Soon, there’ll be no escaping from Dane Cook. HBO has signed a multi-project deal with the chart-busting comedian (the details of which are here and here), with provisions for a concert special, a documentary series called Tourgasm (about the college tour Cook and three stand-up colleagues undertook last spring), and a half-hour comedy series. Most intriguing is a set of shorts he’ll create for downloading to iPods or cell phones. (At iTunes, Cook’s Comedy Central concert has surpassed shows like Lost to become the service’s most popular downloaded show.) ”His career is about to take off,” HBO chief Chris Albrecht tells Variety, ”and he’s the kind of talent that can exist in several spaces.”
No, dude, his career has already taken off. Cook was going to be huge in the tiny-screen world with or without HBO (just check out his multimedia-heavy website); you’re just along for the ride.
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I don’t know that there has been a worse comedian to come on the scene in over thirty years. If Dane Cook is the future of comedy, let me off this planet.
Agreed, Sven.
The words that come to mind when I hear Dane Cook’s name are “over-rated”.
Are you kidding me. The worst comic ever. You must have not seen him live. I saw him in Boston a few months ago, when he flew in especially to come to the Comics Come Home show. His set was a surprise and only a few minutes long. I laughed more in that short time than I did all night.
I’m not the only one who thinks so either. Is CD has gone multi-platinum. All his shows sell out in a matter of hours. (Both shows at the TD Bank North Garden, sold out in less than an hour)
Obviously you have no sense of humor!!!
I don’t believe I said worst comic ever; only in the last thirty plus years. I can think of least four comics in the history of that noble profession who would rate lower.
Sven you must be really old and maybe you have a different kind of sense of humor, like the days of Andy Griffin Show or even older.
I am sure that for you to hate on Dane Cook this much and not respect the amount he has accomplished to this point, you must be a real bore….Well no bother, one less out of the millions that will be watching the Dane Cook specials on HBO. I am sure we won’t miss you much.
I agree!
I think Dane Cook is awful and over-rated. And,I’m sure some of you are thinking, “Oh for shame, Maria must be 70 years old. Everyone under 30 like Dane Cook.” Please, don’t make me choke on my McVomit. I’m 25, his target demographic.
I’d rather watch paint dry.
No Maria, I wouldn’t think that you are old. I’d think that you have no sense of humor!!!
I think he’s funny. Love his Burger King drive-thru routine from Comedy Central.
I’ve seen several recordings of Dane Cook’s comedy bits and watched his SNL show, and I thought he was hilarious. He’s so energetic and raunchy, but in a goofy way. It helps that he’s pretty cute, too.
Maria its ok, many of us mature way too quickly, I bet in grade school you were finishing your PhD in how to watch paint dry.
I am guess while it was drying you had some paint chips too, might have affected your sense of humor.
Why are you guys knocking on Maria and Sven? They don’t like Dane Cook, big effin’ deal.
He’s funny but I don’t think he’s a comic god. There are funnier people out there. He is getting slightly overexposed lately though.
Just my own opinion… I hope no one jumps down my throat about it.
I will never give in to Cook’s brand of unintelligent frat boy humor. Seeing my high school be swept under his spell has left me feeling scared for the future of comedy.
Rock on Fatima!
I really like Dane’s work, ever since I saw him on Letterman in the late ’90’s (yeah, back when I was in high school.) His act then was all about his childhood: toys and games (like Simon), and his love of Karate (thwarted by his “cheap old man” father, who sent him “to a free aerobics class and told me it was Kar-a-te.” His success is well deserved, he worked hard on it. (That website? That was one of his first major purchases, he sunk his time and money into promotion and accesability. Guess who I, and many others, heard about Myspace from? That’s right, Dane!)
Cook is the worst. Is this just another hype wagon? Who is diggin this stuff, frat boys? ‘Waiting’ didn’t win any laugh awards. Sat Night Live was not funny. He must have an amazing publicist. Pay her well. Come back next year and hopefully no one will no who he is.
I don’t find Dane amusing, because I used to write stuff like he performs, and the writings would get canned, and if I spoke those words I got in even more trouble. All the adults around me suppressed and stifled me, and it bothers me that someone can get rich off of what got me detention.
If even a fraction of 1% of the public like Cook’s stuff enough to buy it or buy into it, he’ll be a success. That doesn’t mean he’s any good. But it does mean he’s successful, and good to that fraction of people.
No good to me though.
I call this the “Ryan Reynolds syndrome.”
The need by Hollywood to shoehorn “the next big thing” into the role of “the future of comedy.”
It doesn’t matter if he is actually funny or not – he just needs to be pie-in-the-sky marketing tool for La-La-Land.
Still confused-? Look up David Spade in your Comedy Dictionary (Look no further than “Joe Dirt” for further evidence…).
Dane Cook Signs HBO Deal
The cable network is high on America’s hottest comic.
You are all stupid! Okay not all off you said dane was bad, and you people are smart and know comedy, the rest of you SUCK! Dane Cook IS a comedy god, he is the funniest stand-up comedian ever, and is not “over-rated” at all! People talk about him and love him so much because he is that good! You dumba$$es wouldn’t know comedy if it kick your ugly faces in! Your all dumb, and worthless! Dane rocks, and let me think how many times has he sold out shows? How many people bought his CDs? Oh thats right MILLIONS! So you’re going to say that ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE WRONG! Oh and at what place was his new CD on the charts? OOOOOOOOOOOOH, #4! Suck on that losers! To those of you that like and support Dane Cook, you are smart people and you rock!
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I first heard of Dane last year when my daughter, Shelby, was diagnosed with cancer. During this very difficult time she would listen to his tapes and laugh hysterically even when she was very sick, she absolutely loved him. We arranged for her to attend one of his shows and meet him, but she was rushed to the hospital with a high fever and could not make it. When Dane found out he called her on the phone. He became very friendly with her and called a few times to talk to her. He sent her a clip of his show in Boston where he dedicated her favorite skit “Koolaide” to her by saying “This one’s for you, Shelby”. She was absolutely thrilled, he brought her so much joy and we will always be grateful. We lost our beautiful daughter on March 15, 2005. Dane paid her the ultimate tribute by dedicating his CD “Retaliation” to her life (in the inside jacket). So, whatever anyone thinks of him, I can vouch that he his an unbelievable guy who brought a smile to our angel’s face. Thank You Dane.
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Hype, in love with himself, delivering to a generation reared on subpar work of Sandler, et al. Can’t carry Dave Attel’s jock.
he’s horrible
Mitch Hedburg is funnier than alleged comedian Dane Cook and he is dead. Dane Cook is the unfunniest comedian ever. If I had to vote for the best comedian ever and the choice was between Dane Cook and Carrot Top I would have to think long and hard and then I would probably shoot myself in the head. I love peoples “proof” that he is funny based on how many albums he sold. That is like saying Britney Spears is a good singer because she sold a ton of albums. Mass sales are generally driven by a cycle of media hype that makes every easily influenced person believe that they must get album X or like comedian Y. If you think Dane Cook is the future of comedy then the state of comedy in America is in worse shape than I thought.
He sucks.
To Dane’s #1 fan…you are a tool. Dane Cook is horrible. He is a performer, not a comedian…big difference. Does he even tell jokes? Seems like he just acts everything out in a ridiculous manner and gets laughs for that. Try watching someone like Demetri Martin, then you will see some intelligent comedy.
dane cook is awesome fuckers
slapstick comedy mixed in with a tad of verbal is really a prime combo, so shut up!
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Oddly enough, all the Dane Cook supporters can only talk about what a great guy he is personally (maybe true, but irrelevant) or how popular he is. There’s not much to say about his comedy strangly enough…
Dane Cook is an embarrassment to ‘real’ comedians, and should be ashamed of himself to even walk onto a stage where many deserving performers who had true comedic talent stood, all without the crutch of My-Space and pre-pubescent girls.