Doug Stanhope: No Refunds (2007 TV Special) User Reviews

Surprisingly good...

[Nooshin_Navidi · 8/10 · 11 September 2010]

Don't be fooled by Doug Stanhope's onstage chain-smoking & beer guzzling.

With an act filled with very funny & astute observations and dead-on social commentary; Stanhope's neither an aging frat-boy nor a redneck. He's a thinker, and a good one at that. ***Note of Caution: this act is NOT for the politically-correct, faint-of-heart or the easily-offended.

He spares no one and calls just about everyone on the carpet. Far from being a copycat comic, Stanhope has his own unique stage presence & style, which is at once confident & self-deprecating.

As with other irreverent-but-brilliant comics of his kind, Stanhope hits the nail on the head in one acerbic punchline after another with many laugh-out-loud moments throughout, and turns what might have been cringeworthy topics in less capable hands into pure comedic gold.

~NN

He doesn't care if you like him!

[nixskits · 8/10 · 25 December 2009]

With a cigarette in hand and a beer nearby, Doug Stanhope is one of the last guys in comedy whose image is not calculated to be something it isn't. Coming along with the other tell it like it is comics such as Dave Atell and the late, great Bill Hicks, Stanhope sets the hounds loose on any and every subject. He will offend and hopefully it's for thought provoking reasons.

He's an American who's also appealing to UK audiences, as well as a convenient target for certain journalists who are among those offended by his in your face explanations of just why he has given the on the record quotes that bothered them. Yes, Stanhope is not conforming to a kinder, gentler take on what's so disturbing to him about society because his style is like napalm compared to less daring performers who have a "style" more like finger paint.

Here he'll tell you exactly what he thinks the internet's role in deviant activity extends to, why religion is like kryptonite to many modern adults, how his generation are disappointed with their youthful successors, why the New York Yankees suck, what drugs used to represent compared to today's mind altering substances and so much more.

Stanhope, one of the best working comics around!

Raw, Perceptive & Brilliantly Funny

[Nooshin_Navidi_MUSE · 8/10 · 6 June 2014]

Don't be fooled by Doug Stanhope's onstage chain-smoking and beer guzzling. With an act filled with very funny and astute observations and dead-on social commentary; Stanhope's neither an aging frat-boy nor a redneck. He's a thinker, and a good one at that.

Note of Caution: this act is NOT for the politically-correct, faint-of-heart or the easily-offended. He spares no one and calls just about everyone on the carpet. Far from being a copycat comic, Stanhope has his own unique stage presence and style, which is at once confident and self-deprecating. As with other irreverent-but-brilliant comics of his kind, Stanhope hits the nail on the head in one acerbic punchline after another with many laugh-out-loud moments throughout, and turns what might have been cringeworthy topics in less capable hands into pure comedic gold.

It's raw and honest, just what I like.

[deloudelouvain · 8/10 · 22 February 2020]

I can only applaud stand-up comedians that don't care what you think about them. Doug Stanhope is a bit brutal, but it's the brutal truth, he might sound a bit vulgar but does it matter when it's funny? He tells it like it is, does have no boundaries, and that's a positive thing about his show. I can't disagree with his life visions as I think the same for almost every part of his monologue. I'm surprised this show doesn't have negative reviews on here, as I'm sure a lot of people would be offended. Doug isn't politically correct, and that's good, he doesn't try to please you, and that's even better. I'm glad he's proud of never working, not fitting in the system, being different than the masses, I'm exactly like that as well so I really enjoyed No Refunds. It was the first show I saw from him but will make sure I watch others.