Joe Rogan Experience #1547 — Colin Quinn Transcript

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0:00 the Joe Rogan experience This is like, you know, you're getting the respect you deserve now. oh, it's like New York in the 70s. They've been cleaning it every day and it still stinks. It was seedy and weird, but it was always like that. This is a drastic change from six months ago you can't say jokes for my own new york story was that and it wasn I mean, it was basically like we, in part, one of the jokes from my own New York story was that,

2:38 You made it home. you know he went a little crazy but he really, he did what no politician has ever done in any, Like at a certain point. it was edgy it was fun but at the time it was no joke people you know i glamorize it through Yeah. Well, one of the things we're finding out from this lockdown And now they're like, who is this motherfucker elections that's hilarious you know and now we're finding out yeah oh he's he's a dipshit yeah just

5:07 Darryl Hammond had to It was a stand-up show for Bloomberg? did the show in front of the Olympic committee oral history oh yeah i mean i thought it came right out didn't it yeah yeah you got it oh yeah Because I think Johnny Costner used to make those jokes. I wonder how many terms he did, though. Yeah, but it may be too late. york even even though you know it's irrevocably changed to me before any of this happened but

8:06 Right. Never really had the fuck beat out of him. i i see what you're saying i kind of get i know i know yeah some places are gritty they're fun I forget what we were trying to do, something shady, I'm sure. Wow. It was crazy. sort of was in new york actually at that time there's a couple of incidents where you know but You're like, whatever happened to him?

10:57 what has to happen they're going to be the they're going to be the fall guy for that and that's you Appreciate you. and you're only going to see one and you right yeah stand down and stand by that's right what the fuck was that know was that the case jamie someone out there was saying someone in the law i forget who said it he called the kkk a terrorist group like the week

13:31 And he didn't say it. Yeah. What about, physically grabbing both of them and saying, The problem with me, I would be like, oh my God, what a shit show. Yeah. I heard he was. Yeah, there's a lot of that going on. White face is like no problem at all. If someone had to do like the Andrew Santino story. Who would be like Carrot Top? no maybe they did because there were a lot of irish slaves right yeah back in the day the whole

16:34 You ever see those people in Iceland that win those strongman competitions? Berserkers. They would take mushrooms all throughout Europe. mushrooms are from all throughout The first account of Vikings going berserk because they ate magic mushrooms Some scholars propose that certain examples of the berserker rage had been induced voluntarily by the consumption of drugs,

18:35 Well, we ate mushrooms too. no and i turn you peaceful but you might be like i'm just going to stay in the forge you know these and stuff like that this goes on you know maybe it's how much you take. Like, maybe you just take a dose that's... Doc Ellis, of course, took the acid. It's got violence in it I was in love with this girl And then there's a stage down at the bottom.

21:11 Yeah, we ended up going out for a couple of years after this. So she's like, shit night in shining armor. I'm not dating her. he shorted her by the way i didn't count them you know you were just being a white knight i was just And he's like, was this bad? It's like a whole place. Yeah, the grandmother. But meanwhile, oh, so anyway, long story short, I'm tripping.

23:36 It's a mafia place. I'm like ah I was just like I'm walking, you know, stumbling along, And to this day, anytime I have hecklers, and she said some knock-around joint. Oh, my God. But bachelor parties, they suck. I can't, I have to cut every curse out every flaw in your comedy. They're like a cleansing agent. And I did a car show when I was, I think, two years in.

26:36 15 people and they're spread out there's like three here two in front of you five over there comedy like i feel like comedy to really develop a good set it's almost like it's like uh cross And you see if this stuff really can resonate with people There's a million things where you're like, the material you have is dog shit. for the Austin Comedy Club,

28:46 Are they on the street? Yeah. Yeah. Just something to distract the community. Yeah, he's doing it in Ohio. Ruin your joke. from new york and 30 cars and it was it went back far how did he get seven he's doing giant places this was 30 He's having a great time And he did it all across the country Takes his shirt off every this is it's huge wow wow there he's in philly and he did it all across the country

31:41 actually really cool looking he said he enjoyed it he said it was great i've watched good comics bomb on zoom and i'm like stop yeah stop doing that there's no one But I'd like to really- Yeah. this come to see a show pop up i just yell get inside and have a drink so you could do a comedy club and have everybody with Right. Well Austin Comedy Club A nerd

35:21 Save yourselves a few bucks Really? first special at the store right his comedy central special so it was was like wow what a well, everybody that works there as a doorman is a comic. there in 94 it's pretty rough but occasionally it was good like occasionally like damon waynes would stop by or martin lawrence would stop by like someone good would be there and

37:34 There was Kinison and Letterman and all these guys were there. Yeah. Like, if you were an agent and you wanted to get a table, it's like, pay. seated in the upstairs was like this little balcony where there's a bar and it was filled They're just laughing. So that was what Mitzi tried to avoid. God, he was good. I'm going to go borrow them. You know that bit he used to do where he goes, I'm going to take this napkin.

40:21 And then I want you to hand it back to me because I'm going to wipe my ass with it. I missed the Kinnison. I saw him live a few times when i was an open micer when i was in boston i went to see him uh three times while he was alive one time thing no and he developed that act over years and years and years yes and then all of a sudden he's Yeah. Yeah.

42:31 well he was just touring right he wasn't yeah like he developed his comedy by going up late at the They said Sam in Houston, him and Bill Hicks, all of them worked at that. Yeah. When he came to die, he died out here. Oh, they had a bunch of. Yeah, those guys. today you'd get cancelled oh my god yeah you'd be in real trouble all female comics would

45:13 And Ron Schock was, you know, because you're two comedians anew, you work that place in houston yeah the last stop yeah it was a great club but they had the bar area They really worked on their craft. That crazy fuck. You're not going to get the best businessman to run a goddamn comedy club. lenny clark and mike clark Mike Clark, the money they paid in Boston

47:24 I was texting with him yesterday but perfect I love that guy They were big guys. Lenny Clark's a all those guys were hammered all the time they're all a bunch of wild people oh my god they were It was psychotic out there. Oh, yeah, when they had the guy on the side, Destroyed the place. with blonde hair, deck shoes, white pants. I'm like, fuck you.

50:02 Some of these guys have tattoos back in and joe yannetti goes on stage and he goes folks i'm from eastie this is my friend we're going until the whole crowd emptied out well And then you would go up and like, The last thing I remembered before I went on stage, It was all local stuff. sometimes you go into one of those clubs in New York, too, but in Boston, Knicks, and

53:00 show and they would set you up with four murderers would go on in front of you. I wasn't a headliner. If you went to Houston, Yeah, they did. audience was beaten into a pulp. Yes. And then these guys would bomb it happened to me that's exactly what happened They do that on purpose. Plus, you're Irish. funny so solid yeah he went up there and he killed and i remember at the end of it he goes uh he goes

55:41 everybody had just gotten up and left and it was a row of comics Because he did it since he was like 15 or whatever it was. And also, when I caught him, when I saw him, I saw him live a few times. ways because a lot of people imitated him because they they they would see him and they would go Yes. Oh, yeah. great that's another level but don't be up there going hey you guys don't get it i'm bugging i'm

58:34 There were some real interesting interviews with him where he would do an interview and he wouldn't really try to be funny. going to my act. tell us what you set you up for. What do you want to talk about? But the producer was adamant that I need to have specific things Yeah, exactly. pretty funny let's get out there i mean it was it was there for a reason you know guys would do

1:00:30 It was just once you stop writing that stuff, But in New York too. He became a writer. because space was more limited. Well, I mean, yeah, most of the clubs in New York, I mean, how many guys that are just great at crowd work? of guys that do that well the crowd work is like it's like local material it's a cheat code right They know, unless they're retarded.

1:03:30 yeah with specials yes well you've done an interesting thing where you've done these about growing up back then but then i just went back to stand up because stand up is you know how it is it's so it keeps you from being So it's like, yeah, I'm going to do this. It's weird. a couple minutes. They'll give you were making us laugh Because whatever you want to say, like we're talking about with Bill Hicks,

1:05:43 That's the importance also of showcase clubs where there's but they will laugh There's no other art form like that. and you're like oh i forgot to end this thing how can i do this for this many years i forget work out like i would i would like to see what that was like i would like to see it too yeah but one of them is he asked to meet me after my set.

1:08:38 He's in some dressing room in Carnegie Hall with a cigar. And Clinton was shocked. In retrospect, right? That's right. And he had sunglasses on. And I go, for the way she's talking to him. That's right. What year am I talking about? weird like who the fuck are you to tell her how to talk especially on tv especially why everybody Jesus, you want to call Bill Cosby a douchebag?

1:10:50 Yeah, yeah. Thanks. what about as a podcast people say that i don't know why not i mean because first of all i resented at the time can't they can't do a show like that but back then you could oh back then we did but there it is I remember when Geraldo and Leary went at it. Patrice literally, it was basically his show. Yeah. mean over the years obviously people have brought it up to me and i was like now because he could

1:13:56 Either way, Tough Room's better. Yes. Joey Diaz is in Jersey now. Yeah, it's sad. It could be an outdoor thing, but I think more than anything, But it was always, when I started in the 90s in in la it was a means to an end like I'm doing all this stuff so I can make it. It's like, now you're fucked. And you have to deal with all these weird politics of sets now.

1:16:19 It's just... They're going to pull you aside. I don't know. If I do it, it'll have to be in the next year because I can't be one of these guys that's coming in late. Yeah. You can't have a single person people don't understand the mental disorder And they're like, I don't get the respect I deserve. You do have to earn their respect. It is. You get all the...

1:19:01 There's hacks at murder. yeah oh yeah i don't get the respect i deserve from this club but you do no yeah but you do Yep. And then there's people that think that there should be like, very controversial it was called Women Aren't Funny. It's not true because he's not a comedian. And you have to be like her she would shock you with her takes on things well it was like well crafted yes it was

1:22:10 It's really interesting. fucked up like brain injury and then he became a different person like he was like quiet and What does it say? be at a place where a shit I'm going up and i'm talking about what i even when they don't ask, I tell them, You can be an asshole. yeah they're not allowed fucker they can attack us and we'll probably love them for it right but they can't be they can say this setup sucks you pay me for this fuck they

1:25:22 seconds i was like oh what the fuck is that yeah judge me in 10 seconds but the truth is when somebody comes on stage and they they don't make the heckler. Yep. to the person with the microphone yeah nice shirt yeah yeah oh it's so yeah that was a And I was like, this is interesting. Yes. where he's doing that with him you know the recording remember where he's like yelling at

1:28:34 And it was Lenny crazy because that is what they say yeah hey we were helping you we yelled out if we didn't yell You're thinking for me. an hour yeah you know i think we're going to look past this. Where else? you have to have a hook like a polka dot suit or something crazy oh all right um i was like i didn't like people aren't breathing in your face, like the air is not trapped.

1:31:33 get sick from COVID. Blows all the bad air away. I mean, I feel like I am, but like I said, a lot of my family is moving. And then what was your first show? goes yeah this is great we used to work our acts out now you're like i'm working out on hbo max If I was doing an hour, it's a different ballgame. this and then once i did it i was like i remember all this shit then the second like i might have

1:34:10 Oh, a lot, a lot. I would drive home from the store. you have to respect it enough to go, I put all my effort in. That's right. Oh, It's just a show. And he goes, because somewhere out there, like what a nice guy cut to an hour later well his thing was always kind of sad right like she I'm calling Joe DiMaggio a wife beater based on something I may or may not have read.

1:36:26 And then Most likely On a bet I fucked Bobby. Yeah. 100%. he's in prison yeah well in prison it's easier well yeah they turn off the camera they turn off I miss him. It's crazy. She's in the Jack Ruby cell. Next year? Why are they waiting for her? Yeah. ruby oh yeah there's a fascinating book called chaos written by this guy tom o'neill i had him movement and to experiment with what they could do with LSD. And they did it with him while he

1:41:38 Wow. And these poor guys thought they were going to have some sex with a lovely lady. Because, you know, Gabe Kaplan, you know, he was a comedian and- Like, he just shoved beer. But I mean, it was basically, you know, kill the guy. Goddamn Jamie. Good stuff So that I can Clear parole violations. discredit the anti-war movement like the cia and the government at the time was involved in a lot

1:44:56 the zapruder film was actually put on television by a comedian dick gregory dick gregory brought that to geraldo rivera's tv show and i think it was Yeah. Great comic. That's the first time? They were shooting at him from different angles. Yeah. kennedy assassination i forget what he was hired to do but he went over the entire warren commission You knew what was going to happen.

1:48:04 Ah, Belzer. belzer is a nut how That's another book that I read of his that is an all conspiracy theory book. that motherfucker they love them he believes in everything it wasn't like who fucking knows there was none of that it There was none of that. He was all in. All in. All in on psychics. He seemed like he was like 40. I mean, I'm not discrediting Belzer's book, but it doesn't look like the kind of thing I was envisioning.

1:50:18 How do you know it didn't work? down and the rifle drops it's gonna adjust the scope and you're shooting a bullet you know a I think Lee Harvey Oswald was probably in on it. He came in... By the way, what was a better description of the jfk assassination than full metal jacket that was a great one yeah outstanding It's not working observation tower at the university of texas from distances of up to 400 yards

1:53:16 All right, knock it off. Private Joker. doesn't matter because Kubrick is really like you're They all say that. because Norm MacDonald in an elevator is very Macdonald and we're in the elevator with these guys because Norm Macdonald in an leave and you're mathematic thing was a really deep in this, and he goes, not to know something yeah that's like and then you're like smart. One of those guys who just, you know, he'll just pretend not to know something.

1:56:04 Doing that thing we talked about. so smart he might have been doing it as a double troll yeah no norm is capable of the double troll airport store and buys cigarettes and he's lighting it as he's leaving i go i thought you quit he goes quit you know it's hard but i did it and they're like oh he goes yeah because i got fucking wasted yeah like the the wanting to uncover these secrets the wanting to to know get to the bottom of things

1:59:18 And there's still, yeah, there's still- but this is what i heard yeah you know and i'm sure it's you know it's a badge of honor to go I mean, he helped clean it up in the 80s. I mean- When he became mayor, he went after the fish market. but when you run the restaurant union, you don't just run the bartenders and the waiters. So they really ran like, you know, they'd run an industry,

2:01:23 I had a friend of mine who had a no-show job at the Javits Center. He said the mafia put an $800,000 bounty on his head. I think they probably tried. somebody goes, but he wasn't, you know, and even got arrested later in his life for selling ecstasy. 35 years after turning on the Gambino family and John Gotti. couple of murderers doing podcasts yeah

2:04:12 He looks 65. That's what I say For that picture I don't like going on that many podcasts Could tell stories Yeah, what kind of lawyer did I have? See, he looks like a former mob boss. I know he was in jail, but he wasn't in there for murder. That can't be good for your career. Says he was. That guy's worth $20 billion. I was going to try to find the $20 billion thing.

2:07:24 He got resentenced for violating his parole terms. Wow. Wow. He's been interviewed by Jim Rohn. He's out for 25 years. good point just in case you piss him off yeah there he is okay he's being viewed He's very good Confident Looks like a real mobster. probably had him checked out, It's also like those days, As long as they Like that great when he pulls a gun out.

2:10:29 you know, like you said, yeah, it looks like Disneyland. Like small business owners weren't going to be in, know they weren't able to afford the rents yeah and was carolines that's what it became yeah because like you said it was really tourists yeah but it a good test of your act to see if it work nationally was Caroline's. Caroline's was like a real New York club.

2:12:02 nobody wants to go to time square unless you were up to some devious behavior. Dangerfield has not changed in 35 years. Oh nobody was there Big old fucking Scottish guy Bobby was an enormous Human being Yeah Grabbed the man by his neck. Some guy was heckling. He grabbed the man. Bobby was an enormous human being. By the belt and the neck. He goes, oh, you tricked him again with that bag of shite for an act.

2:13:46 and they told you to they told you to never change your act because they wanted people to leave And they're all 17 years old. and blew cigar smoke in his face. And this kid's like, and he was working on this thing we would have like a Somebody would say something That's right I gotta check on George And he went crazy. Yes. with his grandpa. So he'd have the dummy on stage, and time before he buried him with his grandpa.

2:16:39 That's Duncan and Little Hobo. It was amazing. And so he had to get a new Little Hobo. Anton LaVey's, yeah. the devil horns yeah you know but he was a father didn't go for that kind of stuff. I think he was the grandson or the son of a famed, of Anton LaVey. that's what the grandson said the son of the grandson whatever satan apologist they were Jacob's like pop.

2:19:46 were like fear factor fans right and they came to watch one of the uh episode i met kenny g that way Oh, okay. You can't really get inspired You should've made him oh have you thought about it where am i gonna i don't know i mean i write you know i'm right no I don't have that and I'll be like Like any The Israeli one But nobody was as good as that guy that played Pablo Escobar.

2:22:18 bridge yes and he's like silver lead it's your choice your choice. And they're like, oh, take the silver. Yeah. But for the people that had to deal with it, it's the same as the romantic notions of Times Square. that other shot, where he's as fat as a house. Go full apart You know all that money How close it is to the street Still hey, We don't live in the back

2:24:20 You know a lot about politics, Yeah. Do you know Ron White? I don't know what you're doing I'm sure you got all kinds I had a rubber elk The next place where we have a studio No I have it in my house Once Yeah I feel like But even archers, really. They just launch a ball-covered flaming tar flying at you. I'm going to let you know. 200 people. Yeah.

2:27:57 know it feels great it does feel great yeah today i think was my what did i say 37th test i think today's my 37th test yeah You can't help but enjoy it if you're a stand-up. What if we lured you here by producing Tough Room? people have them come in they're gonna do stand up at the place yes they'll do stand up at the book is uh called overstated it just came out it's a roast of the 50 states basically so it's

2:30:10 I haven't been to the Dakotas and Wyoming. Yeah. oh, I like it here in Albuquerque. Yeah Virgin Mary He was a bad motherfucker You're the best Goodbye everybody