1. Doug Benson has acted in small roles in numerous TV shows, including Trailer Park Boys and You're the Worst, as well as several films, including serving as the voice of Bane in The Lego Batman Movie.
17 Facts About Doug Benson
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Doug Benson attended Grossmont High School and was active in the drama department.
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Doug Benson made his earliest television appearances as a stand-up in the late 1980s and early 1990s on programs such as Comedy Central's The A-List and Two Drink Minimum and was one of the featured comedians in the cast of Joel Hodgson's sketch-comedy pilot The TV Wheel which aired on Comedy Central in 1995.
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Doug Benson hosted High Times ' 6th annual Stony Awards with rapper Redman.
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In 2006, Benson began hosting a weekly comedy podcast, titled Doug Loves Movies, which is recorded in front of a live audience at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in Los Angeles.
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The game consists of Doug Benson reading excerpts from a Leonard Maltin review and guests wagering how many names, read from the bottom of the cast list up, it would take for them to identify the movie.
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The Willem Dafoe comment started as a joke based on the fact that it would seemingly be the only bad words ever uttered about Dafoe, but many people didn't catch on and, after explaining it a few times, Doug Benson decided to let Dafoe rest.
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In 2010, Doug Benson started an annual, 2 hour Twelve Guests of Christmas special every holiday season.
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In 2008, Doug Benson was the protagonist of the film Super High Me, released on DVD on June 10,2008.
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In 2014, the film's other producers planned to release a sequel, Super High Me Redux, which would have shown additional footage taken for the film; Doug Benson sued them to stop the film from getting made.
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In 2010, Comedy Central aired The Doug Benson Interruption, hosted by Doug Benson, which ran for one season.
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Doug Benson invited featured guests to recreationally smoke marijuana with him at 4:20.
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Doug Benson asked them questions and discussed topics, and at the end of the show, he made them watch a magic trick.
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Doug Benson had small roles on Curb Your Enthusiasm, How I Met Your Mother, The Sarah Silverman Program, Yes, Dear, and Friends.
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In 2007, Doug Benson was a contestant on fifth season of the NBC reality show Last Comic Standing.
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Doug Benson was voted off the program during the ninth episode, earning him 6th place overall.
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Doug Benson offered an apology following the incident on CTV News Power Play with Tom Clark.