Cook was one of the first comedians to figure out how to turn the internet into a path to stardom. 'How does this end?' Secret ingredient Fans passed his routines around as audio-only clips, and Cook painstakingly cultivated that audience online.
Cook was one of the first comedians to figure out how to turn the internet into a path to stardom.
'How does this end?' Secret ingredient Fans passed his routines around as audio-only clips, and Cook painstakingly cultivated that audience online.
4 on the Billboard 200 — the highest-charting comedy album in nearly three decades — as Cook graduated to sold-out arenas and increasingly prominent television and movie roles.
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Cook was one of the first comedians to figure out how to turn the internet into a path to stardom. 'How does this end?' Secret ingredient Fans passed his routines around as audio-only clips, and Cook painstakingly cultivated that audience online. 4 on the Billboard 200 — the highest-charting comedy album in nearly three decades — as Cook graduated to sold-out arenas and increasingly prominent television and movie roles.
In the early 2000s, when most entertainers still regarded online file sharing as piracy to be stamped out, Cook embraced it, putting his stand-up on services such as Napster, LimeWire, and Kazaa while cultivating fans through his website and later MySpace. By 2005, his second album, "Retaliation," debuted at No. A trailer for the upcoming documentary "Funny Money:
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