Transcript: Joke Stealing Is No Laughing Matter, Comedians Say

NEAL CONAN
NPR Talk of the Nation
11-08-2007
Joke Stealing Is No Laughing Matter, Comedians Say

Host: NEAL CONAN
Time 15:00-16:00 PM


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NEAL CONAN, host:

This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Neal Conan in Washington.

Well, have you heard this one? Two comedians walked into a comedy club. One guy gets up on stage and tells a joke. The audience laughs. Then later, the other guy gets up and he tells the same joke. You're not laughing. Well, neither are the comics. It's no joke when one stand-up accuses another of ripping of material, yet it's common practice.

In a piece for Radar magazine's February issue, comedy writer Larry Getlen described how some of the biggest names in the business ...

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