Talk:Sam Axe

Edited out the 'alcoholic' part. Bruce Campbell has said he doesn't see the character as an alcoholic in an interview with NPR, and while a constant drinker, Sam is never shown as drunk. More than likely he takes his time in between drinks for the alcohol to be absorbed, which of course isn't shown in the show. -Anonymous

In the show Sam initially describes himself as a social drinker who likes to keep a mild buzz on as much as possible. That implies that Sam is in fact drunk, just a controlled one, rather than a complete fall down drunk. The early Sam buzz is about celebrating retirement but also possibly also covering being mildly depressed about retirement. Sam most likely does carefully space his drinks, as Sam mentions several times to Micheal that he likes a buzz but can always defend himself. On the other hand, Sam indicates that he is drunk enough that he is careful about not getting caught driving "within walking distance" or "you drive".

Micheal Westin also called Sam a washed up drunk several times in the first couple seasons. Although there were apologies it was more for implying Sam was not a good friend and was unable to perform. However, as the seasons pass, Sam does less and less drinking to keep a buzz on...probably because Micheal has more or less brought him out of retirement. Currently Sam's drinking seems to have dropped to simple relaxation short of a real buzz or as part of cover.65.26.139.168 (talk) 04:36, 12 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'll rewrite this section to avoid copyright infringement.

As for the image, I'm not sure I understand why it's against copyright rules. Aren't images on the USA Network site free to all as promotional images? Ytoabn 16:07, 16 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia only uses images that are released with no restrictions on usage. ~Cr∞nium 16:23, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That is to say it is NOT against copyright rules to use the USA pictures in Wikipedia. But Wikipedia desires to keep everything completely "strings free" so that stuff copied off of Wikipedia can never involve Wikipedia in lawsuits due to improper usage by a 3rd party. Also Wikipedia leans heavily toward "open source" activism, but the legal side only. That is USA pictures do have some restrictions including that they can not ever be sold. Pictures with no restrictions can be sold to idiots foolish enough to pay without legal impact.65.26.139.168 (talk) 04:15, 12 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]