The Downfall of Dane Cook: From Comedy Sensation to TikTok Failure

[@NickDiRamioTV]

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[@April-kk6bv]

This is my first time checking you out. I wasn't sure how I was gonna feel about it because some channels just suck. But the moment you were saying how alot of people watch the videos but don't subscribe and that's fun for them, but make it fun for you - I laughed out out. And subbed

[@harleyfarris2988]

😅

[@lineupcomedy]

Dude you are coming off extremely feminine

[@trey8872]

When my little sister makes an unfunny joke at my expense, I always say, “You’re a regular Dane Cook.”

[@Happytravellerkimmy]

I'm stealing this.

[@woadxqueen666]

Oh my god so that’s why friends have said this about people before 💀 I had no idea who Dane cook was

[@BAMCarter12]

Lmao!! To funny hahaha

[@BAMCarter12]

@@woadxqueen666 lmao!!!

[@MangoMagica]

Amazing lmao

[@kaemincha]

That moment with Vanessa Hudgens is so sad. I hate that she had to be shamed in a room full of people like that by some unfunny jerk.

[@Oliviaandtrina]

It was really sad to watch her switch to a smile as soon as she realized she was on camera. Like she clearly felt uncomfortable as soon as he said her name, and then tried to act happy when she saw she was on camera.

[@ambriaashley3383]

That was awful to watch. She kept her head high though

[@jff1073]

omg for real! i felt so bad for her, i can't imagine being embarrassed and shamed live in front of thousands of people about something that was probably really traumatic to go through

[@mamawray]

I need this as a meme. "When Millennials say, "It was a different time..."

[@Unanything81]

The most F'd up part, right after Dane Cook's horrific joke, was that a VICTIM was forced by Disney to apologize for being victimized. It wasn't a "different time" it was a grotesque time.

[@ruthelizabethphoto]

I am legitimately, shocked that he thinks it’s okay to create an entire “comedy” routine around dating a child, and treating his fiancé as if she were his daughter. There is just no accountability for these men and they openly say whatever they want, and nothing happens to them , it’s so upsetting.

[@mjstevens92]

Yeah, not "jokes" to lean into 😬

[@nmonye01]

The anti woke crowd loves it.

[@Lilysusanna]

That’s why he’s doing it, he’s trying to make is seem acceptable by making fun of himself because then he’s “self aware” when in reality it makes him look more like a creep

[@jessjess23brooks89]

I wouldn't say nothing happened to him. His career is dead in the water and he is openly mocked by successful comedians on stage, in podcasts. But yeah, he does need more backlash for those horribly dated age-gap trash "jokes". Pedo confessions are not funny.

[@francisnopantses1108]

It's strange how there's never been any consequences for him completely sucking at comedy. I guess some people are very easily amused.

[@enbdedrick1295]

This is a very satisfying payoff for me having thought Dane Cook was a huge scumbag when he was popular and then forgetting about him for 10+ years until this moment.

[@Happytravellerkimmy]

This

[@aprilsmileysells]

Yes!

[@StefSoleil]

Same

[@candynickel]

One day, you ran across Vicious Circle on cable for the last time, then you were truly free

[@NotHere4ThisShip]

Always hated him.

[@alptraum7644]

seeing dane cook's comedy now is really a reminder of how well "loud obnoxious noises" did as a comedy premise back in the 2000s. i do not miss it at all.

[@sharamusica]

Kinda miss it with movies today that are guided as comedy it’s just pandering trash .

[@killergrooves2438]

If you’re gonna date an adult who is 20+ years younger than you, at least have the decency to accept everyone else making fun of you or calling you a creep. Except for the meeting a teenager and publicly dating them at 18. Don’t do that creepy grooming behavior and don’t be like, “Oh, we totally happened to run into each other after she turned 18 and started dating,” because that never happened to anyone ever.

[@AndromedaD]

Wasn't that a joke in Waiting? The MC was a loser who couldn't get girls his own age, and his big moment of growth was waiting for his current love interest to turn 18?

[@h33-q8w]

Shes 26 😂 she's a literal adult making her own adult decisions. If she's good dating an old man that's her business. It's not creepy or breaking the law. If he can pull younger women then let him. It's not like she's 20 jesus

[@AndromedaD]

@@h33-q8w They've been dating since the day she turned 18. They've been together since she was 15. That's what the problem is.

[@Aelffwynn]

​@AndromedaD YES. My husband is a lot older than me. The difference between our situation and theirs is that I was a grown woman with my own life and money when I started seeing him. He didn't know me or have influence over me when I was a KID. We have a lot in common and have made peace with the challenges of our age difference. (Yes, people who don't know us judge all the time. Mostly because people like Dane Cook make it appear that every older man-younger woman pair is the result of a grooming situation.)

[@emyf9197]

​@@h33-q8wshe's 26 now. They met when she was 15! And started dating when she turned 18! How are u not having a common sense that this is all kinds of creepy and indeed wrong. Every woman who "willingly" dates a much older guy realizes how dumb n young they were much later in life. How much of a manipulation n power dynamic there's been involved.

[@shschorus1]

He's not a groomer, just a loser 🚂🚂🚂

[@captainstefanie]

All aboard!!!!!

[@TeddyLovesAxl]

“The toxic gossip train…”😂

[@jamesonp3873]

He's both... a Loomer?

[@irishalchemy]

​@@jamesonp3873a groser

[@cecea.590]

💀💀💀💀

[@msroxannablack]

I‘m glad that society is in a place where people like Dane Cook and his “comedy“ are no longer appealing or relevant. It took a while, but enlightenment and progress can be a slow process.

[@ioncekilledamanwithmyshoe]

Unfortunately, society seems to actually be going backwards again…

[@jeremyusreevu237]

It was never appealing or relevant. Fuck Dane Cook. The only funny thing he did was a breif cameo in Mystery Men.

[@125loopy]

​@@ioncekilledamanwithmyshoeyeah there are a lot of comedians selling out shows using tiktok being incredibly rude to their audience. There was a whole controversy with one named Ashley something.

[@ShanaLawson]

I actually found him funny back in the day. The other day I’ve realized my sense of humor has matured I guess. It’s still dirty as hell, just not as cheap 😂

[@Time_Is_Left]

@@125loopyA lot? I heard about the Ashley one but that’s it, jc

[@googlemishap]

My brother and I loved Dane Cook's stand-up as kids. Since we knew my father was into stand-up comedy, we sat him down and forced him to watch Dane Cook's half hour Comedy Central special. The entire time, my father just looked at the screen, baffled, and asked 'Where are the jokes? What's supposed to be funny?' Watching it through his eyes, my brother and I were completely embarrassed, and we looked at each other and asked ourselves, 'Does Dane Cook actually suck?' And no one has thought about 'Employee of the Month' in the last 14 years. I never saw it, but I distinctly remember the terrible reviews of it back in 2007. Also, this is a petty gripe, but facts are facts: A quick google search reveals that relentless high intensity swimming will burn, at most, roughly 820 calories per hour. Not the '1,000 calories in 44 minutes' accompanied by footage of Dane Cook floating around a swimming pool. It would be great if light swimming burned half a day's food intake -- or, twice as many calories as sprinting -- but that is not the case.

[@whims6278]

I had a similar experience with my sister and I showing our mom back inthe day and her being like 😑

[@shaunsmith9013]

I hated that comedy special. Just a bunch of yelling "WOULDNT IT BE COOL BEING AN ALIEN!!" I got tricked into liking him a little after that movie "Waiting" cuz I bigly identified as the disgruntled restraunt cook😂

[@bigbearkat2010]

I remember me and my roommate laughing at the Employee of the Month tv spots mostly for the way Dax Shepard goes "This an 81 Honda, HOW DARE YOU?!"

[@ianporter2446]

Also his form is pretty terrible so he wouldn't even be burning that much

[@Chudchanning]

Me and my buddy saw employee of the month in theaters when we were like 14, there were only 2 other people there and we spent our time interacting with them

[@skimpenguin]

“where have you been all my life” bro she was literally a child until you were 46

[@glamglam8347]

notice how he was like "ive never loved a woman like i loved her" yeah bc she was 15 when you met her

[@DecoraGarfoid]

🤮

[@yindi4758]

​@@glamglam8347also that's something you hear gr00mers say all the time. "I've never felt like this before🥺" just trying to wire the young mind to feel special. They aren't infatuated with the person they're infatuated with their age. And I'm not saying age gaps are bad. But there's a difference between an age gap and buttering up a minor so when they're 18 you'll wife them

[@BrightNeonBrilliancy]

That Vanessa Hudgens thing made me so sad when I was younger. I remember being so confused why he was making fun of her when she didn't do anything wrong, and now as an adult this is just so icky to rewatch.

[@dinosaysrawr]

Learning about that from a Dreamsounds video the other day really made me thankful for Me Too and the essential paradigm shift it sparked. Dane Cook would be cancelled today for that comment, and it'd be well-deserved.

[@tangibleterror2421]

I was unaware that had happened. I've never been into award shows. But seeing it now made me want to pull a Jada on Dane Cook. So unnecessary and gross. It sucks when comedians punch down. Bullying isn't comedy.

[@brokencandy1797]

He was at a kid's show. Why would a person bring that up in a room full of children?

[@Gnormous]

Not all losers are groomers, but all groomers are losers. Dane is a groomer

[@glamglam8347]

hes both

[@stephaniel6350]

All aboard!

[@blaah9999]

Ooo would love you to talk about Russel Brand. He went from raunchy comic to antivaxx self help guru real fast. Like I feel like he literally became his character from forgetting sarah marshall. Edit: well this aged well…

[@ANYHOO0]

Always funny when people who injected heroin and anything else they could find, probably with the occasional dirty needle, are afraid of a vaccine.

[@punchdrunkassassin]

Just like how Joe Rogan became his character from NewsRadio. Talk about overcommitting to the bit 😅

[@webofstarlight]

I thought he had some interesting things to say when he was more leftist. But then he sold out to the far right to pander to a wider audience and far right money.

[@corsetedwasteland2630]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one to say that. He took that character an RAN. I watched a bit of him when I got clean (his version of the 12 steps was more my speed 😅) and the longer I watched the crazier he became. I stopped watching when he started promoting 5G Covid horseshit.

[@h33-q8w]

There's nothing wrong with Russel brand! He just doesn't pander to all these woke sheep. That's not a bad thing, unless you're a brainwashed lefty who can't think for yourself. 😂

[@sumw3318]

Notice how most people who were fans of him were teenagers when they enjoyed his content. He really does just make edgy jokes for kids. Good to know that he caters to teens in two ways - through his comedy and through grooming them!

[@TititoDeBologay]

I highly doubt Gen Z goes to his show. More like similar age and minded dudes, in a state of arrested development.

[@Lylah-bo9vp]

God that's disgusting

[@knitwitchpgh]

Facttsss i thought he was hilarious. Course i watched a lot of trash tv and movies to impress a boy 🙄

[@discobones]

This shit literally happened to me when I was 16-18. My neighbor had a friend who was 28 when I was 16 and I really enjoyed hanging out with him. He made me laugh all the time and was really ingratiating himself with me. Cut to a few months after I turned 18 and he was about to turn 30, and he ASKED ME TO BE HIS GIRLFRIEND. Not even just asked me on a date. I was completely blindsided and utterly confused. It made no sense and came out of nowhere, from my perspective. I said yes to him because I was just in shock and didn't want to lose my friend. He gave it one month before he gave up and dumped me because I had zero interest in him romantically. I think we kissed one time, and I was not into it. I didn't realize until recent years that he was grooming me so that I would say yes when he asked me to be his GF. So sickening to think about now. This is exactly what happened with Dane and this girl, clearly, but in her case there is also a massive power imbalance at play as well as fame.. and I just feel so much for her. I hope she can process everything like I have and get out of there. Why are so many men like this?? What is WRONG with fully grown ass adult men, in my case a man with his own daughter already, going after literal CHILDREN for romantic relationships?!

[@strawb_short_cake]

I'm so sorry you had to go through that :/ it is so common for teenage girls to have grown adult men harrass, approach and groom them, and I'm just so disgusted by people normalizing it or making jokes at the expense of these children (instead of the creepy predators). When you are young, you want so badly to be seen as an adult, so when someone much older hangs out with you and tells you how mature you are, you think of it as a compliment. I'm in my late 20's now and the thought of dating someone in their teens makes me want to throw up...it's not normal to be attracted to teenagers. I also wish that a lot of people realized that the younger person in the relationship might only realize the true extent of what happened and how traumatizing it was until they are older/out of the relationship. Just because they seem fine NOW dating this much older person, doesn't mean that it won't seriously harm and traumatize them in the long term. I'm slowly unpacking a lot of stuff in therapy that happened when I was younger and I either suppressed or rationalized in my memory - I'm just now realizing how messed up and wrong some of these things were and how the adults that were supposed to protect me actually failed me. I can't see men like Dane Cook as anything other than pedophiles. It's just gross...

[@LittleRedWhine]

Yeah a girl I met in college dated Dane Cook when she was 16 so he’s a liar about waiting until girls are 18. Even tho that lie is STILL creepy, that’s still a lie, he just actually dates teen children

[@berserk4souls]

Not only did Chris Delia rip off Dane Cook’s comedy, he also ripped off his interest in young teen girls.

[@Kayla-rd5jd]

yeah i never knew much abt him but when i looked it up, it’s well documented that he often hung out with teenage girls under the age of 18, some of which invited to these “game nights” he hosts. joey king has gone in the past when she was only 16. his current wife was first pictured at one at 17. so my question is how did he meet them to end up inviting them to game night? or who does he know that knew them to invite them? i just can’t imagine anyone around his age or even as young as mid to late 20s wanting to invite a teen to their gatherings unless it’s one of their kids. i’m a 25 year old woman & id still feel weird if i was hanging out with people my age & one invited a teen girl unless it was like my sisters friend & my sister was there. he’s so creepy

[@SaVanityVan]

Hate to tell you but the vast majority of male celebrities do this. It's not even a secret and wasn't considered shameful until very recently. Musicians and comics are the worst at it, and 16 is tame, many go lower. My mom told me she and a friend rode on Iggi Pop's tour bus for like a month screwing him and his band when she was 14. Even huge artists like the Red Hot Chili peppers and like every band from the 70s and 80s openly wrote about the young teens they slept with in their memoirs.

[@francisnopantses1108]

​@SaVanityVan It was very common in the music industry yes but not particularity so for comics, whose vice tends to be alcoholism, not chasing teenagers. Also the collective mood has changed a lot about these things.

[@kallamarsspouse]

@@SaVanityVan That makes the vast majority of male celebrities p3dophiles 💀

[@swiftxrt]

Community has a great Dane Cook joke where Jeff needs to know if his blow-off class is easy enough so he finds a Dane Cook fan amongst the other students and asks if they are "passing this class". When the Dane Cook fan acknowledges that he is passing the class, Jeff knows that class is easy enough to be a good blow-off class admittedly, that joke is the only reason I know about the existence of Dane Cook.

[@Ailacatailu]

I’m 23 and idk who this fool is, but I dated a 32 year old when I was 19 and was “mature for my age” and it was awful. The power imbalances when you’re that young is real

[@trippingthelight]

100% great insight! folks in these kinds of relationships, though maybe not consciously, are attracted to a certain power dynamic for sure. It’s never as simple as “I’m just attracted to them as a person and that’s it”.

[@codirennke1109]

I'm 33 now but when I was 21 I dated a man who was 33. I've always been mature for my age as well, but looking back he really played me and manipulated me and took advantage of me. I have a different view on huge age gap relationships as I get older. It's the extremely immature and narcissistic men that go after women significantly younger.

[@perrytheplatyhoe3501]

This, I was with people in their early 30s when I was 20-21 and it was horrible and affects me mentally to this day

[@publicCheese]

Ugh I dated a 36 year old when I was 18 and thought I was sooo cool and mature. Looking back now I feel so gross about it.

[@insomniacraccoon]

Note for ANYONE who might be reading this. Someone telling you that you're mature for your age is a red flag and you should RUN. That person does NOT have your best interest in mind.

[@jongkittae]

the way kelsi is somehow the adult in this relationship despite him being literally 26 years older than her 💀 girl get out of there i promise the money isnt worth it also,,, the only thing getting shredded in that video is his audio wtf is all that noise

[@triumphantpeanut5726]

I remember Dane Cook not being funny back in 2007, and I was 26 at the time. Someone must have sarcastically told him back then “hey, Dane! Don’t you ever change!” And he said “ok! 😃 “ & till this day he has kept his word.👍

[@dinosaysrawr]

This comment is funnier than any joke Dane Cook has ever told.

[@triumphantpeanut5726]

@@dinosaysrawr that’s pretty bad 😂 my point exactly

[@brittneybrisbin744]

1:43 "all kids...including his fiancee" killed me😂

[@rathikes]

at my 6th grade talent show the kid hosting it was just doing Dane Cook jokes/impressions between talents and i don’t think i’ll ever forget how embarrassing that was for him

[@SillyStupidLilHoe]

6th grade oh no

[@dalailarose1596]

Oof, that's rough.

[@AngelusaNobilis]

Omg that’s fucking hilarious.

[@thevilaemina]

He always disgusted me, thank you for publicly criticizing him. His popularity was so annoying.

[@dinosaysrawr]

His only remotely-good joke is the "EVERYBODY GETS HUMPBACK WHALES!" bit, IMHO.

[@emmasmith2136]

Love how the comments section basically turned into a group therapy session for recovering Dane Cook fans. Eighth-grade me had a lot to learn. 😅

[@elisa-beary]

OMG imagine how awful and humiliated vanessa was?!? It’s like everyone laughing at you in high school times THE WORLD. Heartbreaking! At any age.

[@alyzu4755]

"Who wants to see 'Employee of the Month 2'?" No one. No one in the world wants to see that.

[@keaton_]

Nobody wanted the first one, so I’m not sure why he chose to want a sequel for that one. Probably because nobody from Waiting wanted to do a third one with him.

[@SillyStupidLilHoe]

Hey the girl was hot in that 😡

[@amystrader5139]

didn’t want to see the first either

[@stephendexheimer7914]

I will admit Employee of the Month was actually a funny movie but Dax Shepard stole the show every scene he was in

[@stellanox]

@@stephendexheimer7914 Yeah, I was about to comment that the only funny part of that movie was Dax Shepard, and I guarantee you he isn't interested in a sequel.

[@Winter-aka-Winnie]

Wow this brings back some memories I wish I didn't have. Considering I've personally had my own traumatic experience with this scum bucket and his friend, I can't imagine how many other women do!! My friend and I were 16 and 17!! And he was in his 30s. Yup my skin is crawling.

[@Aelffwynn]

Oof. I'm sorry that happened to you and your friend. Glad you got away and are on to better things though.

[@sammieadams7369]

You are by far my favorite KZbinr. Not only are you witty, but it is backed up by intelligent commentary. I love when you talk about how you could have improved a movie’s plot and made it be more impactful. You are hilarious, yes, but also so smart

[@dollinterrupted]

Yes nick always backs it up with constructive criticism I love that

[@YvonneJerCocktailsJer]

I have watched so much Nick I instinctively read this in a sarcastic voice😂

[@dinosaysrawr]

I also love how Nick consistently manages to sneak a serious educational segment into videos on lighthearted and goofy topics.

[@meghansullivan6812]

yes!!! his suggestions are always so brilliant and simple yet i never would've come up w them!

[@dmanentertament125]

Nick is a horrible person and is not a good human being. Y'all are here bashing dane cook for what does that make y'all feel better about y'all life. Nick can't make it on his own so he had to bash Dane cook and cook's fanbase. Nick should look in the mirror and realize that he is the worst. Dane cook has his own life and is one of the nicest people you could ever meet. Y'all don't know dane cook, I met him and he was the nicest he could ever be. Y'all don't have to like dane cook but shouldn't bash him for his life. Y'all ain't perfect

[@OrNaurItsKat]

Ah yes Dane Cook, the epitome of edgy college guy humor. Why did we let him happen?

[@mechanomics2649]

We let him happen because of edgy college guys. You've answered your own question.

[@francisnopantses1108]

He was the "clean" Tucker Max. TM's self loathing was more apparent by the end. I can icky how he grew up because he hasn't been heard from for years, but meanwhile Steve Crowder is out there and has only gotten worse.

[@cv6442]

​@francisnopantses1108 ahh you mean "Serial-Wife-Abuser-Steven-Crowder"? I believe that's his legal name now, or at least he should be! 😅

[@bigbearkat2010]

Because we were in college and mistakenly thought edgy meant the same as cool

[@dilapidatedcastillo500]

​@@francisnopantses1108 oh crap. I haven't heard or read the god awful name Tucker Max in years. A friend of mine was enamored by him before he released his book (later turned into a movie) and got big. He was an egotistical pos then. He and his buddies were sloshed from the time the sun rose til the sun set. I can't believed they didn't pickle their livers. I honestly have no idea how he somehow made it big, even for a fraction of a second.

[@carlak.5346]

Oh gosh, I'd managed to forget all about this guy. I can't believe he's still out here being unfunny.

[@courtneybeall8421]

I used to think he was so funny. Now I know my brain wasn’t finished developing at that point 😂❤

[@Silvermoon424]

Literally, I thought he was so funny when I was 13 but now I understand that my brain was just mush lmao. The same goes for why I thought Family Guy was funny.

[@cowgrll]

I’m 24 and I didn’t know who Dane Cook was at the height of his popularity but I’m still old enough to remember the cinematic atrocity Good Luck Chuck and his career falling off. I figured he just ended up on Cameo with the other has-beens but I see it’s much worse than I imagined.

[@WaterDrinker666]

so many people spend so much time asking “Can you make jokes like this today?” that they forget to ask if the joke is actually funny.

[@Kurious_Kiwi]

"Anybody who has seen photographic evidence of your penis died in 7 days" had me spit out my coffee 💀

[@sholem_bond]

Now I'm just thinking about Sadako climbing out of Dane Cook's urethra lol

[@cailynj4680]

When my mom first started using youtube, she used it almost exclusively to watch clips of Dane Cook. I couldn't get her to stop.

[@JLB0880]

I hope she’s better now.

[@fairy6126]

i did too when i was in elementary school

[@francisnopantses1108]

Oh lord the cringe. I can relate. My mother thinks astrology is real and she can tell your sign after just meeting you.

[@sabaducia]

Is she okay? I need to know what happened to her 😭

[@cailynj4680]

@@sabaducia She died a proud Dane Cook fan, unfortunately.

[@cyanidesmile7263]

We have a word for a person who waits until someone they met as a child turns the bare minimum age before dating them, but what do i know, I'm apparently on the toxic gossip train🚂

[@ariellesketch4501]

That “Are you still a fan of Dane Cook, if so, what was your grade point average in high school?” line for me 😂

[@pnutty5139]

I had a friend who bartended and had a few run ins with Dane Cook. All she had to say ahout him was he was a total douchebag. Nothing surprising there lol

[@MusiciansRule07]

If someone significantly older than you shows romantic interest in you whether you're underage or not, ask yourself why they can't get someone their own age and RUN. I know there are exceptions and age gap relationships can work out but in this particular case? It's giving Groomer. It's giving Loser. It's giving Colleen Ballinger and NO ONE should ever be like Colleen Ballinger. I hope she gets away from him before children get involved. Dane Cook isn't funny and he gives me the ICK. He reminds me of seniors who date freshman. He's a mess! NO.

[@alenyaus]

seniors who date freshmen but make it senior citizens

[@erickamorgan4564]

Yeah a three Tito four year age gap is so icky. Says the child.

[@RabbiJoeInJerusalem]

At the wedding, I assume the aisles were divided into "bride's party" and "groomer's party."

[@Ledraali]

As a swimmer, I've never laughed harder than watching that clip of him near drowning with Chase Atlantic as the soundtrack. I've seen toddlers with a better swimming stroke.

[@hhoges9895]

Legit! I used to swim competitively and that technique is 😅😅 maybe that’s how he burns so many calories, because his technique is so inefficient

[@TheCyberQuaker]

The photos of Huggins were not revenge porn but because her phone was hacked, which ended up happening to many other celebrities. It really makes what Dane said even worse

[@TheCyberQuaker]

Also, in Dane's history of joke stealing, he was basically stealing the type of misogynistic "jokes" that Jay Leno and others made about Pamela Anderson

[@tetramputecture]

Little pedantic, but it still fits the definition of revenge porn (per Wikipedia): “the distribution of sexually explicit images or videos of individuals without their consent.” The victim being a former partner is just a common element, not a requirement for it to fit the definition.

[@ErikaCartet]

@@tetramputectureyeah there could definitely be a better term for it because there’s so much that falls under the umbrella of revenge porn that has nothing to do with “revenge,” makes it a little confusing if you’ve mainly only heard it brought up in that one specific context

[@AnxiousEwok]

The only thing I remember about Dane Cook in his prime is that when I was in high school art class a kid put one of his comedy cds in the cd player so the whole class was forced to listen to it and Dane immediately cussed so the teacher turned it off lol.

[@Sevenpuddingsx]

Man this really takes me back 15 years. I was super into him as a teenager, friends with him on Myspace. I guess if you can cringe at your past self, you havent grown and changed...? Edit: my gpa was low, tyvm

[@AshChiCupcak]

I feel less alone now for also liking him as a teenager. Ive grown over the past 20 years while he has not 🙄

[@MsTinkerbelle87]

Right??? It was weird af looking back🫨

[@MegCazalet]

Oh dear, I can’t bear to watch this. Dane was my friend for a short time back when he was just doing stand-up. I was for a time back then, happy that he seemed to have a bright future, and have hated watching his downfall, his transgressions and frankly stupid choices that I didn’t know about. I wished he had just retired into a quiet comfortable life after his career initially crumbled. My stomach literally hurts. 😢

[@eggedbread]

i am so sorry you had to experience that, a personal relationship with dane cook is a punishment i wouldnt wish on my worst enemy. i wish you strength and triumphant healing

[@samsalamander8147]

He seems like he is probably at least nice in person. He seems like the type of guy to remember your kids name and ask about them like he knew them.

[@angelofthe2000s]

@@samsalamander8147yeah before trying to hit on them 💀

[@adeer87]

@@samsalamander8147 I would not let him around my kids tho ngl

[@samsalamander8147]

@@angelofthe2000s he takes special interest in your Daughters and maybe wife too but always forgets you have a son! Ya, I could definitely see that!

[@LegendOfKitty]

Anyone who's ever swam competitively knows that that man's form is worse than a toddler on their first day of swim lessons.

[@GretchenWienersxo]

I only learn to swim at Girl Scout camp, and I know his form is terrible…. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone use a snorkel in a pool besides little kids playing around.

[@Schylove12]

Anyone who has ever seen another human swim would know that, probably

[@KireiC]

Tbh I thought that shitty form was the punchline. Edit: until it appeared he was serious

[@tonkatsuchan]

Brendan Fraser can still hit it anytime. No shame.

[@TheKekethatsGenderfluidDuh]

This has me out of breath 😭😂 understandable tho

[@stephaniel6350]

The vast difference in character between him and Dane Cook is why

[@KelseyDrummer]

Honestly he's a wonderful soul and I would have to agree.

[@Catherine-lr3ul]

Nick I love so much how you always add in social and historical context for the oppressive institutional systems that come up in what you're talking about.. it makes a video like this not just a look at something that's horrible, but a way to work through that thing especially when you've been affected by it. I always leave your videos feeling better and less alone walking through the world. Thank you ❤

[@cloudshad0ws]

Agreed. I imagine, for a lot of people, Nick's videos may be the only place they're exposed to a lot of the more serious, underlying systemic and societal issues that affect all of us. He deserves a bigger platform.

[@xaicho]

dake cook, the man who perfected the art of making statement, then saying it louder and calling it a joke.

[@jordanwhite352]

Dane Cook is prepping me for what other horrible older millennials like myself are going to be like in 20 years from now. Slowly realizing as I get older that the way my mom hated her generation. I'm going to hate mines too.

[@virginiadare1587]

Meanwhile, Gen Xers are too busy hating ourselves to hate each other. 😉😉

[@jordanwhite352]

@@virginiadare1587 You guys are basically the new boomers and my gen will be next in 2040.

[@keaton_]

@@jordanwhite352 Good thing Gen X had good music and higher likelihood of agreeing to therapy going for them compared to Boomers. They might not be that bad. 😬

[@mariya_tortilla]

lol not all of us millennials are the same, you should know this

[@rikkirikki4892]

@@mariya_tortillaRight, but there is a tendency as we get older to be more reticent to change and to push back on younger people. I’m a millennial too, and we know we’re not all the same, but as we age we have to make more of a concerted effort to open mindedness. And there certainly a particular type of millennial that I’m also starting to dislike in the same way that we all disliked our parents generations. Time marches on for all of us lmao.

[@kayk480]

Dane Cook always annoyed me when I was younger because he just yelled his jokes and they were never funny to begin with. Like, bro, your jokes aren’t any funnier just because you yelled when reciting them…

[@ashleyb3527]

I remember thinking Dane cook was so cool as a teenager. I'm so glad he didn't think I was cool when I was a teenager 😳😳😳

[@8bitdaydreams]

Ugh I remember so many frat boys in freshman year of college thought he was hilarious. Literally haven’t laughed once at his stand up.

[@Cove_Blue]

It's making me feel good about myself that I always hated this dude

[@not_you_i_dont_even_know_you]

Right? The ick vibe has always been potent 🤢

[@SeaDubya]

I’ve been on the wrong end of these relationships and I cannot finish this. This is the first time I have to nope for my own sanity.

[@angelalovell5669]

Good work, mate. Self care is community care. Everyone else is better for you looking out, keep it up ❤

[@mijajajaja]

Dane Cook 2023 looks like a "Team America World Police" Puppet version of 2006 Dane Cook

[@jamesonp3873]

Ugh, he was a big deal when I was in high school. Hated him then, but what was worst was trying to get friends into Mitch Hedberg, only for them to say they'd prefer Dane Cook's mediocrity.

[@mgeorge487able]

RIP Mitch ❤

[@jamesonp3873]

@mgeorge487able Mitch All Together is still one of my favorite stand-up sets of all time.

[@fonnireed]

When I was in middle school I loved Dane Cook. I made my parents take me to one of his movies (I literally can’t remember the name but it was with Jessica alba) and we walked out after the first 15 minutes because it was so bad. I realized the way he talked about girls in his comedy specials made me super self conscious about myself. Ugh, don’t care for him whatsoever.

[@eaharms3544]

I heard the "Where have you been all my life?" joke in a radio show from the 40's. There the punchline was "For 2/3rds of it she wasn't born yet."

[@AshChiCupcak]

Oh no, I love when i get to be reminded how funny i used to think he was when i was a teenager. I didnt know any better 😭

[@MickeyDee1984]

Same😢

[@Alaxamber]

Brendon deserves all the love♡ could get a night with anyone yet has been with his wife for years. Great man. *edited because yet is better than but

[@toecutterjones]

The fact that Nick would bang Brendan Fraser makes me love him even more.

[@TeddyLovesAxl]

Exactly!🫶🏻🤘🏻

[@please_im_a_staaar]

Now we need a video on Rob Schneider and the movie "Hot Chick" he did with Rachel McAdams and Anna Faris to complete the narrative about embarrassing comedians from the 2000's.

[@nannettefreeman7331]

While searching for case law to cite while defending myself against an unlawful eviction about a decade ago, I came across a ton of very detailed paperwork (motions, judgements, appeals, etc) from Dane's eviction from a place he rented in Hollywood, late 2000s/early 2010s. I forget the exact dates. He lost, so I didn't use any of it, but I read through it just for a laugh. He was exactly the kind of tenant you'd imagine him to be!

[@KelseyDrummer]

I'm so curious. Good thing I have a day off to waste researching. Did you win your case?

[@rowanmccracken5041]

I remember seeing clips of this guy on KZbin back in the day…God we were easily impressed back then

[@captainstefanie]

Oh hell yeah!! I’m so excited to see Nick read Dane Cook for filth.

[@aphrabehn8646]

I remember when people said an English degree was the "Dane Cook of University" and I hated that in uni but considering most of my male classmates pretty much became Dane Cooks 😬

[@CC-ce8md]

also im glad that i watched this video at a reasonable hour bc that uncomfortably long clip of him "swimming" is the kind of thing that would make me laugh until i couldnt breathe if i watched it at like 4 am

[@NoxNyx666]

I'm like a year or two older than you and HONEST to god, I absolutely forgot he existed until the news that he's engaged came out. Like he is forgetable.

[@not_you_i_dont_even_know_you]

The same way gum under park penches is forgettable until you get a hand in it. Alarming, slimy, best forgotten

[@justicebeske5704]

I remember years ago, there was a youtube channel that made tons of lego animations of a lego dane cook getting killed by different things, called stuff like dane cook gets killed by monster or dane cook gets burned alive

[@amethysthill3359]

I watched one of his lives where he was shirtless, in a hot tub, and he was only interacting with very young looking girls on TT. Very weird vibes. I mean, obviously, you wouldn't be fully clothed in a hot tub, but the way he only talked to very younger girls was creepy. He looked like a plastic water bottle that melted in the sun.

[@PhoenixHinds]

I had all but forgotten of Dane Cook's existence. I believe I found him amusing for a week or two way back in the day.

[@CalvinChikelue]

Cook’s dig at Vanessa Hudgens was just so vile & shameful. It was already disgusting that Disney essentially made Hudgens apologize for being victimized but then to go to an awards show & have some scumbag comic prolong the shame for several months more by insulting you to a live & broadcasted audience of thousands on thousands is simply devastating. Like you honestly couldn’t pick any other “jokes” to fill time, Dane Cook? So much of culture, both then & now, is so eager to equate having intimate pics literally stolen & distributed without consent to some sort of earnest distribution of pornography, particularly when the subject is a woman, & it’s truly sickening.

[@Davey_Da_Vinci]

He isn't dead? You learn something new every day

[@InfinitelyAnon]

Maybe tomorrow will be better

[@TeddyLovesAxl]

I don’t even know who he is 🤦‍♀️ 😂

[@jessicadavis7950]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@chrissie627]

To leave the angel Brendan Fraser out of this, Dane Cooks face went full John Travolta aging wise

[@reynaolvera7526]

I know I immediately felt an urge to protect him.

[@Listening_Books12345]

Oof, modern day Dane Cook is rocking the swole angry dad bod, half gym time, half six packs of beer. Edit: Also, here's the thing about age gap relationships: the creep factor is proportional to how young the younger half was when you met, as well as how established they are as a person when the relationship starts. If you want a relationship that isn't met with raised eyebrows and side-eyes, just date people closer to your own age.

[@MostDefinitelyNotRosie]

I saw "Good Luck Chuck" in theaters. I was in 7th grade. Definitely made me learn disassociation quick

[@dead_yami]

Rent-a-center took his ladder and now he’s stuck in the Sims pool

[@TikiShades]

This is a top-tier video. You're killing it, Nick!

[@ukchanak]

When they met and she was 15, he was 41. Jesus

[@DirectionerKelso1202]

Employee of the Month and Waiting… are two of my comfort movies forever. I swear that man was in EVERYTHING in the 2000s.

[@KelseyDrummer]

My comfort movies too!

[@bajablastfreezetm8135]

the one time I have heard Dane Cook's name uttered in real life, like a dark incantation, was when a friend of mine was admitting that she thought he was funny, because literally the only thing people know about Dane Cook is that he isn't funny

[@djf750]

Now please do the "Dane Cook" of game show hosts, Mr. Pat Sajak, the talent-less Zillionaire whose retirement made International headlines.

[@richardvinsen2385]

Pat Sakak is so annoying he makes me long for the good old days of Chuck Woolery.

[@ericb9252]

Dane Cook's only contribution to the world was playing The Waffler in Mystery Men

[@reynaolvera7526]

His best role for me was the cook in Waiting. Funny because now I look back Ryan Reynolds character was Dane Cook in real life 😮

[@Maialeen]

That tiktok of gramps swimming with the grace and ability of a 6 year old in water while Chase Atlantic's Swim plays...as if it's actually about swimming. He's funny in a sad way and it's not even intentional. So concerned with aging he makes himself seem even older and isn't even aware of it.

[@JoseCGaray-gp7mt]

I am not from the US so i don't know much about what happened to Vanessa except that it was awful for her, but I'm telling you, when I saw this clip where this person said "Keep your clothes on" I had to pause of pure disgust and shock at how disrespectful he was being. Damn, the lack of brain.

[@angelalovell5669]

It's exhausting having to wait years, if not decades, for people to catch up on someone being a garbage person when it's patentnly obvious.

[@francisnopantses1108]

I recall during Cook's downfall that everyone was simping for him and calling him a great guy. That's clearly not the case. I feel vindicated.

[@vintagearisen]

"Who wants to see Employee of the Month 2" Girl we didn't even see Employee of the Month 1

[@jeremyusreevu237]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Calling Dane Cook a "comedy sensation" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Funny joke, Nick! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@cc-terfay]

Oh goodness everyone strap in for this one! Dane Cook…haven’t heard that name is a while

[@carter7517]

Just flashed back to my teenhood being told regularly not to take naked pictures of myself under any circumstances. It really was a different time.

[@redvelvetunderground]

back in the 2000s dane cook was pretty notorious in online comedy circles for talking to and being inappropriate to underage girls on yahoo messenger, doesn't feel all that surprising he never stopped being creepy towards them 20+ years later

[@CaptainKarebear]

The only thing I remember about Dane Cook was finding him funny when I like 15 and a freshman in high school along with some friends, and a couple of guys went to to show the cool teacher (a dude who was in his mid-late 20s at the time and just super chill and made science fun) some clips of Dane's comedy and this teacher sat them down and told them how none of that was funny and these guys immediately stopped watching anything Dane Cook related. 😅

[@boatymsboatface3929]

I’ve never thought of a pool as a horizontal mosh pit before

[@nicssocks]

am I evil for wanting Nick to suffer through watching Dane Cook’s movie (or whatever it is?) just so I can laugh at him

[@longlivethesheet4561]

I’ve laughed at Dane Cook a total of two times Once in Mystery Men, the other was in Detention

[@MessiestJessie]

The age difference between him and that girl makes me feel so gross and then the jokes he made make me want to throw up. Gross creepy bad nasty gross.🤢

[@Tijggie82]

"They could be really mature" aka traumatized and needing to grown up faster than children should have.

[@eabaggins]

I had no idea who Dane Cook was before this video, and after it, I'd like to continue not to know.