Book · 2025 · Biography & Autobiography
This Is Not Fame
A "From What I Re-Memoir"
Why people recommend it
This Is Not Fame by Doug Stanhope is a collection of unconventional and humorous personal essays featuring awful and wild stories from the author's life. The book was discussed on multiple episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience podcast. In December 2017, host Joe Rogan spoke to his audience on episode 1048 about the title, enthusiastically urging listeners to go online and order a copy of Doug Stanhope's work because it was filled with terrible and outrageous stories. Later, on episode 1144 in July 2018, Joe Rogan brought up the comedian's books once again while inquiring about his writing habits. Rogan asked Stanhope whether he wrote his books during specific periods or during normal times. In response to the inquiry, Stanhope explained that he wrote those two books simply because he had agreed to do so and had cashed the check beforehand. Throughout these podcast appearances, the hosts and guests highlighted the unique and unfiltered nature of Stanhope's writing style and his pragmatic approach to authorship, drawing significant attention to his published works.
Who recommended it
- Joe Rogan Recommended
Joe Rogan — 2 mentions
“well you've written two books now yeah um do you write books during those periods or do you just write them during normal times I wrote those two books because I agreed to and cash the check first”
“please order the book you know what let's take a minute so people can go online and order doug stanhope this is not fame it's got awful stories”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
“i i have a whole chunk in the book that i'm here to promote i see but about how i i'm i glued to reality just to find where they're lying all right that's obviously fame”
“what is fortunate is this is not fame it's available right now ladies and gentlemen joe rogan stories are in there oh beautiful it has an index”
“this is not fame by douglas stanhope uh forward by drew prinsky md dr drew wrote the forward”