Doug Benson Has Heard That Portland Is Green

America met Doug Benson as a goofy, subversive finalist on the fifth season of Last Comic Standing. He was rejected for his first tryout, so he drove out to Minnesota to try out again, and made it to the finals. Although he was voted off in favor of twin blond hillbillies and a man with a head like a 15 pound bag of Idaho potatoes, he has done more with that show's exposure than any of the winners- He's gone on to make a movie about smoking pot every waking moment for a month, Super High Me, and he's a regular contributor to the Best Week Ever and other VH1 talking head stuff. He's got a couple of shows at UCB that I enjoy when they are podcast- I Love Movies and The Doug Benson Interruption, where he lives out every comic's dream of yelling stuff out at his friends onstage. On top of that, he's famous for his lazy, one-line movie reviews and his lazy eye. He'll wear any free hoodie onstage. He's appeared on Friends, the Sarah Silverman show and How I Met Your Mother. I like him a lot. All this to say, fabulous Bridgetown Comedy is bringing Doug Benson to Portland for his debut at Berbati's pan next Wednesday, October 15th. Please come out and see him, and his friend Graham Elwood, who is also awfully good.

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