Anyone watch Dane Cook last night?

[badgirl]

He had his world premier on comedy Central last night. I love Dane Cook and I thought it was great. He looks like he has been working out. The name of the show last night was Isolated Incident. The dvd is out May 19 think I am gonna buy it.

[Scorp]

Originally Posted by Lzen

Now there's a phrase that has been used over and over by multiple people. It really was never funny in the first place.

I call bullshit!

[Cannibal]

Originally Posted by JuicesFlowing

Didn't the douche also steal from Louis C.K.?

[JuicesFlowing]

Originally Posted by Cannibal

Didn't the douche also steal from Louis C.K.?

Oh yeah, he stole several jokes from Louis CK, I was trying to find the You Tube video that shows all the jokes he stole.

[badgirl]

Originally Posted by luv

But badgirl had already used "chucked". What was he supposed to do?

OH DEAR LORD!!!! Let me correct it before all the English majors get pissy....CHUCKLED.

Thank you, God lets correct every word ever written by anyone on here why don't we. NO wait, lets just do mine. You seem to be a pro at it.

[Reaper16]

Timothy Finn from the Kansas City Star reviews Dane Cook's Sprint Center appearance:

Originally Posted by Timothy Finn

You could say that Dane Cook has put to rest rumors or charges that he steals other comedians' material. But that's because not too many comedians would want to take ownership of the material he shared with about 8,000 people in the Sprint Center on Saturday.

Oh, people laughed all night at what he said. But every day people line up and wait an hour to sit down and eat at chain restaurants. That doesn't mean the food is good. People laugh at Dane Cook's material. That means he's funny, I guess, but it doesn't mean he's clever, witty, incisive, smart, analytical or comedic. It just means he says stuff that gets laughs.

He started his Sprint Center show by giving himself a hero's welcome, entering the area like some prize fighter or gladiator, high-fiving fans along the way. After taking the stage in the middle of the arena, he thanked the crowd for its reception and thanked the fans for all the high fives. Then he took some sanitizer out of his pocket and washed his hands. Har-har.

That was joke No. 1. It didn't go downhill or uphill from there, it just stayed right there, at that same rudimentary level where bits are joined by dialogue and most of it has no point except to deliver the shock of the bit.

An example: He took on the word "reeruned." His jumpoff point was a random reference to a news story about a brain procedure that can improve the language skills of people who are -- and here was his point: why say stuff like "mentally challenged," etc. when there already was a word.

Now, there was room for a bit on the origin of a word and how a word becomes a pejorative and then an objectionable term. George Carlin was brilliant at working language and the ironies and paradoxes of words into comic gold.

But Cook doesn't have that kind of brain. Instead, he went low road. First he played with the word and the prefix "re" and "do you start off tarded and get tarded again?" Eighth grade humor. Beavis & Butthead all over again.

Then he made his larger point, which was more patently stupid than it was patently offensive. And it's really not worth repeating. But to make the point I will: He said he objects to that brain procedure because sometimes the voice is the only way you can tell is someone is ... pick your term. Then he put on this long silly skit to prove his point. And people laughed. But there was nothing to "get" about the entire bit. It was just Dane Cook making people giggle about this use of the word reerun.

He did another bit on masturbation and the, er, volume of ejaculate. That was the point, nothing else. Just more juvenilia. Again, more giggles and some forced and nervous laughter. He spent several minutes describing in great detail the time he dropped his cell phone in the toilet -- no point, no punchline, just an excuse to talk about his genitals and say he got urine in his eye.

And what was that ridiculous bit about the guy with the robo-leg getting chased by a killer in the woods and why it'd be better to have a Nerf prosthetic leg? Huh?

He went on forever with this bit about how differently men and women play what he called the "what would you do if ..." game. The bit presumes everyone plays this game; I had no idea what he was talking about. It was all so contrived. He ends up playing the game with a male friend and they end up hypothesizing about sexual abuse at a child in a daycare center. Really. It was absurd and stupid, just a rambling narrative with mentions of genitals and oral sex. Har-har. He said erection. Everybody laugh.

He used his encore to relate a story that may or may not be true. It's hard to tell with him sometimes. He talked about all the negative press and reaction he gets and about going on-line for the first time to read a lot of it.

He also talked about his parents' dying of cancer within nine months of each other. Then he read an e-mail he received from one of his haters (and this is all paraphrased): "Your parents died to get away from your bad comedy."

Sometime later, he said, he got another e-mail from the same person: "My dad is dying from a brain tumor. I'm sorry I said what I did. I can relate to you now." After feigning some sympathy, Cook said he responed: "Your dad is dying to get away from your (bleeping-bleeping bleep). Hah hah. I win."

Yeah, Dane Cook always wins, when you consider the price of his tickets and the size of his crowd. But when you consider the value of his material? His fans are laughing, true, but the joke may be on them.

[luv]

Originally Posted by badgirl

OH DEAR LORD!!!! Let me correct it before all the English majors get pissy....CHUCKLED.

Thank you, God lets correct every word ever written by anyone on here why don't we. NO wait, lets just do mine. You seem to be a pro at it.

Why are you bitching at me? ROR was laughing at you, Scorp mocked you. But yeah, I'm the one singling you out.

[Scorp]

Cat Fight!

[Cannibal]

From Wiki

Dane Cook Plagiarism
In 2005, on the message boards of comedy web site 'A Special Thing', Louis C.K. posted a response to his fans who accused Cook of stealing jokes from him, writing, "Okay, this kid is stealing from me. And making lots of money. Three bits on one CD." Later, C.K. wrote "Just so you know, guys, I'm not going to do anything about this.... I'm not going to court over a bit called 'Itchy Asshole.'"[19] In an interview on the Free Beer & Hot Wings Morning Show in February 2007, C.K. stated that while the jokes are similar, the issue was "overblown" and may stem from a backlash against Cook's popularity. However, C.K. accused Cook of being "bullyish" and litigious towards comedians for having similar material to his despite Cook claiming elsewhere that comedians often have similar material and it is not a big issue to him. C.K. also stated "Too bad the guy [Cook] can't write enough to fill up his material..." After pressure by the hosts (Opie and Anthony Xm 202) for a statement, C.K. ended the interview by finally adding (as a joke): "F**k Dane Cook, he's a c**t."[20]

Comedian Joe Rogan has spoken on many occasions about Cook performing a bit on an episode of Premium Blend that Rogan had developed on I'm Gonna Be Dead Someday (sketch titled "Tigers ****ing"), and claims to have performed the routine earlier in clubs with Cook present.[21]

Jim Breuer talked about Cook's reputation within the comedy industry, saying: "Everyone kills this guy ... Not one comedian comes on [my Sirius radio show] and says 'I'm so happy for him', which is weird. ... They can't stand this poor guy." He went on to explain that a lot of comedians "are upset because they really feel this guy has snatched a lot of material". Breuer went on to say that he personally thinks Cook is a "tremendous performer".[22]

Internet broadcasters Keith and the Girl have repeatedly made accusations of plagiarism, calling him a "Joke Thief" and will often times ask comic guests their feelings on Cook and his alleged plagiarism. [23]

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

Timothy Finn from the Kansas City Star reviews Dane Cook's Sprint Center appearance:

Dane Cook's jokes are meant for 16 year old kids.....plain and simple. It's just too bad that the people that go to his shows are the same people that are playing beer pong at 2 am......6 years after they dropped out of college.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

Timothy Finn from the Kansas City Star reviews Dane Cook's Sprint Center appearance:

Dane get's his own descriptive as of right now:

Douche + Useless =

Doucheless. Dane Cook is Doucheless.

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

Timothy Finn from the Kansas City Star reviews Dane Cook's Sprint Center appearance:

That was spot on.

[badgirl]

Originally Posted by luv

Why are you bitching at me? ROR was laughing at you, Scorp mocked you. But yeah, I'm the one singling you out.

As usual. Thanks by the way.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Does Joe Rogan do anything other than orally service UFC guys and bitch constantly?

This guy is really getting on my mother****ing last nerve with his bullshit.

Hey Joe; stick to feeding people sheep testicles and such.

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by pestilenceaf23

Dane Cook's jokes are meant for 16 year old kids.....plain and simple. It's just too bad that the people that go to his shows are the same people that are playing beer pong at 2 am......6 years after they dropped out of college.

Playing beer pong = Dane Cook fan?

Sweeping generalizations are fun.

[luv]

Originally Posted by badgirl

As usual.

Ummm....that last part was sarcasm.