Douglas Steven Benson is an American comedian, marijuana rights advocate, television host, actor and reality-show judge who has appeared on Getting Doug With High, Comedy Central Presents, Best Week Ever, Trailer Park Boys, and was a contestant on Last Comic Standing in the show's fifth season. He currently serves as a judge for the Comedy Central series The High Court with Doug Benson.
Hack is a term used primarily in stand-up comedy, but also sketch comedy, improv comedy, and comedy writing to refer to a joke or premise for a joke that is considered obvious, has been frequently used by comedians in the past, and/or is blatantly copied from its original author. Alternatively, it may refer to a comedian or performance group that uses hack material or similarly unoriginal devices in their act. Since comedians and people who work with comedians are typically exposed to many more jokes than the general public, they may recognize a topic, joke or performer as hack before the general public does; as a result, even performers who do well on stage may be considered hacks by their peers.
Stand Up! Records is an American independent comedy record label founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by former -ismist Recordings label head Dan Schlissel. Schlissel had released around 70 records with -ismist when his most promising act, Slipknot, dumped the label. The first act was signed to Stand Up! shortly afterwards, Lewis Black in 1999.
Sicko is the second stand-up comedy album by Doug Stanhope. It was released in 1999 by Stand Up! Records and recorded live at The Laff Stop comedy club in Houston, Texas.
Intended as a replacement to his debut album, The Great White Stanhope, Sicko contains much of the same material as his freshman effort, including the infamous "Banana Lady" and "Transvestite Hooker" stories.
Die Laughing is the fourth stand-up comedy album by Doug Stanhope, released in 2002 by Stand Up! Records.
Word of Mouth is Doug Stanhope's first stand-up DVD. It was recorded at the Velveeta Room in Austin, Texas on May 11, 2002, and produced by Sacred Cow Productions.
Deadbeat Hero is Doug Stanhope's second stand-up comedy DVD and his fifth CD. Recorded at the Comedy Underground in Seattle, Washington in 2004, originally produced by Shout Factory, and released as part of the Ad Lib Breakout Comedy Series. It was reissued in 2007 by Stand Up! Records.
Morbid Obscenity is the first CD put out by the collection of Comedians known as The Unbookables. Released in 2006 by Stand Up! Records and recorded live at the Skyline Comedy Cafe in Appleton, WI on April 5-8, 2006, Morbid Obscenity features music by "Banjo Ghost" Randy McCleary and stand-up sets by Doug Stanhope, Sean Rouse, Andy Andrist, Lynn Shawcroft, and Arthur Hinty.
No Refunds is Doug Stanhope's third stand-up DVD. Recorded at the Gotham Comedy Club in New York, NY on March 12, 2007. The performance originally aired August 3, 2007 on Showtime.
It's Bad for Ya is the 19th album, and 14th and final HBO stand-up comedy special by stand-up comedian George Carlin. It was televised live on March 1, 2008, on HBO, less than four months before Carlin died of heart failure at age 71.
Andrew J. Andrist, is an American stand-up comedian and former writer for Comedy Central's The Man Show.
From Across the Street is the sixth stand-up comedy album by Doug Stanhope, released on November 24, 2009 by Stand Up! Records. It was recorded live on August 11, 2009 at Level 5 at City Stage in Wilmington, North Carolina.
Oslo: Burning The Bridge To Nowhere is the seventh stand-up comedy album by American comedian Doug Stanhope. It was released on May 3, 2011 via Roadrunner Records. It was recorded live in Norway at a former sewing machine factory and Nazi World War II bunker in the Oslo borough of Grünerløkka on September 18, 2009. The album peaked at #1 on the US Billboard Comedy Albums chart and #2 on the Heatseekers Albums chart.
-ismist Recordings was founded in 1992 as -ism Recordings by Dan Schlissel. In 1998 its most successful band, Slipknot, left the label. In 2001 the label spun out its comedy recordings into Stand Up! Records, which Shlissel ran in Minneapolis, taking Lewis Black and Doug Stanhope to the new label.
Before Turning the Gun on Himself... is the eighth stand-up comedy album by Doug Stanhope. It was released on November 6, 2012, by Roadrunner Records. It was recorded live at The Complex in Salt Lake City, Utah. The album peaked at #1 on the US Billboard Comedy Albums chart and #11 on the Heatseekers Albums chart.
Michael Elliot Epps is an American stand-up comedian, actor, film producer, writer, and rapper. He is best known for playing Day-Day Jones in Next Friday and its sequel, Friday After Next, and also appearing in The Hangover as "Black Doug". He was the voice of Boog in Open Season 2. As of 2010, Epps was the executive producer on a documentary about the life story of a former member of Tupac Shakur's Outlawz, Napoleon: Life of an Outlaw. He is also known for playing Lloyd Jefferson "L.J." Wade in Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) and Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) respectively.
Beer Hall Putsch is the ninth stand-up comedy album by Doug Stanhope. It was released on December 3, 2013, by New Wave Dynamics. It was recorded live at Dante's in Portland, Oregon. The DVD includes a bonus video podcast recorded on the night of the show. The album peaked at #1 on the US Billboard Comedy Albums chart.
No Place Like Home is the tenth stand-up comedy album by American comedian Doug Stanhope. It was recorded live in Bisbee, Arizona and released on November 18, 2016 via Comedy Dynamics. The album peaked at #1 on the US Billboard Comedy Albums chart.
