# Funny Or Die: Drunk History **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 6, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-or-die-drunk-history/670518 "2013-10-06T18:12:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-or-die-drunk-history/670518/1 "2013-10-06T18:12:31Z")
It’s not new, unless you haven’t seen it. A narrator gets drunk, and then recounts a historical story. Famous actors mime the action. It’s vulgar, drunken, and I find it amusing. Am I alone on this? (NSFW language) [http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/154bc4bd1b/drunk-history-vol-25-featuring-jack-black-from-drunk-history-jack-black-derekwaters-and-jeremykonner](http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/154bc4bd1b/drunk-history-vol-25-featuring-jack-black-from-drunk-history-jack-black-derekwaters-and-jeremykonner) ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-or-die-drunk-history/670518/2 "2013-10-06T18:19:57Z")
I find it absolutely hilarious. The show on Comedy Central is equally funny. ---
**Author:** ![CLee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f19dbf/32.png) [@CLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CLee)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-or-die-drunk-history/670518/3 "2013-10-06T18:53:30Z")
Love it, never miss it. And I tend to fact check, so I accidentally learn something in nearly every episode. I love how committed the actors are to sticking the stuttering and pauses for nausea. Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes in Twas the Night before Christmas, with Jim Carrey as Santa [Drunk History Christmas with Ryan Gosling, Jim Carrey and Eva Mendes - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBw8Jz7IwUY) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-or-die-drunk-history/670518/4 "2013-10-06T19:00:53Z")
Everyone I know seems to love _Drunk History_. I find it lame, prolly because I never really think the people doing the history lesson are drunk enough. I prefer _My Drunk Kitchen_. Here’s one of my favorite episodes: [Tacos](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT46FV64dr8). ---
**Author:** ![CLee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f19dbf/32.png) [@CLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CLee)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-or-die-drunk-history/670518/5 "2013-10-06T19:42:27Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Everyone I know seems to love _Drunk History_. I find it lame, prolly because I never really think the people doing the history lesson are drunk enough. > > I prefer _My Drunk Kitchen_. Here’s one of my favorite episodes: [Tacos](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT46FV64dr8). She is awesome. I’d replace my best friend with her in a heartbeat. ---
**Author:** ![nikonikosuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@nikonikosuru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikonikosuru)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-or-die-drunk-history/670518/6 "2013-10-07T02:01:04Z")
My brother and his friends find it hilarious but then again, they’re all drinkers. To me it’s meh, maybe I can’t relate due to never being at that level of inebriation? Sometimes an episode will give me a chuckle or two. What I’m wondering is how the comedians know such detailed history. I doubt every comedian is has a favorite part of history that they’re well-versed on. I was thinking that they give them some history to memorize for them to regurgitate later on when they’re drunk. Any other ideas? ---
**Author:** ![CLee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f19dbf/32.png) [@CLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CLee)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-or-die-drunk-history/670518/7 "2013-10-07T02:03:06Z")
> [@nikonikosuru](#): > > My brother and his friends find it hilarious but then again, they’re all drinkers. To me it’s meh, maybe I can’t relate due to never being at that level of inebriation? Sometimes an episode will give me a chuckle or two. > > What I’m wondering is how the comedians know such detailed history. I doubt every comedian is has a favorite part of history that they’re well-versed on. I was thinking that they give them some history to memorize for them to regurgitate later on when they’re drunk. Any other ideas? If someone hired me to tell the story of Lewis and Clark, I’d grab a history book and brush up before getting hammered. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-or-die-drunk-history/670518/8 "2013-10-07T16:09:41Z")
> [@nikonikosuru](#): > > What I’m wondering is how the comedians know such detailed history. I doubt every comedian is has a favorite part of history that they’re well-versed on. I was thinking that they give them some history to memorize for them to regurgitate later on when they’re drunk. Any other ideas? What makes you think they are actually drunk? It’s a tv show with writers and actors and scripts and whatnot. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-or-die-drunk-history/670518/9 "2013-10-07T16:35:53Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Everyone I know seems to love _Drunk History_. I find it lame, prolly because I never really think the people doing the history lesson are drunk enough. I find most of them lame also. I think the only one I found genuinely funny was the Tesla/Edison one. > [@msmith537](#): > > What makes you think they are actually drunk? It’s a tv show with writers and actors and scripts and whatnot. If they aren’t actually drunk then the show is pointless. At least originally it was definitely real drunks boning up some bit of history–drinking heavily and then trying to teach you what they learned. Its basically college. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-or-die-drunk-history/670518/10 "2013-10-07T16:36:29Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > What makes you think they are actually drunk? It’s a tv show with writers and actors and scripts and whatnot. They really are drunk. Very very drunk. They study up on Wiki or something before they re-tell their stories but they are 100% authentically plastered. Source: I know people that work on the show. BTW:[Earlier thread on the series from when it premiered.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=697460) ---
**Author:** ![CLee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f19dbf/32.png) [@CLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CLee)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-or-die-drunk-history/670518/11 "2013-10-07T17:22:28Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > What makes you think they are actually drunk? It’s a tv show with writers and actors and scripts and whatnot. If they aren’t drunk I’ve never seen a more committed group of relatively unknown method actors. Most of them are burping, stuttering, puking drunk with glassy eyes, slack jaws, smeared make-up and dumb expressions. Some get bitchy, some get maudlin, and others belt out off key songs. I can’t imagine any typically vain actor going that far for a role. Drunk. They are absolutely shit-faced drunk. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-or-die-drunk-history/670518/12 "2013-10-07T17:57:58Z")
> [@CLee](#): > > If they aren’t drunk I’ve never seen a more committed group of relatively unknown method actors. Most of them are burping, stuttering, puking drunk with glassy eyes, slack jaws, smeared make-up and dumb expressions. Some get bitchy, some get maudlin, and others belt out off key songs. I can’t imagine any typically vain actor going that far for a role. Drunk. They are absolutely shit-faced drunk. It should be noted that the only people drunk in the show are the narrators which are usually fairly low-level comedians (Jen Kirkman, Kyle Kinane, etc… but most are way less known than them even.) The acting done by the bigger name stars is done separately and they’re sober (ok ok, \*maybe \*they’re sober) and acting out the scenes as narrated. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-or-die-drunk-history/670518/13 "2013-10-07T18:02:22Z")
If they aren’t really drunk, then that is some mighty fine puking acting going on. I think the host on the Comedy Central one is drunk too. Not as drunk as the narrators, but pretty damned tipsy. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-or-die-drunk-history/670518/14 "2013-10-07T18:09:10Z")
Mildly amusing, probably because I love History in almost any form. I have a feeling, though, that I’d appreciate it a lot more if I got hammered myself before sitting down to watch it. My teenaged daughter get a big kick out of sitting in the next room and listening to me comment on different TV shows whenever I’m bombed. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-or-die-drunk-history/670518/15 "2013-10-07T19:49:11Z")
The Lewis & Clark episode was hilarious! Indrians: “We’re gonna fuck your shit up!” Clark: “We might need to be Dicks about this.”