WATCH: Amy Schumer Cops Raft Of Joke Theft Accusations In Anon Video

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Cam Tyeson

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The stand-up comedy circuit can be a bloody ruthless scene; full of massive egos and personalities all fighting to get one up over the competition (everyone else).

So when a select someone does indeed emerge at the top of that mountain to become a star, the ire from those below grows larger. The bigger the spotlight, the larger the target.
To that end, Amy Schumer‘s target is about as big as it’s ever been, and right now Schumer is copping the wrath of a video posted to Vimeo that accuses the Trainwreck and Inside Amy Schumer star of joke theft.
The compilation video provides a number of “cases” for Schumer’s supposed material jacking, and highlights bits from fellow comedians Wendy Liebman, Tammy Pescatelli, Kathleen Madigan, and the late Patrice O’Neal, paired up with clips from Schumer’s stand-up, as well as bits from Inside Amy Schumer.
The irony that the video uses an un-credited Led Zeppelin song as a backing track notwithstanding, the video presents all the evidence as nothing but utter fact and undeniable proof of joke stealing.
Though with that said, all of the cases present as ages-old joke archetypes the likes of which have been done countless times by countless comics. And some of the accusations are, at best, long drawn bows.
Hell, the insinuation at the end that Schumer even copied It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia‘s promotional image for Trainwreck is nothing short of ludicrous, given that she likely had little-to-no control on how the film was marketed.
Regardless, everyone involved with the issue has been having their say on the matter.
Wendy Liebman wanted to confirm that she didn’t accuse Schumer of stealing, as such. She just wanted to make damn sure everyone knew who got there first.


Kathleen Madigan was more forthright in her accusations, re-tweeting this vitriolic diatribe.

And Tammy Pascatelli went down a somewhat more cryptic route, referencing the infamous Vanilla Ice “Ice Ice Baby/Under Pressure” interview.

Schumer, it should be said, has been outwardly defending herself against the raft of accusations.

And she even made an appearance on Jim Norton‘s satellite radio show to further clarify.

The choice quotes from the interview involved Schumer denying the accusations vehemently, and suggesting it was a ploy for attention by one of the comics involved:

“I would just never do that. This is what happens — people build people up then rip them down when they have some success.”


“I think this was Tammy [Pescatelli]’s trying to get something going.”


Schumer also denied even having seen the comedian’s specials in the video, and questioned why on earth she would lift material, hold it under her belt for a full decade, only to release it to the public when she’s at her most visible and, by extension, the most likely time she’d get caught out.


The bottom line here is that the internet writ large, and the comedy scene, does have a particularly nasty desire to scorch Schumer down a peg or two, and has been reasonably constant in their attempts to do so.

The jokes are similar, but they’re also basic-as-hell comedic premises. Dating. Wordplay. Weird sex stuff. The differences between rich and poor people. All concepts that multiple people can independently look at and arrive at the same conclusion. Thoughts aren’t necessarily unique, and the vast majority of comedians’ jokes are all simply variations-on-a-theme.
US comic Moshe Kasher put the whole thing about as well as anyone ever could.

But hey, you’re obviously free to make up your own mind. Some of you already have.

Photo: Gregg DeGuire/Getty Images.
Source: Uproxx.

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