Dane Cook's success is almost exclusively based upon his mass-market appeal, and if a joke about itchy assholes hadn't crept into his subconscious: His success would still be assured. He's certainly no Carlos Mencia , but the joke thievery is a symptom to the overbearing issue the media collectively takes with Cook.
Dane Cook is the polar opposite of the prototypical standup comic. He's unassuming, self-satisfied, and maintains a positive lifestyle.
Historically, comedians tend to either be appealingly broken or enticingly cynical and Cook fits neither mold. His rise was caused not by his satirical wit, but by the fact that people like him. Comics are appealing because they didn't start out their lives as, "the guy. A comic earns his right to stand in front of a microphone and spout off opinions because his voice commands attention. Cook didn't earn it, and that's why we hate him.
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Brooks didn't exactly wow critics either, with Stereogum saying that Cook's performance as an unhinged photographer was "admittedly funnier than any of his comedic performances. In Cook revealed on Twitter that he was getting in shape to audition for the role of Marvel's star-spangled hero in Captain America: The First Avenger. But as Slashfilm revealed, Cook wasn't even on the shortlist to play Cap. Perhaps it's time to dust off The Waffler , the wannabe hero Cook played in the superhero comedy Mystery Men.
Cook's album, Retaliation, debuted at No. In , Cook took some heat for a joke he told at the Laugh Factory a week after the tragic movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado. The gist of the joke is that anyone who sat through The Dark Knight Rises , the film playing in the theater at the time, would've begged to be shot. Cook took to Twitter to apologize, but the damage was already done. Cook's Showtime special, Troublemaker, found the comic delivering an intimate set that's a far cry from the days when he sold out Madison Square Garden.
While reviews were decent, the special failed to make much of an impression outside of Cook's dwindling fanbase. Cook was one of the first comedians to rise on a wave of social media love, scoring millions of fans on MySpace.
Comedian Dane Cook achieved what almost no one else has in comedy — he sold out Madison Square Garden. At the time, he was only the second comedian to do so the other was Andrew Dice Clay. Back in , it was hard not to know who Dane Cook was. His comedy album Harmful if Swallowed sold an impressive 1.
After coming out of nowhere, Dane Cook was a bona fide celebrity. But then it seems just as quickly, Cook fell from public favor and disappeared into oblivion. This is what happened to Dane Cook. Dane Cook was born on March 18, and grew up in Massachusetts as a part of a large, Irish Catholic family.
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