Jeesh. That looks terrible.
Remember that sex we were planning to have, ever again?
Zoe ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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beekaytee - Sep 21, 2007 5:56:54 am PDT #1428 of 10000
Compassionately intolerant
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 21, 2007 5:57:56 am PDT #1429 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
"Starring Dane Cook and Jessica Alba" was the first clue.
brenda m - Sep 21, 2007 6:10:26 am PDT #1430 of 10000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I have to say I don't get the whole Dane Cook thing. People seem to get so worked up over how bad he is, but - who the hell is he? Why do people care? I feel like I've missed some huge cultural moment or something, because he's never even pinged my radar in any way that would make him worth even getting aggravated about.
bon bon - Sep 21, 2007 6:13:58 am PDT #1431 of 10000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
He had the best-selling comedy album since Steve Martin even though he (a) steals jokes but (b) still manages to be a terrible comedian. Reportedly his success was through canny use of MySpace.
brenda m - Sep 21, 2007 6:20:04 am PDT #1432 of 10000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Reportedly his success was through canny use of MySpace.
Ah. Maybe that explains it.
Wait, is he the one Joe Rogan is in some joke stealing feud with? No, wait, that's Carlos Mencia. I'm still so confused...
bon bon - Sep 21, 2007 6:48:23 am PDT #1433 of 10000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Joe Rogan complains about Cook too, but Mencia is the notorious feud, yes.
juliana - Sep 21, 2007 7:42:37 am PDT #1434 of 10000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
His delivery style (at least when his first few Comedy Central specials came out) is super-frenetic, which can give the illusion of hilarity. I find him frat-boyish and annoying.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 21, 2007 7:45:21 am PDT #1435 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Cook does make for a hilarious impersonation by Ike Barinholtz on MADtv.
For me the irritation is a combination of singsong vocal delivery, ADHD rambling material, the accounts of stolen jokes, and the smugness that rolls off him in waves in recent years. Oh, and the movie Waiting. Though I did like him when I first saw his act back in the 90s.
Kathy A - Sep 21, 2007 8:56:19 am PDT #1436 of 10000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Hee--LotRLOLCat!
Dana - Sep 23, 2007 4:44:32 am PDT #1437 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Huh. Anthony Minghella is directing a film adaptation of "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency."
Precious Ramotswe has no blue steel pistol, just two desks, two chairs, a telephone and an old typewriter. Her tiny white van is incapable of high-speed chases and fiery stunts. Then there is Mma Ramotswe herself. (Mma is a local honorific.) Film sleuths usually exude chiseled sexiness and a noir persona. But as Mr. McCall Smith puts it, Precious Ramotswe is “the fat lady detective”: rounded, not chiseled; softhearted, not dark.
Would anyone watch a film about a “traditionally built” (as she puts it) shamus whose main preoccupation is contemplating her cases under an acacia tree?