Retaliation (Dane Cook album)

The CDs contain a concert done by Cook at The Comedy Connection in Boston, Massachusetts.

The DVD contains Dane's appearances on Shorties Watchin' Shorties and Crank Yankers, Comedy Central's Denis Leary Roast, and Comedy Central's Bar Mitzvah Bash.

The Crank Yankers call Foreign Guy English Lessons is previously unreleased.

The term Karen from Cook's sketch "The Friend Nobody Likes" has become an internet meme that references stereotypes that are common to "basic white women"; the most notable is the stereotype that a Karen will demand to "speak with the manager" of a hypothetical service provider.

[14][15] A 2007 article in Radar magazine about joke theft noted widespread internet discussion of the similarity between the bits "Struck by a Vehicle", "Itchy Asshole", and "My Son Optimus Prime" from Cook's 2005 album Retaliation and the bits "Guy on a Bike", "Itchy Asshole", and "Kid's Names" from comic Louis C.K.