I had read in the past mumblings of comedians like Carlos Mencia and Dane Cook stealing material from other comics. Naturally, this doesn’t resonate well with the L.A. comedy scene. I was bored one late night and decided to peruse youtube for some Carlos Mencia videos. What followed was a torrent of content that took me deeper into the annals of the world wide web.

First off, I never thought Carlos Mencia was that funny. He was screaming needlessly and looked like he needed to get laid soon or a vein would rupture his forehead followed by a glorious fountain of arterial blood spray spewing into the audience (now THAT would be funny!).

After seeing a few videos that provided compelling evidence that Carlos Mencia was indeed lifting material from other comics, I stumbled onto Joe Rogan’s blog (Fear Factor host, UFC color commentator and stand up comic). He has a segment on his blog where he actually confronts Carlos Mencia on stage at the Comedy Store in L.A. Its a raucous affair for all the world to see.

Joe is not afraid to say whats on his mind and calls Mr. Mencia “Carlos Menstealia”. Further bantering reveals that Carlos Mencia is not even Mr. Mencia’s real name. Evidently, its Ned Holness. So it seems the claims that Mr. Holness puts forward as a Mexican immigrant is all a facade?  The verbal pummeling continues as more fellow comedians come forward on stage and later backstage claiming that Mr. Holness does indeed steal material from fellow comics that he performs with.

Bonus material: More videos of Mr. Holness “re acquiring” material from other comics

Here he is “re acquiring” from Bill Cosby.

More, this time from Sam Kinison.

This may all be conjecture but its an interesting feud if anything.