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But was any of it actually funny?

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[–] AngryishHumanoid@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'll take 11 minutes of Bill Burr roasting the entire city of Philadelphia over 7 hours of Dane Cook any day.

[–] Pepsi@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Weird that you think it’s an either/or situation but thanks for your input

[–] tastysnacks@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's what your said mom said too

[–] AngryishHumanoid@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Weird that you think me literally stating my preference for 1 thing over another thing is anything BUT an either/or situation.

[–] Quexotic 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Set... That's a strange way to pronounce "coke fueled rant"

[–] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I always heard he was more of a fan of speed, which explains why he didn't have to stop his set every 15min to have another line.

[–] Quexotic 2 points 1 year ago

I only assumed. This makes sense.

[–] willya@lemmyf.uk 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Even his latest special is pretty good. Never understand the mass hate with his huge popularity, but I guess that’s what comes with the crazy popularity.

[–] Neato@ttrpg.network 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I only ever saw 1 special but it was funny back then. He was good in Waiting as well.

[–] pootzapie@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Me too, happened to catch him at a club a little before he blew up and I remember laughing my ass off…can’t vouch for anything he’s done since tho, it’s def possible his act didn’t age well so grain of salt

[–] Chozo@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think a lot of it was just that his humor was very much of its own time. That sort of early 2010s style of comedy hasn't aged too well.

Haven't seen his new stuff, though. Honestly didn't even know he was still in the comedy scene at all, might have to give it a watch!

[–] willya@lemmyf.uk 1 points 1 year ago

He pioneered the way standups get theirselves out there today. In the days of MySpace. Everyone thought he was out of his mind while he was doing it too.

[–] Sumocat@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Looks like he did it to break Chappelle’s record. That might displeased me at that time. Not so much now.

[–] Nusm@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

7 hours, 34 minutes, and 3 laughs.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

That many? Was one of them when he said he was planning to be there for that long and people thought it was a joke?

[–] ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Even when I thought Dane Cook was funny 20 years ago (even saw him in Maryland) I don’t think I could take more than an hour of it lol

[–] dandroid@dandroid.app 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I actually still find Dane Cook's stand up funny, which I know is not a popular opinion on the internet. But I still think anything longer than 60 minutes - MAYBE 90 minutes - would be excruciating.

[–] ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah I can’t remember why he fell out of fashion (maybe because he started acting?) but he really was funny at his prime. The show I saw was fantastic!

[–] dandroid@dandroid.app 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I honestly think it was a case of he was just so popular that everyone has to act like they hate him to seem cool and hipster. The same thing happened with Green Day in like 2006. The same thing is happening with Taylor Swift now.

[–] ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Chris Pratt also comes to mind!

[–] dandroid@dandroid.app 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, absolutely.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

easy when you just steal everyone else’s jokes.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Wow, that sounds awful lol

[–] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

His humor was (is? I haven't seen any recent stuff by him) so big I can't imagine seeing it for so long. Exhausting

[–] numbermess@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was stuck in a car on a trip with a guy who really liked Dane Cook. He kept saying stuff like Aw Man you gotta listen to this part right here, this is some funny shit right here. Terrible.

[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Have you ever really set down and examined your life to figure out what you've done to deserve this?