- Tourgasm
Infobox Film
name = Tourgasm
image_size = 200px
caption = Cover of the series' DVD release.
director =Dane Cook
producer = Barbara Carratala Bonds
writer =
starring = Dane CookJay Davis Gary Gulman Robert Kelly
music = Jeffrey Hepker
cinematography = Kirk Douglas
editing = Daniel Brown
Pierre Dwyer
Jon Emerson
Carl Jordan
Josh Lennox
Ted Woerner
distributor =HBO
released =May 7 ,2006
runtime = 30 mins. (each episode)
4 1/2 hrs. (total)
country =USA flagicon|USA
language = English
website = http://www.hbo.com/tourgasm/
amg_id = 1:352102
imdb_id = 0785062Tourgasm was a 30-day 20-show
stand-up comedy tour in 2005 featuringDane Cook and three of his best friends in the industry: Robert Kelly,Gary Gulman andJay Davis . The tour was filmed in its entirety and aired onHBO as a documentary in June of 2006. The documentary was created and directed by Dane Cook. Gary Gulman left the tour because of unknown reasons, but returned after a few dates. At each destination Dane Cook and fellow comedians play a game or do an activity before performing. Some of the events include horseback riding, ridingSegway scooters, and visitingNiagara Falls .Tourgasm is very similar in format to the
Showtime /Comedy Central film and short seriesThe Comedians of Comedy . The Comedians of Comedy consisted of comediansPatton Oswalt ,Maria Bamford ,Zach Galifianakis , andBrian Posehn . Although similar in format both shows differ in audience numbers. The Comedians Of Comedy mostly play to small rock club audiences whereas Tourgasm plays to mostly college arena audiences.Tourgasm appeared in selected theatres in
Canada during the month of September.The song heard in the beginning and end credits is "Dimension" by Australian rock-band
Wolfmother .Robert Kelly,
Gary Gulman andJay Davis are currently touring as Tourgasm.Episodes
Episodes are as follows:
# "The First Laugh"
# "Working It Out"
# "The United States of Insanity"
# "The Best of Times..."
# "Determined and Injured"
# "Competitively Speaking"
# "Beginning of the End"
# "Back in the Day"
# "Curtain Call"ee also
* "
The Soundtrack from Dane Cook's Tourgasm "=External links=
* [http://www.hbo.com/tourgasm/ Tourgasm] on HBO's web-site.
* [http://www.hbo.com/tourgasm/episode/ Episode Guides] on HBO's web-site.
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