it's simple: you head west from ucb on franklin, turn left at gower, right on hollywood, and then go until you get to the place that i will announce at the show tonight.Originally Posted by punkdc
(i mapquested "blow coldplay" and got directions to an apple store)
I believe people who do not have tickets will want to get on the wait list for this one.
that's what i said!
(wait, do you know something i don't know, scott?)
Amazing!!! Jimmy Dore, Bil Dwyer, Johna Hill, Seth Rogan, Graham Elwood, and Todd Glass with the amazing Benson. Super show.
Really disappointed about missing this one.
I reserved tickets on friday as soon as they came out but for some reason paypal didn't process the order or there was some confirmation button I didn't click because the reservations didn't go through. So when I got to the front desk they said my reservation was "pending" and redirected me to the wait list where I was just a little too far down on the list to get in and the comp seats still hadn't arrived 20 minutes into the show, so my friends and I eventually just left.
I was really looking forward to this one, I hope it was as good as all the foreboding led me to believe, if so I'll live vicariously through the rest of you all. I hope for recaps.
I thought I saw you wandering around. I'll recap in the AM before my tutor comes. Hope you like masturbation an rabbits.
Im sorry you weren't able to make it in, the people who had the comps showed up in the middle of the show, just for Rogan and Hill's set, then left after they were done. :\
The show was as great as Scott and Doug alluded to... the highlight being a bunny-clad, book-humping, eddie-vedder-posing, Graham Elwood.. it made me miss going to all the Interruption shows.
...and the awkward hug exchange between Benson and Dwyer.
the rest of it:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/liezlwa...7604069748022/
also, thanks to Benson for the drinks post-show.
Yeah I saw Rogen and Hill come into the theater while I was waiting by the front desk but I just figured they were there to see the show. What a treat!
Doug Benson, Professional Humouridian. Awesome CD, awesome show, cool after party. Thank you Doug for hosting the whole evening.
gloshi is having fun with the fact that nobody pronounces HumorEdian correctly.
ethan! you should've asked for me. i would've gotten you in there. you're special!!
and finally, as i announced last night, THE BENSON INTERRUPTION is moving to the second monday of each month at 11:00. but first there's DOUG LOVES INTERRUPTING SPORTS MOVIES on august 4 at 9:30.
(it's olympics month!)
Oh, I thought there was going to be DOUG LOVES INTERRUPTING NATURAL OCCURRENCES MOVIES due to the eclipse. Oh well...
Fantastic news about the move to Monday, now I can finally see an Interruption again!
...here's a little more of the show.
man of the night, Doug Benson!
Bil Dwyer demonstrates how to hug someone you don't really want to hug.
Jonah Hill does his SYNT material along with some not so worked out observations.
"Now I know how it feels to jerk off another man..."
Seth Rogan talks about jerking off when his penis has fallen asleep.
Graham Elwood, during his introduction of Benson at the top of the show, teases that he'll maybe appear at some point to join the interrupters. I don't think anyone was expecting this though. Benson made sure to Graham-proof the stage by removing the podium, knowing well that Graham would probably knock it over and injure the girl sitting next to it on the floor.
Graham takes a book from an audience member. After throwing it on the floor, some of the audience gets upset. "Are you kidding me? You get people up here talking about racism and queen latifah, and you're getting mad at me because I throw down a book?!"
Todd Glass demonstrates what he was going to do before Graham stole his act.
When Graham comes out to defend, Benson tangents, "... jesus, you have more hair than the bunny costume..."
I'll let punkdc fill in more of the details...
I considered asking for you or Scott but decided that it would seem like to much of an ego trip on my part.
see, you are special!
(i'm in the denver airport)
You could've also tagged along behind Bill Dwyer and pretended to be part of his family. That trick always seems to work for a few people.
Did that joke remind anyone else of a Dan Mintz joke? or was it just me? It was interesting to see Rogan perform. Jonah Hill I had seen last week so it was much of the same. Though I do say when Doug said Jonah Ray I was all happy I was like yay Jonah then he said Jonah Hill and I was like oh okay...
"Now I know how it feels to jerk off another man..."
Seth Rogan talks about jerking off when his penis has fallen asleep...
Overall I enjoyed this show. I always love seeing Jimmy Dore, Todd Glass and Graham Elwood is just fantastic! now when I see a bunny suit I will now think of him jumping up and down looking at his shadow.
I think a lot of Seth jokes were a lot of what guys just say to each other. There was also hints of Brian P's act in there when he was talking about showing some balls to woo women. It was ok to watch, it just wasn't the most impressive. I thought Johna Hill really blew it away though. I really liked his energy and his general excitement. Also, Todd Glass and Elwoods argument was scary and funny at the same time. I really love Todd Glass and was excited to see him in person.
I thought Seth's set came close to infringing on jokes from Dan Mintz (dick fell asleep) and Louis CK (rubbing his dick on everything as a kid). Would fellow comics alert someone if they heard them do a joke that is similar to someone else's? (Especially considering these guys haven't spent their nights in comedy clubs, lately at least.)
My favorite part of Seth's set was when he was talking about using hand cream to masturbate. He said he used it so much that he sort of forgot that it has another purpose, and if he saw someone in public taking out some hand cream, he thought they were going to jerk someone off.
Graham was far and away the highlight of the show. That was stellar.
ILIS already said as much, but yeah the second it came out of his mouth my husband and I looked at each other knowingly.
I did like Jonah Hill's Queen Latifah bit.
"There was no joke in there words-wise" - Andy Kindler
"Defend your book, NERD!" - Graham Elwood
ArchStanton: My brother and I love like a lesbian couple
Yeah, I felt like I had heard most of Seth Rogan's jokes before and done better. Both the ones mentioned above I am pretty sure I actually have heard from more than one comedian before. Still, it was interesting seeing those guys trying something that visibly makes them uncomfortable.
Did anyone else feel like they hijacked the show a bit? While I enjoyed Jonah Hill for the most part, I felt like he went on too long and messed with the rhythm and flow of the show. Especially because there couldn't be any interrupting at any point during their sets, like the premise of the show got thrown out half way through. It also struck me as odd when the cameraman and many of the people who had reserved seats left the moment Rogan was done. Fortunately Graham and Doug picked it up the moment the guys were off stage, but I got a strange feeling about it. Doug, what did you think? I felt like since it was your CD release party they seemed out of place. Please don't take this as shit talking though, I thoroughly enjoyed the show and had fun at the after party, I was just curious what the circumstances surrounding it was.
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