True Stories I Made Up

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Total Tracks: 10   Total Length: 49:30

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Great!

dsm.14

Before Tosh.o, this is how he became a force in comeirreverent but clever

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So very funny - just don't get offended.

Electrohead-2010

This is possibly one of the funniest stand-up comedy acts of the recent few years. Daniel Tosh takes things so much further, than he could ever do on Comedy Central's Tosh.0. This is not only very funny, but clever material, delivered well; however if you are easily offended by dirty language and pop culture references that are brutally honest and a bit over the top, than you may wish to pass. I fully love this and highly recommend it. It is not often that you can get this much joy out of re-listening to a comedy routine / album.

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He manipulates feeble brains

Romaskin

I'm a PhD and the first track is so complex and bladder spilling funny that I listened to it three times before I got every reference.

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Extremely Funny, but...

coffeluver

...there are some jokes that make me very uneasy, BUT I think that was the direction that Daniel Tosh going for and doesn't change the fact that I couldn't stop giggling...

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just plain funny

jrhombus

must have more

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Oh, will you please make another one

prazy

Daniel. I'm dying over here. Please make another recording. I know there was the DVD and that was good, but honestly--it sucked teabags because it's mostly the same material recanted into a loose sweatshirt. We loved it, but we want more. Your best just isn't good enough the second time around. You know that.

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great comedy album

fisch

fresh intelligent humor. totally worth the download.

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A Great Find...

headbangingteacher

I stumbled upon this brilliant comedian a couple months ago, and I've been hooked to everything he does since. This is a magnificent stand-up routine, but I only give it four stars because he refined and reorganized this, and coupled it with an impeccable delivery for his truly perfect special, "Completely Serious". Nonetheless, fans of witty yet edgy comedy should download this entire album. It will get repeated listens, guaranteed!

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A True Comedian

I have loved Daniel Tosh since I saw him on Comedy Central. He is a great comedian with intelligent jokes.

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Uhmmm...

Rebbeccaordave

It's one of those albums you sooooo want to play for your friends, but are tooooooo ashamed to admit you laughed at it. To quote Dolly Parton, "it's all wrong, but it's all right." Try "Gaunt and Sexy" and try not to laugh.

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Take the rapid wit of Dane Cook and trade his hyper-cockiness for dry wickedness and you’ve got Daniel Tosh, which is by all means a compliment. Tosh matches Cook’s ability to spit wry crassness, but he’s more absurd and complex. Much of his material hits two to three seconds after the fact, partly because it takes awhile to unravel and partly because of the “I can’t believe he just said that” factor. The title True Stories I Made Up is the least witty thing about this package, but it references a core routine, “Fictitious Disorder,” that will one day be thought of as trademark Tosh. The comedian explains how living in denial is easier than reality on the track, and goes off on a long series of made-up stories that connect. It’s the brilliant, standup equivalent of a Rube Goldberg machine, but Tosh’s less obtuse, blunter, edgier, and crueler side is just as funny. Suggesting athletes should be pumped with steroids because he has a high-def TV and wants his sports like his video games (“Who cares if you die at 40, you hate life after sports anyway. I’m doing you a favor”) or drawing comparisons between the Abu Ghraib prison and the world of baby photographer Anne Geddes is sick and downright startling when delivered so casually by the comedian. In a lot of ways he juggles and alienates the audience in an Andy Kaufman style but without breaking the rules of standup. It’s exciting and subversive and you only need to gauge the audience reaction captured on the disc to see how effective it is. At first they are quiet, probably creeped out, but by the end of the disc they’re guffawing. The bonus DVD from his 2002 Comedy Central special is less interesting, either because Tosh hasn’t matured his act to the sharpness of the audio portion or because the network’s censors shaved off the more risky and rewarding material. It’s a letdown, but the audio portion of the set is one sick, twisted, and hilarious stunner of a debut. – David Jeffries

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