Joe Rogan Rips Carlos Mencia (Ned Holeness) Apart

[HAZE]

I always knew Mencia was shady from the beginning. How when he first came out, he admitted that he wasn't Mexican and now how he acts as if he is because it makes him more popular. And I've also thought that I've heard some of his stuff elsewhere, now I realize it's true. He's a hack. I hope they pull his show.

His name isn't Carlos Mencia. It's Ned Holeness. He's half German and half Honduran.

Watch the video before Google pulls it off. Mencia (Holness) got youtube to take the video down already.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7841918711943453918

Here's Joe Rogan's explanation of everything. A long read, but well worth it, IMO.

"So here's how it all went down... I had a set at the comedy store Saturday night, and after I closed, I was bringing on the next comedian, a guy named Kirk Fox that works for Carlos Mencia. I introduce him saying that he's a funny guy, and that he opens on the road for Carlos "Menstealia." That's the name we call him at the comedy store, and of course Carlos doesn't like it one bit. Carlos was apparently in the room when I said this, and the perfect combination of ego and timing made him decide that this was the night to put his foot down. As I got off stage and headed towards the back of the room, he grabbed the mike away from Kirk, and said that I was too much of a pussy to say that shit to his face. Which to me, is something akin to the hottest girl in the world daring you to fuck her while you're standing there in her bedroom naked with a boner. Of course I had to disagree with him, and I decided to get onstage with him and have this "meeting of the minds" as it were. On video, and for the whole world to see via the internet. Shazam!

Now, a lot of comics have had a problem with Carlos stealing material for a long time now, but for whatever reason, many of them don't like to talk about it publicly, mostly because they're afraid that people are going to think that they're just jealous. That, and they're worried about him using his power in "Hollywood" to have them black balled for talking badly about him. But in private, they talk about it. A LOT. It's a huge problem at the comedy store, to the point where some really good comics are refusing to go onstage if he's there watching the show, and others have a signal system to alert the guy onstage that Carlos has walked into the room. It's really THAT BAD. It's like a dark cloud that hovers over the place when he's performing there. He walks by and people literally stop their conversations and move away. For whatever reason, the owner of the comedy store, Mitzi Shore, has always let him go up there, perhaps because he started there and the fact that she was actually the one to name himself Carlos Mencia instead of his actual name of Ned. Or, maybe she just wasn't aware of how big of a problem it had become. Either way, it's her club, and she's done so much for comedy in general, and me in particular, that I would never question her about any of her decisions. In fact, I had never even talked to her personally about the problem until today. Quite honestly, I'm happy to get this video and this blog out there, so that hopefully this can be the last time that I have talk about it. Even I'm getting sick of me talking about it at this point.

To give you a little background, when I first moved to Hollywood way back in 1994 Carlos and I were actually friends. We hung out together a bunch of times. Played pool together, went to the gym, hung out at the store, all kinds of ****. That's also how I know that he's really half German and Half Honduran and not Mexican. I know it, because he told me himself. I thought that it was weird to use a fake name, but who gives a shit really. No big deal. Other than that he seemed to be a cool guy. Then I started to see it. Over and over again, I would see him do jokes that I knew I had heard before. Then I saw some real obvious shit. Some jokes that I knew were Paul Mooney's, some that were right off a Richard Pryor album. I brought it up to him, and he gave me this half assed denial that I knew was a lie. That was the end of our friendship. I didn't hate the guy, but there was no way I could hang around with him knowing he's a thief. For someone who is not a comic, and doesn't understand what the big deal is about comics stealing jokes, please let me try to explain it to you. It's hard to come up with material. It takes a lot of work, a lot of rewriting, sometimes an approach bombs and you have to rethink it, and often it's a long process until you get to a finished product. Now, occasionally a joke will come to you in full form, but for the most part it's just an idea that can become a great bit with some work. Now, when you work hard on a bit and polish and craft it, and then someone just disrespects the whole process, steps in, steals it and performs it as his own, that's a pretty intense creative violation. I've been in the back of a club while a guy was onstage doing one of my bits and believe me that's a shitty fucking feeling. It's like watching your girlfriend getting fucked onstage by a liar while the whole audience cheers. What's even worse, is if you're a struggling comic, and the guy stealing your shit has his own show on comedy central.

Now, our little "beef" started out 2 years ago when Carlos was on the radio in Tucson, Arizona doing "the Frank show", and he started talking shit about me, mainly telling a bunch of weird lies about a recent night where we had worked together back to back at the store. Unfortunately for him, the DJ sent me an mp3 of the discussion, and we actually had the evening he was referring to in his story on video, and we posted it up on the internet for all to see and laugh at. His version of the night was nothing more than a weird mix of lies and bragging, and it was pretty obvious to anyone seeing the video and listening to him on the radio that the guy is screwy. You can check it out here. Ever since then, shit talking has been going on back and forth from both sides, and to be honest I've been baiting him into a "conversation" to expose him and end this all for a while now, I just never thought he would actually be dumb enough to want to do it in front of an audience, especially when he knew that we were filming it.

Ego is a motherfucker, I guess.

Either way, I'm glad we got this over with. For the record, I don't hate the guy. I never really did. I hated what he was doing, but him as a person it's really more like I felt pity for him. The dude was living a gigantic lie, and no matter how fucked up and powerful your ego is, there's got to be a part of the back of his brain that realizes what's going on, and cringes at the reality. I think maybe it's even his own subconscious knowing that he's doing something wrong that forced him into this un-winnable battle. I'm completely convinced that if I ever got that dude high he would curl up into the fetal position and cry for hours. Either that, or launch himself off a cliff.

When all was said and done at the end of the night, especially after I saw the video, I actually felt sorry for him. I think there's part of him that actually believes his own bullshit. I compared him to OJ in the video, in that they've both convinced themselves that they're innocent, and really I think it's a valid comparison. Stand up comedy is an awesome, amazing way to make a living, and the comedy store is the greatest place to practice it in the known universe. It's just a really fun place, and there's a ton of funny comics that hang around there, and for the most part it's a really positive environment. We support each other, and we make each other laugh. We have fun together, except for this one little problem. Hopefully this video will help fix that, and make everything nice-nice again.

Enjoy :)"

[misk]

..thats really long lol..but i just read an article about stealing jokes...and he was a huge part....they said they used to flash the red light for robin williams and when mencia showed up they just yelled...MENCIA'S HERE lol.....

[chris817]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NhrTOiLw0I

[fkornre]

for a long time now rogan has been coming out against his old friend...and rogan has alot of support from other comedians who also agree that ned is a theif...

[sidoolongo]

Comics routinely "borrow" or "adapt" material. For someone to be called on it in such a confrontational and public way, he had to to have been doing it like nobody's business.

I hope CC takes MoM off the air, not because of the plaigerism, because his blunt-force screeching style just irrtates me.

[sidoolongo]

PS. I like Joe Rogan. He's like a new if perhaps not so improved Bill Hicks.

[danielia]

I said a while ago that he wasn't mexican lol

But i'm glad someone finally called his dumbass out

[stymie]

rogan is awesome

[fkornre]

rogan is awesome...the amazing racist, Ari, who is a good friend of his and is usually with him does a good job also...

[bxbomb]

alot of comics "borrow"

ROgan might have a lil jealous streak in him or he just likes to stir shit up,

which is cool to see play out. Love seeing celebs go at each other.

whatever happend to the fight he challenged Wesly Snipes to??

Rogan is a black belt or some shit like that

i hope he kicks that tax evadin B-movie stars ass

[stymie]

alot of comics "borrow"

ROgan might have a lil jealous streak in him or he just likes to stir shit up,

which is cool to see play out. Love seeing celebs go at each other.

whatever happend to the fight he challenged Wesly Snipes to??

Rogan is a black belt or some shit like that

i hope he kicks that tax evadin B-movie stars ass

black belt in tei known do sp? and a brown belt in ju jitsu

[sidoolongo]

i hope he kicks that tax evadin B-movie stars ass

Snipes? Aw come on, isn't he A-list by now?

[bxbomb]

Snipes? Aw come on, isn't he A-list by now?

in 1994 he might have hit a-list

imdb this guys resume

ouch

*edit*

1 choclate chip cookie for wesley in 98 with blade

[lolahotass]

no offense to carlos mencia, i don't watch his show or any of his routines.. however... he CLEARLY stole a RADIO BIT that my boys Paul & Young Ron did on 105.9 - And he didn't even credit them on the show!! THe boys called him out on it and he apologized and said the "MoM show producers wouldn't let him add a "special thanks to paul & yong ron" (which they asked him to do) blah blah blah and gave them some bullshit story.. It was all live on the air..

i posted about it when it happened.. let me see if i can find it...

[lolahotass]

here it is:

http://bbs.clubplanet.com/3024967-post10.html

[lolahotass]

btw, thanks for posting the google video haze.. it was good... especially when ari came out and said he stole that joke right to carlos' face.. lol

[cookie6]

<3 rogan

[nutcase34]

<3 rogan

me too. he's a cutie.

[JonStephen]

Rogan rules

As for mencia, he does do well on the bits, but if you're gonna blatently rip someone off then at least own up to it

[fkornre]

at the O&A virus tour last summer when they came to the PNC arts center, menstealia came on last and about 1/2 the crowd got up and left 2 mins into his act after he said "beaner" for the 100000000000000 time...

[hehateme]

Wow,

Rogan is Banned from the Comedy Store and his agent dropped him over this

[phatman]

...so glad it was still on the server...great fucking clip...is there a clip of george lopez taking it to mencia?...

[HAZE]

Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury, Exhibit D:

http://break.com/index/carlos_mencia_stealing_jokes_from_cosby.html

[mikdondadon22]

Joe Rogan vs. loudmouth woman comic

wish he would have cracked her

http://www.hornyoyster.com/?p=3777

[stymie]

Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury, Exhibit D:

http://break.com/index/carlos_mencia_stealing_jokes_from_cosby.html

post this on groova..... lol