What happens when you take the awe of Sam Kinison, mix it with the political edge of George Carlin, add the frenetic pace of Jim Carrey and sprinkle more than a dash of the racial daring of Richard Pryor and what do you get? A sizzling hot, spicy dish of MENCIA MADNESS!

(Laredo, Texas)  The Laredo Entertainment Center announced that funny man Carlos Mencia will stir things up in the gateway city.  Mencia will perform his new comedy show “At Close Range” on Thursday, October 2 at 7:30pm.  TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE!

Carlos Mencia, Latino superstar/stand-up comedian, is undoubtedly one of today’s most lauded and feared comics.  Each week he is the “mouth” behind Comedy Central’s hit show “Mind of Mencia” (3rd Season), where he dishes out a new brand of groundbreaking comedy humor.  Mencia takes comedy one step further than comics like Lenny Bruce and Chris Rock, as he combines attitude and his unrelenting provocative nature with caustic, unabashed humor and pokes at racial stereotypes as well as modern day absurdities.  As this half hour show features man-on-the-street interviews, studio comedy and commercial parodies, Mencia demonstrates an extraordinary ability to connect with a diverse audience, with his unique point-of-view of the world, a rare gift of insightful perception, and an exceptional ability to elicit laughs while making our brains tick.

Mencia stars opposite Ben Stiller and Michelle Monaghan in Heartbreak Kid, a DreamWorks comedy directed by Peter and Bobby Farrelly. In the fall of 2007, Mencia headlined a nationwide comedy tour titled “Carlos Mencia Live Presented by Bud Light.”  The highly anticipated tour brought Mencia face-to-face with his fans from September 2007 through December 2007. In December 2007 Mencia hosted “Operation Myspace,” an exclusive concert for American Troops in the Middle East alongside Jessica Simpson and The Pussycat Dolls. Mencia’s new Comedy Central special, “Carlos Mencia: Performance Enhanced,” will air in May 2008.