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This Is Not Fame

By: Doug Stanhope
Narrated by: Doug Stanhope, Chad Shank, full cast
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An unfiltered, unapologetic, hilarious, and sometimes obscene assemblage of tales from the down-and-dirty traveling comedy circuit

Doug Stanhope has been drunkenly stumbling down the back roads and dark alleys of stand-up comedy for over a quarter of a century, roads laden with dank bars, prostitutes, cheap drugs, farm animals, evil dwarfs, public nudity, menacing third-world police, psychotic breaks, sex offenders, and some understandable suicides. You know, just for levity.

While other comedians were seeking fame, Stanhope was seeking immediate gratification, dark spectacle, or sometimes just his pants. Not to say he hasn't rubbed elbows with fame. He's crashed its party, snorted its coke, and jumped into its pool naked, literally and often repeatedly - all while artfully dodging fame himself.

Doug spares no legally permissible detail, and his stories couldn't be told any other way. They're weird, uncomfortable, gross, disturbing, and fucking funny.

This Is Not Fame is by no means a story of overcoming a life of excess, immorality, and reckless buffoonery. It's an outright celebration of it. For Stanhope, the party goes on.

©2017 Doug Stanhope (P)2018 Audible, Inc.
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Go fistfuck your mother, or don't. I don't care.

listening to doug & friendos read this book is a real treat for your ear holes.

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fantastic

the commentary between chapters makes it worth it on its own. So good so good

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Was worried and then...

The beginning of this ticked me in the wrong way. But I stuck with it and then it turned out highly enjoyable. Enjoyed Stanhope's stories.

Solid readings.

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I want some more!

Loved it! Totally resonated with me. I truly enjoyed the sharing of the reading with his friends and the "extra stuff" one would not get from reading the actual book. As far as 'Indexes' go...I never realized how funny (wrong - but the good kind of wrong!) they could be.

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Doug's a nut

this book was hilarious. it was like a 12 hour podcast. highly recommended for fans of stanhope or fans of comedy in general.

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More of Doug

This book is great from start to finish. It's more stories from Stanhope and his life.

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Memoirable!

I love the absolute honesty of Doug Stanhope. He’s a great story teller and keeps you on your toes. I am stuck at the end of my day job with a stupid lingering grin on my face.

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Better than the book!

It's fair to say that both of Stanhope's books thus far, are greatly improved in the telling. Each chapter of this audiobook far exceeds its written counterpart, with the inclusion of extra color-commentary, additions, and corrections by many of the people involved in the actual events.
If, however, you're not familiar with his particular brand of stand-up, do yourself a favor and check out some of his stuff on YouTube before beginning this book. It's definitely not for everyone.

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Why are you reading this, DL the book already

Great Audible, if you enjoyed digging up mother you will enjoy this one as well. This audible is worth the money and lots of gems throughout that you will not get with the paperback version. I think more people will copy this style of recording an audible in the comedy section. They will rip Stanhope off in the near future with no credit to the man who did it first. Buy this Audible! Chad Shank golden pipes also make it a great listen.

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If you love his act, you'll love this book.

Worth way more than the physical copy. You get both the book AND a podcast!

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