Joe Rogan Experience #355 — Dom Irrera Transcript

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0:00 And cue the music, Jamie. The great Dom motherfucking Herrera is here. Yeah. And we talked for a little bit. Ari plays good pool. You were always funny. And those guys were particularly manly. He was way better looking than me. Because I remember thinking that I looked like an athlete or something. Yes. He's a hunk. One time, Laura Keitlinger. Very funny.

2:35 I go, you look too good. I mean he was huge. I go, dude, you're big. I go, trust me. I go, you got to trust me on this. I go, dude, you're my friend, and you make me nervous. That's what Piscopo looked like. vermont once and we were. We worked together up there. like really crude you know like and brian went fucking crazy he went crazy it was a desk between

5:33 the guy said to him like don't be a jew like what are you being a jew i forget i forget what it was thinking it but you don't go into action remember one night we were some drunken kids came up to us and fuck you. But when you're around like aggressive drunk dudes, it's so unfortunate. me the truth it's terrible I can't take it anymore. But you know what I mean?

8:11 I said, you know, maybe we can Judah guy down. and i thought about i was like you know i've always said it i never thought of it i didn't I never meant it as an answer. But seriously, did you see it? Oh, my God. Well, that's what I think about when Mel Brooks did The Producers, how fresh that was. And I was thinking, that was in the 60s. It wasn't that far back, and he did this whole thing about Hitler.

10:21 Still is, apparently. go to a coffee shop his fucking son I haven't seen the movie yet, his son's a bad-ass author. because he would act in them, he would write them. Well, Woody Allen's pretty fucking silly, too. else like that making movies like that it was like you you heard it was a mel brooks movie you knew Yeah. We had family members that were like that.

13:06 He'd bring up, as if all white people are beautiful. That was a ruination of the world. Yeah. that doesn't matter even a little bit. Some of the music we hear. The beginning is great. I'm coming out soon. he has a problem he got so famous and you're very good with people wanted to take a picture that's all good it doesn't bother me at all the the what bothers

16:14 How close do I get to you, stranger? At least an hour ago. No, I would go back. those times you were drunk you motherfucker i was drunk on stage no no not on stage no one time when And I drank two of them. Yeah, at least. That makes my balls hurt. This has nothing to do with sex. I've seen them. I think her team won the national championship yeah when you go I mean

19:13 It meant nothing to anybody. But he came out of the closet but he came out of the closet So she just came out of the closet? That's what you're saying. Did you hear Bill Burr talk about it? Who says that? Some of them try to kick it. Listen to the audience. They get it. And so they start spewing venom. He played a character an interesting character

22:21 and staring, Because I thought about, I've seen it with comedians. Anyway, Eddie became a star, and people would actually say to me, Yeah, but what is it that stops people from ever seeing that? I blew them off the stage. Plates and plates of shit. fucking hilarious crowd. Like I told you, I'm going to be in Kilkenny in three weeks. When you think about it, think about like-

25:01 And every comic has a podcast now. Yeah. I'm just saying as I glanced by, his eyes look like he has makeup on. one thing that you're selling almost more than anything is like a point of view. Well, it's cool to do something without your act. Jamie was on today. It's really Dom Iverary they're talking. The thing I love about you, Dom, is that you always stayed true to stand-up.

27:30 You're always writing new shit. and appreciate the other night so low Like if you say some stupid shit about me or if I say some stupid shit about you, we enjoy it. Yeah, well, when you said something a couple minutes ago a music act That's what we're on a podcast for. Dice couldn't follow him. He did that special. It was off the beaten track. We had to work with some really

30:46 He was a brick house. That guy was gigantic. but he was deceptively strong. Yeah, he had them filled with cement. He would bust your balls. He grabbed the guy by the back of the neck and just hoisted him up in the air. A kid went on stage, took the microphone away from Al Lubell, and blew cigar smoke in his face. So he backed away, and I don't remember what the fuck.

32:41 They were all trying to be superstars. it was good money the last spot at the improv used to be 345 340 throbbing a So I bring her up thinking, no, improv, right? pills and stuff but it was the first time i ever did stand-up and he covered for me he did in my Well, it's easy because you can take your time like not even close. Yeah. Yeah, they're the hardest thing I do.

35:50 It's not like you can sit down with them and be yourself. he doesn't know much I had one of my most fun moments got a really cracked staff here i said i've gotten so hot they have to post plug my dates because That's great. i'd like to see a fascinating guy i've only worked with him once in toronto you know what i really You're talking about a little girl who needs help,

38:03 because he just wanted to achieve some moral high ground or something like that. now it's like she makes the news and but it's so we're so weird with that man it's so weird to fix machine it's really fascinating stuff because they also have an incestuous relationship a lot because you know a lot of times like say sean comes in. He just wears his baseball cap down.

40:17 Ever. He gets a kick out of doing that. Well, it's fascinating to me that people comp movie stars and couldn't give a fuck about You should see the girl. Okay. That was okay to sing back then. Oh, with Kiss. Wow. That's a mature reaction. That's what it was. It's a known fact. the volumes like you don't know if you read it ah fuck we're gonna quagmire here you can't get

42:54 Imagine what if you were like a long time bullshitter. Walked into a bank and they believed him because he was a pilot. Those days are, I mean, you have to be really dumb. Wow. They benefited and profited from it immensely. What are you trying to say? Some of it had to do with the greed of the people too, of wanting to be quickly rich. It's just a shocking thing, how much money he was handling.

45:39 Yeah, it was tough. I hope the son just realized. The pressure of prosecution. It's a known fact. Did I ever tell you what Eddie Griffin was saying after 9-11? He would get high and just say crazy shit. First of all, who gives their kids a gun? They need guns and knives. God damn, he crushed. he had moments if he could recapture those moments yeah i agree i think he had some mental issues, to say the least. He could be a little bit dumb.

49:06 You know, Joe, you think I'm paranoid. You know? Who knows? He is a very friendly guy. I think it's Nike. exciting thing. Because I want to change them right before I go on stage. Even people that interrupt our pool game, Dom Herrera. Joe, first of all, But for a regular pool player, I'm a B player. I played a lot of pool in my life. Tighten up. Pool spar.

52:22 I don't know what he ran. Yeah, yeah. Hollywood Billiards. Well, then we went to another place on Hollywood Boulevard. Yeah, that's the first place we went to. When I first moved to L.A., they had a Saturday morning tournament. she was hot and that's sad oh that's well you know it's not sad but i mean that's all i remember And she said to me i'm gonna kick your ass

54:30 Ooh. But that said, She'd kick my ass. And it's not like there's only a few women playing women's billiards. On a regular basis. um i mean it can be overcome like women like allison fisher she could beat a man playing pool The break shot, especially in rotation games or eight ball, it becomes a big issue because if a guy can really smash the rack, And he's not good because of that, but it is an added element. It's good because he's deaf and when he plays he shuts his hearing aid off and he's not good because of that

57:33 earmuffs and shit. Really? It's fucking gigantic. and then he plays like a man possessed. He's like 580 balls. Yeah. because I was enjoying it. There's Eero Stricken with the earmuffs on because there was money in pool when I was a kid, I would have become a professional pool player. Because I was enjoying it. it's so much time and so much effort and the guys that are they're playing that are at the like the

59:33 It's like if I can get into the zone and I can block everything else out and I can move Okay Is that a nerve issue He said, it bothers my friends more than me. I don't like where you're going. Let me see that. That's my favorite thing to do before I go on stage. two hours before especially before like it was a big show yeah if i'm gonna be thinking about it

1:02:26 And when you're saying it in a way that connects with people. Airplane food. someone's faking it and when they're faking it it's you know when someone's faking it and when Yeah. He realized that. along the way a lot of people had a chance to work with that guy and they We're doing The Ice House I think it's 27, 28 Okay, it's not the 27th or the 28th.

1:05:43 The 31st and the 1st. in Cleveland. You ever do Hilarities? of the nicest clubs a sports bar Heffron and I did this Maxim comedy tour way back in the day with Hefron and Charlie Murphy. We were always very friendly. After that exposure he got on that. Charlie Murphy will kill you in the green room. It was something that Maxim and Bud Light put together.

1:08:22 were good they were all good but one like one guy was a dick one crazy guy anymore well i mean i mean he's big like he's a big man but not anymore. Well, I mean, he's a big man. Those guys were animals. Because it was so close to home, I guess it was we had an instant relationship They all loved you. because that was like These guys generated a lot of hate at certain comedians.

1:11:05 You got to like... Yeah, but for whatever reason, there's certain people that would love to hate that guy or disrespect his comedy. And there's some guys that all they – I mean they want to see Gaffigan say anything Gaffigan says. So people get too much pleasure and other people sucking. Yeah, that is a problem And if something bothers you, you should find find a way if at all possible and that's

1:13:38 But become enough of a person who figures your way through the net of civilization to the point where you don't have to worry. some yoga or going You're going to be annoying to almost everybody around you. I'm going to find Sasquatch. Perhaps. I'll tell you when I get back whether or not it was worth it. I make my own arrows. Yeah, he's a real outdoorsman.

1:15:57 And it's also, you know, it's a really intense thing, like making your own, getting your own food. I respect that you like it. It did rain one day though. You know, this is going to be wildness. Crazy fucking fish. Well, the idea of them swimming upstream, Fish? No. Keep pulling it up, trying to snag something. And they have no bones. row which is what caviar is which is worth a lot of money and so in order to make sure that they didn't allow a market for this stuff to develop even though it's legal to kill the animal and

1:20:01 That's what they're saying when they grilled it. Snakehead fish have been spotted in Central Park. They walk. It's BBC Congo, and I've talked about it before. It's really a damn shame that this video isn't like one of those Mother Earth or Planet Earth DVD setups. It just walks over to another puddle and then jumps in. better water holy shit what a freaky fucking snake fish thing whatever it is they call it

1:22:46 let me google it real quick i think that's what it was called there's something coming up for This guy fishes how the locals fish. He got caught in a hook and dragged underwater. Like they, they would have tried to kill him because they felt like he was a bad omen. A guy is captured by these savages and they're going to eat him. Oh, God. He's got me there.

1:25:28 Yeah. Larry Dice Cable guy. The mean Larry the Cable guy. Larry Dice Cable guy. Great fucking guy. I don't know, Don. Bad advice, Dom Herrera. all he was like a stay was like a classic like tonight show stand-up right but none of that you Everybody loved Hedberg, but what people forget is that Hedberg was squeaky clean. The wall is relentless. He turned it into one of the funniest bits ever.

1:28:42 Yeah, he was awesome, man. He goes, I'm sorry. I go, sorry? We met for, and he was so proud that he was only drinking beer. It was just showing you the examples of, yeah, if there was, I don't even drink too much coffee. Wouldn't you like to know what the feeling's like? I take weeks off a pot all the time. I like to – it gets me in a nice groove. through the window of sober sustained reality let's move over and the next window. I've been looking at things through the window of sober, sustained reality.

1:32:06 Yeah? One is, yeah, like a little bit of a buzz. I'll be a little bit sharper. that's where I get a little bit, An hour and 10. I've done so many Obviously, I like different sports, Yeah. I never canceled. Here's Bill saying it. And, you know, it's a very young crowd. Yeah, it's fun, man. dodger jacket so just like little challenges yeah yeah yeah yeah that's part of the fun of it for

1:35:37 That's my favorite. Yeah, right. Yeah. they have to be serious because they have to work all day shitty fucking jobs all day it's hard We know a lot of folks like that, though, huh? Some guys don't want to know either. You ever think about that, pal? You're giving me the business. He wanted to come. I work, I work for, hold on, buddy. I told you what they said too.

1:39:06 is being really shitty at being racist thinking he's mexican it's like you're racist you just I was a toddler. too but she drives comedy in colorado like she was She develops comics. You have to have them. It was terrible. I don't want to sound like a jerk off and saying I didn't suck. Yeah. Probably 17, somewhere around there. Well, it was for me.

1:42:50 showing them how to do them from scratch. but I believe it was yellow, You could get crazy. like someone completely dive into uh something into something that you appreciate and watching them get better at it. That it's not just like learning how to kick. You know, I'll show you what changed my life. It's very cool. But mine is different. We used to call him Sky King because he was a space cadet.

1:46:26 And, you know, that kind of shit's cool. I wasn't dumb. I told them at the beginning of the year, I want to go to the gym. This is when I was been. And I said, I want to go to the gym. Yeah, it was great. It's legit. 26, 27, whatever. Like, she's got me down as Mr. Herrera. I go, because I can. Come on. It was like, sometimes you'd throw it in between jokes that kill.

1:48:45 Was he in like a musical? But anyway, He goes, Come on, folks. Where did I lose you? You know, like the Oh, God. when I got you know we were still trying to figure it out i was only like 20 something years old i didn't know Oh, shit. make these people laugh and so i went up and did my hell gig material you know because i did so He's the best. He got fucked in that as well.

1:52:58 Yeah. You really need a lot of pool. That's what the doctor ordered, son. Pretty new, yeah. I just went in because it was Alan. opening this joint well he's booking it yeah oh that's funny wow i didn't know bud booked things his whole life. to still be a part of. If you're a stand-up comedy fan I don't think there's ever been more funny guys around than now.

1:54:57 I think there's more funny chicks now than ever before. bonnie mcfarland does as well she's fucking hilarious yeah she's hilarious she's very smart I think I do. There's like all kinds of craziness to it that's rude to put you on the spot i just realized you son of a bitch yeah but you you bought it she dresses like, What I'll do, dick up there. It's going to be terrible. How do you follow that?

1:57:26 They beat his ass with a belt. Makes fun of the whole situation. And you're like, oh, she knows what she's doing. her there but she lives in Chicago And she's really hot. You know, she's really green. i think it's better than ever yeah i really do look look kevin hart i mean um think about Brian Callen, Nick DiPaolo, I mean, Jim Brewer, Bill Burr. you can't forget Patton Oswalt

1:59:55 makes me laugh though he's just ever that all these different people have something that connects to the act. There's a little something in it for you. Who is that from? I had a radio show there at the time, two years ago. restaurant in Vegas, your picture's in the fucking Huh? if Joe Pesci obviously you're not gay, Well, I was trying to figure out why he was telling you that.

2:02:20 It was so memorable. Use the code name Rogan. Right back at you. It's been a lot of fun and joy over the 20 years of knowing you. We've had a lot of good times, my friend. Oh, sir. You're the fucking man. I am proud to be your friend, my friend. I'm honored. Right back at you. It'll be an early podcast. Thanks, Joe. Thank you.