Doug Stanhope: The Dying of a Last Breed

Stanhope used to be the funniest, sharpest, most clever and invigorating comedian on the planet. However his last few specials have been a steady fall to the bottom and this is probably his worst yet. It feels like he's not even trying to be funny anymore and just strives to provoke strangers through excessive descriptions of death and decay. The problem though is that it would take much more to actually unsettle his fan group, and whoever might have been taken aback by this material will never ever stumble upon this special... so what is he trying to prove? The jokes are way too few and far between, and 99% of the show feels like rather boring filler. Nothing is worse than seeing your idols falter, and this special makes me rather sad.