COMEDY CENTRAL RECORDS® RELEASES THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED
"DANE COOK: RETALIATION" CD/DVD ON TUESDAY, JULY 26
NEW YORK, July 11, 2005 -- Dane Cook is treated like a rock star every time he hits the stage. He completely captures audiences' attention with his talented and physically-animated stand-up. Released via COMEDY CENTRAL Records, "Dane Cook: Retaliation" CD/DVD will hit stores on Tuesday, July 26 and be available in stores nationwide and at shop.comedycentral.com.
"Dane Cook: Retaliation" is an uncensored triple-digipak containing two full-length CDs totaling over 100 minutes of Dane's best material, as well as a DVD of over an hour of his COMEDY CENTRAL performances including "Shorties Watchin' Shorties," "Crank Yankers," his full-length stand-up on "COMEDY CENTRAL's Bar Mitzvah Bash" and his full-length verbal assault on the "COMEDY CENTRAL Roast of Denis Leary." The CDs were recorded live at the Comedy Connection at Faneuil Hall in Boston.
Dane Cook has captured the attention of audiences worldwide while building an unprecedented following throughout his 15-year career in stand-up, television and film. Sell-out crowds are the norm at colleges, clubs and theatres around the country. This includes headlining at New York City's Carnegie Hall, a 50,000 seat venue at the University of Florida's "Gator Growl," as well as his nationwide documentary entitled "Tourgasm." His ardent fan base has propelled Cook's "Harmful If Swallowed" CD/DVD to over 250,000 units sold in less than two years.
Cook's credits include a number of appearances on "The Late Show with David Letterman," "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" and "Comics Come Home" which is hosted annually by Denis Leary. In addition, he taped his own half-hour stand-up special "COMEDY CENTRAL Presents."
COMEDY CENTRAL Records has previously released D.L. Hughley's "Notes From The GED Section," Todd Barry's "Falling Off The Bone," Jim Gaffigan's "Doing My Time," Denis Leary's "Merry F#%$in' Christmas," Mitch Hedberg's "Mitch All Together," and "Strategic Grill Locations," "Lewis Black: Rules Of Enragement," "I Don't Mean To Insult You, But You Look Like Bobcat Goldthwait," "Dane Cook: Harmful If Swallowed," Dave Attell's "Skanks For The Memories" and Jim Breuer's "Smoke 'n' Breu." Other releases include "The Marijuana Logues" and "'Crank Yankers' The Best Uncensored Crank Calls" (Vol. 1, 2 and 3).
COMEDY CENTRAL, the only all-comedy network, currently is seen in more than 87 million homes nationwide. COMEDY CENTRAL is owned by Comedy Partners, a wholly-owned division of MTV Networks. COMEDY CENTRAL is a registered trademark of Comedy Partners. COMEDY CENTRAL's Internet address is http://www.comedycentral.com.
