Philomena tells the story of Lady Godiva while drunk

March 9, 2015 • 4:20 pm

There’s a series of videos on British Comedy Central called “Drunk History,” in which various comedians tell historical or quasi-historical tales when they’ve already taken plenty of booze on board. The series was created by Derek Walters in 2013, and here’s the story:

I made these animations for Tiger Aspect and Comedy Central UK. Based on the Comedy Central US hit, Drunk History is a brand new show in which comedians get absolutely bladdered in order to tell us some of their favorite stories from history. As they narrate these stories a host of well-known actors, celebrities and other comedians act out these new, rather blurry versions of history. Each episode ends with a short story featuring my animation.

Sadly, most of the episodes aren’t available in the U.S., particularly because several of them feature our (or at least my) favorite British comedian, Diane “Cunk” Morgan. But I found one of them on Vimeo, which Morgan describes on Twi**ter like this:

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According to the video, Morgan had 7 gin and tonics and 3 Sambucas (what a mixture!) before telling this story. Be sure to watch all the way to the end, when she’s completely plastered:

66 thoughts on “Philomena tells the story of Lady Godiva while drunk”

  1. Puking gin & sambuca would be horrible & you’re likely to pile it if you’ve been drinking it like that!

      1. I wonder if it’s like Ouzo, which is also licorice? Great if you can’t go.

          1. …and Raki and Arak. They’re all roughly the same. I’d also add Anis, but it’s sweeter than the others so more liqueur-y.

            Sambuca – Italy
            Ouzo – Greece/Greek Cyprus
            Raki – Turkey/Turkish Cyprus
            Arak – Lebanon/Iraq/etc
            Anis – Spain

            Lots of countries produce anise-flavoured spirits/liquors. The best is arguably absinthe (good 19thC-style absinthe – like Espirit Edouard – is actually a very quality spirit, imho as a spirit geek).

    2. Be careful because, sometimes the bartender lights it on fire. If you ever order Sambuca and it’ day time then be sure to ask if they’ve lit it on fire because it might be hard to see.

      1. Yes, indeed! Drinking it lit is not recommended.

        The most iconic serving of sambuca is a shot with three coffee beans, called con la mosca, which means “with the fly”. The three coffee beans are said to represent health, happiness and prosperity, or the Holy Trinity.[3][5] The shot may be ignited to toast the coffee beans with the flame extinguished immediately before drinking. [Wp]

        This is how I was introduced to it, in a bar in Amsterdam railway station, about 15 years ago.

        /@

        PS. Anise, & star anise, as well as licorice.

        1. Ha! For me it was not that far away in Muenster, also about 15 years ago – maybe it was a continental fad at the time! It was a bit of a surprise to me and my ever-so-slightly inebriated colleagues. I prefer all alcohol at RT or lower, both for taste and safety reasons! 🙂

        2. Yous are all too fancy. We just bought a bottle and did shots when we were in university. Then we went out to the bar.

          Now I can barely handle too much diet coke.

      4. I’d always considered lighting booze on fire something of an offence. I’ve just paid for a drink and the jerk’s burning off all the alcohol in it?!

      1. It seems another reason for thinking about species when you consider plants like this…

      2. The Elder Wand – the Deathstick – the Wand of Destiny? One of the Deathly Hallows, that elder? The wiki article doesn’t mention that connection, nor does it comment on whether the wood is typically of wand quality, or if the tree houses bowtruckles. Further research is needed.

  3. And, henceforth, we readers of WEIT shall now and forever refer to being intoxicated as being “Drunk as a Cunk”!

    or maybe just me, ’cause i’ve had half a growler of IPA from the Martin City Brewing company.

    (and for those in the UK, a growler in the US is NOT what YOU dirty bastards think it is! it’s just a large bottle for beer, I swear!)

      1. I too like “Drunk as a Cunk,” which not coincidentally I am right now. Three Old Fashioneds and four IPAs will do that to you. If there is anything I’ll ever share in common with Hitchens outside of a first name, it is my ability to hold liquor. Here’s to hoping I lay off it enough to live a long life!

    2. So when we say, “Show us yer growler,” you don’t think it’s rude at all?

      And here was me thinking half a growler is a Brazilian. 🙂

    5. Coincidentally I was looking at a growler of IPA last weekend, and was wondering.

      I decided to have a Badger instead, though.

    6. It’s not just a ‘large bottle’ it’s a half (American) gallon bottle of beer i.e. 2 litres, with a handle and screw cap usually filled and sold by microbreweries or brewpubs and usually containing high quality beer.

      And if you hear ‘IPA’ and think Double Diamond, then you need to travel to Seattle and try a proper West Coast IPA.

      I recall a trip to Microsoft’s campus a few years back and an evening buffet, where there was a free bar serving the usual Bud and Coors light, but nestled in between the food platters were some unnamed brown growlers. I was the only one who opened them to find some wonderful IPA redolent of citrus Cascade hops with a full bodied malt base. I finished two and barely managed to stay upright. (I’m guessing they were around 6.5% – 7% abv)

      1. Yeah, you have to be careful with IPAs as they are brewed at all sorts of strengths. The same with winter ales – often a lot stronger than they taste!

  4. “7 gin and tonics”.

    My tongue shriveled up reading that, and is now refusing to get back to work.

  5. Can’t imagine drinking Sambuca at all. I suppose you might need to get plowed on the gin and tonic first. Why not just a few pints of Brown….

    1. it’s a US half gallon, used in brew pubs (restaurants that have a small brewery to make their own beer) for customers to take home the beer produced on-site.

      I’m sure you’d get some interesting looks if you you asked your local publican to fill up your growler with ale in the UK.

      2. And I had never heard of either version;-) Will remember not to use it if I go to Australia…

        1. Yep, not used here in Oz.
          Confusingly the glass sizes and names are different between the states.
          In NSW we have middies and schooners but in VIC they have pots and can’t remember the other one while in WA it’s mostly pints but pints can also be found throughout the country.
          Very confusing even for a local.
          BTW unless you like cats piss don’t drink Tooheys New.
          Also, in case you didn’t know, Fosters is promoted around the world as being Australian but you can’t buy it here, which is good because it’s d*gs piss.
          I had the worst beer experience in my life recently at Narita airport in Tokyo in the Qantas lounge where the only beer they had was Fosters and VB….in cans no less.
          Icky.

      3. Just be aware that if the barlord/barlady tries to attach the wrong end of your dog to a tap they might not be aware of the traditional lingo.

  7. Even roundly sloshed, she maintains a firm and level grip on her glass. The mark of a true professional!

  9. pcc – i was able to watch most of the series after being cunked . . . the came up on the screen as “more in the series” or some such . . . none as lovely as our philomena, tho.

  11. Well, I never knew the story of ‘Lady Godiva’, and now I do. I also did not know the origin of a ‘peeping Tom’. And now I do. WEIT has taught me much.

  12. I wondered how Philomena pronounces her last name. Fortunately, she reveals the truth right at the top of the clip.

  13. Isn’t this video British? Then why is God holding up one finger instead of two? The American one finger salute is really crude, our two finger salute is more subtle and has a lot of history behind it.

    I tell my sons always to use two fingers, not one. If they are going to use vile aggressive gestures at all they may as well be patriotic about it.

    1. It is British, but we’re equal opportunity when it comes to insulting behaviour, to be honest.

  14. It’s very hard for me to tell how much of it is just her foonny Manchester accent, and what’s due to intoxication 😛

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