Editing Dane Cook (section)

=== Early work ===
In 1990, Cook began performing stand-up in comedy clubs.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/people/dane-cook-201310|title=Dane Cook|website=Biography|language=en-us|access-date=2019-03-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323043735/https://www.biography.com/people/dane-cook-201310|archive-date=2018-03-23|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On October 30, 1992, Cook and a group of local emerging improv/sketch comedians were scheduled to appear at the [[Boston Garden]] as part of local radio station [[WBCN (FM)|WBCN]]'s "Rock of Boston" music concert. Although they anticipated appearing earlier in the lineup, they were scheduled to perform between popular band [[Spin Doctors]] and the final headline act [[Phish]], making them somewhat nervous but determined to do well. Moments after they took the stage however, the crowd, neither expecting nor appreciating a comedy act at this late stage in the evening's program and impatient for Phish to go on, expressed their displeasure by throwing their shoes at the stage. [[Robert Kelly (comedian)|Robert Kelly]], also on stage as a member of the comedy group, pleaded with the audience to settle down and let them perform their act; the crowd instead escalated to throwing lighters. Sustaining minor injuries, Cook and the comedy group left the stage. Cook described the incident – as well as how dejected he felt and his resulting determination to someday return to the Boston Garden and perform successfully someday – as part of a web series for ''[[The Tonight Show]]'' entitled "Worst I Ever Bombed".<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ArgJy-K0YE#t=42| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/0ArgJy-K0YE| archive-date=2021-10-30|title=Worst I Ever Bombed: Dane Cook|date=3 October 2014|work=The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon|access-date=22 August 2015|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.relix.com/blogs/detail/video_a_phish_crowd_threw_shoes_and_lighters_at_dane_cook|title=Video: A Phish Crowd Threw Shoes and Lighters at Dane Cook|work=Relix|access-date=22 August 2015|date=2014-10-04}}</ref>