Dane Cook should try comedy
Comedian Dane Cook's most recent album, Retaliation, has been selling like crazy, and I'm trying to figure out why. The man isn't unfunny, but "debut at number four on the Billboard charts" and "outsell Steve Martin's Wild and Crazy Guy" funny? Sorry, he ain't that funny. I've been watching this man for a few years now, and I don't think I've ever seen anyone more obsessed with his body and his looks, both of which he uses to attract attention on stage rather than actually writing good jokes. His humor is of the "did you ever notice?" variety, which grew tired over twenty years ago. He also tends to end his sets by taking off his shirt. This is always as part of a joke, of course, but I imagine him staying up the night before agonizing how he's going to be able to work a gag in that will allow him to show off his body. He's a handsome guy, which is why, if you listen closely to his TV appearances, the noise coming from the audience is about fifty percent laughter and fifty percent screaming females. He's like that striking guy at a party who the ladies will laugh at no matter what he says (or the hot chick at a party who the guys pay attention to no matter how boring, let's not be sexist here). He is likable, I'll give him that, and maybe he has within him some true comedic talent, but right now he's pushing his looks to the forefront, and while it's a nice treat for the ladies, his comedy suffers greatly for it.

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