Derek Waters put together one last Drunk History to raise awareness for safe, secure voting

A couple of weeks ago, we covered the news that, after six seasons on Comedy Central, the Drunk History keg was kicked. The series, which was created by Derek Waters and Jeremy Konner, took a boozy approach to key moments in both history and pop culture, including recreating the first meeting between Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison (played by Crispin Glove and John C. Reilly, respectively) and that time Eartha Kitt bravely spoke up about the rising anti-Vietnam War sentiment in the country to an oblivious Lady Bird Johnson. In between sips, funny folks like Artemis Pebdani, Amber Ruffin—who played both amateur historian and starred in sketches—and Ashley Nicole Black tried to piece together what they recalled about these significant moments.

The last full episode of Drunk History aired on August 6, 2019 (what will likely be referred to in any Drunk History revival as “the before times”), but Waters has one last cocktail-fueled remembrance to share with fans. As part of the “United To Save The Vote” virtual event that streamed on August 30 (of this year), Waters joined Jennifer Lawrence, Alicia Keys, Jamie Foxx, and Gloria Estefan, as well as a ton of other famous people, to raise awareness and funds to ensure voter access and safety. The virtual event included a Q&A about absentee voting by mail which was no doubt informative; slightly less so, but probably just as riveting, is this mini-history lesson from Drunk History regular Steve Berg.