BTW - did anybody catch that this was an obscure reference to the Twitter joke-thieves thread that links to wikipedia:Joke_theft:
In 2011, one of the contestants on the talent quest television program Australia’s Got Talent
was Jordan Paris, whose act was stand-up comedy. His act went well, the
judges were impressed, and he made it through to the semi-finals.[18] However, it was later revealed that he had plagiarised his jokes from comedians Lee Mack and Geoff Keith.
The television network eventually decided to give him a chance to
redeem himself and he was allowed to compete in the semi-final, provided
he use his own material. Paris’ effort this time was self-deprecating,
joking about his plagiarism and his large teeth. The first joke went
well, but the rest went downhill. It was later found out that the joke
that went well – “I just sacked my two writers – Copy and Paste” – had
been done in 2009 by comedian Jeffrey Ross, about Brad Garrett, at a roast of Joan Rivers. Ross had said, “This guy has two writers, their names are Cut and Paste.”[19]
