Douglas Steven Benson
(born May 7, 1964) is an American stand-up comedian who has appeared on Comedy Central Presents
, Best Week Ever
and as a contestant on Last Comic Standing
.
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Biography
Benson graduated from a community college in
San Diego,
California, before moving to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career.
While working as a stand-in and extra in movies and TV, such as a cousin in Curb Your Enthusiasm he did his first stand-up gig after he and two other friends dared each other to try it. One of them didn't show up, and the other had signed up too late. Benson claimed that "I went on anyway and did my three minutes of whatever I could come with and people actually laughed".
[1] At the age of 22, Benson became a stand-up comedian.
Benson was part of the writing team that created (and performed in)
The Marijuana-Logues
. He was also named
Stoner of the Year for 2006 by High Times Magazine. Benson also made his own documentary
Super High Me
, which was released on DVD on June 10, 2008.
Benson also appears on the comedy compilation CD
Comedy Death-Ray
. Benson released his first full-length solo comedy album,
Professional Humoredian
, on July 15th, 2008.
Benson hosts a semi-regular podcast called I Love Movies which is recorded before a live audience at the
Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in Los Angeles before Comedy Death Ray shows. A regular feature of the podcast is the Leonard Maltin Game in which Benson reads the cast of an unknown movie in reverse order (star of the movie comes last) from
Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide to his guests who attempt to guess the movie.
On August 4, 2009 his second CD
Unbalanced Load
was released by
Comedy Central Records
"Red Eye" Incident
On March 17, 2009, Benson made jokes about the
Canadian military's mission in Afghanistan, while appearing on the
Fox News comedy program
Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld.
Greg Gutfeld, the host of the program also joked, among other things, that the
United States should
invade Canada. These comments went largely unnoticed until a recording of the five minute clip was circulated on the Internet during March 2009, Canada's deadliest month in Afghanistan since arriving in 2002.
[2] The Government of Canada demanded an apology from FOX News as well as the panelists for "...despicable, hurtful and ignorant comments."
[3] On March 24th, Benson apologized for the remarks on
CTV News Channel's
Power Play with Tom Clark.
[4]
Discography
- Comedy Death-Ray
(2008)
- Professional Humoredian
(2008)
- Unbalanced Load
(2009)
Filmography
- Captain EO
(1986)
- Run Ronnie Run
(2002)
- Heckler
(2007)
- Super High Me
(2007)
References
- Exclusive Interview: Doug Benson of 'Last Comic Standing'
- YouTube - How to lose friends and alienate countries
- Fox host apologizes for mocking of Canadian Forces
- Comedian on Fox News show apologizes to Canada