use Ancient Ancient Age 10-yr. old) and one part Grand Marnier. Delicious.