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The List of Those Carlos Mencia May be Plagiarizing Grows
Los Angeles - Comedian Carlos Mencia has been publicly accused of stealing material from the likes of George Lopez, Louis C.K., and even Bill Cosby. And it appears the list of unintentional writers for Mencia’s popular standup routines goes further:
“I didn’t rip off nobody. I think up all my own sh**t (shit),” Mencia retorted. But it may be hard to convince the critics as the following “riff” during the Honduran-born performer’s routine last night at Chicago’s O.M.G. So Fucking Funny club last night demonstrates: “I hate to say it, y’all, but territorial governors are f’d up mother f’ers! I mean, territorial governors are nothing but politicians who go out to the outskirts of countries and suffer the privations there in order to build up stakes and come back as United States Senators. For real, though, right? Huh?”
This joke is perceived by many who saw the show to be uncannily similar to the Mark Twain quote “Territorial governors are nothing but politicians who go out to the outskirts of countries and suffer the privations there in order to build up stakes and come back as United States Senators.”
But what sent comedian Joe Rogan, chief among those who accuse Mencia of plagiarism, to contact this paper was the closer of last night’s set when Mencia, who is tan, said, “Let me under your robes to rub the oil of olives to your loins as Aphrodite dictates” to a female audience member.
“Aristophanes? Don’t even know who that is, dude,” replied Mencia to Rogan’s accusation that he lifted the line from one of the ancient Greek playwright’s comedic plays. “It’s from the mind of Mencia, which is my mind! I’m just very religious is all. Aphrodite, Zeus, all them Olympus dudes have blessed me and my family over the years. Sometimes, I give a shout-out.”