One thing has totally gone over my head. Everyone seems to hate Dane Cook. I've seen his stand up routines and I think he can be pretty funny. Did he do something to earn the coveted "Douchebag" award?
@FrankenPC: Apparently he's known for stealing material from better but lesser known comics. Yeah, it happens to everyone in that business, I think, but I've heard that Dane Cook and Carlos Mencia have especially bad reputations for stealing material.
@They Shoot Journalists, Don't They?: The biggest sin is that he stole the material and then didn't do it as well. It's sort of like stealing a Corvette and then using it to drive 35 mph on the freeway.
You gotta' check out the list of the members of Piven's fraternity. Talk about your vortices of douchbaggery. It s a litany of names of unimaginative and mediochre jerks who've, by their dogged cultivation of their images as dull yet mildly competent schlubs, made it big -- Jeremy Pivin stands out though.
Have a taste: There's the country singer Tim McGraw, Bill McCartney (founder of the Promise Keepers), Strom Thurmond, Dick Armey (author of the Rep. Contract with America), John Kyl, Charlie Crist (needs no introduction), S. Truett Cathy (founder of Chic-Fil-A) and Paul Orfalea (founder of Kinko's) and the CEO of the company that publishes those "Seven Habits" books. There are scores of others.
@MissNormaDesmond: I admit that I had to go to Wikipedia to find something that irked me. It's a testament to his douchiness that it took me twenty seconds to go from zero to indignant:
"His second album, Not a Moment Too Soon, was much more successful, becoming best selling country album in 1994. The first single, "Indian Outlaw", caused considerable controversy as critics argued that it presented Native Americans in a patronizing way. Some radio stations refused to play it, but the controversy helped spur sales and the song became McGraw's first top ten country single (getting as high as #8) and reaching #15 on the pop chart."
@i'm a bottle: In other words, you figured there must be something bad about him because he's a country singer. Yes, he did a cover of a dumb song over a decade ago. He's also a staunch liberal and stumped hard for Obama when it probably cost him fans.
Johnny Cash was a country singer, too. Just because people are southern or rural, they're not automatically the bad guys.
@i'm a bottle: I did, and you're right, it is. But come on, you'd never heard it when you decided he was a douchebag. That's all I'm saying. (I'm from the Midwest, too. Can we bond now, or are you mad at me?)
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Have a taste: There's the country singer Tim McGraw, Bill McCartney (founder of the Promise Keepers), Strom Thurmond, Dick Armey (author of the Rep. Contract with America), John Kyl, Charlie Crist (needs no introduction), S. Truett Cathy (founder of Chic-Fil-A) and Paul Orfalea (founder of Kinko's) and the CEO of the company that publishes those "Seven Habits" books. There are scores of others.
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"His second album, Not a Moment Too Soon, was much more successful, becoming best selling country album in 1994. The first single, "Indian Outlaw", caused considerable controversy as critics argued that it presented Native Americans in a patronizing way. Some radio stations refused to play it, but the controversy helped spur sales and the song became McGraw's first top ten country single (getting as high as #8) and reaching #15 on the pop chart."
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Johnny Cash was a country singer, too. Just because people are southern or rural, they're not automatically the bad guys.
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