Doug Stanhope - NEW DVD ' no REFUNDS'

 

Not all stand-up comedy is spot-cleaned and pre-packaged for the masses. Like the legends who were born out of smokey, booze-soaked nightclubs of decades past, Doug Stanhope spews his own brand of moral outrage in an unmatched style that borders on self-destruction. Nothing is sacred, no subject off-limits and most importantly nothing is contrived.

 

From critically acclaimed appearances at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to regular appearances on The Howard Stern Show, Stanhope always shows an intelligence and brutal honesty in his comedy, no matter how viciously graphic or unsettling the material may be.

Taped live at the Gotham Comedy Club, this appearance is an unflinching look at one of the few voices left standing in the dark, punk-rock underbelly of stand-up comedy.

 

This DVD includes Doug Stanhope's ALL NEW and much-talked-about show that aired on Showtime, plus many other exclusive extras such as 'Laugh if it's Funny', 'Doug Fucks Up', and 'What the Fuck is He Talking About?' 

 

Release date: August 14th

Pre-order it now at www.dougstanhope.com
Price: $15 + $12 for shipping / £13-£15 in total as GBP.
Rating: R-Restricted
CAT#: LEG4250DVD

 

 

DOUG STANHOPE ONLINE:
www.dougstanhope.com
www.myspace.com/dougstanhope
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Stanhope
www.theunbookables.com

 

EUROPEAN TOUR DATES
17TH & 18TH Aug - Lowlands Festival, Amsterdam 
www.lowlands.nl

 

Doug Stanhope - Bio:
When Doug Stanhope first performed stand-up comedy in Las Vegas in 1990, all he was hoping to accomplish was free beer and maybe the attention of chicks who wouldn't otherwise talk to him. Regardless of his successes, his ambitions remain mostly the same.

 

Stanhope has been described as a free-thinking nihilist, a vulgar miseriblist, a self-indulgent, drunken washout and a deviant, misanthropic Charles Kuralt. His material ranges from true-life graphic perversion to volatile social criticism. He's also a bit of a boozehound.

 

He has compiled a wide-ranging television career of dubious achievement. The better of them include Fox's "Invasion of the Hidden Cameras," NBC's "Spy TV," Comedy Central's "Comedy Central Presents" as well as his several appearances on "The Howard Stern Show". International appearances include "Glass House" in Australia, "The Comedy Factory" in Rotterdam, Netherlands and BBC's "Floor Show Live" in the UK. Random appearances on CNBC's "Dennis Miller Show", "The Jerry Springer Show", "Fox News with Greta Van Sustern" and "On-Air with Ryan Seacrest" have all made for good stories and a ridiculous life. Stanhope also appeared in the film "The Aristocrats!"

 

He has released three CDs - "Sicko," Something To Take The Edge Off," and "Die Laughing" as well as two

DVDs, "Word of Mouth" and Deadbeat Hero".

 

His hour-long and uncensored Showtime special and DVD "Doug Stanhope: No Refunds" is due for release in

August 03, 2007.

 

Doug has appeared at every major comedy festival including Montreal's "Just For Laughs", Aspen's "US Comedy Arts Festival," the Edinburgh Fringe Festival where where he won the Strathmore Press Award in 2002 and the Kilkenny Comedy Festival where in 2006 he left Ireland to the tabloid front-page headline "Irish women are too ugly to rape! Comic booed after shocking festival jibe.''

 

In 2002, he was named as one of the Top Ten Comics To Watch by both Variety and the Hollywood Reporter.

In 2006, Time Out New York voted him Best Performance of 2006.  Doug Stanhope resides in Bisbee, AZ on the Mexican border with his shaved-headed lady-boy-girl Bingo and an unruly dog named Ichabod, looking for the next pile to step in.

 

What the press have said:
"Let me tell you something, friends. Doug Stanhope is one funny sumbitch. He's also one of the most

twisted individuals I've ever met, but that's part of his charm. He's one of those comics that doesn't

make shit up. He lives a mad, mad life and what he remembers he reports back to us. He's been known to

bare his soul, and other things, right there on thestage. If you're easily offended, stay home this week.

Watch Matlock or something. But if you like your comedy rough, raw, and rowdy, there's no one better than

Doug Stanhope".
Austin Chronicle

 

"He blazed with the honesty, outrage and lucidity that made his name... Much of what's wrong with the

world melts away in Stanhope's flame... comedy with brains and guts and a heart", "the charm, don't-give

-a-damn swagger and aggressive intelligence that make for important, exciting comedy."
The Guardian, London

 

"There's a kind of Olympic torch of extreme American comedy, which passed from Lenny Bruce, through

Richard Pryor and Sam Kinison... to the late Bill Hicks. Stanhope is the latest, and equally brilliant,

bearer."
Independent on Sunday

 

"Stanhope's stage show is a momentous thing to behold. Don't expect typical Bush-bashing or paper-thin

material - he takes no prisoners in his ruthless baiting of everything that gets under his skin."
Glasgow Evening Times "On his way to self-immolation, Stanhope works through an hour of brilliant

material which slaughters just about every sacred cow on the farm."
The Scotsman, Edinburgh

 

"Stanhope breaks down the walls of decency. He uses profanity, but nothing he says is meant to shock.

Everything he says is designed to make the audience laugh. Stanhope has worked his way to become one of

the best comics around."
The Reno Gazette Journal