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  I think he's very over rated. Jim Gaffigan or Brian Regan are much funnier. : afrochops
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    hot pockets : mechanicalgrape
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      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFFTwnYXI20 : sludge vohaul
      • omg - that tour is called "beyond the pale". Gold. : seven
  • Stephen Lynch : notd665
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    Gaffigan pwns - Pale force is hilarious. How dare anyone mention Gaffigan in the same conversation as ... : seven
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      but it's to show how much more awesome Jim Gaffigan is than Dane Cock. : deject
      • anyone who needs to be shown that already has fundamentally unfixable issues. : seven
  • I saw Gaffigan in Vegas this year, he was phenomenal : MikkleThePickle
  • You enjoy vocal tics and gags, then? : adpalumbo
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    I saw Gaffigan a couple months ago and laughed pretty much non-stop. He's awesome. : TheMonkeyWench
    • Bacon? Why won't he stop talking about bacon? : tsuba
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  This might shock you, but pretty much everyone on the Shack is in agreeance. : notd665
  • k, but watch the video and judge. Maybe I am crazy or something because obviously a lot of people think h... : oatmela
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  is dane cook the chicken sangwich guy? : mindmann
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    http://www.theonion.com/content/news/dane_cook_parlays_new_burger_king : oatmela
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      ok. i thought so. his jokes aren't super funny, but his delivery and speech patterns are awesome. his tim... : mindmann
      • His form of comedy is similar to that clown at a circus that honks his horn right in your face. : tyrelhill
• I like his Retaliation CD but that sucked : renegade732
• I thought he was hilarious when I first listened to him, but he has NOT changed his shit in the least. I'... : Audhuml4
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  not watching because he never was funny to begin with. ever. also lol at youtube/audience comments for m... : Hoax
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    k, but selling out Madison Square Garden for two nights in a row is not a feat that most comedians could ... : oatmela
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      He's funny enough to make people laugh if they want to, relatively non-offensive, pretty/young enough to get attention in print and TV, and well-publicized. Most comedians fail on at least one of those measures.
      
      Being a popular comedian isn't the same as excelling at comedy.

      Dec 20, 2007 10:07pm PST
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      He's funny enough to make people laugh if they want to, relatively non-offensive, pretty/young enough to ... : adpalumbo
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        non-offensive? he says fuck like a jillion times and talks about sex for half of the show. : oatmela
        • That's only superficially offensive in today's culture -- not the kind of thing that really turns people ... : adpalumbo
        • He's young, energetic, doesn't stumble, and has good delivery. His jokes maybe dull, but he presents the... : lightsam
      • that sums it up pretty well. its basically the same thing like the next generic casted boygroup. i'd rat... : Hoax
• that was dreadful : MikkleThePickle
• yeah that shit aint funny : dantastic
• that was mildly amusing..i chuckled a few times : sludge vohaul
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  Couple of older videos from his first two just for laughs appearances 5+ years ago. These are actually fu... : re4ctor
  • I loved this DMV bit http://www.mypartypost.com/watchvideo/1109/Dane_Cook-_The_DMV : oatmela
• i snickered a bit : GloriousCow
• he really sucks, I can't stand him. I think he mostly appeals to older women. : heff
• I thought it was funny, but wtf do I know. I laugh at a lot of things. : Phil
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  You want to know someone I found a lot funnier than Dane Cook? Pablo Fransisco - someone linked me to a s... : PlanetPerfecto
  • I think the latest one was the Last Laugh 2007 special on Comedy Central. : lightsam
  • that guy is in town at the Tempe Improv this weekend. I'd go see him if I had the $$$, he's hilarious! : MikkleThePickle
  • I think Lewis Black's latest special is Red White and Screwed. : re4ctor
• Just watched the first part. Wasn't funny, but he seems to know how to cater to the audience. : lightsam
• youtube commenters. : jackalope
• can he stand up straight ffs? : boomstickah
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  Some people find him entertaining, just because you dont doesnt mean the rest of the world cant. : VegasX
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    Lies! On the Internet, you're always right! : lightsam
    • I dont think Martin Short is funny or ever was, I should tell everyone else he is stupid too. : VegasX
• I watched five minutes. Not funny. : Bonestormm
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  That reminds me those scenes in films where someone is fantasizing about living their dream, with thousan... : vynn
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    because you don't think he's funny? So theres absolutely NO explanation for this strange mysterious pheno... : VegasX
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      Take your logic else where! Like TV. : lightsam
      • TO THE BATMOBILE! : VegasX
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      It's not just me. Many will agree that he's not the kind of comedian that can make you laugh hysterically... : vynn
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        I will have to disagree. : lightsam
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          Point out the clip that makes you laugh that hard. : vynn
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            Why? You're just going to say you don't find it funny and is confused as to how I can find it funny. : lightsam
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              I'm being serious, because I haven't seen anything from him that really made me laugh the way guys like R... : vynn
              • So we're in disagreement. : lightsam
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            you srsly cannot be this close minded. What exactly would this prove? Lightsam would find it funny, you w... : VegasX
            • He's jealous Cook was able to do this: http://videoeta.com/images/news/good_luck_chuck_poster.jpg : lightsam
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              No, I'm being open minded by asking for clips of this guy that are really, because I haven't seen one yet... : vynn
              • again. Its a matter of taste really, chances are you wont find much of his stuff funny, but that should b... : VegasX
      • you do realize that the definition of which people consider funny, varies per individual, right? : VegasX
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  And you're surprised why? Americans go hysterical at the drop of a hat. Just watch Oprah or Ellen or any ... : stuka
  • Germany and Hasselhoff? : lightsam
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    Americans call McDonalds "Restaurants" : VegasX
    • British call cigarettes "fags". : lightsam
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      Haha good point. McDonalds is fucking scary man, I shudder when I think that is what the average ameri... : Porkasaurus
      • that was actually a jab at filthysocks typical "americans this and that and this and that" posts. : VegasX
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        What's funny is that I wouldn't either, but I don't mind it myself :D : Chunks
        • Same. I could totally go for a big mac right now :( : nyranger66
    • Hehe, yep. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • haha I have to admit I've noticed this when I watch letterman or leno or colbert or any of the other amer... : aeg1x
• Boregasm. : Porkasaurus
• You know you're drunk when you think the cab fare is the time. It's 25 past 24! Haha? Ha. No : fotografico
• Guess he had to start writing his own material. : rudds