What’s a guy to do?Ĭook took some time off from stand-up comedy after his last mega-tour in 2013), hit the boards for a small theater showcase – Tell It Like It Is – in 2019.
Even Cook’s half-brother and one-time business manager stole $12 million from the stand-up comic, adding hurt and insult to injury. himself had his own crimes for which to contend. who accused Cook of plagiarizing his act, not long before C.K. Yeah, that was Dane Cook.Īll that, and still Cook – like the legendary Rodney Dangerfield before him – got no respect, instead getting dissed as being a hack, most famously by Seth MacFarlane and, sadly, even Louis C.K.
Recording double platinum-plated comedy albums such as 2005’s Retaliation when double platinum meant hard units sold and not streams. Starring in hit films such as 2007’s Good Luck, Chuck.
Long before Kevin Hart and Dave Chappelle was selling out stadiums, before Louis C.K., Bill Barr and Sebastian Maniscalco were headlining hockey arenas, there was rock and rolling, brashly observational, often downright silly stand-up comedian Dane Cook doing much of the same thing.
