Stand-up comic Doug Stanhope tends to forgo television for the credits that really count, from self-booking, promoting and selling out underground venues across the states, to leaving his own special stain on comedy festivals around the world. Photo from Stanhope's MySpace photo album, labeled "drunk."Stanhope's fanbase is rabid: one that hollers in drunken, knowing agreement to every biting social criticism and debauched narrative, with frequent self-effacing rambles thrown in for good measure.