Flipping thru cable last night and saw Dane Cook in a packed huge sports stadium.
Now, I love comedy and I love stand up comedians, so I watched this guy for about 10 minutes to catch his act.
After 10 minutes, I didn't laugh or chuckle one time. After 15 minutes, still nothing. I became obsessed watching him because I saw thousands of people laughing and I didn't understand why?
Everything he said wasn't funny. His bits were all from the 90's or bits I've heard from old timer comedians or television sitcoms. He had set ups that went no where, and his long winded stories had no style and no delivery. He doesn't even know the definition of a punch line or how to end a story with an interesting hook. I watched this guy with my jaw open, just begging for a laugh, but after 20 minutes I just couldn't take it anymore. He was huffing and puffing, like the little engine that could... but even the little engine made it to the top of the hill. It was like a bad audition in front of thousands.
I was so depressed after watching him thinking, is there something wrong with me?
I love Richard Pryor, Louis C.K., Larry David (in Curb...) and of course toss in a little Robbin Williams or Richard Jenny, but there is a HUGE difference in their comedy VS. Dane Cook. The difference, those comedians are FUNNY and in the very least, entertaining.
Was that stadium of people where he was performing located in the mid west? I know that wasn't a west coast or east coast crowd. I saw thousands and thousands of people in that stadium laughing at Dane Cook and I couldn't figure out why? I felt like I was in an episode of the Twilight Zone, where everybody had changed except me.
Please tell me I'm not alone. Please tell me those were indeed pod people and Dane Cook was their new alien Overlord and I stumbled onto their alien broadcast by mistake.
"I had never done a roast, but I really wanted to, because it's so different from standup."
- Dane Cook
Now, I love comedy and I love stand up comedians, so I watched this guy for about 10 minutes to catch his act.
After 10 minutes, I didn't laugh or chuckle one time. After 15 minutes, still nothing. I became obsessed watching him because I saw thousands of people laughing and I didn't understand why?
Everything he said wasn't funny. His bits were all from the 90's or bits I've heard from old timer comedians or television sitcoms. He had set ups that went no where, and his long winded stories had no style and no delivery. He doesn't even know the definition of a punch line or how to end a story with an interesting hook. I watched this guy with my jaw open, just begging for a laugh, but after 20 minutes I just couldn't take it anymore. He was huffing and puffing, like the little engine that could... but even the little engine made it to the top of the hill. It was like a bad audition in front of thousands.
I was so depressed after watching him thinking, is there something wrong with me?
I love Richard Pryor, Louis C.K., Larry David (in Curb...) and of course toss in a little Robbin Williams or Richard Jenny, but there is a HUGE difference in their comedy VS. Dane Cook. The difference, those comedians are FUNNY and in the very least, entertaining.
Was that stadium of people where he was performing located in the mid west? I know that wasn't a west coast or east coast crowd. I saw thousands and thousands of people in that stadium laughing at Dane Cook and I couldn't figure out why? I felt like I was in an episode of the Twilight Zone, where everybody had changed except me.
Please tell me I'm not alone. Please tell me those were indeed pod people and Dane Cook was their new alien Overlord and I stumbled onto their alien broadcast by mistake.
"I had never done a roast, but I really wanted to, because it's so different from standup."
- Dane Cook
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