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Dane Jeffrey Cook (born March 18, 1972) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He has released three comedy albums, Harmful If Swallowed, Retaliation (which went double platinum blank">"Great Dane took a bite out of the Competition in 1995", The San Francisco Stand-Up Comedy Competition web site. ), and Rough around the Edges: Live from Madison Square Garden. Retaliation became the highest charting comedy album in twenty-eight years. Time's 100 Most Influential People Cook performs on many television shows and in the fall of 2006 performed in his own HBO special, _Vicious Circle. As an actor, Cook has appeared in fifteen films since 1997, including Mystery Men, the 2005 film Waiting..., and starred in the 2006 comedy Employee of the Month. He also appeared in the 2007 thriller film Mr. Brooks in a departure from his standard comedic roles. He also starred in the 2007 comedy Good Luck Chuck.
Tourgasm was a 30-day 20-show stand-up comedy tour in 2005 featuring Dane Cook and three of his best friends in the industry: Robert Kelly, Gary Gulman and Jay Davis. The tour was filmed in its entirety and aired on HBO as a documentary in June of 2006. The documentary was created and directed by Dane Cook. Gary Gulman left the tour because of unknown reasons, but returned after a few dates. At each destination Dane Cook and fellow comedians play a game or do an activity before performing. Some of the events include horseback riding, riding Segway scooters, and visiting Niagara Falls.
Tourgasm is very similar in format to the Showtime/Comedy Central film and short series The Comedians of Comedy. The Comedians of Comedy consisted of comedians Patton Oswalt, Maria Bamford, Zach Galifianakis, and Brian Posehn. Although similar in format both shows differ in audience amount- The Comedians Of Comedy mostly play to small rock club audiences whereas Tourgasm plays to mostly college arena audiences.
Tourgasm appeared in selected theatres in Canada during the month of September.
The song heard in the beginning and end credits is "Dimension" by Australian rock-band Wolfmother.
Robert Kelly, Gary Gulman and Jay Davis are currently touring as Tourgasm.




