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View Poll Results: Dane Cook: Funny or unfunny?
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Do you like Dane Cook?
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Nov 15, 2006, 03:46 PM
 
He's overrated and apparently some of it stuff is 'borrowed' or derivative, but he certainly has some funny pieces.

I enjoy the one about the middle finger.
     
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Nov 15, 2006, 03:49 PM
 
Dane Cook is like the drunk guy at whom people laugh at parties.
inscrutable impenetrable impregnable inconceivable
     
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Nov 15, 2006, 03:51 PM
 
I love Dane Cook. Funny and pretty cute as well
     
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Nov 15, 2006, 04:46 PM
 


Originator of the middle finger joke.
     
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Nov 15, 2006, 04:51 PM
 
Not a big fan... I started to watch his HBO show but after 15 minutes I hadn't laughed once. I felt he was trying to cram his comedy down my throat. No subtlety or irony. Just a guy with ADD running around and yelling his "unique" observations of life at me.
     
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Nov 15, 2006, 05:01 PM
 
Originally Posted by Jawbone54 View Post


Originator of the middle finger joke.
Somehow, I doubt he did the "Suck my back!" part, though.
     
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Nov 15, 2006, 05:08 PM
 
Originally Posted by Dakar² View Post
Somehow, I doubt he did the "Suck my back!" part, though.
Is this tongue in cheek - just messing with me because you remembered this from the old thread?
     
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Nov 15, 2006, 05:09 PM
 
No, you've lost me.
     
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Nov 15, 2006, 05:14 PM
 
Originally Posted by Jawbone54 View Post
The flipping the bird joke.

Seinfeld finished it off with "giving the toe" being more offensive because it required more work, while Dane wrapped it up with "suck my back." The build ups were identical.

Dane is a nice guy, from all indications. He shot a movie with Kevin Costner in my area. My wife and I got the heads up from one of her co-workers, so we went down to the set and hung out. We didn't get to speak to them directly, but they were friendly with everyone there.
This reminds me of that old Dean Martin skit when he would predict things that happened in the past.

I'm so ahead my time, I'm behind it again.
     
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Nov 15, 2006, 05:18 PM
 
he stole from Louis Ck too.

originality has a lot to do with being a good comic.
( Last edited by Pierre Capretz II; Nov 15, 2006 at 05:32 PM. Reason: typo: changed form to from)
     
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Nov 15, 2006, 05:19 PM
 
So does delivery. (Which is why a lot of people dislike him, I think)
     
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Originally Posted by Dakar² View Post
So does delivery. (Which is why a lot of people dislike him, I think)
yes that too....his delivery got old pretty quick
     
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Nov 15, 2006, 05:38 PM
 
I prefer cooked Danes.
     
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Originally Posted by Oisín View Post
I prefer Danes.
But can they cook?
     
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Nov 15, 2006, 05:44 PM
 
Mitch Hedberg was funny as hell (but he died in his sleep of heart failure - so sad).

And Steven Wright - he is over the top. (and still alive)

But whats the deal with all these comedians dying young - are they the new rock stars?

Sam Kennison sure acted like he thought he was one - heh, he damn sure died like one, eh?
     
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Nov 15, 2006, 05:46 PM
 
Depression or drug addictions, so yeah
     
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Nov 15, 2006, 05:47 PM
 
Steven Wright:


"If you shoot at mimes, should you use a silencer?



It doesn't make a difference what temperature a room is, it's always room temperature.



It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to paint it.



Last night I stayed up late playing poker with Tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died.


Last night somebody broke into my apartment and replaced everything with exact duplicates... When I pointed it out to my roommate, he said, 'Do I know you?'"
     
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Nov 15, 2006, 05:56 PM
 
Originally Posted by paul w View Post
But can they cook?
Of course they can!






(Boiling spaghetti and adding ketchup counts as cooking, right?)
     
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Originally Posted by g/re/p View Post
Steven Wright:


"If you shoot at mimes, should you use a silencer?



It doesn't make a difference what temperature a room is, it's always room temperature.



It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to paint it.



Last night I stayed up late playing poker with Tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died.


Last night somebody broke into my apartment and replaced everything with exact duplicates... When I pointed it out to my roommate, he said, 'Do I know you?'"
I wager Dane Cook wouldn't even find that funny....
     
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Nov 15, 2006, 06:07 PM
 
My take on Dane Cook is that he's pretty funny, but his hyperactivity is almost unnerving at times. I'm also not a fan of comics who drop f*** seven times into every sentence (which is most of them), but that has to do with my religious lifestyle, so I realize I'm in the minority as far as that goes.
     
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Nov 15, 2006, 10:14 PM
 
Don't find him funny.

Now Ron White, he cracks me up.
     
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Nov 15, 2006, 10:40 PM
 
I said yes, because dane makes me laugh, but mitch hedberg (was) way funnier.
     
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Nov 15, 2006, 10:48 PM
 
Originally Posted by Jawbone54 View Post
My take on Dane Cook is that he's pretty funny, but his hyperactivity is almost unnerving at times. I'm also not a fan of comics who drop f*** seven times into every sentence (which is most of them), but that has to do with my religious lifestyle, so I realize I'm in the minority as far as that goes.
My thoughts exactly.
     
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Nov 15, 2006, 10:49 PM
 
Originally Posted by Railroader View Post
Don't find him funny.

Now Ron White, he cracks me up.
I liked him until I saw one of his specials where he talked about 'taking care' of his dog's 'needs'...he was drunk.
     
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Nov 16, 2006, 12:06 AM
 
Where's the options for meh.

He's hit and miss. But leaning towards unfunny for the most part.

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Originally Posted by Jawbone54 View Post
My take on Dane Cook is that he's pretty funny, but his hyperactivity is almost unnerving at times.
Which is why I say I think a lot of people are turned off by his delivery. He can be quite the spaz.
     
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Nov 16, 2006, 09:39 AM
 
Originally Posted by m_young View Post
I said yes, because dane makes me laugh, but mitch hedberg (was) way funnier.
Exactly.
Mitch Hedberg was hillarious.
     
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Originally Posted by mdc View Post
Exactly.
Mitch Hedberg was hillarious.
Dakar's point about a comic's delivery stands out here for me. I loved Mitch's delivery. The jokes were hilarious anyways, but his unique style is what made him so popular.

RIP, Mitch.
     
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Nov 16, 2006, 11:36 AM
 
Well, it made him equally unpopular.

My friend told me that his entire comedy central stand-up special had a laugh-track added (supplemented?) because the audience wasn't getting him at all.
     
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Originally Posted by Dakar� View Post
Well, it made him equally unpopular.

My friend told me that his entire comedy central stand-up special had a laugh-track added (supplemented?) because the audience wasn't getting him at all.
They show shots throughout the special of people dying laughing.
     
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Originally Posted by Jawbone54 View Post
They show shots throughout the special of people dying laughing.
Think about the size of theater.

I'm not saying no one liked him -- but its a big theater. I'm sure if he didn't sell out they gave tickets away... and I don't think the average schmuck off the street is gonna dig his stuff.
     
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Nov 16, 2006, 11:44 AM
 
How did your friend stumble upon this information? Unless he was there, it seems very suspect. The laughter doesn't sound tacked on at all.
     
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Nov 16, 2006, 11:54 AM
 
Not a big fan of Dane Cook, but he's not nearly as boring and unfunny as Carlos Mencia. How'd he get a show again?
     
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Originally Posted by Jawbone54 View Post
How did your friend stumble upon this information? Unless he was there, it seems very suspect. The laughter doesn't sound tacked on at all.
I accept it at face value. He's a Mitch Hedberg fan, so its not like he wants him to come off as a loser.

And I don't know.
     
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Originally Posted by MindFad View Post
Not a big fan of Dane Cook, but he's not nearly as boring and unfunny as Carlos Mencia. How'd he get a show again?
Affirmative action.
     
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Originally Posted by Dakar² View Post
I accept it at face value. He's a Mitch Hedberg fan, so its not like he wants him to come off as a loser.

And I don't know.
Wait a minute...I know I bought that off of iTunes this summer...I might have lost it though...shoot.
     
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Originally Posted by Dakar² View Post
I accept it at face value. He's a Mitch Hedberg fan, so its not like he wants him to come off as a loser.

And I don't know.
Well, I always leave room for being wrong. I still don't think that it was dubbed in, but who knows?
     
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Well, I didn't say I don't think I could be wrong. I just said I take it face value.
     
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Originally Posted by Dakar² View Post
Well, I didn't say I don't think I could be wrong. I just said I take it face value.
Just to clarify: I wasn't telling you that you should feel you might be wrong. I was saying that I could possibly be wrong. I'm definitely going back to watch the show again when I get back home, just to see if I can spot anything.
     
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I watched bits here and there, and it appeared the crowd's reactions synced up with the sounds quite well. It would be kind of funny if they actually did this considering the jokes Mitch made on his CDs regarding adding laughter to unfunny jokes.
     
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Originally Posted by Gossamer View Post
I watched bits here and there, and it appeared the crowd's reactions synced up with the sounds quite well.
Well, they do get to edit it...
     
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Originally Posted by Gossamer View Post
I liked him until I saw one of his specials where he talked about 'taking care' of his dog's 'needs'...he was drunk.
He becomes more and more intoxicated as his show goes on. I think that's part of the humor.
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Originally Posted by Rumor View Post
He becomes more and more intoxicated as his show goes on. I think that's part of the humor.
Oh, I agree. I thought he was funny in Blue Collar, but when he spends about 5 minutes discussing the intricacies of masturbating his dog, including motions and sounds, I got a tad grossed out.
     
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I say he's funny but I can't stand him.

I talk a certain way. I get very passionate about things, even things you may consider stupid. Even when I'm not trying to be funny, I guess some people find it funny. Recently people are telling me "Hey you sorta sound like dane cook". I don't, I've always sounded like this, but now I'm "acting like" someone else.

It's quite frustrating because now I'll be looked at like that guy you hate that keeps talking like Dave Chapelle going "WHAAAAT" or quotes lines from that god awful Napoleon Dynamite movie. I'm more lame than ever.
     
   
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