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>> This week we’re back it’s the guy Benson show, thanks for listening guy Benson show dot
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That was just a sampling of
some of the generous
introductions I received on the
newish show of my next guest
making his debut. On the guy
Benson show. He is the littlest
host with the tallest
co-host of the 5 in the new
king of late night that is true
that anger that felt it is
great to see you in studio, I’m
so happy to be here and it’s
just I I can’t believe this is
my first time just with you
yeah, you know,
in this context in this context
sacked Lee we will get into the
other context because it’s
filthy but I
yeah it’s great hot. I love
those introductions when you
put when you talk when you pile
of money each other yes thats
how it works it’s a long game
people to understand that it’s
a long game you’re supposed to
do that
you’re supposed to have them
all like so it’s one person and
it’s relentless
I had forgotten about the one
he has the face of an 8th
grader in his glove compartment
I was so dark iarc and wrote I
had I think I wrote the second
part of that have glove
compartment. So how do these
get written. Well it started, I
mean it’s was obviously started
red eye.
And it was my idea because a
friend of mine’s band I seen a
friend of mine’s bad and the
introduced all the members like
a 6 foot 5 runs like ATF
playing drums Dave Lombardo and
I’d be like. I should do that
with my guests and then I got
so obsessed with it I think
I would write them and then
other guests who love them like
Allison Rosen wrote thousands
of them into it wasn’t even
working for me.
I think I can’t remember Andy
bill wrote some they might have
they probably did. But it was
like yeah, I’m sure we did look
around Robin thing I like like
it’s kind of how we do magazine
captions where you take up.
You just you goes around the
staff like a picture of
something and people right on
it that’s how we did and that
started on reddit right, yeah,
and it’s the hardest People get
rid of its very hard to do
tiresome cat as you’re doing it
every day right. But it’s easy
to do you because you’re on
like once every 2 weeks.
it’s nobody else does it and
it’s just like something that I
can’t I don’t I can’t
settle on just saying hey we’re
here with Dana Perino it’s got
to have something else. Does
anyone ever get upset.
Some people might get shocked
if I if I if it appears that I
might cross
the line or you would never
guess that start date or if
they think that I’m making fun
of them, but I never do I don’t
think ever do maybe maybe.
15 years ago on read item I
have been a person or 48 like
that was like never seen the
show before I was said what the
Hell’s going on but I think
it’s like
we’ve been yeah everybody knows
what’s going on in that show
now like if people get it yet
all teasing it’s already cool.
It’s all like getting under
people’s skin take it is like a
nightly roast and puts it on
people don’t. I don’t think
people understood where it was
going until it happened and I
told I told Tyra said cat that
was like when we’re here every
day it’s going to just morph
into a roast because that’s the
way to read I check when I
became just an insult factory,
you know, and it’s like the
best part if you can’t insult
somebody you don’t like them.
That’s up that fact if you said
if you sit if you see me next
to somebody I can make fun of
him, it’s because I I honestly
I’m not interested then you
must really like Brian Stelter
haha those jokes happen all the
time. I will just say in terms
of the support
and the fandom of the show not
to blow smoke, you know this
but in the last couple weeks I
was talking to one friend of
mine who is in his mid 20’s in
Colorado. He watches almost
every occasionally engage in
some Colorado type behavior and
then tune in yes well was it.
>> Yeah and then I was just in
Georgia over the weekend and I
was at a dinner party with
a bunch of retirees who watch
every single night and they
freaked out. When I mention you
got to come to New York and be
in the like we’re going we’re
going to come. They’re huge
fans. How do you talk about and
should explain to people who
maybe have heard about the show
haven’t tuned in
why has it been so successful
because you went from a show
that didn’t exist not long ago
to beating.
>> All of these long tenured on
the air
comedians who have staffs of
dozens of people in yeah,
millions of dollars in network
TV money behind them.
>> You’re beating all of them
that upsets me the amount of
money and support they have
just blows my mind but I’ll get
over it soon I hope.
Yeah I okay number one today,
the key to access to what with
there was a hole there that
need to be filled. We knew it
you can tell
was I ready for it I wasn’t
sure we talked about it for a
while and I didn’t want to do
it because I felt I wasn’t
ready or I didn’t want the
hassle I was already doing a
weekly show and the 5 I was
exhausted. But how much more
work would this be you know.
I’ve I’ve said is I told
Tucker this out you know on
Tucker show that actually call
Tucker Tucker convinced me to
do it. And
so the now that that I was
describing the show to
somebody. A
good mood.
There’s like that it’s it’s a
good mood where you are with
your friends and you’re just
making fun of each other.
There is politics you’re going
to you I’m not a liberal, but
also the almost all of the
insults are directed at the
host. I I call myself out
constantly for being a complete
idiot and I think
that’s disarming people who
might like FOX to see my God,
the sky actually has set a
certain kind of I.
You know is that like you know
you I don’t take myself
seriously, no you don’t get mad
because people the question I
get all the time after I do
your show is does Greg ever get
upset with you
when you make fun of him like
no that’s the whole point you
know I there’s I never
happier then when
somebody rips me because that
means it’s like a it’s a group
we’re a group and that’s the
best part that’s what I love
like redeye with and aegis
would insult me constantly
and I wouldn’t so bill and it
would just be this constant
back and forth it’s a state
that’s just the way people it’s
it’s a disarming way of
communication takes the edge
off politics, social problems,
Yep and the show gets less
political as it goes. Yeah, A
and B block there’s a lot of
politics and
then it’s often nonsense land
for a I call it what is it weak
what’s a haircut it’s got the
party in the back serious
affront I’m a little bit said
news mullet say it’s serious up
front party in the back but the
mullet keeps growing more and
more and I’m serious stuff gets
you get fault. So now it’s
receding hairline receding
hairline so it’s all the fault.
It’s all like you know when you
see what you see Jesse without
his to sis like disgusting the
little water shot very
sensitive about that.
I know well you know it’s like
you Nate Jesse and he does not
have to pay for the record as a
fact check. Here’s the other
thing about the spent a fair
system. The hair or system it
is something that he can
comment on perhaps when he
comes if he comes back on the
show he’s a very busy man oh
yeah, parents he’s got 2 shows
yeah but.
>> The space that you play in
sort of like the sandbox of
late night TV.
I think part of the reason that
got fell has been successful
side from you and the team and
cat and the what a what a cool
group. The rest of the
landscape is so boring. They
are all the same in so many
ways they are predictable they
either are terrified to make a
joke about Democrats or they
are just a Democratic super
Pac. End
it’s like people haven’t
learned the lesson of FOX News
for 25 us that people might
want something a little bit
different sometimes you know
who they listen to only their
publicist. That’s up to the
the least humor person on the
planet is a public yeah, I
suppose I worked in magazines
and I had to deal with them.
People representing celebrities
will scare the craft out
of you help to dumped a black
male you with like you’ll never
see have this person on your
show and I represent all these
other people that freaks that
freaks these.
>> The producers out so they
got to be nice and you get
these celebrities on they’re
actually really fun to look at.
But when they open their
mouths. It’s like okay, I’ve
seen enough turn the channel
and the celebrities are great
advertising, you know.
Morse also that works right you
know that it’s
it’s it’s we make our own
celebs they’re like we have bad
but we have Brad Pitt tonight,
you’re like
up tonight, guy Benson, yes, I
can’t compete with Your your
your or your are Brad Pitt, how
you look at that in my intro on
the show them at all right
let’s try that tomorrow says he
regret that Harland Williams.
>> I’ve been trying to get
Harland Williams for ever, he’s
so funny protect, you
so that’s tomorrow night at
11:00PM eastern along with I
mean every night 11:00PM
eastern it’s got felt on FOX
News Channel I want to break
real quick rest because when we
come back,
we have.
>> Was a surprise guest, a
special guest, a blast from the
want to ask about you your
retiree bonds. Did we couldn’t
get was at the time.
What’s that got the quarterback
know Tom Brady Tom Brady know
say hey you’re clearly very
close to where I went to Sarah
together. Okay no reject freeze
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