| The Benson Interruption | |
|---|---|
| Starring | Doug Benson |
| Composer(s) | Hard 'n Phirm |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | The Music Box Theater (Hollywood, CA) |
| Running time | 21 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Comedy Central |
| Picture format | SDTV: 480i HDTV: 1080i |
| Original run | November 5, 2010 – December 17, 2010 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The Benson Interruption was 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.
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The Benson Interruption was based on the long-running live stage show Benson hosted for many years in Los Angeles, California. The version shown on Comedy Central consisted of the same format.
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 |
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 |