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Comedy Central has renewed two of its shows, Mind of Mencia and Lil' Bush.

Carlos Mencia's show is actually the number one 10 PM cable show with men aged 18-24. Yeah, I know, that sounds like an awfully specific ratings number to brag about, but these people know what they're doing with all this stuff. This blog post is the number one rated blog post about Comedy Central that was posted in the afternoon of October 2, 2007 by a guy drinking a hot chai.

• Charlie Rose: Christian Bale and authors Dov Seidman and Jessie Gruman
• The Daily Show: Bruce Willis (repeat)
• The Colbert Report: David France (repeat)
• The Late Show With David Letterman: Emma Watson, P.Diddy, and Spoon
• Jay Leno: John Travolta, The Neville Brothers, and Tony Dungy
• Jimmy Kimmel Live: Ethan Hawke, Elisha Cuthbert, and Harris Wittles
• Tavis Smiley: Mavis Staples (repeat)
• Late Night With Conan O'Brien: Daniel Radcliffe, Carlos Mencia, and Art Brut
• The Late, Late Show With Craig Ferguson: Julie Chen, James Marsden, and Sara Bareilles
• Last Call With Carson Daly: Lifehouse and Amaury Nolasco

• Hiccup girl goes on The Today Show, so Good Morning America calls her 57 times for an interview.
• I can't tell if Time's James Poniewozik likes Heroes or not.
• Ken Levine was once on The Dating Game?!
• Irwin Handleman gives his opinion on the whole Joe Rogan/Carlos Mencia controversy.
• The original Jill Abbott on The Young and the Restless is in an Hawaiian jail.
• In case you missed it, here's George Takei's answer to Tim Hardaway's rant against gays, from Jimmy Kimmel Live.
• BuddyTV is having an Oscars contest.
• I think Tom Shales is on a wild goose chase here.

Here's an epilogue to my post about the tiff between Joe Rogan and Carlos Mencia that took place on stage at The Comedy Store a few days ago.

In a nutshell: Rogan and other comedians have been accusing Mencia of stealing material for some time, and the two men had a battle of words on stage with Rogan (and a couple other comedians) accusing Mencia of stealing material, and Mencia denying it.

On his Web site, Rogan wrote that he received a call from Comedy Store owner Mitzi Shore (mother of Pauly Shore), asking him to explain what had happened. Later, he received a call from the club's manager telling him he might want to take a break from the club because of the tension between him and Mencia. He also told Rogan they weren't happy about him putting the video of the fight on the internet. Bottom line: Rogan has been banned from The Comedy Store, and Mencia will continue to perform there.

Carlos Mencia is not the first comedian to be accused of stealing material from other comedians --Denis Leary was accused of stealing from the late Bill Hicks, Dane Cook has been accused of swiping material from Louis C.K.-- but if all allegations are true, Mencia may be the one with the most evidence stacked against him.

I often wonder if "stealing" isn't sometimes confused with comics sharing a similar worldview. I'm not a stand-up comedian, but even I've seen funny ideas that have popped into my head appear on television shows, or in The Onion, or any other number of places. It seems that if you've thought of something, there's a good chance someone else has also thought of it.

I'm not part of the zany world of stand up comedy, but Joe Rogan is, and he's vehemently convinced that the majority of Mencia's material is stolen, and if the video below is any indication, comedians George Lopez and Bobby Lee also agree. Check out the clip to see Rogan and Mencia engage in a battle of words on stage at the Comedy Store. VIDEO CONTAINS FOUL LANGUAGE.

UPDATE: The YouTube video has been removed, so check it out here instead.

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