Comedian Dane Cook to stop 'Fresh New Flavor Tour' at Mershon Auditorium in October
Comedian-actor Dane Cook, known for his long-form storytelling and outrageous (and sometimes dark and vulgar) observational humor, includes an Oct. 25 stop at Mershon Auditorium when he hits the road on his "Fresh New Flavor Tour" in the summer.
Presale tickets are to be available at 10 a.m. Thursday with the code "SOUNDCHECK," and general sales begin at 10 a.m. Friday at ticketmaster.com. The show is restricted to ages 16 and older.
Cook's humor is not for all tastes, and he's been panned by a number of fellow comics and critics, including a reviewer for The Dispatch in 2009, when he appeared at Nationwide Arena.
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Cook got his big break in 1998, when he appeared on Comedy Central's "Premium Blend." Since then, he's done specials for Comedy Central and HBO and released videos of several live performances, including his appearance at Madison Square Garden, where he was the second comedian − after Andrew Dice Clay − to sell out the 20,000-seat venue.
One of the first comedians to use a personal webpage and Myspace to build his fan base, Cook has released several successful albums, including 2005's "Retaliation," which went double platinum and made him the first comic in more than two decades to have an album in the Top 5 on the Billboard charts since Steve Martin's "A Wild and Crazy Guy" in 1978.
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The 52-year-old Massachusetts native has hosted "Saturday Night Live" and appeared in numerous comedies, including "Mystery Men," "Employee of the Month," "Good Luck Chuck," "Dan in Real Life" and "My Best Friend's Girl." He made his dramatic debut in "Mr. Brooks," a psychological thriller with Kevin Costner and Demi Moore.
Most recently, Cook announced that he has teamed up with Super Channel to produce a documentary of his life titled "Brace for Impact: The Dane Cook Story."
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Comedian-actor Dane Cook to perform at Mershon Auditorium on Oct. 25
