"My name is Matt Besser, one of the founders of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre and one of the creators of This Show Will Get You High. A year ago I approached the leaders of Comedy Central with the idea to create a sketch show so funny that it had the power to get the viewer high. I theorized that if we can get the kids high on sketch comedy, then they won’t have to be in the empty lots and the abandoned malls looking for real drugs like heroin, crack, and worst of all, marijuana."
Writing
Besser's deranged premise commits harder than it should.
Acting
Pre-fame Jessica Williams and Paul Rust serving chaos.
Director
Eric Appel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This aired as a one-off Comedy Central special after UCB's TV show ended, essentially a failed pilot dressed as a manifesto.
The 'abandoned mall' reference specifically mocks 2000s anti-drug ads that feared suburban teens in parking lots; Besser's parody arrived right as those ads became internet punchlines.
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