The hosts get their kicks by smashing candy valentine hearts to tiny bits with a big hammer, then stuffing them in the invitation envelopes with the shredded Valentine’s Day cards.

The naked guy in the kitchen.

Darryl’s first attempt to make black Jell-O shots got people blitzed out of their fucking minds. He wisely allowed seven years to lapse before trying again (successfully) in 2002.

Marc and Aimee’s first and last attempt to make black trail mix generated a large bowl of chopped figs, prunes, chocolate chips, sunflower seeds, and raisins, which promptly coagulated into a ten pound slab of sticky inedible sludge.

Five drunk guys offered to move all the furniture out of the living room, take off their shirts, lay on the floor, and spin around on each other’s stomachs in what they described as a religious experience.

The Black Party curse was lifted when Gigi met Dan at the party and started a successful long-term relationship culminating in their marriage in May 2000. Since then every party has seen the beginning of at least one long-term relationship, and about fifty times that many one-night stands.