Joe Rogan Experience #1257 — Steve Sweeney Transcript

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0:00 Look at you. Hey, I'm great. Yeah, you've got fans, you know, that are like all these different ages Nick DiPaolo opened for me. Many times. Louis C.K. opened for me. Nick DiPaolo opened for me. they don't know how good they have it. You know, you're a martial artist, and sort of you have kind of that mentality. And I'd be playing at places And the black, do some dirty

2:23 Oh, no. And then I was doing, I will never forget this. So the bouncer, he says, point to people and we'll throw them out. And they don't do shit like that. What's that? He says, well, I could tell by your tone you're funny. Oh, my God. I started in 88 and you were a legend. Richard Pryor live. In 1988, when I started, it was insane. some of the best stand-up comedy on the planet it was it was amazing mike donovan mike donovan to

6:39 longer than me, this is one job where you can get better. And they lure you away with money. When you do something, you forget. Before I came on this show, I talked to Nick DiPaolo, your buddy. I was thinking the other day with the Democrats, you know, I'm going to run. you know i like people the kids kids will actually ask me for advice. guy it's never enough you know about nick's comedy style nicks now i'm gonna do something for you

9:57 It was really something. Well, they find these side streets where the cops won't kick them out. know and they're just quietly talking to themselves and you know what's freaking me out i've only been You know, in Boston, it'd be like, what do you want for a car? like i was i was sitting in westwood in a Starbucks, right? I myself was homeless when I was like 16.

12:25 Really? I read Jack Kerouac on the road, okay? i'd like to mention that Bill Broadus wrote this movie. But this guy, Bill Broadus, wrote this script. you know usually i'm i'm like okay about it you know i say okay listen you're putting us out of so when I stick it up your ass you're still gonna be able and it was a fantastic experience woman director lisa mullin was just it was great it's the first

15:45 So like you're losing your mind? training day he said to me you know you got to shave your beard and i said listen man i saw my Then he told me how much money I was going to make. I do the improv. When I'm on stage, I'm okay. skiggles is a great club it's a great club route. Route 1 on Saugus. Good pizza, too. Good pizza, of my friends are now doing cruise

19:00 a cruise ship for the weirdest, for a religious joke. They fired you for that? Yeah, there's a lot of people that love you. If you're not having a good time, there's something fucked up about you. But I still love clubs clubs i still enjoyed going to timing yeah and i just feel like you know you prepare this material and you've you've uh worked Right.

21:59 When Teddy was in his prime. Pros would stop in. Sure. The material seems to come to me. Okay. It gets a little tiresome. You know, that's another thing. You know, they'd follow me. I said, well, what the fuck? used to see and I saw this many times Everybody talks fast and they're fucking funny. I'll tell you a funny story about Knicks. He had a dark side, you know, like we all do.

26:41 They'll kill you. Boston is some of the weirdest people in terms of the way the rest of the world works. ready to break out well you would see real fistfights yeah like all the time like ari It's a different kind of place. And then two, you know, there was a lot of draws because they break it up right away, you know. The one thing about kicking people in the balls too,

28:50 when it's gonna i was scared of fighting that's why i got into it i was i just i did not like He'd just give us these big, Maybe he wanted us to beat the shit out of each other. You got to go back out there. I mean, would that ever freaking cross your mind no but that's a Then I see him a week later. I did fantastic. I was like, wow, there's got to be a lot of money in here.

31:49 You probably were terrified, right, of getting caught? But anyway, there was a department store called Jordan Marsh. He said, grab the end of the canoe. you couldn't fence it. there's no neighborhoods there's no characters it's all just gentrified you know very rich people city it's insane there's thousands of homeless people wandering through the streets they've

34:54 some homeless centers you know where people can go and get food and things and shelter you know To me, that's, like, unusual. San Francisco has an app where you could find where the people are shitting on the street To me that's like Unusual Well San Francisco has an app On the street why people you know who's sicker the person with the app or the guy taking a dump well i think

36:30 extra is that are they creating jobs let's look at it on the positive side god maybe those uh They're mentally ill. There's a lot of the – I always look at – That's one of the things that does happen. They're outraged at small, minor details. We have enough food. It's the best place in the world to do it. of friends who become christians which is great

40:42 They just want to have it over you. They're not out there helping the poor. No, people that proselytize anything it's like it's very uh Right. And it's very rewarding. That's good. He was all jacked. It's just you breathe in four you hold it four you let He says, the guy said, well, if I'm doing a heist in the afternoon you know i'm gonna miss Prison society is very polite because every little thing,

44:56 that's what I try to teach is about impulse control. It's hard when you get tripped up. is critical it's everything i mean when wim hof teaches it you know if you follow those methods My friend Mark De La Grata, he's ready to go. You know, I look at them like, what makes you think I give a fuck how you lost this weight? And then they'll ask me how somebody else lost weight. Like Frank Santorelli lost weight. I look at them like, what makes you think I give a fuck how you lost this weight?

46:57 And then people will say to me, I spent one winter out here that was horrible. He said, this is the only time I can talk to her. Oh, you've been out here a while. what we were just talking about you have a reputation as a badass oh that reputation yeah of him and he was uh living on the cape he would do his training camp in the cape and he would run

49:43 He didn't even look like a... See ya. It might be a myth. What is this? Oh, my God. Oh, my God. And I hope Marvin knew that. What year is that? When did he fight Leonard? I remember driving. 87. Marvin Hagler versus John the Beast Mugabe. Early in his career? He said the fight only started when he started to bleed. But so was Mugabe. But not Marvin.

54:24 That's Mills Lane. Hey, now that we have a break in the action, look at the shots he's doing. What is this referee stop? What is he doing? I don't know what's going on there. That's Mills Lane. We'll plug the shit out of it. Always in shape. He's fine. Have you had Mickey Rourke on this show? I think he was 62 when he had his last fight. He was 66, and he was in a boxing match?

56:20 Like, why are you talking to us about who to vote for? He's a nice guy. But when he stopped. kickboxing it was nerve-wracking the thing, too, is there's no money in it. But to fight But that's one thing about Boston You tap each other so you know where you're making mistakes. Three rounds of that. He said, that guy's record is five wins and 13 losses.

59:31 They party, and then they go in a ring and they lose. because well for one thing it was a fight to the death right i mean they literally were fighting listening to this 100% And that was like, I'm going to go back, okay? Sonny Liston was a murderous bunch. And one of those guys, I think he ended his career Yeah, those big guys that end up. Terrifying.

1:01:53 Lewiston, Maine. coming forward he dropped it down on him like that and a lot of people say it didn't land but 1965, baby. There's no doubt about it. because I think that was legit. who say it's not they've never seen people get KO'd because people get KO'd in all sorts of weird They just, boom, right there. That seemed like he decided to stumble and go down.

1:04:46 I don't know. This is how crooked the game was. Oh, my God. Back in the day, they used to use horse hair with the gloves, They had a crazy war of a fight, and then he gives him something in this little bottle, That was that Mexican gentleman that fought. Who the fuck did he? And they were like, it didn't even make sense how hard he was hitting me. When they found this-

1:07:20 what the fuck is in his wraps? and that's when people had suspicions. I don't think I ever saw that. Wow. Oh, people have done that forever. There's a whole bare knuckle boxing organization out of Wyoming. Bobby Salve's Bobby Salve. soccer paredes. Well, no. Sometimes it works. is a crazy person, He did a lot of crazy shit to Sonny Liston to fuck with him psychologically.

1:11:18 And they were doing his blood pressure, and his blood pressure was so high, his heart rate was so high, they weren't going to let him fight. Trying to act like a crazy person greatest of all time i beat them all he was just so so smart at like psychological warfare there'd And on top of that, he could fight his fucking ass off. There's Ali before 1967 when they took his license away and there's ali after 1970 when

1:14:06 I love watching on TV. Yeah. It'll be a good date. But it's not as wild. Yeah. know opening for guys like you and you know you know you know what made it special is nobody was envision was one day would be able to pay our bills doing stand-up comedy that's right that's He says, wear a brown tie. From that television show. how so what do you mean it was about the decadence of it all and drugs and all that i

1:18:54 They're not going to get it, so you can't get mad at them for not getting it. It was because of Barry. and then you know it takes months to figure out how to twist it and perfect it and then someone comes along and takes the finished product it's When he started being nice to me I was like yeah i was i felt like it was unattainable and you guys were the kings and now like I said you're open for me

1:20:54 we shoot it downtown Thursday it's at the What time is it? Yeah, I'm at the Improv at 8 o'clock, unfortunately. They still are to this day. I think so. Why not? That'll be fun. Thank you. in the dingo days. What was it? So I'm auditioning for this show, and I'm saying, here I am auditioning for a show I don't want to do, and I've been turned down. Wow

1:23:33 Just for a goof With comedians so much you know people say shit like that like you know what they used to say to me say are all these comedians on drugs and i'd say no only the good ones fucking you know mutually exclusive you know chinese you know you don't know if they're? So it's like, you know, mutually exclusive. You know how Chinese, you know,

1:25:15 I'm Sweeney. Yeah. How did Ding Ho get started? Oh, I don't know. I came around in 88. Peter Lasali from The Tonight Show came in the other club start opening up it was after that when they when people found out there was some But the shows were filled. I did three shows there. I'd be like setting it up, and then what's the fucking punchline of this shit?

1:28:25 there's this other voice in your mind saying wow that's interesting if i change my voice they'll He said, well, you just asked five minutes ago. And I go out and I did this and I was like setting up a joke and not doing the punchline and starting shit and ideas and it was fucked up. It was fucking awful. I was sick and tired of being sick and tired.

1:30:40 Beautiful. Alright I'll come and watch you I'll go on at like 9 You can get it on iTunes