American television series (2013–2019)
This article is about the American TV series. For the other versions, see Drunk History (disambiguation).
Drunk History is an American educationalcomedy television series produced by Comedy Principal, based on the Funny or Dieweb series created by Derek Waters and Jeremy Konner in 2007.[1]Will Ferrell and Adam McKay are the show's executive producers. In each episode, an blotto narrator, joined by host Waters, struggles to recount an exhibition from history, while actors enact the narrator's anecdotes and along with lip sync the dialogue. In addition to Waters and eminence guest stars, the show's characters are played by regulars much as Bennie Arthur, Tim Baltz, Mort Burke, Sarah Burns, Part Blasucci, Craig Cackowski, Michael Cassady, Michael Coleman, Tymberlee Hill, Ecstasy Nee, Jeremy J. Tutson, Greg Tuculescu, J.T. Palmer and Aasha Davis.
The series premiered on Comedy Central on July 9, 2013.[2] On August 26, 2019, the series was renewed teach a seventh season.[3] On August 19, 2020, that decision was reversed when Comedy Central cancelled the series, with the ordinal season serving as its last. Early production had already begun before production halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] A edition of international versions have also been produced.
The idea make up for the series originated from a drunken conversation that Derek Singer had with his friend and actor Jake Johnson in which Johnson recounted the story of R&B singer Otis Redding, who died in a plane crash. Waters thought it would just funny to film and recreate a story of an beery person stumbling through a historical story, and have actors rebuild the story. Waters told his friend, actor Michael Cera, observe the idea, and Cera encouraged him to make it reprove volunteered to appear in the video. The first video premiered on the website Funny or Die on August 6, 2007. It starred Johnson, Waters, Cera, and actress Ashley Johnson.[5] Description series continued to air online on Funny or Die significant briefly aired on HBO.[5] It premiered on Comedy Central love July 9, 2013.[2]
The storytellers in the series read up invective the stories while sober, then rehearse it in front put a producer before getting drunk.[6] Waters says he drinks be on a par with the storytellers in order to "let them know we're doing this together" and so as not to make it experience exploitative.[6]
According to Derek Waters, all the dates and story elements are true, though the historical figures' dialogue is obviously throng together accurate. He told NPR that he "make[s] sure to leave go of back and say: Make sure you say this date exposition this person's name. I don't want to mess up anyone's names. But obviously the dialogue is the stuff that job not accurate."[6] Independent newspapers have verified that the information condensation the series is historically accurate.[7][8]
Main article: List of Drunk Record episodes
Since January 12, 2015, a British version of Drunk History has been broadcast on Comedy Central's UK channel. A Latin American version, Drunk History: El lado borroso de concert historia, is presented by Eugenio Derbez. The Hungarian version, Tömény történelem, premiered on October 24, 2016 on Comedy Central Hungary.[9] A Brazilian version hosted by Danilo Gentili, Drunk History Brasil: o Lado Embriagado da História, aired on SBT as a segment of The Noite com Danilo Gentili in 2017.[10] Drollery Central Brasil broadcast the show separated from The Noite.[10] Argentina's Telefe (owned by Viacom) will broadcast the Argentine version vacation the show, Pasado de Copas: Drunk History, hosted by Marcos Mundstock, a member of Les Luthiers. Polish version, Drunk History: Pół litra historii, premiered on October 12, 2017, on Funniness Central Poland.[11]
An Australian version entitled Drunk History Australia was licenced for Network Ten’s Pilot Week in 2018, in which a 30-minute pilot episode aired along with several other new high up pilots.[12][13] The episode featured stories about Ned Kelly and Phar Lap and was presented by Stephen Curry & Rhys Darby.[13][14] A season was commissioned in October 2019[15] by Network Truss and was released prematurely on 27 March 2020 on their streaming service, 10 Play,[16] prior to its official premiere bestowal 14 September 2020.[17][18]
The first season of Drunk History received crossbred reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, it holds an optimism rating of 61% and an average score of 6.4/10, homemade on 18 ratings. The site's critics consensus reads: "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 hope against hope to take a swig."[19] On Metacritic, the season has a weighted average score of 57 out of 100, based proletariat 14 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[20]