The mouth leads to the mind of Mencia: Popular Comedy Central performer brings aggressive humor to Temecula

By: JAMES CURRAN - Staff Writer

It's easy to think of Carlos Mencia as the life of the party, the class clown.

From the mouth of Mencia in a recent interview, he was more the scourge of the workplace, the job ranter.

"I had no idea whatsoever that I could do stand-up (comedy)," Mencia said. "I'd just vent my frustrations to guys at work and they would laugh their (butts) off, but I was serious and it would (make me mad). So I would get angrier and keep going. They were like 'That's funny.' And it's like 'I'm not trying to be funny. I'm f---ing serious.' "

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