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David Spade - Take the Hit

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I recorded David Spade's 1998 HBO Special Take the Hit and VHS and nearly wore the tape down rewatching it over and over ith my friends. We wrote HBO petitioning them to release this on DVD, because our copy got so grainy and I recorded over his introduction with a little amateur home video. But believe me when I say, this is the funniest thing I've ever seen. I can recite it by heart. Spade's sarcastic delivery is perfect and the guy is excessively quotable. Highlights include the bits about Brad Pitt going to his school for one year, Spade's kickball skills, and why he likes the zoo so much. Buy this DVD! It will not disappoint. And David, if you're reading this, I need a job. Hook it up, bro.

I don't care if you dislike Spade's movies or his television shows, this concert is incredibly well written and performed. Great delivery and self-depricating humor. I have listened to this show about a hundred times and it is still fresh and great observational humor. Buy this, you will laugh, a lot.

"Take the Hit" is quite possibly the best stand-up comedy I have ever seen. I love Dane Cook and Chris Rock, but David Spade's "Take the Hit" is the best 60 minutes of comedy money can buy.
I'm afraid that the title of this review contains more truth than I would like to admit. About 7 years ago, I saw pieces of Spade's HBO special on an improv comedy TV show (the original routine was heavily edited), and I've been obsessed ever since. I don't know if I ever laughed so hard sitting alone in my living room. I downloaded the audio from the internet, and I've listened to it countless times. I listened to the audio with my friends (who also found it hilarious...of course), and our conversations became infused with David Spade quotations and allusions. There was only one problem: I could NEVER find any type of video copy of the stand-up routine anywhere. Problem solved.

NOTHING. The part about Brad Pitt going to his school is beyond hilarious, and the way he phrases the bit about not knowing Queen or Wham! were gay -- laugh-cramp-inducing, to say the least. I, too, had it on VHS and was afraid to play it one more time in case it melted. Even after meeting him in person and not being at all impressed with his arrogance, I absolutely love his humor and especially his delivery--and that's saying a lot for an unforgiving Italian like me! LOL

Very, very funny, witty and full of the great sarcasm we have grown to know and love from David Spade

I, like the other reviewers, have become well acquainted with this material after repeated watching (and listening). While I dig this stand-up (it spent a long time on my Top 5 All-time favorite stand-ups), it is the same material Spade used for years. He still uses a lot of this material in his live stand-up today and he had this material from his start. It is still a great special, effectively his career "best of".

Awesome. Like most of the other reviewers I downloaded the audio version of this gig from the 'net and have given it a major flogging over the years. I too had a grainy VHS copy taped off television that I used to introduce friends and family to this perfect stand-up routine. Eternally quotable and infinitely watchable. Thankyou HBO for finally relenting to the constant pleas from us all and releasing this on DVD!

I currently have this DVD on order and I am VERY excited about it being shipped. As a previous reviewer has indicated, I also wrote HBO in hopes of getting this produced (maybe it worked!). I too downloaded this a long time ago and that CD has seen some serious play (thanks Napster!). I have only seen the stand-up once on HBO, the day it aired for the first time, so I always have to explain the Everclear bit when he explains how much will get a girl wasted and how much will kill her. There is not a part in this stand-up which is unfunny, I might have to buy two copies cause I know I'll wear one out. David Spade, you have cursed me because everytime I'm on a flight now I have to make the "boing" sound of the call button and laugh and everyone around me thinks I'm crazy. Pulled the ol dipsy doodle on that one.

David Spade turned out to be surprisingly funny in this one. Generally, I am not a David Spade fan: I don't care much for The Rules of Engagement but Take the Hit was Spade's funniest and best performance. The plus side is he does not discuss subject he has no interest in; such as politics and he plays to his strengths, such as naughty sex jokes and taboo subjects. His best bits is his joke about Jon Benet Ramsey. I won't spoil the surprise but your jaw will drop in shocked disbelief. And his rant against the USA network for editing out B-rated films which contain a lot of nudity and are edited down to PG cleanliness had me laughing off of my seat!