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How comic Dane Cook lost a fortune in pasta sauce (he wasn't selling it)

Blaze Media · Aug 20, 2026, 9:00 PM UTC

An upcoming documentary on comedian Dane Cook revisits a disturbing chapter from the height of his fame two decades ago. Cook was one of the first comedians to figure out how to turn the internet into a path to stardom.…

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