Carlos Mencia

Rexmons · 08-20-2007, 11:16 PM

i personally can't stand this guy.

lookout123 · 08-20-2007, 11:18 PM

Mencia is hilarious. Unfortunately, he is now just recycling the same bits over and over. Such is the danger when a comedian gets a tv show.

Rexmons · 08-20-2007, 11:20 PM

chapelle kept it funny, this guy...not so much.

lookout123 · 08-20-2007, 11:22 PM

Chapelle wasn't funny to even start with. IMO.

08-20-2007, 11:35 PM

Sux!

RonBurgundy · 08-21-2007, 01:33 AM

That jackass AND Larry the Cable Jerk should both be executed in public.

elSicomoro · 08-21-2007, 02:13 AM

I like him...he's kinda like a Latino Chappelle, though he's been accused of seriously lifting material.

piercehawkeye45 · 08-21-2007, 07:07 AM

His first season of Mind of Mencia was OK, it actually had some good material but this latest stuff has some very stupid, very immature humor in it.

I thought it was just an act since his show is probably directed towards 7th grade white boys but apparently he thinks "you're just talking shit about me is because you actually like me" is an insult, so I'm having doubts that it is an act.

smurfalicious · 08-21-2007, 07:45 AM

Maintaining is difficult for a comedian and only a handful can pull it off. He's not one of them. But he is where he is because he of his heritage and, well, he was funny for a little while. He's stale now.

Undertoad · 08-21-2007, 07:56 AM

His Honduran/German heritage??

I expect that his show sucks now because no writer wants to work for him after he's been so incredibly exposed as a joke thief. I liked the first season of his show, but I did hear some things that I previously heard elsewhere.

"I go to Miami, and now I'm Cuban, do you understand that?"

I'm pretty sure some other Hispanic comic wrote that... if not George Lopez, someone else... I swear I remember hearing that joke ten years ago.

smurfalicious · 08-21-2007, 08:05 AM

He presents himself as of Latin descent and touts that image.

SteveDallas · 08-21-2007, 08:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lookout123

Such is the danger when a comedian gets a tv show.

For my money, comedians are rarely if ever as good in the sitcom format as they are at standups. The list is a mile long...

Drax · 08-29-2007, 01:30 AM

IMO, he funny, and he has a good message about people being to afraid to offend someone (by accident of course :p).

Trilby · 08-29-2007, 08:40 AM

I don't like Mencia. He tries too hard.

BTW-my summer lit. class was taught by Chappell's mom--Yvonne Seon. Was Lit. of the African Diaspora. She is quite the talented poet. Behold:

Show Me a Motion

He came
and told us
in very proper tones
that there was no such thing
as "Black English,"
and therefore nobody
should be taught to speak it,
because it represents
a perpetuation of degradation-
even though it doesn't exsist!

She came
and told us
in home-grown language
what it had ben like
coming up Black
on a plantation
in the Mississippi Delta;
and nobody missed the nuances
of humor, humiliation, pathos and love-
even though she spoke different

I come
and assure you
in this alien tongue
that there are notions abroad
for which I have no words;
So, I dance my thoughts
into jazzy cymbals:
Nayoki, I "dig":
Seeing, feeling, comprehending-
Altogether, getting it.

--Dr. Yvonne Seon

Shawnee123 · 08-29-2007, 08:42 AM

Awesome, Bri!

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08-20-2007, 11:16 PM	#1
Rexmons - Kavkaz United - Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 613	Carlos Mencia i personally can't stand this guy. __________________ "Life's a bitch but God forbid the bitch divorce me..."

08-20-2007, 11:18 PM	#2
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	Mencia is hilarious. Unfortunately, he is now just recycling the same bits over and over. Such is the danger when a comedian gets a tv show. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

08-20-2007, 11:20 PM	#3
Rexmons - Kavkaz United - Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 613	chapelle kept it funny, this guy...not so much. __________________ "Life's a bitch but God forbid the bitch divorce me..."

08-20-2007, 11:22 PM	#4
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	Chapelle wasn't funny to even start with. IMO. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

08-21-2007, 01:33 AM	#6
RonBurgundy Smelly Pirate Hooker Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Arizona Posts: 17	That jackass AND Larry the Cable Jerk should both be executed in public. __________________ 60% of the time...it works all the time.

08-21-2007, 02:13 AM	#7
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	I like him...he's kinda like a Latino Chappelle, though he's been accused of seriously lifting material.

08-21-2007, 07:07 AM	#8
piercehawkeye45 Franklin Pierce Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,695	His first season of Mind of Mencia was OK, it actually had some good material but this latest stuff has some very stupid, very immature humor in it. I thought it was just an act since his show is probably directed towards 7th grade white boys but apparently he thinks "you're just talking shit about me is because you actually like me" is an insult, so I'm having doubts that it is an act.

08-21-2007, 07:45 AM	#9
smurfalicious Tool. Not the band - you are one. Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: 501 Northlake Blvd., North Palm Beach FL Posts: 329	Maintaining is difficult for a comedian and only a handful can pull it off. He's not one of them. But he is where he is because he of his heritage and, well, he was funny for a little while. He's stale now. __________________

08-21-2007, 07:56 AM	#10
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	His Honduran/German heritage?? I expect that his show sucks now because no writer wants to work for him after he's been so incredibly exposed as a joke thief. I liked the first season of his show, but I did hear some things that I previously heard elsewhere. "I go to Miami, and now I'm Cuban, do you understand that?" I'm pretty sure some other Hispanic comic wrote that... if not George Lopez, someone else... I swear I remember hearing that joke ten years ago.

08-21-2007, 08:05 AM	#11
smurfalicious Tool. Not the band - you are one. Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: 501 Northlake Blvd., North Palm Beach FL Posts: 329	He presents himself as of Latin descent and touts that image. __________________

08-29-2007, 01:30 AM	#13
Drax Banned Join Date: May 2007 Location: Gallman, MS, USA Posts: 1,933	IMO, he funny, and he has a good message about people being to afraid to offend someone (by accident of course :p).

08-29-2007, 08:40 AM	#14
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I don't like Mencia. He tries too hard. BTW-my summer lit. class was taught by Chappell's mom--Yvonne Seon. Was Lit. of the African Diaspora. She is quite the talented poet. Behold: Show Me a Motion He came and told us in very proper tones that there was no such thing as "Black English," and therefore nobody should be taught to speak it, because it represents a perpetuation of degradation- even though it doesn't exsist! She came and told us in home-grown language what it had ben like coming up Black on a plantation in the Mississippi Delta; and nobody missed the nuances of humor, humiliation, pathos and love- even though she spoke different I come and assure you in this alien tongue that there are notions abroad for which I have no words; So, I dance my thoughts into jazzy cymbals: Nayoki, I "dig": Seeing, feeling, comprehending- Altogether, getting it. --Dr. Yvonne Seon __________________ 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, 08:42 AM	#15
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Awesome, Bri! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

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08-20-2007, 11:35 PM	#5
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	Sux!