| Carlos
Mencia was born on October 22nd 1967 in San Pedro
Sula, Honduras. His mother, Magdelena Mencia is
from Mexico and his father, Roberto Holness, from
Honduras. They immigrated to America when Carlos
was under a year old. His parents gave Carlos to
his aunt and uncle, Consuelo and Pablo Mencia to
raise as their own because they weren't able to
have children of their own. His birth-parents' small
house was so packed already because his mother had
so many children. Carlos grew up in the Maravilla
Projects of East L.A. Because of his exceptional
school grades, he had the chance to be skipped up
to 10th grade after the 6th Grade, but due to fear
of the gang culture and thug life that dominated
East Los Angeles, he was sent to live in Seiko,
Honduras between the ages 12 & 15. Carlos says
he was a good kid, and managed to stay out of any
serious trouble with the help of his family. Being
the 17th of 18 children, he always found family
to be of the utmost importance. After returning
to East L.A. he graduated high school and attended
Cal State L.A. where he majored in electronic engineering.
He
eventually left school to pursue a career in comedy
one credit shy of his degree. He hit some of the
hottest venues on the stand-up circuit, including
The Comedy Store, The Laugh Factory, and The L.A.
Cabaret. He earned the title of International
Comedy Grand Champion from Buscando Estrellas
(the Latino version of Star Search). This led
to appearances on In Living Color, The Arsenio
Hall Show and An Evening at the Improv. In 1994
Carlos hosted HBO's series, "Loco Slam"
(1994). His first album "Take A Joke, America"
was released in 2000 by Warner Bros to major success.
In 2001 Carlos headlined the Three Amigos tour
with comedians Pablo Fransisco and Freddy Soto.
In 2005, he became the host of his second television
show "Mind of Mencia" (2005) on Comedy
Central.
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