The best Drunk History episodes will leave you laughing non-stop.

History is fascinating, but Drunk History humorously elevates the experience while still educating the masses.

Derek Waters created the show after an encounter with a friend, narrating the tragic death of singer Otis Redding with such drunken passion. He imagined what it might look like as a re-enactment: slurred words and improvised dialogue.

Waters hosts each episode, which features three historical events narrated by inebriated comedians and acted out by an all-star cast.

The events narrated are surprisingly very accurate despite the state of the narrators. Unfortunately, the show ended in 2019 after Comedy Central canceled it.

Here is a list of the top 8 best Drunk History episodes that will keep you laughing non-stop, featuring some of the most absurd, hilarious, and memorable drunk narrations

1. Hamilton (Season 1, Episode 8)

In this episode, Lin-Manuel Miranda drunkenly recounts Alexander Hamilton’s feud with Aaron Burr. His slurred excitement about his musical obsession makes the narration hilarious. 

To spice it all up, Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton are cast as females in this reenactment. Throughout the show, he gets distracted, takes a few calls from Questlove and Christopher Jackson (who played George Washington in Hamilton), and sings with host Derek Waters.

His narration paints Burr as a victim rather than the villain. As Miranda gets more inebriated, he takes on a more animated storytelling route, bringing a twist to the story.

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2. Drunk Mystery (Season 5, Episode 11)

True crime mixed in with comedy is tough to pull off, but this episode disproves that. Narrators drunkenly unravel stories of unsolved crimes.

The episode investigates Agatha Christie’s disappearance, the anonymous letter writer who terrorized Circleville, and the mastermind behind America’s only unsolved airplane hijacking. 

The cast included Kirsten Dunst, Vanessa Bayer, and Taran Killam. The reenactments strike the perfect balance of intrigue and hilarity. It is also fascinating to see on-screen depictions of mystery writers Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Dorothy L. Sayers.

3. Heroines (Season 3, Episode 8)

Paget Brewster kicks off the episode with the story of Deborah Sampson (Evan Rachel Wood), who fought in the Revolutionary War disguised as a man. 

Tiffany Haddish takes over, detailing how assistant museum curator Rose Valland (Busy Philipps) saved more than 60,000 pieces of art and culture stolen by the Nazis during World War II.

She also adds her twist when she reveals that she is part Jewish during her narration. Her infectious energy adds to the hilarity of the story.

Tiffany Haddish narrating how assistant museum curator Rose Valland saved artefacts
Tiffany revealed that she was Half Jehovah’s Witness and Half Jew during her narration (Image: Paramount Plus)

Amber Ruffin returns to discuss Clara Barton’s (Mandy Moore) efforts to provide Union soldiers with supplies during the Civil War, which earned her the moniker Angel of the Battlefield.

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4. First Ladies (Season 2 Episode 10) 

This episode explores the lives and legacies of some of America’s most iconic First Ladies. Alia Shawkat, Bobby Moynihan, and Courtney Cox are guest stars.

America’s First Ladies – Drunk History (Image: Comedy Central)

The first story follows Frances Folsom, whom Grover Clevland married while in office, and her accomplishments as the first lady. The second story discusses Woodrow Wilson’s stroke and Edith Wilson taking over his presidential responsibilities.

The third story talks about Dolly Madison, who saved as much as possible from the White House before it was burned down.

5. Are You Afraid of the Drunk (Season 6 Episode 1)

Evan Rachel Wood As Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin.
Evan Rachel Wood As Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin (Mary Shelley). Image: Comedy Central

In this comedic rendition of Are You Afraid of the Dark, a 1990s Nickelodeon show, Waters and Kirby Howell-Baptiste join storyteller Rich Fulcher. They are huddled together, lending to the feeling of drinking around the campfire with friends. 

The all-star cast included Evan Rachel Wood as Mary Shelley, Seth Rogan as Victor Frankenstein, Will Ferrell as the monster, Elijah Wood as Percy Shelley, and Jack McBrayer as Lord Byron. Fulcher tells how a party that turned into a scary story competition with the poet Lord Byron led to the creation of Frankenstein.

6. Civil Rights (Season 5, Episode 5)

Kirby Howell-Baptiste takes us on a journey that shows how suffragettes in the United Kingdom harnessed the power of jujitsu to defend themselves and eventually earned women the right to vote.

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The second story, told by Cris West, talks about the 1963 Birmingham Children’s March, in which more than 1,000 Black children protested Alabama’s segregation laws. 

Legendary Civil Rights Stories – Drunk History

Suzi Barrett narrates how the disability movement has occupied several federal buildings across the U.S. to protest the government’s slow adoption of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

There’s a lot of swearing, and the depiction of the suffragettes is bound to leave you in stitches.

7. Inventors (Season 3 Episode 11)

It stars Parker Posey and Martin Starr. The episode showcases how Alexander Graham Bell steals the design for the telephone from Elisha Gray.

The second story in this episode of Drunk History describes how Thomas Edison tried to create a movie-making monopoly. The slurred speech and jokes thrown into the narration make everything extremely hilarious.

8. Underdogs (Season 5 Episode 6)

The first story is about Mr. Fred Rogers, who saved PBS and hosted the children’s show Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, portrayed by Colin Hanks.

Colin Hanks as Fred Rogers on Drunk History

Then, we learn about the journalist Ida Tarbell, who challenged the Rockefeller standard oil monopoly. The third story of the episode is about Maya Lin, who designed the Vietnam War Memorial.

You can catch complete episodes of Drunk History on Prime Video and Paramount Plus.

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