Photos: Talk show host’s stoner dream comes true, and it’s high time

Comedian Doug Benson, left, with guests Adam Corolla and Ari Shaffir during his weekly show, “Getting Doug with High,” in the Culver City studios of VPN last month. Benson smokes marijuana and encourages his guests to do so as well, during the show, seen on YouTube. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Feb. 8, 2015 3:53 PM PT

Some people dream of getting an Academy Award or singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the Super Bowl. Doug Benson, a stand-up comic who has carved a successful career around his boundless enthusiasm for marijuana, dreamed of hosting a talk show in which he and his celebrity guests could get really, really stoned. And for a little over a year, he’s been living out that dream with his weekly Web series “Getting Doug with High.”

Comedian Doug Benson, right, jokes while his guests Adam Corolla and Ari Shaffir are photographed following the taping of his weekly show “Getting Doug with High.” (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Doug Benson, left, passes a pot pipe during a taping of “Getting Doug with High,” with guests Adam Corolla and Ari Shaffir. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Doug Benson smokes marijuana while posing for a portrait after taping “Getting Doug with High” last month. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Comedian Doug Benson, left, greets guests Adam Corolla and Ari Shaffir before taping his weekly show “Getting Doug with High” in Culver City last month. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)