Retaliation (W/Dvd)

Dane Cook | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 26, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 3
• Label: Comedy Central
• ASIN: B0009W5ITW
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (145 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,994 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Comedy Central dose it again!, July 26, 2005

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as-seen-on-tv - See all my reviews

This review is from: Retaliation (W/Dvd) (Audio CD)

Like many, I counted down the days until Dane Cook's second CD release "Retaliation" would be released in stores. A half hour after my local record store opened, I finally got my hands on it, the day of its release.

The packaging is fantastic. The case is in the style of previous Comedy Central albums where the package folds out to reveal two CDs and a DVD.

The CDs contain over 100 minuets of "new" material. I emphasize new because if you've followed Dane's career step by step, (as evident in the DVD) some of his material was used before, but not in his previous CD. The bits are very good, although there are some week spots, just like in almost every comedy CD.

As a loyal fan of Dane's first CD "Harmful if Swallowed", I found that one to be a little more complete than this one. Any fan knows how to quote "Harmful if Swallowed" cover to cover, and may find it difficult to do that here. You may not be able to quote some bits from "Retaliation", but that doesn't mean its not good.

The DVD is also very good. This contains MANY bits from the show Crank Yankers as well as Shorties Watching Shorties. In addition to those are two others which can be seen edited or unedited.

It helps to hear (and watch) his first release before this one, as he makes references to past bits (one word....shoes). Overall this was very well done, but not entirely up to par with "Harmful".

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AWESOME, August 4, 2005

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Abby "Chlorine Queen" (Minnesota) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Retaliation (W/Dvd) (Audio CD)

There are some bitter reviewers on here for some reason, I'm not entirely sure why.

Dane Cook's latest CD rocks my socks-- It has a slightly different flavor that "Harmful When Swallowed", but it is still very funny.

Much of the first CD was review for me because I unknowingly ruined it for myself by watching Dane's TV appearences on his website. I had no idea those jokes would appear on Retaliation, but it was still funny. My boyfriend and I were both supremely disillusioned by the DVD-- I didn't need to pay extra money for that. I thought it was going to be clips from his stand-up (though the Tourgasm promo was very good!), not blurbs from miscellaneous Comedy Central crap.

I absolutely loved the bits about wanting a legacy, the "nothing" fights, the car alarms, ect ect ect.

Like "Harmful When Swallowed", this CD is extremely quotable and is a excellent choice to play with a group of friends in your living room on a Friday night. SO FRIGGIN FUNNY.

I wouldn't recommend it if I thought it sucked, I assure you.

Buy it buy it buy it.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars New wave of comedy., August 14, 2005

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A dude "hellraiser" (The bottom of the spiral) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Retaliation (W/Dvd) (Audio CD)

A lot of people are rough on Dane because he isn't a typical comedian. People like George Carlin or John Stewart are literal comics. They tell jokes and make observations where the emphasis is on the straight material and the delivery is more of an afterthought. Those comics do well in book form as well as to hear, and generally are better on paper than aloud.

Dane Cook is of the opposite mold. He realizes he's telling the jokes and that he's on stage, so he really plays with the potential of his medium. It's true that nothing on this CD is going to make you re-evaluate the world around you or have any kind of epiphany, but you will laugh your ass off guaranteed.

Dane's humor is partly in his bizarre outlook at the world around him, such as his plans for making himself a legend or how happy he is to see someone get hit by a car. But the real meat of the CD is in his delivery. His choice of words and the way he delivers them. It's impossible to describe just why Dane is funny, you have to hear him for yourself. He doesn't have revolutionary ideas, but he will say things in oblique ways that will make you laugh almost out of surprise.

Get this set. For $13 for two CDs and a DVD it's a steal. I'd say if you're a fan of Brian Regan or Mitch Hedberg, you'll like Dane.