On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 6:18 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote:
> Marc Maron conducted a very softball interview with fellow comedian > Carlos Mencia on his podcast, then felt bad about it afterwards. So > Maron did a little research into the repeated allegations of joke > stealing (and the lesser charges of dropping by big clubs unannounced > and bumping other comics -- essentially stealing the limelight), then > contacted Mencia who agreed to come back for a second interview. I'm > expecting the second interview (due to be posted in the next day or > two) to be, at least, compelling. After all, Maron was able to get > Robin Williams to talk candidly about the joke stealing he did in his > early years. God willing, Maron can get the comedic Xerox machine Dane > Cook on the podcast and go through this all over again. > > http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wtf-with-marc-maron-podcast/id329875043 > I think Kevin posted about the Williams interview on WTF a few weeks ago, and I will take this occasion to second his recommendation that you check it out. I actually had never heard about the accusations of joke stealing by Williams, though I have often had the impression that when he is riffing on Dave he is repeating a lot of obvious punchlines used by many others. Maron started the podcast telling the audience that he was going to ask him about it, and that he was not sure how he felt about Robin because of that. The he did ask him about it, and Williams gave some very interesting and honest and reasonable answers. I detest Mencia so I am not sure if I will subject myself to that one, unless we get word of some interesting confrontation in the re-do. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
