Why Comedy Central Will Give Marjory Stoneman Douglas the ‘Drunk History’ Treatment (Exclusive Video)

On Tuesday’s episode of “Drunk History,” the Comedy Central series will get political when it tells the real-life story of Marjory Stoneman Douglas.

The episode will air almost a year after the high school named after Douglas was the site of a mass shooting that claimed the lives of 17 people (and injuring 17 more) in Parkland, Florida. In the months since, may of the surviving students have become outspoken advocates for gun control. Derek Waters, the creator of the Comedy Central series, sees a connection between those students and Douglas herself, explaining it was one of the main reasons he wanted to tell her story.

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