English stand-up comedian Robert Newman builds his act on history.  "The History of Oil" is his very funny, very sarcastic, 45-minute-long examination of British and American involvement in the Middle East.  From WWI to the current wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Newman tackles nearly a century of history, taking time out along the way to poke fun at British Rail, OPEC, military historians, and many, many more usual and unusual suspects.