The only funny thing about Carlos Mencia is that he tricked Comedy Central into giving him a show, probably by acting like he could fill the place of Chappelle's Show with racial humor. (even if it doesn't have any actual point other than to offend and gain publicity) That Comedy Central bought it is hilarious; the show is a trainwreck, to be frank.

He relies on his "Dee-Dee-DEE" jokes and incredibly simplistic racial stereotypes for most of his "humor" on the show and it just makes my stomach churn. (Not to mention his pathetic "if you're offended, it's your fault for feeling like that" excuse) Now, listen, I'm up for a good row of racial humor -- I think people like Greg Giraldo and Chappelle and George Carlin and Patrice O'Neal and even Sarah Silvermann can be funny and offensive and have at least a tinge of context. Mencia, however only gets the nod on being offensive.

As far as plagiarism goes: The video on Youtube makes a good pseudo-Michael Moore type argument, what with the use of spliced and edited and clipped interview material and some pretty good deflection tactics (so what he used a different name for entertainment purposes? WTF does that have to do with plagiarism?) and all...to me, the bigotry's more important but hey...