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Originally Posted by Ninjavenom
you can't steal material in stand-up comedy.
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I really don't know if you were serious or not, material can definatally be stolen. You're not gonna get far without people noticing that your joke has a strikingly similiar premise to someone elses joke. whether it's intentional or not people notice when something is "like" something else. It's kinda like plaigirism at higher levels; it doesn't really happen word for word but ideas are taken.
The only really notable case I can think of is with Dennis Leary and Bill Hicks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_..._of_plagiarism