re: Happy Birthday Denis Leary

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Hasn't Leary been around a whole lot longer then CK?

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Yes...which was explained as CK told the story.

CK was just starting out in Boston...about 19 or so. Leary was big in Boston by then, and he was nice to CK and even had him open for him some.

CK explains that his finishing bit at the time was about how great it would be to just give in and really be an a-hole. Cut people off in traffic, park in handicapped spaces, etc. Not even pretend to give a shite and really embrace it. One night Leary was actually in the room as CK finished and he came up to CK afterwards and told him how much he liked that bit specifically, and then began riffing on it right in front of him. Couple weeks later CK rolls into a club and Leary is on stage DOING his bit. The way CK tells it he was young, really had no idea what to do about it and he had been doing it for a while so he just let it go.

Then Leary essentially turns the bit into what makes him a household name.

Not hard to believe at all. Not just because Leary seems like a dick, but because several comedians have been accused over the years of lifting CK's material since he's considered a real comedian's comedian. Plus, he written on a bunch of shows...so he's always had good material.

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personally, I've never found CK worth a shite either.

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No accounting for taste.