(redacted) is a hack and his fans are idiots
I have been writing Pointless Banter for almost five years now. It started on MySpace and moved over here to my domain. Over that period of time I have written more than 1500 posts, I have written close to 80 Pop Crunch scripts, and freelanced on multiple website as a hobby. All my shit has been original, all my shit has come from my head, and all my shit has been written by me. It isn’t always the funniest, it isn’t always perfect and it might be slightly retarded at times, but it is mine. (Oddly enough that is how my last girlfriend described me to a friend.)
Yesterday was the second time ever that I have been accused of plagiarizing something and I take it pretty seriously. I rank plagiarizing accusations up there with baby killing, being an accused Yankees fan, and being an accused fan of Twilight. The comedian in question said I bit off of his Harry Potter act and sent his handful of fans over to comment on the post accusing me of lifting his act. Besides the fact that there are very remote similarities between the blog post and his standup clip what I find funny is that they are arrogant enough to think I would have ever heard of the guy to see the bit in question in the first place.
douche
First off his website blows and gets no traffic, he has a small social media presence, and the video in question got a whopping 845 views over the few months it has been up on YouTube. I posted a video of me eating pudding and it was viewed over 5k times… Oh and the YouTube version of this blog post for Pop Crunch has had 14K views in ten days. Whatever… this isn’t about how much better I am than him or funnier or how much of a bigger penis I have…. It is about me allegedly stealing content.
(Redacted) also performs in such major places as Appleton Wisconsin and resorts in the Bahamas. You know he is the crappy cruise ship comedian that can’t land a real tour or book real comedy club shows. So I can’t say that I have stumbled across him doing a set while I lived in LA or here in Boston. However if I lived in Bumblefuck West Virginia the odds are pretty high that I could catch his act along with goat herpes.
(I removed the video clip because the comic in question didn’t send people here.)
Here is the link to the blog in question.
What they have in common:
1) The general concept that the Harry Potter series is racist.
2) A Klan mention
3) And that there are no black kids or teachers in the school. Actually he said there are two I said there are none.
Holy crap they must be the same because they shared one general concept and mentioned two of the same words/phrases!!!!
So the accusation that I actually watched his content and then stole it is akin to me writing a joke about Jessica Simpson calling her fat on a piece of toilet paper in my bathroom and then seeing a Jessica Simpson is fat joke on the Tonight Show. After seeing that joke I send my lawyers after them accusing Conan O’Brien that one of his writers got a random ESP like feeling that I wrote a joke about Jessica Simpson, flew to Boston, broke into my house when I wasn’t home, shifted through my collection of toilet paper jokes and copied down my Jessica Simpson is fat bit. All of this even though the only thing the joke had in common was the name Jessica Simpson and the word fat.
In other words this is the dumbest fucking thing I have ever been accused of doing.
An apology would be nice, but I know I am not going to get it. So instead I am just going to blow up, give (redacted) some undeserved attention, and let you guys all soak in how absolutely ridiculous this all is.
Update: I removed the comedians name in question so it wouldn’t show up in search and removed his name from the comments.
Wow that guy is not funny at all and I had never heard of him before this.
I can’t wait until his minions come in here to defend him.
They are all over the Harry Potter post right now.
Wait until they find this one. I bet he sends his “fans” here saying that he has finally “made it” because he has been called out on a popular blog.
Maybe he can talk about it at open mic night at the Duluth Senior Citizens home.
Or during his set in Nassau in between when they serve the shrimp cocktails and steak dinner.
I just went to his site to see if he was going to be performing in DC so I could go heckle him and the closest he has ever come to performing here is a shitty comedy club in Mclean Va that is in a hotel bar. I also love how the only “major” cities he has done stand up in are Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Oklahoma City and Tulsa.
This guy is a douche and a hack.
At least Pittsburgh potentially has some people that can read.
I don’t think being able to read the back of a Steelers or Penguins jersey counts.
I’m sure thinking his comedy was in fact good enough to lift from was about as satisfying for (redacted) as a deep asshole scratch.
Maybe if he got his finger out of his rectum more often he would spend his time developing better material that didn’t involve Alabama Cobras as set ups.
I’m not impressed.
But its good to know there is wireless access and youtube available on the bottom rung…I bet it gets awfully boring down there.
I am a little scared that they want to run broadband connections out into the sticks if this is what we are going to get.
Let’s not forget he’s a grown man who has the time and interest in watching 3 Harry Potter films back to back. That’s some gay magic for your ass.
I’m sorry your feelings were hurt by some of the negative commentary on your blog post. And that you felt the need to call for my suicide in your response to them. But I can see you are at least enjoying the fodder.
For the record I have, until now, made no post accusing you of anything.
I actually doubt you scribed this little post as an elongated edition of points covered in a bit that XM 150 has been playing in regular rotation since 2005 or that you took notice of any of my recent performances at the Melrose Improv or Icehouse. But I do know that while no one likes having their credibility challenged how one chooses to handle such challenges in turn speaks volumes of that credibility.
Whether a work is derivative or merely late on the scene is arbitrary. The fact remains that it has been “done.” Even if your “inspiration” for this piece had no outside influences, subconscious or otherwise, learning your work was not inherently nascent should be followed at minimum by a retraction merely stating it had been covered elsewhere and that you, the most recent author, were previously unaware of this. Puerile quips and calls for someone’s death by their own hands, however, only provide fodder for the current speculations. Indignation, offense, and aggression come across as someone on the defensive… acting on doubt and their own fears of possible guilt… knowing that any writer of merit, regardless of where they showcase their writing, would do well to question “inspiration.”
Re: your “Blue Collar Tour” reference:
Strange comparison but I’ll play along. If I’m to “go join The Blue Collar Comedy Tour” for a piece predating yours than what/who are you to go join? Blue Collar Tour II? And who would be the anchor?
Let’s see:
Jeff Foxworthy – actually quite original (albeit not my brand of humor) and has worked rather hard to be… so that’s out.
Ron White – was considered a comedians favorite long before that Tour… and still is… working very hard to maintain his originality and wouldn’t take kindly to such dismissive remarks of his abilities… really wouldn’t work for you.
Bill Engvall – well… He is kinda bland. Maybe you could join forces with him, team up for some jokes about married life. Nah, don’t think that’s your cup of tea either.
Hey you know what, Larry the Cable Guy proudly does rewrites of jokes from the 1950s… maybe in 50 years he will have big “Blog Jokes from 2009 Tour” and do a hicked-up Get-R-Done version of your typings. That’d be nice right?
Do we feel silly yet? Let’s move on to death.
Re: Hanging Myself:
All of the other follies aside, to juxtaposition a proposition of suicide at the end of your attempted insult/defense is a little over-reaching. Why sir, would you wish death upon someone of no greater transgression than that of making a point before you?
Do you feel that some day in the future claiming possession by his spirit may quell the shouting? Or is it just easier to fathom me dead than admit how small you felt upon learning just how deep within the ambit of the hoi polloi your scribblings were?
And for the record: hanging is not my style… it’d be a shot gun blast to the face… possibly at a day care.
With love,
(redacted)
I shouldn’t have called for your death. I should have called for the death of the mindless people that came here and said I was ripping on something that I haven’t seen. It isn’t the first time I have hammered Harry Potter in the five years I have been writing and even some of the points covered in the discussed blog post have been touched on in other posts. As far as citing you because you have done something remotely close to this is asinine. I guess everyone that ever did a President Bush joke should cite every other comic or writer that did a President Bush joke. As I said in the post the comparisons are so few and far between.
“And for the record: hanging is not my style… it’d be a shot gun blast to the face… possibly at a day care.”
That is the first time you made me laugh… So kudos.
Hmm.. so im not even going to bother watching the douches clip, because, well, I dont really give a sht about him.. never heard of the dude, and I think I could have lived without ever hearing about him, but, oh well, you went and ruined that lol He is obviously trying to attach his sad ass to your non sad one so he can try to get some fans… very sad… I say sue him for being an idiot
“I posted a video of me eating pudding and it was viewed over 5k times…. It is about me allegedly stealing content.”
Well, Bobby. I can certainly understand why you wouldn’t have a need to pilfer someone’s material with an imagination like that. I’m guessing it was Tapioca, nobody ever eats that shit, except for you.
By the way, I’ve never heard of you until this episode was mentioned to me. So, I can’t be much of an idiot.
God Speed and best of luck with your balls out blogging. You’re going places, probably to google.com to google yourself, nonetheless, places, my friend.
Well Tracy… It must kill you that more people watch me eating pudding than would pay for you and your friends shitty comedy.
Finstock,
Hotter than Satan’s taint is a funny line.
Lay the fuck off comedians.
You think you’re funny but how many comedy clubs have you played?
None.
How much money does your blog make all year? I’m guessing less than I get for a weekend at a Funny Bone.
You think you could get up and make people laugh for 45 minutes?
I doubt it. You can’t even make me laugh for 45 fucking words.
So keep blogging away from your mom’s basement.
Matt, myself and other comics will be out in front of folks performing live, not hiding behind a cum-stained keyboard like a sex-offender with a God-complex.
By the way, if Matt is so unfunny and you wrote a similar premise to one of his jokes then what the fuck does that make you, genius?
Shut the fuck up and get back to beating off before your mom gets home.
Oh and if you want to check my “cred” as a comic go ahead. I’ve played plenty of places you probably couldn’t afford to fucking travel to, you low-level douchebag.
Enjoy your blog and your day job. How is it to have a day job, BTW?
Neither Matt nor myself would have a clue about that.
Sincerely,
Sean Kent
Um… Once again you don’t know shit. I have performed stand up. Got in a fight with Andy Dick on stage and even had my own show in LA.
So come again you worthless hack.
Wow! You performed stand up in LA! And you got in a fight with Andy Dick? Yaaaay!
I’ve headlined over 90 rooms across the globe but I cede to your obvious mastery over the art-form because hey, you did stand up in Los Angeles! And you got in a fight with Andy Dick!
Sorry, but does getting into a fight with Andy Dick make you a stand up now? Is that on yor resume? “Got into a fight with Andy Dick”? Because maybe I shouldn’t keep headlining rooms everywhere, I should just do that instead.
Dude you are fucking pathetic.
Wait… So I was weak because I never got on stage now that I have been on stage the argument changes to that I haven’t headlined enough rooms?
I think the pathetic person is you. You brought this all on yourselves and are making yourselves look like complete jackasses over something that is a non-issue.
I have no desire to be a stand up, I enjoy writing a blog to entertain my friends, fans, and family while they work. I am not some frustrated loser trying to finally break out. The fact of the matter is I own my own company, do very well, and the people here who read me know that. I would be willing to compare tax returns with you any day.
For someone that didn’t even get out of the 3rd round on the first season of last comic standing I really wouldn’t be bragging about how you headline all over the world.
The best is his blog http://seankentstandup.blogspot.com/
Let’s rip off what happened today in history and post it. I guess one of his 134 twitter followers may care.
Oh man I completely missed those jewels.
Wait wasn’t Dat Phan the winner of the first season? This guy got beat out by Dat Phan? HAHAHAHAHA….
Yup Dat Phan won the first season. Kent was also on Season 3 but didn’t make it past the 4th round and was also beat by Dat Phan who lost in the next round..
Matt davis 43k youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIHp5eioKaE
sadly Bobby, Matt’s wit shits all over yours everytime
Wow one whole bit with 43k
http://www.youtube.com/user/popcrunchshow
I’ve written 35 scripts that have topped that in the last year. Multiple ones over 100K… Plus the Channel has over 20k subscribers.
But I probably ripped them all off from Matt.
I too am a local comic in Boston and these things happen all the time. Over a couple hundred thousand people in the world consider themselves to be a comedian and it’s impossible for punchlines to not occasionally be used by more than one comedian or writer. Furthermore, a premise rarely belongs to anyone and I know other comics who wrote jokes on the exact same premise as I had.
Standard practice is to just back down and let the person who thought of it first to have their joke back. In the case surrounding both me and the other comic who have a very similar joke, we just agreed to not do it if we are performing on the same show.
It sounds like a real stretch this time and this dufus is just looking for free attention- which is exactly what he got out of it.
I wrote a joke years ago about a town in Austria named “Fucking” (technically pronounced Fooking) and imagined asking for directions… excuse me sir, how do you get to the Fucking train station? Oh go down main st and take a left at The Fucking House of pizza, etc.
So I was unaware of the town until reading a Netscape article and wrote the joke from there. They quoted a store keeper who claimed due to the increasing demands of tourists that she was always sold out of the Fucking postcards.
Years later I got a blast email with a picture of the sign and a much lamer joke associated with it. I didn’t think for a second it could have anything to do with me. I’m a grain of sand in the beach of comedy.
So Matt- with all due respect, fuck you.
*hugs* nice to see someone who is in stand up and being, well stand up about this mess. Shame more men can’t be adults about this matter – and no, I’m not getting a dig in on Bobby, I’m in Finstock’s corner on this one.
We have truly achieved pointless banter on this site! Fighting doesn’t solve anything. There are bigger things going on in the universe right now.
Bobby,
Let’s try this again:
I stated previously that “I actually doubt you scribed this little post as an elongated edition of points covered in (my little skit).” If that seems too vague, I am stated there that I do not think you ripped anyone off with your previous blog post.
I too can admit those screaming “hack” at you misused the term/jumped to conclusions. I can’t do anything about that and all the back and forth over it seems pointless and silly.
Creating a whole post proclaiming I am the “worst hack comedian” (or however you put it) in response to people leaving those comments is also a bit silly. Especially since I had not chimed in any accusatory manner. But in doing so you knew you were trying to provoke whatever response either out of them or me or your own readership. You could have left it in the comments on the other post and let it sort itself out… you could have just stated “never seen the bit, thanks for the link I’ll look at it” or some shit rather than engross yourself in the flaming… but as you said, you chose to blow up.
Oh well.
In the end I guess we’re lucky that in the 5 years you’ve been writing this and in the 13 years I’ve been doing standup neither of us ever needed an affirmation from the other.
Your brother in Christ,
(redacted)
I sent you an e-mail.
As far as I am concerned you are the only one that has any right to bitch, debate, and complain about anything posted here. The other people rushing to make accusations and coming out of the woodwork have had their commenting disabled because this is a totally idiotic debate and a complete waste of everyone’s time.
Don’t you love when people sign an e-mail in an online fight “Your brother in Christ, Cleetus McDickfuck” or whatever in a way that attempts to make you look like a total asshole?
I don’t.
Yo Bobbs-
Your Harry Potter post was nary as entertaining as your typical offerings. Hence, I’m pretty sure you ripped this sack off.
What’s his name again?
I’m sorry Bobby that someone accused you of that.
I know that I would be crushed because I work hard at my writing too. I would NEVER accuse you of that. And another thing, you would be offended if someone called you a Twilight fan? The horror! I might have to tease you about that on Twitter the next time I see you. (LOL)
It’s funny, though, how he doesn’t dispute his penis size….Good thing his manhood isn’t threatened or there might be a “real” fight going on. bwahahahaha
What I find funny about this whole situation is that you and Matt would probably get along fairly well if it weren’t for this little incident. Clearly you two think along similar lines and after a couple of beers, the conversation would be very entertaining.
I don’t doubt it at all. I think it is the dicks that have came in here attacking for no reason fighting a battle that was never there.
Seriously … (redacted) is one of the funniest , most respected young comedy writers in the game I know and he is my friend … you need to drink a big Route 44 sized glass of Bleach … lemme get this straight … you’re not a comedian ? Seriously … and some of your “Minions” here are saying the same shit you’re saying ? I would compare you to retarded people but that would make the retarded people look stupid …I can speak about this cause I am one of the funniest cats in the game … and if you’ve never heard of me that’s fine … you’d better ask somebody … I put mine on the line against anybody , therefore I know funny … before you decide to write defamatory comments about people you don’t know … make sure you know who those you write about know … watch your mouth … sucka …
Sincerely
Spanky Brown
The same should be said for how I was lynched for no reason in the previous mentioned blog. It goes both ways.
Seems you were Wrong after all and you owe “redacted” an apology. Hogworts did have Black Students and if you bother to go to the link below you will find a still from the film that shows them. There was also an asian student called Cho Cheung , but hey, lets stick with the visual proof for now.
I’m sure you will write an apology in your “Harry Potter is racist” blog, because as you say in your answer…you base your life on absolute truth and honesty, and you wouldn’t want to be seen using a cheap gag, or someone elses gag and be caught out being wrong.
the link:
http://roflrazzi.com/2009/06/23/celebrity-pictures-pattinson-radcliffe-ethnic-diversity/
Bobby,
Fuck ‘em all. I, for one, laugh EVERY TIME I visit your site!
Keep doing what you’re doing toots – maybe it drives THEM crazy, but it keeps ME sane! Thanks for giving the gift of laughter.
Kim
“it’s hotter than Satan’s taint right out here…. am i right?”- (redacted) opening line, Nassau
“Because I have had my nose up his ass for the past hour.” Is what I am guessing the second line to that routine is.
I would consider retiring from comedy if Dat Phan beat me twice… Or just using a lot of “my parents are asian” jokes.