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This Is Not Fame

A "From What I Re-Memoir"

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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.

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loved this, hoping to see if my favourite comedian does many more writings. thank you audible and Doug Stanhope for such an amazing book

amazing, just worth every minute of my life

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I hope he lives long enough to do another Australian tour, because I'm selfish like that

F*** I love this guy

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Chad Shank should be narrating many more books! An excellent performance! That Stanhope fellow needs a bit of help I feel.

Fine performance by Chad Shank

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You get what you expect with Doug, which means you have no idea what is coming.
I recommend listening to this book while in traffic just for the weird looks you get from the laughing you are doing

As expected, gold

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An hilarious collection of moments from Doug's life... all the better in Audiobook form due to the interjection of people present when the events occurred... narrators equally as unreliable as Doug.

Put the kids, and your partner, to bed... have a beer or two and just enjoy the ride!

Doug Stanhope at his best!

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