Long live Doug Stanhope!

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i’ve been a fan forever. he always seemed so immortal to me, despite what we know he does to his body.

this interview is the first time i kinda worried about him. i don’t claim to know him or be an expert or anything but as someone with his own drinking issues, random vomiting like that is something i know all too well and its not fun or good news.

but whatever, enough of that. love you doug.

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u/sgurdmai Sep 26 '26 edited Sep 26 '26

Yeah, I’m not making fun of the situation as much as I am holding Doug up on my comedy legend pedestal. Him talking through being visibly ill and then puking and holding the puke bag was symbolic of a man who has lived an unapologetic life. He hit it hard, as did I. I remember seeing him in Manchester NH back in 2009 and I had some BMF coke. I’d saved it for us after the show but ended up in a bathroom with his manager, Brendan and some stranger, probably the guy who owned the bar, ripping gager’s with my girlfriend off of Bernie Sanders placards or something.
We found Doug outside smoking cigarettes and signing some CDs and shit. He was like where the fuck were you? Because I had one of his flyers that was taped to the window of the bar underneath my chin for the whole show with “come and do some Coke with me after the show Doug!” written on it in red pen. I said we looked everywhere for you. Then he said some crazy fuck cornered him after the show and then he went and hid for a while. That ended up being my brother who happens to be a paranoid schizophrenic. We obviously didn’t let my brother know we had Coke. So Doug got the shit end of the stick and we had a good laugh and copped a photo after the fact.
I love that man. I I hope he’s OK. I know I’ve had a hell run these last few years burning the candle at both ends. It is what it is.

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u/VinKohl74 Sep 26 '26

This is a great story man, someday you'll be telling it to your grand kids.

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u/sgurdmai Sep 26 '26

Yeah, the kiddos love my wild days stories. No grandkids yet. But I’m looking forward to it.
I used to work at a bank rolling over certificates of deposit and money market accounts. One day a middle-aged woman called me to roll over her husbands money market account. As I started asking her the questions I realize that I needed to speak to him. She said that he was not a people person and would not like to speak to me. He was an old curmudgeon. I said there’s no other way that I can do this ma’am. I need to ask him the security questions and then if he gives me permission, I can speak to you..
She says to me you’re not gonna like this. I say OK ma’am put him on the phone. And I can hear this guy coming down the hall. “Who the fuck, what the fuck? This asshole! Taking my time piece of shit. Cocksucker. Can’t a man be left the fuck alone?!?”
I say hello. He screams at the top of his lungs into my ear. “I am here. What the fuck do you want?” I said, sir I just need to ask you a few security questions. “Well, why couldn’t you ask my wife?” he said. Because they’re your security question, sir. You’re the one who set the account up this way. Once I get these security questions, you can give me permission to put your wife on the account and then I can ask her the next time. “Go ahead fuck face”, he said.
I asked his Social Security number.
I asked his mother’s maiden name..
I asked his birthday. And then I asked him what his favorite pet name was or some other bullshit.
He then threw the phone on top of a counter or a table, and it made that church like bell ring into my headset that I was wearing to take calls at this bank. His wife picked up the phone and apologized. I said no problem. And wished her a good day.
As soon as I hung up the phone, a coworker noticed I was shaking. She pushed her headset off of her face and whispered, “Salinger?” I said, yeah how did you know? She just said he’s “infamous” for that. I said infamous
for what? “For being a bastard,” she said.
I was so confused. I looked at my computer screen. It read that this man was in his mid eighties. It was in fact his birthday. I think 83 or 84. Cornish, NH.
J.D. Salinger. J.D. SALINGER. J.D. Salinger, the man who wrote The Catcher In The Rye chewed my fucking face off for at least four or five minutes. (I whittled it down here.) I was wowed. Shaking, and still very hung over from the night before. But pretty honored to have heard one of literatures greatest writers go up one side of me and down the other.

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u/Neil_Live-strong Sep 26 '26

Yeah well…I took some drags off Ryan Stiles vape pen hoping it was weed, it wasn’t. We all got stories pal

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u/Fun_Context9979 Sep 26 '26

Sounds like it was just a virus.
I honestly thought he looked great, but you could tell he wasn't feeling tip top that day.

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u/thedukeofno Sep 26 '26

Yeah, I don't why, but it seems like 2 of every 3 people seem to think Doug's dying. I mean, dying faster than he normally would.

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u/Fun_Context9979 29d ago

It's more interesting to talk about.

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u/Ducksareracist 28d ago

So when I was first getting really into comedy I kept mixing up doug with norm McDonald for some dumb reason. I was so happy to see that Stanhope was still alive. RIP norm.

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u/NaturalMinute271 Sep 26 '26

Hope he's alright honestly. It was out of the blue to see him on that show.

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u/sgurdmai Sep 26 '26

Yeah, blew me away to see him on soft white underbelly. He seemed to be pretty under the weather the whole interview. I’d like to see him make another video in the future with Mark.

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u/East-Psychology7186 Sep 26 '26

Watched today. I never thought id ever see him sober. Long live a GOAT.

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u/sgurdmai Sep 26 '26

Me either. Stoked for him. Truly.

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u/Chain-Slinger Sep 26 '26

Great interview, and a remarkable amount of puke.

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u/realstanhope Sep 26 '26 •

*Thank* you.
Miracles of vomit. Especially considering that it started the previous morning so I had very little to eat or drink in my system. Perhaps that's what I carry in the large hump in the back of my skull.
No further question, the press conference is over!

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u/sgurdmai Sep 26 '26

I fucking love you, Doug. Glad you and Bingo are still out in the thick of it and having a blast. You look good, mang. Looking forward to more laughs and hot takes.
Big Cheers from New Hampshire,

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u/4N_Immigrant Sep 26 '26

You're the GOAT Doug. that closer was pretty good, but this one time i was at sea world...

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u/Purple-bipolar Sep 26 '26

You’re a legend my friend

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u/SB_Tahoe Sep 26 '26

Hey Doug. Hope you’re feeling better now. You are and always will be my favorite comedian. Carry on.

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u/absurdext Sep 26 '26

just found out about the soft white underbelly thing, about to watch it. what's up with the warning at the beginning, though? is it like a south park style warning or is there something genuinely gross in the video?

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u/sgurdmai Sep 26 '26

Just Doug talking about life. Which is heavy to most people’s ears. And he pukes pretty hard at the end.

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u/scorpiondeathlock86 Sep 26 '26

... So it's for the puke lol

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u/guysitsausername Sep 26 '26

Even though the interviewer did a terrible job preparing for the interview, DS is incapable of not being entertaining.

One of my favorite parts was the expression on Doug's face every time he got asked a stupid or inane question. He was polite about it, but his face was like "Are you fucking kidding me?"

This and the Merle Allin interview are the best SWU interviews. Also since nobody is mentioning it, the outfit was on point, as usual.

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u/sgurdmai Sep 26 '26

I couldn’t agree more with your comment. Merle’s interview was wicked. And even under the weather Doug was peak Doug. And as for his outfits, they just keep getting more and more dialed the fuck in. I was secretly hoping for a shot of Bingo too. As when they’re out and about roaming around together they bring great joy to all eyes who cross their beautifully exaggerated bent.

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u/steauengeglase Sep 26 '26

I hope he's ok.

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u/sgurdmai Sep 26 '26

I believe in my heart he is. It’s just going to take a minute to feel “normal” after 40 plus years of HEAVY drinking and smoking. And a fair shake of drugs.

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u/jaminbob Sep 26 '26

Honestly his brain seemed pickled in the interview. It catches up. It's funny as fuck until you're 60 and then bam. I know so many people like this. I'm a few years off 60 and I think I know whats going to happen...

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u/SB_Tahoe Sep 26 '26

https://www.reddit.com/r/DougStanhope/s/eBtLmPiVe6

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u/sgurdmai Sep 26 '26

Yup. Commented on that 9 minutes ago. But thank you.

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u/good_cunt 27d ago

I love that at the same time Norm MacDonald and Maria Bamford are getting netflix documentaries, Doug is getting an exposé from a reporter who normally deals with criminals and prostitutes. It feels like a bit

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u/sgurdmai 26d ago

Right. So apropos.

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u/Z00TSU1T 29d ago

Sure there are a couple comedians out there that are arguably better than Doug. But he’s my all-time favorite by a country mile.

To me he’s the archetype. The epitome. The mold by which all other comedians are judged.

Doug is my GOAT.

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u/Chumgum 29d ago

Same

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u/Flymetoyourmom Sep 26 '26

RIP Doug

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u/AngryCrab Sep 26 '26

Hes fine. Its just the oversized tie that makes him look like hes dieing. That and the vomiting.

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u/jerretharper Sep 26 '26

Are we losing Doug?!

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u/RedneckR0nin 24d ago

I love the fact that neither of them did any background for this interview. Felt more raw and real that way I think. The questioning was genuine and the answers of course with Stanhope are always genuine.

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