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Carlos Mencia addresses Joe Rogan's joke stealing accusations a decade later
- Thread starter ClickyCal'
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lol Rogan would have to call him out again
If this is the "he's not really Hispanic/Latino" angle, he was born in Honduras to a Mexican mother and Honduran father, so let's not. Other than that, of course, drag this unfunny motherfucker.
Genuinely not shaming him for using a stage name. I just think it's a terrible name lol
So Chapelle stole his shit after he stole Chappelle's?
We need some good progressive comedians
It's funny how a decade+ ago I couldn't stand Dane's stand up but after watching that I feel like I gotta support the guy lol. Seems like a nice dude who just got fucked over.
He talks about this on the podcast linked on here. That stash was only a small part of it.
Mencia stole jokes from lots of comics. I hear him come up on all kinds of comedian podcasts. So many stories about him pulling shit on other comedians. Dude is a straight up mega-asshole.
Did you watch the actual confrontation that took lace at the comedy store? it was a pretty epic call out by Rogan.
It actually was. Cosby was credibly accused of sexual assault for decades, and his civil suit against Andrea Constand specifically was in 2005. EVERYONE knew about Cosby. It just wasn't until 2014 that Hannibal Buress *reminded* everyone that "hey, bill cosby is out here raping people while being a moralizing asshole" and it inexplicably blew up.
A lot of Latino standups made their way up way back in the day via like Galavision's Que Locos, later with Funny is Funny, way back when I was a kid I remember watching this all. Basically everyone who you can think of Latino who made it big from Lopez to Iglecias in the US had to make their way through this, Mencia played a part in Funny is Funny iirc so idk I can't really hate even if he never really struck a chord with me. I recall going to see him live and it didn't do much for me but I mean whatever man, latino comedy growing up was super niche in the late 90s so whatever got it out there was good for me. Mike Robles and Ernie G were awesome back then.
I'm about a quarter through and it sounds as if he's still pretending like he didn't steal. That's so pathetic. " His angle that his critics were trying to defend rapists by accusing him of stealing a super famous Cosby bit. "this is the guy you wanna protect?" No, my guy. It's the art they were protecting by outing you as the bully fraud you were and still are.
Fuck this guys. Sorry but not sorry.
He gave ignorant assholes a reason to call people like me beaners like it was acceptable. Also wetback.
Not even talking about his shit takes on the disabled. I couldn't believe people enjoyed this asshole. Good riddance. I couldnt stand him anymore and didnt know why he went away but I was happy and still am.
He gave ignorant assholes a reason to call people like me beaners like it was acceptable. Also wetback.
Not even talking about his shit takes on the disabled. I couldn't believe people enjoyed this asshole. Good riddance. I couldnt stand him anymore and didnt know why he went away but I was happy and still am.
I mean it's easy to come up with the same joke as someone else. All the world's stories have already been told, right? Just have to try and not make it obvious.
(slaps forehead) I mean, I should've figured but duh on my part
Rogan literally killed his career. This is one of the first things after the modernization of the internet that went truly viral. It was fun to watch.
Okay? That doesn't make him not progressive. Bernie Sanders appeared on Joe Rogan. The issue is on the hosts for their views , not with every guest they have.
What's even crazier is during that famous Joe Rogan interview, he asks Steve Rannazzisi to weigh in...and he's got one of hell of a controversial history himself.
Mencia was on at least one fucking TV in our dorm hallway during college and having to hear his "DEE DEE DEE" mentally handicapped punching down and listening to him roll around on stage laughing at his own jokes, multiple times per night, made me want to chuck every TV off the roof.
No idea why this interviewer is kissing his ass so hard.
No idea why this interviewer is kissing his ass so hard.
LOL, even the description of this being the first time he's talked about this is a lie. I heard him in an interview, at least a few years back, talking about how it ruined him and he finally owned up to things and went to therapy, IIRC.
Now, listening to this, it's like he did a 180 and is back to being how he was when he got called out for being a joke thief.
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I think this is the clip- it's from 2017.
Rogan started it- But Mencia killed his own career. There's proof of his joke stealing all over the place and he still can't own up to it, including him "owning himself" after defending himself on a radio show, then mentioning a bit that the host recognized as being stolen, lol.
All these years in obscurity and he's still a hack who can't come up with original material.
I heard about his parents, but damn. This is just nuts. I really feel for him there. I just thought people got tired of him.
I heard about his parents, but damn. This is just nuts. I really feel for him there. I just thought people got tired of him.
I've always unironically liked Dane Cook. Got made fun of bunch of times. Looks like I've got a good radar for comedians lol
Goddamn, this is brutal. The host handled it with class, but Carlos completely destroyed himself.
Damn, I wasn't a fan of his comedy but this makes me like him as a person. Fuck the IRS I'm still waiting on money they've been holding to get back.
It also didn't help that the dude was known for having hours long sets that ate into other comics time. It didn't make him many friends.
Fucking LOL, with all this proximity bullshit there won't be any progressives.
Fucking LOL, with all this proximity bullshit there won't be any progressives.
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It absolutely is. Ellen Degeneres has a joke about monogamous penguins (Taste This standup) that Joe Rogan tells pretty spot on (Shiny Happy Jihad album) about 10 years after she did.
Whether its legit thievery or parallel thinking....*shrug*
I don't like Mencia and I think Joe Rogan is a great stand up comic in terms of timing and delivery and all that -- but one of my pet peeves is hearing comedians badmouth other comedians. It's especially bad when it's a comedian who's not naturally funny in real life - Kevin Hart for example is not funny unless he's doing a bit.
There's a fair number of those guys who just write and test and write and test and are excruciatingly dull in interviews. They're obviously talented and hard working but not naturally funny people.
It's like magicians describing how the magic is actually a simple trick - only vastly more boring and depressing.
There's a fair number of those guys who just write and test and write and test and are excruciatingly dull in interviews. They're obviously talented and hard working but not naturally funny people.
It's like magicians describing how the magic is actually a simple trick - only vastly more boring and depressing.