carlos mencia...i don't get it

ok, so i just watched his "no string attatched" and it had to be the most unfunny hour i've ever seen on comedy central (short of sorority boys). is it just me? i saw a concert hall full of people laughing and i felt dead inside, the corners of my mouth twitched twice and he got a smile once. it's not even that he's that offensive, i mean, he said quite a few stupid things, but they where neither funny, nor did they really point out how ridiculous something like bigotry of any type is. i'm all for offensive material, but only if there's a point to it. he seems to use it as a trump card over not being funny, like a "look at me, i just went there!"
i also liked his show alot more when it was called the chapelle show.
or maybe i'm the minority

Nope. I too think Carlos Mencia is a huge hack. He's not doing anything you didn't hear from the white kids at your high school when they didn't think there were any minorities around.

You should have posted this beforehand, we could have saved you an hour.

Transcript of show:

"Deh deh deh"
"Beaner"
"Deh deh deh"
rinse. repeat.

carlos mencia is an idiot. plain and simple. i've never laughed at anything he's ever said.

then again, i never watch long enough to not laugh. it's just that bad. i'd almost rather watch the tyra banks talkshow.

almost.

He sure does get a lot of threads started about him.

hahaha, yeah, i forced myself to watch (though i have a million better things to do) i tried, but he failed

oooooh, forgot to check, there are a few similar, lol, my bad. foolish of me to think i would be the first.

word...he fucking sucks.

check it, yo: Carlos Mencia on IMDB

that's right. look closely.

the man's real name is NED HOLNESS.

that's reeeeeal Hispanic.

Personally, I say it's all a matter of opinion. You don't like Carlos Mencia, I don't care for some of the things in your respective profiles, (OC, emo crap).

Can't we all just get along?

And make fun of Tom Cruise instead?

-TM

There's a new girl with a show on E! called the "The Chelsea Handler" show. I have no idea who she is, but the show was along these lines (but not nearly as offensive). I watched it with my friends, two gay guys, and they were laughing their asses off when she went to pick out a "New Gay Best Friend."

exactly.

No, his real name is Carlos Mencia.

If you read the entire biography it states he was given to his Aunt and Uncle to be raised. They renamed him Carlos and their sur name, which they gave Carlos, was Mencia. So Carlos Mencia was his real name since he was 7 months old.

It is a fact also that if you are born in Honduras from Honduran parents you are in fact Hispanic.

it's not so much i don't like the guy, i really don't know much about him outside of his stand up routine, i just want to know if anyone else really finds him funny....all you people, don't be afraid to say so, you shall not be heckled, i just seriously want to know how this guy got his own show.

and don't worry, my next thread will be tomkat styled!
...or not

Personally, I like him. People can talk about how they hate how he points out stereotypes as a main point of his act, but what comedian HASN'T used stereotypes in their act? Richard Pryor did it before most of us were born.

Carlos makes fun of everybody. When he pokes fun @white people, I laugh, because a lot of what he said is true.

You haters probably like Carrot Top, anyway.

-TM

Have you seen his HBO specials from a few years back? Absolutely hilarious!
He's lost a step and I fully admit that "Mind of Mencia" is like a kick to the nuts....not watchable at all without cringing.

Go back and watch those specials though cause I promise you will laugh your ass off.

I love a lot of comedians who utilize stereotypes in their acts, I just don't like comedians who do nothing but spew stereotypes, especially ones that don't do it well. But once again, comedy is a subjective art...one man's Carlin is another man's Joe Piscopo.

i have nothing against comedians who use stereotypes, Pryor is a good example, and Chapelle now a days, but they are funny about it. from what i've seen of Mencia, he hasn't been. i'll have to check out that HBO special though, maybe my tune will change.

This is because he is half German and Half Honduran. He also got pimped slapped by George Lopez!!!!


[Edited on Apr 25, 2006 by arwdan]