From: gubnah_azrael@gov.su.us (The Voltairian™/Black Jester™/Closet Libertarian™/Riley Bitterman™) Newsgroups: alt.comedy.standup Subject: Re: Robin William's Stole From Jackie Mason...Too [LIBTR] Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 10:25:35 GMT Organization: Closet Libertarian™/Black Magus™/Bible Thumper™/Blow Load™ Reply-To: spyhunter-navyseal@gov.su.us Message-ID: <3d8d9a96.28931505@news.lightspeed.ca> References: X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.21/32.243 NNTP-Posting-Host: vandial74.lightspeed.bc.ca X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: vandial74.lightspeed.bc.ca X-Trace: rsl2.rslnet.net 1032690929 vandial74.lightspeed.bc.ca (22 Sep 2002 03:35:29 -0700) Lines: 92 Path: rsl2.rslnet.net Xref: rsl2.rslnet.net alt.comedy.standup:35245 On 21 Sep 2002 08:48:55 -0700, Mc4comedy@yahoo.com (Mac McClellan) wrote: >In the latest issue of The National Enquirer, in Mike Walker's column, >there is a report that Jackie Mason is threatening to sue Robin for >"allegedly stealing comedy routines word-for-word from Jackie's old >shows and performing them on his HBO special!" It says Jackie >"compared transcripts" and discovered they were lifted "verbatim", but > "admits it's possible that Robin's not the 'goniff', it might be his >writers!" >Wasn't Robin listed as the sole "writer"? >Maybe Jackie and Ray Romano and the guy who first wrote the "amish >mechanic" joke should get together. >I think he stole the idea for his latest movie from the guy in my >neighboorhood Fotomat, too. >Mac It's the National Enquirerer, CNN isn't even trustworthy for gawd sakes; get your news from the daily show, if you want credible news. I did see a joke, well a commentary of mine, on Bill Maher's HBO special, I'm guessing it could be a coicnidence, or maybe a bar maid sold it to him. I'm the mark of sarcasm, the upside-down exclaimation mark, I am the Black Jester™. >:-{) )> Docta Gov. Admr. Count Gölök Zoltán Leenderdt Franco Buday; PhG™/D Aka The guy who is so obsessed with Jeszika Alba that he ignores her with the delusion that it's his name on the restraining order, not Michael Weatherly's. Writer, Humorist, and everything else under the moon. [Also said to be a multi-trilionare businessman and Navy SEAL] Vancouver, Neo Sumer/Olympia, Washington/Who knows where else... The Official Black Jester Website: http://www.blackjester.com/ My Ego Times: http://myegotimes.virtualave.net/ Dictionary: http://myegotimes.virtualave.net/dictionary/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "As you have the power, sir, to do some service to letters, I implore you not to clip the wings of our writers so closely, nor turn into barndoor fowls those who, allowed a start, might become eagles; reasonable liberty permits the mind to soar--slavery makes it creep." -- Voltaire [A Letter To A First Commissioner] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself." -- Thomas Paine -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then gets elected and proves it. -P.J. O'Rourke -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "There may not be an 'I' in team, but there is an 'I' in Libertarian (in fact 2)" -- Gölök Buday, April of 2002 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "...I would have wished that no one in the state that could claim he was above the law, and that no one from outside the state could dictate a law [Fuck the UN] that the state was obliged to recognize. For regardless of how the government is formally constituted, if there is a single man not subject to the law, all the others are necessarily at that man' mercy." -- Jean-Jacques Rousseau; To The Republic Of Geneva: Discourse On Inequality. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "...It follows that if in such a fortunate situation it (the country/ state) would have nothing to fear but itself, and if citizens were trained in arms, it would be more for maintaining that soldiery spirit and noble courage that are so well suited for freedom and cultivate the taste for it rather than from the necessity for it's citizens' actual defence. -- Jean-Jacques Rousseau; To The Republic Of Geneva: Discourse On Inequality. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Freedom can only exist if all laws apply to all people." -- Jean-Jacques Rousseau; possible paraphrase. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Think, it isn't illegal yet." -- George Clinton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PS I am not, nor have been, known as Grant Buday PPS Not Che from che-lives.com † Download Free Agent ftp://ftp.forteinc.com/pub/free_agent/fa32-121.exe Free Agent Product PageFree Agent Product Page http://www.forteinc.com/agent/freagent.htm 63 Lines As Opposed To 1300 Lines On Sig File.