The Chicago Hope Drinking Game was compiled by Beverly Blackwell (BevSouth@aol.com) from numerous entries submitted by fellow fans on the Chicago Hope mailing list, the Usenet newsgroup, AOL TV Gossip Board and AOL chat lines, including:

• PhantMPnts
• DinnyR
• SheriHen
• ShikagoHOP
• JenLCB
• Yvonne473
• JackJMH
• RKTeach
• MFLloyd
• LesleyG456
• Anna1138
• MaraEL

THIS IS A GAME. Actually, this is an exhibition, not a competition. If you are drinking alcoholic beverages, do not drive, wash dishes, or perform experimental surgery. And please, as always, no wagering.

HOW TO PLAY: You and your fellow Toads (or anyone else in sight) should meet in front of a TV (be sure to turn it on), with your drinks (alcoholic or not) within easy reach. While watching Chicago Hope, when any of the following events occurs, drink as much or as little as set out in the following instructions (those of us who don't drink alcohol may substitute any other liquid beverage, as long as it eventually results in some type of physical discomfort). If you have any question as to whether or not to drink, or how much to drink, in any given circumstance, always err on the side of drinking. After all, too much is just about right.

Take a sip when ....

• Anyone mentions the word "hope"
• Birch says, "This is not respect"
• Grad sways all opinions in IRB meeting
• Shutt gives Nyland a dirty look
• Birch holds a press conference
• Birch observes surgery with relative of patient
• Birch sings to his daughter
• Geiger sings in the OR
• Geiger rips off his surgical mask
• Infante uses a leech
• Birch writes a memo that everyone ignores
• Judge Aldrich orders Birch to say "I am a toad"
• Judge Aldrich mentions a bodily function
• Anyone mentions malpractice
• Saunders tries to hasten a terminal patient's death
• Kronk offers to punch somebody
• Nyland and Atkisson make out anywhere in the hospital
• Kadalski sings "High Hopes" (Note: special rule, 2 sips -- 1 for Kadalski, 1 for "hope")
• Atkisson holds a body part (severed or attached)
• Life-saving surgery by Geiger/Shutt/Kronk (either one or any combination) is necessary
• Geiger alienates any new member of the staff in under 20 seconds
• Birch says "I'm in charge"
• Any staff member uses coarse humor in a public area
• Laurie goes nuts and has to be restrained

• Watters uses his "Catholic objections" to any proposed medical treatment
• Shutt rips off his surgical mask
• Infante uses a leech
• Judge Aldrich orders Birch to say "I am a toad"
• Birch says "Yeah" (Note: special rule, 1 gulp per "yeah")
• Shutt sniffs somebody trying to smell sex
• Kronk removes foreign object from patient's stomach
• Shutt and Watters nearly hit each other
• Nyland and Atkisson "do it" anywhere in the hospital
• Shutt has to remove a bullet from somebody's brain
• Birch says, "Your lips do not move"
• Geiger sings anything from one of Mandy Patinkin's CDS
• Birch has baby puke on his shoulder
• Thurmond says, "That's a trick question"
• Birch writes a memo that everyone ignores AND uses for toilet paper
• Nyland kisses and/or sleeps with a wacko
• Laurie apologizes for being a wacko
• Thurmond operates on a vegetable or a piece of fruit

• Birch sings in the men's room
• Infante drops a leech on the floor and someone steps on it
• Camille finishes a sentence
• Watters euthanizes a patient
• Birch calls Judge Aldrich "The Honorable Justice Toad"
• Kronk gets punched
• Anyone dons a face shield in the ER
• Geiger swallows any item of jewelry
• Geiger bites anyone's finger
• Infante kisses Geiger
• Anybody other than Geiger sings something from one of Mandy Patinkin's CDS
• Birch wants to take a photo of baby puke on his shoulder
• Shutt has to remove exploding bullets from any single patient
• Angela embezzles money from Shutt (even on paper)
• Kronk removes a chess piece from a patient's stomach
• Kronk removes a hairball from a patient's stomach
• Any character from any other TV series shows up, in character
• Birch is held hostage by a terrorist or terrorist wannabee
• Geiger paces in his boxer shorts
• Any patient milks his or her tumors
• The music in the operating room matches the procedure being performed
• A patient whose leg has been amputated tries to fight any medical personnel while hopping around on one leg
• Camille dresses up like any fictional movie character to help a wacko
• Grad implements a radical treatment behind Watters' back
• Angela gets it on with anyone in a medical testing environment
• Kadalski tells anyone that he "sounds hostile"
• Gilbert Weeks goes wacko when anyone talks about the 1986 World Series

• Blood spurts into anyone's mouth
• Geiger sings at Russos
• A horse trots into a patient's room
• Thurmond bites Geiger's finger
• Anyone comes to the trauma center brandishing a firearm
• Kronk sings anything
• Thurmond admits to being attracted to a gelding nurse
• Any patient has a spike in his head
• The spider dies of melanoma
• Birch sings "Ten Thousand Men of Harvard" to anyone other than his daughter
• Saunders shows compassion for anyone or anything
• Any heart whatsoever is drop-kicked across the OR floor
• A patient has an erection that won't go away
• The intimate friend of any doctor turns out to be transsexual, transvestite or asexual
• Geiger paces in his boxer shorts anywhere but in his office or at his home
• You can figure out if the music in the operating room matches the procedure being performed (since you are already beyond hope anyway)
• Anyone dies while getting it on with Angela in a medical testing environment
• Infante performs plastic surgery on a dead person