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Gentlemen, Start Your Tabs: Wert On CNBC This Afternoon Talking SUV Taxes

Matt Hardigree — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:30:00 EDT

Yet another round of the official car pundit drinking game today at 2:20 pm (EST) as our very own Wert wrestles with the topic of taxing them big-ass sport utility vehicles on CNBC. While it may not be as much fun as what Siler is wrestling with, we get to watch the destruction live. Do you think taxing SUVs is the way to go? Is it blasphemy? Start the debate below.

Official Car Pundit Drinking Game: Is The UAW Relevant?

Ray Wert — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:15:00 EDT

We mean, they did shut down a Fortune 500 company for two-and-a-half days so I'd probably have to say at the moment they are. Be that as it may, I'll be on CNBC's "On The Money" at 7:00 PM EST tonight answering that question among other laborgasmic issues in the wake of the end of the multi-day strike of General Motors and the landmark labor agreement — so turn it on to hear the answer. Or turn it on just to watch Melissa Francis. Either way we'll bet the CNBC folks will be happy. Oh, and before we forget — drop us some new rules in the only Official Car Pundit Drinking Game in the comments below. And as always, if you're confused about what's going on — hit up here for the answers.

How Many Drinks Was That? GM-UAW Strike Edition

Ray Wert — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:00:00 EDT

Well, folks — it looks like the usual guy who writes this on strike again today too, so it's up to me to talk about myself. Fine. I guess I can handle that. Here goes:

I talked about the UAW and GM and stuff.

OK, that sucked — anyway, I did my job and now it's time for you to answer the real question — how many drinks was that?

Official Car Pundit Drinking Game: The Strike Can Totally Happen Edition

Ray Wert — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:06:38 EDT

It turns out the folks who normally do this post for me while I'm getting primped and my hair put in curlers when I've got a TV appearance apparently belong to one of the UAW locals who've gone on strike. Thus, I'm forced today to write this myself. I'll be on CNBC tonight at the top of the 7:00 EST hour to go On The Money with Melissa Francis on today's big news story. No, not Halo 3. The other big news story — the UAW strike against General Motors. And it looks like if the above name drop from CNBC's any indication, maybe Melissa will finally agree that a strike's a possibility. Not like I'll be saying "I told you so." Now, while I rush to figure out how to put on an IFB device on my own, you can get off the picket line and do your job — come up with some rules to tonight's drinking game. As always, if you're confused — please take a look through our past drinking rounds.

How Many Drinks Was That? Invisible Drinking Game And GM Earnings Edition

Ray Wert — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:45:00 EDT

We didn't have time to run an official drinking game last night, but our senior editor from Detroit was on CNBC last night talking GM earnings. So help us out and tell us how many drinks it would have been if we'd been playing with the rest of our rules.

How Many Drinks Was That? Exploding Street Edition

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:30:00 EDT

We've got to admit Wert looks much more poised than we thought he'd look after his encounter with the exploding streets of Manhattan. The man still has a job to do — talking Chrysler and taking Colbert Report guest Tyson Slocum down a notch or two — although he should have reminded him we've still got Colbert on our own "notice" list. But now it's time for you to do your job and help us answer the question: How many drinks was that?

Drinking Caps On: Tonight We're Drinking A Mug Of CAFE

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:00:00 EDT

Our senior editor from Detroit's been called into service yet again to have a pundigasm on air on CNBC's On The Money. Tonight he'll be helping answer the question: "Will congress mandating fuel economy standards kill Detroit?" While he figures out how in the name of Exxon he'll answer that by 7:00 PM EST tonight, you can help by coming up with some new rules. As always, if you're confused as to what's going on — take a run through our Official Car Pundit Drinking Game tag. Trust us, it'll all become as clear as a thrice-used beer mug.

Wert Talks Transformers On CNBC

Ray Wert — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:00:00 EDT

Wert had his chance to spend some time on national tee-vee (so what if it's basic cable — national is still national, right?) talking Transformers. Now it's your turn to help us figure out the most important question since "Should I give the matrix to Ultra Magnus?" Yup, how many drinks was that?

Related:
Our Official Car Pundit Drinking Game coverage; our Transformers coverage [internal]

Don The Drinking Hats For A Transformers-Based Robogasm!

Ray Wert — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:15:00 EDT

Our intrepid senior editor from Detroit's been called into service to talk robots in disguise tonight at around 7:30 PM EST on CNBC's "On The Money." Apparently he's become quite the talker on Transformers of late — so if you can't catch him tonight, feel free to read all about his predilection for car-robots in USA Today from the other day. That article was of course, a reprint of the article that hit the Freep not more than two days prior. But while he's off getting powdered up, it's our turn to make up some new drinking rules. So get your caps on and drop some new rules in the comments below. If you're at all lost — feel free to start here to clear up any confusion.

Related:
All our Transformers and Official Car Pundit Drinking Game coverage [internal]

The Official Car Pundit Drinking Game: Yeah, That Hybrid's Got A Hemi!

Ray Wert — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:45:00 EDT

Well, it looks like our senior editor from the D is taking is show to the boob tube this evening where he'll be talking about the Chrysler Group's new Hemi hybrids. He'll be On The Money this evening on CNBC at 7:39 EST and while he's powdering his nose, it's time for us to come up with some new drinking game rules. If for any reason you're confused as to what the heck we're talking about with this here drinkin' game — check this out for all the details.

Related:
Chrysler Reveals Dual-Mode Hybrid Dodge Durango And Chrysler Aspen, We Drive; more coverage of the only Official Car Pundit Drinking Game [internal]

How Many Drinks Was That? Wert Responds "Whoa"-lly Inappropriately

Ray Wert — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:00:00 EDT

I don't want to spend too much time being self-referential, but here's what I should have said last night instead of "Whoa!" Oh, if only I'd been able to channel my inner Dan Aykroyd, then I'd have had both more wit and less — umm — eye gyrations. – Ray Wert

Big 3 Automakers And Labor: How Will Talks Play Out? [CNBC]; Saturday Night Live [NBC]

Related:
Official Car Pundit Drinking Game coverage [internal]

How Many Drinks Was That? Whoa, Wert...Whoa

Ray Wert — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:30:00 EDT

Wert was On The Money last night, arguing whether union negotiations can "Save Detroit" with "Hey" Micki Maynard, Detroit Bureau chief of the New York Times and author of "The End Of Detroit." At some point in the convo (maybe at exactly 01:42 left), we're not sure how it happened or even why, but for some strange reason our senior editor from the D decided things just needed to slow down for a minute. Then, just like "Whoa," things did just that. Maybe he was merely trying to figure out what next to say? We guess we'll just never know what that may have been. Now all we need to do is determine just how many drinks was this round of the only Official Car Pundit Drinking Game.

Official Car Pundit Drinking Game: The Union Between Automaker And The Guys Who Make Autos

Ray Wert — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:30:00 EDT

Well kids — it's once again time to don the thinking caps before the drinking caps. Our senior editor from the city that ~~never sleeps~~ barely has a pulse will be heading down to WDIV tonight at ~~7:00 PM~~ 7:30 PM to catch the satellite waves to Jersey. That's right, he'll be on CNBC's On The Money and he'll be talking about unions and labor negotiations — and "whether or not they can save Detroit automakers." And that means it's time for another round of the only Official Car Pundit Drinking Game — and so it's time for some new rules. As always, if you're confused, feel free to head here to get the full story.

UPDATE: We've just heard that the other player in the drinking game this evening is none other than Micki Maynard — le bureau chief de Detroit of the paper that's all about the news as long as it's fit to print. Take a shot if she mentions there's two signatures on each contract.

Related:
The Official Car Pundit Drinking Game [internal]

How Many Drinks Was That: Wert Has A Transformers-Induced Robogasm On CNBC's "On The Money"

Ray Wert — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 14:45:00 EDT

Some say he could probably be temporarily dubbed the Gawker Media "Transformers Editor," others say he's a fan-boy with a penchant for a robogasm. All we know is our suddenly tieless senior editor from Detroit was talking the business of robots in disguise last night on CNBC's On The Money. So let's add them up folks, how many drinks was that?

Official Car Pundit Drinking Game: Wert To Have Robogasm On CNBC?

Ray Wert — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:00:00 EDT

That's right, Wert stopped by some affiliate station in the city of Toledo on his way down to cover the Dreamy festivities it's time for another episode of the only official car pundit drinking game in the known universe. Our senior editor from the D will be talking On The Money about the business behind the Transformers movie ~~live~~ taped tonight at 7:00 PM EST on CNBC. But now it's your turn to come up with the rest of the rules in the comments below. If you're in any way lost, feel free to check out our full drinking game coverage. Oh, and we'll just say it now — down a fifth if he even mentions "robogasm."

Related:
All our Official Car Pundit Drinking Game coverage

How Many Drinks Was That: Wert Gabs About Chrysler

Ray Wert — Tue, 15 May 2007 14:00:00 EDT

The only question we've got for Wert is: Fake bake much there? The only question we've got for you is: How many drinks was that?

On The Money [CNBC.com]

Related:
All of our Official Car Pundit Drinking Game coverage [internal]

Saying Goodbye To The German-American Hybrid

Ray Wert — Mon, 14 May 2007 17:15:00 EDT

With word today the Chrysler Group would no longer continue to be the 'merican side of the German-American hybrid, the folks who always have money on the mind have asked Wert to reprise his role as talking head this evening. In addition to the topic, the time's 7:20 PM EST, the place as always is CNBC's On The Money. Your job? That's simple — come up with some new rules for the only Official Car Pundit Drinking Game in all of the known universe. As a bonus, let's also come up with some new nicknames for the automaker formerly known as the 'merican side of the German-American hybrid.

On The Money [CNBC.com]

Related:
All of our Official Car Pundit Drinking Game coverage [internal]

How Many Drinks Was That? Wert Was Close Enough To Touch Melissa Francis

Ray Wert — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:05:10 EDT

Immediately after coming off the air last night we got the low-down from Wert on his first in-studio on-air antics with the marvelous Melissa "Money Bunny" Francis. Here's what he had to say, you know, like a "behind-the-scenes" kind of thing:

1.) Melissa is VERY hot.
2.) Melissa is A LOT shorter than I am.
3.) The cameras move around like little robots.
4.) "On The Money" main-man Bill McCandless rides around on a "Cruzin Cooler Motorized Scooter."
5.) Did I mention Melissa is VERY hot.
6.) Hot women make me fumble punchlines and close my eyes to think so as not to fumble lines having nothing to do with 'punch.'
6.) The production staff moves VERY fast and they're VERY competent. They'd probably make good bloggers.
7.) If the DaimlerChrysler board of directors approves this Tracinda proposal, I'll eat my hat. Or I would if I wore one.
8.) There's something else I'll save for Monday — an addition to the drinking game that may involve a prize.

Now that we've got that debrief, and before the holiday weekend begins, let's answer the more important question — how many drinks was that?

On The Money [CNBC.com]

The Official Car Pundit Drinking Game: Is The UAW In Bed With Kirk Kerkorian?

Ray Wert — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:33:22 EDT

We're willing to forgive CNBC's Phil LeBeau for not including a link to the Jalop on his blog yet over at their newly-revamped website for the financial news network, but only because he totally gets us the scoops. Like this little Chrysler Group sales speculation:

CNBC has learned people friendly with Tracinda Corp. have had cursory discussions with the UAW regarding a possible purchase of Chrysler.
Tracinda feels there's genuine interest among the leadership of the UAW about taking an equity stake in Chrysler.

Must be why they've gone and asked our Senior Editor from D-town to take some time away from his duties here at the Javits center covering the New York Auto Show to head out to CNBC to pundificate live in the studio on the recent KirkKerkasmic news on the 'merican side of the German-American hybrid. So while he's ~~trying not to vomit~~ primping and powdering for his 7:00 PM EST appearance on "On The Money," we'll be busy here putting together tonight's Auto Show episode rules for the game. As always, if you're confused, check out the full history of the Official Car Pundit Drinking Game. Because, you know, you can play along at home and stuff.

On The Money [CNBC.com]

How Many Drinks Was That? Jalopnik Editor Jaws On The Cost Of The EPA Huffing Tailpipes

Ray Wert — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 12:24:48 EDT

Wert was totally adorable last night while busting out some hard core facial expressions "On The Money" last night on CNBC. We've got the video above, so take a look and answer for us the golden question of the only Official Car Pundit Drinking Game — how many drinks was that?

On The Money [CNBC]