@rodthepimp why would I want to be angry? Anger is a negative emotion derived from the very aspect that doug stanhope thinks he stands against - fear.
@torment3d that's the most ridiculous thing i have ever heard. there is so much propagandic BS going on in this world. but most people simply can't see it. they just troll along like sheep not knowing that they're being taken advantage of. doug is angry for a reason. a reason most people don't have the balls and/or intelligence to acknowledge. So I say kudos for his anger for standing up against subconcious oppressors, media, government etc...
@rodthepimp if you think my statement is ridiculous then you know very little about the human mind. You can be angry at certain scenarios/situations without it emanating throughout your being, which it clearly does with Doug - which is why I feel sorry for him. Also, his anger clouds his judgment. He is an incredibly bias individual and doesn't seem to be able to see both sides of the fence at any one time. That is the problem with being so angry - it clouds you, it makes you blind.
@rodthepimp Carlin, very. Carlin got angrier and angrier as he got older. Hicks - no, not really. He knew shit was fucked up but I didn't think he was angry.
A lot of comedians have a hard time coping with life, or they just have lives that are difficult, whether it's substance abuse, depression, etc. Robin Williams, Richard Jenny come to mind, but I know there are many others.
He notices what's wrong with the world and complains about it in a funny way... whiney, meybe, but not hypocritical.
If he tries to pass an anti-drug legislature, THAT would be hypocritical, but I think you should probably look up hypocritical first before you accuse someone of it...
@THEGUVNOR91 About killing himself? Well, the 2008 tour he was trying to come up with the perfect way of ending his life. I booked him to Norway, where one suggested he superglue his hands to his face and then throw himself off a building with a rope around his neck. It would decapitate him, so when he landed he would be holding his head in his hands. Anyway, it's on his latest CD, "From Across the Street".
@umorsom Ah.. thanks re-listened to from across the street and heard it along with when he's tellin gthe story of the guy who killed himself after dougs show. great to listen to when you rat assed and don't have anything to live for lol cheers man all the best.
@THEGUVNOR91 BTW: Fun-fact about the CD "From Across the Street": The album cover picture was taken outside the show I booked last year in Oslo, Norway. The technician responsible for the burning pram is my band's pyro technician. ;-)
It's not really hypocritical. That's like saying if you end up hating life, it was hypocritical to be born. Suicide is one way out... but Doug has made it clear there are things he enjoys, he's just progressively become more bitter as he has gotten older and that's normal. If you watch his hidden camera stuff from the 90's (some of it is on YT), it was much different and not bitter at all.
Perhaps Doug is just more jaded by life than you are at this point? And maybe he will eventually.
I can tell you why he wouldnt kill himself. Because hes compelled by instinct to not blow his head off much in the same way hes instinctively compelled to fuck women hes not really interested in. It might be inherently hypocritical but i certainly dont see how you can claim "hes full of shit" and hopefully you will understand that our instinct drives us to do things that we would otherwise never do all the time. I mean, think before you speak really its not that hard to figure out.
Point taken, but he's a comedian, his job is to make people laugh, and the best comedians who have ever lived have been bitchy complaining truth sayers. He sometimes tells the audience before he starts the show, to not take what he says too seriously, it's an act, it's entertainment.
I mean why call him bitter, just because he's talking about things that we all feel the same about, but won't say ourselves sometimes.
@conorpacman dude hes a grumpy bastard and even hes said himself that u shouldnt listen to them and why would he kill himself its the human race he hates not life
> if you hate the 'glugs of humanity' so much why doesn't he [sic] just kill himself?
Mencken used to answer this sort of question by asking why people go to the zoo. Seeing others (such as yourself) behaving like crazy animals amused him sufficiently to make his life worth living.
@conorpacman Part of his shtick is that humanity is hypocritical, you don't get his whole point, you only wish to split hairs, therefore your opinion has NO FUCKING PLACE HERE. So go home and continue being a drone for the world bank. You make me fucking sick. I actually just vomited because of your bile.
Only reason I have a TV is football and video games. The fact that there are football video games out there is ironic enough as it is, but even moreso than that, I don't even play them that much.
Most people I know that are into reality shows started off with horrified fascination. Perfect example is Flavor of love. I admit I watched way more of that shit than is healthy, only because of the recurring thought of "wait, are these dirty whores trying to fuck this dried out raisin for real?" .
yeah thats usually why people love reality shows, its like watching a scripted movie but its with real people with real emotions, i like sitcoms, my favorite is the office, and entourage
I wouldn't go so far as to call the people real. I think there may be a small portion of people who watch it because they perceive the drama to be more genuine than a written show or whatever, but they are in the minority. Most people watch that shit because it makes us feel superior. You know, like "Oh my job might suck but at least I'm not trying to blow Brett Michaels in the back of a dirty bus".
hehe yeah. Was in a hotel room far away from home, saw Charlie Brookers Screenwipe S3E1P3 on YouTube. Thought the Stanhope excerpt was genious so wanted to get it some attention. It wasn't on YouTube as a standalone bit at the time, and I didn't then know how to download the thing. Hence the result.
@ZqweBSname I stopped watching TV about 5 years ago. I needed a new TV so I threw out my old one....and haven't got round getting a new one 5 years later.
When I go to the gym and watch the TV on the screens there, I realise I'm not missing anything!
@ZqweBSname Spot on comment .. TV is for fucking old generation ... Documentaries were good but they are also on the internet for free. Well most of the things on tv you can find on the internet and watch them when ever you want.
I am gonna favourite this. Its so true, its exactly the problem. Plus the fact that it dissengages your ability to think outside the box as it projects someone elses imagination onto you rather than you learning to use your own ingenuity.
If you're not living your life from your heart. If you're not making every single moment, every single minute of the hour, every single day of the week from your heart; you might as well be dead.
Then I guess the entire human race should just go extinct. Nobody is perfect, and at one time or another every single person has lacked genuineness and frankness.
"If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.” - Edward O. Wilson, American Biologist.
yea he is dark in a really weird way, he's like a realistic pessimistic. And he's not even upbeat about it, which is amazing. How many comedians really have the balls to not only be pessimistic but be dreary and dark about it?
we have a kind of battle of the operas in sweden, in fact i was at a comedy gig hosted for them
they got drunk and sang on the stage at the end of it. the funniest thing was they were fucking wasted and insane. drunk, screaming abusing the DJs and technicians, shouting at everyone, a bunch of idiots
my friend was co-host of it. he said they had to wait for these assholes to leave before they could pack up.
eventually a hotelworker came up and told them to get fuck off the stage
I only watch American Idol for the auditions (so that I could feel better about my own superiority over a bunch of cunts who think they can sing but really can't, but insist on their own delusion, just like religious people, they don't want to be proven wrong)
The show was never meant to be an intellectual curiosity. So I don't waste much of my time with it, waiting for someone to win. Nobody really succeeds from it. All the winner eventually get forgotten.
And I never heard of an American Idol winner nor contestant composing, writing, making a classic memorable song of such artistic and creative magnitude that it becomes timeless and immortal, and the person who wrote them forever remembered. People still listen to Led Zeppelin or Louis Armstrong. People only play Clay Aiken's songs for a few days, and then eventually people forget about him. Don't expect a Mozart or a John Lennon from American Idol. It's just a mediocre show for mediocre masses.
That's because the producers failed to take that into account.
That people don't really care much about a voice unless its Barbra Streisand or Gladys Knight brilliant. Someone like Kelly Clarkson is simply alright and she was one of the best from that show...
Its songwriting that people want, who was the last great songwriter that came around?
could you tell me what makes you so much more superior than those people? Please be honest though, I would truly like to know your definition of superiority.
...fuckin failing species...just the fact that we even give a tiny shit about what we type and what's typed on this ridiculously addictive site proves his point
He says what people like to hear well, and then they get excited about this because they have an excuse to critisise others without doing anything themselves.
Hicks made an easy living out of pushing others into apathy and cynicism, Hope easily rides on this.
Hicks pushed people through to being cynics and critical of the systems we put all our faith on, and I know I can't speak for many, but for myself, that gave me a revolutionary idea of what the world should be like. Hicks really drove home that point of altruism, and I really stand by it, in mind and action.
These guys tear down the things around us so that we can build them back up ourselves A person is smart/peaceful, people are dumb/rabid. Hicks knew that, he counts on us to find that out.
doug stanhope is obviously a "rough around the edges" Bill Hicks, and I couldn't agree with him more. At least when I'm watching bullshit to pass the time here after I myself have worked my ass off and dream of my next goal, on youtube, I can choose the bullshit. There is hope for some of us, but not many.
i personally think most of doug's stuff is actually 10x more insightful than bill hicks ever was, though hicks was obviously a more polished stage presence. its just personal preference though.
I agree: The late/great Goat Boy is fine and more polished, but even still, I chould listen to Doug Stanhope's more dark humor all day long, and actually prefer him over Hicks now.
I can relate to them both so much - they are both such reassuring voices for me. I think that, while Bill is now gone, their material actually compliments each others and their ideas dovetail quite nicely. Just about covering everything I think on a regular basis. Long live Bill and Stan.
Actually, while his mortal coil is long rotted, and continues to rot, it makes no real difference as his memory and presence while here on Earth, continues to thrive and be talked about. So it makes no difference.
I'm glad he pointed out the irony at the end because I was about to leave one of those annoying comments that goes "but he's on a tv show saying that tv is shit" - then somebody would comment on my comment and say "shut da fuk up fag u dont kno even nuttin go fuck yo dadda den ur bro in da ass"... You know...no?... ok then...
It's about television, which originally is in the 4:3 format. ;-) But yes, it should have been in the correct aspect ration. This was something I did while I was reviewing a handy-cam, so it is just directly filmed off some other clip on YouTube. But I liked the segment so much, that I decided to put it out here.
Option #1You don't see the truth b/c you're stupid and brain-washed or ignoring it by watching shit, taking shit, eating shit, buying shit. #2You see the truth when Stanhope, Hicks,Carlin etc. points it out.You just laugh and say, yup aint it the truth. Then it's back to option #1.#3You face the truth every day, as much as possible. Who does this?Not me.Not you.Thanks Doug, for reminding us of the truth.You fucking prick.
Good point lol i didnt think of that i think the reason i thought that was because in of his shows he claims to be canadian to piss of the crowd so...
This is a good one, and for Slipknot808 and everyone sle who thinks this kind of thing should be spread to the masses, I am specifically running my myspace for exactly that purpose with video features I change weekly and links and all that good stuff, it's just starting now but it's gonna get bigger and bigger, /orcamungos on myspace I've got a weekly Stanhope's Opinions as one of my features right now, I'll be adding more features and articles etc in the next few weeks.
While he makes a good point about the weirdness of watching life instead of living it, reality TV is also a good sign of people becoming interested in being compassionate with real people instead of fictional characters. Sure they're also more interested in HATING ON real people instead of fictional characters, but overall it's about truth in reality, and compassion will win out if truth is sought.
Yeah, believe it or not, there are MANY Americans that are angry about the silly censorship that is imposed on us. "Free country" my ass...I certainly agree w/you about Dane Cook...his success should be baffling but it's just disapointing and shameful that that large a portion of the general public is that stupid. Wrestling fans I guess.....Cook is horrible. I'll have to check out Sadowitz...
Haha wrestling fans - that about sums it up! Yeh check out Sadowitz, but it might be too local humour for you to get it, shame really because the guys a genius (also one of the best magicians in the world too, sickening really bah).
It's not about America being free....you can buy his CDs and DVDs but the American public is sill run by the right wing christian voices....hypocrites of course...Personally I think Doug is the funniest and most intelligent comedian out there. He should be a huge star but his opinions challenge the bible thumpers and law makers (same thing) so he'll never be mainstream. I'm sure he is fine with that.
I saw him live in London a few months ago. I think like Bill Hicks he is pretty angry that there is so much censorship in the USA and has to come to the UK where we don't have the same censorship laws. I agree with you - Doug is my 2nd favourite comedian alive (after Jerry Sadowitz - not sure Americans would get his humour, no disrespect there) and just a shame that shit like Dane Cook et al get far more exposure ....
But how come most Americans haven't heard of him? Is it because America is not such a free country as you believe and his stuff can't be shown on mainstream tv?
For Stanhope's view on television, on television, in HQ
/watch?v=HWBs1iWZchc&feature=related
TheOssumPawesome 2 months ago
Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television ... enjoyed reading it.
numerrita 3 months ago
What's television? I heard my parents talking about it.
mackler 4 months ago
Did you film this from Youtube and upload it to Youtube? I think I hate you.
ozena52 6 months ago 11
@ozena52 touché. And thank you.
umorsom 6 months ago
... he said on television.
MrCynix 7 months ago
Maybe this is arguable, but I do think Stanhope is continuing the message of Bill Hicks.
VisceralMajesty 7 months ago
@VisceralMajesty Their views do have simularities in my opinion... I'm a big fan of both.
newrealization12 2 months ago
rofld this is film of youtube 0:07
ningchao21 7 months ago 2
He's should be on The Howard Stern show more often!!!!
jeffreyswiderski 7 months ago
I feel sorry for Doug. Such an angry man.
torment3d 8 months ago
@torment3d i feel sorry for you for not being angry
rodthepimp 8 months ago 2
@rodthepimp why would I want to be angry? Anger is a negative emotion derived from the very aspect that doug stanhope thinks he stands against - fear.
torment3d 8 months ago
@torment3d that's the most ridiculous thing i have ever heard. there is so much propagandic BS going on in this world. but most people simply can't see it. they just troll along like sheep not knowing that they're being taken advantage of. doug is angry for a reason. a reason most people don't have the balls and/or intelligence to acknowledge. So I say kudos for his anger for standing up against subconcious oppressors, media, government etc...
rodthepimp 8 months ago 2
@rodthepimp if you think my statement is ridiculous then you know very little about the human mind. You can be angry at certain scenarios/situations without it emanating throughout your being, which it clearly does with Doug - which is why I feel sorry for him. Also, his anger clouds his judgment. He is an incredibly bias individual and doesn't seem to be able to see both sides of the fence at any one time. That is the problem with being so angry - it clouds you, it makes you blind.
torment3d 8 months ago
@torment3d are you religious as well as self rightious?
rodthepimp 8 months ago
@rodthepimp If that's your only response then this conversation is over.
torment3d 7 months ago
@torment3d
did you consider Carlin angry? how about hicks? was he too, angry in your opinion?
rodthepimp 7 months ago
@rodthepimp Carlin, very. Carlin got angrier and angrier as he got older. Hicks - no, not really. He knew shit was fucked up but I didn't think he was angry.
torment3d 7 months ago
what's that classical song in the background? i love it
MrFan32 8 months ago
hes a g
jjtheslayer69 8 months ago
hahaha. fuckin failing species
Kjameson75 8 months ago
genius
BillKiernan 10 months ago
name and version of the song playing in the background, i'we been looking for it since i heard it in that thunderfoot video several years ago
sotijas 11 months ago
A lot of comedians have a hard time coping with life, or they just have lives that are difficult, whether it's substance abuse, depression, etc. Robin Williams, Richard Jenny come to mind, but I know there are many others.
emerson24 1 year ago
Damn, I do the same thing ... only time I turn on the TV is to fall asleep. It's the only way I can do it (sleep)... that and vodka or wine ...
svetlana60656 1 year ago
i wanna watch battle of the operas... wait... oh shit...
mattybock 1 year ago
OMG I miss falling asleep and waking up the Hitler series on History... LOL
HerrSpieldose 1 year ago
2:28
Ecite 1 year ago
Well he tells it how it is . That I think is allot of respect
themondocain76 1 year ago
What is hypocritical about bitching about life?
He notices what's wrong with the world and complains about it in a funny way... whiney, meybe, but not hypocritical.
If he tries to pass an anti-drug legislature, THAT would be hypocritical, but I think you should probably look up hypocritical first before you accuse someone of it...
ToAsTy42o 1 year ago
i can't believe how shitty the TV here in europe is.
tattooninja 1 year ago
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conorpacman 1 year ago
Yeah, but he's also promised to kill himself once he's out of material. Time will show ;-)
umorsom 1 year ago 3
@umorsom Can you remember which piece of material he said this man?
If you have a spare moment... Cheers.
THEGUVNOR91 1 year ago
@THEGUVNOR91 About killing himself? Well, the 2008 tour he was trying to come up with the perfect way of ending his life. I booked him to Norway, where one suggested he superglue his hands to his face and then throw himself off a building with a rope around his neck. It would decapitate him, so when he landed he would be holding his head in his hands. Anyway, it's on his latest CD, "From Across the Street".
umorsom 1 year ago
@umorsom Ah.. thanks re-listened to from across the street and heard it along with when he's tellin gthe story of the guy who killed himself after dougs show. great to listen to when you rat assed and don't have anything to live for lol cheers man all the best.
THEGUVNOR91 1 year ago
@THEGUVNOR91 Yeah, it's a great piece! Thanks, man!
umorsom 1 year ago
@THEGUVNOR91 BTW: Fun-fact about the CD "From Across the Street": The album cover picture was taken outside the show I booked last year in Oslo, Norway. The technician responsible for the burning pram is my band's pyro technician. ;-)
umorsom 1 year ago
It's not really hypocritical. That's like saying if you end up hating life, it was hypocritical to be born. Suicide is one way out... but Doug has made it clear there are things he enjoys, he's just progressively become more bitter as he has gotten older and that's normal. If you watch his hidden camera stuff from the 90's (some of it is on YT), it was much different and not bitter at all.
Perhaps Doug is just more jaded by life than you are at this point? And maybe he will eventually.
rapsody 1 year ago
So everyone with a cynical outlook who sees that there's a lot of shit wrong with the world should kill themself? And leave us with what?
No good comics. No good cinema or music. You'd rather the world be the Disney channel?
WolfmanJoeHunter 1 year ago 5
I can tell you why he wouldnt kill himself. Because hes compelled by instinct to not blow his head off much in the same way hes instinctively compelled to fuck women hes not really interested in. It might be inherently hypocritical but i certainly dont see how you can claim "hes full of shit" and hopefully you will understand that our instinct drives us to do things that we would otherwise never do all the time. I mean, think before you speak really its not that hard to figure out.
JovialEel 1 year ago
@conorpacman
Point taken, but he's a comedian, his job is to make people laugh, and the best comedians who have ever lived have been bitchy complaining truth sayers. He sometimes tells the audience before he starts the show, to not take what he says too seriously, it's an act, it's entertainment.
I mean why call him bitter, just because he's talking about things that we all feel the same about, but won't say ourselves sometimes.
TheFragile89 1 year ago
@conorpacman dude hes a grumpy bastard and even hes said himself that u shouldnt listen to them and why would he kill himself its the human race he hates not life
SuperChunk94 1 year ago
@conorpacman you think he's funny so wtf?
DJiZREL 1 year ago
@conorpacman when did he say he wasnt a hypocrite?
GnosticAtheist 1 year ago
@conorpacman its possible to hate and love simultaneously. Its not always one or the other, things are a little more complex than that.
corskie1111 1 year ago
@conorpacman
> if you hate the 'glugs of humanity' so much why doesn't he [sic] just kill himself?
Mencken used to answer this sort of question by asking why people go to the zoo. Seeing others (such as yourself) behaving like crazy animals amused him sufficiently to make his life worth living.
sdkee 1 year ago
@sdkee
LOL.
OrthodoxDarwinist 11 months ago
@conorpacman Part of his shtick is that humanity is hypocritical, you don't get his whole point, you only wish to split hairs, therefore your opinion has NO FUCKING PLACE HERE. So go home and continue being a drone for the world bank. You make me fucking sick. I actually just vomited because of your bile.
ElectricIndica420 1 year ago
@ElectricIndica420
If you look you'll notice that I posted that comment a year a go. It's nice to see it still makes zeitgiest viewers vomit. Chill out you tit.
conorpacman 1 year ago
Brilliant!
LogicalUtilizor 1 year ago
I love Stanhope! he nailed it on american idol
eyehategumbo 2 years ago
Only movies and games. Nothing on regular TV.
Edubbplate 2 years ago
Only reason I have a TV is football and video games. The fact that there are football video games out there is ironic enough as it is, but even moreso than that, I don't even play them that much.
acondor14 2 years ago
i love t.v but not reality shows, why would i watch someone elses life, nobody in this world is interesting enough to watch, sitcoms are great
crackwhen 2 years ago
Most people I know that are into reality shows started off with horrified fascination. Perfect example is Flavor of love. I admit I watched way more of that shit than is healthy, only because of the recurring thought of "wait, are these dirty whores trying to fuck this dried out raisin for real?" .
nunpunter 1 year ago
yeah thats usually why people love reality shows, its like watching a scripted movie but its with real people with real emotions, i like sitcoms, my favorite is the office, and entourage
crackwhen 1 year ago
I wouldn't go so far as to call the people real. I think there may be a small portion of people who watch it because they perceive the drama to be more genuine than a written show or whatever, but they are in the minority. Most people watch that shit because it makes us feel superior. You know, like "Oh my job might suck but at least I'm not trying to blow Brett Michaels in the back of a dirty bus".
nunpunter 1 year ago
True, lol
crackwhen 1 year ago
he's very right. But there is a few good shows on tv.
Dexter and Californication are great.
and It's Always Sunny in Philly is the funniest show on tv right now,
thewayyourecoil 2 years ago
Stanhope is sick, in all senses of the word...cali.
sarcasticraptor 2 years ago
Did you fucking recording a youtube video with a camcorder then upload it to back to youtube?
iunnox666 2 years ago 2
hehe yeah. Was in a hotel room far away from home, saw Charlie Brookers Screenwipe S3E1P3 on YouTube. Thought the Stanhope excerpt was genious so wanted to get it some attention. It wasn't on YouTube as a standalone bit at the time, and I didn't then know how to download the thing. Hence the result.
umorsom 2 years ago
Love Doug!
LindaDooWop 2 years ago 2
Beethoven's 7th Symphony 2nd movement is somberly raaaaging in the background. Fuck yes, how fitting.
jeckert8888 2 years ago
I watch TV just to hate what I'm watching , very logical
Djha2 2 years ago 6
Haven't had a tv in 2 years n i don't know shit about the crappy shows. It's great..
ZqweBSname 2 years ago 18
@ZqweBSname Same here....erm, well I have a TV but I only use it for Mario Kart 64 and Goldeneye.
MikeRoePhonicsMusic 6 months ago 2
@ZqweBSname I stopped watching TV about 5 years ago. I needed a new TV so I threw out my old one....and haven't got round getting a new one 5 years later.
When I go to the gym and watch the TV on the screens there, I realise I'm not missing anything!
Gary190tube 5 months ago
@ZqweBSname Spot on comment .. TV is for fucking old generation ... Documentaries were good but they are also on the internet for free. Well most of the things on tv you can find on the internet and watch them when ever you want.
resistanceunion 5 months ago
hahah doug is the man dude makes me laugh
keggerous 2 years ago 23
@keggerous
I'm not sure he said all this for the sake of comedy
TheOtium 1 year ago
It was so good I felt like a dick for watching it. lol
fibbsabaddy 2 years ago 9
i know what mean, i did too!
tinanade 2 years ago
I am gonna favourite this. Its so true, its exactly the problem. Plus the fact that it dissengages your ability to think outside the box as it projects someone elses imagination onto you rather than you learning to use your own ingenuity.
fibbsabaddy 2 years ago 3
battle ... OF THE OPERAS!
emceewhiterabbit 2 years ago 4
Ever seen Geoff Darrow's and Frank Miller's "Hard Boiled" comic book? ...It's the best ever...
libertarianjury 2 years ago
"Fucking Failing Species"
ROTFLOL
libertarianjury 2 years ago 9
i know dudes hardcore
keggerous 2 years ago
I found out about Doug Stanhope from the episode of "screenwipe' by Charlie Brooker. I've been watching Stanhope these days.
eldorado61guy 2 years ago 2
Fuck yeah! Finally the first "real" thing I've heard in a long, long time. Our culture just seems dead anymore.
.... damn that was some good television though...
naejimba 2 years ago 2
No not dead, just idle.
We're a very apathetic generation.
Sshelly34213 2 years ago 3
If you're not living your life from your heart. If you're not making every single moment, every single minute of the hour, every single day of the week from your heart; you might as well be dead.
Dezaru 2 years ago 6
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Sshelly34213 2 years ago
Sometimes you cant always do what you want to, life is complicated, sometimes you have to do what needs to be done.
Sshelly34213 2 years ago
Yeah, we're all sitting on our arses watching YouTube clips "from the heart".
bybarry 2 years ago
@Dezaru
Then I guess the entire human race should just go extinct. Nobody is perfect, and at one time or another every single person has lacked genuineness and frankness.
TheOtium 1 year ago
@TheOtium
"If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.” - Edward O. Wilson, American Biologist.
OrthodoxDarwinist 11 months ago
Stanhope and Brooker. 2 people better than Jesus and 1000 times funnier.
Clembo 2 years ago 5
@Clembo How stupid... If Jesus was real then these two are hardly stains on his loincloth.
owenhunt 1 year ago
Actually, I also watch more popular television just to hate the ideals and the culture the program stands for.
Denta92 2 years ago
Wow, dark. Stanhope's the shit!
Efferts 2 years ago 4
yea he is dark in a really weird way, he's like a realistic pessimistic. And he's not even upbeat about it, which is amazing. How many comedians really have the balls to not only be pessimistic but be dreary and dark about it?
Sshelly34213 2 years ago 2
we have a kind of battle of the operas in sweden, in fact i was at a comedy gig hosted for them
they got drunk and sang on the stage at the end of it. the funniest thing was they were fucking wasted and insane. drunk, screaming abusing the DJs and technicians, shouting at everyone, a bunch of idiots
my friend was co-host of it. he said they had to wait for these assholes to leave before they could pack up.
eventually a hotelworker came up and told them to get fuck off the stage
haha
ohwell121 3 years ago 3
ya watch out for the dangerous opera guys
suffo1134 2 years ago
I only watch American Idol for the auditions (so that I could feel better about my own superiority over a bunch of cunts who think they can sing but really can't, but insist on their own delusion, just like religious people, they don't want to be proven wrong)
The show was never meant to be an intellectual curiosity. So I don't waste much of my time with it, waiting for someone to win. Nobody really succeeds from it. All the winner eventually get forgotten.
JCMac777 3 years ago 2
And I never heard of an American Idol winner nor contestant composing, writing, making a classic memorable song of such artistic and creative magnitude that it becomes timeless and immortal, and the person who wrote them forever remembered. People still listen to Led Zeppelin or Louis Armstrong. People only play Clay Aiken's songs for a few days, and then eventually people forget about him. Don't expect a Mozart or a John Lennon from American Idol. It's just a mediocre show for mediocre masses.
JCMac777 3 years ago 9
Oh yeah no one beats Jimi he was from another planet.
Passenger87 2 years ago
That's because the producers failed to take that into account.
That people don't really care much about a voice unless its Barbra Streisand or Gladys Knight brilliant. Someone like Kelly Clarkson is simply alright and she was one of the best from that show...
Its songwriting that people want, who was the last great songwriter that came around?
Sshelly34213 2 years ago
Lady Gaga >____>
Clembo 2 years ago
the killers have great lyrics but theyre really the only mainstream act that i can think of who really writes awesome songs
BigBruinekool 2 years ago
yea great example, I agree
Sshelly34213 2 years ago
thanx. mostly if u wanna find great lyricists in modern music, you have 2 search thru underground artists that most ppl have prolly never heard of.
BigBruinekool 2 years ago
oh yea definitely.
Sshelly34213 2 years ago
could you tell me what makes you so much more superior than those people? Please be honest though, I would truly like to know your definition of superiority.
andron333 2 years ago
I was being sarcastic.
JCMac777 2 years ago
im pretty sure if you "CHANNEL SURF", your life is over.
Forveya 3 years ago 4
haha 2:27
ohwell121 3 years ago
Stanhope is a philosopher.... he medicates his pain, but so does the rest of america....
timtipton5071256 3 years ago 8
I fucking hate American Idol, people just watching horrible ass singers, even the winners fucking suck.
ShockGuey5173 3 years ago 8
...fuckin failing species...just the fact that we even give a tiny shit about what we type and what's typed on this ridiculously addictive site proves his point
sludgewar 3 years ago 3
exactly
IndigoPlaedian 3 years ago
he's kinda like bill hicks, just without the hope.
mishrazz 3 years ago 4
He's brilliant. I hope more women give him blowjobs.
highwind8124 3 years ago 40
You`ve got to love a Genius Mind when they are Angry....because they really make sense of the insanity reality that we are exposed daily!
Thanks -BlackMatter009- for sharing this vid.
And thanks to ~UMORSOM~ for Uploading this
Video! :)
sarrazinmars 3 years ago 7
yah, thx blackmatter009
i don't watch tv
xxXghislainXxx 3 years ago 2
Oh man, I fukin love Stanhope. I could listen to this all day.
Seneka4295 3 years ago 8
This comment has received too many negative votes show
This is the most hypocritical thing I have ever seen.This guy needs to leave his high school cynicism behind.
I've seen more from this guy and I don't know why he thinks he's so great.
Ridiculous...failing alcoholic.
dsglop 3 years ago
I think you mean
"I've seen more from this guy and now I know why he's so great."
Couldn't agree with you more there chum.
woodyrulesok 3 years ago 4
He says what people like to hear well, and then they get excited about this because they have an excuse to critisise others without doing anything themselves.
Hicks made an easy living out of pushing others into apathy and cynicism, Hope easily rides on this.
molehillwack 3 years ago
Hicks pushed people through to being cynics and critical of the systems we put all our faith on, and I know I can't speak for many, but for myself, that gave me a revolutionary idea of what the world should be like. Hicks really drove home that point of altruism, and I really stand by it, in mind and action.
These guys tear down the things around us so that we can build them back up ourselves A person is smart/peaceful, people are dumb/rabid. Hicks knew that, he counts on us to find that out.
kryl88 3 years ago 5
I don't ever recall Stanhope openly stating how great he is.
I and many others however find him great.
DHazlehurst 3 years ago 7
Fucking failing species!
HigherPlanes 3 years ago 7
Amen.
Mitchkrause75 3 years ago
hahhaha, I love him so much.
TheGloriousNosebleed 3 years ago
THE TRUTH!
mcbrite 3 years ago
So you give up?Is that why you make stupid comments on a stupid medium?
dsglop 3 years ago
"yeah he's right I hate television... it's a good show" lol
HAFA74 3 years ago 3
doug stanhope is obviously a "rough around the edges" Bill Hicks, and I couldn't agree with him more. At least when I'm watching bullshit to pass the time here after I myself have worked my ass off and dream of my next goal, on youtube, I can choose the bullshit. There is hope for some of us, but not many.
DisgustipatedUlaji 3 years ago 3
i personally think most of doug's stuff is actually 10x more insightful than bill hicks ever was, though hicks was obviously a more polished stage presence. its just personal preference though.
rapsody 3 years ago 9
I agree: The late/great Goat Boy is fine and more polished, but even still, I chould listen to Doug Stanhope's more dark humor all day long, and actually prefer him over Hicks now.
captainbrandon1980 3 years ago 7
I can relate to them both so much - they are both such reassuring voices for me. I think that, while Bill is now gone, their material actually compliments each others and their ideas dovetail quite nicely. Just about covering everything I think on a regular basis. Long live Bill and Stan.
Timmertube75 3 years ago 5
Indeed: Long live'em both!
captainbrandon1980 3 years ago 4
Well, it's too late for Hicks to literally live long...
LAPunk1986 3 years ago
Actually, while his mortal coil is long rotted, and continues to rot, it makes no real difference as his memory and presence while here on Earth, continues to thrive and be talked about. So it makes no difference.
Just my two cents.
captainbrandon1980 3 years ago
did you think of that one all on your own, captain? are you an existentialist?
kmangum1974 3 years ago
HE, IS, SO, FUCKING, RIGHT.
Perfricate 3 years ago 2
YOU, ARE, ALSO, RIGHT
Cartoonsaresuper 3 years ago
"FUCKING FAILING SPECIES..."
Ha ha, that does deserve a comment.
ResidentAlien 3 years ago 10
I'm glad he pointed out the irony at the end because I was about to leave one of those annoying comments that goes "but he's on a tv show saying that tv is shit" - then somebody would comment on my comment and say "shut da fuk up fag u dont kno even nuttin go fuck yo dadda den ur bro in da ass"... You know...no?... ok then...
Kingo86 3 years ago 5
Boy, it's a good thing that didn't happen.
Rebiggenator 3 years ago 2
I know I'm ultra happy.
flashpopphoto 3 years ago
lol
Bears0wnPackers 3 years ago
i so much agree to this!
same way of thinking i guess, i also turn on the tv to go to sleep, which is scary in a way..
novastyleNL 3 years ago
Do you have any idea how many people do that?
boothesquirrel 3 years ago
yeah i do, do you also know the psychological reason for the phenomenon?
novastyleNL 3 years ago
But aren't you sitting on the computer doing the equivalent to watching a television show? Watching TV shows/clips THROUGH the Internet.
Bears0wnPackers 3 years ago
well lots of stuff i watch on the internet never aired and never will air on TV.
novastyleNL 3 years ago 3
at least i get to choose it
DisgustipatedUlaji 3 years ago
Why would anyone want to spread this? Stanhope is a genious by far.
but,
He thinks in ways only some can really understand.
people need there religious/controling beliefs to live there life by, because no one knows what the fuck there doing.
People want to be slaves. That takes away a sense of responsibility.
Its a dying breed, the free-thinkers.
Spreading this would do nothing.
DarinBriscoe 4 years ago
It would do everything
RiverPhoenix4 4 years ago
So, would you tell Rosa Parks to go to the back of the bus because being stubborn "would do nothing"?
dylzone 3 years ago
It's about television, which originally is in the 4:3 format. ;-) But yes, it should have been in the correct aspect ration. This was something I did while I was reviewing a handy-cam, so it is just directly filmed off some other clip on YouTube. But I liked the segment so much, that I decided to put it out here.
umorsom 4 years ago
would be a great video if shown in correct aspect ratio!
dp2500 4 years ago
We laugh at the truth b/c it's the best option.
Option #1You don't see the truth b/c you're stupid and brain-washed or ignoring it by watching shit, taking shit, eating shit, buying shit. #2You see the truth when Stanhope, Hicks,Carlin etc. points it out.You just laugh and say, yup aint it the truth. Then it's back to option #1.#3You face the truth every day, as much as possible. Who does this?Not me.Not you.Thanks Doug, for reminding us of the truth.You fucking prick.
davidewetube 4 years ago 10
He couldn't have considered running for president in 08 if he wasnt born here
yellopearls07 4 years ago
Good point lol i didnt think of that i think the reason i thought that was because in of his shows he claims to be canadian to piss of the crowd so...
prettyvacant89 4 years ago
This is a good one, and for Slipknot808 and everyone sle who thinks this kind of thing should be spread to the masses, I am specifically running my myspace for exactly that purpose with video features I change weekly and links and all that good stuff, it's just starting now but it's gonna get bigger and bigger, /orcamungos on myspace I've got a weekly Stanhope's Opinions as one of my features right now, I'll be adding more features and articles etc in the next few weeks.
orcamungos 4 years ago 2
No, Stanhope was born in Worcester, Massachusetts.
DrFishcake 4 years ago
i third that motion
mancpartizan 4 years ago 3
"Fucking failing species"
assassintok 4 years ago 9
While he makes a good point about the weirdness of watching life instead of living it, reality TV is also a good sign of people becoming interested in being compassionate with real people instead of fictional characters. Sure they're also more interested in HATING ON real people instead of fictional characters, but overall it's about truth in reality, and compassion will win out if truth is sought.
delusionclass 4 years ago
reality tv is as fake as anything else
redshift912 4 years ago 8
people just want to watch somebody whose life sucks more then theirs so they can continue with their mediocre existence.
RaidenTheAlmighty 4 years ago 11
What a great ending!!
noles1733 4 years ago 3
Doug Stanhope should be heard by all of mankind.
Slipknot808 4 years ago 5
agreed
bitchcakes 4 years ago 4
Yeah, believe it or not, there are MANY Americans that are angry about the silly censorship that is imposed on us. "Free country" my ass...I certainly agree w/you about Dane Cook...his success should be baffling but it's just disapointing and shameful that that large a portion of the general public is that stupid. Wrestling fans I guess.....Cook is horrible. I'll have to check out Sadowitz...
bodeezy 4 years ago
Haha wrestling fans - that about sums it up! Yeh check out Sadowitz, but it might be too local humour for you to get it, shame really because the guys a genius (also one of the best magicians in the world too, sickening really bah).
hoponcok 4 years ago
It's not about America being free....you can buy his CDs and DVDs but the American public is sill run by the right wing christian voices....hypocrites of course...Personally I think Doug is the funniest and most intelligent comedian out there. He should be a huge star but his opinions challenge the bible thumpers and law makers (same thing) so he'll never be mainstream. I'm sure he is fine with that.
bodeezy 4 years ago
I saw him live in London a few months ago. I think like Bill Hicks he is pretty angry that there is so much censorship in the USA and has to come to the UK where we don't have the same censorship laws. I agree with you - Doug is my 2nd favourite comedian alive (after Jerry Sadowitz - not sure Americans would get his humour, no disrespect there) and just a shame that shit like Dane Cook et al get far more exposure ....
hoponcok 4 years ago 2
But how come most Americans haven't heard of him? Is it because America is not such a free country as you believe and his stuff can't be shown on mainstream tv?
hoponcok 4 years ago 2
Doug, you're one of the smartest, most honest, best human-beings to have ever lived. Seriously.
BagOfEyebrows 4 years ago
damn right sun
vokalskatimprov 4 years ago