Lee Mack's rock-concert routine on Australia's Got Talent
Jordan Paris , compared with Lee Mack
A comic routine about going to a big rock concert, delivered by a TV-talent-show contestant as his own.
The 22-year-old contestant reached the semi-finals with a stand-up set whose punchlines matched Lee Mack's almost word for word. (paraphrase)
Australia's Got Talent (Seven Network), 2011find on YouTube ↗
Mack's routine about attending a rock concert, which supplied the bulk of Paris's audition punchlines. (paraphrase)
Stand-up routinefind on YouTube ↗
A talent-show contestant performed Lee Mack's rock-concert routine nearly word for word; the only change was claiming it as his own.
- Premise 38/40
- Structure 25/30
- Punchline 28/30
- Premise38/40Same routine about going to a big rock concert, presented as Paris's own.
- Structure25/30Reported as performed almost word for word, though no transcript of either is on record.
- Punchline28/30The punchlines matched Mack's almost word for word, per the record.
Setup
Going to a big rock concert, told as his own
Setup
Going to a big rock concert
Turn
Follows Mack's routine; specific beats not on record
Turn
Specific beats not on record
Punchline
Punchlines nearly word for word Mack's
Punchline
Mack's own rock-concert punchlines
Scores and beats are our editorial reading of the public record, not a ruling.
Context
When and where
Lee Mack's rock-concert routine was part of his stand-up act. Jordan Paris performed it almost word-for-word on Australia's Got Talent (Seven Network) in May 2011.
What followed
Paris was also found to have used material from US comic Geoff Keith, and initially shrugged that 'a joke's a joke'. Allowed to perform his own material in the semi-final, he flopped and was voted off. Even his self-deprecating line about sacking his writers 'Copy and Paste' matched a Jeffrey Ross gag from the 2009 Joan Rivers roast. Mack laughed the whole thing off.
Receipts
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Lee Mack by Amy Martin Photography, CC BY-SA 4.0