Regular Show's DARKEST Storyline | The Saga of Drunk Benson
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- Опубликовано: 27 июл 2024
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Regular Show has always been adored for being a mature Cartoon Network series that isn't afraid to make some pretty blunt stand-ins for adult situations and substances. However, they run a little deeper than one-off jokes! Benson Dunwoody has a completely secret arc that highlights his dark addiction and battle against alcoholism...through chicken wings. Yes, we're serious. His anger at Mordecai and Rigby has been remedied with throwing his life down a bottle. From drowning his sorrows in the sauce to finding love with Pam, here's the big moments in a big part of Benson's character development in Regular Show!
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0:00 - Intro
2:13 - The Metaphor of Hot Sauce & Wings
5:43 - Benson on Wings
12:45 - Benson's Problem
16:00 - Benson in Love
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Remember that time Benson overdosed on wings and soda and ended up in the middle of the desert in an ejected pilot seat? This show was so ahead of its time
Remember that house party ep where they (M & R as well) got unintentionally stone out of their mind? I miss regular show
Gotta love those wacky (surprisingly stealthy enough to not be censored) episodes.
Oh, yes, Mississippi Queen.
eh.
I have to admit that unexpected twist ending was hilarious! It has got to be one of my favorite episodes from that series.😂
I just realized the double meaning. I feel like an idiot!
I don’t get why Benson used to be so hated back then. The guy’s hilarious and frankly, Mordecai and Rigby kind of deserved his outbursts.
Well..... he was a jerk to Mordecai and Rigby and threatened to fire them because they were lazy.
A lot of character development goes a long way.
@Hooty HOOT HOOT doesnt justify being an asshole to an employee but ok lmao
Bensons like the squidward of regular show. You hate him as a kid but understand him when you’re older
@@gamefan6219 I'm just surprised that he didn't get fired himself for all the yelling.
I'm 30 and only watched all of Regular show a year ago because my best friend of over a decade passed away, had asked me to watch the show while he was alive, and after his passing I finally sat down and watched all of it. To say lightly, Benson's Chicken Wing problem did not escape me.
May your friend rest in peace.
Eh??
I'm sorry for your loss may he rest in peace genuinely speaking.
Rest in peace.
@@stikbr5833 if you're confused about why someone would do something their passed friend wanted, I think it's called something like a bucket list or honouring their memory. Depending on how much regular show impacted the person, it may have even reminded the OP of their friend.
That edit of Benson pulling a Kanye absolutely floored me, “Gene I’m proud of you and imma let you finish… but MY park”
Benson is a typical case of a child growing up in a broken home and that transitioning into his adult life. All his father did was scream at him so that’s the only way he knows to display authority
I’d probably be fucked up, too, if I had to deal with all that crazy dangerous magic shit all the time.
That's probably why he can tolerate Mr Maellard's yelling and brutal management of him. I reckon he must have a soft spot for Pops as he'd be able to relate to what Pops would've had to grow up with, being Mr Maellard's son and all.
People who watched the show as kids or teens should DEF revist it now as 20 somethings. It hits way different.
I rewatched it last fall at 23 and i was 11-i don’t remember how old i was when it ended but i never fully caught the references. safe to say it hits different now
Hits way different for sure
Same with Adventure time!
Certainly I forgot the name but I want to the adult version it’s called close enough or something I think
I feel like we’re all doing the same stuff lol.. like we’re all rewatching reg show and adventure time n feeling the same things 🤍 i love how sumn as small as television we grew up with as kids can keep us connected
Honestly, Regular Show got really close to being the Rick And Morty of its time, I wish they'd gone all in on its adult themes and made it an Adult Swim show. It touched on topics that kids wouldn't get, like Mordecai's dating problems and Rigby getting his GED and his incredibly healthy relationship with Eileen.
I agree but if it was on adult swim it wouldn't have been such a major part of my childhood
Yes
Right? This show could not decide what it wanted to be. It would have been so much better if it was just an adult swim show.
Thankfully we have Close Enough.
😭😭😭 bruh what
@@chili_01 True, and I actually liked the adult tones as a kid. Like he says in the video, Regular Show doesn't baby or talk down to the kids watching.
Regular show is one of those shows that you don't notice that a character is a gumball machine because of how enjoyable Benson is
Your eyes must not work
I think that's just due to kids being stupid lol what else would he be?
He's not a gumball machine. Watch the pilot.
I never realized how dark this was back in the day but then again most of us were kids watching Regular Show
No WONDER he was always mad at Mordecai and Rigby.
Well yeah, it’s a kid’s show…That aired on a kids channel.
@@Tw0Dots they had to edit least one of the episodes
But I pretty much knew it when I was like 10 and below but was not really sure and I actually thought wings could make you drunk 😂😂. I was literally asking my mom what were wings really just make sure it's chicken wings 🤣. That's why I love this show 😆
good to know you never meant to hate Benson and understand the kid-friendly metaphor for alcoholism and spicy chicken wings
I did like the Gold Watch episode mostly for the moment where Benson is ready to fully blame Mordecai and Rigby for what happened, but the two pilots are like "No, you were the one who ate all those wings, you're the one who said yes. You could've said no at ANY time, but you didn't. You have no one to blame but yourself." was such a good moment showing someone confronting him about his problem.
Benson is a perfectionist. I've asked a psychiatrist once years ago and turns out perfectionism and alcoholism go together perfectly.
Because reality is so very often disappointing
@@connormclernon26that's not true
@@connormclernon26sounds like a perspective issue
@@moomaniac2932Uh, yeah you dip. That's what alcoholics tend to have. A negative outlook on life that they themselves need to fix.
Thanks I'm cured 🙄@moomaniac2932
I know this video is about Benson dealing with implied alcoholism...but after I watched this my first thought was
Wait... MARK HAMILL PLAYED SKIPS...MY LIFE IS A LIE
Same
I know right 🤣
Uh, yeah. Us DC Animated Universe fans instantly recognized that near-Joker voice of his.
HE DID?!?!
SO TRUE OMG
Hearing Benson go "NO! Lemme FINISH!" Gave me flashbacks to my stepdad when he would get drunk. The relatability in this show, God!
jesus
@@OVRDRV3 yeah bruh 😔
i kindly ask to not use The Lord’s Name in vain and many blessings to you and have a wonderful day 😊✝️
@@alejandros.9523 bro I saw you before go away
@@haha-lj5sq what he said
Mordecai and Rigby: breathe
Benson: *You've just waved your last OHHHH*
If "I wake up and choose violence" was a living embodiment, it'd definitely be Benson
That's not even remotely true. Benson is a nice guy deep down, until you offend him. Benson believes that if you're going to do a job, you do it efficiently and you do it right. Mordecai and Rigby almost never hold up to this standard. This is when Benson loses it and lashes out.
There are plenty of instances where Benson starts out as peaceful but Mordecai and Rigby make his patience run dry. Like the time Benson got sandwiches for everyone on the house, and the two thought it would be funny to order the 84 dollar sandwich. The time Benson wanted to get donuts for everyone. Benson giving them plenty of chances to impress and make him proud. He puts genuine hope in Mordecai and Rigby, hope that he can teach them more responsibility
@@gingerballin bruh
@@ninjacats1720 sorry man i'm bored
@@gingerballin its fine bro
@@ninjacats1720 thanks bro
I like how after years later after the show ended, people are still making content on it which is just amazing
Soda was beer, wings and hot sauce is hard liquor and wing kingdom is a bar
*yea ikr crazy*
its amazing that Pops and Benson share the same voice
And alongside with Muscle Man
Muscle Man:”You know who else shared the same voice?
My Mom!”
@@leociresi4292 W
I like to think that the wings are whiskey infused and explains why is benson getting drunk off of them
beer battered wings are a thing and ig the crew just took advantage of that
@@supremered04 imagine getting drunk off of the beer battered wings.
@@acreativeeccentric.9312 I'd be more concerned about the salmonella. If you aren't cooking them long enough for the alcohol to boil out, you DEFINITELY aren't cooking the meat to a safe temperature.
Alcohol infused food doesn't get you drunk
You do know the alcohol cooks off to leave flavor right?
The saddest thing is Regular Show got to do what Infinity Train wasn't allowed to.
I guess so but it’s not comparable
What was that if I don’t mind asking?
I'm guessing as a rymin shipper it's not what I'm thinking given the time it was airing. (that being a gay relationship)
The worst part is that infinity train was canceled for "not having a child protagonist to relate to" when regular show had no child protagonist to speak of in any seasons.
Never got to see infinity train, although i heard it was a good show
Is no one is gonna talk about that weird cat video episode and Mordecai and Rigby go to Benson’s apartment. Then Rigby thinks giving Benson wings will make him stop his weird addiction to cat videos?!?!? Why doesn’t anyone talk about this?????
To me that episode is a not subtle way to do porn addiction.
@@misterslick2693 looking back at his face and how far he took it and where he was and him wanting to reenact it like a pornstar really is creepy
Wow WHAT? I feel so naive....
I grew up watching Regular Show in german and in the german dub, benson shares the same voice actor as vegeta so his freakouts were always legendary.
Amazing
@@dracosmith7781KAKAROT, YOU’RE FIRED
Woahh 🤯
I think there was also an episode where Benson got drunk off wings after his girlfriend bumped him. He realized the wings weren't making him feel better like they normally did so Mordecai and Rigby told him that fries were going to cheer him up aka a different kind of alcohol or drink to make his body react differently to a new "substance"
lets get benson some xans mordecai
Bro watching regular show as I'm older now really hits way much more different than when I was younger like this show had a lot of alcohol and sexual themes in it that weren't necessarily that explicit but damn no wonder it was an OG good behind show still love it to this day also Highly underrated.
I’m currently rewatching the show for the first time as an adult and 7 seasons in I’m catching most of pop culture references and all the innuendos and metaphors for drugs and alcohol and honestly in kinda shocked they got away with it all but I love the show for it
I'm only 5 seasons and honestly I'm gonna watch it all over again back to back online along with Adventure Time. Because why the hell not
You seen the cowboy bebop reference
Same except I'm on S3
the older i got and the more i watched this show i slowly realized benson was and is a substance abuser and the “wings and hot sauce” was a metaphor for adult substances that a lot of kids watching this show grew up around.
yeah i was a little kid watching the show and sadly at that age i could identify that metaphor :(
Yeah I remember during my recent rewatching I noticed how they focused on Benson’s addiction to “wings” and how he would eat them when bad things were going on in his life and in the back in my mind I was like this totally a metaphor for actually addiction of the drinking variety
Regular Show's way of getting jokes past the censors is an art.
It might be that he also enjoys wings so much that he connects with everybody a lot more since Benson has so much pressure in ensuring the park work goes correctly, meaning once he is able to connect with his employees in a way that doesn’t force him to get frustrated at least once since he enjoys the wings, and the alcohol in them.
I always felt bad for benson....imagine trying to run an entire park while two dude destroy it daily 😂
Hence his rage!
Yes
Hhaha
Gotta give props to Sam Marin for destroying his vocal chords voicing Benson.
Me who's watched regular show 6 times fully: I K N O W
Mood
I miss this show so darn much , everything about this was so unique ❤️
I also loved the show's uniqueness. ❤
What do you mean? This show was, more than any other show out there, a perfectly normal, run-off-the-mill, Regular Show.
@Arceus Almighty I was just making a joke about the show's name. You're pretty rude.
@@miller_koth she’s a women, they don’t understand humor.
I always thought Wing kingdom might use alcohol for there wings.
they’re heavily beer battered
Soda is a stand-in for beer, while wings are a stand-in for harder "liquor".
I'm only now learning that Benson had a last name
Dunwoody. It's mentioned a few times in the show.
2:30 Ugh! With his leg raised like that Mordecai got the full Monty.
you talking about Pops?
When I was a teen I thought Benson was a bit of a hardass, now I know he's a real boss. Just a very real dude.
I relate to benson a lot as someone who struggles a lot with anger issues to the point that it hurts my relationships constantly. Being angry all the time sucks.
Never felt a comment more
Man I feel this one. Admitting you have a problem is the first step to overcoming it though. You got this.
Benson: I'm not on anger I am anger
If this was on Adult Swim or TBS as an adult cartoon it would've definitely been alcohol Benson was addicted to but we all know what their drinking isn't soda and what their eating isn't wings
Y'kno, as of Monday I finally learned how to cope with feelings without using edibles. And watching this without knowing anything on Benson as a character (because as a kid if a character was naggy, I disliked them. It was the same deal with squidward lol.) and as an adult too, I see why a lotta people love this guy now. Great video.
I'm proud of you 💚 keep it up
“More wings? Benson likey, and I’m Benson” is most certainly something someone would say whilst drunk
I always thought that Regular Show was a made for Teenagers
Same here
I didn't realize he got back together at the end. Good for him
Benson is usually grumpy exactly because he has symptoms of abstinence of drug use. While he is intoxicated he basically becomes his normal self.
My mom never let me watched this when I was a kid. But I’m 19 now and went back and watched the show and my god it was amazing. This stuff was comedy gold at its time and had me hooked. Especially benson and how angry he gets
Skip to Benson when he went for the Extra wing's: May the force be with you.
Loving all these sound effects! The reference to the worlds smallest violin, or the lyrics in punkin Hills and how they reference not letting alcohol get to you or at least, in this case they do…
Thank you dude for piecing together this video and this channel.
This really changed my life and my personal abuse with substances to hide my anger and pain.
Although I’m not a gum ball machine (even if google keeps on asking me if I’m a person lol), I can relate to Benson.
Thank you again
A lot of people forget that drunk Benson first appeared in a season 2 episode. Over the top, where they are at McHooligans (the only thing referencing an actual bar) and it was the only episode were drinks were actual drinks. Alcohol was never mentioned but again it was obvious.
I was thinking the same thing!
I think the biggest thing no one talks about with Benson is how much his responsibilities make him miserable. Like there's the episode where Maellard demotes him and puts a demon lady as the boss of the park and he becomes just sort of chill like Mordecai and Rigby. He probably is using hot 'sauce' as a way to cope with the stress.
That intro really made me realize just how much Benson's VA's throat must hurt after recording episodes holy shit those are some gravelly screams
Umm yeah I thought that was obvious
._.
He’s well known for his wing addiction
If you ever seen the bachelor party episode where they literally go to the south and get wings from hillbilly moonshiners you know what wings REALLY ARE💀
what season?
Scotland: Unicorns are the pride and joy of Scotland!
Unicorns: 2:44
We even have our own unicorns, we discovered them in a cave and they instantly became my palace bodyguards. Equipped with mini-missiles, of course
Considering that Regular Show is basically a continuation of 2 in the AMPM and the show was originally rejected by adult swim but picked up by cartoon network, I'd say that it's pretty clear that virtually everything in the show was overtly intoxicant related for the adult audience and just a moment of enjoyment and fun for the younger audience.
Extreme spice can be a drug, and in fact spice withdrawal can be pretty intense, allegedly. My mom used to eat chili peppers and food with ghost pepper sauce all the time, but was advice to stop, but fortunately her doctor told her to taper off the spice.
That’s true and it could be what the spice episode was implying but they definitely don’t imply they get high from wings in other episodes. Benson wobbles around, slurs his words, acts reckless and enthusiastic when eating wings
Come to think of it Benson is probably the reason I think I'm in my best state of mind on drugs I loved this show and listening to you is helping me realise how much of my life is based on it
This is not so simple a show to jump into. It has to be an “in the mood” show. But when you’re in that mood, it’s honestly AMAZING
ur voice is so nice to listen to . sounds less like someone reading a paper and more like someone rambling with purpose .lov it
this is funny, i almost thought about doing a video on this myself. me and my boyfriend recently sat down and rewatched all of regular show. we thought the wings = alcohol thing was crazy as we both never noticed as kids/teens on our original watches
Have you seen the precursor to Regular Show, 1 in the AM-PM, a short where the characters that would someday become Mordecai and Benson do acid at work?
This ain't the first time CN got alcoholism pass the censors, what with Captain K'nuckles hitting the maple syrup bottle.
The chicken wings made it obvious that it was alcohol but him getting emotional and opening up after a ring binge definitely gave alcoholic vibes.
I got into Regular Show in 2020 when I was 23 and watched it with my little sister and my gawd was it so great and relatable. I can't believe I skipped through it in the early 2010s
Regular Show use to be one of my favorite animated television cartoon comedies of all time along with Adventure Time that I need to finish. I think J.G. Quintel originally wanted to make a show that was geared towards adults rather than children alone, long before he created Close Enough.
Its your favorite yet you didn't finish it?.....
@@navm1284 I already did. And it was a blast!
@@paganavenger8920 awesome 😊
Yes
Wings and Soda were absolutely the way the writers hinted towards alcohol. I have known since I was a kid. Benson being an alcoholic was something else tho, didn’t think that far into it. nice video
this was the best episode you guys have ever put out 10/10
I often have a hard time picking up on more subtle themes in shows, but Bendon's "chicken wing" problem was so overt it even sunk in for ME
Do more regular show vids!! This makes me wanna rewatch the show again
Absolutely love this show. I think this habit of adult situations is what got it cancelled. Cartoon network changed after this show ended
11:26 This makes me think that the wings are meant to represent mixed drinks, and the hot sauce is the hard liquor.
I love that the job he had gave him stability. 💜
I can imagine him with the dub voice of bakugo
Regular Show is exactly what every single "adult show" wishes it was. They don't lean into being super extra edgy, or making sly "were so mature dropping f bombs all the time" jokes, instead they just straight up take these more mature situations at face value (or at least the most obvious that they could've done for a CN show) and throw them right there into your face and you either understand it or don't.
I think Benson has always been my favorite character. never even knew why.
Thank you so much for this I appreciate your view on regular show is what I’ve always thought as well, and you all know the saying two great minds think alike. And if anyone doesn’t think this makes sense then they are in denial
Yes, talk about the hallucination scene from Beavis & Butthead Do America.
I am serious about this btw.
@@RemLasher77 I'm totally serious about it too as well!
Beavis & Butthead doesn’t get enough credit they definitely need an episode 😂
"You guys are grown up now. You've got credit scores" bro ouch
As a kid i just thought they acted different when eating wings because they were just having fun 😂 being drunk never crossed my mind so theh definitely did it right
I’m so glad I gave this show a chance after the original trailer of them riding a cart through an open field. This show made my younger teenage years. Favorite line: Smoke em
I'm still waiting for that blu-ray box set from the show. CN probably won't release it, but one can hope.
Ah yes, I remember. My gumball man! I think the reason why he drinks is because of his family. But during watching the show, I always thought he drank because he had bipolar (or just anger issues) and didn't know it. Him getting drunk was my favorite part of the show though, it just shows and tells us that Benson is just some down to Earth guy. Rather than some do who's always uptight. Man- can't believe I slept on this show when I was a teen...
The show always seem like it was made for more of the teenage audience and maybe the a part of the kids but it always had a deeper meaning
I always liked how the gum balls in Benson’s head make up his facial hair.
That montage at the start had me wheezing 🤣
While all these cartoon conspiracy videos do add a mysterious and dark twist that is exciting and seems like a leap into the dark for a kid’s show, as an adult it really just seems like the creators were making a show that can make social commentary based on real life while also making it viewable for kids. After all, most of us have had a raging dry drunk boss or two. Sometimes they relapse or other times just smash shit and scream in their office.
I never watched all of regular show past the first couple seasons I think but after this video it reminded me that regular show does actually have some good story thrown in there and it isn't just a dumb make jokes about everything show that it looks like on the surface
Ok first and foremost I just finished the whole show for the second time this last weekend lol. And yes, I’ve always thought the wings were their representation of alcohol but I never thought of benson being an alcoholic which in hindsight makes total sense.
Just a point to your "dangerous rhetoric" thing that you touched on, I know it's after it's blown up and not a lot of people will see this but you're exactly right. Myself, and most other addicts/alcoholics I know drink and use because it's exactly the person they want to be when they're sober (for the most part). Funny, confident, able to brush off comments and not get angry over every little thing. Hell, even a great leader. I don't think it's dangerous to say that, if anything I think it's necessary to realize you're doing it for that reason. The important part is recognizing and working to make yourself the person you wanna be without it.
This changed my whole view of the show I thought Cartoon Network couldn’t show anything close to this level of adult themes
This is a pretty nice video!
A video SPECIFICALLY about Benson made by THE ROUNDTABLE??? Just take my money already!
There are enough scenes to make the intro an entire compilation video.
95% of the show features benson raging his ass off idk how he’s still alive
Rest In peace regular show. You were a beautiful masterpiece!
I always thought it was hilarious that Benson's gumballs double as a beard 🤣
Now I can't unsee it
This is so cursed, what have you done to me? Why can't I unsee it?
Also I think the show was so good was cause we could relate to it for the most part. I was probably 17-19 when the show came out, so Mordecai and Rigby(especially Mordecai) were characters I could relate to. Mordecai with his relationship problems and Rigby with his problems with not being seen as a reliable responsible adult due to actin out because of living in his younger brothers shadow. Because being the first born really is basically a test for your parents. And siblings after that are brought up different than how you were brought up. Long story short is the reason the show was/is so good. Is because it grew up with you.
19:29 made me laugh so hard bro wth😂
Best intro ever