Dane Cook Steals His Material From Funnier Comics
Everyone seems to love Dane Cook these days. His comedy shows sell out huge arenas full of backward-baseball hat wearing douchebags that love the way he screams his mediocre material so it's just 'that' much funnier.Well, turns out a lot of his jokes aren't even his. They instead belong to much funnier comedian Louis C.K. Apparently Louis nearly sued him a while back.
And even though today's shitty culture we live in refuses to punish anyone for anything (Ashley Simpson, GW Bush, Larry the Cable Guy), it's nice that someone took the time to put Dane Cook's jokes side by side with Louis C.K.'s material from several years earlier.
Click here to hear the damning evidence.
P.S. Louis CK's show on HBO, "Lucky Louie", is the greatest live sitcom ever.
Click here to hear yet another funnier comedian, Andy Kindler's take...
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posted by Drew at 9:34 AM
218 comments:
oh thank Jah for this post! i thought I was the only one who hated Dane Cook!!!!
6:31 PM
w/e bro, even if dane cook did steal his shit from this louis guy, dane cook pulls it off way better. louis ck isn't even funny when he does his stand up. louis ck sucks ass.
12:08 PM
Anyone that thinks Dane Cook is funny should have there head examined. This guy is a tool. He brainwashed college kids through his web site to believe that he was the MAN. Which is total bull. This guy has a huge data base of robot fans that will pay to see him , and they only pay $17 to see him , if you don't believe me check out any college he has ever played at, but he has absolutely zero talent. The last time I was in New York I hung out at the "New York Comedy Club" and saw a comedian named "Robert Bella" , a cross between Steve Martin and Rodney Dangerfield , the funniest comic I have seen in years !!!! You want to laugh , see this guy , believe me you will thank me for the rest of your life. Make sure you call to see if he is performing , that way you don't go there just to see the average comedians.
9:42 AM
{much of the following post is IMO only, so remember that} First of all, for anyone to call this a direct forgery would be in error. Only one of the three jokes in question even come close to crossing the plagerism line. The car accident bit, I will admit, is suspiciously similar. Still, I don't find it similar enough to prove that he truly stole anything.
I know this is a tired point, but Cook's delivery slaughters CK's delivery in every way. When I first heard these jokes told by Cook years ago, I exploded in laughter. Just now, I still chuckled just a bit even after playing his CD out over a year ago. Louis CK, on the other hand, while obviously funny to some did not even make me crack a smile.
Another good defense for Cook is the difference in the bits. One could not say that Cook stole these bits word for word because this is just not the case for any of them. They all have their differences, and frankly I feel the jokes were improved upon by Cook. What does the future of stand-up comedy hold if no one can be influeced or inspired by anyone anymore. I know I am being extreme, but seriously, if Louis CK performs a joke poorly, why can Dane Cook not take the premice, style it as his own, stand up, and tell it? If it gets better laughs (and it will), what harm has been done?
In closing, the entertainment industry is filled with performers of all sorts who have almost always been inspired by someone else who came before them. Dane Cook did not steal any of the bits in question, although he very well may have seen CK's act and been inspired by those ideas. So the hell what? These jokes are just funnier coming from Cook.
Oh, and btw... F#@& Shoes!
2:31 PM
i agree with ryan on this whole thing...i love dane cook and he did make the jokes ALOT better!
but im not gonna lie...
they are pretty much the same jokes. dane just says them better and adds his own twist to them..and there is nothing wrong with that...
haha F#@& Shoes!
11:12 PM
It's just sad. My only hope is that you losers grow up to have something you create ripped off from you. It's great that you're gay for Dane, it really is, but even other respectable comic agree that what Cook did was way out of bounds. Following your logic, I should be able to read Ginsberg or Frost poems, and if people think I look cool doing it and wear a tight enough t-shirt, I should get to collect all the royalties for it.
Idiots....
11:48 PM
plagiarism (n)a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work.
I think we can assume that writing = spoken here. However, these things are far diffrent. First the bike incident, ummm...the other guy was jogging. Also, CK's focus is more on the amount of time with wich he had to say somether where dane's joke was focused more on teh runner and the witnessing of said event. They are close, but to say he copied I think is false. I made a joke the other day, completly on my own and when I said it someone had said they heard it before. When they showed me the comedian I was shocked. I never even heard of the guy.
Same could go for Dane. Danes jokes focus on everyday situations, something that MOST comedians of today are focused on. They lighten the mood of everyday events that are happaning the here and now. People, I believe are just jealous of his success. I mean seriously, I don't here car alarm manufactures complaining that he copied the sound of a mid 90's car alarm. Why? Cause they could care less. I like Dane, and he started in Boston, where I currently live. His jokes were funny than and funny now. He even has new matrial which is rare. The other comedian mentioned above, Robert bella, has been doing the same matrial for years now. but he is labeled by the author of that comment as "funny as hell". yeah I bet 3 years from now he'll still be a knee slapper! Or he might just drop off the face of the earth.
5:23 PM
plagiarism (n)a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work.
I think we can assume that writing = spoken here. However, these things are far diffrent. First the bike incident, ummm...the other guy was jogging. Also, CK's focus is more on the amount of time with wich he had to say somether where dane's joke was focused more on teh runner and the witnessing of said event. They are close, but to say he copied I think is false. I made a joke the other day, completly on my own and when I said it someone had said they heard it before. When they showed me the comedian I was shocked. I never even heard of the guy.
Same could go for Dane. Danes jokes focus on everyday situations, something that MOST comedians of today are focused on. They lighten the mood of everyday events that are happaning the here and now. People, I believe are just jealous of his success. I mean seriously, I don't here car alarm manufactures complaining that he copied the sound of a mid 90's car alarm. Why? Cause they could care less. I like Dane, and he started in Boston, where I currently live. His jokes were funny than and funny now. He even has new matrial which is rare. The other comedian mentioned above, Robert bella, has been doing the same matrial for years now. but he is labeled by the author of that comment as "funny as hell". yeah I bet 3 years from now he'll still be a knee slapper! Or he might just drop off the face of the earth.
5:24 PM
i think someone is jealous that dane can take dog shit and make it halarious, he knows how to say things and what to say
5:51 PM
dane cook's a faggot. anyone who laughs at his jokes more than twice is clinically retarded.
5:18 PM
Dane cook obviously stole these jokes, and to be honest i don't know why everyone thinks he is so funny. He doesn't even tell jokes, his act is just his over active delivery. I watched his hbo special. and didn't laugh once. Meanwhile Lucky Louie is one of the funniest shows i've ever scene in my life. Dane cook is like paris hilton, their famous, but no one's sure why.
10:56 PM
i can definitely see the similarities between the two different acts, but even if dane did in fact draw some inspiration from this louis fellow, who are we to criticize dane alone. it goes on continuously in the entertainment industry. movies become cliche due to recycled plots and stock characters. plots of entirely different books seem to blend together until they become indecipherable from one another.
i personally believe that the subject matter that dane covers is not the most amusing part of the performance. what truly makes his work original is his facial expression, vocabulary and phrase choice, vocal tone, and body motion. anyone can recite the same old material, but it is the character of the performer that makes him a true comedian.
12:52 PM
Dane Cook ROCKS!
8:39 PM
Not naming any names, but I wonder if some people who've posted here have any friends in real life. Particularly the poster of the blog. Get a life.
And plus, the people who say "He's only funny because of his delivery" must not know shit about comedy. Delivery is 90 percent of a comedian's act.
3:59 PM
Not naming any names, but I wonder if some people who've posted here have any friends in real life. Particularly the poster of the blog. Get a life.
And plus, the people who say "He's only funny because of his delivery" must not know shit about comedy. Delivery is 90 percent of a comedian's act.
3:59 PM
Dress it up anyway you like, but the material was stolen. I don't know what is worse, the plagerism or you people defending the blatant ripoff.
11:51 PM
you guys are all fags get a life.
11:25 AM
dane cook is a lot funnier than you dum shits thats why he is in a movie and your on the internet talking shit give the man props asshole's you are all losers with no life go back to your momies tit ya titie fed bitches.
11:31 AM
Wow there's a lot of jealousy out there in Comedy land! I can see where somone might think that Dane may have "stolen" these bits from that other guy, whom I've never heard of and for good reason, he's horrible! Lame delivery and lack of emotion. Look me in the eye and tell me that you've never told a joke that you heard somewhere else? Haven't we all done the same knock knock jokes? You've gotta get your inspirtaion from somewhere, and that is all this was. Dane simply took this guys tired act and made it funny! I've heard his bits over and over again and laugh every time, when I heard the comparison to whats his face ... not even a lil chickle, nothin! Dane takes these jokes to a whole new level. You can't get mad at the guy for doing a better job! All comics will eventually run over some mutual material but that's just the way it goes, it's all been done, but each comic in their own right gives the joke a new twist, their own spin and delivers it in their own way, that's just how it works. So if you don't like Dane, fine, you are entitled to your retarded opinion, just don't knock the guy for being a comical genious and doing what he does best, he's just trying to make a living! So to all of you who still think that he is a douche bag and that he "stole" this other guys material I give a grat big SU-FI and shove it! Dane IS the MAN and I will not let you sway my opinion in any way! The Dain Train is in motion get off the fuckin tracks! SU-FI!!!!!!!
11:33 AM
u guys suck ass and dane cook rox mi rainbow flippen' toe sox so go eff ur mom!
6:33 PM
u guys r asshol** dane cook is awesome
6:38 PM
that blows....
10:31 PM
dane is funny but lucky louie was fuckin funny as hell
10:58 PM
All of these jokes are just everyday social commentary. Of course their funny, but for how long? The jokes make us laugh a bit the first time, then we probably get over them. None of the three jokes listed, in my opinion, were that smart. You have two comedians telling similar clever jokes. Both the deliveries will apeal to different crowds and that's fine. The only injustices I witnessed throughout this blog was post after post of people claiming that their oppinions are truths.
9:51 AM
This is crazy. You people who say its ok for Dane to steal CK's jokes because he delivers it in a way that might be funnier, is like saying its ok for me to copy Moby Dick in a different font and publish it as my own because i made it prettier.
8:30 PM
First of all im not a big Dane cook fan. Although the topics are pretty much the same the jokes are not stolen. Dave Attell also talks about naming a child something weird that doesnt mean there all stealing jokes. George Carlin and Jerry Seinfeld each talk about flying on an airplane and similar topics about the flight but there not the same. and if a joke has a similar format to another joke its because its funny and it works its not nesseccarily being stolen
8:59 AM
Some of you ppl are crazy callin us retarded for likin dane cook your the ones who should be listed as clinically insane get out of here with that BS and even if he did "steal" the basis for some of his jokes there way funnier than they were!
6:47 AM
First of all, I have nothing against Dane Cook. Disregarding who wrote the jokes, I did laugh at his routine althouh it was a bit over the top at times. I think he describes himself best as a silly bitch.
Today I saw him on a rerun of SNL and he was telling a joke about asking for a certain size of shoe in a store. in the joke, the sales lady goes in back to get the shoe and then returns with a size 9 shoe (too small). Dane proceeded to joke about the situation. "oh thanks do you have a hack saw", "the shoes would have fit me in 7th grade". This joke caught my attention because there is one almost exactly like it on Demetri Martin's new CD: These Are Jokes (freakin awesome CD by the way). I was just kinda curious to know if anyone could tell me who had used the joke first or from where it originated. I'd hate to think Demetri stole material from Dane Cook.
P.S. Demetri's was funnier!
2:40 AM
even if there similar... that other guy.. sucked ass times 12.. he couldnt finish a joke it sucked dane cook is awesome and can actually finish up a joke
1:06 PM
I was really excited to hear Dane Cook stole jokes but the truth is this audio proves nothing. People write much more similar material completely by accident.
10:31 PM
2 things...dane cook makes the jokes, his or not, so much better. He adds alot more than just i had a really itchy asshole blah blah, hell give a whole goddamn story about it, so in my opinion lous c.k. can suck my balls and secondly he couldnt have been that funny if i never heard of him so yea
D.C. rules
11:08 AM
Dane Cook sucks. He spouts idiocy for frat boy nimrods to digest (this applies to all you fuckwits that posted "Dane Cook Rocks"). The other guy isn't that funny either. The late great Mitch Hedberg is great. David Cross is funny. The rest is just garbage.
3:13 PM
lucky louie is the stupidest show i have ever seen. some of louis' standup acts are funny, but for the most part they suck. on the other hand dane's new movie appears to be the singlemost ridiculously gay and biggest piece of shit movie ever. His stand up is hilarious for the most part. pretty wack of him if he did in fact steal those jokes, hard to say that he did for sure though.
4:02 PM
First of all, the majority of the people supporting Dane Cook on this page don't exactly sound like "frat boy nimrods". They sound like the only people that actually know how to use logic and reasoning effectively. There are only a few people that write brainless, idiodic shit that no one wants to read and most of them are the one's saying that Dane Cook stole his material. So you can suck my gooch, cock ass!
Oh and to all the people that are dogging on the people that like Dane Cook, why don't you grow up. Don't worry, it's not some big conspiracy that a ton of people like Dane Cook. You just have a crappy sence of humor and need to get over it. And whoever said that he "brainwashes" people into thinking he's the shit should probably be parking in handicapped spots cause they're effing retarded. Or as Carlos Mencia would say, they're dee de dee. Here, I'll make it really plain and simple for all the retards out there- the reason why everyone likes Dane Cook is because he's a good commedian. Get the fuck over yourselves and go back to playing with your nanopets.
5:09 PM
I seriously cannot stand Dane Cook, and I actually tried to like him / give him a chance at one point, thinking that i was just "missing it" or whatever... if you think he's funny or entertaining, that's fine, but that he's regarded as a genius or as someone with something substantive to say offends me.
and for the people who say he wasn't stealing material from Louis CK, i would say, "well, no, he didn't quote Louis word for word, but notice that the same "oberservations" emphasized in Louis' bits are the same ones Dane Cook emphasizes in his" (ie, not knowing what to say when the guy was about to get hit, the naming your kid bit revolving around some name that can't be pronounced and then discipling her / giving her a command, and, well, the itchy asshole. arrgh, i could probalby rant on about this for way longer than appropriate so i'll just end this here.
8:18 PM
I just watched this Cook guy for the first time and he's really lame. It's sad that people pay to hear this sucker. He doesnt even have a flow, he stops every 3 words, talks too slow, moves his body too much like he's doing dancing rather than standup. It seems another lame character has been promoted by the average american culture. His shows should never make it to the free bittorrents, it's a waiste of our bandwidth.
11:26 AM
I been sayin Dane Cook sucks for along time and everyone disagreed with me or called me a retard, well now rolling stone has and article and this website helps. Im glad people are finally stepping up and saying something about this crap he calls a talent
5:47 AM
TIME magazine says much diffrent and I agree. The Rolling Stone was not a REVIEW it was ONE GUYS opinion and ROLLING STONE since has back Dane Cook and said they think he is "sharp and powerful"
suck that tit puppies
12:33 PM
So...
How long are you all going to bitch over the opinion of who is a good comedian and who isn't?
How long are you all going to bitch over jokes that many comedians observe on a nightly basis. Characters/setting/delivery is changed... That's it. Most jokes are technically the same at their root.
Lots of people like Cook. Whether you do or not, the fact remains that many people do. Get over it.
10:06 PM
seriously, if he stole his material wouldnt he have atleast used almost the same line for line joke!? come on dane is funny. have you seen him live!? i saw him recently at MSG(madison square garden for you twats!) and he had new material that i know NO comedian had done yet! seriosuly he had shyt that was way better then this guy you clam to be better than dane and who "supposly" stole his material from! And to the guy that says were being "brained washed" by his media and stuff that he does to make himself known, well that guy is a loed of BS. I bet you that this person that is making that accusation is not even in college let alone in their early to mid twenties! All i have to say to the guy that BLOGGED this is fiercely annoyed by the humor that DC makes and needs to go on vaca and get his head looked at cause dane is being ranked up there with some of the top comedians like Steve Martin, George Carlin, etc . . .
Plus this incident is reminding me of the damn Vanilla Ice and David Bowie music scandel. Seriously, unless you have written proof or something thats documented that DANCE COOK stole his material, then you got nothing. STFU. Dane Rocks. And the Louis guy isn't that well known anymore. You go and ask about 1000 people and take a poll and see how much more known cook is compare to this other guy(see if i don't remeber his name then he sure isn't that great then). ON TOP OF THAT Go do your fucking research about dane cook a little better and maybe take a stroll over to his actual sie and read his actual blogs that he has and maybe realize that he is in fact FUNNY and has his own material and doesn't rip off other comics stuff. okay i have spoken. peace.
10:00 PM
U guys just need to get off dane he is the greatest.. whoever hates him can just go grind their dick on a cheese grater. F@#$
10:46 AM
Okay, so, everyone here is saying that there is no proof that Dane Cook stole the material. True, he might not have, and they are very similar, which probably happens more than we are aware, but in all honesty, Louis C.K. is, in fact, funnier. His delivery is subtle. That's what makes him better. There are only two comedians in this world who can slam jokes in our faces, and those two are Jim Carrey and Robin Williams, and that is because the two of them can also be subtle. Of every Dane Cook skit I've heard, he's yelling profanities. How is that funny in the slightest? It's not funny. It's pretty immature. He learned, from his possibly idiot friends, that he could get a laugh by yelling profanities, and the college crowd is really into that and finds that hilarious. That fact is rather sad because there are great comedians out there being skipped over because they don't fit this idiot, yelling-profanities mode that is becoming sadly dominant. Watch Jim Gaffigan, his delivery at times sounds like Will Ferrell, and he even says it during some skits, or it even sounds like Adam Sandler sometimes, which he readily admits in skits, but it's still his own delivery. Dane Cook has no delivery. He yells. That's not a good type of delivery when what you are saying cannot be understood, and I know that I have problems understaing with his lack of annunciation while yelling. Many of you think he is amazing, but I think it is because most of you don't want subtle humor, the kind that makes you think, so maybe one day you will be able to appreciate the subtle humor of the masters of comedy, and until that happens, comedians who lack any real substance like Dane Cook will continue to grace us with their presence, which we will just have to deal with because he won't be able to sustain himself on his act like Jim Carrey, Robin Williams, and other great comedians have for so long. He's a fleeting moment in the history of comedy, so it may just be best to let all of these people continue to think he is amazing until they realize that, in fact, he isn't, and there is much better comedy out there than his.
9:55 PM
Robin Williams and subtle in the same sentence...? Are you serious? o.O
P.S. - Opinions are great, aren't they?
2:01 AM
Loooook folks, here's the thing. Louis CK, funny on a show, on stage..get the hell outta here. One of the main facets in stand up is delivery and stage presence. Dane Cook has both. Dane Cook could read read out of a history book, put his own twist on it and have people rolling. oh and how many people come up with completely original thoughts or ideas? NONE. There is no original thought anymore, same in scholastics, you build off of others. This is provided Dane Cook even actually stole anything from anybody. You wanna talk about stealing material? Carlos Mencia! but fuck it, he's still funny and good at what he does. In closing you wanna laugh? Check out George Carlin if you already haven't, or Bryan Regan.
3:23 AM
David Cross is pretty freakin bland to start, he is a genious in sketch comedy, but not stand up. Mitch Hedberg was good yes, but still kinda bland, but he had a very unique style. Dane Cook has his own too, and its not just yelling profanities. David Cross is very dry, thats his shtick, Carlos Mencia plays on the race and stereotypes cards, Mitch Hedberg plays the pot head/mildly retarded funny shit, George Carlin is an entropy fan/shock value/smart-logic/hard to deny comedian, brian regan plays the "i am and used to be an imbocile" card, Robin Williams- ADHD hyperactivity, Eddie Izzard - cross dress comedy. The thing is, they all bring something to the table and they are hilarious. Dane Cook, mixes witty, everyday life, and throws in some childish stuff and it makes you laugh. But you know what? Laugh at what you find funny!!! YOU FIND FUNNY! Not everyone has the same sense of humor. It DOES NOT mean they arent funny, it just means you should FUCK OFF if you generalize a comedian as talentless, not funny, etc. just because YOU dont find it funny...enough with that narrow minded bull shit. The philosophy professor was right, though it extends past the greeks. There is no original thought, which makes research papers pointless. Oh, I like Dane Cook...and i hate the idea of me ever being in a Frat, nothing against them, just not who i am. Who the hell is robert bella? If you want to hear funny, original, and obscure comedians listen to Jeffery Ross, The Amazing Jonathan, Lisa Lampanelli, Greg Giraldo, and Richard Jeni. Steve Colbert is another funny one, not a stand up. but he is funny...the colbert report.
3:58 AM
louis ck douche or whatever his name is sucks. he can go suck dane cook's balls F#$@ u guys go jump off a bridge.
10:22 AM
Dane Cook aka Fisher Price, My first comedian. Anyone who is a fan of real stand up comedy can see through the karate kicks and exhuberant voices to see how shallow his act really is. And to compound that, he commits the cardinal sin of stand up comedy, stealing bits.
I'll give him credit for being a marketing genius. He's the michael bay of comedy. He can sell out a house to a bunch of slack jawed retards who are entertained like a baby giggling and squirming at an adult jiggling keys in front of their face. Dane makes you laugh AT him, not at his material. Some people like big explosions and special effects over a well told story. To each his own.
11:33 AM
How can so many people not know who Louis CK is? Pootie Tang, anybody?
Ahh yes, because he isn't arena comedy. Comedy for the sake of making money. Like so many arena bands are. Dane's one big joke by himself. All he does is relate everyday life to itself, stupid wordplay, giggle at himself, then scream uncontrollably or make strange sounds for an hour.
7:59 AM
how is this not funny: abcdefg theres a dog out in yard wheres my gameboy i love gum........ that is freakin hilarious. thats dane's ADD joke.
10:21 AM
If all these other comedians have a problem with Dane Cook, why don't they take him to court? If they have serious proof (not like this teeny sound bite) that their material is stolen, sue Dane. Really, there isn't anything we can do about it here on the internet. How many times has "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" been redone? Should we hear the song only by it's original artist and screw anyone who thinks they can make the song better? No, because there are many ways that musicians jazz it up and make their own. Same with jokes. Someone earlier brought up a good point... Haven't we all retold the same knock-knock jokes? Besides, isn't it likely that both these guys have seen someone get hit by a car, and have had an itchy asshole, and want to name their children?
12:36 PM
What, are you from Mars?
3:11 PM
You leftist ass holes cant come up with anything better than bashing a good comic eh?
1:49 PM
Do you all realize that you are fighting over itchy assholes, fictional children's names, and attempted vehicular manslaughter? While you ponder this, realize that all comics are influenced by others and some do piggyback off the jokes of other comics. But what may or may not have happened doesn't matter because the joke varies in such a large degree that even if the premise is the same, the delivery separates them. I can see where the original confusion did surface because these are the only two guys that have ever had an itchy asshole before.
As far as no one punishing people for their stupidity, I think that someone who puts GW Bush, Ashley Simpson, and Larry the Cable guy in the same group needs a nice slap upside the head. I think I hear your mommy calling, dinner is ready.....
3:45 PM
ok, first of all, the two comedians just have the same schemes, the jokes are similar, but Danes is MUCH better. I mean this guys material is fuckin BAD, his sitcom is good tho. and all u whinny bitch's, just get over it
7:04 PM
I dont know if dane had anything to do with the writing of this skit on snl but it seems kinda odd that he stars in it and its such a rip off of the state check it out for your self.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_aJfSeyMcc
4:51 AM
Dane Cook OBVIOUSLY stole those bits. They are so similar its sick.
Whether or not he made them better is arguable, I personally think Dane Cook is the sorriest stand up comedian ever to make it big.
Other big stand up comedians openly express their hatred for Dane Cook, how unfunny he is and how much of an unoriginal thief he is. But those comedians must just not have a good sense of humor, right? I mean, who doesn't find a jackass(Dane Cook) flailing around like an idiot on stage and talking about the most retarted !@%# ever(The parts that aren't so retarted are stolen from other comedians or can be directly related to jokes made on popular TV shows) to be the funniest thing in the world?
10:07 AM
You have got to be kidding me. Yes Dane Cook is funny for the most part, but to say Dane Cook took those jokes and made them his own is fuckin STEALING. How the fuck can anyone say that those jokes arent the same? It's the same joke reworded. And once again that's stealing. Dane Cook watched Louis CK's act one night when he was performing and a few weeks later was doing the material. Louis CK didn't want to be a dick about it and ended up not calling Dane to put an end to it. But as a result they aren't friends. Dane Cook has stolen material from Joe Rogan and Rogan called him up and told him that shit isn't cool and Dane told Joe that his own lawyer made quit doing that joke. Dane is a known joke theif in the comic community. Dane is a self promoter and he does it well thats why he is so big. And someone like Joe Rogan who has had and has major success isn't jealous and he called him out. The proof is right there in those two bits. You all just don't want to believe that Dane Cook isn't the real deal. Learn the facts. It's over Johnny.
11:51 AM
id say yes the first one he def stole its way to similiar the second maybe but the third def not its almost completly diffrent just because they were both about an ichy asshle doesn't make it the same. butstill he stoll a couple jokes one counterpoint is most people say he doesn't have jokes so how can he steal jokes if he doesn't tell them 2: it doesn't make it right but alot of hisd stuff is original and he's not really making money off of it no one's buying his cd's just for those joke's nor going to see him just for those jokes its the whole package and most of the package is in its original wrapping. 3: people who say your retarted for liking him is just rediculus sorry other people have oppinions. what are we 5 now? well sry im busy catching cooties from the girls, grow up thanks. 4:does he have to tell jokes to be funny, sitcoms like friends and seinfeld are funny do they sit there n tell jokes no it'sa story he's just a one many sitcom to argue it. maybe they should give him his own sitcom then you'd like him or maybe you would just call me a retard.
final i love louis C.K. he's hilarious i love both
3:28 AM
Dane is amazing. He even invented that finger thing, you know, with the ring and middle finger.
2:22 AM
Where is the logic in this?
I don't give a flying fig as to whose delivery was more effective, or who sucks what!
It is completely irrelevent as to which comedian is funnier. The fact remains that the jokes were too similar in emphasis and context for coincidence to factor into to it.
The material was, quite clearly plagerized.
8:24 AM
fuck louis CK. that show lucky louie is almost as exciting as watching flies fuck. Go Dane! Way funnier!
7:18 PM
Dane Cook is amazing. So yeah he did get influenced by Louis ck and his bit is basically the same but come on that is one thing. That one bit doesn't mean he isn't funny. For example his cd is double platinum and he won best comedy cd of the year for 2006. So yeah he doesn't need to steal shit to be funny. It was a mistake by him so really come one
10:00 PM
Dane cook is not funny in his delivery and now we know he is not clever either... can the world finally move on from this hack.
9:39 PM
its one thing to rattle through stock material and old jokes at a club one night or alude to material from comic greats. BUT, when you sell a CD and put your name on the cover, your clearly claiming the material is yours. To learn that 3 bits on that CD are so similar to 3 bits all from a single HBO special by another comedian... c'mon. It doesn't matter whose delivery is better, Dane Cook is getting rich off Louis's material and paying NO royalties
9:51 PM
"Arguing on the internet is like running in the special Olympics, even if you win you're still retarded"
9:59 AM
Dane Cook = Durrrrrrr
2:52 PM
Dane cook did shows for 10 to 15 years before he got 'big'. So this guy, Louis, could have possibly went to one of his shows, liked his material, and used it. Yes I admit Louis is a funny man, but I do not want to believe that Dane stole his acts from someone else.
12:03 AM
Dane Cook is the man. The Louis guys jokes are pretty much the same but his delivery makes him sound like my grandpa. Anybody who tries to discount Dane Cook is just jealous that they cannot pull off what he does. He has made a name for himself with his flabouyant off-the-wall style and not so much his jokes. If you don't like his jokes then just go somwhere else for your comedy fix. It is his right as an American to voice his opinion and thats what he does and if you don't like America you can just GID OUT!!!
11:51 PM
dane cook is sweet i will have those 19 kids he talk about with him and how cares if he stole jokes from that one dude at least he makes them worth laughing
2:07 PM
FOR ALL YOU DANE COOK HATERS HOW DO YOU KNOW DANE DID NOT THINK OF THESE JOKES 1st ???? OK SO ALL YOU KNOW DANE MIGHT HAVE STOLE THEM AND MADE THEM HIS OWN WITH LOVE AND ALL LUIS DID NOT PUT SHIT INTO HIS S1TTY JOKES
2:12 PM
AN'T IT THE TRUTH MAN AN'T IT THE TRUTH
2:13 PM
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2:17 PM
Who ever said comedians had to tell jokes with punchlines? A comedian isn't a joke-teller - (s)he is an entertainer who makes people laugh. Based on Dane's success, I'd say he's doing alright at being a comedian. If people want all comedians to have the same style, comedy would be boring. Dane makes it fun. And whoever said he "brainwashed" college kids...that's just ridiculous. Different people like different things. Just because I find Dane hilarious doesn't mean I've been brainwashed. I though he was funny way before he got where he is today. He's successful because people like what he does. No matter what you think that is, who are you to judge other people who like it?
6:38 AM
This is the stupidest excuse for a comparison between these two comics that I've ever seen. Also pretty much everyone that posted here has very limited grasp of grammar and the English language.
"Their" shows possession of people
"his" is possession of a single person
"They're" means They Are. Leanr it- and you won't sound like an idiot when you type on the internet.
With that said, Dane cook talks about everyday things that everyday people think and talk about. An itchy asshole, a childs name, and a car accident are so commonplace that unless there was verbatim plagiarism on Dane's part- there is no way that you can ever accuse him of stealing the jokes.
Just dislike him because you dislike him, don't try to discredit him as an artist. You could accuse almost every musician of doing the same damn thing- if you've ever played an any instrument you know that every song on the radio uses the same 4 chords and we don't go and accuse every band of copying the other.
Go make fun of nickelback, or ashley simpson, or even emo kids. Just leave Dane alone.
9:23 AM
ook no your all wrong....dane cook is a fucking god!
6:39 PM
90% of comedians recycle, 10% are truly creative and 50% are funny either way. Musicians usually don't make an announcement when they cover someone else's song, why should a comedian have to?
That being said, I'll just weigh in with my opinion... I laugh at Dane Cook but only because he's a clown, not because he has good material.
12:22 AM
90% of comedians recycle, 10% are truly creative and 50% are funny either way. Musicians usually don't make an announcement when they cover someone else's song, why should a comedian have to?
That being said, I'll just weigh in with my opinion... I laugh at Dane Cook but only because he's a clown, not because he has good material.
12:23 AM
First off, to those who say that Dane Cook must be a better comedian than Louis CK just because Cook is more well known- that'a a stupid argument. That's like saying the Dave Matthews Band is the best in the country.
Secondly, Joe Rogan told a story on the Opie and Anthony show about when, several years ago, Cook and Jim Breuer were performing at the same venue in Canada. During Cook's set, Breuer called Rogan to inform him that Cook was doing a bit by Rogan verbatim.
Rogan let it slide until he witnessed first hand Cook again doing the same bit at a later time. Rogan confronted him about it and Cook promised he would stop doing the bit- basically admitting it was stolen.
This is not just an isolated incident between Louis CK- who is hilarious by the way, as is Lucky Louie- but rather an ongoing think for Cook, who seems to be pissing off one comedian after another for stealing material.
11:50 AM
sorry people, Dane Cook sucks!
4:57 PM
OK who cares it funny stuff and anyone who dosent like the monopoly sketch he duz is a big faggot OK
11:03 PM
Dane Cook is low, stealing jokes? that's lame, I've seen this before but I had to show this to my friend who idolizes Dane, it pisses me off, I used to love him but then I saw this and thought, "What a fuck head!" If you're arguement is that they are similar then think logically, if they're are 3 similar things from two of the same guys? And CK said those 3 years before Dane's Cd. Don't stick up for him, I know you all like him but face logic!
If you want funny listen to Demetri Martin or Brian Regan!
11:30 PM
i totally agree that dane cook pulls it off way better. his approach is 10xxxx funnier than your mom's faaace
9:26 PM
I knew kids were dumb, but not this dumb!
To all of you kids that are saying, "Yeah, he ripped it off (you finally admit to it as the PROOF is on the same page)...
but he does it better and there's nothing wrong with taking someones material and doing better."
Do you know anything!?
Do you know what theft is!?
Now, I am not going to rack my brain over the brainless- I can see that you have never taken the time/effort/heart to write something that means a lot to you, (or work so hard on something that could be stolen)- so therefore you OF COURSE can not understand what this is all about.
(but dear God, I am trying to teach them).
What if you wrote a great... movie. Or a great song (no, not the justin timberlake or rap / image stuff)-
Then some asshead that had no talent but wanted to be popular just ... TOOK it - (but instead of saying, "wish she were here" says "wish she was here" (by the way 'were' is correct)- and then tells the world, "Yeah, I wrote this!"
(keep in mind, this is the 'thing' that you worked very hard on (heart/soul, all that)-
and this person that stole it all was raking in a million bucks from it, whilst you are stuck living with your parents or your stinky roommate "Vito".
I am just guessing... that you would feel different. I have a funny feeling that you would (then) stick up for what is correct- instead of admitting to a wrong (hey not your fault- you didn't know- didn't watch as many comedians (only what was popular on campus that month).
And if anyone here knows that idiot wannabee theif, please tell him to stop introducing himself with his over amplified ego (d-bag) driven, "...I'm Dane Fxcking Cook!" (what an asxhole)
12:58 AM
I dont think Dane delivers it better. I knew about dane before a lot of people did and thought he was funny but since he has become a big deal he does not live up to the hype he is funny but there are countless comics far better than him. louis ck i find to be much funnier than cook
5:45 PM
do you people even know about comedy you hear stuff no matter where from tweak it and make it your own, im from england and i have no clue who louis ck is ive just recently listened to this audio of both of them telling the same joke and dane cook is funnier, if youre the kind of person who likes boring comics tat just stand there with boring voices with a few funny jokes then you should not have an opinion on dane you should follow Dane as he is "the shit"
10:39 PM
Why are we even arguing over this? I personally think Dane Cook is a talentless hack, but I have nothing against the people who find him funny. To each his/her own! So just respect everyone else. It can't be that hard, can it?
3:03 PM
Hey,..... FUCK YOU Buddy! ,||, SuFI bitch!
3:48 PM
Clearly if dane cook was not funny, then he wouldn't be where he is today. you are a fucking idiot for saying that. I'm not saying that I'm a huge fan but he must have done something to get to where he is now. Where are you in life?
9:10 PM
Maybe Dane did take this material maybe he didn't either way Louis CK isn't funny and Dane is so get over it.
2:57 PM
Not only does Dane Cook suck, he doesnt even come up with his own material...wow.
11:03 AM
In my opinion...
To be honest, I think anyone who likes Cook would say "He did it better" and anyone who doesn't like him would say "Fuck Dane Cook, he stole from that guy because he sucks"
Personally, I used to like Dane Cook, now I don't. His jokes just got old and I don't care for him anymore. However, I still believe that he didn't nessesarily take CKs jokes. I think if he directly said them word for word that would be kind of nasty but there's no proof that he did. He could have easily come up with that shit (maybe?) I dunno...Some people have the same sense of humor (Ok, maybe I'm wrong on that, maybe I'm not) But if he did get the ideas for jokes from CK (ie: getting hit by a car, naming kids weird names, and itchy assholes) he didn't directly take any of his jokes.
*heather
6:35 PM
"this louis guy" haha get your head out of dane cooks ass... i agree he's hilarious but louis ck is fuckin outrageous
10:38 PM
For people who think Dane Cook is the greatest thing to come along because of his "delivery"..I'm sorry but jumping around like you've just sucked down 50 red bulls does not constitute a good delivery.
Steven Wright is 10 times funnier than Dane Cook could ever dream of being, and according to everyone's definition of stage presence, he would have none. Louis C.K. has more of that dry sense of humor that Dane Cook fans just don't seem to get. Also, just because you may not have heard of him doesn't mean there aren't millions of us (myself included) out there that haven't.
No I didn't find either of those jokes particularly funny, but I've laughed harder at 5 min. of Louis C.K.'s stand up then a whole 30 or 40 min. of Dane Cook. Yes, I did give him a chance, but he's just not funny.
11:16 PM
DANE COOK ROCKS!!! okay those jokes that louis told were great but the way he sad it wasn't any good at all. i could have went to sleep, so i think dane took some good jokes and made them GREAT JOKES. and some of the jokes dane uses arn't all from that guy. no. maybe just a few but not all.
10:46 AM
First off, don'e ever...EVER call Dane Cook one of the greats of Comedy. As much as I've grown tired of Dane Cook, he's not stupid. Using the same act verbatum is pretty damning. He made some tweaks to it and yelled it. Yeah, what a freakin genius. You all probably adore Carlos Mencia, too. Here's a hint: yelling all the time does not make you, or the jokes, funnier.
7:34 PM
found an mtv skit making fun of dane cook on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZlyADccA1Y&NR
i figure this is exactly what dane cook would be like if he had to write his own material. yes, dane is very good at delivering his jokes, but what good is a delivery if you can't take credit for teh actual joke.
a comedian who doesn't write his own jokes, is just as bad as a music artist who doesn't write their own songs, or a politician that hires someone to write his own book.
any1 who loves dane cook, in theory should love other fakes like any rapper whos name starts with "lil'" or "young", american idle stars, avenged sevenfold, and just about every other pop/rock/rap released in the past 5 years.
the truth is that for every 1 truly talented artisan in the media, there are 100's of fakes.
society has been dumbed down to a point that is downright pathetic. when you watch any modern comedian, good or bad, if you listen closely, the audience isn't even laughing at the joke. how many times do you hear a comedian get half way through a joke, not even close to the punch line, and the laughter begins to roar. its because they are laughing at the little things, like funny hand movements, or silly words like crap or horny.
EASY WAY to make people laught, jump around, flap your arms, say whatever the fuck u want just in a funny voice, and then fart into the microphone.
p.s. for those who didn't realize, dane cook also knows the EASY WAY
p.s.s. for those real dumbass cook lovers who didn't get the 1st p.s., the EASY WAY comment is describing every dane cook stand-up
8:30 PM
Seriously...why are you guys put so much energy into hating Dane Cook? I mean, if he's funny and makes you laugh, then give him props. If you don't think he's funny, then "oh well." I'm sure nobody's going to lose sleep over it. Stop with all the negative shit, and just let the man do his thing. He makes people laugh and makes people feel better. You're so fixated on rallying up people in a group of "hate." Think about it.
8:39 AM
So, how many of you Dane Cook fans are in a college faternity?
8:49 AM
big deal... there are 3 small instances where both of their jokes had the same topic. that happens with music- song lyrics, guitar riffs, drum beats; it happens all the time with a lot of different things. it is ridiculous to just say "dane cook steals his material from funnier comedians" because um, he doesn't. simple as that. i really don't think he'd be where he is today if everything he did in his act was just stolen from someone else. nice try though.
3:54 PM
As a comic myself, I was On board the "Dane Train" for a while I was tellin other people who wasn't very familiar with Dane, (which is hard whether you like him or not) you know check out a Dane event, But I also found that Louis is one of the Funniest comics to ever grace a stage, and to hear these jokes that dane has stole, just makes my stomach churn, becuase i can't really stress how much a comedians (a serious comedian) material means to him or her, and that its a low down shame to just take some ones material, I honestly think if you get caught stealing another comics material you should be banned from comedy clubs across america, go to japan and do stand up, there is enough issues in america for every comic to pick one,
P.s. Louis C.k. HBO special Shameless was a pretty good performance , you should check it out....
9:40 AM
Oh I love Dane Cook! I love him! I want him to jizz all over my face! Come on people...
5:18 PM
did u actually listen to this first guy, that might have been the most boring attempt at standup ive ever heard
6:52 PM
First off, this whole arguement you dumbasses are wasting your time on is all opinion. So whether you like Dane or not, just because you say he stole the jokes and then throw some insults to the Cook fans to help yourself sleep at night, doesn't mean he actually stole them. Like said before, comedians "piggy-back" off of each other countless times because they can make it funnier than before. So seriously guys, go get a fucking life and stop wasting your time on this blog. And Louis C.K. is a poor excuse for a comic considering no body knows who he is and based on the material provided by the blogger. Dane & Demetri can tell jokes that make you laugh. Unlike Louis.
1:36 PM
do you dane cook fans realize what youre doing? youre justifying joke stealing. i think im gonna vomit.
12:25 AM
i think of all these criminals, ryan is the most delusional. listen to yourself, man. this is on a personal level.
12:34 AM
louis ck is more adult comedy while dane cook is more like teenager comedy i mean look at him and his jokes basically jokes a teenager tells and he saids the same jokes just about louis ck has been a comedian for a long time and somebody said ohh who is louis ck? yeah well hes never on tv cause his jokes are so vulgar unlike dane cook is like HEY I SAW A CAT AND I PUNCH IT IN THE FACE AHAHAHHA wow so funny? and the people who say he didn't steal jokes ohh come on you are in denial. and no way two comedians would talk about the 3 same topics thats like impossible unless one of them stole it and louis ck has been a comedian since the 80's so i wonder who?
2:49 AM
There was this one time I read some blog by a fag named Drew and then I killed myself.
11:00 PM
To be honest, I've heard worse plagiarism. There's a bit that Steve Harvey did about his trip to Africa and Jamie Foxx stole an entire piece from it years later. The difference couldn't have been more than a sentence.
11:50 AM
Louis CK's delivery is awful....even if Dane did steal this, which it sounds like he did...Louis' delivery is just plain awful
12:49 PM
Dane cook
IS NOT COPYING THAT OTHER GUY
his delivery was waayy better
and jokes were somewhat different
your gay
2:58 PM
are you fucking dumb? there 4 different jokes... stop being a fuckign hater.. the dude is a good comic now stop trying to bring someone down.. Louis is a very good comic aswell as dane but they are different jokes no matter what u think. You could take bits form every comic and make them sound simmilar cause some jokes do. But in the end they are two different jokes. Get a life
2:42 PM
Talking about the same subject does not count as "stealing."
9:29 AM
dane cook sucks ass he just prooves to be a boston frat-boy douche bag all the time. I am glad he got all this negative publicity and i wish someone would sue him because its not right to plagerize, especially from someone as great and under appreciated as Louis CK. Also it was gratifying to see Carlos Mencia exposed by Joe Rogan as another fake ass comic, fuck those guys and mad respect to those who are original and therfore keep it real
3:32 PM
I used to be a big fan of Dane cook but after hearing that he can't even create all original material I don't see the point in listening to him. I would sit there and wonder if he was ripping of someone else and essentially stealing their lively hood. Thats a fucked up thing to do, just because it is spoken word doesn't mean that it isn't plagiarism.
11:23 PM
There is really no point in me posting this since the people who need to read this won't listen to a word I'm about to say.
The thing about comedians that make people love them and laugh at their jokes is the reality of the material. If it wasn't a common theme to most of the population comics usually don't use the material. However, when it is a common theme within the community stand up comics run with it till their audience is blue in the face. The material isn't individualized because it has to work for a large group of people.
In essence then, I don't believe that Dane Cook stole specific ideas from Lous CK. He followed general topics, came up with his own shit to spew, and said it in a way that 1. works for his audience, and 2. creates the best possible image he can get as a stand up comedic.
While I do not condone plagerism in ANY situation, I believe people are making too big of a deal out of a small thing. Dane Cook is a relatively new comic, and from what experience I have with new people in any area is that their ideas are not always fresh. I am not a comic, however, I am a fledling writer. I see every day how ideas are used by one person, then another a generation later, and then again, a generation after that. yet, they don't call it plagerism. Why? Because it is not verbatim what the previous author had written.
so please, give both comics credit and if Dane Cook is really borrowing ideas then think of the honor he is giving Louise CK when he uses that idea in front of thousands of new people who havent heard it before.
3:34 AM
He stole the jokes,,, enough said. The CK asshole version was funnier anyway. 'fart to scratch it'
8:39 AM
I make jokes about itchy ass all the time. It's funny, most guys can relate, and it makes people uncomfortable.
So I guess I steal jokes too. Even though I've never heard Louie do standup.
I actually saw Dane do his bit and my wife was like.. "He's stealing your bit let's sue his ass..."
So I called a lawyer and he said even though we have tape of me doing said bit no court would find in favor of me.
So...now my ass is itchy and chapped
9:22 AM
AYY YOU.
ilovedanecook.
andd i think you need to calm down brothaaa. :]
1:20 PM
AAYYY YOUU.
ilovedanecook
i dont caare what you say.
i think you need to calmm downnn brothaaaa :]
1:21 PM
Dane Cook is funny I'll give him that, but he's not genius like many of you claim he is. Louis Ck is a much more brilliant comedian, and though the two are from Boston I think Louis Ck captures the attitude of the city in a much more real/funny sence. Danes funny tho, but he's like Carlos Mencia and is a joke stealer.
6:38 PM
who gives a good god damn? They both suck.
4:39 PM
Just some info I thought some of you should know. The three similar passages that have been heard are from a Louis C.K. ablum from 2001 and a Dane Cook concert from 2005. 3 bits from one album all end up on one HBO special four years later. That is beyond a coincidence. Dane Cook has opened for Louis C.K. around the country several times. He's heard this material and used it as his own. This is not repeating a joke you heard on the Chappelle show around the water cooler. This is standing on stage as an artist, being paid and passing off someone elses hard work as your own. These comedians spend months and years honing a set for a TV special or album and it violates every code of ethics for some talentless hack to the take the polished material and use it as his own. Even if he makes a funny face or wild hand guesture while repeating it. Dane Cook has been accused of stealing for the better part of a dacade. Joe Rogan recently told a story on the Opie and Anthony show of getting a call from Jim Breuer of SNL when Breuer was doing stand up in Canada. Cook was opening for him and doing Rogan's act verbatim. Cook had been opening for Rogan for several years whenever he did shows in Boston and was aware of his material. Rogan confronted him and told him to stop and Cook said he wouldn't tell the jokes anymore. I guess he thought "I'm in Canada, who'll know." Well, news travels fast in the small community of stand up. Cook is a wildly sucessful self promoter. His hard work and talent in this area is unquestioned. But he is a pariah is the stand up comedy world. All these guys have are their words and their integrity. Dane Cook has demontrated that he has neither.
4:25 PM
not good enough. No doubt Dane heard this guy, but he definitely did his own thing with these jokes, and the other guy isn't even funny when he says it. Plus, how do you know for sure that this guy didn't steal from Dane. This is simply not conclusive and a petty excuse for "damning evidence". Get a life.
7:27 PM
Anyone who thinks Dane is funnier than Louis should explain to us why it's funnier when screamed. Dane is for stupid people who are amused by funny noises and haven't gotten past the Ace Ventura stage of comedy.
Sorry faggots, thoughts and abstract ideas put in an ironic or sarcastic light make me laugh... of course delivery is a big part of humor, but no one can honestly say that Louis' timing stink.
Oh, here's something I love to do... ask a Dane Cook fan to list their 10 favorite comedians and see if they can even name 5 others (of course they'll name Bobby Kelly, Jay Davis, and the other dude because of Tourgasm).
Dane fans know jack shit about comedy except for "ha ha, his screaming and running around makes things funnier".
Yuck.
-PMS
2:49 PM
Dane Cook is the freaking man and you all know it, he's one of the funniest guys out there
2:00 PM
I definitely see the copied jokes, but Dane pulls it off far better (not that I condone the copying). People just hate the frat guy image that Dane portrays, and I think it biases their opinion of him because they think of every white-hat wearing frat boy that ever annoyed them in college. Let's shed the bias and focus on the humor.
Even given these seemingly blatant ripoffs, Dane comes up with plenty of his own stuff.
2:14 PM
Everyone that is defending Dane Cook is missing the point. Sure, we have all told jokes that we have heard somewhere else. The difference is that we don't pretend to have created the jokes. The point is that Cook took somebody's jokes, changed them a bit and pretended that they were his. And then he collected the paycheck.
9:16 AM
Danes skit: I heard skit last week for the very first time... And I'll admit I thought it was funny.. especially the guy on the bike skit and the itchy asshole bit. After hearing CK's, I can say that Dane is a douche. He obviously stole the jokes. For people saying theyre not the same or defending the theivery by saying anybody has the right to take a joke and improve on it is ridiculous.
I honestly heard the jokes when Dane told them and thought to myself, 'dam that was funny, why couldnt I think of an itchy asshole bit..oh well, Now its too late'... ANd now I learn that even he didnt.
What a loser. oh well, he still told one of the funnies jokes Ive ever heard in another special (now im wondering if he stole that one too)
10:30 AM
Dane Cook didn't just wake up a year ago and say "hmmm...I think I'm going to try my hand and comedy today" He's been at it for years and if any of you haters did your research you would know that. Don't hate on him because he's become so successful. He's good at what he does...and he'll continue to do so!
3:44 PM
the only people who are fags are one's who can't come up with an original thought.
9:09 PM
If we're getting all technical then Louis C.K. "stole" his child naming joke from steve martin which he told about 20 years ago. I found a site that links all 3 of them together. dane cook and steve martins are clearly the better of the 3
http://www.dead-frog.com/archives/2007/01/steal_this_joke_louis_ck_dane_cook_steve_martin.php
3:03 AM
C.K Louis... More like C.K BUTT!
7:20 PM
Have you ever heard of a comic named Daniel Tosh he is funnier than all of these fuck tard comics you are naming. I like Dane Cook but he isnt the funniest around. Dave Attel Joe Rogan Eric "Smooth E" Schwartz are ten times funnier. If your gonna bring your comedic game you should step up your act a little better
12:24 PM
the most nauseating phrase you can EVER here would be "so what? at least he makes them funnier"
fuck anyone here thats justifying plagiarism. you are terrible people on the internet and in your daily lives. either youve never made anything creative or artistic in your lives or you yourself use others' ideas for your benefit. scum. rich or poor, youre scum
1:17 PM
dane cook is fuckin amazing and i listen to that louis guy and he sucked, it was terrible. dane cook prolly felt bad for him and stole his material to make it better so for anyone who thinks dane cook sucks u should get ur shit straight
8:53 PM
If you hate dane cook so much why do you put so much energy into researching him and creating websites about him? If you don't like him just don't listen to him.
2:40 PM
If you just listened to the little clip comparing Dane Cook and Louis CK, you haven't "listened" to Louis CK. You've heard two sentences, which is not representative of any comedian.
Watch this, and then decide whether or not Louis CK is funny:
http://louisck.com/conan080504.mpg (69 megs)
6:56 PM
Saying that Dane Cook is stealing his material from Louis CK is like saying two certain songs are similar because they're both about love.
Big deal.
It's been said before and I'll agree: He saw it, got inspired, made it better.
Some people think it's funny. Some like Louis CK. If you don't like it, no one is holding a gun to your head and MAKING you listen.
If they are, you need to re-evaluate your life.
7:10 PM
IF ANYONE IS A THEIF IS CK BECAUSE THE SECONDS JOKE WAS STOLEN BY BRIAN REGAN WHO ABSOLUTLY KILLED WITH IT ABOUT TALKING ABOUT THE STRONGMAN COMPITITIONS WITH THE NORTIC GUYS HAVING NO VOWELS IN THERE NAMES AND HE EVEN TRYS TO SAY A NAME VERY SIMILAR TO THAT OF BRIAN'S JOKE and in danes version is completely diffrent he talks about naming his kid like a wookie and what not no where close to that joke
7:09 PM
Anyone saying dane isnt funny is either jealous because he made millions of dollars by taking the most non-comedic, everyday situation and makes it into a hilarious story.
It doesnt matter if you like it or not, the guy is a fucking riot (dane fans insert: "NO!, your a fuckin riot" here). lol.
Now for people getting on him about this bit stealing shit, well, thats your choice. I have no problem if you dislike him because of that. That is some questionable ass shit. He obviously used Louis C.K.'s bit as a basis for his own.
2:44 AM
people who are saying that "He delivered it better, what's the problem" should look at it from CK's shoes. He can never tell those jokes again. If he tries he'll immediately be strung up for "copying Danes material."
9:26 AM
What i don't understand is why can't people just enjoy what they prefer to listen to rather then to flame on someone else as being "not funny" as far as dane "stealing" material i think is stupid to say. I guess family guy and south park stole pretty much every thought in everyones mind all through out history.
11:50 PM
Guess what dummies? Dane Cook buys all his jokes from joke writers. Louis C.K. writes his own shit (as he IS a joke writer)
What obviously happened here is some a-hole joke writer sold Dane a bunch of jokes he copied from Louis C.K. Dane is dense as hell so he didn't recognize it as plagiarized material, and he performed it, thinking he had bought original material.
It's still shitty though, and Dane Cook should definitely be chastised.
10:17 AM
So what if dane cook buys all his jokes? At least he has money! If he has money to buy jokes OBVIOUSLY HE'S FUNNY YOU STUPID N*GGERZ. DANE COOK EFFIN RULEZ 4-EVER U DUM FUK SPIX!!!
8:08 PM
The only joke of those I'd call plagiarism would be the itchy asshole joke. The other two Dane focuses on completely different parts and takes them farther, throwing his own elements in there. Besides, why focus on these three jokes? Dane Cook has numerous of jokes that are without argument his creation, and most of them are brilliant. If you can listen to his joke about the Kool Aid commercials and tell me it isn't funny, then anything you have to say really doesn;t matter to me anyway.
By the way, Louis CK is a great comedian too. There are also quite a few other comedians I prefer over both CK and Cook.
1:22 AM
Steve Martin uses the same topic (names) which predates both recordings. This site compares all 3 jokes: http://www.dead-frog.com/archives/2007/01/steal_this_joke_louis_ck_dane_cook_steve_martin.php So, maybe Louie CK and Dane both stole their jokes from Martin? No, you can't say that. Comedians just observe everyday things and give their spin on it.
Comparing the two accident jokes is pretty sad, because they relate very little. The whole Dane joke isnt even there, the clip is missing at least two minutes, which goes on to teh main focus of the joke, THE MAN'S RESPONSE TO GETTING HIT BY A CAR. Also, a lot of dane's jokes involve car accidents of sorts, and just cars for that matter. And they're all very funny. Can you find a way to relate those to a guy crashing on bike too?
Overall, i'm not convinced Cook stole anything.
1:36 AM
Dane Cook hands down the funniest guy I know, he really knows how to make a person laugh. I think if he is successful and he makes people laugh what does it matter if he used a few jokes from some guy, by the way I never heard of him in my life! What does that say? I can't believe people are getting upset about a person making people's lives better by making them laugh and speaking the truth!
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6:27 PM
Anyway you slice it or dice it, Dane Cook lifted this guys material.
Basically its like watching a movie with John Goodman in the lead role and saying it sucked, then watching the same movie with Brad Pitt and saying, "it fucking rocked"
10:45 AM
"Anyway you slice it or dice it, Dane Cook lifted this guys material."
Hardly. Steve Martin also has a joke where he makes up a name that repeats one sound. Dane Cook's car crash joke isn't even entirely in the clip, the rest of it is the funniest part of the joke (and was entirely dane's creation), and the itchy asshole is a common topic, happens to everyone. Louie CK can't make a claim to the itchy asshole.
9:10 PM
What world do we live in that two (10, 100, 1000) people in 6 billion can't have the same Idea(s)? Every form of art has been coppied and regurgitated. Every form of art has been created from the soul over and over again. If one day I (you) get inspired and create something only to find it has already been created, did I (you) steal? If you listend to the examples of Dane "stealing" material from other comics on this page, posted your thoughts only to find someone else already expressed what you had to say, did you steal those thoughts from that person? On a personal note, I only like Dane for his delivery. I like the way he tells a joke, not the joke it's self. I don't even care if he's telling a joke, The guy can tell a story. Oh, and the argument that there's never a punch line? Anyone remember an extremely popular TV show about nothing? There doesn't have to be a point for a joke to be funny. Oh yeah, Fuck shoes!
1:56 AM
SCags esposito, YOU SOUND LIKE FUCKING ADOLF HITLER!!! GASS PEOPLE FOR STANDING UP FOR A COMEDIAN?!?! HOW LAME CAN YOU GET?!?! THIS WORLD IS DROWNING IN ASSHOLES, AND NO ONE REALLY GIVES A SHIT, IF YOU DONT LIKE DANE COOK? SO WHAT HE STEALS HIS MATERIALS, IF PEOPLE LIKE HIM, LET EM LIKE HIM!!! FRIGGEN FAGGOTS!!!!
6:31 PM
He isn't the best comedian. But definately not the worst. I wouldn't agree with "Dane Cook Steals His Material From Funnier Comics" though, because Dane Cook is way funnier than Louie CK. All of this Dane Cook hatred seems to be stemming from his superstardom. He won't last if he can't release new material fast though, because too much of his comic style relies on the delivery, it's tough to listen to his stuff a third or fourth time and get a laugh. He has his golden moments though, such as "well, what was she doing putting her face near tires?" or "Has anyone seen my shoes!?!? I kicked them off in a fit of joy!".
1:44 AM
I love comedians and i listen to ALOT of them, your stupid if you say dane cook stole shit...i agree they are familiar but i also agree with the other guy when he says dane cook woudlve been inspired by him or what the fuck ever...i dont care. Dane cook is fucking hilarious along with alot of other comedians i listen to and love. if you dont like dane then fucking fuck the fuck off.
yes, fuck shoes!!
and i have to say....im inspired by dane because his jokes make me feel better about alot of things and i love that comedians can do that and dane is one of them with that talent!!!
12:02 AM
louis ck is fucking blan......he sucks ass and you know what, if other people like him and somehow, someway they find him enjoyable and funny, more power to you but in my own opinion and im clearly speaking on others behalf as well when i say that louis ck is fucking weak and has no skills of making people laugh....hes fucking boring and has no talent whatsoever. FUCKING WEAK.
atleast dane can get a crowd going and laughing their happy asses off because he knows how to make people laugh and he is a cool, nice guy who has it going for him...thats why you fucks are dogging him because you have nothing going for yourself. so fuck off.
12:05 AM
i'm gay for dane. if his ass was in front of me i might have to take off my pants. he's fucking hilarious!
3:08 PM
The only reason why Dane Cook is funnier is because he moves like crazy all over the stage acting it out. Leave Louis C.K ALONE YOU DUMB FUCKS! Louis has talent and Dane it got no brains!!!!
!! FRAAAAANNNNNKKKKUUUSSSSS!!
8:26 PM
If you really want a comedian to bash for stealing jokes, just look at Carlos Mencia. The queer has been caught more times than Pamela has fucked Tommy Lee. Even worse is that he isnt funny, at least Dane Cook makes you laugh.
1:17 AM
who cares.. dane cook makes some ppl laugh, richard pryor makes others laugh or some drunk at party makes others laugh.. its just comedy, if ya dont like him just dont listen to him easy fixed
10:27 PM
I LOVE Dane Cook Fuck everyone who hates him!!!!
12:24 AM
I like potato chips.
8:55 PM
yes, they are rather delicious. i find that i enjoy potato chips the most after they have had a few weeks to fester in the folds of a plump drag queen, prostitute or dog.
9:05 PM
On a further note, small mice are working their way into my penis right now, where i presume they will listen to country music and ravage the people of Russia, until Skeletor returns from his snowy lair to save us.
9:07 PM
and again i must say, i know for a FACT he would never even consider stealing someone else's material... he's had it happen to him too many times, and aside from that...he has too much integrity. he's an honest man. get over yourselves.
10:10 PM
What am I hearing? Am I hearing it is okay for Dane Cook to steal the material of funnier comics because he presents it better than they do? What the hell is wrong with you people? Dane Cook is not only "re-doing" these skits, but claiming them as his own work! A) He is unoriginal, B) He is a thief. Needless to say, there is something fundamentally wrong about plagiarism, especially in the realm of the arts.
The life of comedian is not unlike that of any artist. Spending time with the craft of comedy (painting, music, basketweaving, whatever) takes a ton of time, effort and years to refine and perfect for live audience. Imagine spending all of your free time for 10 to 15 years, molding your act, for years upon years, working yourself from the ground up in small comedy clubs, to bars, to larger venues paying your dues and then imagine some shmuck coming right in, stealing your material and becoming famous for YOUR act? Thats disgusting. Its even more disgusting that this this type of behavior is so casually excused because of Cook's more enthusiastic presentation skills. It is nothing less than infantile to think this type of behavior is acceptable.
7:06 PM
Are you honestly that pathetic? Get a life. So you called out 3 or 4 jokes that are similar between the two. Now how do you account for the other thousand of Dane's? A theif? Shut your mouths. Dane's one of the best comedians out there hands down. So four of his jokes were similar to some other comedians, that crap happens all the time, but you have nothing better to do than bash on him for being a theif while neglecting to mention the fact that he has put out tons of CDs full of his material coupled with all his stand-up acts. This site proves nothing but your own ignorance.
6:57 AM
All u playa hata's need to shut yo mouf. comedy is his life. stop cryin' b/c u could neva spit it like dane cook. he's just out there tryin' to have some fun wit his life and y'all is tryin' to stop him from doin' that by postin' shit about him. if u dont like him why don't u jus climb back into yo black hole u gothic motha fuckas and dont come out until u think u got a better idea of what funny is. and if u dont wanna go back to the black hole then let me shorten things up fo ya. the definition of funny IS Dane Cook, so quit yo bitchin', wastin' yo life, and slittin' yo wrists u emo pieces of ass and actually listen to the hilarity that is dane cook.
who is this "ck" guy anyway, u know dane cook's prolly neva even heard of this wanna be comedian. and if "ck" or dane cook r readin': dane, I luv yo stuf man, keep doin what u does. and "ck", hey man, comedy isnt fo u, go find a job flippin burgas at Mc D's or somethin'. Su-Fi fuck yea
1:37 PM
JARV1$ J3NK1N$ Is Figure Skating.. BOOM
1:39 PM
Ok, first of all Dane Cook is fucking awsome, and that Louis CK sucks. Part of being a good comedian is being able to preform and deliver your jokes well, and Louis Ck cant. I just listened the the "evidence" that Dane Cook steals his jokes, and while they are similiar no one can even say they are the same. And even if they were supposidly "stolen" everyone knows of Dane Cook and before I saw this site, I'd never heard of Louis CK, so maybbe he should get some pointers from Dane Cook.
5:16 PM
two things need to be noticed. dane is a good comidian cause he makes people laugh. if he had stolen his material then no one has the balls to call him out on it. it is funnier than them and even if it is stolen it was meant to be made funnier and i'll be honest, it could be better than dane puts it but its not like it matters. he still makes the big bucks and we sit her talkin bout how its b.s. skrew you people that thinks dane sucks. why are you even on this site if all you are gonna do is bitch about how bad he is?
9:29 AM
Oh what ever dane cook is so much better i mean yea this louis ck guys pretty funny but dane cook is just sooo much better
5:53 PM
who gives a crap, bottom line is Luis ck is not funny at all! Dane is!
1:49 PM
WOW i can't believe what sheep Dane Cook fans all are. Cook is a hack. Period. I didn't like him before i knew all of this. Anyone who knocks CK clearly hasn't seen his HBO stand up...possibly the greatest thing i've ever seen on television. Dane Cook fans should go drown themselves for making the world suck that much more.
4:19 PM
Chris Rock stole shit from Eddie Murphy. Eddie Murphy stole shit from Richard Pryor. Richard Pryor stole shit from Red Fox. You tryin to say those three dudes aren't funny? the biggest comic thief of all time: Robin Williams. No one gives a shit about that.
besides, no one is funnier than Jay Mohr or Ralphie May.
11:57 AM
How can you copy every day happenings? Louis C.K. and Dane Cook saw something very similar (Someone get hit by a car) which happens about every 27 min. Initially they had they same reaction and thought process. that waht makes them funny and you avarage so quit your bitching and just enjoy the fucking show. It doesn't matter whos material it is an long as you fucking laugh.
6:44 AM
Dane Cook is so bad he couldn't lick Artie Lange's asshole with Gene Simmons' tongue.
12:23 AM
Someone said "Dane Cook is the shit". Well, that's mostly true. The TRUTH is that Dane Cook is a piece of shit and anyone who thinks he's "funny" or humorous has either been taking way too many drugs or has has had part of their brain removed.
12:26 AM
if your a true fan of comedy you know louis ck is thousand times better then dane some might like dane more and have a smaller brain then the rest of us but louis is better you just know it
12:07 PM
Your a really fucking biased writer dude.
2:10 PM
I do not like the styles of dane cook or louis ck, both are good comedians don't get me wrong, they are far more famous than i can really hope to be in my own comedy. But i have always thought that mr. cook stole his material from other comics, face it material is hard to come by and even harder to work on. I think that the pressure became too much and he felt that he had to take other material and change it just enough so that most people wouldn't notice. I support both even though i don't like their styles-i would however just like to hear less about dane cook for a while, i can't stand listening to the same material people pirated online played over and over again along with the continuous streams of people who mimik his jokes.
myspace.com/doug_sheets
(that's my comedy page-visit if you want)
9:46 PM
I think Louis Stole from Dane cook.
Even if Dane did steal his material,
He says it by far more funnier.
This Article sucks louis ck.
Dane cook rocks.
6:57 AM
If Louis CK couldn't appeal to enough people that's his problem. It's almost like the free market, he and Cook both went out and Cook won. It's possible Cook stole some stuff, it's possible he didn't, they were all broad enough ideas that almost anyone could have thought up that it's hard to tell. If he did steal what was in the audio comparison, honestly, so what? It was like 4 topics out of, what, the 100 that Cook has talked about. Cook isn't successful simply because of the topics he stole, or didn't steal, from Louis CK.
11:09 PM
from what i've reado so far the people who defend dane cook puts up some very well thought out points while the flamers just go on and on about how "gay" he is.You say everyone who believes hes funny yet you come out and sound like a fuckin idiot make some points and back them up you simple minded little shits
12:33 AM
dane cook is a silly silly bitch and i love him!!! i dont care what anyone says louis is not even funny
11:13 PM
BTW TO ALL DANE COOK HATERS!!!! ACCORDING TO TIME MAGAZINE
DANE COOK IS IN THE TOP 100 MOST INFLUENCIAL PPL IN THE WHOLE FUCKING WORLD!!!! IM SORRY WAT WAS THAT AGAIN??? YEAH TOP 100 MOST INFLUENCIAL PPL. THIS GUY I MET AND I JUS THOUGHT THAT HE WAS ONE OF THE MOST DOWN TO EARTH PPL I HAVE EVER MET. IF YOU GO TO WEBSITE READ HIS BIO. THIS DUDE IS THE SHIT!!! GIVE HIM CREDIT FOR DOING HIS SHIT!! AND HATE HIM FOR WORKING TO HARD AT MAKING PPL LAUGH!!! BUT TO WHO EVER "HATES" HIM, FIRST THINK WAT HAVE I DONE TO INFLUENCE SOME1??? BC DANE COOK IS UP THERE WITH SOME OF THE WORLDS GREATEST TODAY!
SU-FI TO ALL YOU MF!!
5:47 PM
Dane cook is influential to kids under the age of 15 and dumb asses. That is a complete list of everyone who likes dane cook.
8:17 AM
Heres a fucking clue: Media inspires other media.
Louis C.K. himself has said that comics borrow from each other, its universally accepted. So know what the hell you are talking about before you open your fucking mouth. Also go get ass raped because Dane Cook is great.
9:43 AM
You know, the only thing I'm gonna say is gonne be short and sweet. Ever since the beginning, people take old ideas and reform them. As a writer, you see that a lot and those taking Humanities will see painters as wel borrow styles from the east, west and all kinds of other artists. Why? Because people want to be as good as others. Whether it was malice or not, I completely agree that Dane Cook didn't come up with those jokes on his own and it wasn't even inspiration, but a need to be accepted as a good comedian; in other words, what people expect is what they'll get. Back in the day, people only wanted to paint things that were human and religious. Now we paint all kinds of crazy things, BUT they follow a general idea. Dane Cook is doing the same thing and for it to be the SAME joke and be plagiarism, it would have to be the joke WORD for WORD, but he did indeed change it up. Do I think it's still morally incorrect, yes I do, but if he can put his own twist on it and make it funnier, then so be it. If anything the other comedian is just a tab bit jealous and is now trying to get what he can, but Dane Cook is young, funny and he has a voice that was made to tell jokes. A man works too hard because he has something to prove, so if it seems like he's trying to hard, let him. Obviously he's got something to gain. So leave it at that and you either love him or hate him. No one is forcing you to listen to him.
5:16 PM
Does it really matter if some people think he sucks? Dane Cook is a marketable comic, and a lot of people think he's damn funny. Liking a comic is a totally subjective thing anyway, so if you don't like him, you don't have to watch him. He makes people laugh, and what's so wrong with that? I honestly think that other comics criticize him because they are jealous of his large fan base. Obviously, he's more famous than they are, and better looking too. As I said, he's totally marketable. You can't hate the guy because he's successful. So what if he has a big ego? He deserves it. He didn't get where he is today by sitting on his ass and bitching about how sucky some other comic is. Let the man be. He's doing a service to this fucked up world.
10:32 PM
Wow, hilarious. It's funny, the ones that are defending this hack comic(Dane Crook), the majority of them can't spell and can barely form a coherent sentence(Dane rox! U suck, dudes). It's like the equivalent of getting a letter from a retard, written on notebook paper, with red crayon, because the blue one was broken.
That, I think, is the reason for Dane's meteoric rise. He appeals to the frat morons, the barely literate, the idiots who spend their weekends with a bong in one hand and Jager in the other.
The guy is a hack. And that is not an opinion, it is a FACT.
8:25 AM
If any of you douche bags took the time to look it up you would know that Louis CK was a writer for Dane Cook on the first CD.
2:00 PM
I loved that someone finally noticed that all of these people with Cook boners can barely spell, and if you want to watch a real comic then download one of Dave Chappelle's standups, he can deliver but his jokes are so good that he doesn't need to, he can stand in the middle of the stage and just tell his jokes and you still laugh your ass off, face it, Dane Cook is a MySpace creation and in the days of Richard Prior he'd be just another no talent hack, Dane Cook just stands jumps around and screams like an idiot until someone chuckles, it's nice to know that I am not the only person out there who loathes this tool, and for you robots who will just laugh at anything just think next time and don't laugh, he sucks, get him off the stage
5:47 PM
you people dont have anything better to do than sit around and debate wheather or not dane cook stole jokes? who cares.. he is hot.. people like him.. let it go.. and to those of you who dont like him.. it obviously has not effected his sales, attitude, or hurt him in anyway.. so noone cares if you hate dane cook
12:05 PM
I don't think it really matters the 3 jokes he stole.
Because those aren't his only jokes and obviously has to be some what funny seeing as he has a huge fan base. So saying he isn't funny doesn't make much sense. Also funny isn't always the same to everyone try taking into account that some people have a different sense of humor.
But what i personally get annoyed at is when people just say something rude with zero explanation. Also when people hate something just because its popular if it was more underground they'd like it just because less people know it... that really doesn't make much sense to me ignoring talent just because a lot of people recognize it.
2:30 AM
dane cook gives a bad name to comedians like Daniel Tosh(who he stole from) and Nikki Payne
11:16 PM
Idk whats wrong w/ everyone who hates dane cook but hes halarious and that other Louis guys sucks...dane cook presents it way better. you cant say he stole his material from that guy the jokes are similar..but its about stuff that happens all the time...people get hit by cars all the time ....get over it....learn to laugh
Dane Cooks the bomb!
9:49 PM
really... who brought up the blood filled wheel other than dane? or how about the Q? huh... granted dane might not be as witty as other comedians... he makes up for going just a little over the lines...sorry that this little bunck is the friend that nobody likes... let me think effin Brian.
9:58 PM
steve martin also had a bit years ago when he talks about how he changed his name from some unintelligble noise to steve martin. Nobody here is arguing that Louis CK stole that joke from Steve Martin. Here's how things go in this country: Someone gets really really famous, everyone likes him/her, and then all of a sudden there's the backlash, and it becomes trendy to not like them. Here's the bottom line: they're just entertainers. Some people like them and you don't have to. If you really want to devote so much time to alerting the world to the "unfuniness" of a comedian (a subjective opinion in the first place) then go for it. On your tombstone we can put the following epitaph "Spent half his life convincing the world that Dane Cook is not funny."
9:04 PM
wow there is alot of comments here lol well i think that ya its kinda bad that he stole those jokes but dane makes them 10 times more funnier.... but doesnt matter really a joke is a joke doesnt matter who its from as long as its funny i dont give a shit whos saying it
12:09 PM
dane cook is a-ma-zing. i get the feeling that you're jealous, because you kno you could never come close to his humor. he is the funniest peron alive and you have no sense of humor if you think otherwise. if you cant relate to any of his jokes, than you must live in a plastic bubble. he takes everyday things and makes them funny. i for one would have never thought to make a joke out of the kool-aid punch bowl guy, but once i heard it, it was flipping hilarious! name one other comedian who talked about that, and then maybe i'll get where you are coming from.
8:45 PM
Somebody has a vendetta. Dane Cook is absolutely hilarious. Which is why he is packing arenas with people willing to pay to listen. CK's weak attempt at comedy is mediocre at best. IF its stolen material. It is so utterly improved that no one will ever care. Dane's timing and punchline delivery are impeccable. Which any experienced comic will tell you is key. His act is only good if people are willing to see it- popular opinion is not in your favor here. perception is reality. spend your time more effectively and devote this site to the ruin of britney spears or something.
9:02 PM
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