Carlos Mencia
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Carlos Mencia
Ned Arnel Mencia, known professionally as Carlos Mencia is a Honduran-born American comedian, writer, and actor. His style of comedy is often political and involves issues of race, culture, criminal justice, and social class. He is best known as the host of the Comedy Central show Mind of Mencia which produced three seasons before being cancelled in 2008...
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth22 October 1967
CitySan Pedro Sula, Honduras
names people community
If you're Filipino, you're the beaner of the Asian community 'cause you're just like us. You're indigenous people that got banged by some Spaniards. That's why you have names like Kwan Ping Del Toro.
white people black
When white people eat potato chips, they're called white people. When black people eat potato chips, they're called niggas.
home parks welcome
And for all of you at home, you are all welcome to visit my store. You are also welcome to park off you motherparking parks, and go park yourself. But remember, don't park in a handicapped spot.
honesty heart men
In all honesty, we don't know what's in the hearts of other men. All I know is that I respect comedy and I know comedy. I would never, ever, ever take somebody else's joke.
aunt race car
Race makes things funny. A black guy driving in NASCAR: not funny. A black guy driving a car sponsored by Tide: not funny. A black guy driving a car sponsored by Aunt Jemima: hilarious.
children mean waiting
If God made Adam and Eve, they had children... wait a minute... that means someone banged their sister!
beautiful essence going-away
The essence of what makes life beautiful is the fact that it can go away.
inspirational ashamed knows
Know your religion, know who you are and don't be ashamed.
cancer cheek curing people ridiculous stomach
I am a product. . . . I'm a comedian. I'm not curing cancer. In the end, I tell jokes. I make people laugh. I make sense out of ridiculous situations, but in the end, it's all about laughter. It's all about your cheek hurting, your stomach hurting.
america water swim
I'll know America is in bad shape when Cubans in Miami get in the water and swim back to Cuba.
people east way
If I were to say that I grew up in East Los Angeles in the projects poor, I assumed that everybody understood that it came with its own reasons for being the way I am. I didn't get that people needed to understand where my comedy came from; I thought that they knew that. Now I tell people.
baby laughing ifs
If you ain't laughing, you ain't living, baby.
father america nebraska
Like my father I, too, was born in Central America - Nebraska.
taught-us people swim
I'm glad Hurricane Katrina happened. It taught us an important lesson: black people can't swim.