Bitergate: Mencia Steals From Russel Peters

Supermaneesh gives us the scoop (via Digg)

Bitergate: Mencia Rips Off Cosby

Unbelievable.



Interesting how Mencia's version is more hostile and less nuanced. Here's how he would do other comedians' material:


Mitch Hedberg

I was going to have my teeth whitened, but then I said "Fuck that, I'm a beaner so if I spend a minute in the sun, my teeth will look white compared to my fucking skin. You're thinking it, I'm saying it!"


Chris Rock
Who's more racist? Black people or White people? Beaners! Ya know why? Because we hate black people too! Everything white people don't like about black people, beaners really don't like about black people.


Andrew Dice Clay

Little boy blue - he needed the pesos! Ole!

Bitergate: Redban Preparing More Evidence of Mencia Joke Theft

via Dead Frog:

I might not be on the fence for long. The original video's author, Redban, tells me he's working on another video which will show Mencia up against multiple earlier comics. Part of that might be Mencia's HBO HalfHour Comedy Hour, which is up on YouTube. That's the video where George Lopez claimed to have found 13 minutes of stolen material from his own act. And it's only a 28 minute video. If something's been lifted, you wouldn't have to throw a large rock to find it.

This might be the smoking pun gun that convinces Todd Jackson.

Bitergate: Joe Rogan Asked Not to Return to Comedy Store

Todd Jackson at Dead Frog writes:

According to his blog, Joe Rogan has been asked by management of the Comedy Store to "take a break" from the club, which he is taking to mean an outright ban from performing there again. He takes great pains to emphasize that he doesn't believe this is club owner Mitzi Shore's doing, but rather that of her children, including Pauly Shore, who are increasingly taking over the business as her health fades. Carlos Mencia, on the other hand, will be playing the club on Saturday the 17th.

Bitergate: The History of Joke Thieves

Joe Rogan's recent outing of Mencia on stage as a joke thief has the whole comedy world buzzing. It's like the Watergate of comedy. I call it Bitergate. Of course Mencia was not the first to steal. Radar has an article on the history of joke thieves (via Cracked). One of the most notorious is Robin Williams.

"I've been in clubs in L.A. where Robin'll walk in the room and whoever's on stage will just get off," says Boston comedian Kevin Knox. Ritch Shydner, a former Improv regular and coauthor of the book I Killed: True Stories of the Road From America's Top Comics, agrees. "Robin is a ferocious performer," he says, "but he isn't the kind who can generate material, material, material. His style is to watch people and regurgitate what he sees."

Bitergate: Rogan Calls Mencia Out

Joe Rogan confronts the Shins fan about his joke stealing ways.