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This Is Not Fame
This Is Not Fame: A "From What I Re-Memoir" | Doug Stanhope
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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.
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Kristine Levine graphically detailed the condition of her obese undercarriage after having three children. "My pussy looks like it swallowed a dog that chewed it's way out!"

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I found myself occssionally laughing while reading this, but since I'm not 22, I have no use for these "I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell" style books.

Leah Best casually dismissive review of a book award 🥇🏆 (I laughed, anyway) 7y
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Stanhope's term for the mentally retarded. I nearly pissed myself laughing.

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tournevis Jeez... 7y
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Lcsmcat 😂 7y
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BookHermit 😂 7y
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At the Jerry Springer Show.

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Interesting chapter title.

DGRachel 😒 7y
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