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Joe Rogan: The Mysteries of Egypt
Joe Rogan's perspective on ancient Egypt, the pyramids, and the history of modern mankind.
Jan 2, 2008 12:04 PM
Re: Joe Rogan: The Mysteries of Egypt
Joe isn't a very good comic but he knows how to form a plausible theory. If he is correct, what we are seeing with North American culture suggests that the rate of retardation is escalating.
Hmmm...
I wonder if Rogan got the idea for this joke from the movie Idiocracy? If he did, then it would be a little hypocritical of him after he made such a stink about that comic who was blatantly sharking jokes (A move that I deeply respected - creativity thieves are scum - but was turned off by the way he conducted himself).
Hmmm...
I wonder if Rogan got the idea for this joke from the movie Idiocracy? If he did, then it would be a little hypocritical of him after he made such a stink about that comic who was blatantly sharking jokes (A move that I deeply respected - creativity thieves are scum - but was turned off by the way he conducted himself).
By: EViLMinD
Re: Joe Rogan: The Mysteries of Egypt
It's unlikely Rogan got the idea from the movie. Both this show and Idiocracy were released in 2006. Idiocracy was released on Sep. 1, but no date is listed for Joe Rogan Live. Unless this was filmed, produced and released in the space of 3-4 months, then I doubt he 'ripped it off.'
Besides, have you ever heard of a little novella called "The Marching Morons"?
"The Marching Morons" is a science fiction short story written by Cyril M. Kornbluth. It was included in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two.
The story is set hundreds of years in the future: the date is 7-B-936. John Barlow, a man from the past put into suspended animation by a freak accident, is revived in this future. The world seems mad to Barlow until Tinny-Peete explains the Problem of Population: due to a combination of intelligent people prudently not having children and excessive breeding by less intelligent people, the world is full of morons, with the exception of an elite few who work slavishly to keep order.
The story was originally published in the science fiction magazine "Galaxy"...back in April, 1951.
I've said it before and I'll say it again...there are NO new ideas.
Besides, have you ever heard of a little novella called "The Marching Morons"?
"The Marching Morons" is a science fiction short story written by Cyril M. Kornbluth. It was included in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two.
The story is set hundreds of years in the future: the date is 7-B-936. John Barlow, a man from the past put into suspended animation by a freak accident, is revived in this future. The world seems mad to Barlow until Tinny-Peete explains the Problem of Population: due to a combination of intelligent people prudently not having children and excessive breeding by less intelligent people, the world is full of morons, with the exception of an elite few who work slavishly to keep order.
The story was originally published in the science fiction magazine "Galaxy"...back in April, 1951.
I've said it before and I'll say it again...there are NO new ideas.
By: galliard
Re: Joe Rogan: The Mysteries of Egypt
"I've said it before and I'll say it again...there are NO new ideas."
Nor are you the originator of that statement. ;)
Man, you actually looked up the dates to make that point? he he. Thanks for the book tip, anyway. Might check it out.
About Rogan's anti-joke thieving policy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Rogan
http://tvfilter.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!DB9D137CC0F754C9!18983.entry
In time, a joke will become everyones. But, professional comics do have rights to use the jokes they create. Taking someone else's lines and passing them off as your own is not cool. I think Rogan has a right to step up and say something. Mencia is a joke jacking prick. He repeated jokes almost word for word. That shit is just plain disrespectful... and wrong.
Nor are you the originator of that statement. ;)
Man, you actually looked up the dates to make that point? he he. Thanks for the book tip, anyway. Might check it out.
About Rogan's anti-joke thieving policy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Rogan
http://tvfilter.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!DB9D137CC0F754C9!18983.entry
In time, a joke will become everyones. But, professional comics do have rights to use the jokes they create. Taking someone else's lines and passing them off as your own is not cool. I think Rogan has a right to step up and say something. Mencia is a joke jacking prick. He repeated jokes almost word for word. That shit is just plain disrespectful... and wrong.
By: EViLMinD
Re: Joe Rogan: The Mysteries of Egypt
Oh the arrogance of young people who think they understand enough of the world to decisively judge whether an idea is original or not :-)
... and the fights over patents, copyrights, orginality, etc.. And the ignorant fights and vain struggles of the atheists and evolutionists, etc.. There are original people, but they live after their time and or appreciated by a select few in their lifetime-- e.g. Stendahl, who bought a lottery ticket, "To be read 100 years from now". It's difficult to recognize that great literature is enduring because of the radicality of the ideas rather than because of its "emotionality" or "humanity".
Regarding the "originality" of this piece of stand up -- I guess it's unoriginal if you consider the narrative and reduce everything down to a series of logical hypotheses, but the premise of the joke is not reducible in such a way, of course. Just to throw something out there, the real premise of the joke may be the way he tells the joke AS an idiot, a little peice of self-depracation. Rogan is kind of the "idiot man", and he is telling the joke as a victor after a great injustice has been performed. If so, then maybe we can trace this back to Futurama, which often thinks about history as a series of glaring injustices that are laughed at by the victor.
So -- it's all in how careful you read. :-)
... and the fights over patents, copyrights, orginality, etc.. And the ignorant fights and vain struggles of the atheists and evolutionists, etc.. There are original people, but they live after their time and or appreciated by a select few in their lifetime-- e.g. Stendahl, who bought a lottery ticket, "To be read 100 years from now". It's difficult to recognize that great literature is enduring because of the radicality of the ideas rather than because of its "emotionality" or "humanity".
Regarding the "originality" of this piece of stand up -- I guess it's unoriginal if you consider the narrative and reduce everything down to a series of logical hypotheses, but the premise of the joke is not reducible in such a way, of course. Just to throw something out there, the real premise of the joke may be the way he tells the joke AS an idiot, a little peice of self-depracation. Rogan is kind of the "idiot man", and he is telling the joke as a victor after a great injustice has been performed. If so, then maybe we can trace this back to Futurama, which often thinks about history as a series of glaring injustices that are laughed at by the victor.
So -- it's all in how careful you read. :-)
By: q335r49
Re: Joe Rogan: The Mysteries of Egypt
"Oh the arrogance of young people who think they understand enough of the world to decisively judge whether an idea is original or not"
Thanks for furthering the counter-point. Yes, it is fair to say that my statement about the original sources of Rogan's Egypt joke were a tad silly. I should know better. I guess the older I get, the less I know. ;)
Regardless, there is a line between what is idea theft and what is honest creative influence. What does that line look like and where is it? Guess it depends on the context.
In regard to what comics like Mencia did/do, I think he clearly crossed a line.
Good discussion this is
Thanks for furthering the counter-point. Yes, it is fair to say that my statement about the original sources of Rogan's Egypt joke were a tad silly. I should know better. I guess the older I get, the less I know. ;)
Regardless, there is a line between what is idea theft and what is honest creative influence. What does that line look like and where is it? Guess it depends on the context.
In regard to what comics like Mencia did/do, I think he clearly crossed a line.
Good discussion this is
By: EViLMinD
Re: Joe Rogan: The Mysteries of Egypt
Before I read all the other comments about originality and creative inspiration and what ever, but while I was watching the video, one thought popped into my head: Boy, he kinda sounds like Bobcat Goldwaith (Goldwaithe? Goldwathe? Help me, someone!)
By: jrockey
