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- kylesellers, on 01/31/2008, -40/+308Crap I dugg it and then realized it was submitted by one of the digg-whiners...
- fluidfoundation, on 01/31/2008, -4/+228Carlos. he doesnt even attempt to change the premise of the joke he steals.
- inactive, on 01/31/2008, -20/+230Dane Cook or Carlos Mencia, which one is worse?
- fluidfoundation, on 01/31/2008, -74/+238I'm not particularly a Dane Cook fan, but its hilarious to watch his haters.
I'm going to play devils advocate here and put some counter arguments up (please read the article first)
To point #5: He probably steals jokes.
"Even if he didn't steal his jokes verbatim the material is uninspired." Name me one person who is able to tell a joke, opinion, etc that someone else hasnt already done before. Its all about presentation in that line of work, anyway. No one can compare with Carlos Mencia in joke stealing powers.
Point #4: Lack of respect for other comedians
The author is basing this point on Dane running over time, and how professional comedians like David Cross, Jim Breuer, etc, never would do such a thing. It ***** happens. I'm a musician, and I've gone over time, and people have done the same thing to me. Thats the business. Stop crying about it.
Point #3: Dane Cook "Superfans"
I never base my opinion of someone on their fans. Fans are stupid, by nature. They take the smallest understanding or liking of something and blow it out of proportion. Thats how they operate. As far as the superfinger, I think the author is just upset because he cant pull off a good one.
Point #2- No punchlines
Its how you tell the joke, not the punchline. Well, I take that back, it may be so hard for some people to get their brains out of that pattern, and they're probably the same people who like all songs structured Verse-Chorus-Verse-Chorus-Bridge-Chorus.
Point #1- No relevance or longevity
This point may be even weaker than the superfans point. The author compared Dane Cook to Richard Pryor and Steve Martin. Thats and unfair comparison to make to any comedian. Thats decades and decades of work, and he's matching that up against someone still growing in stand up. I wonder if he would have made that same comparisons to his previous "professional comedians" he mentioned earlier.
My point: If you don't like the guy, thats your taste. But if you're trying to convince others why they shouldnt, try coming up with a few more original reasons. I've seen these on other blogs before, and there's nothing worse than someone who steals blogs. ;) - markintosh, on 01/31/2008, -2/+165I would have to definitely say that Ned is worse. He's louder and at least Dane Cook isn't quite as predictable as a race joke.
- GinsuGuy585, on 01/31/2008, -33/+186Buried, because someone ***** on my coat.
- manicallday, on 01/31/2008, -32/+176Dane Cook is alright. But, He will never be a Mitch Hedberg.
- inactive, on 01/31/2008, -49/+185I actually watched "Viscous Circle" on CC yesterday thinkin my first impression of him was wrong.....
Turns out I was dead on, he is straight-up not ufunny - BigLLamasHouse, on 01/31/2008, -18/+132Dane Cook pales in comparison to Dave Chappelle. Pun intended
- DrunkenSavior, on 01/31/2008, -23/+117Four of your points are legitimate. But not liking someone because of their fanbase is stupid.
- dicknuts, on 01/31/2008, -2/+84Call me a racist ***** but I have yet to come across a latin comedian whose jokes aren't all about their ethnicity.
- rspeed, on 01/31/2008, -4/+86The first time I watched some of his material I thought it was great; I laughed my ass off. Then I watched it again and was completely straight-faced the whole way through. There's just no replay value. To contrast that, I can listen to the same two Mitch Hedberg albums over and over again (and, damnit, I'm gonna have to) and I always laugh. The only explanation I can come up with is that he doesn't really perform comedy, he just says weird *****.
- scotticus, on 01/31/2008, -4/+80Mitch wrote jokes.
- fxu1989, on 01/31/2008, -23/+96He's too ***** loud.
- inactive, on 01/31/2008, -4/+77you can always undigg stories
- Serenikill, on 01/31/2008, -20/+89Dane Cook is definitely a dick, just watch an episode of tourgasm and you can see that but I would be lying if I haven't laughed quite hard at more than one of his jokes. Article is mainly opinions more than a solid argument with reasons, except for the joke stealing which it is pretty obvious he took a few jokes.
- MacEnvy, on 01/31/2008, -5/+68*insert RP comment here*
- Boing, on 01/31/2008, -4/+59I'll bury it for you :)
- QueEsAmor, on 01/31/2008, -0/+51Unless the pen was too far away. Then he convinced himself that what he thought of ain't funny.
- scotticus, on 01/31/2008, -5/+50That joke is worse than anything Dane Cook ever wrote or stole.
- jtq1, on 01/31/2008, -5/+50oh come on, this has gone too far. it's one thing to not like dane cook, but to compare him to carlos mencia is just uncalled for. mencia has to be on his own level of bad.
- euro22, on 12/17/2008, -6/+47MrCryBabyMan strikes again.
- Kohaxx, on 01/31/2008, -4/+44Cook's not a comedian, he's a jester.
- mal1964, on 01/31/2008, -5/+40"Where the ***** am I and how do you get to Detroit? ...RIP Richard Pryor
- dafragsta, on 01/31/2008, -3/+36Not funny, but I'd hit it.
- Hobbes24, on 01/31/2008, -11/+42i totally agree, i wish i could digg you more than once.
- flashywordz, on 01/31/2008, -15/+46OK, let's be honest on this thread.. Who else, besides me, dugg this link without (needing to) click the link and RTFA?
- amawg9, on 01/31/2008, -4/+34I've never seen a comedian not make a room laugh for 8 minutes straight and still think... "you know what, I'll stay on stage for another 45".
- Dbeneath, on 01/31/2008, -11/+41dude who gives a *****
- vagrantwade, on 01/31/2008, -4/+31#1 reason to hate Dane Cook. Good luck chuck. That movie was so ***** terrible.
- jasqwerty, on 01/31/2008, -27/+54That's a hell of a lot of bitter jealousy...
- unicronband, on 01/31/2008, -2/+28In that case I'll just stick with good old porn. It's funnier anyways.
- thebellmaster1x, on 01/31/2008, -2/+28Mencia. They knocked Stella off the air for Mind of Mencia, and Stella was awesome. ***** you, "Carlos."
- feshmania, on 01/31/2008, -8/+33oh way to use a dane cook PUNCH LINE
- fluidfoundation, on 01/31/2008, -20/+45You must have mistaken him with sara silverman.
- LifeIsARhythm, on 01/31/2008, -2/+26Meg: Chris, change the channel. I want to watch George Lopez
Chris: That show just furthers the stereotype that George Lopez is funny! - SonicRush, on 01/31/2008, -12/+36Dude hating Dane Cook is so 2007...
I think he's more annoying if you watch him on TV instead of just listening. - AbsurdParadox, on 01/31/2008, -0/+23Apparently you didn't hear it enough, since its Rick James, lmao
- ggfobster, on 01/31/2008, -10/+336. Bill Hicks would spit in Dane Cook's face.
- crashingechelon, on 01/31/2008, -1/+23That's true and it's a shame Mitch had to die, he had a lot of potential for the future.
- REUYL, on 01/31/2008, -15/+36I'll sum this whole list up in one statement:
He's not funny. - thebellmaster1x, on 01/31/2008, -4/+24The closest we can get to Mitch today is Dimitri Martin.
Which, believe me, is not bad at all.
But still. Dimitri makes me laugh with delight, but there's still a Mitch-shaped hole missing in my laughter now, you know? - ttfadia, on 01/31/2008, -4/+24I don't understand why we have to publicize and force our dislike for someone. Sure, he's not the most profound of comedians, but some idio-err I mean people like him. Is it no longer acceptable for different people to like different things?
- theragu40, on 01/31/2008, -3/+23Thanks, I couldn't read the description the author already provided.
- cam2009, on 01/31/2008, -2/+19You can be loud and funny. I wouldn't discredit a comedian just because of their volume. The problem is when the joke is that you're being loud. I'd like to see a transcript of him and Carlos Mencia, their jokes are nothing when they aren't hiding behind screaming and flailing.
- fantasticFlan, on 01/31/2008, -1/+18You might want to refamiliarize yourself with dry humor.
- Kohaxx, on 01/31/2008, -6/+22Glad someone pointed out at how crazy his anti-fans are as his fans. If you don't like him don't watch him, it's not like he's coming into your house, strapping you to a chair, and forcing you to watch.
I don't like American Idol, doesn't mean I need to make top ten lists on how much it sucks. - inactive, on 01/31/2008, -3/+19yea like that idiot george lopez
- thatsmyaibo, on 01/31/2008, -9/+25He has 3 on the front page RIGHT NOW! Buried. These whiners must be getting paid.
- blackcloud333, on 01/31/2008, -0/+15It's a tough one but I would have to go with Mencia. Every time I hear that catch phrase or noise(I can't tell what he is doing or saying, something like "big titties") in a commercial on Comedy Central, I want to strangle the life from him. It may be the only way to get the noise/phrase out of my head permanently.
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