Thursday, March 29, 2007

Carlos Mencia: Himself, And Bill Cosby

More fuel for the "I Hate Carlos Mencia" bonfire. Or "I Hate Ned Holness" bonfire, whatever:



via Deadspin


I understand there are only so many jokes and ideas, but this is vintage execution by Cosby. The stuff about raising the kid like a wild dog eating the tree is both insightful and hilariously delivered. The hyped up exaggeration about the school and stadium perfectly sets up the "Hi Mom!" punchline. Mencia goes with a one-note blasé run-through of football jargon. NO! It's a quintessential example of the same joke being done by a lesser comedian. Booooo!

5 comments:

  1. The very idea that this idiot would rip off one of the most seen and classic comedy specials of all time is further proof that Holness is indeed a shit sandwich

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  2. Plus Holness-as-Dad opts to refer to Mom as "that bitch"? Hoo-hoo, that is funny stuff. I love Cosby's old standup routines. Sheer brilliance.

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  3. I used to like Mencia when he was young and hungry. Now he just yells and does bad arab impersonations, which I don't hate absolutely, but it would be better if it was actually funny.

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  4. Okay, I have listened to the hype that Ned Holness (aka Carlos Mencia) steals jokes. I have watched all the YouTube takes on this, and I must say that I have not personally seen anything that would suggest theft.

    Wait, before you lambast me for my opinion, let me finish...

    In every instance, what I have seen is a joke about a common theme - popular thought. This is what makes humour so funny, folks. It is that we can immediately see the humour in the punchline. The set up on a popular thought will almost always be the same, i.e. a guy walks into a bar, two buddies swiggin' beer, a father and son, a daughter and mom, or even a guy visiting a brothel. Whatever, they are all so common that we immediately identify with the joke and presenter.

    You wanna find fault with a comedian - go after Joe Rogan, who started all this. A has been comedian who doesn't have any material and can't get a job after Fear Factor, is so upset with his own life that he takes it out on the most successful comedian in town. Get a life Joe, and find a new occupation. You are not funny as a comedian.

    As for others who believe that Carlos is guilty of theft, take a good hard look at the last five jokes you told and then tell me that you have the right to cast stones against anyone for theft.

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  5. Anonymous4/21/2007

    actually joe rogan wasn't the first person to bring up that ned holness is a joke theft. I believe it was actually George lopez who has had a longer, joke stealing fueled fued with holness from early on.

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