A Comedy Central Analogy

Bomby · 08-31-2006, 12:30 AM

Mind of Mencia is to Chappelle's Show as Be Cool is to Get Shorty.

Dee dee dee!

Sean P Kelly · 09-01-2006, 11:11 PM

I liked Be Cool

Bomby · 09-02-2006, 11:30 AM

So did I (mostly because Christina Milian = teh hawtness) but it wasn't anything close to Get Shorty.

The same way that Mind of Mencia can be funny at times but its mostly a cheap sequel to Chappelle's Show.

**Deku Trii** · 09-02-2006, 11:56 AM

I can't stand Carlos Mencia.

Bomby · 09-05-2006, 12:27 AM

Mencia has great delivery, but my main problems with him are that:

1) he has been known to steal from other comedians (including 12 whole minutes of dialogue from George Lopez).
2) he relies far too much on playing up his Honduran heritage. He's actually half-German, and his real name is not the hispanic-sounding Carlos Mencia but the extremely-European Ned Holness. He even used his real name on one episode of the show for a character who was a white historian.
3. his comedy is not as "equal-opportunity offensive" as he claims it is, with Hispanic and Black people recieving much harsher jokes than other groups of people.

08-31-2006, 12:30 AM	#1
Bomby Spirit, they're gone! Spirit, they've vanished! Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Badger State Gender: Posts: 19,187 Thanks: 482 Thanked 1,384 Times in 812 Posts Blog Entries: 5	A Comedy Central Analogy Mind of Mencia is to Chappelle's Show as Be Cool is to Get Shorty. Dee dee dee!

09-02-2006, 11:30 AM	#3
Bomby Spirit, they're gone! Spirit, they've vanished! Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Badger State Gender: Posts: 19,187 Thanks: 482 Thanked 1,384 Times in 812 Posts Blog Entries: 5	So did I (mostly because Christina Milian = teh hawtness) but it wasn't anything close to Get Shorty. The same way that Mind of Mencia can be funny at times but its mostly a cheap sequel to Chappelle's Show. Last edited by Bomby; 09-05-2006 at 12:18 AM.

09-01-2006, 11:11 PM	#2
Sean P Kelly Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Gender: Posts: 3,789 Thanks: 19 Thanked 58 Times in 46 Posts	I liked Be Cool

09-02-2006, 11:56 AM	#4
Deku Trii PP&R Mod Current Events Mod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Texas Gender: Posts: 8,930 Thanks: 490 Thanked 1,063 Times in 559 Posts	I can't stand Carlos Mencia.

09-05-2006, 12:27 AM	#5
Bomby Spirit, they're gone! Spirit, they've vanished! Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Badger State Gender: Posts: 19,187 Thanks: 482 Thanked 1,384 Times in 812 Posts Blog Entries: 5	Mencia has great delivery, but my main problems with him are that: 1) he has been known to steal from other comedians (including 12 whole minutes of dialogue from George Lopez). 2) he relies far too much on playing up his Honduran heritage. He's actually half-German, and his real name is not the hispanic-sounding Carlos Mencia but the extremely-European Ned Holness. He even used his real name on one episode of the show for a character who was a white historian. 3. his comedy is not as "equal-opportunity offensive" as he claims it is, with Hispanic and Black people recieving much harsher jokes than other groups of people.