Dane Cook: Rough Around the Edges

Hi All,

First, let me say I am really pleased that people have found the project so entertaining. "Rough Around the Edges" was a true passion project and a joy to be a part of and I think that emotion comes through in the work.

As the producer of the project, I felt I needed to respond to some of the comments I have read about the audience reactions.

Some of the comments imply that we added the screaming audience to the track to somehow enhance the laughs. Nothing could be further from the truth. Dane didn't need any of that! The reactions you hear on the "Rough Around the Edges" CD and DVD are the actual audience. They were absolutely going nuts and were uncontrollable during the performance. Short of editing around the audience and adding fake laughs and ambiance (which would have indeed been wrong), what you hear was what we had to go with.

It's like this: If you were ever to ask how the Beatles "sounded" at Shae Stadium, you might get this reaction from someone who was there. "At times I couldn't tell through all the screaming."

Sincerely,

Craig Stuart Garfinkle Producer, Rough Around the Edges.

I totally agree that the hysterical audience in this ruins everything. Dane makes some entertaining jokes but that fact that after every stupid thing he says there's 30 seconds of hysterical screaming and cheering... no. This isn't a rock concert its a stand-up show. No stand-up comedy is that good. Stupid. Even Dane has to stop himself in the middle of some of his jokes and wait for the audience to shut up so he can finish. To be fair though... the audience is behaving exactly how an audience at Madison Square Garden should behave. Who does a stand-up comedy show at Madison Square Garden? Answer: douchebags like Dane Cook who think they are rockstars.

My only previous exposure to Dane Cook was a clip of his stand-up routine on YouTube - which I enjoyed. 'Rough Around The Edges' - where Dane performs live at Madison Square Garden, features some really funny material - his description of a guy trying to make do without a condom was probably the high point for me! The only downer (and what a downer it is) was the hysterical audience soundtrack which you have to put up with throughout. At one point it sounded like someone was having a panic attack, such was the volume of hysterical screaming. My message to whoever edited this movie - HE IS A FUNNY GUY - YOU DON'T HAVE TO PROVE IT BY INFLICTING ENDLESS MANIC SCREAMING AND WHOOPING ON ME!