This is Cristela, the warm-up comedian and former writer for Mind of Mencia.  I had mentioned earlier in this blog that I would be around to let you in on the happenings of the show.  So here I am doing just that.  I'm including a video from the first taping of the season.  I can explain what's happening because, although you can't hear me, I'm there in the audience.

This is a break between segments, right after the Mencia's monologue.  It's at this point that people check to see if they need to pick-up (that means re-shooting) anything in the monologue.  A lot of times, make-up guru James and Mencia's wife, Amy, come out to make sure that he looks ok.  It's at this time that I usually make comments to the audience to tell them what's going on and a lot of times...Mencia wants to put in his two cents.  He LOVES to put in his two cents.