Amy Schumer (Pretty Obviously Falsely) Accused of Joke Theft

A video was anonymously released on Wednesday comparing Amy Schumer's comedy to other comedians' material, and Schumer disputed the claims on Twitter and during an appearance on the Jim Norton Advice Show on Sirius XM's Opie Radio.

The video compares some of Schumer's standup, sketch, and movie work to footage of comics Wendy Liebman, Patrice O'Neal, Kathleen Madigan, and Tammy Pescatelli with the intent of showing that Schumer stole from these earlier routines.

The filthy sex acts Schumer and O'Neal describe are public domain premises that they didn't come up with.

The food-slapping and sleep-exercising are obvious premises that Madigan and Schumer take to very different places, and the "women dress men ugly" joke is a cliché that wouldn't feel out of place in a Lockhorns comic strip.

Pescatelli, Schumer says, is jealous of Schumer's success and bitter that Schumer blocked her on Twitter, so she's accusing Schumer of joke theft as a way to tear her down.