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{{quote| ''"'I'm not happy!' I'm not happy!' [[Angst? What Angst?|Nobody's "happy"!]] Happiness comes in small doses -- it's a cigarette, or a chocolate chip cookie or a five-second orgasm; that's all it is, okay?! You cum, you eat the cookie, you smoke the butt, you go to sleep, wake up and go the fuck to work! That is it, end of fucking list!"''}}
 
Denis Leary is a comedian born in Worcester, Massachusetts to Irish Catholic immigrants. His routines involve a deeply cutting, rambling, [[Cluster F-Bomb|profane]] [[Motor Mouth]] style, and is not afraid to go after whatever he damn well feels like.
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* [[Hidden Depths]]: Would you guess that he's actually [http://keithbadowski.blogspot.com/2008/12/denis-leary-poetry-fan.html a published poet], an avid fan of poetry in general, and has been a guest editor for the renowned ''Ploughshares'' literary magazine?
* [[I'm Going to Hell For This]]: A bit on ''No Cure For Cancer''. He's glad Jesus died when he did, because otherwise he would have ended up like Elvis in his 40s. He then performs an extended Jesus-as-Elvis impression, followed by:
{{quote| "I'm going to hell for that bit. ''And you're all coming with me.''"}}
* [[Jerkass]]: How many people view him, and the song "Asshole" is pretty much a celebration of [[Jerkass|Jerkasses]] and his stand-up persona in general. Of course, it's part of his act. See below.
* [[Life Imitates Art]]: In one comedy routine, he talked about writing a book: ''Shut The Fuck Up'' by Dr. Denis Leary. Well, he's written a book, and while it's got a different title (''Why We Suck''), the fact that he has an honorary D.F.A. from Emerson College allows him to credit himself as Dr. Denis Leary.
* [[Major Injury Underreaction]]: During ''No Cure for Cancer'' he relates a story about how his father [http://youtu.be/wt-rz6jmmbE nearly severed his thumb with a circular saw] and just said he needed some electrical tape. He also wouldn't let his wife drive him to the hospital.
{{quote| He would not let my mother drive him to the hospital; that was too much of a threat to his masculinity to be seen riding in a car driven by a woman. So he taped up the thumb with black electrical tape, and drove himself minus one thumb to the hospital. I turned to my brother and said "Hey pal, forget about crying, okay? Crying is over. We're never gonna be able to cry about anything ever, okay? Our father figure is a man who could sever his own head with a chainsaw and he'd staple gun it back on ''(staple sound effects)'' 'Fuckin head came off!' ''(staple sound effects)''"}}
** He goes on to say that one time, when he was visiting, his dad accidentally shot a nail through his hand with a nail gun. His reaction? ''[[Badass|Pull it out with his teeth.]]''
* [[Mean Character, Nice Actor]] Don't let his abrasive stand-up persona fool you. Plus, [http://www.learyfirefighters.org/ he started an organization for firefighters and their families]. He's pretty much a nice, goodhearted guy who loves pretending to be a bastard.
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* [[Two Words: Obvious Trope]]: His [[MTV]] promos.
* [[Understatement]]: In one routine, he spends the first thirty seconds or so energetically puffing on his cigarette, gasping and wheezing several times, until he is half-obscured by a cloud of blue smoke. His summary?
{{quote| '''Denis Leary:''' ...I smoke.}}
* [[Verbal Tic]]: Okay?
 
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