Modified On November 1, 2005
Comedy Central’s announcement yesterday will delight fans of the faux Mexican standup whose show now replaces that of Dave Chappelle/Chapelle. Carlos Mencia will be on the tube, on the CD, the DVD and on the live stage with a 30-city CC-branded standup tour.
Of course, not everyone is happy with the major goodies that Comedy Central has heaped on Mencia. Joe Rogan has for some time been telling anyone who’ll listen that he’s all for originality and all against joke thievery. He sounds mighty sincere. And in some blog entries on his website, he talks about his feelings re stealing material and about about how he was alerted to a bit of trash talking by Mencia during a recent radio interview. Seems that he poured a little fuel on the fire and actually mentioned Rogan by name. Big mistake. Makes for some interesting reading.