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Message: [QUOTE="storrsroars, post: 3952285, member: 2500"] There's blatant (e.g. Carlos Mencia), there's certainly parallel thought, especially on current events where jokes often write themselves, and then there's a lot of grey area. One recent debate on joke stealing involved, of all people, Dave Chappelle. But it's complicated. Jerrod Carmichael, who's a brilliant writer, did a routine on Michael Jackson in his "Love at the Store" special in 2017. The punchline was basically a kid having bragging rights over his friends on what they did over the weekend, as the kid had been to Neverland and had the King of Pop polish his knob. Chappelle, in "Sticks and Stones" (2019) did an eerily similar routine and was accused of lifting the premise from Carmichael. However, back in 2004, Chappelle did a different routine involving MJ and oral sex on kids. So, did Carmichael see that, polish it up and add a different context? Or did Dave revisit some older material and rework it? Hard to say. As a tangent to the above, I'm annoyed that Carmichael doesn't do more standup as he's brilliant and different and challenging. But like many newer comics, once he had the opportunity to jump to TV, he took it. I have no doubt he's influenced by Chappelle, but Carmichael is much darker. His routine on Chick-Fil-A is classic, working on several levels at once. [MEDIA=youtube]bKVNMdSZPOM[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]