The Benson Interruption
The Benson Interruption is a stand-up comedy show on Comedy Central starring Doug Benson. The show was cancelled after one season. 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 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.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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |