I'm just warped enough that I believe the guys who invented Drunk History are about the most brilliant people of their generation. We take things way too seriously and there is nothing like taking an intelligent person who loves history and getting him drunk and having him tell about an important historical event. With famous comedians playing the parts, this becomes the best stress reliever in the world. Now, if they would only do a drunk ghost hunters episode!
This video tells how they came up with the idea for this series. The story about Otis Redding had me laughing so hard, I had to pause it a moment or I'd miss the whole story.
Here's one of the episodes about Benjamin Franklin:
