Comedian Doug Stanhope Releases New Stand-up Cd

Dec. 7, 2009 - PRLog -- Doug Stanhope is one of the most talked about and exciting stand-up comedians anywhere in the world today and one of the few American comedians to have succeeded in both the UK and Europe. His new CD, "From Across The Street,"covers a variety of subjects, from Monogamy to Health Care. He also takes on those who criticized him for his role in the downfall of Comedy Central's The Man Show, where he and Joe Rogan took over presenting duties from the show's creator's Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla only to see the new line-up canned after one season.

Select quote from the CD: "People write hate mail - "You ruined the Man Show," like it was some piece of comedic genius to begin with. Like it was some masterpiece. Like I tried to do Monty Python and the Holy Grail Part Two with Jackie Mason and Andy Dick. No it was a turd anyway, it was just their turd. I got paid a bungload of money to ruin that show."

Preview this entire track: http://punchlinemagazine.com/blog/2009/11/listen-to-exclusive-doug-stanhope-track-new-album-out-tomorrow. The CD is available through DougStanhope.com and major retailers, but as Doug put it ""Yes you could go to Amazon or some other outlet that sucks out any profit margin and hates you OR you could just click on the merch button [on dougstanhope.com] and in minutes, your order's on its way!"

About Doug Stanhope:

In 1990, while working as a telemarketer, Stanhope began performing stand-up, attending open mikes at the Escape Lounge II. Stanhope's material is marked by an almost unflinching honesty, touching upon his own drug habits and sexual habits. His social and political views are contrarian, but always sincere. The twisted things he says are what he believes, he's come to them using his own dark logic. His belief in what he says - it's not just 'material' - is probably why sometimes he gets visceral responses from audiences, often inducing walkouts 'not ready for the truth', as Stanhope sees it.

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