![]() Yet another pioneer apparently guilty of reusing Carlin’s material was Joan Rivers, according to an interview with the man himself. Back in 2007, he told the LA Times that a bit he once did about “little tiny hairs” was stolen, in part, from fellow groundbreaker George Carlin: “The phrase that makes everyone laugh is ‘little tiny hairs,’ but I don’t get to ‘little tiny hairs’ if I don’t have what I lifted from George Carlin, and that is the whole idea of a football player who can’t act, who has an accent, maybe is an uneducated farm boy or something.”Ĭosby’s rendition was included on his very first album in 1963, yet Carlin never took the time to call him out. Now, Cosby may very well have enough allegations against him at this point, but interestingly, taking a joke without permission is one thing he’s actually admitted to. You can talk about viewers having short attention spans anyway, but at least Lisa waited a little longer before doing the same thing to Whitney…Īmerica’s bygone dad might not be appearing on any “Greatest Comedians” lists again any time soon, though facts are facts: he was one of the most groundbreaking standups of the previous century, which should make his appearance on this list at least a little bit surprising. If that sounds slightly familiar, it might be because just five months earlier, at the Larry the Cable Guy roast, Lisa Lampanelli could be heard telling Maureen McCormick that she was “more unstable than Robert Reed’s T-cell count.”ĭifferent targets, but pretty much the same joke, on the same channel, five months apart. ![]() One such example comes from the 2009 Roast of Joan Rivers, where Whitney Cummings left quite an impression with unsparing lines like, “The only thing lower than Greg Giraldo’s ticket sales is Mario Cantone’s T-cell count.” What few seem to have noticed is that some of those insults have not only been traded, but recycled by other comedians on several occasions. Just about every year, comedians come together at the Comedy Central Roasts to bash a celebrity and trade insults with one another. Until the internet smartens up, it’s not entirely clear who did it first, but the resemblance sure is striking – sort of like Katt Williams after being cornered by a teenager. has been performing his version (clearly with a different song) since the Def Comedy Jam days in the 90s, but earlier footage has yet to surface. ‘Cause when the shit goes down, somebody’s gonna need to talk to the police,” Chappelle says in 2000’s Killin’ Them Softly, before telling a story about getting pulled over with a white friend of his.Ī small number of fans have made note of the similarities, with some claiming that J.B. “Every group of brothers should have at least one white guy in it. Yet, somehow, not a person is bitching – not even on Twitter – that this joke was very similar to one Dave Chappelle did 17 years ago, during his first hour-long HBO special. When the cops pull you over, please let your white friend do the talking.” If the millions of views these kind of clips get on YouTube are an indication of anything, it’s that people still watch The Tonight Show – lots of them. ![]() I think you need them, especially for when the cops pull you over. It’s odd when a seasoned comic borrows from another seasoned comic, but that’s exactly what Marlon Wayans did in January of 2016 when he used the following joke during an appearance on The Tonight Show: “I got white friends. If you’re part of the camp that considers borrowing a taboo, feast your eyes on some of these additional comedy heavyweights who repackaged others’ jokes and somehow managed to avoid making headlines ( or hashtags). ![]() Whether Amy or Trevor’s jokes fall under the category of parallel thought or intentional plagiarism is still up for debate, but one thing’s for sure: they’re in good company. That makes it all the more confusing when the people collectively known as “The Internet” decide to shame someone like Amy Schumer or Trevor Noah for allegedly stealing jokes, while a long list of others go seemingly unnoticed. Some comedians, like Woody Allen and Ricky Gervais, have even admitted to stealing. Stan Laurel once said, “All comedians steal from all comedians.” If you waste enough time looking into it, you might be surprised to learn that it’s practically become a tradition over the years: Milton Berle was infamously known as “The Thief of Bad Gags,” Robin Williams & Carlos Mencia were repeatedly accused of stealing jokes, and Denis Leary got so good at performing material written by other people that he turned it into a successful acting career. ![]()
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