Dane Cook Describes 'Really Personal' New Set Of Material

'I lost my mom and dad to cancer within nine months of each other,' comedian says of inspiration for new material. By Jocelyn Vena Dane Cook Photo: MTV News Dane Cook isn't scared of going there in his comedy routine. (Remember the colorful remarks he made about Vanessa Hudgens' nude photos at the Teen Choice Awards this summer?) Cook is currently on his ISolated INcident Global Thermo Comedy Tour and he is once again making light of serious situations — this time the joke's on him. "I think this set is interesting. I wanted this idea of real dark hard-core material and then some really light kind of more observational [stuff]," he told MTV News. "But everything more from a real vulnerable standpoint. It's really personal. I lost my mom and dad to cancer within nine months of each other. Believe or not there was a lot of humor there. My folks were funny people." He said that being able to get onstage night after night and tell their story in a humorous ... (link)