Rough Around the Edges: Live from Madison Square Garden [CD+DVD]

Dane Cook | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 13, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: CD+DVD
• Label: Comedy Central Records
• ASIN: B000VQW7PE
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (50 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #56,163 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Feels A Bit Off..., November 14, 2007

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Seth Ford (Clearwater, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rough Around the Edges: Live from Madison Square Garden (Audio CD)

First and foremost, allow me to start by saying I am a huge Dane Cook fan. I have seen him two times (Once at Tourgasm and once at a separate venue)and both times he was amazing. As you might guess I also own all of his material and what isn't available to purchase I have downloaded and have watched hundreds of times...

So that all said, why give this set three-stars? First, it's short. Compared to any of his other releases this one falls way below par length-wise. It just clocks in at barely over an hour. Comparatively you could say, "His first album 'Harmful if Swallowed' was 59 minutes." You would be right, but when you include the huge amount of featurettes and extras that were included in the dvd portion of the disc, it's well worth it's weight. On 'Rough...' of the total 15 tracks on the cd portion, only 13 of them were put on the dvd. All in all it feels light and a bit rushed.

Now to what matters: Material.

This is easily Dane's weakest standup thusfar. Although the crowd is electric and laughs at every joke he makes, it still doesn't make up for some material that seems like he's trying to stretch a concept way too-far, past the usual point and into something far less funny.

Some of his jokes had me laughing out loud but for the most part it wasn't the same laughter I had on his previous albums. Listening to 'Retaliation' or 'Harmful if Swallowed' the first time through, I was literally brought to tears at how funny, spontaneous, and just completely absurd Dane Cook was when he was in his zone. First and second time through this cd I found myself listening to his stories, patiently waiting for something funny, rather then laughing while he was telling them.

Obviously if you are a DC fan you already own this collection and most of you will probably think it's great. If you haven't heard DC before I recommend starting with 'Harmful if Swallowed' and move up from there. This is a fine intermission in the 'Dane Cook Show' but will most likely not be remembered in the same way his first two legendary albums were.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A whole lotta Dane in this small package!, November 13, 2007

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Jacob Colson (Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rough Around the Edges: Live from Madison Square Garden (Audio CD)

This material is awesome. I know I heard that Benson's Animal Farm bit on Conan O'Brien, and what an addition to this show. I am kind of glad though that Dane Cook didn't revamp Vicious Circle with a couple of new jokes and same old stuff. Anyways, there's just a couple of bits that fall short just because they go on a bit too long, but everything's still pretty funny here. For added kicks and giggles, included is a DVD of the show itself (just be warned, there are 2 bits/jokes on the CD that are NOT on the live show DVD). Also included is a Video Commentary (yes, you heard me) by Dane Cook himself talking about how a few bits in the show came about and some other useful information about the show in New York and Vicious Circle in Boston. There's also ANOTHER feature that's a 13 minute "Lighting Up the Garden" featurette on the show itself and how it came to be. I know most Dane fans will eat those features up.

The Dane Cook commentary is not a throwaway feature as some might think. It is pretty insightful, and pretty funny too. You'll learn little nuggets about some jokes in the show.

Get the damn CD/DVD already!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Dissapointed, November 19, 2007

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R. Feliciano "gustav" (TEXAS) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rough Around the Edges: Live from Madison Square Garden (Audio CD)

I love Dane Cook, he is one of my favorite comedians and I am a die hard fan. I enjoyed the DVD but thought it was a disappointment when he had repeated material and not that much more new stuff. The quality of the audio cd wasn't too good and neither was the dvd. I think compared to Vicious Circle this does not compared, plus it was only 60 min, which was also a bummer. I love Dane Cook and I hope he can bring back his good old stuff, since some of the new jokes weren't really that funny. But I will always be a DC fan. And if DC reads this man your great, just don't lose what you had before, and don't listen to people saying your not good, your great and your energy is amazing, just try and not get your head blown up by the popularity and media. Just keep at it man, love ya