(A clip of the cheesy lightning effect is shown.) In this particular town, we come across a girl who sees a rather unusual sight. NC (voiceover): Yeah, our story takes place in Maine, where everybody has a checkered past, bullies make up most of the population, and cheesy lightning effects reign supreme. NC (voiceover): First of all, take a shot if your Stephen King story takes place in Maine. NC: (holds up his whiskey bottle) There’s a lot of movie to watch, and a lot of booze to drink, so let’s take a look. But what really surprises me is how many people say they're actually AFRAID of this movie, and that’s why I've invented this drinking game to calm your nerves. NC (voiceover): Based on the Stephen King book of the same name, It is another one of those films that loves to succumb to the melodramatic clichés that always seems to make it into every one of his stories. (The title screen appears, and footage of It is played.) NC: And one of the best ways to see his continuing patterns is to look at the ass-numbingly long TV miniseries It. He creates some great characters, and fortunately, you get to see them over and over and over again!

He has wonderful setups but disappointing payoffs. His prose are great, but his stories are crap. (A title card with the words “The Stephen King Drinking Game!” and Stephen King’s head appears over stock footage of an audience applauding a montage of Stephen King and photos from movie adaptations of his literary works appear.) NC: …I figure we will play a little game, simply known as “The Stephen King Drinking Game!” (A clip from It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! where a chainsaw killer cuts off Linus and Lucy’s heads and the title “Nostalgia-Ween!” appears.) And seeing how we are still in the month of Nostalgiaween…

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