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On this episode, we discuss a 90s classic show that should make a comeback, Are You Afraid of the Dark? The episode is The Tale of the Room for Rent from season 4, episode 8 as told by JoAnna Garcia Swisher. So all you 90\u2019s children grab a cocktail and reminisce the good ole days of dunk-a-roos, gushers, surge and slime.

Drinking Game:

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• Fog machine used to inspire fear in the audience. Apparently the scariest thing that had been invented in the early 90s was the fog machine. You could play this game using only this rule and get drunk after one well-chosen episode.
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• Pseudo-celebrity sighting. Take two drinks for anyone for which this show was probably the height of their careers. Two drinks for kids that later appeared on Degrassi. Some examples: Bobcat Goldthwait (The Tale of the Final Wish), Melissa Joan Hart (The Tale of the Frozen Ghost), Neve Campbell (The Tale of the Dangerous Soup), Ryan Gosling (The Tale of Station 109.1), Tia and Tamera Mowry (The Tale of the Chameleons), Elisha Cuthbert (The Tale of the Night Shift), Hayden Christensen (The Tale of Bigfoot Ridge), Tara Lipinski (The Tale of the Lunar Locusts).
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• Parenting mishaps. For all the kids left home alone, parents who don\u2019t question odd behavior, and anything that remains questionable.
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• Prepubescent hijinks. Usually found in the first five minutes of the episode before things get weird. Any sort of prank you would expect from your sixth-grade brother.
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• Awkward moment between lovers. Drink twice for any implied sexual tension between parents, siblings, ghosts and the living, etc. Believe me, it\u2019s there.
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• Sardo or Dr. Vink. Drink twice any time Sardo says \u201cNo mister, accent on the \u2018do\u2019\u201d which is almost always. When Dr. Vink is on screen, you must precede all drinks with \u201cDrink to Vink!\u201d otherwise drink twice.
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• Audible Canadian accent. Aboot to the max.
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• First appearance of villain. Integral to the plot. Drink.
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• Bad 90\u2019s haircut. Drink twice if you had a similar haircut growing up.
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• Inappropriate emotional response. Far too often do these kids see killers or ghosts and respond as if they\u2019ve recently had a frontal lobotomy.
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• Cut to the campfire. In the middle of the story. Total buzzkill.
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• Life lesson or obvious moral. Because Nickelodeon is a learning channel.
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In my researching for a cocktail, I have discovered a book all of you 90s kids might want to check out, its called Are You Afraid of the Dark Rum? And Other Cocktails for 90s Kids by Sam Slaughter. The books says is is a cocktail book with recipes for re-creating adult versions of your favorite 90s childhood drinks as well as original craft cocktails....and includes drinks like The Fresh Mint of Bel-Air, Mambo No. 5, The Slammer, and The Rossi and Rachel.