Dane Cook - Vicious CircleDane Cook receives a rock star’s welcome from a packed arena in this stand-up concert originally broadcast on HBO.

But the jury may still be out on whether Cook is phenomenally funny or simply a phenomenon.

He is certainly a master of the new media. Cook has deftly marketed himself on the Internet to his target college-age audience, and they have embraced him as a fellow “bro” and “dude,” who would seemingly be awesome to party with. In his timbre and physicality, he has the shaggy, likeable quality of Will Farrell, another frat boy favorite.

Cook is a man of his people. At one point, he is interrupted by a drunken Boston Red Sox fan who wants to shake his hand. Cook then leaps off the stage and chases him up the aisle to give him a send-off hug, all the while being clapped on the back and offered high and low fives by the cheering audience.

Cook comes complete with arrested development lingo, such as “Here’s what drove me banana sandwich,” that will no doubt b (more…)

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