Drunk History
6.2/10
Comedy Central Ended Comedy • History
6 Seasons · 70 Episodes · Premiered July 9, 2013 · Ended August 6, 2019
Based on the popular web series, Drunk History is the liquored-up narration of our nation's history. Host Derek Waters, along with an ever-changing cast of actors and comedians, travels across the country to present the rich tales that every city in this land has to offer. Booze helps bring out the truth. It's just that sometimes the truth is a little incoherent.
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
8 episodes
E01
Washington D.C.
Wed, Jul 10 2013 2:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
A series that spoofs the past with inebriated reenactors begins with journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein exposing the Watergate scandal; a feud between actor brothers Edwin and John Wilkes Booth; and Elvis Presley meeting President Nixon at the White House.
E02
Chicago
Wed, Jul 17 2013 2:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Sketches in Chicago include Al Capone being done in by an unlikely adversary; Abraham Lincoln catching a break; and police warring with protesters during the Haymarket Riot of 1886.
E03
Atlanta
Wed, Jul 24 2013 2:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Pharmacist John Pemberton invents a popular soft drink from wine and cocaine; the FBI go after Martin Luther King Jr.; and author Stetson Kennedy infiltrates the Ku Klux Klan in a series of sketches set in Atlanta.
E04
Boston
Wed, Jul 31 2013 2:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Reenactments in Boston include 17th-century colonist Mary Dyer's clashes with the Puritan establishment; a $500 million art heist; and the acts of a notorious arsonist.
E05
San Francisco
Wed, Aug 7 2013 2:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Events in San Francisco include the kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patty Hearst; and Mark Twain finding his calling as a writer.
E06
Detroit
Wed, Aug 14 2013 2:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Reenactments in Detroit include Ralph Nader's feud with General Motors; and a friendship between Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle that deteriorates into a bitter rivalry.
E07
Nashville
Wed, Aug 21 2013 2:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Events in Nashville include Lewis and Clark's dangerous journey; and Dolly Parton saying good-bye to the man who made her famous.
E08
Wild West
Wed, Aug 28 2013 2:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Events in the Season 1 finale include the fight at the Alamo; and Billy the Kid on the run from lawman Pat Garrett.
Season 2
10 episodes
E01
Montgomery
Wed, Jul 2 2014 2:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
The Season 2 premiere features organic chemist Percy Julian; civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin; and boxer Joe Louis.
E02
New York
Wed, Jul 9 2014 2:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Sculptor Fréderic-Auguste Bartholdi designs the Statue of Liberty; Sybil Ludington takes her midnight ride during the American Revolution; Nellie Bly goes undercover in an asylum on Blackwell's Island.
E03
American Music
Wed, Jul 16 2014 2:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Disc jockey Alan Freed plays rock and roll for the first time; Kris Kristofferson gets his big break with some help from Johnny Cash; music producer Sylvia Robinson assembles the Sugarhill Gang.
E04
Baltimore
Wed, Jul 23 2014 2:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Abraham Lincoln tries to stay alive on the way to his inauguration; Francis Scott Key pens "The Star-Spangled Banner"; Edgar Allan Poe clashes with Rufus Griswold.
E05
Charleston
Wed, Jul 30 2014 2:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Charles Sumner is beaten on the Senate floor; Judge J. Waties Waring advocates for civil rights; a slave named Robert Smalls commandeers a Confederate ship and sails it to his freedom.
E06
Hollywood
Wed, Aug 6 2014 2:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane" angers publisher William Randolph Hearst; animator Ub Iwerks helps Walt Disney create Mickey Mouse; Nancy Reagan urges her husband to get into politics.
E07
Hawaii
Wed, Aug 13 2014 2:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
British explorer James Cook socializes with the natives in Hawaii; future senator Daniel Inouye fights in World War II; surfer Eddie Aikau earns a reputation for riding big waves.
E08
Philadelphia
Wed, Aug 20 2014 2:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Baron von Steuben whips Washington's army into shape, longtime friends John Adams and Thomas Jefferson break ties, and Benedict Arnold becomes a British spy.
E09
Sports Heroes
Wed, Aug 27 2014 2:30 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Frances Cleveland uses her public image for good, Edith Wilson acts as president after her husband has a stroke, and Dolley Madison saves American artifacts from destruction.
E10
First Ladies
Wed, Sep 3 2014 2:30 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Frances Cleveland uses her public image for good, Edith Wilson acts as president after her husband has a stroke, and Dolley Madison saves American artifacts from destruction.
Season 3
13 episodes
E01
New Jersey
Wed, Sep 2 2015 2:30 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Paleontologists Othniel Marsh and Edward Cope become rivals, and Penzias & Wilson discover the echo of the Big Bang. Featuring Greg Kinnear, Stephen Merchant, Justin Long, Jason Ritter, Tony Hale and Christopher Meloni.
E02
Miami
Wed, Sep 9 2015 2:30 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Actor Clark Gable joins the Air Force during World War II, Ponce de Leon quarrels with Diego Columbus, and Griselda Blanco takes over the cocaine trade in Miami. Featuring Josh Hartnett, Maya Rudolph, David Koechner and Johnny Knoxville.
E03
New Orleans
Wed, Sep 16 2015 2:30 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Pirate John Lafitte helps Andrew Jackson defeat the British during the War of 1812, Sam Zemurray becomes a banana kingpin, and Louis Armstrong becomes a jazz legend. Featuring Jack McBrayer, Thomas Middleditch, Jason Momoa, Miles Brown and Andre Royo.
E04
Spies
Wed, Sep 23 2015 2:30 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Harriet Tubman provides military intel to the Union Army, Virginia Hall spies in France during World War II and becomes the first woman in the CIA, and Roald Dahl serves as a debonair British spy. Featuring Octavia Spencer, Alia Shawkat and Will Ferrell.
E05
Cleveland
Wed, Sep 30 2015 2:30 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Wayne Wheeler leads the Prohibition charge, Dorothy Fuldheim paves the way for women in journalism, and Muhammad Ali refuses to fight in the Vietnam War.
E06
Games
Wed, Oct 7 2015 2:30 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Board games become popular thanks to Milton Bradley; a pinball ban is overturned with help from Roger Sharpe; Bobby Fischer beats Boris Spassky at chess during the Cold War.
E07
Oklahoma
Wed, Oct 14 2015 2:30 AM GMT+0000
30 min
A land claim in Oklahoma is made by Kentucky Daisy; astronaut Gordon Cooper goes on a space mission; Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves becomes the inspiration for the Lone Ranger.
E08
Journalism
Wed, Oct 21 2015 2:30 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland try to travel around the world in under 80 days, and Thomas Nast's political cartoons lead to the downfall of Tammany Hall leader "Boss" Tweed.
E09
Los Angeles
Wed, Oct 28 2015 2:30 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Vigilantes led by Andres Pico enact street justice; Rin Tin Tin becomes the world's biggest movie star; the construction of the Los Angeles aqueduct brings makes city officials rich.
E10
New Mexico
Wed, Nov 4 2015 3:30 AM GMT+0000
30 min
The Pueblo Indians revolt against the Spanish, Boy Scout founder Ernest Thompson Seton hunts a wolf, and a mysterious crash in Roswell appears to be alien debris.
E11
Inventors
Wed, Nov 11 2015 3:30 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Alexander Graham Bell steals the original design for the telephone from Elisha Gray, and Thomas Edison tries to create a movie-making monopoly.
E12
Las Vegas
Wed, Nov 18 2015 3:30 AM GMT+0000
30 min
J.T. McWilliams forms a community but is muscled out by William Clark; Bugsy Siegel bets his life on the Flamingo Casino; the Moulin Rouge is the first casino to break the color barrier.
E13
Space
Wed, Nov 25 2015 3:30 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Love blossoms between Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan; Russian cosmonauts make the first spacewalk; Wernher von Braun becomes a pioneer in rocket science.
Season 4
10 episodes
E01
Great Escapes
Wed, Sep 28 2016 2:30 AM GMT+0000
30 min
In the Season 4 premiere, LSD guru Timothy Leary breaks out of prison; a sailor attempts a bold rescue from Devil's Island; and a baker remains calm on the Titanic thanks to his whiskey habit.
E02
Legends
Wed, Oct 5 2016 2:30 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Sam Patch becomes America's first daredevil; Marilyn Monroe and Ella Fitzgerald form a lasting friendship; Buster Keaton takes his talents to the big screen.
E03
Bar Fights
Wed, Oct 12 2016 2:30 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Carry A. Nation vandalizes bars; Andrew Jackson gets involved in a shootout; Marsha P. Johnson stands up for LGBT rights.
E04
The Roosevelts
Wed, Oct 19 2016 2:30 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Teddy Roosevelt revolutionizes football; Winston Churchill pays FDR a visit at Christmastime; Eleanor Roosevelt becomes friends with a female Soviet sniper.
E05
Scoundrels
Wed, Oct 26 2016 2:30 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Charles Ponzi hires a publicist to improve his image; Sadie the Goat becomes a notorious Hudson River pirate; a con man poses as a Scottish royal.
E06
Siblings
Wed, Nov 2 2016 2:30 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Katharine Wright helps her brothers build an airplane; the Kopp sisters fight to protect their home; the Fox sisters stoke the spiritualism craze.
E07
Landmarks
Wed, Nov 16 2016 3:30 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Emily Roebling oversees construction of the Brooklyn Bridge; con-man Victor Lustig sells the Eiffel Tower; Shakespeare steals the Globe Theatre.
E08
Food
Wed, Nov 23 2016 3:30 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Mayor La Guardia fights the mob over artichokes; Julia Child meets the love of her life while working as a spy; a molasses flood devastates Boston.
E09
Hamilton
Wed, Nov 30 2016 3:30 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Lin-Manuel Miranda (``Hamilton'') tells the story of Alexander Hamilton, his nemesis Aaron Burr and their infamous duel to the death.
E10
S**t Shows
Wed, Dec 7 2016 3:30 AM GMT+0000
30 min
DJ Steve Dahl sparks an anti-disco riot; the Cherry Sisters emerge as the worst vaudeville act of all time; a rivalry between two actors turns violent.
Season 5
13 episodes
E01
Heroines
Wed, Jan 24 2018 3:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Tiffany Haddish, Evan Rachel Wood, Busy Philipps and Mandy Moore pay tribute to the first woman to fight in the Revolutionary War and receive a pension, a museum curator who saved art from the Nazis and Civil War hero Clara Barton.
E02
Dangerous Minds
Wed, Jan 31 2018 3:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Taran Killam, Jerry O'Connell and Bob Odenkirk explore the lives of Jack Parsons, occultist cofounder of the Jet Propulsion Lab; W.C. Minor, the man who helped write the Oxford English Dictionary; and Rasputin, adviser to Tsar Nicholas II.
E03
Game Changers
Wed, Feb 7 2018 3:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Questlove, Method Man, Raven-Symone and more celebrate the early history of hip hop, the man known for inventing Motown, Berry Gordy, and "Star Trek" actress Nichelle Nichols's incredible activism on and off the TV screen.
E04
Sex
Wed, Feb 14 2018 3:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
A salute to Margaret Sanger's crusade for accessible birth control; the creation of the Kinsey scale; Gloria Steinem's undercover work at The Playboy Club.
E05
Civil Rights
Wed, Feb 21 2018 3:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
British suffragettes learn jiu-jitsu, Gwendolyn Sanders ignites the Birmingham Crusade, and Judy Heumann leads a sit-in for people with disabilities.
E06
Underdogs
Wed, Feb 28 2018 3:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Fred Rogers fights for public television in front of Congress, journalist Ida Tarbell takes on John D. Rockefeller, and Maya Lin designs the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
E07
Drunk Mystery
Wed, Mar 7 2018 3:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Mystery writer Agatha Christie vanishes, a man known as D.B. Cooper successfully hijacks a plane, and a series of anonymous letters haunts the town of Circleville, Ohio.
E08
World War II
Wed, Jun 20 2018 2:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
The Ghost Army helps defeat the Nazis in Operation Plunder, Frank Emi unifies Japanese Americans at internment camps, and Hitler's nephew fights for the U.S.
E09
Heists
Wed, Jun 27 2018 2:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
An Italian handyman steals the "Mona Lisa," the "Santa bandits" rob a bank in Texas, and Mossad agents capture a Nazi general in Argentina
E10
Animals
Wed, Jul 4 2018 2:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
A lawyer defends the lives of rats in court, Henry Bergh establishes the ASPCA, and horse learns to solve math problems.
E11
The Middle Ages
Wed, Jul 11 2018 2:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Joan of Arc leads France to victory, Temujin rises to power in Mongolia, and uber-rich emperor Mansa Musa takes his entourage to Mecca.
E12
Death
Wed, Jul 18 2018 2:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Robert E. Lee's estate becomes a burial ground for Union soldiers, counterfeiters try to kidnap Abraham Lincoln's body, and an embalmed bandit makes his way around the U.S.
E13
Halloween
Wed, Jul 25 2018 2:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
A victim of the Salem witch trials curses the town, one woman changes the way people celebrate Halloween, and Vlad the Impaler inspires the novel "Dracula."
Season 6
16 episodes
E01
Are You Afraid of the Drunk?
Wed, Jan 16 2019 3:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Will Ferrell and Seth Rogen star in this episode about how teenage writer Mary Shelley created her legendary novel, "Frankenstein".
E02
National Parks
Wed, Jan 23 2019 3:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
John Muir convinces Teddy Roosevelt to preserve Yosemite; journalist Marjory Stoneman Douglas fights to protect the Everglades; Native American activists occupy Alcatraz.
E03
Baseball
Wed, Jan 30 2019 3:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Moses Fleetwood Walker faces racism in the 19th-century MLB; the Chicago White Sox are accused of intentionally losing the 1919 World Series; the Callaghan sisters inspire the film "A League of Their Own".
E04
Trailblazers
Wed, Feb 6 2019 3:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Bessie Coleman is America's first black woman pilot; the students of the Little Rock Nine integrate a high school following the Brown v. Board of Education decision.
E05
Love
Wed, Feb 13 2019 3:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
People going to extremes for love, including a student who tunnels beneath the Berlin Wall, Edie Windsor topples the Defense of Marriage Act, and John Wojtowicz robs a bank to pay for his wife's gender reassignment surgery.
E06
Drugs
Wed, Feb 20 2019 3:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
John F. Kennedy's doctor administers him meth for his back pain; Dr. John C. Lilly takes LSD while studying the intelligence of dolphins.
E07
Femme Fatales
Wed, Feb 27 2019 3:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Journalist Maurine Dallas Watkins writes a play about Chicago's infamous Murderesses' Row; Mata Hari goes from exotic dancer to double agent during World War I.
E08
Drunk Mystery II
Wed, Mar 6 2019 3:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Colonial gossip columnist James Callender winds up dead; a Hollywood producer dies on a celebrity-filled yacht; Ken McElroy is murdered after terrorizing a Missouri town.
E09
Believe It or Not
Wed, Jun 19 2019 2:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Larry Walters pilots a balloon-suspended lawn chair; Phineas Gage survives an iron rod to the brain; and the Greenbrier Ghost's testimony is used in court.
E10
Legacies
Wed, Jun 26 2019 2:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Lead Belly records songs with John Lomax that change the face of music; John Lennon and Yoko Ono almost get deported; Sam Cooke writes "A Change Is Gonna Come".
E11
Fame
Wed, Jul 3 2019 2:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Hedy Lamarr designs the first modern airplane wing, Eartha Kitt's activism provokes the ire of Lady Bird Johnson, and Alexis Pulaski's poodle becomes a huge star.
E12
Good Samaritans
Wed, Jul 10 2019 2:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Forest service ranger Ed Pulaski saves 40 men from a forest fire; Ted Patrick rescues teenagers from the psychological grip of the Children of God cult.
E13
Whistleblowers
Wed, Jul 17 2019 2:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Martha Mitchell leaks the Watergate scandal to the press before Deep Throat does; the Citizen's Commission to investigate the FBI stages an epic break-in.
E14
Behind Enemy Lines
Wed, Jul 24 2019 2:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Marina Raskova forms an all-women air force regiment to fight Nazis in World War II; smuggler James J. Andrews hijacks a Confederate train for the Union.
E15
S.O.S.
Wed, Jul 31 2019 2:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Navy officer Douglas Hegdahl outwits his captors when he's taken as a POW in North Vietnam; Florence Nightingale revolutionizes the field of nursing.
E16
Bad Blood
Wed, Aug 7 2019 2:00 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Mary Mallon spreads typhoid fever wherever she goes, and Cleopatra's younger sister Arsinoe schemes her way in and out of power in Ancient Egypt.
Cast
Derek Waters
as Derek Waters
