Inside the Mind of Carlos Mencia..

You'll find Joe Rogan, Sam Kinison, Bill Cosby …

In LA - the successor to Boston as the home of stand up comedy - Joe Rogan recently called out Carlos Mencia, accusing him of stealing other comedians' material. The result- Rogan was fired by his agent. Fear Factor is so yesterday, and Mencia is the hot, powerful comic. But, that did not stop people from looking into it. And the latest evidence is he stole from no less than Bill Cosby. (bc we're too lazy to embed the Youtube clip, you can see it here.)

In the clip above, it appears that Mencia recycles a Cosby routine from "Bill Cosby: Himself."

The routine he uses has an obvious joke, so its possible Mencia did not outright copy Cosby. HOWEVER, if you are between the ages of 27 and 40, then you remember when "Bill Cosby Himself" was on HBO in 1983. For 2 years, every child in our neighborhood memorized every line from that show. Ask anyone over the age of 25 to sing the "Chocolate Cake" song, and we bet they'll suddenly recall every line.

It is therefore impossible to believe that:

a) Mencia was not aware of that joke, and

b) That a large number of his his audience did not see the punchline coming from miles away.

One more point: In his original routine, Cosby never felt the need to call the mother of his child a bitch.