Doug Stanhope Owns The Room (featuring Dave Attell as the sidekick)

Source: The Green Room with Paul Provenza S02E03
Guests: Richard Belzer, Janeane Garofalo, Dave Attell, Doug Stanhope, Glenn Wool
Original Air Date: July 28, 2011

[@blossomrusso6457]

I've heard so many comics say they've been called by Attell to make sure he's not copying anyone's bits. The man is truly terrified of stealing jokes or even vaguely emulating material. What a class act and a legend who's up there with Stanhope and Burr in the rankings.

[@TheMeragun]

And ironically, he is one of the most ripped-off comics thanks to hollywood. Attell deserved better in his career.

[@duke3250]

Meragun many of the greats do.

[@WhoIsTadhg]

Blossom Russo And that hack, Amy Schumer ripped off Dave’s blacking out joke.

[@vintincrows6909]

Blossom Russo, Dave was screwing my friend's sister and as a result of their fucklationship, I met him a few times. He was a class act! Afterwords, I watched a few of his sets, because my buddy said he was amazing. I was blown away by how solid and unique his material was. Dave and Stanhope have been shit on by Hollywood. Dane Cook was filling arenas and those guys are still doing tiny gigs. It's a fucking travesty!

[@onpsxmember]

That's because he isn't fake. He doesn't dress up, he does his show about old 80's porn. He could have more success if he licked a few asses but he doesn't. He does his thing and that's it.

[@squeegied3rdeye713]

"I bought your comedy book when i first started out. You dont know what merch is? It took me 5 or 6 years to overcome that." OWNED AS FUCK.

[@yowie12]

Belser not knowing who Stanhope is and finding out he’s 10 times the comic Belser ever was.

[@GrandSpiral]

He was playing into it... of course he knew Stanhope

[@dpclerks09]

@@GrandSpiral He still sucks.

[@yourmomlovespenis]

I don't want to speak ill of the dead, but Belzer could be insufferable at times.

[@NicosMind]

Dave Attell backing up Doug Stanhope, Dave Attell backing up Bill Burr. Underrated comedian. Love the dude.

[@ass_69]

You think attell is underrated?

[@atomicbong7597]

@@ass_69 Are you asking if he think attell is underrated? And before you ask - I don't know but there must be parity to some objective index or I'm stuck in a subjective mind trying to convince myself I'm not alone in feeling a bit lost here :) Who's - Dave Attel and why is he unrated in my list?

[@scottrackley4457]

Atell is batshit crazy, love him.

[@danielm4114]

"Dave Attell is the funniest comedian of all time, which is why he's number 7 on my list"- Doug Stanhope

[@snakeoi1sean]

@@ass_69 yes

[@OldManShoutsAtClouds]

"It took me 5-6 years to get over that." siiiick burn

[@cb3648]

He says that, but really his comedy is very Carlin or Hicks inspired social deconstruction.

[@rocowolf918]

I like how Dave stood up for Doug.

[@GunfightersINC]

When he skewers Belzer with his own book... priceless.

[@RustinChole]

The last person you wanna justify worrying about politics to is Doug Stanhope. Love that guy.

[@rmcheck5380]

Sonic im blue

[@gorylla1985]

Stanhopes impression of Dave Attell is spot on

[@hkhk96]

Stanhope is the Charles Bukowski of comics.

[@jeffboon9125]

Nailed it

[@dahpizzaboy6149]

Doug is the Doug of comedy

[@ajack1312]

@@AnalEyesAnalyzeAnalLies-666 Lmao that makes it work even better , Charle Bukowski was an unrepentant asshole

[@josephvonbulow1164]

😂🍻

[@DanMcCortcomedian]

Props to Attell, one of the best comedians of our age admitting, with authority, that Stanhope is his favorite comedian.

[@131untouchable]

Ur favorite comedian's favorite comedian

[@1984isnotamanual]

@@131untouchable e my fav too

[@playbookshowme484]

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[@jsedwards25]

Stanhope is the only comedian still I'll travel across states in order to see him perform. A master, and consistent.

[@JakeWitmer]

I saw him in Chicago...he's the best!

[@jakewilcken6602]

I love that he plays shity small towns like Fresno and Bakersfield so I don't have to go anywhere

[@GavinHitchens]

That reaction is a complete "holy fuck someone remembers that thing I almost blocked out of my memory"

[@denizmessesaround]

fuck, 100% lol

[@dst2145]

Man did Doug bust her or what? Her head was fucking spinning. She can't even remember all of the bullshit she throws out there. No way he could have made that up. He still laughs about it on his podcast. Classic.

[@yyz4761]

5:20 Stanhope's impression of Attell was pretty spot on including what kind of joke Dave would tell.

[@Protectobot]

😝 Fer sher

[@boojum402]

This is precious and awesome. I am so glad we have it.

[@dankburrito4219]

Sometimes I don't even laugh at Stanhope, I'm often just sitting there listening like he's an uncle that knows his shit.

[@1984isnotamanual]

HE HAS THAT GEORGE CARLIN QUALITY AS A COMEDIAN AND SORRY FOR THE ALL CAPS I REALIZED I WAS IN CAPS LOCK BUT WAS TOO LAZY TO GO BACK HEHE

[@1984isnotamanual]

that's why Doug is my favorite living comedian. his philosophizing like George Carlin and the other reason is his bohemian boozy mind altering substance lifestyle because i can relate to it.

[@JakeWitmer]

Yeah...he's civilized...which is to say, he's _libertarian_

[@roamingthereal4060]

7:23 Never in my life have a seen Attell so happy.

[@MickyAvStickyHands]

Dave Attell is slowly turning into Steven Wright (visually).

[@ScreaminSavior]

That's hilarious you said that because when the clip first started I got excited and thought, "Steven Wright is on too?!" then realized it was Dave lolol.

[@allanfloyd8103]

I thought he was really looking like Tony Shaloub in Men in Black... Almost expected his head to get blown up and grow back.

[@mefilmmaking]

MickyAvStickyHands lol. physically

[@sidarthur8706]

that was dave atell and not tony shaloub?

[@badfish41969]

stanhopes attel impression always cracks me up

[@orduni90]

Doug Stanhope's jacket is so bad ass!

[@jacksonharvey1225]

Dave Attell like a little school girl at 7:25 cracks me every time

[@TheDawnling]

Look at how Stanhope can tell a joke when the others are inhaling so that he gets heard. EXCELLENT timing

[@bevrosity]

thats one of the reasons he's the best, cuz he's got social awareness.

[@ttom1122]

Belzer: "Who are you?" Then Doug kills him the rest of the show.

[@mtjeeves1234]

I miss Dave Attell. His late night show was the greatest. Wish he had a show again.

[@fvgc454ss]

Insomniac was awesome

[@yourmomlovespenis]

Dave is still out there doing it. Go support him!

[@happysatisfaction6349]

God I want this show to come back!

[@roadhead8189]

if she was grinding her teeth out in 2011, she is probably sawing her arm off in 2017

[@gpm-grownpeoplemusic9176]

HAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHA now this is comedy mwhahahahahah

[@daltonwilliams9891]

2018 is even worse 😂

[@bevrosity]

one would hope

[@carolinejeffries8272]

😂 Great comment RoadHead! 2019 = toothless with 1 arm and 1 leg. Lol!

[@Sixstringman]

She'll be commiting Sepoku in 2021 Lol.

[@03blaird]

Anyone with a profile pick of Clay Davis is awesome in my book! Sheeeeeeeiiiit partner great channel!

[@orbit639]

+Fun Void crawl, walk then run...

[@AndySalinger33]

Jesus, that's funny

[@BrigadierBumCheeks]

c'mon now string. you know that monies tied up in bonds.

[@hash-slingingslasher1374]

SHEEEEEEEEiiiiiiiiiittt

[@komickaze85]

Doug is the best living comic today. Truly one of a kind, so funny and so full of great stories.

[@jffsmth330]

Like a gentleman though, Dougie offers a sincere compliment after dishing on her. That guy....enjoy him while he's still here

[@lgnlint]

These are all awesome man, didn't even know this show existed until now. Please upload more!

[@godbluffvdgg]

+Ch0plol I hope you caught up...This was a great series and some very funny comedians show up...

[@DDeCicco]

Stanhope and Attell are the only comics on this panel

[@kdub9198]

He said "or from Sublime" haha, nice.

[@spencerallbritton9459]

I fucking love both Doug and Dave, they’re both sharp as fuck, hilarious, and totally unforgiving. Geniuses

[@clapadamclap]

Stanhope is a truth teller, anyone offended by his work, is offended by truth..

[@Garrett1240]

You Stanhope fanboys are silly sometimes.

[@thebrazilianatlantis165]

What do you think is a good example of Stanhope telling lies in his act?

[@chasingdragons1933]

Ole Okie Watson What do you think is a good example of Stanhope telling lies in his comedy acts????

[@Gigabomber]

Stanhope isn't famous enough to have fanboys, just fans.

[@onatone]

cuttygrass the truth is offended by Doug Stanhope.

[@SeismicJack]

Imagine a Stanhope and Attell tour. Fuck.💜

[@giraffewithtattoos2770]

I remember watching Doug Stanhope and Paul Provenza on Comedy Central back when it was a fledgling channel. There was a show that Craig Kilborn hosted called ,"Short Attention Span Theater" and I watched it everyday as a young kid before school. When i would inevitably get bullied and picked on, I admit to having to use lines i heard these guys saying to get the crowd on my side when the bully would single me out in class, on the bus, etc... I love these guys.

[@raysbrain]

How have I never heard of this show!? Thanks for uploading 😊

[@deletesoon70]

Glad Stanhope has friends, sometimes worry about the guy. It's all real from that guy, not an act. No.

[@tetdgjk]

+Michael Garfat His face looks the same, but I bet his liver looks like a roasted red pepper.

[@paddyb3510]

Hahaha ...yeh

[@darkzeke200x]

Should listen to his podcast sometime. He's got friends, no worries there.

[@sdry]

He currently does sold sold out tour around the world. Yheah he got some friends.

[@willdenoble1898]

Michael Garfat comedy is rooted in exaggeration, not truth.

[@jcole139]

Attell and Stanhope are on my Rushmore of comedy. Them playing off each other here was extraordinary.

[@barrybryant175]

always been a dave attell fan! and doug stanhope is definitely one of the best comics!

[@mikeisapro]

Doug Stanhope is like a mature Bill Hicks.

[@diogenesdog7063]

Everyone gives credit to Schultz for evolving the comedy scene by cutting out bookers and agents. Stanhope was not only saying it but living by it. As comedy was exploding in LA he flipped it the bird and moved to Bisbee, AZ. Legend

[@georgesnow797]

Stanhope is the GOAT!

[@tbomber]

when stanhope calls our garofalo on being a hypocrite its great cuz you know hes not bullshitting

[@salazam]

Also cuz Dave Attell already knows the story and he starts jumping up and down like a schoolgirl!

[@TheMeragun]

All those shills are the same. Inherently contradictory and couldn't write a high school essay on a single train of thought.

[@p0llenp0ny]

+Meragun lol what shills?

[@travismcnasty51]

That being said I feel like Janine still has a pretty good point.... No that's not what I meant... Janine still is pretty.

[@robdubent]

@@p0llenp0ny four years for a reply and he couldn't think of one.

[@strawhatgolf]

Doug Stanhope was the only one that didn’t get a handshake at the end.

[@cmejias44]

Dave and Doug, my two top comedians

[@mrf1nk236]

She is for real 100% killing the room.. comedy eyy?

[@rupeoverlay3153]

Note how Provenza gives everyone but Stanhope a big hug.

[@flankspeed]

Bring this show back every year 💛

[@skyhazel6205]

Garofolo is a good example of why you never go fully political as a comedian, no matter if you're left or right. Even Belzer managed to say a few funny things, and he peaked nearly half a century ago.

[@robdubent]

AND WHERE IS SHE NOW? Anyone?

[@rodolfobeans3531]

@@robdubent on her mom's couch

[@slipphilton6141]

I had know clue that’s who Janine garofolo was. I’ve heard the name but I thought she was one of the chicks from friends or something

[@khav11]

@@slipphilton6141 90s B actress but in string of decent movies

[@Staymellow88]

Dave Attell the sidekick?! I nearly choked the sheer audacity.

[@georgechristiansen6785]

Janeane Garofalo's stepdad really did some damage to her psyche.

[@JayManJerimyfresh]

wow! great episode of a show I would have never even knew existed had you not uploaded this.. wow.. REALLY great 20 minutes right there. Thank you. I'm glad I saw that.

[@DR_Neal_Rigger]

Just the way he gets under Garofalo's skin is fuckin BEAUTIFUL 🤣🤣..

[@redwood-in-stereo]

This is like a time capsule. How they’re talking to each other is amazing

[@misguh]

Great channel man thanks!

[@akhilmaharaj4712]

+Fun Void dude can i have a black belt from you

[@tschaderdstrom2145]

No handshake for Doug at the end, there. I guess Paul had his feathers ruffled.

[@gnarrokomotis1914]

"It took me five years to unlearn that shit" I lost it

[@somethingelseishere]

Stanhope & Attell were so out of place! This was like putting college professors in a room full of first graders.

[@af-moon]

Doug is fantastic, and Atell is so likeable

[@johnf.hebert1409]

You can REALLY see Belzers ego shatter

[@scapegoatee3989]

Dave is such a fanboy. I love it.

[@covertfarts1947]

Dude! Best show on the planet. Group of comedians with a bit of alcohol and all free chatter, funny as phuck

[@flappospammo]

doug stanhope is a comedy genius grate guy too

[@RyanWSi]

She's off her rocker.

[@nono9543]

Janeane generally looks terrified that somebody remembered.

[@JeffHuntsinger]

Stanhope is the MAN! Love Dave Atell too.

[@iamthem.a.n.middleagednerd1053]

Stanhope is just landing vicious over hand right after over hand right.

[@farber2]

Stanhope is still rising!

[@jenndowell6446]

After his show in Seattle about 3 years ago, I went outside to meet him. My ex had a sweet conversation with him, and in hugged him and grabbed his face in my hands, looked him in the eye, and told him he's a good man. I'll never forget that moment, he really meant it when he said thank you. We locked in that moment for a minute and both teared up a little. It was spontaneous and weird and I felt like I was staring into the eyes of a guru

[@notsoeloquent]

Do you think he pooped his pants a little at that very moment? It must've been very intimate.

[@jenndowell6446]

@notsoeloquent it was SO intimate. He actually looked straight back into my eyes and nodded his head. His eyes got watery (swear it on my cat), and I left feeling like he heard me

[@notsoeloquent]

@@jenndowell6446 Imagine if you held his balls at the moment, it would be an otherworldly experience. He would've melted into your hand immediately.

[@blackbeanburger3357]

belzer is known more for being on svu than he is being a comedian... that truly says something about how funny he is

[@yackum_3331]

And he had the balls to ask Stanhope why he was there...like who the fuck even are you old man?

[@whattowatchrightnow]

watching these clips makes me want to do standup.

[@whattowatchrightnow]

@Barfieman362 Beltzer is so not funny he's like a corps who forgot to go to work.

[@doeyjiaz4798]

Anytime i see Belzer, i remember him presenting himself for Hulk Hogan on live tv

[@dsm5d723]

I gotta say, Doug and Attell doing a shop talk rehash is like Tesla and Steinmetz going over equations. "Doug will play a bowling alley, and abortion clinic, he doesn't give a shit." I love it when the act CAN walk me, so rare.

[@jerryactrik1901]

I've heard Doug say he doesn't do impressions, but his Dave Attell was almost perfect

[@UltimaPowers]

Richard Belzer is a bel-end.

[@tribeshift]

Stanhope should have showed up for this with Hulk Hogan....

[@allsmilesguy]

ninjast4r Spider-Man reference?

[@evanparsons123]

Noam Chompsky had two mistakes in his Netflix Doc. 1) Madison was not intrisically favoring the rich but rather tyranny of the majority. Him writing that was a direct response to Shay's rebellion after land debts were not being paid back to creditors because the AOC had no enforcement mechanisms and it was completely taken out of context. 2) the Due Process clause of the 14th amendment does not imply businesses are people. That was the Lochner era of the early 1900's which was completely turned on its head during the Warren court of the 60's. Too this day, reading your own values into the Constitution is known as Lochnerizing because of the implied liberty of commerce.

[@ModernAmericanGWorld]

Doug Stanhope is the man

[@MrAceMcGee]

"What am I? Ken Burns?" 😂

[@resedoton]

Not surprised about Janeane. Spike Lee made commercials for the military to sign up new recruits for the Iraq war.

[@SHiPMaN718]

Watching in December of 2024 and this still stands up. Doug is the man.

[@EgbertWilliams]

I mean this in complete sincerity. Has anyone ever heard Richard Belzer utter one funny or original thing? He was dragging out that one word Reagan impersonation ("Well...") like 20 years after Reagan left office. What a hump.

[@Complex_Addition]

You know Doug was proud when Dave said he is his favourite !

[@MrBeachMadness]

If she had just owned it and perhaps said " well, it was an emotional week for all of us, I misspoke in the heat of the moment, but I clearly don't believe that" she would have come out of that smelling like a rose.

[@virgilgrissom7753]

+Andrew Canning Women are too emotionally driven and should not voice opinions unless they want to embarrass themselves.

[@MrBeachMadness]

Ha...you're funny !

[@MrMattyMan]

That would mean "accountability." Not her thing.

[@HereLiesKPBurke]

I watch this clip prob every 4 months. Doug and Dave always kill but slowly my respect of how Belzer takes this pummeling always appreciates.

[@rupeoverlay3153]

Note how Paul doesn’t hug Doug at the end, after warmly hugging everyone else. Doug burned him

[@theDavidChannel1]

Doug Stanhope vs. Tom Leykis. I'd pay to see that battle!

[@oatmealboy6]

Damn, it looks like if I have enough cash, I can get Doug to do a set at my birthday party. Cool!

[@crapola67876578]

i was there. she said it.lol

[@aaronwest1055]

I'm flabbergasted how someone could say so much, yet actually say nothing at all.

[@oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164]

Just listen to any speech by Bill Clinton

[@cyntelsince.8886]

all these people are legends

[@niptuck117]

A Ken Burns joke? +1 to Attell!

[@NolaChick82]

This was before Doug started dressing like a 70's game show host. lol

[@Thulgore]

Stanhope may be a drunk but I get why he would remember this.

[@openmythirdeye]

why is Richard Belzer even on this

[@fazerfaze]

thats detective munch to you

[@TheWillrocks51]

He's a comedian

[@Montanagoat13]

Lmao, thats the funniest thing ive ever heard in relation to him

[@thomasrose38]

He was stand up comedian back in the late 70s and early 80s saw him one night at catch a rising star he was the Master of Ceremonies who set up each comedian with a couple of one-liners always liked him but not so much on that detective show Jerry Lewis played his uncle on one episode SVU I didn't know Jerry Lewis was still alive at this time Jerry Lewis's character shut the man in front of us subway train it was a serious show but I laughed my balls off

[@KatotownUSA]

Brian the fact that he had the balls to try to take on Stanhope and then Stanhope RUINS him. Belzer fucking blows

[@DenubianSD]

I would like to be in a bar sitting in a bar alone drinking black label ,smoking a cigarette, and then see these people walk in the door and then sit down at the table next next to mine, completely unaware of my very existence.

[@Lonestarr1337]

Green Bean Giraffealo is such a sanctimonious beaver.

[@note4note804]

Jeez and I thought the only butthurt comedian in the biz was Jim Norton till I saw Janeane on this.

[@rickstongue9255]

Joe rogan and Brendan Schaub

[@ninakore]

This show needs to come back for all us comedy nerds.