Doug Stanhope has been called the “modern day Bill Hicks” for a good reason. While what he says may offend some people, it gets even more people to laugh and think.
Here’s a funny segment (which he ironically did for a BBC news piece) where he explains that late night talk-show hosts and fear-mongering news networks are in the same bed together.
I don’t know why I never realized this obvious observation before. I’ve been watching Letterman and Leno for years thinking that they were polar opposites of the news networks that they make fun of, but now I realize I was wrong.
The next time you watch Leno or Letterman spout out a “current event joke” notice how they never form a serious opinion or bash the actual news network it came from. Why? Because they don’t really care- it’s just filler for them.
