The BEST episodes of Drunk History season 1

Every episode of Drunk History season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Drunk History season 1!

Historical reenactments as narrated by inebriated history buffs as A-list comedy/acting talent perform their tale. (Based on the award-winning web series.)

Last Updated: 8/15/2024Network: Comedy CentralStatus: Ended
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Atlanta
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8.06
407 votes

#1 - Atlanta

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/23/2013

John Pemberton invents Coca-Cola from wine and cocaine, the F.B.I tries to take down Martin Luther King Jr. and Stetson Kennedy infiltrates the Klu Klux Klan.

Directors: Jeremy Konner
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Nashville
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8.01
297 votes

#2 - Nashville

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/20/2013

Dolly Parton has to leave the man who made her famous, competing lawyers clash in the Scopes Monkey Trial, and Lewis and Clark explore the dangerous west.

Directors: Jeremy Konner
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Chicago
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7.88
523 votes

#3 - Chicago

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/16/2013

Al Capone is done in by an easily solved problem, Abraham Lincoln catches a break and police battle with protesters during The Haymarket Riot of 1886.

Directors: Jeremy Konner
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Boston
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7.81
351 votes

#4 - Boston

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/30/2013

Mary Dyer wages war with the Puritan establishment, two cunning thieves pull off a $500 million art heist and the most notorious arsonist in New England history is revealed.

Directors: Jeremy Konner
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San Francisco
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7.75
370 votes

#5 - San Francisco

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/6/2013

Patty Hearst gets kidnapped and brainwashed, Mark Twain flees the city in fear (and finds his unlikely first hit story) and Mary Ellen Pleasant supports abolitionists with her business earnings.

Directors: Jeremy Konner
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The Wild West
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7.73
262 votes

#6 - The Wild West

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/27/2013

Teddy Roosevelt makes a name for himself, hold-outs fight to the bitter end at The Alamo and Billy The Kid goes on the run from Lawman Pat Garrett.

Directors: Jeremy Konner
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Detroit
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7.68
345 votes

#7 - Detroit

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/13/2013

The Kellogg brothers litigate over their famous surname (and the newly profitable discovery of corn flakes), Ralph Nader goes to war with General Motors and Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle go from best friends to bitter rivals.

Directors: Jeremy Konner
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Washington, D.C.
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7.52
743 votes

#8 - Washington, D.C.

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/9/2013

Woodward and Bernstein blow open the Watergate scandal, actors/brothers Edwin and John Wilkes Booth engage in a tragic feud and Elvis crashes The White House to meet President Richard Nixon.

Directors: Jeremy Konner
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