Dane Cook Is Above It All

The Checkup with Doctor Mike

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Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2022

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Watch the full video interview here: https://go.doctormikemedia.com/youtube/DaneCookVOD Dane Cook's new stand up comedy special, "Above It All", is available now at: http://www.danecook.com Dane Cook is one of the most prolific stand up comedians of all time. At one point in 2005 he performed a tour in 80 arenas for audiences of over 20,000 every single night. He's a household name in the world of comedy, and despite some dramatic turns in his life, he hasn't slowed down. He's so committed to his craft of stand up comedy that he just shot his most recently special from the front yard of his house in the Hollywood Hills. Today we talk about his health, how he's never touched an alcoholic beverage in his life yet attended many AA meetings, his exercise routine, and the countless ways in which he's overcome adversity to continue speaking his truth. Executive Producer and Host: Dr. Mike Varshavski Produced by Dan Owens and Sam Bowers Art by Caroline Weigum CONTACT: [email protected]

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0:00.0	I get emotional about it because even when something's broken, even when it's destroyed in front of you and you know like man I wanted so much for this.
0:09.2	There's a real beauty in knowing hey that that thing that didn't work, I gave it everything I had.
0:17.0	Dane Cook is one of the most prolific stand-up comedians of all time, selling out some of the biggest venues on earth
0:23.0	setting Guinness World Records for doing so.
0:25.0	He was actually the first physical album
0:28.0	and only physical album I've ever purchased from a stand-up comedian.
0:31.0	He has a new stand-up special above it all
0:34.1	that's for sale on his website right now
0:35.8	that he produced with his own money.
0:37.3	In this conversation, we get into some really interesting stuff.
0:40.1	Physical health, mental health, his one true love.
0:42.6	We even talk about doom scrolling late at night.
0:45.0	I think you're gonna find this very valuable,
0:46.8	hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
0:48.2	Let's get started.
0:49.2	Pee-Woe!
0:51.2	I wanna share something with you because you've inspired me in ways that you probably
0:56.2	inspired so many millions of lives to fall in love with stand-up comedy.
1:01.3	Coming to the United States from Russia, I was an immigrant, knew nothing about
1:05.1	stand-up comedy, six years old growing up with my Soviet father. Jokes were not
1:09.9	something that he shared a lot but I remember the the only disc I ever bought
1:15.6	comedy wise was harmful of swallow is that right the only one ever and I
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