So, what to make of an American stand-up comic whose sexual experiences include screwing a midget 'ust to find out what it was like? ' A man who videoed his own vasectomy and posted the film on his website? A man who on the name-dropping side - partied for three days with Johnny Depp and Bill Murray after Hunter S.Thompson's funeral? And who had a boxing match with disgraced ice-skater Tonya Harding?

Doug Stanhope is less than run-of-the-mill and something of a one-off.