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About Last Night

ALN Classic - Carlos Mencia

About Last Night

Cloud10

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2025

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Summary

Carlos Mencia stops by to talk about the incredible story of how he discovered Brad Williams in a comedy club, how he may have isolated himself from the standup community, recounts some funny moments from MIND OF MENCIA that never aired, and gives an amazing breakdown of how he structures a joke. It was hilarious, insightful, and an episode you should not miss. Follow Carlos on Twitter @carlosmencia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:03.3

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1:40.5

Hey guys, Adam Ray here for the About Last Night podcast. Hope you having a great week. Looking forward to a great weekend. Today is an ALN classic episode. That's right. We're throwing it back to the old days of the podcast. We had some bangers, some hitters. Some legends come through the show. So we thought we dig deep and throw it back to some of those insane, hilarious fun episodes. So enjoy the hell out of this episode. Of course, follow the podcast. At Alen podcast on Instagram and Twitter, at Adam Ray Comedy on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok. Enjoy the episode. Enjoy your week. Hey, everybody. It's Adam Ray and Brad Williams for the About Last Night podcast. Hey, and I'm actually here for an intro. Hey, thanks for showing up. Oh, who knew? Well, I mean, we're sharing a hotel room in Omaha. Yeah, we're also, you have to understand the microphone in which we're recording on. It's just one singular mic that I use to do my Hyundai Sonata commercials from the road. All right. I can't turn it off. I mean, where I go, Mike I'd like a large Caesar sound with a side of fries. It's really annoying. But we have to be very close to this mic, so this is about as close as Brad and I's faces we'll ever get. Unless you watch the YouTube video of us doing the, though, what does the Fox say? Oh, yes. That was pretty close. And, uh, I'm not gonna lie, Mr. Adam. I got kind of lost in your eyes right there. I know.

2:54.8

Well, doing though, what does the Fox say? Oh, yes. That was pretty close. And I'm not going to lie, Mr. Adam.

2:52.5

I got kind of lost in your eyes right there. I know. Well, hey, you're, I mean, you won't be, you won't be the first dwarf to say that to me. I need way more details once we shut that mic from. You're never going to hear. I was sworn to secrecy. today's episode is

3:07.4

really incredible

3:08.5

we uh it's it's

3:09.7

you know

3:10.3

definitely consider this guy I was sworn to secrecy. Today's episode is really incredible.

3:09.0

We, uh, it's, you know, definitely consider this guy, uh, one of the juggernauts, uh, in the stand-up comedy world.

3:16.1

Um, he's, uh, opened a lot of doors for a lot of comics.

3:19.6

He's helped a lot of comics.

3:20.5

He's, um, uh, you know, been at the top, uh, where very few have been. And he's

3:26.9

also helped our own Brad Williams out more than, uh, than I, than I realized as we got to

3:31.8

find out. And I'm talking about Carlos Mencia. Yeah. That's right. And, uh, many of you know that I was

3:39.4

Mencia's opening act for four years, went on the road with him,

3:42.9

pretty much pulled me from, literally pulled me out.

3:46.6

From a toy shop.

3:47.3

Yeah, and wow me up, found the right deep batteries, and just put me in the right direction.

3:54.5

No, I was not a comedian, and as you'll hear, Minceo literally plucked me from the audience and started me on my road to stand-up.

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