Dane Cook: Vicious Circle was a live stand-up comedy

Stand-up comedy

Stand-up comedy is a comedic art form. Usually, a comedian performs in front of a live audience, speaking directly to them. Their performances are sometimes filmed for later release via DVD, the internet, and television...

 special performed for HBO written and produced by Dane Cook

Dane Cook

Dane Jeffrey Cook is an American stand-up comedian and film actor. He has released five comedy albums: Harmful If Swallowed; Retaliation; Vicious Circle; Rough Around The Edges: Live From Madison Square Garden; and Isolated Incident. In 2006, Retaliation became the highest charting comedy album...

. It was aired on September 4, 2006. It was then released on DVD November 28, 2006, with the tagline

Tagline

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, "What goes around has come around." The DVD includes the original unaired version and a "DANEgerous" edition.

CD and DVD release

Vicious Circle was also released in a box set in a CD format along with the DVD, the Dane Cook's Tourgasm

Tourgasm

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 2006. The documentary was created and directed by Dane...

DVD and a SUFI hat around the same time Rough Around The Edges

Rough Around the Edges: Live from Madison Square Garden

Rough Around the Edges: Live From Madison Square Garden is an album by American stand-up comedian and actor Dane Cook. It was released on November 13, 2007, on both CD and DVD....

came out.

To coincide with the network television premiere of Dane Cook: Vicious Circle (Sunday, January 27, 2008), Comedy Central Records released the uncut audio of Vicious Circle the following Tuesday (January 29) through digital music vendors, such as iTunes

ITunes

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.

DANEgerous

1. Intro - 2:25
2. The Truth About Lying - 8:32
3. My One Regret - 5:36
4. Painful Shits - 0:43
5. I Did My Best - 9:13
6. The Atheist - 9:18
7. My Son Optimus Prime - 1:26
8. The Robe - 3:52
9. B&E - 9:46
10. Kidnapped - 3:46
11. Hopes N Dreams - 3:37
12. Jake-Uh - 1:58
13. The Game of Love and How to Destroy It - 22:05
14. Post-Battle Sex - 0:39
15. Cheater 2.0 - 11:50
16. Cinematic Adventures - 12:11
17. Birthday Gurl - 1:34
18. One Night Stand - 3:32
19. DJ Diddles - 10:06
20. Goodnights - 1:17
21. Encore - 2:41
22. I'll Never Be You - 4:58

Edited

1. Intro - 2:37
2. The Truth About Lying - 8:32
3. I Did My Best - 9:20
4. The Atheist - 9:19
5. My Son Optimus Prime - 0:38
6. Robe - 3:52
7. B&E - 8:41
8. Jake-Uh - 1:58
9. The Game of Love and How to Destroy It - 9:53
10. Post-Battle Sex - 0:39
11. Cheater 2.0 - 11:50
12. Cinematic Adventures - 12:11
13. One Night Stand / DJ Diddles - 12:52
14. Goodnights - 2:55

External links

• Vicious Circle at HBO.com