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| - Daniel Dwight Tosh is an American stand-up comedian and television host. He currently hosts the Comedy Central video clip show, Tosh.0. He has had three specials: Daniel Tosh: True Stories I Made Up,Completely Serious & Happy Thoughts This comedian provides examples of:
* Ambiguously Gay
* Butt Monkey: Women
* Dead Baby Comedy
* Don't Explain the Joke: Averted with particularly obtuse jokes and references, which he explains in detail for greater comic effect.
* Drugs Are Bad: Averted; he argues that steroids will only make sports more entertaining.
* Have You Told Anyone Else?: On "True Stories I Made Up", he says one of his greatest fears is that he will be the first to hear that one of his friends won the lottery.
* Gag Penis: According to him, people made fun of his "fat dick" in school.
* Hollywood Tourettes: Inverted in that he wonders if there's anyone out there with "polite Tourette's".
* Jerkass: He's not afraid to say what he thinks. Especially about women.
* Lampshade Hanging: "Are we down to six people? Great!"
* Mean Character, Nice Actor: As stated above, his onstage persona is a complete Jerkass who's racist, sexist, conceited, selfish, and a general douche. This of course is all part of the act, especially obvious when you read an interview with him, where he comes off as rather humble and generally good-hearted, and has even been referred to by an interviewer as being a bit of a sweetheart.
* Overly Long Gag: "I'm aware I can end the joke at the good part. I choose not to."
* "Do you like how I start jokes with mass appeal and continue 'til only six people have a clue what I'm talking about? That's not a good style. That doesn't make you famous."
* Refuge in Audacity: He spoofs this after making an extremely sexist joke by justifying it with, "I can say that, I have my own TV show," or "I can say that, I'm black" after making a homophobic remark.
* Ripped from the Headlines: Many of his jokes combine popular celebrity fiascoes of the moment and semi-obscure sports references.
* Rule of Three: Subverted with the inverted Hollywood Tourettes example; he gives only two examples before declaring he's moving on.
* Shout-Out: During his special, he ends one of his jokes by saying "Hoooot Pocket". He says another comedian wrote the end of the joke.
* "If you knock on my grandparents' door and you find them lying on the floor, the only thing you are legally allowed to do is a Finishing Move. Hadouken! That would be mine."
* Take That, Audience!
* This Is for Emphasis, Bitch: One bit revolves around working the phrase "Suck It" into everyday conversation:
* Too Soon: Averted; nothing is sacred to him.
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