Dane Cook detractors make a Top 5 List of why they don't like him. #1 about Cook's "Relevance and Longevity" seems a little unfair, unless they have a time machine or something.

Dom Irrera on dropping a signature phrase. "I didn't want to be the 'bada bing guy' and sell 'bada bing' T-shirts... I'm a comic, who can do more than say 'bada bing.' When you're a comedian, the well should run deep." (Ohio Free TImes)

A short profile of the Whitest Kids U Know shares that the group all met each other on September 11 and how they'll use their uncensored status on IFC.

What complaints does the FCC receive about comedy? Governmentattic made a Freedom of Information Act request and found out. PDFs: The Daily Show, The Simpsons and South Park. (Boing Boing)

New Releases: On DVD, the 6th season of Curb Your Enthusiasm and Monty Python's Life Of Brian. Plus the book Comedy at the Edge

The winners for last night's ECNY Awards. The event was wonderful, lending to the feeling of being a part of a special community.

Michael Showalter: "I would say that what's funny about Dane Cook is how committed he is to his ideas of things... Is he my favorite comedian? Of course not. But I don't hate him either." (AV Club)

Reader's Digest holding a stand-up competition featuring videos from Chicago comics and Nashville comics. The winner gets $500.

Can the Zucker-produced "Superhero!" save the spoof genre from "Meet the Spartans" and "Epic Movie." Comparisons are made to "Hot Fuzz", which isn't a spoof in the "throw every gag at the wall to see what sticks" tradition.

Upcoming: The Underground Brooklyn Comedy Festival which will include Skinny Bitch Jesus Meeting, Poykpak, A Week of Kindness, and Murderfist. Feb 1st and 2nd. Only $10.

J.B. Smoove enjoying success after playing Leon on "Curb Your Enthusiasm." Will join the sitcom "'Til Death" or get his own development deal if the show does not return.

More American comics are playing Jamaica. Promoter setting up shows that mix local and International comics to demonstrate Jamaican comics can play at the same level.

Bobcat Goldthwait: "I rarely go to comedy films, because they don't make me laugh. It's annoying to watch funny people being left high and dry, where they ad-lib and they ad-lib and eventually cut a movie out of it." (Richmond TImes Dispatch)

Liberal blog Crooks & Liars makes a Top 100 Stand-Ups list. Much dissent about Bill Hicks place on the list. And you though Clinton/Obama was contentious?

Eugene Mirman gives his apologetically sincere reasons for supporting Barack Obama. Mirman, along with Aziz Ansari, Heather Lawless and others will perform at a fundraiser for Obama at the Knitting Factory Tuesday.

Robin Williams and Dana Carvey have been regular performers at a local San Francisco show. Carvey is gathering material for his upcoming HBO Special. (SF Standup)

Tickets are on sale for Louis CK's next special "Chewed Up." He has a special deal for fans. Hurry, first show already sold out.

Adam McKay on Europe vs. USA: "In Europe I think they kind of understand that with any kind of art there's silliness, there's absurdity, there's gravitas, and here, as a country we tend to only view art that's very serious as having any power to it." (Starpulse)

Jay Leno, Rita Rudner and other comics reach legal deal with publisher of joke books including their material. The comics won an undisclosed sum of money and an apology.

Which is funnier? Reality or Mr. Show?

Adam McKay of Funny or Die on making a good web video: "The trick is a strong, clear, and concise funny idea. A lot of shorts spend too much time setting up the idea; sometimes they meander." (Starpulse)

Norfolk, NE - hometown of Johnny Carson - will hold the Great American Comedy Festival. Robert Klein will headline and Letterman's Eddie Brill will produce.

Todd Barry on new material: "as much as I like the idea of doing a month of shows in Casper, Wyoming to try out new jokes, I feel like big city residents deserve to be punished with underdeveloped material as much as anyone." (NPR)

In Washington D.C., the Colbert Report writers slipped into the slippery personas of the AMPTP and the Daily Show played themselves for a debate about the ongoing writers strike. Watch video here.

Dan Bialek shares five steps to planning your own independent stand-up tour. Most interesting part: do video on the Internet, but don't post video of your stand-up until step 4.

Jim Breuer is planning a college comedy tour. The concept: Breuer well tell college students how to deal with marriage, kids and your aging parents. Wants people to leave saying, "Wow. That wasn't just an hour of pot jokes.'"

"Nightwash" is a staple of Comedy Central's sister German network. In a country of no comedy clubs, stand-ups performances are recorded at a laundromat. Would that work here?

Dave Chappelle made a surprise four hour performance at NY's Comedy Cellar Sunday. Last night, he was at the South Carolina Democratic Debate.

Margaret Cho says she won't appear on Ellen DeGeneres' show due to the ongoing Writers' Strike. Her post states her admiration for DeGeneres and her hope to appear at some point in the future.

Dead-Frog readers can buy tickets for the Gerry Red Wilson Foundation Benefit now, before tomorrow's sale to the general public. The show will feature Greg Fitzsimmons, Louis CK, Jim Norton among others. Purchase tickets now.