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Jon Benjamin Has a Van is a live-action television comedy series that aired in the summer of 2011 on Comedy Central. The series stars Jon Benjamin as a reporter who tours around in a van to deliver uninteresting news to the viewers and to unsuspecting people while utilizing scripted scenes for narrative reasons. The series' cancellation was announced in April 2012.
Special guests include Patton Oswalt, David Cross, Jon Glaser, Eric Wareheim, Tim Heidecker, Matt Walsh, Ian Roberts, Jay Johnston, Bob Odenkirk, Chloé Dumas, Jerry Minor, Andy Richter, Larry Murphy, Rich Fulcher, Chris Parnell, Brendon Small, and Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett.
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Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01BorderJune 14, 2011—After pushing his producer (Matt Walsh) over the border of Mexico a year ago without his passport to get back in America, Jon visits him and
- S01E02Little ItalyJune 15, 2011—During an investigative report on Italian communities in New York, Jon finds himself in a feud between Little Italy and Little Little Italy,
- S01E03Star DoorJune 22, 2011—While doing a report on Area 54, a secret area inside of Area 51, Jon and his Crew are sent through a van-shaped dimensional gateway by a sc
- S01E04BreakdownJune 29, 2011—Jon's van breaks down while looking for a "Poor Farm," where rich people go to pretend to be poor for a week each year. While looking for he
- S01E05Road RageJuly 6, 2011—Jon has a violent physical encounter with Jewish motorist on the road that ends with him bitten and becoming an Orthodox "Were-Jew," resulti
- S01E06SuicideJuly 13, 2011—While interviewing the mayor of a town famous as a final retreat for those who are considering taking their own lives, Leo is found dead at
- S01E07Van SchemeJuly 20, 2011—After ditching work to go on a bender, Jon and the crew claim black Satanists stole the van threw acid on Jon's face. Though Jon's missing v
- S01E08The CurseJuly 27, 2011—While doing a story on the dangers of driving while receiving oral sex, Jon runs over an old gypsy woman. Her angry husband bestows the "Cur
- S01E09House on the LakeAugust 3, 2011—While interviewing a Broadway producer (Patton Oswalt), whom pioneered the new hit play "House on the Lake," in which cell phone use by the
- S01E10SmokingAugust 10, 2011—After visiting a church that believes Jesus Christ smoked a pipe (and Metallica's guitarist owns one of them) Jon takes up smoking. He joins
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