Aries Spears: Joe Rogan Single Handedly Destroyed Carlos Mencia's Career (Part 14)

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In an engaging conversation Vlad and comedian Aries Spears, Carlos Mencia’s controversial career was addressed. Mencia, known for his well-liked performance amid the Latino stand-up scene, has faced accusations of joke-stealing, pushing his career into decline. Aries concurred with the allegations, noting evidence of joke theft in Mencia’s verbatim recitations of Ari Schaefer and George Lopez’s lines. Aries even mentioned copying from Bill Cosby's iconic "Hi Mom" joke. Mencia's defense involved blaming his 'theft' on the unoriginality of topics, a sentiment Louis CK and Vlad echoed. The discussion highlighted the grey area in comedy regarding joke theft, with Vlad and Aries underlining the distinction between discussing similar themes and copying jokes verbatim. The matter with George Lopez became even more complex when Mencia managed to present a video from the '80s depicting him performing a joke which Lopez later claimed as his.

[@AHX214]

Carlos Mencia ruined Carlos Mencia's career.

[@jeremiahfreitag5242]

Boom!

[@Smadden226]

Vlad is so dumb bro stole a bill cosby joke lol wtf

[@jonightshade2252]

And that’s that.

[@rokarion6979]

Yeah but Carlos is way funnier than Rogen lol Rogen was hating

[@breakyoselffool]

And If suge wasn't suge.. he would be suge

[@Viele411]

Not only did he steal jokes, when he was confronted he straight up said “if you say something I like and can use, then I’m gonna take that shit and put it in my act.”

[@Azzury.]

Mencia was the good guy. Why wasn’t schumer targeted in the same way? When someone doesn’t like you, your faults are amplified. He who wins, controls the narrative.

[@yt.personal.identification]

Vlad "I didn't know about Carlos" Also Vlad "It seems he was innocent even with the Cosby joke" He should have shutup when he realised he has nfi what he is talking about.

[@B1G5EAN727]

I’m glad u said it I’m over here like why is everyone pretending “Ned” didn’t make multiple videos admitting this shit lol everyone loves a victim

[@cocotazo]

He was being sarcastic. It wasn't the smartest thing, because it actually blew up and backfired. But it's obvious from the video he was being sarcastic.

[@yt.personal.identification]

@@cocotazo No, it was obvious he was defiant and petulant. He wasn't sarcastic at all.

[@dremac33]

Sinbad was the most underrated comics ever. Funny and didn't even use profane language...

[@Juan_rivera]

And he was corny AF..

[@sacto652]

Facts!!!

[@jaimesmith2266]

Absolutely.

[@budbystoppage]

​@@Juan_riveraSonia Joe Rogan and Carlos mancina whatever his name is

[@sal1n4s30]

-Dremac33, 11 yrs. old

[@Mrjohndoe280]

Carlos did steal jokes. Repeatedly. It's very well documented. Gotta stop saying he was just "accused"

[@andre-x1]

i think even bobby lee said it and he was around carlos in that era.

[@tejanolive4198]

Prove it!

[@Mrjohndoe280]

@@andre-x1 He's said it several times. He even confronted him with it again recently on his show. Every person who worked with him for a long time said that he steals jokes.

[@THEwridacule]

​@@saberterminal871he stole the hi mom joke from Bill Cosby. There's your 1 example

[@DtotheK88]

@@Mrjohndoe280Paul Mooney would claim that too behind his back but when Carlos asked him what joke he stole, Paul suddenly claimed it was all a misunderstanding. The comedy scene is a cult and once someone is canceled, the whole scene turns on them to save their careers. Same way Owen Benjamin was part of that scene for many years and was friends with all of them and now they won’t speak his name. Comedians today are scared of being canceled. What Joe did was pathetic, especially since Joe isn’t even a real comedian but in those days was in complete denial about it so he took a cheap shot at Carlos to up his name in the comedy world since he couldn’t get laughs.

[@robertcooper4434]

Aries you don’t have to apologize for comedy at 14😂

[@joojoobaw]

😂 Honesty at least but yeah who cares. Every great musician, actor, artist, comedian at some point when they started were biting somebody else’s style before they found their own

[@SadDad01]

Right 😂

[@lalanne5360]

Aries is a goat

[@killerjoe7596]

There is no way that Mencia can explain away that Bill Cosby joke.

[@andyhopkins4133]

None lol

[@lukebryant5017]

It’s an all time Cosby bit at that lol

[@AnonymousRapGuy]

@@thescribe3184 Bill Cosby - Himself

[@pjmendoza8871]

Carlos even acted weird doing the joke of mom . You can see it in his body language . He knew he stole it .

[@ChosenOne1991]

Bill Cosby didnt call him out, cuz he didnt want to be called out.

[@vladtv]

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[@Tero92]

Vlad is not qualifed on this subject enough to defend Carlos this much. He was in the wrong, thats that. Watch the podcast with Bobby Lee where carlos is, and theyre trying to hash it out, Carlos just cant admit to anything.

[@joojoobaw]

Exactly, even if Carlos wasn’t a material thief (he is) I would still completely understand why other comics hate him

[@chermebrownsauce8049]

even on PBD interview, he still couldnt admit it. that boy is ova!

[@killerjoe7596]

Well Vlad admitted that. He said he had never heard of Carlos Mencia.

[@bountyhunter8968]

Exactly

[@jackiemoon7559]

It's called being a sociopath

[@Gibbs2Go]

Carlos was not the first comedian to get cancelled, I was the first comedian to get canceled. This is the reason you never heard of me.

[@LOUDMOUF-DallaFornia]

That's what you get for playing with fire 🔥!!!

[@dru812002]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@nookex6058]

🤣😂🤣😂

[@navajoshine2353]

F*ckem keep doing you bro .

[@xavierwilliams4119]

Carlos wasn't canceled

[@Bishoptheemcee]

Sinbad is dope!

[@kenterminateddq5311]

Sinbad is really good. Some say he's overrated. I disagree. Sinbad's delivery is as quick and funny as DL Hughley or the late Robin Harris.

[@Qroccity]

Facts

[@dr.shlomosands1096]

Sinbad is UNDERRATED and didnt have to cuss!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@larrycurrycarpediem]

​@@dr.shlomosands1096: 👍

[@Bishoptheemcee]

That's why I love sinbad ...he was funny without the vulgarity... so imagine if he used it

[@foregone0703]

Like myself, Vlad isn’t very well versed on the Carlos Mencia controversy. But you can tell he’s mainly siding with Carlos here because he interviewed him. From all the comments on Mencia’s interviews, it seems to me that Carlos was definitely in the wrong. But guess I should do my own research too lol

[@Juan_rivera]

He was in the wrong

[@foregone0703]

@@Juan_rivera haha yeah that's what I could tell from the little reading I did do

[@jetla22]

And he doesn't like Rogan

[@zackriederer4243]

He’s siding with Carlos because Rogan is white lol

[@user-mk9oy3io9s]

When i originally heard about it, it was from joe rogan..... but over the years i realized joe rogan is a bull Sh1t artist and he is entertainment only

[@ill-nois2282]

Joe Rogan was the one who called out Carlos Mencia and shamed him at the comedy club but it was ultimately Carlos who phased himself out of the spotlight. There’s substantial evidence of many comedians whom claim Carlos their stole material and he never took accountability for it. If he had owned up to it years ago I still think he wouldn’t have been ultimately black balled.

[@lukebryant5017]

Watch I am comic, the dude straight up admits to and borderline brags

[@CesarMartinez-nr4xo]

George Lopez did the joke on the Johnny Carson show before Mencia. It’s not just a Taco Bell joke. It’s the punch line “Chile” in that joke that make the theft ruthless. Just like the Cosby joke punch line “hi mom” per verbatim, stealing at its finest. With no remorse.

[@cocotazo]

Ted Sarnowski did the joke before Lopez was on the Johnny Carson show. On a radio show, in front of Lopez. George didn't realize that Sarnowski gave the joke to Mencia to use years before. So George actually did it without permission. And when the press asked him about taking Sarnowski's joke, Lopez wouldn't answer. Don't take my word for it, look it up.

[@CesarMartinez-nr4xo]

@@cocotazo That’s not true.

[@joehiggs4349]

Mencia got exposed, not canceled. At that time Joe Rogan was David and Mencia was Goliath. It was not just justice, it was unlikely justice. It gave Rogan a well-earned push.

[@xanjuro9697]

Joe still isn't a good comedian.

[@placeholdername3206]

@@xanjuro9697Agreed. I've been watching his podcast since the episode number was single digits and it was just Joe and his buddies talking about MMA, drugs and weird shit like time travel. I love his podcast and he can be hilarious on there but i dont watch his standup. It just isn't good.

[@whoisslade7218]

zip his pants up when your done

[@grittygram28]

@@xanjuro9697and Carlos has never been a good comedian lmao

[@justinland1208]

Facts. And Rogan was banned from the comedy store for years before it. Which is why he became an Icehouse guy.

[@AliFrankTheTank]

5:03 😂😂 “it LOOKS older ..” lmaooo & he didn’t even tell Aries what the man said fr, George said 7 minutes of action lmao

[@hangten1904]

Aries Spears' Arnold and Stallone impersonation skit is one of those jokes that really made me laugh to the point it was hard to breathe.

[@LeMicahLevert]

Damn Vlad let Carlos manipulate him into thinking he’s not a thief when he ABSOLUTELY IS

[@cross6588]

Vlad doesn’t rock with Carlos so he just trying to get views.

[@TruthDissident]

Vlad just hates Joe because Joe doesn't want Vlad's culture vulture ass on his podcast.

[@aljigga]

Vlad is trying to clean Carlos’s imagine so he can be a reoccurring guest.

[@maddie00034]

What a great one! Thanks! 👍

[@chipsthedog1]

There's a video of Carlos saying "hell yes I steal jokes! If you see me in the room and you are killing of course I'm going to steal your joke" words to that effect anyway, how on earth is this even up for debate?

[@jonightshade2252]

Oof. That was so cringeworthy 😖

[@renardfox328]

Love when Aries Spears interviews on here.

[@shermanmojo]

Carlos will never eat a humble pie, never. So that is who ruined his career.

[@urbanflow5095]

Carlos definitely jacked his material but am I the only one who thinks Joe Rogan as a comedian is just awful? lol

[@MrPHUCKYOURSELF]

Joe Rogan isn’t really that funny as a comedian. Yeah Carlos hella jacked jokes and he just can’t admit it at all.

[@temsedgwick9494]

Those aren’t mutually exclusive. Both are true 😊

[@d.r.friel.8109]

Joe Rogan is wack ASF as a comedian. His shit is not funny at all. He's a better podcaster . ✌️

[@Anti-lytics]

Joe Rogan is a trash comedian. I didn't die laughing once, quite disappointed

[@gregga7726]

probally

[@toneriggz]

Carlos is not the first comedian to get cancelled. Lenny Bruce was really cancelled.

[@Bonzeaux_Bleuxgrene]

Lenny Bruce was not cancelled. He was arrested. Not the same thing.

[@toneriggz]

@@Bonzeaux_Bleuxgrene Arrested for words. I’d say that’s the worst form of cancellation.

[@olliwest7341]

John Belushi as well

[@AustinIsSoTheMan]

@@Bonzeaux_Bleuxgrene He was cancelled by the authorities, not by the people

[@joojoobaw]

@@toneriggz I do usually think of “cancelled” as being led by the general public, regular viewers etc who band together to try to take down someone’s career But even though the real consequences of Lenny Bruce’s words were from legal authorities, I feel like it still counts because there were also some members of the general public protesting him, trying to get him off of stages “corrupting the youth” or whatever lol

[@TheMartin9400]

Joe Rogan went in hard on Mencia but not Amy Schumer when she stole from Women or Patrice O'Neal (black comic) he defended her. Never said a thing when white comics did it

[@justinkwoka7663]

Rogan and Carlos were in the same room together..Carlos confronted Rogan, not the other way around. Rogan had first hand knowledge of Mencia stealing. Who knows what he knew about Schumer, and Schumer had joke writers, Mencia didn’t

[@Transfixion]

That's not a surprise women always get off easy

[@bigbox1431]

Joe Rogan goes after white people all the time. You don't remember it cuz you dumb racist.

[@Azzury.]

It’s not about white, but about the ruling regime. The comedy store was taken over by the Rogan LA comedy troupe, and all others had to fall in line with this hegemony. Schemer is one of their own, which befalls her protected status.

[@mikko3]

Mencia stole from Joes friends.

[@Tarantulisimo]

I've literally seen at least 100 different comedians do their own take on the "when we were kids we were our parents' remote control" joke -- cuz every kid who grew up in the '60s & '70s WAS their parent's remote control. So many comedians mine the "we were so poor" well, that you're bound to have overlap. That being said, you gotta do your own TAKE, your own BIT -- not steal the entire set-up & punchline word for word

[@chrisa4695]

I heard George Wallace tell the TV remote joke 30+ years ago. It’s been around so long, I don’t know who originated it.

[@a1flight63]

Weed with stems in it!!! Yooo!!😂😂😂

[@dr.shlomosands1096]

Real weed had stems in it and thag old shit wax WAY BETTER than all this GMO BULLSHIT out today!!! It's not the same shit!!!!!!!!!!!!PERIOD

[@purposeandgoals1189]

😂😂😂😂

[@evanm7236]

Carlos getting cancelled was the only time I have and ever will condone a cancelling. Carlos is the worst thing to happen to comedy in 40 years

[@aquarius-woman5364]

Amy S.

[@troyperry411]

It’s baffling that Ned I mean Carlo is still trying to say he didn’t steal any jokes. Everyone knows and witnessed him stealing jokes verbatim. It’s no coincidence his career fell off after people started bringing up him stealing their jokes. He’s been hiding ever since.

[@famouscriminals18]

Carlos unapologetically stole jokes. There’s so many examples like “Whose gonna build the boarder wall” was an Ari Shaffir joke. Word for word Carlos said “that butterfly tattoo is gonna look like a Pterodactyl” which is a famous Jeff Foxworthy joke. It’s sad because he had plenty of original material.

[@jonightshade2252]

He’s definitely unapologetic and believes he did nothing wrong. It’s so crazy to watch him dance circles around a real answer to any question pertaining to his joke theft.

[@BP-or2iu]

To be fair, the concept of needing the Mexicans to build the wall isn't a particularly unique topic.

[@FBaned]

Ned stole those jokes Vlad taking up for him cause he can identify with Ned funny but not surprising..

[@OzonebxGaming]

Sinbad is much funnier then TK Kirkland by a mile

[@leighbotts9694]

Sinbad is in a league of his own. Not just because he does clean comedy but his improv game is unmatched. If you ever watch him work the crowd you know what I mean.

[@godofthisshit]

That was before Rogan blew up too. Is it crazy to think that the guy who jacked jokes(Carlos) is way funnier than the guy who make mediocre original content(Rogan)?

[@joojoobaw]

Neither of them were ever that funny on stage IMO... Rogan may have only just been known as “Fear Factor/sitcom guy from that one Chappelle sketch” but it wasn’t long after that, the UFC blew up and he started his podcast the Carlos stuff causing Rogan to lose his manager, and getting banned from the club, I really think it played a big part in the podcast starting when it did & actually working

[@juanonmashin4293]

Rogan was already famous in his own right, just not as a comedian. He had done some sitcom work, but fear factor was huge on prime time at the time.

[@godofthisshit]

@@joojoobaw Day 1 podcast listener. It didn't really blow up until the alt right run years later.

[@godofthisshit]

@@juanonmashin4293 That's true, he was known as the Fear Factor guy.

[@AlmondGlazedSunrise]

2:34 From what I read and heard throughout the years, I think the first comedian that was "cancelled" was Lenny Bruce. Bruce was banned from network TV unless there were heavy stipulations, and he was banned from nearly every nightclub for being too obscene, which at the time could get the nightclub in trouble. People weren't ready for Lenny Bruce, and his standups paved the way for Richard Pryor and others. Mencia is probably the first comedian cancelled in today's cancel culture.

[@jamesbell1606]

Owen Benjamin

[@Lord_Clarke]

Shoot Carlos getting canceled is before cancel culture was even a term if I remember correctly.

[@DannyKopij]

​@@jamesbell1606Owen Benjamin wasn't even alive yet when Lenny Bruce was at his peak

[@theDavidChannel1]

Where there is smoke, there is fire.

[@wemadeitpodcast]

Greer Barnes is funny as hell

[@WelfareChrist]

The part that really bothered comedians is that there was supposedly a group of writers for mind of mencia that would scrape the comedy clubs every week for material and everyone knew who they were and it was an open secret it's like the main reason Rogan lost his mind on Mencia that night.

[@thechosenonetim7738]

"Sinbad's comedy is like weed with sticks and stems in it..." 😅😂🤣💀☠️

[@lesdaniels6567]

I’ve heard late night comics tell the same joke on the same night… they air at roughly the same times…

[@KingBrahma-xw6mt]

They talked about him “dark side of comedy “ a month ago his story was crazy and if you haven’t seen that Joe Rogan situation it will make you go “goooooot damn “

[@Independent365]

Joe went at Carlos for nothing but Jealousy. Dude Never said a thing about his white friends like Amy Shucmer

[@boofingenthusiast]

Lol what?

[@ivanpopovac9554]

she aint white she a jew lol

[@Nonnormalnorm]

I think Mencia was definitely stealing jokes, I also think Joe Rogan went in too hard.

[@burnloud188]

😂😂😂 not weed with seeds in it

[@broadwaybiz211]

Where is tk in the comments

[@MonsturoCapone801]

Respect for Aries i seen him years back at wiseguys here in Salt Lake City and he is one of the funniest people ever. From start to finish he had me laughing so hard I mean side splitting he just said that i cant breathe laughing! Keep pushing Aries your one of the best!

[@HarmlessComment]

Vlad you lie too much, you knew about Rogan and Carlos.. knock it off 😂

[@YoWTFman]

Carlos will never admit fault. He does too much when he defends himself. It's like he's in too deep and he's created a world in which he's convinced himself of his lies.

[@a-love-supremist]

rogan created brandon schaub. I'll happily take back mencia and his stolen jokes.

[@user-mu2mp8ll6c]

Ugh. Brandon is ass

[@jayr3381]

I was looking for this comment. Thank you.

[@johnshaw4137]

Thanks Redban for making that video. He's the real MVP

[@capo4rm118]

99%of comedians have been accused but it was proven with menica see he a good comic he basically a stealer

[@SonnyJim173]

Dice clay way canceled 30 years ago

[@tonyminder2537]

Merry Christmas everyone

[@AliFrankTheTank]

the Cosby joke rip off just too foul 😭😭

[@flacko_jody2130]

Dude definitely knew about Carlos Mencia and Joe rogan. Or he would've hand somebody else do the interview. He want to get rogan attention

[@Jeffro5564]

Never going to happen but imagine Carlos being in bad friends hahahah

[@edgartex9853]

I saw Aries once in San Antonio. Hilarious!! Made fun of a lady with a fro for 15 min had everyone laughing their ass off

[@Diahill]

Greer Barnes, a genius! 😂❤️

[@darcel21ify]

All comedians steal jokes but they have to ask permission first. It’s called borrowing, not stealing. However, like Aries said “verbatim, word for word!”

[@thereviewartistrrp5493]

That's not true. You can talk about the same subject but the bit has to be your own. Your allowed to borrow ideas. Without that their would be nothing to talk about.

[@arithebarbarian6756]

Vlad defending Carlos is beyond crazy lol so out of touch

[@fireguyhoseman5975]

Vlad... tk, did you ever steal jokes? Tk... i aint steal Eddie's watch! 😅

[@dantheman8152]

Carlos was good on the Proud Family. Felix lol

[@abuttonathlete2617]

I will not take this Sinbad disrespect

[@demoss75]

I wonder what is the percentage of the time Vlad speaks vs the guest lol

[@poopool_Q]

Vlad trying to wash Carlos' sins away is crazy 😂😂. Bro stole jokes for ages. I know Aries knows 😂

[@johnviera3884]

stealing jokes is bad. chronically denying it is worse.

[@upinsmk78]

Carlos ruined his own career by stealing people material... Vlad is so jealous of Joe Rogans success...

[@lbjones9030]

Vlad wish he could just compare to rogan.. rogan is way way up there 😂

[@deadinthebed963]

That's true no doubt Rogan still not a good comedian

[@Commsense750]

Fam has minutes where he's talking to himself while interviewing someone else 😂😂😂😂 i can't make it through the clip.

[@CutiePie-hh3gg]

Ariel stole jokes from Paul Moonie especially the jokes on Africans not liking black ppl and impersonating Africans shooting poison darts

[@chadfrancis7335]

Sinbad is way funnier than TK

[@excaliber8713]

I can’t name one TK joke

[@MarkanVaran7]

Carlos reppin that Real Madrid gear salute

[@jonbois9802]

Vlad capping he knows damn well he knew Carlos was a joke theif

[@edwardbanks2377]

He Said weed with stems comparing TK Kirkland With Simbad 😂 Th🎉at Was Unique As It Comes 👑

[@nabi4241]

Him stealing jokes ruined his career.

[@CHILLINWITHISUPPOSE]

Now it’s Carlos Mencia & Vlad VS the world! 😂

[@PjBarnessutv]

My cuzo Greer, don’t NEVER get recovered!

[@yourcousinsshow5540]

Carlos Mencia destroyed Carlos Mencia’s career.

[@socialmediaego]

You stole someone else’s comment.

[@dsa513]

Hater jaj

[@walterclark3198]

Carlos Mencia was caught stealing jokes and he cancelled himself.

[@Aaron-rk5kl]

Let's not forget Carlos's tony Montana stories in that interview

[@JoeSmith-dl9ok]

Everyone knows that remote joke. When you grew up even through the 90’s, you were the remote, it was just natural

[@ChristopherGeorge-jt6ry]

Dice clay got cancelled. Lenny Bruce was arrested, Carlin got arrested… he wasn’t the first to be cancelled

[@wheelmanstan]

The chickens came home to roost.

[@chalay2010]

The "remote joke" was just all too common to be stolen. Today that would be the equivalent of a joke about the entire family sharing one Netflix password

[@ChillzThrillzSpillz]

Aries Spears is the GOAT. I seen him last year and he was so damn funny. He clowned a girls name in the audience and she left right after

[@VIi726]

Vlad hates Rogan so he will just side with carlos

[@SoUnDMaN831]

Vlad wishes he could steal Joe Rogan’s career.

[@actinaishe2092]

I think the same

[@joojoobaw]

I don’t think Vlad ever saw the full Redban video that Aries is talking about with all the examples. Sounds like he only watched the one clip of Rogan confronting “Carlos” on stage

[@ceeIoc]

Why does he hate him?

[@corvetteZ3r]

@@ceeIocbecause Rogan is white

[@chermebrownsauce8049]

That's true. You always gonna see similarities betwee comedians. Ive seen that with Aries, Eddie Griffin and Chris Rock, doing bits close to Paul Mooney's material.

[@phantomspectre2984]

Ed holness lol

[@fundifferent1]

Why did I think DJ Vlad was black??? I nver seen his face and decided to google him and was shocked LOLOLOLOL

[@streetj3sus]

Why does any of this matter

[@ThenewMattClark.Canadaprison]

Doesn't happen to everyone

[@OmarScruggs]

1. Sindbad: Afros and Bellbottoms changed my life as a kid. 2. Greer Barnes is still around and still funny as fuck! 3. As a stand up myself yes ive been accused of stealing a joke or two. Happens to every comic if you around long enough. 4. Mencia was known for stealing jokes...proven

[@3dakainsane]

Greer is great

[@jaydenrodriguez72]

Respect to Aries for admitting to using some of Greer's material early on. Greer is one of those killers you don't hear much of. Havent seen any of him since his Comedy Central stand up. Gotta look him up sometime.

[@Jimminityjabooboo]

I don’t even like comedy that much and I knew about this.

[@denchea]

Lenny Bruce was the first comedian to get cancelled know yah history @

[@FatherDear]

His name ain’t Carlos…it’s Ned

[@chadnixon4236]

Poor Ned 😢

[@NewYorksMostWanted]

If only Joe kept that same energy for Amy Schumer.

[@leighbotts9694]

It would play different if he went after a woman. Especially a white one.

[@mikko3]

​@@leighbotts9694Ni66a Ned is white, stop the crying

[@fjc633]

Sinbad is hilarious him and T.K. are about the same caliber Sinbad just don't curse

[@PowersBenzoCoaching]

You mean Ned?

[@ediddy2497]

Carlos also stole from Bobby Lee

[@corrado]

his real name is not even Carlos, it's Ned