ZaneLamprey

Moderation.

No! It's herbal tea. I had it in Jamaica. I think you can also get it in Colorado. It is good for the hangover - but makes you useless for the day!

I mean, thees ere graet!

The outrageous stuff usually makes the show. A DME moment that didn't was at Alpha Bar in Phili. The bartender was a fan and really wanted to see Steve McKenna (the man) become Steve Mckenna'd (the verb). So he gave Steve a lot to drink-- which Steve has never turned down. When Steve was "in the bag", the bartender brought him behind the bar to do a shot. When Steve got back there, he said, "Wait, I need to pee". The bartender said, "Go head", so Steve peed, right there, into a sink behind the bar... I was mortified, but everyone else thought it was funny. The bartender then put an electric dog collar on Steve. We put it to 10, and I pressed the button. Steve collapsed... I think it's on the DVD outtakes.

I love to have fun when I'm drinking, but I'm not really into rated-R stuff. I think that's a cheap way of adding shock value. Mark Cuban asked for an R-rated version of DME, and I talked him out of it. I want to make a network-quality show, even if our budgets are challenging.

As far as a Three Sheets experience that no one has seen. That would be the pilot episode that we shot in Seattle. We went to a Polish social club, and pretended that it was Poland, since it was just for the network execs and not for air. Since I really wanted the job, I wanted to impress the production team and the execs. But, I didn't know if they wanted me to be funny, full of information, or able to drink a lot. So I did all of them. I was a wealth of information on Polish drinking customs, made my usual quips, and didn't refuse a drink. In the end, I was definitely Three Sheets.

Then...... after we were done shooting, a Polish guy who was supposed be there hours earlier, showed up with some bathtub vodka. Mike Kelly (the director) said, "You're good. We got what we needed. You don't have to drink with this guy", but I saw it as a challenge.

I drank with the guy, he thought I was hilarious and wanted me to be his best friend. When it was time to go, he wouldn't let me leave until I promised to spend Christmas with him, in his ski cabin, where he was a "Ski Patrol". I pretended to go to the bathroom, but snuck out the side door, where a PA was waiting with her car. As I was closing the door, he put his foot in, to stop it from closing, and made me promise again to join him. I did, and we sped away.

From then on, the crew referred to "over exuberant fans" as Ski Patrol. Now we just use that to describe our super-fans!

It's aggravating that Travel Channel didn't give Three Sheets a shot, passed on Chug, and then came out with a show that's basically Three Sheets... If I didn't have Chug coming out, I would be livid. But, since NatGeo has been so amazing, and I'm confident in Chug, I'm more like "Bring it on!!!"