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Irony: Mencia to Host Creative Emmys

Carlos MenciaComedian Carlos Mencia has been tapped to host the Creative Arts Emmy Awards next month in Los Angeles. The key word in that sentence is "creative."

Mencia, star of Comedy Central's "Mind of Mencia," is frequently accused of stealing his material -- earning the nickname "Carlos Menstealia." Joe Rogan, a comic and former host of "Fear Factor," famously confronted Mencia on stage earlier this year in a 10-minute YouTube video documenting Mencia's alleged theft. Another popular YouTube clip shows a famous bit from the 1983 Bill Cosby special, "Himself," and a strikingly similar performance by Mencia in his 2006 comedy special, "No Strings Attached."

A February Radar magazine article about joke stealing referred to George Lopez's feud with Mencia over a bit he claims Mencia stole and put in his HBO special. Lopez says he threw Mencia against a wall.

What's next, Amy Winehouse writing a self-help book?

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31. He looks like FIRED Attorney General Alberto Gonzales...oops, he just borrows his id and ss#.

Posted at 7:16PM on Aug 28th 2007 by Back to the Border

32. Joe should have beat that clowns ass. Jimmy Kimmel was right, when he said that if Comedy Central wanted to help clean the air, they would cancel his show. He's a disgrace to comedy.

Posted at 8:43PM on Aug 28th 2007 by Steph

33. Just personally....I don't think he's funny in the slightest. He be nothing, and most of America would have never heard of him if Dave Chapelle hadn't left Comedy Central. CC was just looking for someone to fill the void that Chapelle left. The difference between the two comics is that Chapelle's stuff if really creative and original while he pokes fun and white and black folks-Mencia however has routines based around jokes that you told when you were 10. All the skits on his show have been done before, but I'm sure they're funny to younger crowds who've never heard his jokes told by other people before. I really think it's a shame that he's getting rich just because Dave Chapelle's gone. Now Sara Silverman....awesome!

Posted at 9:12PM on Aug 28th 2007 by justin

34. Mencia sucks. He does steal material, and his show is really wretched. He sounds so angry and belligerent when he talks I think the audience laughs because they don't want him to go crazy on their asses. They're just appeasing the madman on stage.

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Posted at 9:45PM on Aug 28th 2007 by Janeane The Acerbic Goblin

35. He's SO funny most of the time!

Posted at 10:47PM on Aug 28th 2007 by 35 yr old half beaner

36. Ned Holness, err i mean Carlos Mencia, is the unfunniest person to ever walk the face of this planet. I have painfully sat through 3 episodes of his Mind of Mencia and not laughed a single time. Actually I laughed after the fact because Comedy Central thinks this guy is funny so do millions of other schmucks. Something is seriously wrong with anyone that actually thinks he's creative/original/funny. I actually feel really bad for him. Deep down inside he knows he's unfunny.

Posted at 11:19PM on Aug 28th 2007 by mtnsurfer

37. This guy is a douche bag! I've seen him live and he does steal jokes.

Posted at 12:18AM on Aug 29th 2007 by luscious

38. If a musician samples, puts a "different" or "creative" spin on anothers creation, he has to acknowledge it and give credit to the originating musician and even pay for the privilege. If a director remakes or "re-imagines" a movie, he must give credit to the original storys writers. Carlos Menstealia not only "samples" and "re-imagines" other comedians entire acts, he claims them as is own and refuses to give credit where credit is due even when confronted with his thievery as in the case with Joe Rogan. If you love ORIGINAL comedy and have followed it over the years, you recognize when some hack is stealing anothers work, especially when it is one of your favorite bits. Next thing you know we'll be seeing Carlos' "seven words you cant say on TV" or Juan Sleet the Hippy Dippy Weatherman, and the uninformed and unknowing will think he is funny. Well folks.. it's called plagerism and it shows a total LACK of originality and talent... no matter how you try and spin it!

Posted at 12:31PM on Aug 29th 2007 by Paladin

39. Dice! Dice! Dice!

Posted at 3:39PM on Aug 29th 2007 by Matt Wayne

40. another dirty sanchez

Posted at 4:01PM on Aug 29th 2007 by me

41. Can I get a list of the original sources of his jokes so I can watch them and see how they were really meant to be told?





Thanks!








P.S. Hey Carlos- thieves are about as good as a child molester. You suck at life.

Posted at 1:14AM on Aug 30th 2007 by Firehawk

42. who the hell is carlos mencia?

Posted at 12:00PM on Sep 26th 2007 by www.lake-shore.co.uk

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