Chappelle, Mencia, or Silverman?

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Which show do you like better?

I voted for Mind of Mencia.

Tim

Chapelles Show. Probably because a lot of his humor relates to being black which I am. It seems like a lot of comedy deals with race.

I voted for chappelle show.
The blind black white supermist skit is hilarious.
The other two shows are good as well.
I also like Sarah Silverman's DVD Jesus is magic.

They're all very good shows, though.

Tim

Chappelle by far. I loved his show, stand up, and movies. I find Mencia really annoying. Silverman is alright I guess.

I vote for Mencia. His show has been the most consistantly funny, most daring and most relevent for Americans right now. He does goes past the line sometimes, but he's addressing America as it is right now which nearly no one else on TV is doing.

Chappelle had his moments. I thought things like the Tupac From Beyond the Grave skit and the spoof on R Kelly's "golden showers" scandal were timely and very funny. But he played it a LOT safer than Mencia, and he's essentially doing what Chris Rock did before him, and what Eddie Murphy did before that. We Americans are well conditioned to laugh at a black man making jokes about racism, so it was popular because it was comfortable. To his credit, though, I think Chappelle tested the waters that allowed CC to give Mencia his show. I doubt if Chappelle hadn't been such a hit, CC would have never taken a chance with Mencia.

Silverman just wallows in bad taste humor. She's an one note comedian, and in my opinion, she's worthless and entirely unfunny. The only people who like her are those who think her whole ditzy, crass "teenage boy in a girl's body" act (which is her whole act) is sexy. Geezus the woman's 37, and she may be new to some CC viewers, but that's been her entire routine for the past 15 years or so in the stand-up circuit. You think anyone's gonna wanna see that when she's in her 40's?

I find Mind of Mencia to be hugely unfunny and mean, not to mention narrow-minded. Relevant != funny. Chappelle knows humor, and he doesn't need a one syllable catchphrase to be popular.

I find them all annoying. Mencia uses rude language under the guise of being "politically incorrect," Chappelle swears constantly and Sarah Silverman is plain disgusting.

Ding! Fries ready!

MoM of course. Chapelle is funny but as AspieMArtian said, he has his moments. Mind of Mencia is more consistent and thematic.

I hate Carlos Mencia. Not only does he lack any comedic ability, he also steals jokes and capitalizes on what could be called a false appearance. His real name is Ned.

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Sarah Silverman all the way. I love Chappelle, but she's funnier. Her and Louis CK are my favourite standups of all time.

I noticed it's only the girls that hate her...rowr! Catfight!

The R. Kelly skit on Chappelle's Show was hilarious.

Tim