Chris Rock blatantly steals a joke from comic Aziz Ansari a month after Aziz told the joke on the radio.
In a live interview with Sirius radio on July 11, comedian Aziz Ansari cracked up everyone in attendance with a joke about musicians having it easier than stand-up comics. Specifically, he joked that Sting can perform "Every Breath You Take" at every single concert and people love it, whereas comedians have to constantly be writing new material.
He also spoke about his mentor, someone who has inspired him to be "obsessed" with stand-up: Chris Rock.
This week, on Aug. 9, 2012, Rock was interviewed on "The Daily Show" and did a curiously similar bit about how hard it is to keep reinventing your stand-up act, also mentioning Sting but referring to his performing "Roxanne" over and over again.
While elements of the joke have changed, the concept remains the same. Which begs the question: how did this happen? Chris Rock is a comedy legend with hours of material, so it seems unlikely that he would just lift someone else's joke. But the similarity is hard to ignore.
So, is this just parallel thinking or is there a little joke "borrowing" going on? Watch the video above and weigh in on the poll below.
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10 comments:
He shouldn't cry it won't be the last. The industry is filled with non-talented thief's.
this is reaching. there was no joke. no setup. no punchline. Both made the same observation about comedians needing new material. More evidence please!
Bernie Mac ripped off Robin Harris. Robin Harris ripped off some jokes from Dick Gregory. Carlos Mencia steals jokes from everybody. Nicky Minaj Ripped off Lil Kim. Lil Kim ripped off a rapper name Choice. Damn near every rapper has plagiarized Biggie. Mara Brock Akil created The Game by ripping off a woman who wrote the book titled, Interceptions.
The bottom line is in hollywood, everybody is a thief.
Does anybody know why Nubian Goddez always seems angry? She's angry on every comment on all the different websites. I'd ask her but I don't feel like reading her overly long,wordy and angry answer. Just curious....
Aziz is absolutely HILARIOUS! I adore that man. Watch his stand-up shows or catch him live. I've been a fan since he was on MTV's "Human Giant".
Now, I've been a fan of CR, and I really appreciate that he's putting another Black man in the spotlight- he's producing a new show on F/X starring comedian Kamau Bell. However, I'm sad to see this.
Comedians are notorious for stealing from each other and they've been doing it since the days of Jesus.
Chris isn't funny now for that matter he never was funny.
As much as I love Aziz he may have stolen the joke from CR? I mean he DID say he is his mentor. Damn, black man cant win for shit with sheeple.
If you wanna hear a joke thief listen to D.L. Hughley. Stolen material from Robin Harris..
He's been stealing jokes for a while actually, I even heard him use Seinfeld's material. Corny how many clowns are defending his ass smh, spin it around like Aziz stole CR's joke, gtfoh, nobody steals CR's material, dude isn't funny, he's just funny looking.
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