UPDATE-- May 24, 4:53 pm ET After about 18 hours, Stanhope and co. have exceeded their goal of $50,000, raising $56,241. And the number keeps rising. There's still 59 days left of the campaign. -------- Comedian and vocal atheist Doug Stanhope is spearheading an effort...
Doug Stanhope will record his newest stand-up comedy special and album tonight in Portland, OR! From a New Wave Entertainment press release: New Wave Entertainment will record international comedy sensation Doug Stanhope’s new hour-long stand-up special at Portland...
I remember sitting in my office in 2010 and reading Doug Stanhope's evisceration of stand-up comedy classes. I remember it very clearly, in fact, because at the time I was deep into strategizing how a "traditional" comedy club could become the next Upright Citizen's Brigade...
As promised, comedian Andy Andrist revealed a video on Super Bowl Sunday of himself and friend, Doug Stanhope confronting Andrist’s childhood molester. It turns out, however, the video is not a one-off but rather a small part of a larger documentary about Andrist coming to...
Comedian Andy Andrist was molested when he was a child. And on Super Bowl Sunday (Feb. 3), Andrist will release a video showing his alleged abuser – Stephen P. Spleen of Port St. Lucie, Fl – admitting his actions. Andrist and longtime friend, comedian Doug Stanhope, shot...
Last month I did a run of shows opening for Doug Stanhope on the Southeast leg of the Big Stink Comedy Tour. Along with Junior Stopka from Chicago, Greg the road manager, and Bingo (Doug’s lovely girlfriend), we spent three weeks doing 17 shows in 19 days. We performed in...
At this point, do you really need us to write an intro for this interview? Did you see the headline and giant photo above? Right. Doug Stanhope. If you don't know who he is and what he's done, chances are you're not reading these words right now, anyway It's enough to say this:...
Doug Stanhope may have outdone himself in stomping on taboos with the post on his blog (and to his email list) today. He opened with a brief and fitting memorial to his friend and fellow comedian Frank Lunney, who, as Stanhope puts it, “croaked” in his sleep early last month...
Showtime has set a premiere date for Doug Stanhope's hilariously brutal Before Turning The Gun on Himself: - Friday, Aug. 3rd at 10 pm EST. The newest hour from Stanhope was released digitally in March and shot to the #1 spot on the Billboard, iTunes and Amazon comedy charts....
