Joe Rogan Experience #1083 — Dom Irrera Transcript

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0:00 And four and three and two and one Yeah. I'm the only one that actually still comes over. He still works here once in a while. Yeah, yeah. He was a joyless doorman. of the comedy store. He made it like a military thing, you know? He was with this group, and I was thinking, 30 feet away, you're like the schlub who's, like, you know, running around trying to sell, you know, coke or whatever he was doing.

2:48 But when he was here, it was some slow nights, man. You can't even get through the hallways. That was unheard of. It's fun. the Laugh Factory Right. It's a weird little room. Well, you know, I just, the thing is, I don't know, you don't do the multiple shows. i just love the idea and i know you do you have a thought and you can go on that night Come on, I started with it.

5:32 Anyway, people ask me, I was saying something, they go, it's funny. the power of this podcast not to stroke you but you know you know how strong it is when i went I'm like, fuck you. Bow hunting? For real? I've seen pictures of you and Brian. No but I'm not Just think That we love It's fun But I do like getting up That's warmed up by a fire Yeah. And it was six solid days of gay jokes coming out of Callan.

8:53 It's a hunting show that my friend Steve Rinella has. And the meat is amazing. Of course, because you didn't kill it. Yeah. And then you freeze it? No. Actually and look through the scope and then squeeze the trigger like a rifle I'd rather just hit it with a car Like, they literally lose their mind. You can't even imagine how big that is. It's obviously psychological, but certain meats, like rabbit, I can't eat.

13:02 Yeah, but I don't want to talk about it. Like, what is that? They came in a different period? What do you got, Jamie? So the di- what? are they? Here's the thing, like when they show that image recently i was in the museum in bozeman montana there's a museum like a natural history type At the same period, yeah. I guess I am. Well, you like having fun.

16:05 I'd go, come on, you retards, come with me, with me which you couldn't say now yeah you couldn't say that now you get Wow. had two really good teachers in high school one lady i wish i could remember her name and one guy She's going to get I did a clean show, You could tell their parents were a little snooty. you know oh yeah parents don't want kids fucking you know hilarious well if they're both 15 yeah

19:00 Your whole body, your DNA, your thoughts are haunted. It just kept coming. We Googled it, and we think, I think, if I remember correctly, the furthest a guy ever I remember Crazy Lenny. Crazy Lenny. and then snap its neck and go, what did I do? Shut the fuck up. Well, that was probably around the first time I met you then. And I was like, oh, this time we're here to praise the pool.

21:37 They used to have a quarter table upstairs. The podcast studio Yeah like Who else? but I know I never get you back there have a live stream. You ever heard of Twitch? Do you know what Twitch is? No. modeling some of the what i do after tosh in that he doesn't do any interviews he's like i do enough Yeah. Right, right, right. rent a car when you come into town what's that like that's funny dumb you know uh i do rent a

25:08 I said, but I'm so hot. Because I said, let me go sit in your high chair and judge me like a little joke monkey. But just got tired of doing his show. asshole for a parent? In the name? What? I wish we could play it. Give me some wine. What the fuck is that about? Yeah. I know what you're saying. Like, maybe one guy comes along and he's in character all the time, but it's fucking hilarious.

28:34 this guy does not he's not talking like jim carrey the world famous a-list actor who's had gigantic Did you watch this thing about him painting? Joe, did I tell you about the little part I have in I'm Dying Up Here? Yeah. Why I was there? And she's a great girl. randomly randomly he was he came in to look for young comedians I am NOT one of but I heard that it was... It got better.

31:12 Hi, Joe is a frog. But she's playing Mitzi really serious. Just kidding, Pauly. And like all of us. What kind of crazy shit is that? Who, Sam? It was huge. It was a good movie. tiffany haddish oh jew dude i love that girl you jew jew i was trying to jew she's i was trying to love to see you fight Joe I was a different guy man i was very intense i wasn't very funny did you ever

34:32 Really? I love you too much. I have some other video on my computer somewhere of some uneventful round of some Taekwondo tournament. I couldn't eat for like a whole day. Oh, no. I had so much fun though. when we went to the place Palms. He does that after fights he runs up. Yeah, that's what it was after the fight. Yeah, he's a freak awesome athlete. Yeah

37:51 those fires this year oh god my buddy's a firefighter he was up there and um he's in They had prisoners working the fire. I'll just pretend I got burned. I mean, I know they get them to clean up. Like clean the sides of roads. now most of the time right yeah are you drunk right now no do i drunk? That would be sad. I get nervous when I talk to you.

39:40 Isn't that nuts? Last time I was on the show, you told me I should do one. Yeah. What was wrong with it? Huh. And one of the best ways I found a combat Part of what a live show is is it's flowing. The Laugh Factory in Vegas. weeks in a row, doing 40 minutes. Yeah, maybe that's a good move. Well, Jamie wanted to tape me like a couple weeks in a row doing like 40 minutes.

42:02 Is it? That is true. Fistfuls of dollars. But I took him to see Tosh. It's good, isn't it? Well, I know you're a huge Beatles fan. They're so good. They were so good and you and I think it's hard They were given a chance to get better. I know Brendan. But really, they should be fighting someone of a lower caliber and developing their skills and experiencing a bunch of different styles,

45:46 Wow. I've never seen anybody as good as Mayweather to avoid punches. I mean, Conor can crack, but he just had no business in the ring, honestly. But Mayweather has been hit right where he was hurt. He's been hurt a couple of times in his career, What a great kick that was. Now that I think about it, I think you're right. Great restaurants. Yeah. I did a comedy store in Sydney in between bigger gigs to make it worth it for them to

48:09 And so we called up the Comedy Store and said, And they came, huh? Yeah, I mean, when I was, you know, I was at your house one day, kind of like you had started, but you said you feel, forget what the exact word, but a momentum going. Was thinking about what the potential of this was and at the time we first started, there wasn't that many people listening to podcasts. It was very small. And we were also streaming live on Ustream and

50:05 So one of the things that Stephen King always says about writing is that you should write, The good feeling that you get from watching stand-up, like say like chris rock when he does something and then two weeks later it works yeah and you i started with and only because they got to see them and grow from them you know what i mean like I've learned a lot watching other comedy, watching people.

52:22 He, I was listening to one of his recordings on the way home, a big steaming pile of me, You could tell he was a fucking pervert even back then. Right? Because he did a couple. something that people tend to do they try to normalize whatever fucked up perversion they have I'm going to write it down. Let me tell you a story. Well, you know what, Joe? He has that advantage.

55:04 he's a different person than when he did those things. He didn't lock the door. He's not doing anything awful to someone. It's definitely ape-like. I think it was honest. You don't do it again. And he hasn't done it again. I jerked off in front of a blind lady. Nothing, nothing. How do you leave Harvey Weinstein in a hotel room I mean, not really rehabilitated,

58:02 and we were hearing shit about him right there i'm just thinking like what would one do i mean it seems like let's i mean i'm not of all kinds of people he might have jerked off in front of hookers too I You got to be a real animal. I said, look, I don't know. but I'll tell you on stage when you tell me your thing on stage. Tony Hinchcliffe's new bit. I can't say it on stage But I'll tell you on stage when you tell me your thing on stage

1:00:32 His show. But I have a schedule now on Monday. You little prick. Like, ignorance is a big thing, too. kids he goes his little girl i forget the middle middle one's name he said she would wake me up to like me and dice and guys that were on rodney specials we were really fucking lucky because she liked the dick though tell you that like a little bit of the old schlazio

1:03:50 Like, I dated girls Yeah. Yeah. She says, well, your act with the, did you ever notice? you love Chappelle and Bill Burr and Dom Herrera you it would be rough you know if you're a bad accountant you know but you're a great guy you But stand-up, really good stand-ups, you reveal something of themselves. You feel like you know them. For sure. You relate to them. Yeah, for personal. Yeah. Yeah. But stand-up, really good stand-ups, you reveal something of themselves.

1:05:57 Yeah, I know Jeff, yeah. A few Chris Rocks or whoever it was at the time that could sell out a theater. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Out of that group She's selling out a skirt i don't know then she'd tell you you're some piece of shit for asking a show but i mean i don't know what to tell her like you know well she's funny I enjoyed it. It doesn't bother me. I don't judge you by it

1:08:14 I think it's silly or overconfident Yeah. know i taught her at uh comedy camp when she was a teenager and i've seen her really yeah i've seen and it really didn't I got this beautiful Oh, man. I swear. He doesn't even return my calls. But they were behind, right? No. Well, I know Kimmel's been on a run lately of crying and talking about- it's really good for ratings

1:11:16 like he did he cry recently was it the school shooting yeah yeah but that was brutal those he cried after the vegas shooting he's from vegas did he cry recently So New Year's Eve, we're walking outside. when columbine we thought this is terrible and this won't happen again? I don't know if that would stop them because it would just make it more difficult to get guns.

1:12:56 Well, I think that for the M15s or whatever they are, they shouldn't be sold. out and another one goes in bolt that down and then you get another shot it's a very slow thing I don't know. they think that any slip is uh is eventually going to lead to them getting their guns taken away. I think, first of all was underage and had fake ID and still was able to buy it.

1:15:37 And you hear all the stories about kids that were saying that they knew that this kid was The FBI actually checked this fucking kid out, talked to him about it, kid right you got a little domerara little tiny baby and he's just a cute little fella little his life experiences, all the pain, the trauma, mental illness, all these various factors. but having children i i think of people as they used to be a child used to be a baby i think of

1:17:56 You wouldn't have, right? I looked over, and he just fucking stunk. coffee bean and he's sitting by himself with his head in his hands Like we were talking about Louie, I said, well, that should tell you something. I mean, this is not in the act of intimacy. Ah! You know, Ric Flair? and the audience just goes, whoo! Yeah, he gave credit to this guy that's a professional wrestler.

1:21:14 Yeah. Who was the one with the cocoa butt? Interesting. I think... I know. giant amounts of money to build these stadiums and set up these events, and endorsements and you make a shit load of money last one. Who the fuck came There's Lindsey Vonn. She's very famous. There's like a handful. I think it's fucking gross. NCAA says student athletes shouldn't be paid because the 13th Amendment allows unpaid prison

1:24:39 unpaid prison labor? They cited in a lawsuit Yeah. They might as well be slaves. Imagine if they did that with the Olympics in the Olympics. They let the NBA players thanks to the Super Bowl and the Winter Olympics and it makes me angry and it's one of the reasons The hands, punching to the face. And I had to really develop my hand techniques. And then I started doing Muay Thai with leg kicks.

1:28:21 the fight stays up or goes to the ground. Wrestling is like, in my opinion, the best base. and Dan Severin was a real world with Jiu Jitsu is if a guy knows how to wrestle really good comedy at the time too when did i when did you say we met we met in 93 i think or 92 I guess really, I really didn't think it was going to work out until I was on TV.

1:30:45 Just why? The biggest jumps I've ever had in my Was it Johnny Carson? I just. I went and did a set at the Comedy Store. Let me tell you this, folks. He was fucking incredible. that night and got fucked out of his head and was stumbling into the streets and just out of his mind just had a But he did way too much time. Didn't Howard Stern hate Johnny Carson, though?

1:33:47 I hope I'm not wrong with that. Because I didn't give a fuck about being on The Tonight Show. rather do improv. But you used to do it well. You were great on those shows. you did a sitcom. anything you want you know well yeah it's just like you said it's just things i enjoy i'm lucky I can't even believe I'd be like, No, I don't want to. Well, it's just I talk too much.

1:36:04 All right, let's wrap this up I'm at the Black Box in the first week of April. Tell us. Dominic Carter