FFF FEST REVIEW: Doug Benson

Doug Benson is this generation’s Cheech and Chong.  He is the front-runner in the stoner comedy genre and is most known for his movie “Super High Me,” a drug-induced parody of the award-winning documentary “Super Size Me.”

He took the Yellow Stage, sponsored by Moontower Comedy Festival, on Sunday, and provided what one may expect from a stoner comedian.

Although he had jokes prepared, he decided to forgo the plan in order to make fun of Fun Fun Fun Fest and the people in the crowd.

Benson heckled two young men that left during his set, claiming that they had to make it back to their Bible group meeting.

Benson also made jokes about the bandanas over many people’s faces.  The bandanas are worn mostly at the Black Stage to keep dust out of the mouths of moshers. 

Benson, however, joked that the bandanas were for scaring away old western villains.

“It worked,” Benson said, “I haven’t seen any stage coaches around.”

It would not be a Doug Benson routine, though, without a few marijuana jokes, and Benson did not disappoint.

He started on a political rant to convince the audience to vote to legalize marijuana.  Then he realized he was in Texas and abandoned the effort.