Derek Waters' Drunk History series is a hilarious YouTube series that features famous actors and actresses role-playing historic people and historic events, with a narrator who is seriously wasted while retelling the story! In the latest episode, Will Farrell, Don Cheadle and Zooey Deschanel retell the friendship between Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass and their powerful end to slavery.
Jen Kirkman narrates this classic tale, all while having downed two bottles of red wine. I'm actually pretty impressed with her attention to detail while being a bit too drunk to function. Derek Waters' Drunk History is definitely inventive historic storytelling.
Intoxicated Historians
The Derek Waters Drunk History Series Gives Alcohol Fueled History Lessons
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