Watching someone get hit by a car
Dane Cook , compared with Louis C.K.
A comic sees a road accident about to happen and turns his own useless reaction into the joke.
Cook acts out witnessing a person get struck by a vehicle, with his reaction as the comic engine. (paraphrase)
Retaliation ("Struck by a Vehicle"), 2005find on YouTube ↗
C.K. watches a cyclist about to be hit by a car and wonders how soon he should have shouted a warning. (paraphrase)
Live in Houston ("Guy on Bike"), 2001find on YouTube ↗
Same scene of a bystander's useless reaction to an oncoming crash; the record shows no shared wording or payoff.
- Premise 32/40
- Structure 13/30
- Punchline 9/30
- Premise32/40Both watch someone about to be hit by a vehicle and mock their own useless reaction.
- Structure13/30Same witness setup; C.K. turns on warning timing, Cook's turn is acted-out reaction.
- Punchline9/30Neither payoff line is on record; only C.K.'s warning-timing angle is described.
Setup
He witnesses a person about to be struck by a vehicle.
Setup
He watches a cyclist about to be hit by a car.
Turn
He acts out his own useless reaction.
Turn
He wonders how soon he should have shouted a warning.
Punchline
Not on record.
Punchline
Not on record beyond the warning-timing angle.
Scores and beats are our editorial reading of the public record, not a ruling.
Context
When and where
C.K.'s 'Guy on a Bike' is on Live in Houston (2001). Cook's 'Struck by a Vehicle' is on Retaliation (2005).
What followed
This was one of the three Retaliation tracks a 2007 Radar piece flagged. C.K. said he wouldn't act on it, and the two acted out the dispute on Louie in 2011.
Receipts
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Dane Cook by Courtney Cook, CC BY-SA 3.0; Louis C.K. by YMH Studios, CC BY 3.0