The Ben and Dave Show is an interactive podcast

Podcast

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 and television series on the LGBT

LGBT

LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...

-themed here! television network. The podcast debuted online at heretv.com in October 2007. The televised version of the show premiered on here! on March 14, 2008. The podcast and the series are hosted by radio personality Ben Harvey

Ben Harvey

Ben Caleb Harvey is an American radio and television personality, best known for his evening radio show on the now-defunct 92.3 K-Rock in New York City....

 and comedian Dave Rubin

Dave Rubin

Dave Rubin is a stand-up comedian, podcaster, blogger and television personality. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, USA and currently resides in New York, New York. Rubin is the co-founder of several successful comedy clubs in New York City, including the New York comedy club The Comedy Company...

. The Ben and Dave Show features commentary from the pair on a variety of topics and interview segments.

Shortly after the television debut, The Ben and Dave Show podcasts disappeared from the here! website. No explanation has been forthcoming.

Critical response

The Washington Blade praised the series, calling The Ben and Dave Show a "fun new release." Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

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concurred, citing the show's "catty chat" and the solid pairing of Harvey and Rubin as reasons to watch. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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called the series "sort of like the old Howard Stern

Howard Stern

Howard Allan Stern is an American radio personality, television host, author, and actor best known for his radio show, which was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2005. He gained wide recognition in the 1990s where he was labeled a "shock jock" for his outspoken and sometimes controversial style...

show on E!, but 2/3 less raunchy and 1/3 more gay."

External links

• The Ben and Dave Show at here!