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Season 1 – Drunk History

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The passage of time often has a way of rewriting history. So does a few drinks. The half-hour series "Drunk History" -- based on the award-winning web series -- shows how by re-enacting famous events in history as told by inebriated storytellers. Each episode takes a tour of a U.S. city to explore stories and people from its rich past. Those stories are related in often-confusing ways by drunken narrators and performed by an all-star cast that includes Jack Black, Lisa Bonet, Connie Britton, Michael Cera, Bill Hader, Kevin Nealon, Bob Odenkirk and Winona Ryder. Figures such as Teddy Roosevelt, Patty Hearst, Billy the Kid, Al Capone, and Lewis and Clark are profiled, as are seminal moments like the Battle of the Alamo, Watergate, and the Scopes Monkey Trial.
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Drunk History — Season 1

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Critics Consensus

Drunk History's boozy lectures wear out their welcome fast and the bevy of comedic talent is wasted on cheesy pantomimes, but audiences who enjoy a fresh spin on historical retellings may want to take a swig.

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Eric Thurm AV Club 04/29/2019
For all of Wild West that is successful, Drunk History still has a ways to go if it wants to be more than a longer, glorified version of the web series. Go to Full Review Steve Heisler AV Club 04/29/2019
As much as a web series can have laurels, Comedy Central's version rests on them. And even though the formula behind the show is relatively foolproof, in the Biggie-sized version, the surprises are fewer and further between. Go to Full Review Allison Keene Collider 04/29/2019
Drunk History isn't on the same level as Horrible Histories (Comedy Central is not the BBC, after all), but it does provide a fine half-hour of entertainment, both for viewers and, quite clearly, the performers. Go to Full Review Kathryn Reklis The Christian Century 03/24/2023
I’m amazed that someone remembers Mary Dyer’s story well enough to tell it while drinking a couple of bottles of wine. Go to Full Review Nathan Mattise Ars Technica 07/28/2021
Our decade retrospective uses a pretty formal definition of "TV." But if there's anything the 2010s have taught us, it's that rigid old standards of what encompasses a TV show no longer apply. Go to Full Review Evan Sawdey PopMatters 04/29/2019
7/10
While the stories and reenactments are a great sight to behold, it's clear that the cast and crew have a lot of fun making this show. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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01/23/2021 It has its moments, but for the most part Drunk History S1 is an unenjoyable and unfunny experience. See more 09/03/2015 Best half hour show ever. Funny and informative. See more 09/01/2015 If your not from the USA you don't get it, so its crap. See more Read all reviews
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Jeremy Konner

Creator

Derek Waters

Creator

Derek Waters

Host

Winona Ryder

Guest Star

Bob Odenkirk

Guest Star

Jason Schwartzman

Guest Star

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Jul 9, 2013 Washington, D.C. Woodward and Bernstein blow open the Watergate scandal; actors/brothers Edwin and John Wilkes Booth engage in a tragic feud; Elvis crashes the White House to meet Nixon. Details Episode 2 Aired Jul 16, 2013 Chicago Al Capone gets destroyed by an unlikely enemy; prairie lawyer Abraham Lincoln gets a huge break; the police go to war with protestors during the Haymarket Riot. Details Episode 3 Aired Jul 23, 2013 Atlanta John Pemberton invents Coca-Cola from wine and cocaine; the FBI tries to take down Martin Luther King Jr.; Stetson Kennedy infiltrates the Ku Klux Klan. Details Episode 4 Aired Jul 30, 2013 Boston Mary Dyer wages war with the Puritan establishment; two cunning thieves pull off a $500 million art heist; the most notorious arsonist in New England history is revealed. Details Episode 5 Aired Aug 6, 2013 San Francisco Patty Hearst gets kidnapped and brainwashed; Mark Twain flees the city in fear and finds his unlikely first hit story. Details Episode 6 Aired Aug 13, 2013 Detroit Ralph Nader goes to war with General Motors; Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle go from best friends to bitter rivals. Details Episode 7 Aired Aug 20, 2013 Nashville Lewis and Clark explore the dangerous west; Dolly Parton has to leave the man who made her famous. Details Episode 8 Aired Aug 27, 2013 Wild West Fighting goes on until the bitter end at the Alamo; Billy the Kid goes on the run to avoid lawman Pat Garrett. Details

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Drunk History — Season 1

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Season Info

Director
Jeremy Konner
Creator
Jeremy Konner, Derek Waters
Executive Producer
Owen Burke, Will Ferrell, Jeremy Konner, Adam McKay, Derek Waters
Network
Comedy Central
Rating
TV-14 (L)
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date
Jul 9, 2013