Ganked from Spazfox

I've heard a lot of people express their dislike of Carlos Mencia because a) he's racist (really, what comedian isn't these days?), b) he's unfunny and mostly c) he steals the jokes of other comedians.

The last accusation is the most incendiary, because instead of expressing an opinion you're accusing someone of art theft and slandering their moral character. Besides the rumblings of a few friends and such, I hadn't seen much proof of it, or anyone saying about it *inside* the stand-up circuit.

Until now. I think Joe Rogan was one of the hosts of The Man Show, either with Adam Corolla or after the revamp, and beyond that I haven't heard much about him. After a little digging, though, I can now say I have a tremendous respect for him. Even if I don't like his comedy, I can at least admire his set of honor when it comes to the art of writing and telling jokes. He explains why stealing jokes is such a huge, fat hairy deal here, and discusses the aftermath here.

He also has a pretty cool story about Daniel Negreanu, poker player extraordinaire!