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Don’t blame it on the alcohol, blame it on the “Drunk History” production team.
A promo released this week of the upcoming season of “Drunk History” shows Bob Odenkirk’s character blowing up records at Detroit’s former baseball stadium to re-create Disco Demolition Night. Problem is, that stunt occurred in Comiskey Park on July 12, 1979.
A Comedy Central spokesman said the sign for Tiger Stadium featured in the promo will be changed to reflect that Disco Demolition Night took place in Chicago. Disc jockey Steve Dahl blew up disco records there between games of a doubleheader between the White Sox and Detroit Tigers. Fans rushed the field, and the Sox lost the second game by forfeit.
It would be easy to blame alcohol for the error. Confusion is common on the Comedy Central series because narrators drink heavily before recalling historical events.
Odenkirk “had tequila shots and vodka soda,” series co-creator Derek Waters told the Los Angeles Times last month about the Chicago-area native, who doesn’t drink. “It was really impressive. No, he did it for the show.”
Odenkirk should be very familiar with Disco Demolition Night. He wrote the foreword to “Disco Demolition: The Night Disco Died,” a book recently released by Chicago author-producer Dave Hoekstra and Dahl.
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Season 4 of “Drunk History” is scheduled to premiere Sept. 27. An air date has not yet been announced for the episode with Odenkirk’s sketch.
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