Stand-up comedy show starring Doug Benson
The Benson Interruption is a stand-up comedy show on Comedy Central [1] starring Doug Benson . The show was cancelled after one season.[2] The concept of the show was that three stand-up comedians per episode perform their acts in front of an audience, with Benson sitting on a throne by the side of the stage. When the time to present a humorous punch line approaches, Benson interrupted the comic with a comment with the intent of adding to the humor of the joke.
The first season aired on Fridays at midnight on Comedy Central .
History
The Benson Interruption was based on the live stage show Benson hosted in Los Angeles , California. The version shown on Comedy Central consisted of the same format.
Episodes
Every episode featured at least one "tweet-off", where Benson and the current guest read Twitter posts off of their own Twitter accounts in an effort to outdo each other with funny tweets. The entire series was released on a bonus DVD with the album "Potty Mouth."
Episode
Airdate
Comedians (In order of appearance)
1x1
November 5, 2010
Nick Swardson , Nick Kroll , Chris Hardwick
1x2
November 12, 2010
Eugene Mirman , Rob Huebel , Mary Lynn Rajskub
1x3
November 19, 2010
Todd Barry , The Sklar Brothers , Paul Scheer
1x4
December 3, 2010
Michael Ian Black , Thomas Lennon , Andrew Daly
1x5
December 10, 2010
Brian Posehn , Greg Proops , Tig Notaro
1x6
December 17, 2010
T. J. Miller , Adam Carolla , Graham Elwood
Podcast episodes
Starting January 21, 2011, unedited live shows of The Benson Interruption became available to download as podcasts.
Episode
Release Date
Comedians (In order of appearance)
1
January 21, 2011
Moshe Kasher , Chelsea Peretti , Brendon Walsh , Marc Maron
2
February 22, 2011
Nick Swardson , Garfunkel & Oates , Anthony Jeselnik , Al Madrigal , Seán Cullen
3
April 1, 2011
Greg Proops , Eddie Pepitone , Jen Kirkman , Brody Stevens , The Sklar Brothers
4
April 21, 2011
Steve Agee , Chelsea Peretti , Bil Dwyer , Garfunkel & Oates
5
May 23, 2011
Tony Camin , Nikki Glaser , Myq Kaplan , Rob Cantrell, Chris Hardwick
6
June 23, 2011
Adam Burke , Dan Telfer , Amy Schumer , Sean Cullen
7
August 23, 2011
Samm Levine , Jonah Ray , Kumail Nanjiani , Chris Hardwick
8
September 14, 2011
T. J. Miller , Paul Scheer , Morgan Murphy , Pete Holmes , The Sklar Brothers
9
October 26, 2011
Nikki Glaser , Rob Cantrell, Tony Camin , Megan Neuringer , Michael Ian Black
10
November 12, 2011
Marc Maron , Matt Besser , Ali Wong , Rob Delaney , Chris Hardwick
11
January 17, 2012
David Huntsberger , Ngaio Bealum , Graham Elwood
12
February 27, 2012
Anthony Jeselnik , T. J. Miller , Nikki Glaser , Nick Kroll , Moshe Kasher , Chelsea Peretti , Pete Holmes
13
March 27, 2012
Scott Aukerman , Brendon Walsh , Chip Pope , Ari Shaffir , The Sklar Brothers
14
March 30, 2012
Brendon Walsh , Ryan Stout , Louis Katz , Howard Kremer , Jonah Ray
15
May 17, 2012
Jen Kirkman , Greg Proops , Harris Wittels , Brendon Walsh , Kumail Nanjiani
16
June 21, 2012
Jonah Ray , Rob Huebel , Graham Elwood, Matt Mira , Chelsea Peretti , Paul Scheer
17
August 27, 2012
Nikki Glaser , Tony Camin , Amy Schumer , Rob Cantrell, Graham Elwood, Kurt Metzger
18
October 15, 2012
Matt Mira , Ben Schwartz , Ari Shaffir , Daniel Kinno , Brody Stevens , Matt Besser
19
January 7, 2013
Sarah Silverman , Greg Proops , David Huntsberger, Matt Mira , Jonah Ray , Kumail Nanjiani
20
February 26, 2013
Zach Galifianakis , Jonah Ray , John Roy , Rory Scovel , Neal Brennan , Kumail Nanjiani
21
March 25, 2013
Eugene Mirman , John Evans , Jake Fogelnest , Geoff Tate , Eric Krug , Chris Cubas , Charlie Hodge , Hannibal Buress
22
June 24, 2013
Kumail Nanjiani , Jonah Ray , Todd Glass , Matt Mira , Rob Huebel , Bert Kreischer
23
September 18, 2013
Brian Posehn , Bob Odenkirk , Rob Cantrell, Trey Galyon , Nikki Glaser
24
November 4, 2013
Zach Galifianakis , Paul Scheer , Jonah Ray , Natasha Leggero , Geoff Tate , T.J. Miller
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