Plagiarism of the Week featuring Patton Oswalt & Barack Obama

[eric8542011]

Senator Obama was so much better than President Obama.

[dumb14wanker]

I dont really care about the politicians ripping off one anothers campaign speeches as they didn't write the damn things anyway, but its pretty scumby to steal a joke like that and act like youre the funny bastard that wrote it

[hannahbanana2633]

The Cardigans don't plagiarize.

[LPkeykey2010]

Idiot

[Cabochon1360]

No, it's not "borrowing". Not when you're using it in as public a presentation as a valedictorian address. When you use that much of somebody else's work without giving attribution, that's plagiarism.

[teskio]

hey Vaughn Ward I hope u gt rapes in the ass...

[rhinocore]

ash hole.

[l1n1ck004]

lol @ RWJ Font

[nameofthepen]

Awesome catch!

[Shotgunnova]

Wow, the preppie valedictorian's comedic timing sucked compared to the professional comedian. I'll inform the newspapers! Haha...but seriously, although Brian obviously stole the joke, what kind of doofus would announce it was mined from someone else's material? This is a dry social function -- I'll take a borrowed joke over some collegiate jibber-jabber anyday.

[stoneczar]

@Shotgunnova It wasn't a "borrowed joke" it was the meat of his speech. It's not like he retold a knock knock joke he read somewhere, he stole part of an entire set, and tried, without success, to recreate it. The fact that it came off as pedantic and smug instead of funny just goes to show that this guy truly has no clue. This is the same guy at your office who takes credit for your work, this is the same kid who got straight A's . . . because he lifted answers from the smart kids.

[aha45]

@Shotgunnova

Stoneczar explained it pretty well - this wasn't a mere 'borrowing of a joke' but a full fledged theft of a comedy routine. Ivies like Columbia would have us believe they only accept the finest young people in the world; the fact that Corman, the best of the best, is a plagiarist, only reaffirms my belief that elite American colleges are largely an old-boys club.

[Shotgunnova]

@aha45 Of course it's "borrowing" -- the guy used it once, will probably only use it once, and it'll only be associated to him by the thinnest degree. It's nice to call it blatant thievery out of respect for Patton's awesometasticness, but Brian's no stand-up genius so that's going a bit overboard.

[haasermark]

What a disgusting fuck. I can't believe he would even attempt this, the good news is this horrible douche has completely self sodomized/sabotaged any chance of a career in this field.

[aha45]

@haasermark

You would think, wouldn't you? But in a country where Elliot Spitzer and Michael Vick are seeing new careers, I doubt it.

[rorydragula]

Wow, what a dick.

[wiregreyhounds]

What a piece of trash that Brian Corman is. Really makes you wonder how he got to be valedictorian in the first place.

[Cajaquarius]

@wiregreyhounds I had a friend back in high school that used the English translation of the Latin bit sung during the fight in the game FInal Fantasy 7 for a poetry assignment and it wound up getting in a state-wide anthology. He even had to read it in front of the university (to a standing ovation). As far as I know, it is still in the anthology too. If you steal from an obscure/nerdy source, most schools won't even notice. Unfortunately for Corman, Patton isn't that obscure.

[moschtastic]

Only a moron would ever consider hiring Brian Corman: Plagiarist.

[ThomONeil]

in this day and age...reeeallly. It is 'obviuos" that you are going to get caught.

[JarrodDrover123]

Do they really think out of everyone there that not 1 person will be this sounds very familiar...

[mrshowTG]

ugghh thats so hard to watch.

[NBluth]

Not only did they both steal the material, they were both terrible at delivering it. That valedictorian was nowhere near as funny as patton oswalt.

[oceanbound222]

THEFT !!!!!!!!!!!!!

THEIF  !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RentAnEducation]

Good god! Where did you get that font???

[EDLTV]

@RentAnEducation yes its kind of annoying, sorry

[boskymba]

Breath-taking. Great work slicing these together.

[EDLTV]

@boskymba thanks

[AngelicStateofMind]

How idiotic is Ward to have chosen to plagarized the speech and moment that brought President Obama to the national stage.

And for the Columbia speaker I dont even know what to say about him... Ivy league education and he couldnt find the words....SMH

[magicmike0416]

hello world. my name is brian corman and i am the worlds biggest dbag. but i will actually be remembered more for being a liar. valedictorian? just cross it off my resume. that was trumped by my dbaggery and dishonesty. now get ready to watch me try to talk my way out of this one and try to live a life as an honest scholar!