I was playing Monopoly with a coworker Thursday night, "Comedy Central presents Russ Meneve" came on. Having not seen the special before, I watched it. Much to my dismay, one of the first bits Russ did was almost identical to one I've been doing for about a year, the one where I talk about getting dumped via email. I've been doing the joke since I got dumped via email. Russ's joke was extremely similar to mine, though in his, he dumps his girlfriend through email. He even uses the line "I don't what pissed her off more, the fact I did it through email, or the fact that I CC'd my new girlfriend on it". I got to talk to Jimmy Rice and Chad Huff about it Saturday at the Funny Bone. Jimmy's opinion on the matter was, if someone used it on TV, you should probably drop the bit. Chad was of the mindset that there's nothing new under the sun, and if I wrote the joke (and I did) then it's my joke. I kind of like his advice better... And since I'm not at the point where I can affordto be throwing away jokes, especially ones that work. Besides, had I not been watching TV Thursday night, I wouldn't have seen the special, and I wouldn't be blogging this right now.
Don't don't don't don't stop the beat
Can't can't can't can't Control my feet
Pe pe pe people in the Street
Come everybody and move your feet