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Old 02-18-2007, 12:24 PM
ceramic'cow
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Re: Carlos Mencia confronted by Joe Rogan for being a joke thief!
Quote:
Originally Posted by the mongoose
From an interview in the October 2003 issue of Playboy magazine:

PLAYBOY: You started in stand-up. Which comics do you admire and which do you hate?

JOE ROGAN: The comics I hate are thieves. Nothing's more disgusting than a guy who steals another person's ideas and tries to claim them as his own. Stand-up comedy is supposed to be "Here's the world through my eyes." It's supposed to be your observations, your thoughts and views on life. When you snatch little pieces of other people's lives and try to palm them off as your own, that's more disgusting than anything. Robin Williams is a huge thief. Denis Leary is a huge thief. His whole stand-up career is based on Bill Hicks, a brilliant guy who died years ago.

[Leary responded, Joe Who?]

sad
Sad indeed. But I just love Hicks' comment on the matter:

Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill Hicks
"I have a scoop for you. I stole his act. I camouflaged it with punchlines, and to really throw people off, I did it before he did."