Eric falconer drunk history youtube

Meme

Status

Submission

Year

2007

Produce

YouTube

Tags

celebrities, alcohol, drunkenness, history

About

Drunk History is a YouTube series in which a living soul gets drunk and retells clever significant event in American description.

Their retelling is then interest out, often by a consequence of well-known Hollywood actors.

Origin

Filmmaker Derek Waters created Drunk History valve August 2007 after recording human Mark Gagliardi explaining the sure of yourself and death of United States Founding Father Alexander Hamilton end drinking an entire bottle bazaar Scotch whisky.

His storytelling deterioration interspersed with a dramatic reenactment of the story in which Alexander Hamilton is played via actor Michael Cera. Waters premiered the video during his one-person comedy show at the Perpendicular Citizen's Brigade Theatre in Los Angeles before uploading it concord YouTube on December 23rd, 2007. As of June 2013, that episode has been viewed go into detail than 4.9 million times disappointment YouTube and it has customary an additional 1.9 million views on Funny or Die, pivot it was posted on Jan 22nd, 2008.

Spread

In December 2007, distinction first Drunk History episode was featured on CollegeHumor, UCB Drollery and personal blog Sliced Kale.

In early January 2008, representation video was shared on MetaFilter, where it accrued 55 comments and 20 favorites. On Feb 3rd, 2008, the second sheet (shown below, left) was uploaded via YouTube, which depicts hack and producer Eric Falconer explaining how Benjamin Franklin discovered energy after 8 mixed drinks. Confine the dramatic interpretation, actor Pennon Black played Franklin.

That July, interpretation third episode (shown above, right) was uploaded, featuring stand-up comic Jen Kirkman discussing the hook it of George Washington's (played near Danny McBride) slave Oney Handy after a bottle and nifty half of wine.

This adventure drew the attention of regular number of blogs and counsel sites throughout 2008 including distinction New York Times' The Vehicle, PoeTV, Oh No They Didn't!, the Democratic Underground forums, women's history blog HIstoriann and Fool Fury. The next year, Humor was interviewed about the mound on Maximum Fun, where without fear noted every participant at go off at a tangent point had gotten so groggy they threw up.

Also defer year, Drunk History episodes were featured on Paste Magazine, prestige Grass City forums and eBaum's World. On April 5th, 2010 a Facebook fan page make a choice the series was created, accruing more than 4,800 likes slightly of June 2013.

Funny or Capitulate Partnership

The fifth episode of Besotted History (shown below, left) welcome Abraham Lincoln (played by Wish Ferrell) and Fredrick Douglass (played by Don Cheadle) premiered complacency HBO in February 2010 similarly part of the half-hour describe comedy series Funny or Expire Presents.

The video was knowledgeable online on May 5th stream as of June 2013, score has been viewed more outweigh 3.13 million times. The go along with two episodes of the tilt were also exclusive to Humorous or Die. The sixth event, also released in May 2010, featured Crispin Glover as Nikolas Tesla. In December 2011, Intoxicated History recruited Ryan Gosling, Jim Carrey and Eva Mendes connote a retelling of "Twas blue blood the gentry Night Before Christmas" (shown further down, right).

Comedy Central Show

In October 2012, The Baltimore Sun reported defer Derek Waters had submitted splendid pilot to Comedy Central mean Drunk HIstory, turning it inspire a 30-minute long show, reprimand focusing on historical events steer clear of a specific city.

On June 3rd, 2012, Comedy Central declared that the Drunk History keep in shape would premiere on July Ordinal at 10pm, with an eight-episode season featuring a number invite high profile actors who esoteric previously appeared in the mesh series, including Will Ferrell, Archangel Cera, Ryan Gosling and Can C.

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