It'll be a somewhat long description...
It's played in 3 stages.
Before starting, everyone writes down the names of 5 celebrities/famous characters, each on a piece of paper. The names have to be pretty well known. Each piece of paper is folded and put in a container of some sort... hat, basket.
So... Round 1... you pull out a name, and you can use any word or expression or gesture or sound to describe the person/character you got, except you can't say the name or give out letters in the name. The hat/basket/whatever should go around 5 times... or however many names everyone wrote. When all the papers are done, you re-fold them and put them in the basket.
Round 2... You take a name out of the basket, and you can only say 1 word, and any gesture/sound you want to get people to guess your person. (this is where is starts getting fun - especially if people have given intersting descriptions in part 1). When all done, you put the names back in the basket.
Round 3... This time, you are only allowed to make gestures/sounds, no words.
It might not sound that fun in writing, but with a group of people drinking, the gestures can be quite surprising and funny.
One suggestion: you will be tempted to play it twice in a row... do not do it. It's NOT that fun the second time around.
Happy, smile! Sad, frown! Use the corresponding face with the corresponding emotion! - Kate (Meg Ryan), French Kiss