Dane Cook
Rough Around the Edges: Live from Madison Square Garden
Label: Comedy Central Rec.
I recently ran a focus group with 10 college students of various ages — all from the Minneapolis/Wisconsin/Dakotas-area. I was name-dropping celebrities to see who resonated and Dane cook was the #1 pick of every single one of them.
Essentially the Adam Sandler equivalent to my generation, Dane Cook didn’t need SNL to launch his raunch, bombastic, explicit comedic career.
Um, did I mention explicit? This guy has more f-bombs than Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Live from Madison Square Garden is a double CD/DVD set featuring Cook’s live stand-up in front of a lively crowd at the sold out arena. They go nuts for nearly 45 seconds before Cook can even drop his first fecal matter metaphor. However, the immature crowd sometimes makes it hard to hear the immature jokes – what with their whooping and hollering.
Overall, super funny, very crass and a phenomenal Oprah bit I actually listened to twice.
