{"id":626,"date":"2007-02-15T10:05:58","date_gmt":"2007-02-15T10:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cosmicbuddha.com\/adam\/2007\/02\/is-mencia-a-theif\/"},"modified":"2007-02-15T10:05:58","modified_gmt":"2007-02-15T10:05:58","slug":"is-mencia-a-theif","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cosmicbuddha.com\/adam\/2007\/02\/15\/is-mencia-a-theif\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Mencia a theif?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>***Update 5***<br \/>\nUm, this is getting to be pretty hard for Mencia to explain away&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/a1135.g.akamai.net\/f\/1135\/18227\/1h\/cchannel.download.akamai.com\/18227\/podcast\/SANDIEGO-CA\/MSHO-IP\/carlosmencia63006.mp3?CPROG=PCAST&#038;MARKET=SANDIEGO-CA&#038;NG_FORMAT=other&#038;SITE_ID=63&#038;STATION_ID=MSHO-IP&#038;PCAST_AUTHOR=The%20Mikey%20Show&#038;PCAST_CAT=Talk%20Ra\">link<\/a><br \/>\n***Update 4***<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.markandmercedes.com\/markmercedes\/audio\/2007\/021607_Carlos_on_Rogan_lofi.mp3\">Carlos Mencia<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/my.break.com\/media\/view.aspx?ContentID=227205\">Bobby Lee<\/a> weigh in on the feud.<br \/>\n***Update 3***<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/techdirt.com\/articles\/20070215\/230046.shtml\">Techdirt<\/a> discusses the irony of the DCMA taking the side of Mencia, who allegedly plagiarized other comedians&#8217; acts, against Joe Rogan, who exposed Mencia.<br \/>\nAlso, this video actually works (for now):<embed style=\"width:400px; height:326px;\" id=\"VideoPlayback\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/video.google.com\/googleplayer.swf?docId=-7841918711943453918&#038;hl=en\" flashvars=\"\"><\/embed>***Update 2***<br \/>\nAh, this keeps on getting better:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.joerogan.net\/main.php?archives=1&#038;article=53981\">link<\/a><br \/>\n***Update***<br \/>\nJoe Rogan got <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joerogan.net\/main.php?archives=1&#038;article=53955\">banned<\/a> from the Comedy Store as a result of the video. Luckily Joe has his gig as a UFC commentator and other venues to perform comedy to fall back on.<br \/>\nMencia might have won this battle, but it will be interesting to see if his credibility can remain intact in the long-term. For that matter, I&#8217;d like to hear his perspective on all of this.<br \/>\n(This video is the one that the DMCA had taken down)<br \/>\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/MnTRSetqvvQ\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/MnTRSetqvvQ\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><\/embed><\/object><br \/>\nMy brother and I enjoyed watching the first season of The Mind of Mencia, but then his stuff started getting old and repetitive to the point where I would change the channel if his program came on. I noticed that others felt similarly about the show. Why had Mencia&#8217;s show started off with such a bang and then fizzled out?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.joerogan.net\/main.php?archives=1&#038;article=53945\">Joe Rogan&#8217;s account<\/a> of his on-stage confrontation with Mencia gives the reader a possible explanation.<br \/>\nDid Mencia, or &#8220;Ned&#8221;, really steal some of his material? Why is he not forthcoming about his non-Mexican heritage?<br \/>\nThe video and Rogan&#8217;s entry are undoubtedly biased against Mencia, but after reviewing the video I am left questioning the integrity of Mencia and his material.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>***Update 5*** Um, this is getting to be pretty hard for Mencia to explain away&#8230; link ***Update 4*** Carlos Mencia and Bobby Lee weigh in on the feud. ***Update 3*** Techdirt discusses the irony of the DCMA taking the side of Mencia, who allegedly plagiarized other comedians&#8217; acts, against Joe Rogan, who exposed Mencia. 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