October 7, 2006
Being okay with being a cliche
I have the hots for Dane Cook. This is so cliched of me - and I'm okay with that - because usually I am so far OFF from the cliche that I feel like a freak from the outer limits of the galaxy Zorax. Not only do I have the hots for Dane Cook (like: I can barely DEAL WITH HIM) - but I think he is absolutely hysterical. I want to EAT HIM UP. I love his looks - maybe it's the whole Boston sports fan guy thing - which is, basically, my whole family - there's something very familiar and comforting about that type for me - I GET it, it's humor I recognize and can click right into - and also - that he's such a goofball - and also (hi, I'm 12. "and also ... and also ...") he makes me LAUGH, man. I think his success is WELL deserved and I'm rooting for him. People seem to be all polarized about Dane Cook which I think is so funny - or interesting or ... baffling as well. People seem MAD about him. Weird. I think it's because of WHO he is, although that may just me reading stuff into it. Would they snark so much if he were a one-legged Inuit? Would they seem so RESENTFUL of him if he were half-Thai half-Samoan and half-albino? (Uhm, 3 halfs, Sheila?) Like - in a lot of the press I have read about him, I hear the resentful whining of people who were treated badly in high school by guys who LOOKED LIKE Dane Cook. "Guys like this have everything so easy ... " Like - they're still mad at the gorgeous high school quarterback from 20 years ago. And, uhm, that's not Dane Cook's fault. (Ha. I'm getting all defensive about Dane Cook. HAHAHAHA) It's not like success has come easily to him. It's not like this has been GIVEN to him. He has made this happen HIMSELF. And NOW, of course, he's getting a ton of help - but his original success? Was homegrown. HE did that. His ambition knows no bounds. He is type A in that regard.
But anyway. Really what I want to say is is that I think Dane Cook is also just freakin' SMOKIN'. I was telling David about it (we were having this huge hilarious conversation about Dane Cook and how funny we think he is) and David interrupted and said, "Is he on your bench?"
"Oh God. Totally on my bench."
Cliche. I'm fine with that.
Dude, on the bench? He is ON FUCKIN' DECK!
I can't hardly watch him either; he makes my palms itch.
Yeah, Dane Cook is totally your kind of guy. Of course, I'm basing that statement on only having read your blog.
Posted by: PatrickP at October 7, 2006 1:31 PMUhm... this is really strange but I was WRITING ABOUT DANE COOK when I looked over and saw that you had just WRITTEN ABOUT DANE COOK.
Queue the X-Files theme.
Anyway, I too think he's hysterical. I loved his monologue on SNL last weekend. Lately I am answering everything with 'Karoke Kevin? NO!'
Love him.
Posted by: RTG at October 7, 2006 1:42 PMHe's been on SNL, I think, twice now. Just the way he MOVES is so weird and hysterical to me.
RTG -- WHAT??!! Karaoke Kevin?? And Limbo Linda .. sitting in that bucket, lowering herself sl-o-w-ly into the vat of acid.
I'm laughing just typing this.
Lisa - he is on fuckin' deck!!!! hahaha Totally.
Posted by: red at October 8, 2006 12:40 AMHe's coming out with a book in 2007. Heads up. It doesn't even have a title yet - but I just know it's coming, because Tucker Max told me. Not in person, of course. hahahaha
Posted by: red at October 8, 2006 10:46 AMDane Cook being T. Cruise on Jimmy Kimmel...soo freaking funny..he never let the bit go..i was rolling..and whoa!!! soooooooo hot..love that body type!!!
Posted by: mitchell at October 8, 2006 11:27 AMMitchell - that was the first time I ever saw Dane Cook and I just couldn't believe it ... who was this guy/???? And yes, how he just KEPT THE BIT GOING - he never stopped. sooooo funny.
Posted by: red at October 8, 2006 12:21 PM