Joe Rogan Experience #426 — Mike Birbiglia Transcript

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0:00 The Joe Rogan Experience. It's all insanity, though. Don't be lazy. Well, I mean, it's not funny, but it is true, Yeah, for no reason. Well, right. and it's just this very sad thing. and everybody was hoping that he was going to clean up Super disciplined, yeah. Very disciplined, and his style. Super disciplined. I was with, I have this memory when, it always feels like a blur, but like I remember when

3:12 And it's true. so preposterous, but other ones, you know, you'll, you'll just, you'll just listen to You know, and almost like, there's like a vein of that comedy that goes from, I guess, like Stephen Wright. And then, oh, it's the steamboat operator joke, I have the fancy coffee that is super good that you that with the butter in it yeah bulletproof coffee

5:25 Oh, they do. Yeah, yeah. I would have started maybe working on, tried it on stage a few times, and just moved on to something with one of the things I love about Patton is he's This is a lot of shit you don't know about me. Yeah. Yeah. Is that his writing up there? And she takes out his notebook and she's showing what was in his notebook. Mitch goes to me.

8:16 Isn't that true? It's not that big a deal. Yeah. You can get it on iTunes or Spotify or whatever. No, it just came out. They love being able to tell their friends they're married. Yeah, my wife totally won. I would have been just as happy if I didn't have some shit written down on paper or wearing a little monkey ring. Yeah, well, I think part of it's the family too.

10:42 they don't believe unless it has a formal cultural understanding. People would be like, what's up? where you're like, Ivan's dead And they're like, right, your boyfriend, and he loves you. Like you get in a relationship, okay, check. And then his new wife, he started dating this woman immediately afterwards, of course, on the first marriage and i'm pretty sure they overlapped like his first marriage was fine i'd

13:09 Yes, humans. I mean, if you're lucky, you get another five years or ten years. Well, there's so much futuristic stuff right now You kind of understand the ins and the outs of each person. Or you're going to go on a vacation. It gets different. You go, these guys are assholes. Yeah, you have the studio, and you have your people who listen. That's so huge.

15:50 Yeah, that place is awesome. He was one of the first guys that Carlos ripped off back in the day. When I look around here, I feel like you could be... Yeah, becoming more and more childlike as I add special effects pieces. Here's how I arrived there. Like people are like, he's fucking cool. Unless some massive paradigm shift takes place where we no longer have war.

17:48 Well, because I feel like if you were in charge, Reasonable. I think, yeah, level-headed I think is a huge quality. It was a fucking Mormon, a guy who literally believes in one of the most preposterous religious stories in the history of humanity. I didn't even know that. He was born in America. We're just going to go over here and have 10 wives. But that was our other option!

20:51 No. It's a great book, yeah. I know, yeah. Now you've seen the play. It's completely over the top and insane and perfectly written. They can get away with so much because they're cartoons. Is this the slut off? Oh, yeah. I just, I like being away from it. I don't want to think that they're mortal or something. That's right. You're a professional traveler.

23:49 It's true. Isn't the name of the tour. Like, you know, Friendster or something like that. Thank God for. I'm going to Fargo, Minneapolis. No, but like Eugene, Oregon. Where do you play there? I don't think I could name 100 different cities. It's a great town. Yeah, they're already familiar with you. And by the way, it might be a better place to live.

26:04 But as far as like having sanity and having peace and clarity this is not the best spot what's it'll be like, it's 26 Don't get crazy, Microbot. It's amazing. It's great, right? I'll fucking watch it, Michael Bigelow. How are you made to pay for his car? I paid $12,000 for his car, like a couple hours later. when I listen to you on the podcast, of the scene of the accident.

28:47 Yeah, it's bonkers. He was coming around a blind corner. tried to speed away, but he was so drunk he drove into a tree. They were just like, dude, it's going to cost you more in legal fees to fight this. need to figure out who's drunk right away after an accident you can't let people go all the way Don't they have to take... They can test your blood alcohol content.

30:41 He could be on drugs. And I said to the doctor, I was like, was the other guy drunk? insane it's maddening that's so crazy who's this asshole what's his name i can't say it Well, I think that's being a little bit dramatic. Maybe you should cut your losses. At least you got comedy out of it, though, right? Yeah. He invites people over to his house for Super Bowl parties.

33:41 Before Turning the Gun on Himself was a great one, too. Yeah, it's good stuff, man. the difference between how his art and their art doesn't really go together. Yeah. away on the keyboard. creating music, whatever. I admire South Park? It's great. Nuts. People should watch it. Yeah, but Trey is like... That show is such a perfect vehicle, too, Where's heat coming from?

36:30 When you write, do you sit down and go, worth telling and then uh and then i'll and and then i'll go out and try it What does he do for a living? yeah the sleepwalk with me was really interesting for folks don't know mike uh for folks that don't You bring a sleeping bag when you go camping when you go to a hotel room. That's one of the strangest things the doctor has ever told me.

39:01 this. You might be able to Google this. Isn't that cool? sleepwalked out the window. That story Like, that was everything to him. You're walking by. Well, it's hilarious again because you're okay. And I have in the movie, in the final credits, there's actual photographs of after I jumped through the window, How did you get through that without even getting really badly hurt?

41:56 Wow. There was glass in my legs, Wow. Wow. And this is a funny addendum to the story. Fortunately, the person working at the front desk was mildly retarded. I'm bleeding, and I need to see a doctor. incoherent that he sent me that it's like, well, are you sure? And I actually did the gig with all the brokenness, and I didn't tell anybody. Wow. it was a moment in my life where I was broke,

44:55 and the stress, It means people shouldn't tell people what you take well because i'm not a doctor so i don't want to tell people Well, I guess once you jump out of a fucking window. Worried about breakouts. I mean, like, you know, I feel like what I take for a while, it felt like it made me a bit fuzzy. I should take try to you eat gluten People that have injuries, getting off of gluten reduces inflammation, and a lot of the symptoms of the injuries subside.

48:16 yeah i just thought that's what it was i thought i eat like a pig and this is what happens after like sedated. Los Angeles is great for that. It just – I think it sets me back a little bit. can work. They can have an effect. That makes sense. It's dog shit. Don't ever. I don't know. You're just not. And I think there's a piece of lettuce there. You're so disappointed.

52:11 Your body's not starving. It's hard to travel and No, yoga without pants. And I said, well, why? girl's pussy for a dollar. places for different reasons. walked in and he goes, I don't want to be. We're in Hollywood. you're asking like why the woman was there and everything because that was, when I used to go to strip club. No, it's funny because you should say that about you're asking why the woman was there and everything.

55:23 No. I agree. yeah and you're also living this weird alternative life that most people can't relate to most people Being an actor is a weird life. Take after take. Oh, you think so? souls I think the best ones I mean they become that guy but I mean like okay It wasn't him. It's him next to him as Batman when he was fucking swole. He ate like a can of tuna and an apple like every day.

58:40 That guy's nuts. He's fantastic in it. Nothing. Oh, did they? Yeah. and he always Well, that's because he took the hit. the story of the movie and I was like, you know, and yet you're still freaking the fuck out. That's right. And they really are in grave danger. What people didn't like, though, a lot of people didn't like the George Clooney guy because it was just so.

1:02:28 Yeah. They're not in the same hemisphere. Yeah, that's sweet of you. Yeah, the sea and space are the two most interesting places, I think. life. Very fascinating to me. sea life and animals as having an intelligence that we just don't understand. They really can't prevent us from kidnapping them. intelligent life forms. Why would they respect us? fuck them or they fuck us. Right?

1:05:47 Where is that? And then there's the main observatory, which is even higher than that. It's cloudy. Yeah, that's nothing. People who have never been to Alaska should go to Alaska if you have the means. It's amazing. they're they're living in a legitimate wilderness yeah they have a city and The students are very competitive. I've got to drive there.

1:08:01 What time is Conan there? I think Conan's on at 11 on TBS. Yeah, no, I haven't seen it. I think it's in reruns right now, but it was on for a few weeks, Yeah, at Burbiggs. We had a little miscommunication. Yeah, that worked all fine, though. Thank you to our sponsors. Thank you to Use the code wordROGAN and save 10% off any and all supplements.