Dane Cook- Do you think he's funny?
#1
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Dane Cook- Do you think he's funny?
I've smirked once or twice and thought he was sort of funny for a minute or so doing his Tom Cruise/Oprah bit on Jimmy Kimmel.
Overall I've seen enough and just don't get the hysteria over this guy.
He gets shredded pretty good in these two articles.
http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2.../03/dane_cook/
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment...891,full.story
Overall I've seen enough and just don't get the hysteria over this guy.
He gets shredded pretty good in these two articles.
http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2.../03/dane_cook/
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment...891,full.story
#3
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Originally Posted by DVD Josh
I have to be in the mood for him. I wasn't tonight, so I TIVO'ed the special. But wouldn't this conversation be better suited for the special thread?
I just linked this from the otters 'Favorite comedian thread'. Now I think I just confused myself
Here's that link.....
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread....3&page=1&pp=25
#4
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He's OK. Not really my kind of humor for the most part. He certainly has a lot of energy. I have a friend who really likes him and got me to watch something from him probably a year or so ago, a Comedy Central special I think. I just shrugged a bit. It was entertaining I guess, but I didn't think he was as good as she built him up to be. And now that his popularity is even greater, I just don't really get it.
#7
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Since I graduated college more than 10 years ago, I guess I'm just too old to get him.
Just like I don't have enough chromosomes to enjoy Larry the Cable Guy...
Just like I don't have enough chromosomes to enjoy Larry the Cable Guy...
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Painfully unfunny. Makes Carrot Top look like Richard Pryor. When I think about his success I'm reminded of the Seinfeld Bania Episode:
Jerry: "You think that's funny?!!"
George: "I don't know, I like stuff you don't have to think about too much."
Jerry: "You like Bania's act. You're a closet Bania fan!"
George: "maybe I am."
Jerry: "Oh, I'm gonna puke."
George: "Puke!! That's a funny word. Puke. (laughing) puke! Don't have to
think about that!"
Jerry: "You think that's funny?!!"
George: "I don't know, I like stuff you don't have to think about too much."
Jerry: "You like Bania's act. You're a closet Bania fan!"
George: "maybe I am."
Jerry: "Oh, I'm gonna puke."
George: "Puke!! That's a funny word. Puke. (laughing) puke! Don't have to
think about that!"
Last edited by Thrush; 09-05-06 at 03:07 AM.
#14
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I think he's funny, but I have no idea how he got so huge. The only thing that makes him stand out from other comics is his hyperactive delivery and that he dresses like he's auditioning for an Old Navy commercial.
I think I like him because his goofiness reminds me of Brian Regan, but Regan is one of my all time favorites, Dane Cook isn't even close.
I think I like him because his goofiness reminds me of Brian Regan, but Regan is one of my all time favorites, Dane Cook isn't even close.
#16
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Originally Posted by JumpCutz
I've smirked once or twice and thought he was sort of funny for a minute or so doing his Tom Cruise/Oprah bit on Jimmy Kimmel.
Overall I've seen enough and just don't get the hysteria over this guy.
He gets shredded pretty good in these two articles.
http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2.../03/dane_cook/
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment...891,full.story
Overall I've seen enough and just don't get the hysteria over this guy.
He gets shredded pretty good in these two articles.
http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2.../03/dane_cook/
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment...891,full.story
This is, for now, the Cook legacy: He signals the end of the comedian as we knew him — reclusive, angry, socially awkward, anguished, self-defeating.
Negative.
Negative.
I'm not some super huge mega fan, but I do find him funny.
#18
DVD Talk Legend
I didn't see the special, but I think that he is funny. Of course, his Tourgasm series was God-awful, but on other occassions when I have seen him on TV or listened to his comedy bits, he's a funny guy. Even better than Louis CK
#22
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Originally Posted by Michael Corvin
Cook is trying something different than 99% of the comedians that preceeded him and that is the source of the hatred? Because he isn't negative or have personal demons to draw from? Love him or hate him, he is different and that is good. It's better than a fake million dollar redneck any day.
Not identical, mind you, but similar in the way that Denis Leary was similar to Bill Hicks.
I've listened to some of Dane's stuff. it made me chuckle a bit, but generally seemed like more energy over funny. George Carlin (1970-1985 or so) he's not.
-jason
#23
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Obviously his haters are right. 18,000 people show up for his comedy show, selling it out, because they think he's not funny.
He's big now because he's funny, but it seems you have to be 20-something to be a big fan of that type of humor.
I think his CDs are funny- some of the best I've heard. His special is not.
He's big now because he's funny, but it seems you have to be 20-something to be a big fan of that type of humor.
I think his CDs are funny- some of the best I've heard. His special is not.
Last edited by mmconhea; 09-05-06 at 08:49 AM.