Doug Stanhope 1992 TV debut on An Evening at The Improv..

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  • Опубликовано: 28 ноя 2020
  • A 25 year old Doug in all his mulletted glory, There is almost hope in his eye as he performs for his first ever television appearance.

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  • @redpalace2494
    @redpalace2494 3 года назад +283

    That's the most ambitious mullet I've ever seen and I grew up in the 80s and 90s.

    • @myketrip8938
      @myketrip8938 3 года назад +5

      That shit IS crazy ! :D

    • @MrIsaiahmedina
      @MrIsaiahmedina 3 года назад +5

      Ahh but the 90s in México was quite another thing my brother 🤣😭

    • @randymagnum8721
      @randymagnum8721 2 года назад

      Yeah and he had to cut it all off before he could find out what stinkless p*ssy is.

    • @scharlesworth93
      @scharlesworth93 3 месяца назад +1

      @@MrIsaiahmedina que loco hombre

    • @CatchMeUp
      @CatchMeUp 2 месяца назад +1

      My friend, you haven't seen Australian men in the 2020s. It's worse than Australian men in the 1980s.

  • @viniciusnascimento1993
    @viniciusnascimento1993 3 года назад +249

    Blessed is the one who put this video on the internet.

  • @TheLordEmperorBlkrse
    @TheLordEmperorBlkrse 3 года назад +455

    seeing Stanhope like this is surreal as hell

  • @gstrdms
    @gstrdms 3 года назад +593

    Cigarettes and cynicism took the Peter Griffin straight out of his voice.

    • @mentalmickey1459
      @mentalmickey1459 3 года назад +44

      They must have really grinded his gears

    • @KenoshaKicker
      @KenoshaKicker 3 года назад +3

      Lmao

    • @careful__Icarus
      @careful__Icarus 3 года назад +4

      @@mentalmickey1459 Giggity

    • @kingrick5494
      @kingrick5494 3 года назад +4

      Holy shit! If I didn’t read this comment I would’ve thought this was a bit or something

    • @dankrol7297
      @dankrol7297 3 года назад

      @@kingrick5494 Worchester Mass

  • @mikelewis6711
    @mikelewis6711 3 года назад +344

    Jesus, I've heard Doug talk about him having a mullet before, I had no idea it was such glorious one damn ahaha, that thing is big.

  • @MaximusDowns
    @MaximusDowns 3 года назад +297

    Good god, hardcore alcoholism was healthy for this man

    • @DavidTa2
      @DavidTa2 3 года назад +5

      this is the best thing Ive read in a long while

    • @AvatarOfGames
      @AvatarOfGames 3 года назад +11

      He lost at least 50 pounds of mullet 🤣🤣

    • @dantemacdonald7672
      @dantemacdonald7672 2 года назад +1

      Hahahaha fucked up but true

    • @billspurr2090
      @billspurr2090 2 месяца назад

      He’s Doug Stanhope, and that’s why he drinks.

  • @rokuthedog
    @rokuthedog 3 года назад +118

    I love finding stanhope stuff i havent seen before

    • @shig27frag
      @shig27frag  3 года назад +14

      That's why I added this one. I plan on adding a lot of stuff of comedians in their early days from my collection.

    • @rokuthedog
      @rokuthedog 3 года назад +4

      @@shig27frag keep em coming im your 1st subscriber ;D

    • @shig27frag
      @shig27frag  3 года назад +5

      @@rokuthedog Ha. Wow! I didn't even know I was subscribe-able. OK. Adding one in a few minutes.

    • @ryand.7650
      @ryand.7650 3 года назад +2

      @@shig27frag got your #2 right here! Keep em coming! It's awesome seeing where the masters started out.

    • @thumbbusters2401
      @thumbbusters2401 3 года назад +1

      Check out California roll if you haven't already.

  • @TheDwightMamba
    @TheDwightMamba 3 года назад +139

    He looked like a cover of an old romance novel, but without the muscles.

  • @philosorapper5454
    @philosorapper5454 3 года назад +133

    Seeing Billy Ray Cryus' little sister get up on stage and crush like this is inspiring af

  • @Iam36ty5
    @Iam36ty5 3 года назад +119

    This is crazy. Stanhope wearing a tie unironically. And if you listen he's doing Massachusetts Dice Clay.

    • @jartstopsign
      @jartstopsign 3 года назад +6

      Didn't he say that his first few times doing standup all he did was repeat Dice's act? So I guess that makes sense

    • @jartstopsign
      @jartstopsign 3 года назад +2

      @@Gloth_Sang He wrote about it in his first book-Digging up Mother, and also I think he mentioned it on one of his podcasts as well a Stern show episode

    • @Nate-im3sg
      @Nate-im3sg 3 года назад +4

      Massachusetts Dice Clay... That is poetry.

    • @wheninroamful
      @wheninroamful 2 года назад +1

      @@jartstopsign Correct

    • @harryradley
      @harryradley 2 года назад

      @@jartstopsign I thought he got the gig based on his ability to repeat Dice's material but then wrote his own jokes before the show. I could be wrong though, it wouldn't be the only book I've read twice and still don't remember correctly haha.

  • @tubalkainmusic
    @tubalkainmusic 3 года назад +140

    Doug Stanhope's substance abuse makes perfect sense now, if my inner self was Peter Griffin with a Joe Dirt haircut I'd wake up and get drunk everyday too.

  • @komickaze85
    @komickaze85 3 года назад +159

    He seemed sober in that video. So unprofessional by his current standards.

    • @ryanowns5
      @ryanowns5 3 года назад +2

      Doubtful, he tripped over a few words 🤣🤣

    • @phaedrussmith1949
      @phaedrussmith1949 3 года назад +9

      Hey Doug, pour some funny down your head!

    • @thiswillbeyournameacrossal2153
      @thiswillbeyournameacrossal2153 2 года назад +1

      @@phaedrussmith1949 Get sober. But not today, we got tickets for the late show

  • @D-Fens_1632
    @D-Fens_1632 3 года назад +71

    Sometimes I forget how awkward the early 1990s were.

    • @rsohlich1
      @rsohlich1 3 года назад +10

      They were odd because it was like the 80s spilling over until about 93

    • @Nillon24
      @Nillon24 2 года назад +2

      I tell younger people this all the time....90-91 and even into 92 were like pop culture was going through some sort of awkward adolescent stage. (the Vanilla Ice/Michael Bolton years) I was in 8th grade/freshman year at the time. I fit right in!

    • @malcolmxxx86
      @malcolmxxx86 2 года назад +3

      Grunge and House music weren't awkward

    • @marsoblivi0n945
      @marsoblivi0n945 2 года назад +2

      @@malcolmxxx86 No.. it got rid of fake plastic superficial music. Music started to be takin seriously once the 80s cheese rock bands were killed off.

    • @malcolmxxx86
      @malcolmxxx86 2 года назад

      @@marsoblivi0n945 what about all the cheap superficial 70s music. Every decade has it

  • @piccologuy14
    @piccologuy14 3 года назад +34

    So happy to see this one on RUclips, hair making him look like Doug The Bounty Hunter

  • @inyokutse
    @inyokutse 3 года назад +41

    It's crazy how much better he got

    • @KenoshaKicker
      @KenoshaKicker 3 года назад +3

      After 30 years? Should be better, Lady.

    • @Smegma_pirate
      @Smegma_pirate 3 года назад +2

      And how soft that room was

    • @stefanmore5454
      @stefanmore5454 3 года назад +1

      It is different, not better by default :s

    • @scrat8177
      @scrat8177 10 месяцев назад

      not by default, it's better because it just is.@@stefanmore5454

  • @borisbadenov9863
    @borisbadenov9863 3 года назад +56

    2:30 Doug slowly traded the mullet for a shiny red mohawk himself... Time makes fools of us all. lol

  • @ChPeRo
    @ChPeRo 3 года назад +14

    If Stanhope regrows that magnificent waterfall down his back he would live a thousand years

  • @mattwhitcher
    @mattwhitcher 3 года назад +23

    The man, the Legend. You can see the Doug we know & love just waiting to come out.

    • @dpclerks09
      @dpclerks09 3 года назад +3

      I kinda feel like he never changed, in a good way. He's young here, so his material is still budding, and the ravages of time have yet to set upon his countenance. Yes I am high while typing this.

  • @HardlyCoping
    @HardlyCoping 3 года назад +29

    Look at that fucking mullet... god damn, Stanhope. Fucking epic.

  • @dementare
    @dementare 3 года назад +11

    took him a moment to get settled in, even had to restart a line to keep his place... but once he let loose, and saw the crowd enjoyed his dark humor.... he killed it.

  • @bicdiggity4710
    @bicdiggity4710 3 года назад +27

    gahd damn at that beautiful kentucky waterfall draped over his back, lol

  • @TheRealDarrylStrawberry
    @TheRealDarrylStrawberry 3 года назад +34

    He is one "ok, babe" from doing Dennis Miller.

    • @ericwestrick462
      @ericwestrick462 3 года назад

      I thought the same thing. Lol. I looked to see if Dennis was from Worchester but no. He is from Pittsburgh. Lol.

  • @RoadWarrior-lo9vt
    @RoadWarrior-lo9vt 2 года назад +2

    WOW MAN! I clicked on this video just because I saw the great Smokey Robinson. That was a hell of a thing to have Motown royalty at the improv.

  • @cwbeas
    @cwbeas 3 года назад +21

    Wowwww. That Accent! !!

  • @philpheburbs
    @philpheburbs 2 года назад +8

    he sounds like a parody of himself, or of early stand-up... he sounds like a Simpsons character. amazing

  • @TheSektorz
    @TheSektorz 2 года назад +6

    You ever look at an older audience from 30 years ago and think "I'm likely listening to dead people's laugher light now"

  • @nworbrelytthefirst
    @nworbrelytthefirst 3 года назад +29

    He sounds like Norton from The Honeymooners.

  • @tommc80
    @tommc80 3 года назад +6

    Business at the front and party at the back ! That’s one beauty of a mullet.

    • @reillyobrien4372
      @reillyobrien4372 3 года назад

      That thing is more David Bowie in the front, lion in the back

  • @user-gj8mn4ce8d
    @user-gj8mn4ce8d 3 года назад +26

    Doug and his Massachusetts mudflap

  • @patrickmcguire7929
    @patrickmcguire7929 3 месяца назад

    Stanhope was superb even back then, WOW! Cool how Smokie improvised, an absolute LEGEND🎙🎤🎶 & Doug becoming one from decades back.

  • @Samurai78420
    @Samurai78420 3 года назад +7

    He was a good looking guy. Super cool to see him this early.

  • @jbiswasted
    @jbiswasted 3 года назад +7

    To have that confidence with that hair is the most impressive part

  • @aidonis98
    @aidonis98 3 года назад +7

    A year before he started fronting T00L. Looks good!

  • @benjaminborelli124
    @benjaminborelli124 3 года назад +4

    30 years later and he has a red mohawk of his own.

  • @ojsymptom4493
    @ojsymptom4493 3 года назад +11

    that hair makes me wanna gallop into the sunset

  • @joshualemasters6878
    @joshualemasters6878 3 года назад +48

    The mullet to be king of all mullets. Theo needs to take some tips from this absolute fucking legend

  • @NxDoyle
    @NxDoyle 3 года назад +2

    I've seen Doug's mullet several times over many years, but its magnificence impresses every time. Especially the party half.

  • @nodrip1
    @nodrip1 3 года назад +2

    He lives on my street

  • @CAHOCH
    @CAHOCH 3 года назад +1

    Great video!! Thanks for this!!

    • @shig27frag
      @shig27frag  3 года назад +1

      No problem. Im gonna be adding a lot more early clips of comedians that arent on here. Im posting one here or there when i have time now. Its a lot of shows to edit down to just one 8 minute set but keep checking back

  • @28happenstance
    @28happenstance 3 года назад +28

    What an amazing gem of a find. Huge Stanhope fan here. Have seen him perform 8 times now. The guy is a legend as far as I'm concerned.
    That mullet is nothing short of glorious.

  • @billbrasky8525
    @billbrasky8525 2 года назад +1

    Sharp and self-deprecating even in 92. It’s no wonder Stanhope became one of the greats.

  • @SAXONWARLORD1000AD
    @SAXONWARLORD1000AD 2 года назад +1

    absolutely brilliant as always - ONE OF THE GREATEST MULLETS OF ALL TIME - THE 80's WAS SUCH A STRONG DECADE IT CARRIED INTO THE 90s FOR ABOUT 4 YEARS

  • @MegaJimbob73
    @MegaJimbob73 3 года назад +11

    Can hear the Dice-Clay influence, which Stanhope probably cringes at now. But he's so talented, man.

  • @mitchellnewman8196
    @mitchellnewman8196 3 года назад +29

    Theo von is jealous of that hair right there

  • @benlikebike
    @benlikebike 3 года назад +6

    That's the best goddamn mullet I've ever seen

  • @dannyjquinn880
    @dannyjquinn880 2 года назад +1

    What a beautiful young man 😍

  • @tylerpullen1652
    @tylerpullen1652 2 года назад +1

    His first debut n hes still the stanhope ive come to know and love… plus the huge mane. Guy is unreal.

  • @wolfbao1616
    @wolfbao1616 3 года назад

    THANXXX SO MUCH!!!

  • @chrisharveyy
    @chrisharveyy 3 года назад +5

    That mullet is fire 🔥

  • @glenntilson6509
    @glenntilson6509 3 года назад +5

    Liked before watching just to even know this exists--BLORT!

  • @stuffallthetime
    @stuffallthetime 3 года назад +3

    That mullet is glorious!

  • @adriankaszynski2914
    @adriankaszynski2914 3 года назад +2

    We NEED!!! a movie about him.

  • @richbrazee5054
    @richbrazee5054 2 года назад +1

    Wow, that's an amazing mullet!! Doug has come so far in many ways from that young man. One of the best stand up comedians ever in my opinion ✌

  • @theitalianskunkwhisperer6843
    @theitalianskunkwhisperer6843 2 года назад

    So great to see him this young so long ago and looking the way he did and killing the audience even then. Great set they loved him.

  • @toddwareham
    @toddwareham 3 года назад +1

    Stanhope has been killing for so long

  • @greenpilltheory6649
    @greenpilltheory6649 3 года назад +2

    that voice.....

  • @vickielawson3114
    @vickielawson3114 2 года назад +2

    I didn’t know Doug was such a fan of Billy Ray Cyrus, but that hair is a perfect match.
    I’m sure he’s pretty embarrassed now about it. I love Doug and have seen him live twice and met him both times. It was awesome.

    • @shig27frag
      @shig27frag  2 года назад +1

      Ha. About him being embarrassed, there was somewhere he mentioned "the guy who keeps uploading his fuckin first tv appearance" ...since I put this up someone else uploaded the same clip for some reason, but I take pride in knowing I'm the guy that put it up (twice) for the world to enjoy.

  • @justinbertaud854
    @justinbertaud854 3 года назад +2

    Wow... times have changed.

  • @ericscire
    @ericscire 2 года назад +1

    This is so chill

  • @ShopFloorMonkey
    @ShopFloorMonkey 3 года назад +8

    Wow, Christiano Ronaldo really is a man of many talents!

    • @ShopFloorMonkey
      @ShopFloorMonkey 3 года назад

      @Google is Facism How can you go looking for a comedy video and still not recognise a joke?!

    • @ShopFloorMonkey
      @ShopFloorMonkey 3 года назад

      @Google is Facism Yes, I know who he is... That the point of the jok.... /sigh
      Look, if I have to explain the joke it's no longer funny...

    • @ShopFloorMonkey
      @ShopFloorMonkey 3 года назад

      @Google is Facism You know what, don't worry about it. Let's just forget that this ever happened and get on with our lives, eh? ;)

  • @branchsnapper2228
    @branchsnapper2228 3 года назад +4

    From little acorns mighty oaks do grow

  • @sandrainthesky1011
    @sandrainthesky1011 2 года назад

    What a rare treat! He had the power even way back than wow!

  • @mikemars2112
    @mikemars2112 3 года назад +1

    Amazing content.

  • @OP-yt9ik
    @OP-yt9ik 3 года назад +1

    The duct tape line made me chuckle. Baby Doug with his mullet came through at the close.

  • @beowulf1417
    @beowulf1417 2 года назад

    This is gold!

  • @maguy8133
    @maguy8133 2 года назад

    WOW! That voice and that mullet!

  • @bsmo9148
    @bsmo9148 2 года назад +1

    The mullet was strong with this one

  • @robertpriest3808
    @robertpriest3808 3 года назад

    The mullet is a thing of beauty.

  • @aletsytorres2733
    @aletsytorres2733 3 года назад +5

    Dude, Stanhope needs to bring back those lushes locks.

  • @christophercooper6731
    @christophercooper6731 3 года назад +1

    Mulled to perfection.

  • @buckeyepilot3929
    @buckeyepilot3929 3 года назад +1

    That is one glorious Kentucky Waterfall.

  • @stevestair1783
    @stevestair1783 Год назад

    Classic Doug with a classic mullet!

  • @Baxxter101
    @Baxxter101 3 года назад +1

    Dear GOD that mullet is GLORIOUS!

  • @baritony8763
    @baritony8763 3 года назад +5

    That mullet should be tagged and tracked by Marlin Perkins.

  • @seanstark7369
    @seanstark7369 3 года назад +9

    Is that Smokey Robinson introducing him

  • @noodlehat3250
    @noodlehat3250 2 года назад +1

    Rocking the super mullet

  • @Xaeravoq
    @Xaeravoq 3 года назад

    wow. ive never seen him like this. imma save this.to my comedy colliction

  • @mistermusturd6402
    @mistermusturd6402 3 года назад +2

    EPIC MULLET!!!

  • @Xander102
    @Xander102 2 года назад

    Omg that mullet. Priceless

  • @PaunchyPilate
    @PaunchyPilate 3 года назад +5

    Doug doing his best Dice here

    • @shig27frag
      @shig27frag  3 года назад

      That was my thought. He did of course first try stand up after co workers liked his Dice impressions

    • @guybuddy1
      @guybuddy1 3 года назад

      Sounds more like Peter Griffin than Dice. lol

  • @jamesmartin-lb6br
    @jamesmartin-lb6br 3 года назад

    Wow that is the greatest mullet I have ever seen in all the realm of stand up comedy.

  • @joeyb203
    @joeyb203 3 года назад +7

    Stanhope out here sounding like Peter Griffin

  • @guinnessharvey4476
    @guinnessharvey4476 3 года назад +3

    So, Doug was the cute guy with the luscious mullet then:) who’d have thought it:)

  • @moralcompass8457
    @moralcompass8457 3 года назад +3

    As held back as youll ever see Doug

    • @JakeWitmer
      @JakeWitmer 3 года назад

      couldn't be more leashed

  • @laurenceegan6136
    @laurenceegan6136 3 года назад +5

    There's a short series of clips on the UK DVD release of Deadbeat Hero called Behind the Mullet that shows a bit from this. I've always wanted to know the context of it.

  • @randykrus9562
    @randykrus9562 2 года назад

    That mullet is breathtaking......

  • @LowescC
    @LowescC 2 года назад

    i'm so glad I didn't see him till he was older...

  • @jefn.3205
    @jefn.3205 3 года назад

    WOW, that smooth baby voice, damn!!!

  • @patrickchubey3127
    @patrickchubey3127 2 года назад +2

    I'm a big fan, I'll even watch sober Doug as long as I know he's the warmup act for drunk Doug.

  • @Artcollecta
    @Artcollecta 2 года назад

    That's the gnarliest mullet I've ever seen in this life or any past one, I'm certain.

  • @666charlton
    @666charlton 3 года назад +1

    Wish I could unsee this

  • @craigrecko4642
    @craigrecko4642 3 месяца назад

    We grow and we develop. One of the smartest/funniest comedic minds of our generation had to figure it out.

  • @miguelorozco6138
    @miguelorozco6138 2 года назад

    Behind that voice I can hear his substance. Master.

  • @floydwaight5699
    @floydwaight5699 3 года назад

    Awesome Mullet there Douggy. Even then his importance to the profession of comedy shone through, in hindsight...PeaceOrElse

  • @futurereflections4097
    @futurereflections4097 2 года назад

    This got recommended after watching some norm today. I never thought I would say this but, thanks RUclips!

  • @thediscokidd
    @thediscokidd 3 года назад

    Wow - I love the never ending mullet! Xxx

  • @dobbsmill3676
    @dobbsmill3676 2 года назад

    That mullet could have it's own show!

  • @willmach
    @willmach 3 года назад

    Now that is one gorgeous mane!

  • @wesmartyn3829
    @wesmartyn3829 3 года назад

    No filter. THE BEST

  • @bobbobbington6650
    @bobbobbington6650 3 года назад +1

    I turned the volume down and watched through a crack between my fingers.