Like wes tegg in the theo von thread, I have been buried with matt rife reels for the last year or so. Also was him on wild n out back in the day
respect for gaming tiktok to get a following then immediately squandering it by doing a special that was anti-comedy
Didn't watch his special, but have seen a lot of people making fun of his special which I found funny. Matt Rife is second order funny.
the picture of him in that first tweet is terrifying the amount of plastic surgery he's had is probably north of 6 figures by now.
The guy knew how to perform he just doesn't know how to write well. Probably should have been in sketch comedy world instead. I think if people can remove the backlash mind this isn't remotely a hot take.
Can we cancel that blonde chick I see every time I’m scrolling on Instagram next? She only does dating jokes that suck.
Amassed a massive online rabid female fanbase then made jokes about domestic violence and started attacking women's children, and said he wants to do comedy for only men. His downfall is just amazing
Lol what? Dane’s voice and delivery are almost as annoying and obnoxious as his stories were dumb and unfunny. Just a cataclysmically bad take
I get the desire to be cunty but if I can still remember your bits twenty years later you were doing ok.
The McRib is also uniquely popular and it might be the worst sandwich ever assembled, like it’s ok to assess something as bad but masses flocked to it.
A better comparison was the Popeyes chicken sandwich hysteria Maybe the mcrib on initial release hit that level when most of America didn't have bbq
Nah, Popeyes chicken sandwich has real staying power because it’s good. People don’t shame it. Analogy works fine.
Dane is the cronut. Stupidly popular, unheard of success, but after the initial novelty wears off it's only ok as a pastry but you'll remember the whole experience fondly
Can’t believe I watched all 2+ minutes of the response video. All of the “adults” involved are awful. Thanks, Wayne
Saw the first “joke” of his special and that’s all I needed. Basically “lol my waitress with a black eye was probably domestically abused because she made a bad sandwich lol”
I saw a few of his shows on YouTube a while back and he seemed ok. Actually commented to my wife that it was cool to see a comedian do a show and not attack a group of people. His freelance crowd work was good. Then saw one where he had a bit about handicap people that was kinda cringe and haven't paid attention since then. Now he's doing Jordan Peterson interviews? Lol yikes
Never liked Dane Cook but it does seem like he was the creation event for a whole generation of these try hard edgelord types. Maybe there was a predecessor. In totally unrelated news a former employee of mine was posting stories from the Shane Gillis show a few nights ago.
His TikToks were pretty funny and is really good at ad-libbing with the crowd. His shows are sold out everywhere. Think some people are a little over the top just bc he made a joke about DV. The 6 yo thing is weird and shitty tho.
His special wasn't likely very good because so much of his act was doing crowd work and acting black. Him trying to fight Brandon Wardell over posts several years ago is hilarious. (apologies for linking a tweet from that stupid podcast but couldn't find any other pics)
lol at this being controversial, guy had great stage presence and energy which made up for his lack of jokes for exactly one special before everyone realized he wasn’t funny he also turned out to be way into teenage girls which is bad
his “crowd work” was a product of his publicity team. They would make clips to post on TikTok to get him hype. That and his “good” looks created word of mouth and got him the special.