In honor of Zack Galifianakis’ masterful performance in The Hangover (which is one of the most hilarious movies I have seen in some time), I present you with the Kansas City drunk test in its infancy. Do go see The Hangover, don’t drink and drive.
Life Archive | Drunk Test c.1941
Bob
on Jun 10th, 2009
@ 2:58 PM:
Cool: the Life magazine archives
Uncool: posting nothing but Life magazine archives
Michael Williams
on Jun 10th, 2009
@ 3:03 PM:
Dear Bob,
Does this mean we aren’t friends anymore?
ACL
JP
on Jun 10th, 2009
@ 3:13 PM:
Thank God I’ve been spared this experience…
INVISIBLE AGENT
on Jun 10th, 2009
@ 3:42 PM:
Looks like these fine gents can’t handle their Miller High Life.
I.A.
Nathaniel Richards
on Jun 10th, 2009
@ 7:47 PM:
I just wanted to stick up for the Life archives. Ok, ya there have been quite a few posted, but other than the words at the top they are extremely varied subjects. I enjoy the glimpse into bygone eras. I enjoy ACL because of the different perspective it brings to me daily and these photos depict style, mysterious and focus that is lacking pretty much everywhere. They remind me of a time when people worked hard and took pride in themselves and their community, and inspire me to bring these values to my own life. I do like weird japanese shit too.
Nathaniel Richards
on Jun 10th, 2009
@ 7:48 PM:
sorry, meant “mystery” not “mysterious”, just got off work!
Nick Maggio
on Jun 10th, 2009
@ 7:50 PM:
ACL-
What, you mean ACL isn’t your full-time job? You mean you don’t stay up all night thinking of amazing posts for Bob to look at? Shame on you ACL.
- Nick
pitboss12
on Jun 10th, 2009
@ 8:37 PM:
I don’t mind ACL’s Life archive postings because he finds the good stuff most of the time.
Do go see The Hangover.
A Focused Imagination
on Jun 10th, 2009
@ 10:29 PM:
I would love to know the backstory for this guy’s night. Also I wonder if the photographer actually hung around the police station waiting for a drunk, or if it was staged…
veronika
on Jun 11th, 2009
@ 12:43 AM:
Tequila!!!!!!!!!!!!
robbie
on Jun 11th, 2009
@ 1:07 AM:
I can guarantee that it was staged, or atleast that the police station knew the photographer was going to be there et cetera.
Anyhow…
I have a friend who has passed the field sobriety tests drunk, and got a DWI when he’d had like A beer.
It was a sad day for his record, but I chuckled upon hearing the story.
Russell Sprouts
on Jun 11th, 2009
@ 9:28 AM:
Take it from Mr. Sprouts kids. If you end up driving home after that bottle of Carlo Rossi, proper attire is a must. Wet undershorts and a sombrero will not cut it. “The Man” will take notice.
ben
on Jun 11th, 2009
@ 1:15 PM:
if only playing solitaire was still part of the drunk test
Memphis88
on Jun 11th, 2009
@ 3:32 PM:
I’ve been waiting for Zack Galifianakis to have a role like the one in The Hangover. He was the best thing about a movie that would have been hilarious even if he hadn’t been in it.
doane
on Jun 12th, 2009
@ 10:02 AM:
Whatever happened to the “leather belt/sash” that old school cops would wear?
jana
on Jun 12th, 2009
@ 4:18 PM:
that movie was side splittingly funny. at one point, it hurt to laugh that much and it felt less like laughter, more like…seizure? the best thing was the comedic tension between zach galifianakis and ed helms. very different styles, but both hilarious in their own way.
your uncle Dudley
on Jun 17th, 2009
@ 2:38 PM:
Why do you say “Kansas City drunk test”? Was it developed there, or just photographed there?