Comments on: Take My Material, Please http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/07/25/take-my-material-please/ Covering weekly box office grosses in the US and TV ratings. Wed, 3 Dec 2008 07:59:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Skot http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/07/25/take-my-material-please/#comment-110126 Skot Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:39:12 +0000 http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/07/25/take-my-material-please/#comment-110126 Which explains why one stand-up sounds pretty much like every other one these days. Maybe we're heading to a new Vaudeville period, putting us back to the days when comedians were considered bottom-rung hacks and were used to fill time between dog acts. No, too much money to be made for that. For some reason, Carlos Mencia doesn't get a lot of respect, period. The common perception is he isn't as "Latino" as George Lopez and sort of swiped his shtick for his Comedy Central show. Love the bit about feuding on the LA Times. That Jon Lovitz knows how to take care of business. Which explains why one stand-up sounds pretty much like every other one these days. Maybe we’re heading to a new Vaudeville period, putting us back to the days when comedians were considered bottom-rung hacks and were used to fill time between dog acts. No, too much money to be made for that.

For some reason, Carlos Mencia doesn’t get a lot of respect, period. The common perception is he isn’t as “Latino” as George Lopez and sort of swiped his shtick for his Comedy Central show.

Love the bit about feuding on the LA Times. That Jon Lovitz knows how to take care of business.

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