In 1967, Doug Stanhope was born in Worcester, Massachusetts where he lived until he was 18 years old. Stanhope’s comedy career began in 1990 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Stanhope has made appearances at several major comedy festivals, including the Montreal Just For Laughs, US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado, the Chicago Comedy Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland, where he won the Strathmore Press Award in 2002.

Stanhope was the winner of the San Francisco International Comedy Competition where he edged out notable comedic actor Dane Cook in a three-week contest. He’s appeared in dozens of national and international standup comedy television specials. He claims that his appearance on the BBC television show, “Live Floor Show,” (broadcast March 20 2003) was fueled by “ecstasy”. According to Stanhope ‘TV is just for the money; live performance is where it’s at.’

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In 1967, Doug Stanhope was born in Worcester, Massachusetts where he lived until he was 18 years old. Stanhope’s comedy career began in 1990 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Stanhope has made appearances at several major comedy festivals, including the Montreal Just For Laughs, US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado, the Chicago Comedy Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland, where he won the Strathmore Press Award in 2002.

Stanhope was the winner of the San Francisco International Comedy Competition where he edged out notable comedic actor Dane Cook in a three-week contest. He’s appeared in dozens of national and international standup comedy television specials. He claims that his appearance on the BBC television show, “Live Floor Show,” (broadcast March 20 2003) was fueled by “ecstasy”. According to Stanhope ‘TV is just for the money; live performance is where it’s at.’

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C.K.’s stage name is derived from an approximate English pronunciation of his Hungarian surname, Szekely. He was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Mary Louise (née Davis), a software engineer, and Luis Szekely, an economist. His mother is an American of Irish Catholic ancestry and his father is a native of Mexico. C.K.’s paternal grandfather, a Hungarian Jew, emigrated to Mexico, where he met C.K.’s paternal grandmother, a Catholic Mexican of Spanish and Mexican Indian ancestry. C.K.’s parents met at Harvard University while Luis was trying to finish his degree during a summer-school program. Although C.K. was born in D.C., he lived in Mexico City until the age of seven. His first language is Spanish, and he still retains Mexican citizenship

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C.K.’s stage name is derived from an approximate English pronunciation of his Hungarian surname, Szekely. He was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Mary Louise (née Davis), a software engineer, and Luis Szekely, an economist. His mother is an American of Irish Catholic ancestry and his father is a native of Mexico. C.K.’s paternal grandfather, a Hungarian Jew, emigrated to Mexico, where he met C.K.’s paternal grandmother, a Catholic Mexican of Spanish and Mexican Indian ancestry. C.K.’s parents met at Harvard University while Luis was trying to finish his degree during a summer-school program. Although C.K. was born in D.C., he lived in Mexico City until the age of seven. His first language is Spanish, and he still retains Mexican citizenship

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2. Naming Agency

Naming agency, as the name implies, is a company that names products, companies, domains and so on for you. Branding and advertising agencies frequently offer the same type of service.

3. Company naming

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1. Million Dollar Homepage

1000000 pixels, charge a dollar per pixel – that’s perhaps the dumbest idea for online business anyone could have possible come up with. Still, Alex Tew, a 21-year-old who came up with the idea, is now a millionaire.

2. PickyDomains

Hire another person to think of a cool domain name for you? No way people would pay for this. Actually, naming domain names for others turned out a thriving business, especially, when you make the entire process risk free. PickyDomains currently has a waiting list of people who want to PAY the service to come up with a snappy memorable domain name. PickyDomains is expected to hit six figures this year. Full Story

3. Doggles

Create goggles for dogs and sell them online? Boy, this IS the dumbest idea for a business. How in the world did they manage to become millionaires and have shops all over the world with that one? Beyond me.

4. LaserMonks

LaserMonks.com is a for-profit subsidiary of the Cistercian Abbey of Our Lady of Spring Bank, an eight-monk monastery in the hills of Monroe County, 90 miles northwest of Madison. Yeah, real monks refilling your cartridges. Hallelujah! Their 2005 sales were $2.5 million! Praise the Lord. Full Story

5. AntennaBalls

You can’t sell antenna ball online. There is no way. And surely it wouldn’t make you rich. But this is exactly what Jason Wall did, and now he is now a millionaire. Full Story

6. FitDeck

Create a deck of cards featuring exercise routines, and sell it online for $18.95. Sounds like a disaster idea to me. But former Navy SEAL and fitness instructor Phil Black reported last year sales of $4.7 million. Surely beats what military pays.

7. PositivesDating.Com

How would you like to go on a date with an HIV positive person? Paul Graves and Brandon Koechlin thought that someone would, so they created a dating site for HIV positive folks last year. Projected 2006 sales are $110,000, and the two hope to have 50,000 members by their two-year mark.

8. Designer Diaper Bags

Christie Rein was tired of carrying diapers around in a freezer bag. The 34-year-old mother of three found herself constantly stuffing diapers for her infant son into freezer bags to keep them from getting scrunched up in her purse. Rein wanted something that was compact, sleek and stylish, so in November 2004, she sat down with her husband, Marcus, who helped her design a custom diaper bag that’s big enough to hold a travel pack of wipes and two to four diapers. With more than $180,000 in sales for 2005, Christie’s company, Diapees & Wipees, has bags in 22 different styles, available online and in 120 boutiques across the globe for $14.99.

9. SantaMail

Ok, how’s that for a brilliant idea. Get a postal address at North Pole, Alaska, pretend you are Santa Claus and charge parents 10 bucks for every letter you send to their kids? Well, Byron Reese sent over 200000 letters since the start of the business in 2001, which makes him a couple million dollars richer. Full Story

10. Lucky Wishbone Co.

Fake wishbones. Now, this stupid idea is just destined to flop. Who in the world needs FAKE PLASTIC wishbones? A lot of people, it turns out. Now producing 30,000 wishbones daily (they retail for 3 bucks a pop) Ken Ahroni, the company founder, expects 2006 sales to reach $1 million.

To see other businesses that have not made the top 10 list but came pretty close, visit Uncommon Business Ideas Blog

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