WHY I KNOW THIS TO BE TRUE

Saturday, June 16, 2007
Joe Rogan: Why I KNOW he is a homophobe. Current mood: crushed Category: Joe Rogan: No more gay bashing. Movies, TV, Celebrities

Alot of people are asking why I can call Joe Rogan a homphobe. Many of you have asked, "How does an accusation of stealing a joke make him a homophobe?" If you will please indulge me, I will explain.

It's one thing to call a comic a theif and be armed with proof. It's another thing to do it and be wrong. When Joe called Carlos out, he showed what he believed was his proof that Carlos was stealing material from other comics.

For those of you that don't know, one of the jokes had to do with Illegal immigration. The United States is "thinking about building a wall around the borders to prevent illegals from entering the country." The punch line is: "Well who do you think is going to build it?" Funny? Yes. Rogan claims that is one of the jokes that Mencia stole. Many people rallied around Joe. That accusation did tremendous damage to both men. But are Rogan's allegations founded?

Here's what I mean:
Did Carlos really steal this joke or is it just such an obvious joke that it's considered a universal theme or parallel premise? An easy google search found this at youtube.com: Carlos Mencia, George Lopez, and DL Hughley All doing that bit. Here it is: (http://youtube.com/watch?v=kPuu_VE7KOA)

Even Alonzo Bodden (whom I am a talent scout with this season on Last Comic Standing) did that joke (Alonzo on the couch at the Tonight Show with Jay Leno). (source: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoID=2028503429)

So who stole it? Was it ever stolen? Or, is it just that simple of a punchline that more than one comedian came up with it. Look, it's no secret that comedians think they are the most original, intelligent people on the planet. When we write a joke, we think we are brilliant. Truth is...if all of us are so brilliant, would it be that far off that more than one of us could come up with the same premise or punchline? I don't want to get into the argument between Joe and Carlos. That is their business. I don't know if Carlos uses other people's material (he's never used mine) or what Joe's agenda is with all of this. Publicity perhaps?

But I digress. Rogan (on more than one occasion), has now started hurling that accusation at me. I am not going to stand for it. So I posted on my blog a search of some of my material to see if I was closely treading on any other comics material. At best, I found, with your help (see previous blog entry), a joke that I have been telling for years, that is similar to a line in a movie (Boiler Room) that came out years LATER (2000). I had already been doing the joke for years before the movie was EVER released. Why didn't Rogan accuse the screenwriter of plaigerism? Why is that so far off base...lord knows many a comedian has seen his/her material lifted and put into sitcoms and movies. I do a flight attendant joke that this has happened with.

Now why I decided to out Rogan as a homophobe. When I was doing season 1 of Last Comic Standing, Rogan was a judge at the Los Angeles call back show at the Laugh Factory. At the end of the show I heard him tell another person that he couldn't believe that "That faggot is moving on." Meaning advancing in the competition. Those words cut deep and have haunted me since that day. How could someone who works in HOLLYWOOD have such an attitude? I have never broken my silence about that incident until now. I am prepared for the backlash this might bring. But I cannot keep silent any longer.

Armed with no proof of his allegations against me, I honestly believe that this is his way of gaybashing. Hate is hate and it comes in MANY forms. I have heard from others that believe in what I am saying and I ask you to think about it as well. These are serious issues and I didn't decide to come forward with it until Rogan started baiting me publicly on the radio. I was more than willing to let sleeping dogs lie. I would simply choose never to be around him and so far it's served me well. But enough is enough.

Also, if you go to Rogan's website and view his "Rogan board forum" you will see more of this kind of thinking happening unchecked in the world of Joe Rogan. (http://forums.joerogan.net/showthread.php?t=58751)

At the top you will see a disclaimer that reads: "Keep in mind. Joe approves/dissaproves all members..." So Joe either doesn't discourage this kind of thinking and/or doesn't do anything to stop it either at his domain. If hate speech is allowed to thrive and live, it will. (one of his "members" OUTLAW is even allowed to use a Swasticka as his avatar! Rogan approved this?)

Again, humbly I leave it for you to decide.