Joe Rogan Experience #1929 — Louis CK Transcript

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0:00 The Joe Rogan Experience. That comes from... That's Elon Musk if he was jacked once genetic engineering comes along. Every day. people in the face and a lot of times thumbs go in the eyes because UFC gloves have open fingers. They can kind of fix them a little bit. All the training and the getting ready, the challenging someone, the setting the fight, and where it is in your career.

2:30 Depends. When you have more fights, you can relax. When I come out The worst part was like standing there getting ready before the fight started. It's the worst thing. Yeah. 100 off yeah no no stage anywhere that's great that's the plan i think that there's a there's It should always be weird and it should always be like, man, I can't believe I'm doing this.

5:21 Yeah. I love it. Woo! And then I found out that it costs twice as much because you get a light from two sides. It's the most people I'll ever have. It's a live event. Earlier this month. and keep it, but this one is only for streaming Yeah, I think this is going to be really great. because there's so much political correct bullshit, Yeah. Well, that's one of the things I really loved about your last special.

9:45 some kind of like progressive looking people i get men and women and all races mostly white but And they feel that way. and they know their culture as well as anybody does. heyday where the kind of comedy i do which is just flagrant fouls just fucking just bad bad just business goes down, for the comedy but but so it's okay it's acceptable to me if it if if it's not as popular anymore i'm

12:36 Exactly. and sometimes you get benefit for it. Well, one time I did it five times in a year. Well, people fucking love comedy right now. fucking Ariel Isaac Norman. I don't want you all to laugh. like the joke they feel that it's oh you don't like me and then they back away from anything But if you stay with it, I'm still talking about it. You just go, okay, you didn't like it.

15:36 and the clientele for the Houston Improv And this woman in like a Robin's egg dress and just beautiful makeup, this black woman. but there was a moment in the bit where she went, And then it finds now I have a bit that she's part of, That's the most important thing is to go to places where you're like, oh, I, this is not Right. And then they remind me to approach it like this yeah like i like the way you're talking to

19:05 So they don't know you're going to be there. So you feel this thing of like, this has got to be good. They didn't come to see me. And he said, this guy, what a treat. you know, means something to anybody. Yeah, Australia is a fascinating place. an American hotel and everybody's white and they don't sound British. Perth is on the west coast of Australia.

21:45 It's different. And there is these guys that live in Perth and they all have tons of money from this There's a lot of those people in Canada. That's what it's like in Perth. you need that out there for the dust. and I don't know much about it, honestly. It's pretty gnarly right now. Some of it is cyclical. uh, Like, which sort of turned away. It's two guys.

24:32 a gun even though it was, you know, He didn't stop 9-11. Yeah, I was. that came out of our house, And she couldn't say anything. person um but anyway, yes. believed I am legend yes that kind of thing yeah so get the fuck out of so she got out of there I had to go in. and everyone was allowed in the lounges and everyone was getting upgraded to first class because the planes were empty.

28:25 month after 9-11 and they would say we're here to protect you but you have to protect us they would Yeah. because one guy had put his bag above this other guy's seat. she comes to me she goes hey if anything goes down you're gonna help right she deputized you Yes, you were directed by a company employee, and she has federal power. i'll move your bag for you yeah like he Like he could have made a. So many things. Yeah. They could have made some sort of a considerate.

31:01 And so the first motherfucker. I can't get my head around somebody who's just like They're just comfortable if they can have whatever they want. it's going to start chintzing in, so I'm not doing that. and she's just stabbing that and she's just taking up all this space so she can eat her I guess, yeah. wasn't very rough wasn't very rough i mean i'm thinking maybe i don't have a

33:51 Yeah. You know, people think they're going to get to do a preamble. You know the guy here. He didn't no chance. He was just bowing up right. It was just a knucklehead. Yeah You know? and this one kid threw this kid to the ground and punched him unconscious and the kid went into a It's so dangerous because kids are just starting to get testosterone.

36:26 There was none of that. friends with that guy you know like that guy's a pussy and they actually turn him on his they want pressure and he didn't want to fight his friend and he could hurt his friend real bad and he's and this is before I even I was like so humiliated. Horrible. so I never really got much into fights. Fuck you. And I'm like, I'm scared.

40:11 And I was just like, no, I don't want to. Oh, God. I got beat up on a bus by a girl when I was 14 I think that's what it was. Newton tough girls. Who was like who I want to be my friend his name is Muggsy Malone Yes, 100%. with a leather jacket on and fucking cigarette. Yeah, that would have been But there was a lot of really terrifying kids. Everybody would hang out by Echo Bridge.

43:31 And to cross Cabot Park, sometimes you'd get these guys that would just converge on you. And he puts the $100 bill on my hand and he gives me a cigarette. you a beer yeah these guys just scared me and then when i grew up i hung out with those kids and Black kids from, all black kids from Boston who were bussed into our school system. Yeah, I went to high school with him.

45:43 It was so crazy. So it was like, And they had literally painted it black. And they were there. Yeah. I was raised by a single mom. Yeah. There was no cell phones. I think every year in my high school there would be a page in the yearbook for the kid that got killed in the you know it can ruin your fucking life man i've i've i really feel for people who get bullied and you see it ruin their lives. It can ruin your fucking life, man.

48:42 Also, you were very badly hurt when you were You don't clean it out, but you can get over it. that they are shit they They're not human. And then you get an insight that no people don't get without that kind of experience. I think every extreme experience, bad and good, If it wasn't for that, I probably never would have done it, and I never would have been the person that I am.

50:40 Yeah. Oh, yeah. That's crazy. feels like a loser and he feels like he's so far behind he can't even do it anymore and so he just but I remember this one day we had desks with all work And I hated this feeling. was this pounding at the door and the teacher and i knew i'm in so much trouble right now like i'm It's like, yeah, But I'm right now, And it's bizarre watching them go through it.

54:49 what's wrong? How does a daughter get to be so insulting and shitty? with a clock and a speaker and a button, and the kid's face would be purple. Like, what do you think is going on with John, and how do we handle this? The whole fifth grade class goes in cars in a caravan to Cape Cod. Oh, boy. And I was like, and his parents His life was really hard.

58:26 And I walked away. I don't think, you know know it's like i've had girlfriends We're fine. that everybody else is like, I hate that guy. Jesus Christ. That takes a lot of fortitude to just hang in there. This guy picked him up and pile-drived him, Bohemian Grove is this place in California Bohemian Grove. And he was saying that George Bush is a But he was dumped on his head in high school on the concrete when he was, you know, 15, 16 years old.

1:01:48 Fucking horrible. and a psychotic break and like legitimate traumatic brain injury. And I remember that the media went up there right away. Just wait, They don't know. We want to know right now. I don't give a fuck what happens to this person when I leave Sandy Hook today. And it puts those people in a very vulnerable, fucked up position that they didn't anticipate yeah they had no idea and i'm talking out of school because i didn't experience

1:04:27 And there's been extensions of that throughout the history since then. that's like completely freaked out I heard that. Yeah, don't talk to the traumatized. Well going there and sticking a fucking microphone their faces Yeah. We got to go there. I remember I was at Fox News once because I was shooting a sketch with Greg. Gutfeld. I like him. he's making a speech and I was in the live fucking in the room the Fox News room watching them do

1:07:36 And Alex is like, did you get the fucking guy? Yeah. away. And I know that the same You have to watch it and discuss it with a staff and then make a decision, make a speech, you know, an opinion. Yeah. What is he doing? Well, because of the format, it's just a trick to get you to watch a commercial for Colgate. see that Toyota truck commercial. And if they don't, they don't make the money. No, that's the

1:10:31 If there isn't the user, then the dealer goes broke. and podcasts where people have nuanced perspectives. I remember he was on CBS, I think. And I remember Walter Cronkite. I think this is what i remember i could be wrong but walter cronkite saying if you live in the northeast of the united states if you go outside whatever internships and that by the time you were running the network news you were you were

1:13:25 interesting when it wasn't they didn't start having this opinion thing yet you know right Was it Fox that started this like aggressive sort of opinion version of the news? appropriately. She was very attractive, but I liked her. I liked Barbara Streisand. does this fella know the way we were no no it's a comedy um uh what's up doc What's Up Doc Great movie Holds up

1:15:13 When I grew up All my dogs have been women Ooh. She was great. Fucking no. but it was interesting. It was like, we were kind of adults now and we hung out in a little bit, He's on... My friend Johnny's on the phone. Don't worry. she drove from like D.C. to visit me. It was just, nah. No, it was like, I mean, that gets back to the thing of life being normal

1:18:57 This goes to me being a henpecked husband, And you're in New York City. I'd go to the gym. So I'd do shows at night and then I'd come back to the pool hall at midnight, six o'clock in the morning and pickles and onions. I go, well, what do you like like she was just like everything was like you know i remember I mean, it was a great life. Back then, Times Square was still filthy.

1:21:46 Yes, like Wile E. Coyote and the whatever. and there'd be a table of comics. You hope that you make it. And there was more movie theaters. And we walked around there and couldn't find one. it's been through a lot yeah well it's it's bouncing back. Just the fucking sheer numbers. Sure. It hasn't changed. Last time I was there, I rented a Jeff Ross. That's what you want.

1:24:21 Oh, look at that sandwich. There used to be a bunch more. I fucking loved that place. It was amazing. Go sit there, go over jokes and shit. But the thing about the delis for me was always the history. Her name was Felicia Michaels. Like he nodded. I went to the Museum of Broadcasting or whatever it is in New York where they have all the archives because I wanted to see that tape

1:26:37 and I guess Ed was kind of, And Jackie's trying to do his set. some reason and i saw the tape and it doesn't it goes by very quickly but he goes whoa whoa finger They're not going to show it. like you have, you can't just own someone's stuff. Unfortunately, no footage from that specific incident exists on YouTube. I mean, you'd think with just what he did.

1:28:45 What year is it? And it's all about nightlife in New York. and he changes people's lives and show business, And he's a bastard. Yeah, and if he liked you thing I'd never seen before, which was the very best at squeezing Will you welcome, please, Richard Jenney. Hello. It's a New York suit. how's it going, eh? That's fine. They always have the same...

1:33:02 went to the video store listen to this I I rented all four Jaws movies in a row. You ever see a movie like so bad that they just slap you in the face with how bad it is? stupid you couldn't be stupid enough to enjoy it i mean let's say you have no brain at all Can't put anything over on me. come up in the elevator, you would most likely smell fish and run.

1:35:08 are stupid. But none of them are as stupid They have any brains they make noise you wouldn't be able to kill me Typical reaction to this kind of tragedy. Ooh, the dip. The mother gets on a plane in Long Island, New York, but to boot, he has beat the jet to the Bahamas. Get the next fish out of town. And they came in hot with the music, yeah. Yeah. I've been

1:38:00 Because the Cellar has become trained comedy audiences and they're like ew it's more that old thing remember before like um that's get this oh then i'd go like you'd see me go fuck and i'd hear people go like this is the like Like 300 plus people? And he went on after Larry Norton. I'm a comic on a Harley. Or no, that was Jimi Hendrix fucking Debbie Gibson with his guitar.

1:40:56 I remember that. We thought it was so funny. they should use terminally ill patients as stuntmen. Just kicks it off. He didn't have a gear to go to. you're having a hard time but i i don't mean you any harm i just this is this is funny if you listen Because he came from here. Crazy. Twice! you're just being really weird and i love it and other people love it he was the guy who made me

1:44:15 And prior with this, just these skills 70s killing it set I think 70s mid to late 70s was disco time. He had a white suit I remember reading that he had decided at one point in time that the audiences liked Yeah. And I think what we were talking about earlier, what you do a lot by showing up at clubs where they don't know you're going to be there and just actually working out stuff.

1:46:29 have a bunch of bad sets yeah get through even at the cellar people when they recognize me they're But the first moves you make, you're like, this fucking sucks. I end up with two 20-minute sets, Yeah. That's a rough set. The best, always the best bits I have in a special, like the ones that are like, that just kills every time, started with silent, hate it, hate it.

1:48:52 one word you know to one because i need to write on stage it doesn't if i write off stage it comes I don't want to work it out. that that's the bit because i know i can't think straight as a comic unless i'm on stage did you when I started working but I have a huge I would just that's where it's supposed to come from. I listen to the set and I write notes.

1:51:29 What I do is I get index cards, and I'll actually write the bullet points for each bit, You got to be like, it's got to be refreshed. standing ovation great show like no no no that tag is gone everything you're destroyed destroyed and And then you have stuff on tape and you can access it Shouldn't be thinking about any of that. The only thing you should be thinking about is cows.

1:54:01 You should be in the feeling. The Moody? So you'll be juicy when you get back. I won't think about you'll have a good show and if it's just a good night and things line up right you'll have a good It's complete. And I train for however long I try to do the steps machine for And it's very good for your heart, you know. had 10, 15,000 years ago. Yeah.

1:57:54 around after the, the, the flash point moment it's probably a human thing yeah it's just going like And then when you do get that juicy payoff, you're like, yes. I enjoy all kinds of jokes. comedy being easy i don't buy that i don't buy it when comedians say like clean comedians or There's not. like a fucking pigeon. to go on stage because sex is a pungent,

2:01:04 Yeah, because the audience is primed. Right. And if you're doing something very different, I worked So I was at the Nanuet for a whole week, like Wednesday through Sunday, with Tom Ayers. And on the tape it would go, moo, moo, moo, moo, moo, moo, moo, moo, moo. And at the end, just stamp and applaud. bring me right up because I started, give no pause. And he, he barely, people And the audience is so happy. So I started telling him, bring me right up. Give no pause.

2:03:41 That's what people have to realize, to just ride the wave. And you'll give up. No, I always tell comics when you're watching a guy before you and you're thinking, if you Some comedians, a lot of us are frustrated. So you decide, I want to look cool. There's so much going on with comedy. It's like Scientology when they tell you about the aliens, you know, you got to get really deep in.

2:06:01 You're just getting some laughs cause you know, like tags, a lot lot of tags are just like all you're doing is spending that dollar again. And they sit with strangers like shoulder to shoulder like people you see leaving their table constantly. And especially if they're your fans. And I used to go see her do shows. I didn't know what they were saying.

2:08:14 When you do, that's to me the goal. It's a weird thing about what an audience can... passenger too because you're kind of like riding And I think it's very difficult to trick people on stage. But by the sixth inning, they've all been up twice, some stuff where they just go, what the fuck was that? Right. We talked about, you at one point in time thought about opening up a comedy club?

2:10:27 No. I'd like to have a club and start, like, be the place where new guys come in and new people and watching them and encouraging awkward comedians and Lucian Holden and the comic strip. business is horrible. Yeah. and Eric from the Comedy Store. I said, hey, this is what I'm going to do. and the second venue So let's just do this So it's pretty exciting

2:13:11 And then there's other rooms in town too. the creek in the cave list oh did one of my favorites he's the best yeah he's the that's really exciting because it's a completely new scene. Yeah. Yeah. whatever their individual style is and sort of giving them some tips like maybe if you did it Right, right, right. oh, white women are the worst and that we don't have enough serial killers because

2:16:57 But she used to kind of nervously laugh after certain jokes, which showed a little insecurity on her part. But they see that confidence in you, and they go, I guess she doesn't give a fuck. Those are where some of the better comics come from, I think. It's great to watch. It was like a weird thing where i was too wrapped up and trying to get somewhere in comedy that i didn't

2:18:57 Because you do forget. the one thing that you think about fucking healthy yeah you've got to like do whatever you can to preserve that and recognize I don't like doing it, but I'm doing it because being healthy is far superior to being sick. And I'm not doing things that I know make me feel like shit. I can't believe I just wasted all that time. Feeling like shit has its good points.

2:21:53 and drug addicts. I don't know what it's like But I do go off. and like a fucking 32-ounce Coca-Cola, I pay hard for ice cream But when that's over and I take a year off, I think there's something about food pleasure, Cheers, everyone. Cheers. I like doing a shot before I go on stage. I enjoy drinking I like like fucking tipping a few back with my friends cheers everyone cheers

2:24:10 It's a vehicle for me. Right. she said for a lot of people life is about a negative 500 some game yeah and it's true some people and everything they can possibly do they I was watching this video where these guys were talking about, And like, what are you supposed to do? something wrong with talking about that stuff because other people can't afford it that's not

2:27:09 I feel sorry for the guy in that conversation. because that's not a normal life. And if you choose to do those things, you'll have a better body. And people have invented shoes. Like all these things are a part of life. But like we already figured that out. Like, we already sorted this out, and here I am getting eaten by a tiger. Because people are starting to talk about such abstract forms of life.

2:29:38 But you won't ever get to what is fulfilling about life, I don't think. Sure. You really feel better. No, no, no. There's a form of life... You're not happy when you're happy, they sound racist and then the left takes over. They just sound stupid. But my feeling is they should open it, the border, and just let them pour it, let everybody And then it gets worse and worse down here.

2:32:19 have resulted in american insecurity not even like definite American deaths, but like you know if if you let folks pour in like any other wave it'll kind of slosh and then y'all Yeah, but it was Mexico in the 70s. And it's got a lot more depth to it than anybody knows here. It's more. they go over there and they start sweat shops and you know i mean one of the the greatest ironies

2:34:56 it's called? It's out powers our lives. And that's That's how most human beings live. the avis in the at the airport in uh st louis or he could be a UFC champion. Yeah, but he's in this huge pile of people so that we can have the new phone. die pass on your your sperm or whatever but and then somewhere in the margins, you'd be like, this feels good.

2:36:57 There was something to that. right way to say things and what's the right stuff to put in your body and And we said, our dog. It's like, you give a dog surgery? And they got something new that I'm not sure of. Well, they're growing up with it. Like those moments you go, well, you just saved the world, buddy. Yeah. and be out and look at folks the chancellor of England during

2:41:02 good at it but I'll get you I think of life more that way now. you would have that maybe i would would. I mean, I, and like, that part. That's right. But the people that really soak it in, they love it. So he was on stage and it was like one of his last tours. And I brought it up to him later and he said, You're here to go like, here's the show, here's the show.

2:44:12 No. That's what is like a club for you where you try shit out now because i did it like five times in a week i just I've been working on it since. 38 years in comedy, I don't get that excited. Like, you won a fucking Emmy. Thank you, man. Like, fucking bullshit. And I just got so excited to be back on stage because I had taken a long time off and there was resistance coming back.

2:47:06 I don't believe I did anything wrong. that audience actually didn't didn't mind it but it's not for regular consumption it's like watching I was like, you motherfucker. great post on his instagram and that's when I became friends with Tim Dillard. and now they find some chance I get that. be saying these things yeah that's a traitor to comedy. but they're not,

2:49:41 And also it's never, That's about you. someone like who should have a deep understanding of what that person's actually doing yeah but it's shit about people when they're down. But it's not profitable by those comedians. I can't talk to you because now I can trust you because you know what this is right? You know this bizarre process of yes like bringing an idea on stays like a little puppy and yes

2:51:44 I saw it again and I saw it again A Tenacious D, you know, Jack Black. It was called aspecialthing.com. And he would do a rundown. great it is fun yeah there's a lot now that's just like, and things that people like and don't like. It's really the most fun thing to do. I mean maybe like HBO and stuff how difficult is it in terms of like the infrastructure like

2:54:14 The company Maestro or whatever it is. I have not done that, no. But I asked him about doing this, and he helped me get the courage to do it. that he's bringing and some comedians I think the show's at 7.30. I'm going to head out. You should. Okay okay let's wrap this bitch up yeah okay louisck.com the date is january 28th Yeah.