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Drunk History
2013 · TV series · 22 min episodes · 6 seasons
Created by Derek Waters
Historical reenactments from A-list talent as told by inebriated storytellers. A unique take on the familiar and less familiar people and events from America's great past as great moments in history are retold with unforgettable results.
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You know, I feel like there's some territory there for a series of comedy-documentaries (think Drunk History) about various tech companies, with the same cast in every episode.
I think there was an episode of Drunk History about this. Jack Black played Vincenzo if I recall.
Funny enough, I learned about Claudette Colvin from this Drunk History episode. https://youtu.be/Tov2tLSFq5k
> weird stories from San Francisco
This sounds like it should be a TV show, perhaps along the lines of “drunk history”
> There's a number of really great history channels on YouTube
I really rate Drunk History (I generally don’t like Hollywood humour, nor American history, but somehow it is done brilliantly and is super informative).
Typhoid Mary episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12wh0lfHb2U
PS: Typhoid is a bacterial infection, so only somewhat relevant.
Drunk history (Frankenstein episode) for me.
I'm going on a slightly controversial limb here, but this comes from a place of dear love so please bear with me: it is my experience that the U.K. (or perhaps just England) is woefully outclassed by Americans when it comes to podcasts, or even radio in general. I have been looking for an entertaining British podcast for the last two years, and I am coming up depressingly empty handed.
The only half-redeeming British radio show that I could find was My Dad Wrote A Porno, but after half a season, the novelty wore off and that too is now but a note in the history books. I have been asking around (for two years!) for any other good tips. Alas: nothing I can bear to listen to for more than 1 episode.
Meanwhile, in the Americas, we have Planet Money, Serial, This American Life, Hidden Brain, SYSK, Freakonomics, Hardcore History, Fresh Air (!), The Moth, etc etc forever etc. These are all absolute smash hits in their own right. Americans "get" it.
It kills me. Why?? I don't know if it is the dreary of the English accent, or just this dry demeanour which perhaps looks engaging with visual feedback, but just sounds completely vapid over sound only..? What is the secret to good podcasting?
Why is it that America has Planet Money, and the UK has Moneybox? They are probably roughly targeting the same audience, but one is a riveting listen whose only fault is they don't release more, and the other, well.. the other is Moneybox. I applaud their effort, but it's Just Not There.
Now, this will undoubtedly trigger bad feelings: I'm sorry. Just to be clear: I don't mean that Americans are better than Brits. I am neither, so I have no stake in this fight. This is just an outsider's view. I love radio, I love the format, and I love both Brits and Americans, and I wish everyone did well at everything. And of course, this is my personal opinion. On the other hand: this is a pretty stark pattern, and I am anything but surprised it showed up in Drunk History just the same. And I would love to hear others' opinions on this, because it's frustrating me to no end.
Drunk history worked exactly twice for me: Fredrick Douglas, and the Night Before Christmas. Every other episode I watched after that was so so.
Drunk History just did a version of this story: http://www.cc.com/full-episodes/0kxro9/drunk-history-siblings-season-4-ep-406
I learned about her on the tv show "Drunk History"