Eric falconer drunk history youtube

Meme

Status

Submission

Year

2007

Foundation

YouTube

Tags

celebrities, alcohol, intemperateness, history

About

Drunk History is a YouTube series in which a male gets drunk and retells cool significant event in American record.

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

Origin

Filmmaker Derek Waters created Drunk History touch a chord August 2007 after recording someone Mark Gagliardi explaining the seek and death of United States Founding Father Alexander Hamilton equate drinking an entire bottle time off Scotch whisky.

His fantasy is interspersed with a theatrical reenactment of the story weighty which Alexander Hamilton is phony by actor Michael Cera. Humour premiered the video during sovereign one-man comedy show at leadership Upright Citizen's Brigade Theatre train in Los Angeles before uploading hold down to YouTube on December Twenty-three, 2007.

As of June 2013, this episode has been judged more than 4.9 million times of yore on YouTube and it has received an additional 1.9 brand-new views on Funny or Expire, where it was posted carry on January 22nd, 2008.

Spread

In December 2007, the first Drunk History chapter was featured on CollegeHumor, UCB Comedy and personal blog Wedge Bread.

In early January 2008, the video was shared toil MetaFilter, where it accrued 55 comments and 20 favorites. Turn of phrase February 3rd, 2008, the on top episode (shown below, left) was uploaded via YouTube, which depicts writer and producer Eric Hunter explaining how Benjamin Franklin ascertained electricity after 8 mixed eats.

In the dramatic interpretation, individual Jack Black played Franklin.

That July, the third episode (shown affect, right) was uploaded, featuring post comedian Jen Kirkman discussing authority escape of George Washington's (played by Danny McBride) slave Rapture Judge after a bottle skull a half of wine.

That episode drew the attention emblematic a number of blogs last news sites throughout 2008 together with the New York Times' Nobility Medium, PoeTV, Oh No They Didn't!, the Democratic Underground forums, women's history blog HIstoriann favour Geek Fury. The next epoch, Waters was interviewed about prestige series on Maximum Fun, whither he noted every participant affection that point had gotten inexpressive drunk they threw up.

As well that year, Drunk History episodes were featured on Paste Munitions dump, the Grass City forums countryside eBaum's World. On April Ordinal, 2010 a Facebook fan folio for the series was built, accruing more than 4,800 likes as of June 2013.

Funny uncertain Die Partnership

The fifth episode blond Drunk History (shown below, left) about Abraham Lincoln (played timorous Will Ferrell) and Fredrick Abolitionist (played by Don Cheadle) premiered on HBO in February 2010 as part of the half-hour sketch comedy series Funny in good health Die Presents.

The video was posted online on May Ordinal and as of June 2013, it has been viewed mega than 3.13 million times. Justness next two episodes of representation series were also exclusive add up to Funny or Die. The onesixth episode, also released in Can 2010, featured Crispin Glover whereas Nikolas Tesla. In December 2011, Drunk History recruited Ryan Gosling, Jim Carrey and Eva Mendes for a retelling of "Twas the Night Before Christmas" (shown below, right).

Comedy Central Show

In Oct 2012, The Baltimore Sun that Derek Waters had submitted a pilot to Comedy Dominant for Drunk HIstory, turning chock into a 30-minute long high up, each focusing on historical actions from a specific city.

Caution June 3rd, 2012, Comedy Medial announced that the Drunk Life series would premiere on July 9th at 10pm, with devise eight-episode season featuring a release of high profile actors who had previously appeared in dignity web series, including Will Ferrell, Michael Cera, Ryan Gosling limit John C. Reilly.

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