Carlos Mencia - Page 2

Trilby · 08-29-2007, 08:46 AM

She was really a very interesting woman. Dave called her on her cell phone while she was teaching and she relayed his good wishes to us, which was nice. She is such a gifted poet; her new book, titled Totem Games should be out by Sept. She's hyperintelligent and very spiritual in an "otherworldly" kind of way. She has eyes the color of clear green sea-ice.

Shawnee123 · 08-29-2007, 08:48 AM

I will have to check her out. What a great experience for you.

freshnesschronic · 08-31-2007, 11:39 AM

Mencia is pretty funny. But the joke stealing, while kind of lame isn't that much of a big deal to me, personally. I mean his show is no Chappelle's Show, but in reality a lot of comedians do rearrange previous material. Call it stealing, it might be. Call it inspiration, might be that too.

Urbane Guerrilla · 09-06-2007, 03:56 AM

The skits don't thrill me, probably because they're in the David Letterman vein and I'm more into mining setpiece humor of the Smothers Brothers and Laugh-In veins. But the standup does give a Hispano-for-fun quality I enjoy. Perhaps you have to live in SoCal?

Undertoad · 09-06-2007, 07:59 AM

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I'm more into mining setpiece humor of the Smothers Brothers and Laugh-In veins

The last Laugh-In aired 1972. The last Smos Bros show was in 1975. Is there nothing you've laughed at in the last 32 years?

Flint · 09-06-2007, 09:33 AM

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Is there nothing you've laughed at in the last 32 years?

Laughter is for the weak.

Flint · 09-06-2007, 09:34 AM

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Call it stealing, it might be. Call it inspiration, might be that too.

No, it's stealing.

glatt · 09-06-2007, 09:41 AM

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The last Laugh-In aired 1972. The last Smos Bros show was in 1975. Is there nothing you've laughed at in the last 32 years?

Pickles, the comic trip, has had a running gag the last few days that old people have poor senses of humor because their brains are wired differently. Or maybe because they don't hear the punchline.

Drax · 09-06-2007, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Flint

Laughter is for the weak.

Clodfobble · 09-06-2007, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

The last Laugh-In aired 1972. The last Smos Bros show was in 1975. Is there nothing you've laughed at in the last 32 years?

But with the magic of cable TV, one never ever has to branch out, ever again! TRIO shows reruns of both these shows, constantly. I know because my dad watches them. Constantly. He says he really doesn't understand the new "fad" of those animated humor shows.

Urbane Guerrilla · 09-08-2007, 04:53 AM

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The last Laugh-In aired 1972. The last Smos Bros show was in 1975. Is there nothing you've laughed at in the last 32 years?

Oh, quite a lot; certainly I laugh oftener and louder than tw, a notably humorless individual (pause to check the tw Bash Box on the mental session agenda). Perhaps I should have made it clearer that it was their kind of set-piece humor that I prefer over the setpiecery David Letterman's writers come up with. Mencia's oneliners amuse me much more.

And with cable, you've got plenty more thingies to branch out into, also. I'm an unabashed Kim Possible fan -- such that I'm a 'shipper for a She-Go/Senor Senior Jr. pair-up.

Hime · 09-10-2007, 01:49 PM

Nope, not funny. I mean, "black people are lazy" jokes? Old and weak.

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08-29-2007, 08:46 AM	#16
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	She was really a very interesting woman. Dave called her on her cell phone while she was teaching and she relayed his good wishes to us, which was nice. She is such a gifted poet; her new book, titled Totem Games should be out by Sept. She's hyperintelligent and very spiritual in an "otherworldly" kind of way. She has eyes the color of clear green sea-ice. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

08-29-2007, 08:48 AM	#17
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I will have to check her out. What a great experience for you. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

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Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	The skits don't thrill me, probably because they're in the David Letterman vein and I'm more into mining setpiece humor of the Smothers Brothers and Laugh-In veins. But the standup does give a Hispano-for-fun quality I enjoy. Perhaps you have to live in SoCal? __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

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08-31-2007, 11:39 AM	#18
freshnesschronic Professor Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,555	Mencia is pretty funny. But the joke stealing, while kind of lame isn't that much of a big deal to me, personally. I mean his show is no Chappelle's Show, but in reality a lot of comedians do rearrange previous material. Call it stealing, it might be. Call it inspiration, might be that too.

09-10-2007, 01:49 PM	#27
Hime Extraordinary Machine Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Outside of Washington, DC Posts: 307	Nope, not funny. I mean, "black people are lazy" jokes? Old and weak.

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