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Straight from  Adam Cozens' happy good-times joy fun blog comes word that NYC's Comic Strip Live club will host 50 hours of continuous stand-up in an attempt to set the Guinness World Record: Starting on Tuesday June 3rd at 8:30 pm and ending on Thursday, June 5th at 10:30 pm, Comic Strip Live will set the Guinness World Record for the Longest Stand Up Comedy Show. For 50 continuous hours, there will be laughter without end with the country‚Äôs brightest stars shining on stage. Audiences can expect over 100 professional stand up comedians to grace the Comic Strip Live stage. Perhaps more intriguing is that the club is also offering an open invitation to both Dane Cook and Dave Chappelle to one-up each other in their continuing stand-up marathon champ battle. Perhaps Dave's recent surprise set was merely a warm-up, like Joey Chestnut polishing a rack of ribs before the Coney Island hot dog contest?  Regardless of whether or not Dave and/or Dane show up, proceeds from the event will go to support the USO. That means it's for the troops, son. I wonder if forcing Gallagher to smash watermelons at gunpoint for 50 continuous hours qualifies as stand-up, but that is something I would also like to see.

Not satisfied with his recent film oeuvre, Dane Cook kept it on the real by beating Dave Chappelle's December-minted stand-up record Tuesday/Wednesday night at the Laugh Factory. By 48 minutes. As the kids like to say, if you come at the king, you best not miss.* Club owner Jamie Masada quipped, "If this rivalry keeps up I'm going to turn the Laugh Factory into a bed and breakfast." With all due respect Mr. Masada, if it keeps up you're going to make the space an abattoir, because this feud can only end in SLAUGHTER and MADNESS. *Apologies to Omar and the rest of The Wire crew

As covered here before, Dane Cook can attract rabid Springsteen-sized arena crowds, but respect from comedy critics often alludes him. So you might be a little surprised to read an inarguably glowing review of Cook's new record Rough Around the Edges on a stand-up connoisseur website like Punchline Magazine. Sure enough though, reviewer Dylan Gadino seems to love the CD: He also gets hilariously graphic when talking about a website that lists registered sex offenders in your area: “You click on a dot and it shows you a little picture, and then under the picture—stats! Like a rapist baseball card. And if you collect all nine rapists, there’s a puzzle on the back. There’s a rickety van puzzle on the back with a clown holding a glass dildo.” Okay, Dane Cook, you got me. I laughed at that bit. For the complete review have a look at REVIEW: Dane Cook’s Rough Around the Edges: Live from Madison Square Garden. Meanwhile, here's a clip from the filmed version of RAtE:

With great notoriety comes great scrutiny. No one knows that more than comedian and actor Dane Cook. In recent years, he's catapulted to stardom, releasing some of the best-selling comedy albums in history. But along with the rabid fans who pack arenas for him, Cook has throngs of detractors too. In a new interview with Ohio's The Vindicator, Cook had this to say about his critics: "There is certainly some backlash, but I think some of that understandably just comes with success," said Cook, calling from New York City. "People want to kind of take your legs out from under you when in their eyes, kind of overnight you become this sensation when the truth is I've had this kind of slow but steady trajectory over close to 18 years. "But I will say, controversy I find is good for business. What it's really done is elevated me to a level where, like me or hate me, people are talking to me. And if people are talking to me, people are going to listen to my comedy and judge for themselves. "That's why his arena tour is selling out across the country, because all people really care about is laughter and having a good time. I don't think they care about the superfluous lies and crap that ends up being out there." For more with Cook, read On tour, comedian Cook delivers. Previously: Hot Uncensored Videos from Dane Cook's new CD/DVD

According to Variety, Dave Chappelle surprised an audience at LA's Laugh Factory Sunday night by doing an unannounced set that lasted more than a quarter of a day:Chappelle kept telling jokes until 4:43 the next morning--- making his entire set a whopping six hours and seven minutes. That's the longest performance by any comedian in the the 28-year history of the Laugh Factory, according to founder Jamie Masada. Amazingly, the previous record was established just a few days earlier. On April 10, Dane Cook performed his own marathon act, appearing on stage for three hours and fifty minutes. "It was just one of those nights," Masada said of Chappelle's appearance. "He had everyone laughing for six hours." Indeed, Masada said only about a dozen of the 150-plus original members of the audience left the club before Chappelle wrapped his set. "The audience was with him 100 percent," he said. Chappelle didn't take any bathroom breaks. And Laugh Factory staff stopped serving alcohol around midnight, Masada said.For more details on the marathon set, click here. *Apologies to anyone who saw the headline and hoped this would be a post about politically-conscious late-80s Australian alt-rock.

If you enjoyed Dane Cook's ISolated INcident when it premiered on Comedy Central Sunday night, you'll be pleased to know the full uncensored set is available today on CD/DVD from Comedy Central Records. Click here to order. And if you still need your wheels greased a little, here's a preview clip.

If you love Dane Cook and hate commercials, you're in for a treat this Sunday, May 17 at 10pm / 9c. Dane's new stand-up special ISolated INcident will be making its world television premiere and doing so without commercial interruption. Here are a couple clips to whet your appetite. Click past the jump for the second clip. And after that, you can see even more Dane Cook videos right here.

Dane Cook's latest CD/DVD ISolated INcident will be released by Comedy Central Records on May 19, and today we've got a preview. As Dane says, when you have a lot of fans, you also inspire some strong feelings on the other end of the scale. Which is why I'm glad I'm not famous. The meanest emails I ever get just accuse me of "h@v1ng @ $m@ll pen1$," and even those are kind enough to offer a low-cost solution. See Also: Sneak a Peek at Dane Cook's ISolated INcident

Dane Cook's latest CD for Comedy Central Records is called Isolated Incident and will be available on May 19th, but you can get a preview of what's in store with this video he's just posted online. I'd say more, but he's the best-selling stand-up of all-time, so the laws of probability say you don't need any more convincing. In fact, you've probably already clicked "play." You just completely overlooked these words and skipped to the video. Which is fine, I guess, but what if I was revealing the location of a treasure chest? You'd be sorry then.

Comedy has suddenly become an endurance sport. First Dave Chappelle did a six-hour and 12-minute set. Then Dane Cook bested him, staying onstage for seven hours. And now two lesser-known comics are apparently battling to claim the title. I mentioned this briefly Tuesday, but a few more details are now available. A Winnipeg standup named Big Daddy Tazz did an eight-and-a-half-hour standup set earlier this week:He said he decided to break a record set by U.S. comedian Dane Cook who did a 7-hour set at Hollywood's Laugh Factory last December, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp., said. However, comedian Robby Wagner gave a 10-hour routine on March 9 at Toso's Sports Grill in Phoenix, an Internet search of news releases showed.Part of Tazz's 88-page set list included references to his own battles with bipolar depression and attention deficit disorder, the Sun said.An anonymous comment below the article takes issue with the mention of Wagner's alleged performance and says Tazz has submitted his claim to Guinness. So who really has the record now? Beats the hell out of me, but I predict David Blaine will soon crush all previous records with a 97-hours standup set from inside a shark-infested underwater volcano... on the Moon!

It's pretty dead on. [Click to read the full article] Watch the future king of the "Spicy Dub Whops" talk loudly and enthusiastically about dudes and chicks [after the jump]. Related: Dane Cook's Retaliation

You know all those times when Dane Cook sits on a bed and talks about Walmart. Of course, that's like his trademark. Yeah, well, these two ladies totally nail that. It's uncanny. There are a ton of other entries just waiting for you to watch them over on the Give Us Your Best site.

You already know that Dane Cook's new CD/DVD ISolated INcident is available today, but going to the comedy DVD store and only getting one comedy DVD is like going to McDonald's and only eating one Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese. It's for pantywaists! Lucky for you, you can also pick up Russell Brand Live in New York City and Jo Koy: Don't Make Him Angry on DVD today. Here are some clips.

As we mentioned earlier this week, Oprah dedicated her whole show yesterday to comedy, and it was the funniest thing to happen on the show since that one time when Dr. Phil yelled a lot. If you missed it, there are several videos available online. You can check out Samantha Bee's segment by clicking the image below. More from Oprah's Comedy Hour, including Dane Cook, George Lopez and Mo'Nique can be found here. The Daily Show airs Monday through Thursday at 11pm / 10c.

The time between Christmas and New Years is a special time. It's when we all stop, reflect, and look our loved ones in the eye to say, "Here are the top 10 things you did this year that stopped me from calling the cops on you." It's list time and we can all make lists about anything we want. And we here at Comedy Central put together a great list of our 10 Favorite Comedy Central Clips of 2008. It's got some great clips from The Daily Show, The Sarah Silverman Program, The Roast of Bob Saget, and a bunch of other Comedy Central shows. We were even cool enough to include a peek at a Dane Cook special airing on Comedy Central in the new year. Dane Cook: Uncensored - Flute GuyMore Funny VideosComedians on TourGet Funny RingtonesStand-Up ComedyIt's been a hard year, so today, blow off some work, take off your shoes, and watch the rest of the playlist here.

Paul F. Tompkins has a new album called Freak Wharf coming out through AST Records. Listening party at my place! [AST] Marc Maron talks about the different audiences he's performed in front of, "A room full of hipsters can be as horrible as a roomful of morons." [SF Standup] Morgan Freeman is attached to star in a comedy about old guys who have sex a lot. The movie will be shown in theaters across the country as the new teen abstinence campaign. [THR] Some wonderful nerd put together this compilation of Charlie Day from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia dancing. Thank you, nerd! [Buzzfeed] Here's a list of the 10 funniest comedians in Philadelphia right now. I've never been to Philly, and I know very little about it... hmmm... Philly Cheese Steaks? That's a thing, right? [Comedy] Scott Adsit talks about being a part of Celebrity Autobiography, but also mentions his upcoming Adult Swim show called Dr. Frankenhole, "It's about Dr. Frankenstein and all of the monsters around him, and time travel... it's bizarre." [Comic's Comic] The New York Times has a pretty in-depth article about George Lopez. [NYT] Dane Cook interviews himself. The interview is about as hard-hitting as anything Barbara Walters has ever done. [Myspace] And finally, did you know comedians also celebrate Halloween. It's not against their religion or anything. Here's a bunch of them in costume. [Comic's Comic]

There's not a lot that's funny about being stationed away from loved ones, but COMEDY CENTRAL hopes to bring some laughter to the troops with the launch of "PVT Jokes," a new military outreach partnership with the USO that delivers comedy kits to forward operating bases (FOBs) as well as U.S. military hospitals at home and overseas. The partnership was announced today by the USO (United Service Organizations, Inc.) and COMEDY CENTRAL. With the goal of reaching more than 200 FOBs and U.S. military hospitals at launch, "PVT Jokes" began distributing kits this week that include CD and DVD donations from COMEDY CENTRAL Records and COMEDY CENTRAL Home Entertainment. Each kit will feature COMEDY CENTRAL DVD titles, including the "COMEDY CENTRAL Roasts" of Flavor Flav, Pamela Anderson and William Shatner, "COMEDY CENTRAL Presents Southern Gents of Comedy" and "Best of COMEDY CENTRAL Presents" stand-up; as well as CDs from comedians including George Lopez, Dane Cook, D.L. Hughley, Norm Macdonald and Harland Williams. More information can be found at http://www.comedycentral.com/pvtjokes/index.jhtml.

The Oprah show always has its funny moments, whether it's Dr. Oz talking about diarrhea for an hour or those awkward times when Oprah realizes not everyone has a bidet made of polished free-range unicorn bones. But this Wednesday, the whole show is going to be about comedy. That's right, you get a comedy hour! And you get a comedy hour! And you get a comedy hour! Everybody gets a comedy hour! First, he’s selling out stadiums across the country.  Find out why Dane Cook's high octane delivery and guy next door charm has made him one of the hottest standup comics today. Then, one of the queens of comedy, Mo’Nique, gives us a sneak peek at her performance of a lifetime.  And, he’s been cracking us up for decades.  George Lopez shares how he got into comedy.  Plus, we’ve got a special report from “The Daily Show,” and we’ll hear from comedy duo Frangela!  Presenting Oprah’s Comedy Hour… That special Daily Show report they mention is going to feature the great Samantha Bee, so that should be awesome. We'll have video of the segment when it's available. Also, you can click here to find out when Oprah's on where you live. In the meantime, after the jump, you can see a recent piece Sam did about Twitter. The Daily Show airs Monday through Thursday at 11pm / 10c.

I don't deal well with crowds. That's why I'm a blogger instead of a comedian. And now you say, "Oh, I thought it was because you're not funny." Ouch. While I go cry and eat a whole can of cake frosting, you can listen to this collection of audio clips Punchline put together featuring a bunch of comics dealing well with some tough crowds. A complete list of the voices you just heard is after the jump. Russ Meneve Bill Burr Dane Cook George Carlin Bill Hicks Todd Barry 1 Christian Finnegan Ben Bailey Todd Barry 2 Harland Williams Todd Barry 3 Maria Bamford Todd Barry 4 Jimmy Pardo Todd Barry 5 Dave Attell John Bowman Patton Oswalt

With a new Comedy Central Presents premiering this Friday night and a new CD called Just the Tip out on Comedy Central Records hitting stores next Tuesday, Robert Kelly is a busy dude. But not too busy to stop by the CC offices and shoot this exclusive promo video where he calls a bunch of his comedy buddies in search of an endorsement for the new album: For more Robert Kelly, be sure to stop by Punchline Magazine, where they just put up a new interview with him and are giving away copies of Just the Tip. Check out a clip from Kelly's Comedy Central Presents after the jump.