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UPDATE (1/21/16 2:58 PM EST): Tammy Pescatelli called in to “Opie” Hughes and Jim Norton's SiriusXM radio show Thursday to respond to the controversy: “It is probably parallel thinking. That does happen…I probably should have just stayed out of it and kept my mouth shut,” said Pescatelli in part. “I shouldn't have accused somebody. It did seem that way, that it was a lift.”
You can hear Pescatelli's full appearance below:
In today's edition of comics berating other comics, 2015 “It” girl Amy Schumer has been accused of joke-stealing on Twitter by three prominent stand-ups: Kathleen Madigan, Tammy Pescatelli and Wendy Liebman (though the latter has since provided less-damning context to her claim that Schumer “[did] 1 of my best jokes on her HBO special.”). Though the tweets in question have since been deleted, Interrobang has the evidence:
“@MrChuckMartin: So maddening. You and @kathleenmadigan should talk.https://t.co/xcCxVgFdea” wow. Finally. Get ready for a shitstorm.
– Kathleen Madigan (@kathleenmadigan) January 18, 2016
I have a split screen being released of the disgusting amount of stealing being released tomoro. im done also. Game over @WendyLiebman
– Kathleen Madigan (@kathleenmadigan) January 19, 2016
I have a split screen being released of the disgusting amount of stealing being released tomoro. im done also. Game over @WendyLiebman
– Kathleen Madigan (@kathleenmadigan) January 19, 2016
What has always been amazing to me is that she purports to be a feminist and yet only steals from other female comedians. If we call her on
– Tammy Pescatelli (@TammyPescatelli) January 19, 2016
it we are “jealous” or career shamed. Be successful. WE want you to do well, just do it will your own material.BTW she blocked me
– Tammy Pescatelli (@TammyPescatelli) January 19, 2016
Look @WendyLiebman here is my joke from my #ComedyCentral half hour '06https://t.co/nEU4SCrmGA ….
– Tammy Pescatelli (@TammyPescatelli) January 19, 2016
Amy's sketch https://t.co/uVxtn7cY6V … So many more but nobody listens…at least Cosby knocked his victims out b4 he raped them.
– Tammy Pescatelli (@TammyPescatelli) January 19, 2016
No beef. Just presenting facts of oppression and degradationhttps://t.co/dL3dmCr5KF
– Tammy Pescatelli (@TammyPescatelli) January 19, 2016
I tell my truth today, because I too, have a dream…… #MLKDay
– Tammy Pescatelli (@TammyPescatelli) January 19, 2016
Additionally, a savvy internet user has collected the allegedly-stolen jokes in question into a side-by-side video, including a bit by late comedian Patrice O'Neal:
Schumer has since responded to the claims via Twitter…
On my life, I have never and would never steal a joke.
– Amy Schumer (@amyschumer) January 20, 2016
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…and on fellow comedian Jim Norton's radio show, where she said in part: “I'm literally gonna take a polygraph test and put it on my show this season…I didn't happen to catch [Tammy Pescatelli's] 2006 Comedy Central special and like sit on that bit till I got a movie.”
Shade.