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David Cross was on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night to promote his new book, I Drink for a Reason. What a success story that guy is, am I right? He has really gone from cult comedian to legitimate entertainment star. Although, what is interesting about him (I think? I don’t know, maybe it is not interesting at all) is that he seems to have held onto the things that made him popular with the small group of superfans who were there from the beginning. There he still is, somewhere behind all of that money and mainstream popularity, being outraged and provocative (you will see. When you get older you just use words like “provocative” as if they mean something and should be taken seriously). But you don’t get to see that David Cross very often anymore. Usually, these days, it’s more of the Alvin and the Chipmunks and Year One David Cross, which is a totally respectable David Cross just trying to put food on his family. No shame in that. But it’s nice to see the old David Cross every once in awhile.

Oh look, here he is:

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Comments (15)
  1. reprazent!!

  2. Now my mom likes David Cross. She overheard me listening to “Shut Up You Fucking Baby” and was like, “So true, so true…”

  3. I love David Cross, I would watch David Cross and Jon Stewart every night. I just can’t figure out why he let Artie Lang name his book.

  4. nebbish : (Yiddish) a timid unfortunate simpleton
    Sometimes, you don’t have to look any further than the dictionary for your zings.

  5. I see Cross is a member of the shoes without socks club.

  6. Watching that clip is like hanging out with a couple of people who have been friends forever. Things are said that don’t immediately make sense, but you laugh along with them because you’re sure you’d find everything hilarious if you weren’t such an outsider.

  7. I still can’t believe this is the guy who sticks in it Joan of Arcadia.

  8. Isaac  |   Posted on Aug 18th, 2009

    Put food on his family. Heh…

  9. he also still shows up pretty regularly as like a ‘surprise guest’ at NYC improv and stand-up shows, just like hangin out and kinda ranting. a+!

    “barack obama, he wants to put us all in word jail” amazing.

  10. David Cross and I have the same birthday, grew up in the same place, and have very similar stories about how awkward it is to be a jewish kid interacting with your christian friends’ parents in the south. JUST SHARING.

  11. David Crossanous. All the day long.

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