Joe Rogan Experience #785 — Dom Irrera Transcript

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0:42 Yeah, it doesn't make me relax. Letterman and those guys were into that. that we look at that as being less ridiculous and more like reserved and intelligent than if someone got together in a little shack there, like a smoke shop and it was smoking pot together. We talked about this before, but when did you start getting anxiety? There's just a single one.

2:02 Yeah, it's definitely a chemical thing. Wow. Eight. But you like it? That's where Uber came in. I don't want to get in his own car. and those people get all the money, I think, and then they pay the drivers, right? There was a I want to say more than 40 gypsy cab drivers were murdered. And they would take these guys or one guy. There was a, okay, killings are related.

5:20 Well, they got press in New York. Yeah. Here it is right here. talking about 1990 i was living in new york when this was happening and i i kind of moved there I don't think it's bad. I just don't know if it's ideal. I was in it for a long time. we need more actors and actors. It's just there's a giant number of people who come out here that are just absolutely batshit crazy.

8:31 So it becomes an incredibly left-wing environment. it's very difficult for them to express it So they, Cause people feel guilty. He was out here one night. I'll tell you about it when it comes through. So I didn't have to audition. Neither do you. you don't, It's about generating income. the social media to your advantage. So I write a lot of blogs back then.

11:38 And he was one of the first comics Remember we were talking at the improv a couple weeks ago, and I said to you, watch the tonight show to catch you the odds of you actually being in front of your television that guy did carson 18 times and you would go see He apparently did two different hours on Friday night. He was just a destroyer. He was talking about buying an expensive sports car,

14:34 No, but what happened was we were getting different things at the same time. And he goes, why would I want to do that? He never knew how good he was or he never enjoyed how good he was. Just said hi. Always thinking. No, not Lenny Clark. There's so many fucking Lenny's in comedy. I usually fly first myself it's all right, what do you want me to do?

16:52 That fucking salami's got the nitrates. She's great. I remember when I went to see the premiere of Batman, the very first one. But anyway. Yeah, true. Here's Nicholson, easily just as and you were saying that Kobe, as he's gotten older, But those extreme winners, extreme winners are so fucking hyper crazy competitive. And one of the ways to know how to win, you've got to say, fuck everybody else.

19:47 When I first started out, Eddie Murphy was at the same time. down that path there's a pattern of behavior like you recognize that somebody else has something you She gave him Xanax and she gave him red wine so this fucking chimp They tear your finger from your hand. I was fucking terrified. They're fucking out of their mind. Just because he gave cake to this one guy and he didn't give it to him.

22:26 Remember that? It was nice. the males there was a video of a zoo recently these two males beating the shit out of each Yeah. That's big. What do you got, Jamie? Mountain gorilla. 700? 500-pound gorilla, right? Yeah, about 510 pounds in the wild. I was with the dumbest fucking group of comedians at the Laugh Factory the other night. I go, yeah, what did you think?

25:27 Then they didn't know anything, Joe. This wizard A couple hundred thousand miles And we get cocky A comet? No. A little too rude. You don't do corporate, right? You know what? No, the guy told him right before he was doing this thing. It's doing a stand-up comedy show in something that's other than a stand-up comedy show, you know, so if it's got some sort of an

27:54 Like, I have an alternative set? You can be a little blue. but you want him to play the fiddle. That's what you want him to do, right? Yeah. I know. You know, you don't pander to the crowd by trying to like entertain them. I mean, that's another example of friendship. that says my whole name just checking in on you dom, Don Marrero. Yeah. Don Marrero, you okay? Yeah, Joe, how you doing?

30:33 He was murdering in Santa Barbara, too. He's on fire. He's selling out the Wilbur in Boston. And then he'll start talking shit. the fuck and they they don't know what to expect and they didn't plan on seeing that so it takes a It's a great combination. that it wasn't happening that way. in the second season on Comedy Central. He said to me, he was He's like, go ahead.

33:24 Like, you don't say a guy looks Catholic. You know what I mean. Joe, I would love to have you over there. It's fun. Like the north of Ireland and Scotland are very similar. I'll fight any man. just priding himself on the beating that he can take. And she started laughing and then just got a translator for me. People are whispering about shit. the other words are smushed together lad they're smushed together it's pretty good you know they're

36:10 Richard Hammond one of the funniest guys But he punched his producer. Maybe contractual stuff. Google it. No, the TV show Friends. You didn't smoke today, Joe. Well, that's interesting. No, not here. Evans. I don't know why I keep saying Chris Evans everywhere. I thought his name was Chris Get to the bottom of this, goddammit. Is he on this new show?

39:27 Aha. He's really funny, man. The middle guy looks familiar to me. His series, Chris Harris on Cars on YouTube, is one of the best reviews of automobiles. and our buddy Adam Farrar is on it, There we go. Look, man, if Harris is on it and they let him do his thing, it'll be awesome. I think so. That's where John Katz lives. Always was. I mean, he was a pro.

42:46 Gary Shanley, man, so sad. No, it's all right. You know what I mean, brother? You're, I think the funniest people constantly working out, I was crying, though. You were killing That was fun. and Chris DeLay was new. but I did a show there But damn, It was great. Don't look. I love that. Well, if that's the case, you could go to the UFC in um in toronto toronto was the biggest crowd we had ever had before australia for a ufc event

46:35 Oh, could be. What a goddamn city that is. I know. The restaurants are so good people are really smart too it's like someone described They're so ridiculously far. We'll take the beaches and the cliffs. There are just as many. Have you ever gone to Africa? that is what about zimbabwe where should i go where's the spot i just want to i think it would be cool to be somewhere it's just

49:25 I go, yeah. If they want to kick you and fuck you up, too, they'll break your back. and you hear, as he ran away. Apparently, there's a natural history museum now that actually has, I think it's in New York, Yeah. I never heard that. And some weird interaction with proteins and amino acids and radiation. If you find it, it looks like the craziest bird ever.

52:01 that lived in North America that were enormous. They lived in North America. we look at that particular type of... Holy shit. Yeah. 50 centimeters. Is this the man? Because 50 centimeters is above his head. Point being, that fucking thing was alive. I just made a mistake. I thought we were set on what the dinosaurs looked like Wow, how do you say that word?

55:55 The dinosaurs were 65 million years ago. They think it hit the Yucatan, I mean, the impact had the actual sphere, the globe, the Earth itself was ringing like a bell for like years. That thing hit, and everything started from scratch. What is that? How long before people don't write things anymore? It's like we like going to a place where we see a chalkboard and the menu's written in chocolate.

57:55 No. Wow. They were always around. You don't bother me, I don't bother you. It's this guy's catfishing and he's Oh, my God. All right, kill the son. I was in Costa Rica, and I saw some crocodiles in the wild. And then when you're passing by, Crocodiles are way more aggressive. No, they'll fuck you up. it. I want to see it. So these hunters, they're hiring these, in Africa they call them professional hunters.

1:03:02 there's 1.5 million car accidents a year where people hit deer in America. And where my friend John lives, like him and his wife, when they have conversations on the phone, it's always like, as they're talking about their drive home from work, it's always, yeah, we almost hit a deer. the deer know you're coming, and the deer will generally get out of the way.

1:03:58 But they'll run into a truck, and that truck will get crippled by a deer. from fucking killing things, Yeah, look at those things that they make. this there's a guy died because the man in front of him hit a deer the deer went flying over that don't do them everything's going to be way worse and one of those things is killing beautiful get a surplus of those predators, because those predators are going to have way more

1:06:54 Yeah, that's an 18-foot-long alligator they shot. Jesus Christ. heartless, and a crocodile's not Oh, it's a different kind of reptile. Is that right? Is baboon an ape? Because I always thought that the word monkey was almost like a slang. Fuck you, Joe. He's going to be in the podcast within like two weeks. I think so, yeah. Gandolfini comes up to me.

1:10:00 I fucking loved you. I like the cut of your jib. They don't. I love Governors. I didn't know that one. it's like there's a lot of bubbling creativity and people trying to find their niche right now Yeah, but I always get asked, how do you get certain things? He doesn't even think about you. They started with one guy, and they didn't want to be with him anymore,

1:12:42 That was a fucking hilarious moment of tension Just really. Dipping in. It's paying off. Because that's not what Kevin wanted to hear. Yeah, it's fun to see him relaxed and loose. Well. He knows I love him Think about how many people that are funny that aren't fat He's fucking talented as hell. You're trying to figure out how to do this thing. Because shimmy was his nickname.

1:15:43 He had a gig. know how good Kevin James was at one managers are fucking terrible for that because they've never done stand-up they don't know what Mine? And Steve goes, no, I can't, but I can comp you a boat. Oh, yeah. Surf casting. If you go to certain parts of Long Island, you go surf casting. I got what he likes about it. You got big ass striped bass out there.

1:18:51 No? for the things I love. I always love these people that say, you know, they don't eat meat, but they eat fish. That's very rude. he goes off so he's trying to say that he's got some moral right to complain about someone who hunts because he's 90% vegetarian. People are so goofy. That's the most ridiculous one I've ever heard. It's fun to catch them, and then they taste so good.

1:21:25 I said, wait, do I have to wash my own dishes, too? Korean barbecue, I think. Yeah, it's fun. I don't know exactly where they are, Then you sit down at a picnic table. I don't want to do that. That'd be pretty cool. It's just cool. What do you mean? So do you cook ever? Jesus. That's interesting. I like it. Well, they don't care. Yeah. It's not the steak's fault.

1:25:30 What's the problem? You're just even sitting in a chair all day. walk? I mean, I got a treadmill. show sometimes on a elliptical machine. Grind and hustle. The guy works hard. They're all enjoyable. I know that you're enjoying it I think they're casting it still, and I think they're going to start shooting until July. Do you know what I mean? Oh, man.

1:28:38 Yeah, you told me. Yeah. It's called Your Mom's House. And he's like, we'd like to do one a week because that way we do, like, Yeah. And there were some good guys, some funny guys. He was so good then. But all that means is that you need to get better. And you got to take that lesson and you got to figure out how, what went wrong. Well, you can too, you know.

1:32:06 appreciate you saying that i mean i get it back though you know it's like i told you chris delio For us, all of us, I think even for you and I in the early days, there was those guys And we all knew those guys. regard was rodney dangerfield because he did joke jokes that we would really consider corny Like Rodney Dangerfield's specials, the young comedian special that you were on, that Dice

1:34:16 Did I ever tell you about the night I auditioned for him? what did Damon expect? to rodney dangerfield what was like did you get upset at damon and not upset at barry sobel no i Do the best you can and get off. When they come see you, though. They do 10 minutes? We have a mutual friend who did that. but that's, you know. people are huge stars they could just come in like damon used to be able to come in anytime he wanted

1:37:05 and we don't do it and get on the schedule on after irera put me up because that's the thing that like you know who used to like to do you know scenario you know it's like a vampire in an artist colony red band said that he saw somebody do one Yeah. I don't get nervous for, I get nervous for just being, you know. spit because you're constantly spitting yeah you know like if you decided okay today is april

1:40:28 Excuse me, prevent evaporation. with cum too, but you wouldn't be able to measure it because hopefully you're cumming in somebody doing it. You'd have a nice seal, airtight seal, so it's not going to evaporate. You would have to, like, adjust for hair. I remember a conversation I had with my stepdad when i was seven and it was right when i had lost my religion i lost my religion when i was seven wow

1:42:21 I started crying. And if you do, you have to be able to look at those subjects or whatever those roads are rationally. what a shame it would be if this whole thing was temporary and the whole time you couldn't enjoy This time is, yeah. I'm having more fun now I think my act is better. That's gonna be the next one It's Herrera from Yeah, you should do

1:45:34 Yeah Oh yeah your fucking dates, oh, is, Yeah, the July 6th through 12th, Las Vegas, Brad Garrett's Comedy Club. You're cutting a path through this great land of ours. I was just going to say, I had so much fun last night Everybody's great. It's like it was sick. It was. adam eget it came came to see me at the improv and then talked to me and you know told me he's

1:48:41 We've got a bunch of We were talking about people's attitudes. I'm happy. This is the greatest spot, too. It was like tainted also the goal of course and so we we had this sort of actor-y thing going on in comedy. ultimately those shows all the brutal and Segura has no TV to speak of and he's selling out big ass theaters. of going out there because I love it

1:52:40 Yeah. life you know if you got a guy who's a an old car designer who's resting on his laurels or a guy There's no reason to. No, no, I'm just kidding. She's hilarious. Yeah, she's working Yeah The Vegas thing No Whose first idea was that? I bet dick pics have been around Do you really expect me to answer that? You have to use a mirror. Looks like a grenade.

1:55:55 Over here. Like we find like a petrified, frozen Right? Yeah, exactly. It just rips them off with I'm trying to think of an answer to his question for me. Yeah, he was like in a very religious program he was seriously like a dedicated jew like to learning judy judaism You wouldn't collide in other places. Yeah, well, I mean I notice really a lot, like a lot of the guys of your generation that, you know, they're very manly.

1:59:12 But there was always guys like Lenny Clark. fucking everybody now there's all sorts of different shapes well i was telling i had a Perestroika. He's a likable guy. Yeah. No, I'm kidding. No. Pull that shit up, Jamie. watch your behavior dress nice don't say anything inappropriate don't say anything controversial You know, to be like real buttoned down

2:02:01 What is, you just show me a photo? Joe, I'll tell you, I love Vegas. When are you doing gigs? Yeah, it should be fun, right? They went out and bought the best chefs in the world. on the Anthony Bourdain show and shit. I went with the comedy store. There's a bunch of those guys that have done a great job. Yeah. It's good. This is one of the big shows in Branson.

2:04:26 crippling scared high and then go to see this it would probably be amazing we need to film that for At the And just see what they do if they find the mic. They moved Tom Cruise or whatever the fuck the story is. Who out of anybody, who has kept it together in the face of being a part of a fucking wackadoo He's fucking good, man. Yeah. But it was so awkward and goofy because you realize like oh

2:08:21 He wanted to take Tom Cruise in a wrestling match when actor called him glib come on i think it's arm wrestling no is it really i think i saw arm wrestling i would love to see that matt lauer just passes guard moves to full mount starts dropping elbows You don't know shit about medicine. Poor Tom Cruise. He did a bunch of good movies. He does some dangerous shit.

2:10:19 He started in Taps, I think it was. Yeah, the, not the, God damn it. This is one of the best science fiction movies I've seen in a long time. I really believe that. a good sci-fi movie. And that's Maybe they need a Dom Iterera And what's the tour again? Oh, that's hilarious. So how many days are you over there for? She's ten book cool. Fucking yeah.

2:12:33 Oh, we're going to find out.