''The Benson Interruption'' is a stand-up comedy show on Comedy Central starring Doug Benson. The show was cancelled after one season.http://www.boiseweekly.com/boise/doug-benson/Content?oid=2226877 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

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, 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

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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."

Podcast episodes

Starting January 21, 2011, unedited live shows of ''The Benson Interruption'' became available to download as podcasts.

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