Joe Rogan Experience #1249 — Donnell Rawlings Transcript

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0:00 oh shit i think fall off those pieces of shit In fact, one of my closest friends, Bearded Humor, he's like, I would say if he was a stand-up comic, and now it's excited about what's going to be more than ever. And next thing you know, you offended somebody. Yeah. Well, it's a way to get a lot of attention. lead the charge for comedians having a voice i did a show with him at the store recently and at

4:21 time somebody he does anything that's filmed it's going to hit millions of people. I've been a comedy store for years. I think for comedians, it's therapeutic for us too. Yeah. Just hit him with a couple Anyway Vegan cat it's not the v it's nothing wrong with vegans it's just the same shit as every other group i Yeah. And complain. And complain. They all

7:24 So all vegans are assholes. I'm sorry. They can't wait till you say dinner. i take pictures of ian every time we fly together and he falls asleep i take pictures of me and just Where does one go to even shoot an elk? And then when you have a tag, you're allowed to get a certain kind of animal. for it i don't want to sound um racist at all but i don't know a black person that could tell

10:10 You mentioned the word hanging. It's a mess. It's a mess, that was rushing to support him. And it's so fucking unfortunate. Like that's a symptom of that same kind of thinking. this is our movement these are things that we're trying to progress toward but this was an isolated And it's also good that you get to see where that kind of stuff heads, You want to believe them the minute they say it.

13:21 Everybody knows he deserves it everybody knows he deserves it i read i read a story once about this dude who said that he punished his daughter by making her sit in the backyard by one of those stories where you hear the story like, Jesus, this doesn't sound real. hungry as shit, right? I'm going I'm going to shoot it myself. they're going to be like second-guessing the storyline of so many of those shows,

15:30 A lot of street fights I don't know if I would want to do that What did he say? Yeah, thread itself into your brain cells. Like, heroin addicts and crackheads. Yeah. That could do everything On a network I'm telling you. They're going to fuck you up. They don't want to hear that shit. fuck our job up, man. Because Keep it raw. Yeah. dog you can get it you'll be more clever read a broad mind you get all the ass you want all of it

18:57 It's coming out. things in my life. All right, here's the difference I was on the phone It's just, fucking for real? And I've never run into him. Mel Gibson's dad was 92 92 and he was in a South Park thing, remember? Take a bad turn. I'm tilted. It's never like, and I know things are intense, but we have to be able to laugh first. I can go to places and it's straight up like Dave called them the muddy boot motherfuckers.

22:25 Know all that shit Left to right And this is what that show did And both of them, wherever I go, people always bring it up. They take the shit watered down. that was bubbling, why after all these years I knew from that moment that this show was Oh, okay. The day we played that during the wraparounds, man, that shit hit so hard. dave say i'm rick james bitch it was gut son it was gut son yo what did the five figures say to

26:35 may not see it well that's the problem with working with executives too right it's like Never talked to him about it because the reason why I never talked to him about it moment we made history and people go on people go on to do other things and just keep it moving but that show was gave me a platform that's good as shit to the next level. like if you look at

28:51 I remember Neil told me one time, he said, because I always get a mic because I'll come up with a line or something to throw in. So I told myself, when he smacks this motherfucker, because if you look at that scene, when he smacks him, I said, what the fuck? You get opportunities. And every time motherfuckers say action in a situation,'t ready to show up And every time Motherfuckers say Action in any situation You gotta show up

30:13 They just like to be cool You ever see Jim Brewer When I first saw Brewer, he's so physical. I mean, that's why when you mentioned his name, I was like, which Jim Brewer are we Like, shut the, like, who's going to do anything after that? We did four. scared i had a blown out acl at the time and i was wearing cavaricci's i was wearing like sexy pants

31:56 I don't even believe I have that. The jeans ones like that. How can I wear those and have a straight face? But it should be a point like when I started, like, the baddest motherfuckers in the game, they went on stage. What are you going to do? Oh, going on after them. because the show still hadn't been proven. And there's no disrespect to him. You know he tough ass motherfucker, rest in peace.

34:58 You know what I mean? But as a stand-up, he was one of the pound for pound, one of the dopest to do it. a comedian that you're basically your oprah miker just selling out all across the country yeah yeah He ain't Eddie Murphy. That's funny. He was talking about some karate shit. you know you you didn't feel like all this dude is lying everything he said it was true

38:46 know he never i saw the video he never wanted me to talk about it whatever i used to bust his balls That was a big thing for him, you know, that he could do stand-up and travel around. and you could tell when he was growing up He was the guy That was a hard one man I had to continue to I don't believe that we have our born date, What did you do with that dash?

41:22 It's that Frank Sinatra, and I did it my way. yo man motherfucker movie for six months or whatever it's like I'm about to about somebody, I've been writing this movie for six months or whatever. Oh, hold on, hold on. I remember I was, this was when Chappelle's show was popping, He said, what's up, Ashley? He said, we're looking for people with ideas.

43:45 give me the number to The Wire? Like, people who are, like, athletes in particular, like, rappers have done it. And if you think about it, acting is just playing make-believe. it for a year and and kill you like chappelle yeah oh yeah he could kill but he's got that And one day I was watching Dave on stage, and I'm like, what makes this motherfucker great?

46:05 going to give you their unfiltered truth and they own it and don't compromise and don't back down to that motherfucker and your whole shit yeah Yeah, man, Tony, watch this. He's owning it. Because as much as people fucking with us, they don't want you to say this, they don't want you to say that, Again, it's a handful of motherfuckers that's going to stay to their truth,

48:02 So there's a lot of stuff that people hear. Like the Jesse Smiley, I'm gonna write this perfect joke. get on that stage with that idea and you're you're in that moment and you have just like remember you I'm just going to stand outside and hear good set, good set, good set. Yo, I'm saving my closer. Go on. I'm going to flip a whole new set on your mother ass.

50:42 They just get stored on a hard drive. You know, it's going to go now. thing that's somebody that's a purist yeah yeah me too and i think that uh in i mean good sets has gave me but I'm pretty sure I think the energy he was like you gotta let me do your special i'm like let's go motherfucker yeah so i feel good At the store man Yeah Never catch a motherfucker

53:13 Wow. with something new on that first one you got four more the time of night is over you got that Brewer wasn't just like funny writing. It was running neck and neck with the Comedy Cellar. It was two guys. Something like that. That was a time where comedy was on fire. You know what I'm saying? Look at Jon Stewart Mine were more pathetic I used to be the guy

56:03 You know, when it was like. he said who is this motherfucker woo woo woo jumpsuits on and i was going on after him it was devastating well you know you already gonna make That's when specials were really specials. with the next one I do and that was the energy is about to change you know the story from DC named Butch Burns he was a saying this because it was a black audience. I'm just saying

58:57 So Butch Burns' career was dead. It was just like this, nigga, you on your own, right? Let me hear this. Rewind it. Now, this is after a motherfucker's career was buried. Another motherfucker's career is over Y'all like a bacon and egg sandwich look good. Yeah, we got to. I thought we were getting kicked off YouTube if we keep playing it. yeah we gotta

1:00:55 you know I guarantee the energy he wanted to have to rip was there. They got a motherfucking excuse for everything You were lame bruh Talking about no excuses And I feel like The. No, I'm just saying it's our fucking job. You're right. And I've heard you in your podcast talk about no excuses. What do you mean? And don't use it. Yeah. You know everything.

1:03:07 That's also part of the problem. into their bombing shit they bomb set don't have no bomb material. Who the fuck writes material to bomb it? But I'm talking about these motherfuckers actually write. Like, I'm a person that just loves doing it. You know what I'm saying? and they say we the for the most part the rest of your life you'll be able to create a good living

1:06:10 And it's two motherfuckers just not feeling me. He gets so mad. And you won't stop until that person doesn't have a problem or they leave. There's a lot of people that are fans of Donald Trump, a lot of people that aren't fans of Donald Trump. Like white people were the angriest. It's going to be some change. It's going to be some change. like it was very interesting.

1:08:36 you could find a way to say, Okay, why? Right. It shouldn't exist the job of what president yes it shouldn't exist it's a ridiculous idea to have 300 million people under the guidance of one that's insane and that one that one wins in a Right. They all do that. If he was a rapper instead of wrestling right now, it'd be different. Right. people were upset about it but i think a lot of people at some point he was like did you know what

1:11:38 He looked at the numbers. Let's see who you really are. And just don't have that feeling. You know what I'm saying? You know, like that. I fucked some Republican bitches feel good. when Obama Like, when Obama took it from Bush, It was never no mention. Yeah, Vice. i think about bush now i don't think about him in a negative way but i think about cheney in a

1:16:09 I just thought that he was kind of like a mama's boy. Once you got Lion. No, it was a smart thing he did Obama elected like a dude in the hood yo let me hold five dollars right like i would get an email hey Donald Trump is doing the same thing through Twitter. Yeah. and fuck up all of the media the next day what do you think he meant do you think he meant he was

1:19:16 But you know what? white clubs black clubs whatever i do all type of clubs but the thing is um you you you first off kanye west has a voice not too many as much as If a Chappelle show was right now, this would be a dope if Chappelle's show was right now this would be a dope ass skit you know what I think eventually do a podcast You're my superhero.

1:21:31 Like when I was younger, I thought he was going to hit me with the horrific, you know, father was in a shootout, a drive-by. You up two before you even get two, and they separated, and mom moved down the street. Right? Okay. They're super wealthy. want him to act and if people just want him to take the hat off you know i mean whatever bro somebody will punch you.

1:24:18 but I did a show He had a Make America But here's the thing, yo. This and I went up to him y'all see his hat yeah one of them was yeah um excuse me all right all right no but i'm saying it's like triggered But the energy he gave me was like, I know this may sound crazy, but he was like, yo, you're a funny motherfucker. At a comedy club Looking at it all the right way

1:26:51 And it's easy. million and what just humans as people expand out you get a couple of people together and most people But small towns with all—how about if we lived in a small town with all comedians? let me say, filled with comedians. Yeah That's a good way Yeah. And that was because a girl came through the gate. for established military policy Stationed in Boland and you I see

1:29:55 It was like the black comedy club in D.C. Yo, I was so cocky. he looked at me like and I went on stage with my life I remember it because, was there because jokes i'm like i got i got 30 minutes i was like i was so cocky we used to have a open mic and you And when I went on stage, the light. And I was like, He don't know what to like me. Either one.

1:33:01 So I would go to the poetry open mics. because I would do that probably like 95 yeah i'd already moved i'd gone i left in 94 to come to la oh yeah when did you fuck can i make money doing this shit you know i'm saying if it's the road it's the road you Dude, I've started a thousand podcasts. You're a natural. You could shit. I get it. I was just one of the early adopters.

1:35:43 Yeah. And then after that, he had a big-time syndicated morning radio show. Same thing. That's an elk. Yeah. Yeah. And it's from him? I'm eating elk Oh, no, son. How does that guy come back from that? You said it might not be a good group of people the way you think it, but for him, it's a group of people. Not just to beat my ass. And, like, with that situation, it kind of rung home to me because when it first was put, I was like this.

1:39:14 people. You trying to trigger for Alvin Sale. He already had his movie in his head. I did two podcasts in a row. Word. There is some extra spice in there, too. That's how white boys set you up. Yeah. were a fan of the wire you definitely been a fan of the corner because so many of the actors came That's because they didn't just want to be in the hood like that.

1:42:38 I'm just trying to get to the bathroom, man. and it's still the fall of the money have been like if they didn't switch the tone if they would have kept it in the towers my shit was my name is Daniel. should have been off by then. in my career I mean everybody It's number one and number two. Fox was regular TV. How many seasons did that go? Wow. What do we have now?

1:45:41 Yep. jamie was he's apparently is oh i know he's gonna kill him he's gonna kill it he's gonna kill it he Last time I saw him I don't know what it is custom made stand-up again. I heard he's doing more stand-up. right when bill cosby was in the heat of all his trouble where eddie murphy did some stand-up on a telling you man his timing was that would be so good to see him do it again that's what i'm thinking

1:48:36 Just give me a little bit. Man, we missed out on him hosting the Oscars, man. When you stop and think, go from raw, delirious to raw to nothing stuff now but eddie murphy was just like everybody was talking about him like his special job the It was the best. It was a couple of them, and then whoever that person was, you knew you were going to see them on TV or somewhere for like the next two years.

1:51:07 I saw this comedian do you know that bit he did this bit about imagine he's lying down on stage he's like like, wow, I can't believe this. I already know that. That's funny. It's a different kind of comedy. Personality change and brain injury. You don't think you're funny? They said there was an abrupt change Between who he was And who he became he got hit by that car and then from then on he was this

1:54:09 You know, and they kind of knew that when they were making that show. The most interesting person is a train wreck. Now here comes the needle, the needle comes out of shit like injector. He would have a phone, and he would ask some guy in the audience loved to see that man i saw that working i was working as a security guard at great wood center a little bit of that after that he he opened up a door for something that people loved they loved

1:57:01 was part of what made him funny. that's funny I've been married and you kind of do Get out. No? yeah everywhere i mean so much of his bits were punching down it was an argument that i got in I lost the ash here. like me he's gonna he's like we're gonna take you where the food is and they that's all they need to We're gonna take you where the food is

2:00:23 Punch it down It was unbelievably funny, and it was one of the most punched-down things you could ever do. be too soon for a funny observation it It's the observation that we see. yeah he was up for an emmy and hartman was yeah so we all went you know uh and we all put on suits That's fucking funny. Exactly. The moment I read it, I started writing.

2:03:05 I'm like, you got to hook it up, dude. that I think we should really say that we're not getting man we're getting a lot of good crowds man it's great crowds and they want to it's great crowds And I'm like, wow, that's fucked up. you know it's gonna be a million comics you know it's gonna be everybody in the stage I think your podcast will be gigantic.

2:05:26 He tells me, we'll be talking and he'll be like, son, when are you going to do your... Too Soon? Don't be a dick. You got to get cash app. Cash App is the shit. It's like saying Uncle Joe's coming over, guys. Cash app is the cool shit You should do it tomorrow I'm gonna start Why not Well I got lucky I guarantee your podcast will be like number one in iTunes within like a couple of months.

2:07:49 ari shafir does some of the best shit he ever does on his own ari has these like long introductions I really need to do one. or talking shit about life or talking shit about any. 100%. Thank you. you gotta yeah for rifle you do but for a bow and arrow that's when you really have to focus You shouldn't have to. The denial is no one's killing them. Yeah.

2:10:41 I don't want to see animals suffer. it really is all about the animals for a lot of them. Piece of salmon, piece of salmon is good for you. Wild salmon. That shit fish is good for you It just is Piece of salmon is good for you The whole idea is to keep the poison out That's like with the fucking, the straws and the turtle shit. I wish I could remember who the fuck said it, but they were laughing about how you can't buy straws,

2:12:33 But I understand it. Most likely. Always. I saw Tony with one. these dudes over here at the bottom You want to see what it looks like? Yeah, hell yeah. Yeah. but someone already bought That's the whole deal with that box You don't understand And here in California they need to catch up. yo la when you go back to the west coast i mean any other coast for la when you go back people

2:16:20 We thought it was going to be like low-grade weed because it's in Philadelphia. I would have backed off. You know Oregon. No. I was like, you got some weed? She was like, you wanted the weed? But I couldn't son Fuck that I swear they're not It's quite potent. It is. They're great. Once you feel like what it is, like you get. Does it work? It just works.

2:19:29 yeah but in LA on the corner you can can you mail weed? Oh yeah, they'll let you. It's like you can't do it. Check on that See what Massachusetts has What do you mean? No, it's You know what? That's a good dose before you No. Right. He walked around with these vapor shit that squirt out. come by you and be like so how's everything right and then it's probably real though it's real but

2:23:14 What is patchouli? Right? And he only has one machine. John man Yeah I'm gonna find out Too soon I get to talk For like, what is it? and he just didn't do anything. You could literally I think Jamie wants you to do it. We'll help you out. It's super easy. Say, little bitch, you can't simple. I don't got to dance. I make power moves. We'll help you out.

2:25:58 You can't fuck with me if you wanted to. These is Brooklyn shoes. Cut a nigga up so don't get comfortable. Do it as you want 100% That's awesome. It's making a lot of sense. It feels very... just what is important just to have my voice or has to be on a certain platform? conversation yeah yeah it doesn't it doesn't matter i mean there's as long as you do your

2:28:56 It'll actually be kind of cool. But you could totally do that too But you don't Two microphones With me The but everybody's show and everybody does it yeah all these guys funny people you do their show and You got to network. And it feels better. You feel like it's you versus everybody else. If we don't stick together, who the fuck will? We're in a dream.

2:31:48 I really It's good for all of us Listening right now But I'm telling you, bro, and I'm with you 100%. of things there's more than enough for everybody there's 300 million people how many fucking people There's a lot out there to see, man. They don't wanna reach out Those are the type of friends yeah that's a tough one it is a tough one but it's just a matter of a shift in the way

2:34:30 But if you're tense, like I told you I bombed with Jim Brewer. I knew I was going to eat shit. It didn't matter Of this group of people circle of like yeah there's no other way to say it but real motherfuckers it's a small circle We have to. for left and right. you own it. They know. I was like, what are you going to do to him? And they were giving out

2:37:14 Charlie Sheen's show He's the only one And they gave him the money up front? right after Charlie Sheen had his whole scandal last night was a little weird you know i mean like yo i had too many you can't say you got too It was weird. They was like, what happened? But he was also homeless half the time I knew him. He would just vanish and disappear and do drugs for a few days then come back and he could do math in his head like you could say to him 99 times 54 times 6

2:40:45 From the needle That's one of the reasons More important than to fuck everything. Everybody did not know they had a situation. Yeah. Yo, And we see each other in passing. I'm like this, I'm glad we had this conversation. It's easy to do. My pleasure, sir. I didn't even know that you did stand-up until I cameactor. You know, I didn't even know that you did stand up until I came out here.

2:43:19 And then I was like, that nigga do stand up too? I appreciate you being around the comedy store too.