Mind of Mencia doesn’t technically have a cast of any kind. We have very few repertory players and by few, I mean two. Brad Williams, otherwise known as the little person, and Joseph, Mencia’s brother. I wanted to take a second to spotlight Joseph because people always seem to ask him the same question: Are you really Mencia’s brother?

The answer is yes. They’re brothers and they both come from Honduras. What’s funny is that Joseph is featured on the show prominently but in “real life”, most of the people from his homeland of Honduras don’t know him as a TV personality. For the past number of years, Joseph has split his time between Honduras and the United States, spending time shooting episodes of Mind of Mencia and then traveling to be with his wife and kids in Honduras during hiatus.

For some of you that are fans of Mencia dating back to the 90’s, you’ll remember a popular joke he had about how he’s the youngest of 18 children and that when he announced to his family that he was going into stand-up, everyone was against it. He goes to talk about how ONE of his siblings said, “Let him, if he wants to be a clown then go ahead an juggle.” This sibling was Joseph. Joseph actually loaned Mencia a car at the beginning of his career so that he could drive from gig to gig. I think it’s because of this that Mencia decided to feature Joseph on his show nearly 20 years after first beginning in stand-up. Not only that, but if you’ve seen Mencia live in the past couple of years and possibly this tour coming up, you’ll see Joseph as well. He comes out and does a short introduction to the stand-up show.

So remember, if you have the chance of seeing Mencia in person, you’ll probably see Joseph as well, the guy that not only “plays” his brother on the show, but also, in real life.

For those of you that are unaware, there are so many people involved in making a TV show that go unnoticed. The only people you MIGHT know about are of course the stars of the show, the writers....MAYBE the producers....MAYBE.

There are soooo many other people that work on a show to make it successful. People that you would never think about because their job really isn't noticed when you see the show. You focus on what someone like Mencia is saying, but you don't think about the people holding the camera, directing, dressing, etc etc.

I wanted to show you behind the Mind of Mencia and decided to go to my friend Randy. He's been a friend of Mencia's for many years and is a great photographer. He takes behind-the-scenes pictures of the show and because of this fact, I went to him to get two pictures where I could show what happens behind-the-scenes and the final product.

I picked the rice sketch that was featured on last night's episode. It's two pictures that show just a SMALL SLIVER of the kind of work that it takes to make a show possible. Then I figured I would add a couple of other pictures because I just figured you'd like to see them. Enjoy!

Carlos Mencia, his brother Joseph, Brad Williams and I (Cristela) traveled to Las Vegas to do stand-up at the Palms Casino this past weekend. There was also part of the Mencia crew made up of his brother Bert, his cousin Danny, close friend Danny Boy, Randy Shropshire (who you'll never see without a camera-great photographer), tour manager Joey Sosa, and comedian Juan Villareal from Texas there as well. Not everyone could make it though; there's still more to name.

We had two shows on Saturday that Carlos was taping for a NEW CD that will be out soon. The shows were awesome. It's so weird to see the crowds at the shows. They go crazy with Brad, Joseph and Carlos; me, not so much. I'm not featured on the show so the crowds see me and say, "God I hope she's funny."

Usually, what happens is that the openers do their sets and then sit back for Carlos to do as long as he wants to do. If we're at a casino, chances are that the moment I'm done with my set, I hit the blackjack tables. I love playing blackjack so much that sometimes, it gets me into trouble.

During the second show at the Palms, the show ran long and Mencia called Brad, Joseph and Juan back onstage to hang out with him and tell jokes. From what I heard, he called my name over and over again but I didn't make it in time because I was too busy playing blackjack. WHOOPS!

I had so many people come up to me at the blackjack table and tell me, "Mencia was looking for you." Um, WHOOPS AGAIN! I made my way to the theater but obviously by that time, I was too late. The show had been over for a while and to make matters worse, I was down a couple hundred bucks. Boo!

After the show, Mencia went to his awesome suite (which had 2 bowling lanes in it) to pack because he was leaving back home after the show. A bunch of us went to Ghostbar, one of the clubs at the Palms. I lasted only 5 minutes there because I'm afraid of heights (it's one the 50th floor or something) and when I looked out from the club, I started freaking out and crying.

Oh well, I'm glad I left the bar though because you know what they say: What happens in Vegas, is probably contagious. Remember, new Mencia CD coming soon...and don't forget to watch his show Mind of Mencia on Wednesdays here on Comedy Central!

I keep mentioning that Mind of Mencia premieres its fourth season on Wednesday, May 21 at 10:30/9:30 p.m. (not that I’m plugging it or anything) but it hit me that aside from the picture of the new stage that we got, I haven’t let you in on anything else.

Here’s something that is completely a new addition to the show. It’s a cartoon series that covers real-life experiences that Mencia had when he was a little Honduran boy. I think the goal is to end the episodes with one of the stories every week. The cool thing about it is that not only do you get to see Mencia as a little kid, but you’ll get to hear voices from real friends and family from his life, which I think is great. I have some pictures from one of the recording sessions to show what really goes in behind the Mind of the Sound Studios of Mencia. You might recognize some of the people. Enjoy!

OTHER JOBS THEY SHOULDN'T DO:

Most of you probably saw  the episode where Carlos talked about the job him and his friends shouldn't have. While what  made the show was funny...there were many other jobs that these guys should never do that just didn't make the cut.

JOSH

Police Sketch artist.
Sandwich Artist
Brain Surgeon
Acupuncturist 
Butcher
Chess Champion

BRAD

Truck Driver
Sumo Wrestler
UPS Delivery guy.

JOSEPH

Interpreter
English Professor
UN Ambassador
Spelling Bee Coach

New Ask Carlos video! He answers one of the questions many of you wanted to know - "What does his wife think of his jokes?" Enjoy.

Watch this video and then send Joseph your questions? He will be answering them!

- D.Lucky

Check out the new Mencia Minute w/Joseph!

So Joseph finally got in his first interview...so keep sending in those questions. The next one read could be yours!