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peeing ourselves around a camp fire, regaling tales of popping a cashew off his wiener. Granted, all of us on this camping trip had imbibed in something or another, but for that night, Cook’s comedy album was our soundtrack, just as party records starring George Carlin, Redd Foxx and Steve Martin had been for others.Dane’s success—and perhaps his huge, rampant social media following—has bred contempt over the last few years. But when I spoke with him, the day before his “Retaliation” album debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200, he was an eager, funny and classy cat—if not a little bit cocky.
Corey: I just talked to Dave Attell, and he was jazzed about the big Las Vegas experience you guys just had.
Dane Cook: I did three dates with those guys. I thought the first two shows were amazing, but once we got down to Vegas … I thought it was one of coolest concert films. The House of Blues didn’t feel like a produced show. It almost had a bar-like feel to it. There’s people moving around, people walking in front of cameras, people in the back just standing up and talking. It was like when the Blues Brothers were there and the stage was covered in chicken wire. You know if you let them go, they will murder you to death.
Corey: Are you able to walk around in Vegas? Dave with the ‘Insomniac’ show gets hassled wherever he goes.
Dane: Dave is very visible and recognizable from the show. The last two years for me I still am in kind of a ‘wow’ stage. I do have a huge following. I am very interactive with the fans. It’s kind of like a wave. I know how big this wave is, and then when it hits you, it pushes you back. I did get recognized quite a bit in Vegas. I thought, ‘Wow, there’s a lot of people who dig my comedy, or there’s a lot of people who have seen my Comedy Central specials.’ It’s not like Dave where he expects it. I’m like, ‘Shoot, yeah, what’s up?’
Corey: You talk about how people experience comedy. Are you concerned about how your performance will be edited for air?
Dane: They sent me a copy of my performance, and I gave them some notes on what I would like to see. They are really cool about asking what works best from each of the two shows. Sure, some of the stuff is pretty hardcore. I’d like to think that compared to Dave and Sean Rouse, I’m not as brutal with the content. Yeah, we’re getting bleeped, and there’s some stuff that’s not gonna make standards and practices, but that’s what you call DVD extras.
Corey: Yeah, flippin’ nuts off your schlong, that’s G-rated material right there.
Dane: (laughs) That’s called bored on the road, baby.
Corey: How much would a round-trip ticket on the Dane train cost nowadays?
Dane: With this new CD, I think it’s $17. It’s one of those things. I’ve been putting this thing together for a few months, and here it is. Tomorrow it’s coming out. I wanted every element of this thing; this is what I love doing. I’m not just gonna whip something together just to have a new disc out. I didn’t even want to put it out unless you could have something in your hands that you look at and say, ‘This is energy. This is something happening right here.’ I’ve got a lot of old comedy albums, Richard Pryor, ‘That Nigger’s Crazy.’ And old Cosby. I still like to keep these. I like to look at them. I think for a whole long while, the comedy album was dead. It was in a major slump. They were crappy production. Nobody just wants to see the guy standing on the stage in a smoky, dimly-lit room, holding the mic. We live in a time where it’s like, ‘Show me the effort. Show me that you care about my vote. Show me that you want to get elected. Shake my hand, and make it worth my dollar.’
I love to do that. I like to put something together that people see is not just slung at them. It’s crafted.
Corey: These two CDs are two totally different sets. When were these
Corey: I just talked to Dave Attell, and he was jazzed about the big Las Vegas experience you guys just had.
Dane Cook: I did three dates with those guys. I thought the first two shows were amazing, but once we got down to Vegas … I thought it was one of coolest concert films. The House of Blues didn’t feel like a produced show. It almost had a bar-like feel to it. There’s people moving around, people walking in front of cameras, people in the back just standing up and talking. It was like when the Blues Brothers were there and the stage was covered in chicken wire. You know if you let them go, they will murder you to death.
Corey: Are you able to walk around in Vegas? Dave with the ‘Insomniac’ show gets hassled wherever he goes.
Dane: Dave is very visible and recognizable from the show. The last two years for me I still am in kind of a ‘wow’ stage. I do have a huge following. I am very interactive with the fans. It’s kind of like a wave. I know how big this wave is, and then when it hits you, it pushes you back. I did get recognized quite a bit in Vegas. I thought, ‘Wow, there’s a lot of people who dig my comedy, or there’s a lot of people who have seen my Comedy Central specials.’ It’s not like Dave where he expects it. I’m like, ‘Shoot, yeah, what’s up?’
Corey: You talk about how people experience comedy. Are you concerned about how your performance will be edited for air?
Dane: They sent me a copy of my performance, and I gave them some notes on what I would like to see. They are really cool about asking what works best from each of the two shows. Sure, some of the stuff is pretty hardcore. I’d like to think that compared to Dave and Sean Rouse, I’m not as brutal with the content. Yeah, we’re getting bleeped, and there’s some stuff that’s not gonna make standards and practices, but that’s what you call DVD extras.
Corey: Yeah, flippin’ nuts off your schlong, that’s G-rated material right there.
Dane: (laughs) That’s called bored on the road, baby.
Corey: How much would a round-trip ticket on the Dane train cost nowadays?
Dane: With this new CD, I think it’s $17. It’s one of those things. I’ve been putting this thing together for a few months, and here it is. Tomorrow it’s coming out. I wanted every element of this thing; this is what I love doing. I’m not just gonna whip something together just to have a new disc out. I didn’t even want to put it out unless you could have something in your hands that you look at and say, ‘This is energy. This is something happening right here.’ I’ve got a lot of old comedy albums, Richard Pryor, ‘That Nigger’s Crazy.’ And old Cosby. I still like to keep these. I like to look at them. I think for a whole long while, the comedy album was dead. It was in a major slump. They were crappy production. Nobody just wants to see the guy standing on the stage in a smoky, dimly-lit room, holding the mic. We live in a time where it’s like, ‘Show me the effort. Show me that you care about my vote. Show me that you want to get elected. Shake my hand, and make it worth my dollar.’
I love to do that. I like to put something together that people see is not just slung at them. It’s crafted.
Corey: These two CDs are two totally different sets. When were these
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