title: This Is Not Fame: A "From What I Re-Memoir"
author:  Doug Stanhope 
description: "Doug Stanhope is the most dangerous comedian in the world. If we both were fighters I would avoid him at all costs. He's a bad, bad man."<b>--Chris Rock</b>, author of <i>Rock This!</i><br /><br />"I was brunching last week with Jerry (Seinfeld) and Chris (Rock), and we were saying how it's such a shame that George Carlin and Richard Pryor aren't around to read Doug's new book."--<b>Daniel Tosh</b>, Entertainer, Gay Billionaire<br /><br />"Doug Stanhope is my favorite comic. There is no one to compare him to; it all begins with the writing and this book is a great read."<b>--Roseanne Barr</b>, author of <i>Roseannearchy</i><br /><br />"Stanhope is our Charles Bukowski. If that isn't good enough for you to buy his stupid book, you don't deserve to read it."--<b>Michael Ian Black</b>, author of <i>Navel Gazing</i> and <i>You're Not Doing It Right</i><br /><br />"Doug Stanhope's truth telling wakes me up faster than a Zen monk slapping the shit out of me. Pure genius."--<b>Kelly Carlin</b>, author of <i>A Carlin Home Companion</i><br /><br />"Doug has done it again. Just when I thought he had peaked, I realized that that was a valley and THIS is the peak."--<b>Judd Apatow</b>, author of <i>Sick in the Head</i><br /><br />"Doug Stanhope is a true throwback. His authenticity is both hilarious and inspiring."--<b>A.J. Hawk</b>, Famed NFL Linebacker<br /><br />"Yes."--<b>Marilyn Manson</b>, via text when asked if he'd write a blurb<br /><br />"Doug Stanhope is my favorite everything. Any comic can write a book, but two books? Watch out, Judy Blume!"--<b>Dave Attell</b><br /><br />"Doug clearly didn't want a blurb from me but that made me want to write one even more. Doug and I have nothing in common but I still consider him a friend."--<b>Todd Barry</b>, author of <i>Thank You for Coming to Hattiesburg </i>and opening act for Brendon Walsh
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  Lord Stanhope’s
  
  Improper Proposal
  
  A Stanhope Challenge Story
  
  By Cerise DeLand
  
  Resplendence Publishing, LLC
  
  http://www.resplendencepublishing.com
  
  Resplendence Publishing, LLC
  
  2665 N Atlantic Avenue #349
  
  Daytona Beach, FL 32118
  
  Lord Stanhope’s Improper Proposal
  
  Copyright © 2010, Cerise DeLand
  
  Edited by Michele Hickerty
  
  Cover art by Les Byerley, [ www.les3photo8.com ](http://www.les3photo8.com/)
  
  
  Electronic format ISBN: 978-1-60735-164-1
  
  Warning: All rights reserved. The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of
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  without monetary gain, is investigated by the FBI and is punishable by up to 5
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  in federal prison and a fine of $250,000.
  
  Electronic release: June 2010
  
  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and occurrences are a
  product of
  
  the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead,
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