List of Drunk History episodes

This is a list of episodes for the Comedy Central series Drunk History hosted by Derek Waters. A total of 31 have aired over the course of 3 seasons.

Series overview

Season Episodes Originally aired
First aired Last aired
Shorts 7.5 January 22, 2008 December 19, 2010
1 8 July 9, 2013 August 27, 2013
2 10 July 1, 2014 September 2, 2014
3 13[1] September 1, 2015 November 24, 2015

Episodes

Funny or Die shorts (2008–2010)

No.  Original release date 
1
August 6, 2007 (2007-08-06)
Retelling: Mark Gagliardi on Burr–Hamilton Duel
Cast:
Michael Cera as Alexander Hamilton
Jake Johnson as Aaron Burr
Ashley Johnson as Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton's wife
Derek Waters as Thomas Jefferson
2
November 2007 (2007-11)
Retelling: Eric Falconer on Benjamin Franklin's Kite experiment
Cast:
Jack Black as Benjamin Franklin
Clark Duke as William Franklin
2.5
November 2007 (2007-11)
Retellings: Eric Falconer on Benjamin Franklin's relationship with Annabelle
Cast:
Jack Black as Benjamin Franklin
Jayma Mays as Annabelle
Derek Waters as Annabelle's husband
3
2008 (2008)
Retelling: Jen Kirkman on Oney Judge's Escape from the Washingtons
Cast:
Danny McBride as George Washington
Marianna Palka as Martha Washington
Tymberlee Hill as Oney Judge
Jason Ritter as Head of Customs
Derek Waters as reporter
4
May 11, 2008 (2008-05-11)
Retellings: J. D. Ryznar on Harrison's presidency and death
Cast:
Paul Schneider as William Henry Harrison
Steve Agee as doctor
Benn Hoffman as doctor
Derek Waters
5
March 22, 2010 (2010-03-22)
Retelling: Jen Kirkman on Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass' Friendship
Cast:
Will Ferrell as Abraham Lincoln
Don Cheadle as Frederick Douglass
Zooey Deschanel as Mary Todd Lincoln
6
January 7, 2010 (2010-01-07)
Retelling: Duncan Trussell on Tesla meeting and working for Edison
Cast:
John C. Reilly as Nikola Tesla
Crispin Glover as Thomas Edison
Christmas
December 15, 2010 (2010-12-15)
Retellings: Allan McLeod on "A Visit from St. Nicholas" (aka "Twas the Night Before Christmas")
Cast:
Ryan Gosling as Narrator
Jim Carrey as St. Nicholas
Eva Mendes as Ma
AJ and Ellie Culp as children

Season 1 (2013)

No.
overall 
No. in
season 
Title  Original air date  Prod.
code 
U.S. viewers
(millions) 
11"Washington, D.C."July 9, 2013 (2013-07-09)1020.91[2]

Retellings:

Matt Gourley on the Watergate scandal
Allan McLeod on the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Eric Edelstein on Elvis Presley meeting Richard Nixon
Cast:
Jack Black as Elvis Presley
Nathan Fielder as Bob Woodward
Bob Odenkirk as Richard Nixon
Jack McBrayer as H. R. Haldeman
Adam Scott as John Wilkes Booth
Will Forte as Edwin Booth
Jonathan Ames as Junius Brutus Booth
Stephen Merchant as Abraham Lincoln
Dave Grohl as Memphis Mafia
Fred Willard as Deep Throat
22"Chicago"July 16, 2013 (2013-07-16)1030.79[3]

Retellings:

Tommy Blacha on Al Capone
Rich Fulcher on Abraham Lincoln's past as a lawyer
Kyle Kinane on the Haymarket affair
Cast:
Matt Besser as Edwin Stanton
Ike Barinholtz as August Spies
Eric Filipkowski as Abraham Lincoln
Charlie Finn as Captain John 'Black Jack' Bonfield
Moshe Kasher as Albert Parsons
Will Sasso as Frank Nitti
Joe Lo Truglio as Al Capone
33"Atlanta"July 23, 2013 (2013-07-23)1040.79[4]

Retellings:

James Atkinson on Martin Luther King, Jr. meeting with J. Edgar Hoover
Mark Gagliardi on Stetson Kennedy infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan
Jenny Slate on the invention of Coca-Cola
Cast:
Bill Hader as John Pemberton
Rob Riggle as J. Edgar Hoover
Lamorne Morris as Martin Luther King, Jr.
Jason Ritter as Stetson Kennedy
Simon Helberg as Frank Mason Robinson
Matt Walsh as Slim
Kevin Nealon as The Grand Dragon
44"Boston"July 30, 2013 (2013-07-30)1010.88[5]

Retellings:

Jen Kirkman on the life of Mary Dyer
Michael and Erin Rohr on the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum art heist
Chris Romano on Boston's greatest arsonist, Johnny Cool
Cast:
Michael Cera as John Endecott
Jason Ritter as Investigator
Tim Heidecker as Cop
Connie Britton as Patricia Shaheen
June Diane Raphael as Isabella Stewart Gardner
Nick Offerman as Johnny Cool
Winona Ryder as Mary Dyer
Bob Odenkirk as The Guy
Brett Gelman as Art Thief
Martin Starr as Art Thief
Chris Parnell as Charles II of England
55"San Francisco"August 6, 2013 (2013-08-06)1050.80[6]

Retellings:

Artemis Pebdani on the life of Mary Ellen Pleasant
Derrick Beckles on the story of Mark Twain
Natasha Leggero on the kidnapping of Patty Hearst
Cast:
Lisa Bonet as Mary Ellen Pleasant
Terry Crews as DeFreeze
Steve Little as Mark Twain
Ben Hoffman as Newscaster
Kristen Wiig as Patty Hearst
66"Detroit"August 13, 2013 (2013-08-13)1061.08[7]

Retellings:

Paget Brewster on the Kellogg Brothers
Tommy Blacha on Ralph Nader's feud with General Motors
Lucius Dillon on the rivalry of Harry Houdini and Arthur Conan Doyle
Cast:
Luke Wilson as Will Keith Kellogg
Owen Wilson as John Harvey Kellogg
Jason Schwartzman as Ralph Nader
Ken Marino as Harry Houdini
Alfred Molina as Arthur Conan Doyle
Richard Riehle as James Roche
77"Nashville"August 20, 2013 (2013-08-20)1081.00[8]

Retellings:

Seth Weitberg on the rise of Dolly Parton's solo career
Alie Ward and Georgia Hardstark on the Lewis and Clark Expedition
B. J. Porter on the Scopes Trial
Cast:
Tony Hale as Meriwether Lewis
Taran Killam as William Clark
Aubrey Plaza as Sacagawea
Kumail Nanjiani as Lakota Chief
Jack McBrayer as Clarence Darrow
Bradley Whitford as William Jennings Bryan
Rich Fulcher as Porter Wagoner
Casey Wilson as Dolly Parton
88"The Wild West"August 27, 2013 (2013-08-27)1070.87[9]

Retellings:

Preston Flagg on Billy the Kid
Mark Gagliardi on the Rough Riders
Matt Gourley on Battle of the Alamo
Cast:
Timm Sharp as Billy the Kid
Rob Huebel as Pat Garrett
Andy Daly as Theodore Roosevelt
Jake Johnson as William B. Travis
Chris Parnell as James Bowie
Horatio Sanz as Antonio López de Santa Anna

Season 2 (2014)

No.
overall 
No. in
season 
Title  Original air date  U.S. viewers
(millions) 
91"Montgomery"July 1, 2014 (2014-07-01)

Retellings:

Allan McLeod on Percy Lavon Julian
Amber Ruffin on Claudette Colvin
Morgan Murphy on Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling
Cast:
Mariah Wilson as Claudette Colvin
Lisa Bonet as Rosa Parks
Jerry Minor as Fred Gray
Jordan Peele as Percy Lavon Julian
Terry Crews as Joe Louis
Tim Heidecker as Max Schmeling
"Weird Al" Yankovic as Adolf Hitler
102"New York City"July 8, 2014 (2014-07-08)

Retellings:

Eric Falconer on the Statue of Liberty
Suzi Barrett on Sybil Ludington
JD Ryznar on Nellie Bly
Cast:
Paul Scheer as Henry Ludington
Juno Temple as Sybil Ludington
Michaela Watkins as Nurse
Taran Killam as Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
Laura Dern as Nellie Bly
Brett Gelman (Statue of Liberty) and Matt Walsh (Nellie Bly) as Joseph Pulitzer
113"American Music"July 15, 2014 (2014-07-15)

Retellings:

David Wain on Alan Freed and the birth of rock and roll
Eric Edelstein on Kris Kristofferson
Colton Dunn on Rapper's Delight
Cast:
Jack McBrayer as Alan Freed
Retta as Sylvia Robinson
Da'Vone McDonald as Big Bank Hank
Jaleel White as Grandmaster Caz
Ron Funches as DJ Kool Herc
Jon Daly as Kris Kristofferson
Johnny Knoxville as Johnny Cash
124"Baltimore"July 22, 2014 (2014-07-22)

Retellings:

Paget Brewster on Allan Pinkerton's Lincoln assignment
Henry Phillips on the story of Francis Scott Key
Duncan Trussell on Edgar Allan Poe's feud with Rufus Wilmot Griswold
Cast:
Martin Starr as Abraham Lincoln
Charlie Day as Allan Pinkerton
Preston Flagg as Harry W. Davies
Adrianne Palicki as Kate Warne
Jeff Ross as Francis Scott Key
James Adomian as Alexander Cochrane
Craig Anstett as Robert Ross
Jesse Plemons as Edgar Allan Poe
Jason Ritter as Rufus Wilmot Griswold
135"Charleston"July 29, 2014 (2014-07-29)

Retellings:

Seth Weitberg on Charles Sumner
Dave Ross on Julius Waties Waring
Mark Gagliardi on Robert Smalls
Cast:
Busy Philipps as Elizabeth Waring
Rich Fulcher as Julius Waties Waring
Brandon T. Jackson as Robert Smalls
Brian Mganga as Young Robert Smalls
Johnny Knoxville as Preston Brooks
Patton Oswalt as Charles Sumner
146"Hollywood"August 5, 2014 (2014-08-05)

Retellings:

Steve Berg on the making of Citizen Kane
Derek Miller on the creation of Mickey Mouse
Drew Droege on Ronald Reagan
Cast:
John Lithgow as William Randolph Hearst
Tony Hale as Ub Iwerks
Michael Angarano as Walt Disney
Lindsay Sloane as Nancy Reagan
Nick Kroll as Ronald Reagan
Jack Black as Orson Welles
157"Hawaii"August 12, 2014 (2014-08-12)

Retellings:

Jonah Ray on James Cook
Phil Hendrie on Daniel Inouye
Kurt Braunohler on Eddie Aikau
Cast:
Steven Yeun as Daniel Inouye
James Hong as Hyotaro Inouye
Jason Mantzoukas as Eddie Aikau
Eugene Cordero as Kalaniʻōpuʻu
Ken Marino as James Cook
168"Philadelphia"August 19, 2014 (2014-08-19)

Retellings:

Nick Rutherford on Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
Patrick Walsh on the election of 1800
Erin McGathy on Benedict Arnold
Cast:
Winona Ryder as Peggy Shippen
Chris Parnell as Benedict Arnold
John Lithgow as George Washington (Benedict Arnold)
Stephen Merchant as George Washington (Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben)
Jerry O'Connell as Thomas Jefferson
Joe Lo Truglio as John Adams
Jayma Mays as Abigail Adams
David Cross as Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
179"Sports Heroes"August 26, 2014 (2014-08-26)

Retellings:

Preston Flagg on Jim Thorpe
Karey Dornetto on Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Matt L. Jones on Jim Abbott
Cast:
Emily Deschanel as Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Aidan Sussman as young Jim Abbott
Zach Gilford as Jim Abbott
Jason Momoa as Jim Thorpe
1810"First Ladies"September 2, 2014 (2014-09-02)

Retellings:

Molly McAleer on Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston
Jen Kirkman on Edith Wilson
Jenny Johnson on Dolley Madison
Cast:
Alia Shawkat as Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston
Bobby Moynihan as Grover Cleveland
Paget Brewster as Emma Folsom
Casey Wilson as Dolley Madison
Ian Roberts as James Madison
Courteney Cox as Edith Wilson

This season features three episodes ("American Music", "First Ladies", and "Sports Heroes") that are structured around themes instead of the typical city-focused format.[10]

Season 3 (2015)

On July 25, 2014, Comedy Central has announced that Drunk History was renewed for a third season.[11] The third season premiered on September 1, 2015. This season episodes will feature locations like Miami, Las Vegas, Roswell, and New Orleans.[12]

No.
overall 
No. in
season 
Title  Original air date  Prod.
code 
U.S. viewers
(millions) 
191"New Jersey"September 1, 2015 (2015-09-01)0.590[13]

Retellings:
Tess Lynch on the Union Army Balloon Corps
Mark Proksch on the Bone Wars
Jenny Slate on the discovery of cosmic microwave background

Cast:
Tony Hale as Edward Drinker Cope
Christopher Meloni as Othniel Charles Marsh
Jason Ritter as Robert Woodrow Wilson
Justin Long as Arno Allan Penzias
Greg Kinnear as Thaddeus S. C. Lowe
Stephen Merchant as Abraham Lincoln
202"Miami"September 8, 2015 (2015-09-08)0.611[14]

Retellings:
Greg Worswick on Clark Gable
Jessica Meraz on Juan Ponce de León
Dan Harmon on Griselda Blanco

Cast:
Josh Hartnett as Clark Gable
Johnny Knoxville as Juan Ponce de León
Joe Lo Truglio as Bob Palombo
David Koechner as Diego Columbus
Horatio Sanz as Alberto Bravo
Matt Besser as Ferdinand II of Aragon
Maya Rudolph as Griselda Blanco
213"New Orleans"September 15, 2015 (2015-09-15)

Retellings:
Allan McLeod on Jean Lafitte
Gloria Calderon Kellett on Sam "The Banana Man" Zemurray
Daryl Johnson on Louis Armstrong

Cast:

Thomas Middleditch as Sam "The Banana Man" Zemurray
Craig Anstett as Lee Christmas
Ben Covette as Guy 'Machine Gun' Molony
Rudy Mancuso as Manuel Bonilla
Jason Momoa as Jean Lafitte
Jack McBrayer as Andrew Jackson
Andre Royo as King Oliver
Maestro Harrell as Louis Armstrong
Miles Brown as Young Louis Armstrong
224"Spies"September 22, 2015 (2015-09-22)

Retellings:
Crissle West on Harriet Tubman
Claudia O'Doherty on Virginia Hall
Lucius Dillon on Roald Dahl

Cast:

Octavia Spencer as Harriet Tubman
Alia Shawkat as Virginia Hall
Will Ferrell as Roald Dahl
Matt Gourley as Ian Fleming
235"Cleveland"September 29, 2015 (2015-09-29)

Retellings:
John Levenstein on Wayne Wheeler
David Wain on Dorothy Fuldheim
Ashley Barnhill on The Cleveland Summit

Cast:

Samm Levine as Wayne Wheeler
Mary Elizabeth Ellis as Dorothy Fuldheim
Sam Richardson as Jim Brown
Ron Funches as Herbert Muhammad
Aidan Sussman as young Wayne Wheeler
George Wallace as Bill Russell
Lauren Sivan as Barbara Walters
Echo Kellum as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Gaius Charles as Muhammad Ali
246"Games"October 6, 2015 (2015-10-06)

Retellings:
Lauren Lapkus on Milton Bradley
Craig Anstett on pinball prohibition
Rich Fulcher on the 1972 World Chess Championship

Cast:

Topher Grace as Milton Bradley
Zach Gilford as Roger Sharpe
Taran Killam as Bobby Fischer
Jake Johnson as Boris Spassky
Jeremy Konner as Henry Kissinger
257"Oklahoma"October 13, 2015 (2015-10-13)

Retellings:
Emily Wilson on Kentucky Daisey
Laura Steinel on Gordon Cooper
Mark Gagliardi on Bass Reeves

Cast:

Kat Dennings as Kentucky Daisey
Colin Hanks as Gordon Cooper
Jaleel White as Bass Reeves
268"Journalism"October 20, 2015 (2015-10-20)

Retellings:
Jen Kirkman on Thomas Nast and "Boss" Tweed
Drew Droege on the newsboys' strike of 1899
Cameron Esposito on Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's race around the world

Cast:

Jason Alexander as William "Boss" Tweed
Noah Wyle as Thomas Nast
Michael Cera as Morris Cohen
Haley Joel Osment as Kid Blink
Ellie Kemper as Nellie Bly
Natasha Leggero as Elizabeth Bisland
279"Los Angeles"October 27, 2015 (2015-10-27)

Retellings:
Seth Weitberg on the creation of the LAPD
Eric Edelstein on Rin Tin Tin
Jeremy Konner on the LA Aqueduct

Cast:

Giancarlo Esposito as Andrés Pico
Ryan Phillippe as Benjamin Hayes
Jack Black as William Mulholland
Kyle Gass as Fred Eaton
Zach Woods as Lee Duncan
Rowdy as Rin Tin Tin
2810"New Mexico"November 3, 2015 (2015-11-03)

Retellings:
Fortune Feimster on Popé and the Pueblo Revolt
Mike Still on Ernest Thompson Seton
Steve Berg on the Roswell UFO crash of 1947

Cast:

Rob Huebel as Governor Juan Francisco Treviño
Jason Mantzoukas as Popé
Colin Hanks as Ernest Thompson Seton
Thomas Lennon as Major Jesse Marcel
John Ennis as Stanton T. Friedman
Patton Oswalt as Mac Brazel
2911"Inventors"November 10, 2015 (2015-11-10)

Retellings:
JD Ryznar on the telephone
Paget Brewster on the bra
Duncan Trussell on Thomas Edison

Cast:

Parker Posey as Mary Phelps Jacob
Martin Starr as Alexander Graham Bell
Jason Ritter as Elisha Gray
Craig Anstett
Michael McKean as Carl Laemmle
Chris Parnell as Thomas Edison
A.C. Newman
Dr. Drew Pinsky as Judge
Henry Winkler as Zenas Fisk Wilber
3012"Las Vegas"November 17, 2015 (2015-11-17)

Retellings:
Chris Romano on James T. McWilliams
Brendon Walsh on Bugsy Siegel
Paul F. Tompkins on the Moulin Rouge Casino

Cast:

Sam Rockwell as Bugsy Siegel
Donald Faison as Joe Louis
Timm Sharp as James T. McWilliams
Ben Schwartz as Meyer Lansky
Da'Vone McDonald
Rich Fulcher as William A. Clark
Dennis Quaid as Lucky Luciano
3113"Space"November 24, 2015 (2015-11-24)

Retellings:
Holly Laurent on Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan
Matt Gourley on Wernher Von Braun
Kyle Kinane on the first space walk

Cast:

Blake Anderson as Alexey Leonov
Adam DeVine as Pavel Belyayev
Chelsea Peretti as Ann Druyan
Paul Scheer as Carl Sagan
Nathan Fillion as Wernher Von Braun
Mark Gagliardi as John Fitzgerald Kennedy

References

  1. Lloyd, Robert (September 1, 2015). "Filming ‘Drunk History’ really is a drinking fest, but hopefully an educational one". Zap2it.com. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
  2. Tuesday's Cable Ratings: "Catfish" Reclaims Demo Crown, "Rizzoli & Isles" Tops Viewers
  3. Tuesday's Cable Ratings: "Catfish" Tops Demos, "Rizzoli & Isles" Leads Viewers
  4. Tuesday's Cable Ratings: TNT Dramas Top Viewers, "Deadliest Catch" Leads Demos
  5. Tuesday Cable Ratings: 'Counting Cars' Wins Night + 'The Game', 'Deadliest Catch', 'Pretty Little Liars', 'Catfish', 'Rizzoli & Isles' & More
  6. Tuesday Cable Ratings: 'Shark Week' Wins Night, 'The Game', 'Rizzoli & Isles', 'Pretty Little Liars', 'Suits', 'Catfish' & More
  7. Tuesday Cable Ratings: 'Rizzoli & Isles' & 'Amish Mafia' Win Night, 'Pretty Little Liars', 'The Game', 'Dance Moms', 'Covert Affairs' & More
  8. Tuesday Cable Ratings: 'Rizzoli & Isles', 'Catfish', 'The Game', & 'Amish Mafia' Tie for Top Spot + 'The Legend of Shelby the Swamp Man', 'Suits' & More
  9. Tuesday Cable Ratings: 'Pretty Little Liars' & 'Rizzoli & Isles' Tie for Top Spot + 'The Game', 'Amish Mafia', 'The Legend of Shelby the Swamp Man', 'Suits' & More
  10. Zurawik, David (January 10, 2014). "'I want to make Baltimore proud,' Comedy Central's Derek Waters says". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
  11. Zurawik, David (July 25, 2014). "Comedy Central renews 'Drunk History' for third season". Retrieved July 26, 2014.
  12. Fitzpatrick, Kevin (May 23, 2015). "Comedy Central Sets Premiere Dates For ‘Another Period,’ ‘The Meltdown,’ More". Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  13. Bibel, Sara. "Tuesday Cable Ratings: 'The Haves and the Have Nots' Wins Night, 'Ink Master', 'Rizzoli & Isles', 'Total Divas', 'Below Deck', 'Tyrant' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  14. Kondolojy, Amanda=. "Tuesday Cable Ratings: 'The Haves and the Have Nots' Wins Night, US Open Coverage, 'Ink Master', 'Counting Cars' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 15 September 2015.

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