Fuckin' Heroes

Fuckin' Heroes

You will be hard pressed to find a more vile and offensive comedian than Stanhope, but you'll also find few so willing to tackle the bullshit of polite society head on with such a breathtaking instinctive command of the fucking truth.

And of course, he's a sick fuck.

The best part of this show was his constant referring to a guy in the audience who is dying of melanoma at age 59. Less than a year to go. Doug was VICIOUS, and funny as fuck, and the old guy was playing right along. They ended up doing shots of scotch and whippets together onstage.

The old guy's daughter was with him. I can't remember exactly how this was set up (I couldn't see everything, and I was on my fourth beer) but apparently somebody offered a whippet to the guy's daughter and she didn't take it. Doug shot back with "Yeah, like that would be the first time your father shot some sticky white shit down your throat."

I like his approach to politics now that he had to abandon his own campaign as the Libertarian candidate for President. I agree - I'd like to see Obama take it if only because he's going to be the least annoying one of the three left to watch on TV.

I went to the bar next door afterwards and hung out for a while. I said hi to him and gave him a story I thought he'd appreciate - this is the guy who talks on stage about being blown by transvestite hookers and shoving vibrating eggs in his ass, so I had to tell him about an opportunity I was offered a couple days ago that hopefully will happen soon. And that's all I'm saying about THAT.

Go see him if you get the chance. He's as good now as he's ever been.

Love,
Dougie