Joe Rogan Experience #1219 - Bill Burr

1. 0:00 – 15:00

   Doo, doo, doo, doo.…

   1. JRJoe Rogan0:00

      Doo, doo, doo, doo. In four, three, two... Yes, Bill Burr!

   2. BBBill Burr0:07

      (laughs)

   3. JRJoe Rogan0:07

      How are you, fella?

   4. BBBill Burr0:08

      What's going on?

   5. JRJoe Rogan0:09

      Good to see you.

   6. BBBill Burr0:09

      Good to see you, too.

   7. JRJoe Rogan0:10

      Thank you very much for taking me up on that flight. I'm gonna tell you what, n- legitimately-

   8. BBBill Burr0:14

      (laughs)

   9. JRJoe Rogan0:14

      ... you changed the way I think about LA. I think-

   10. BBBill Burr0:17

       It's really small, isn't it?

   11. JRJoe Rogan0:18

       It's way smaller than you think.

   12. BBBill Burr0:20

       Yeah.

   13. JRJoe Rogan0:20

       It's a different thing. When you fly over it, you go, "Oh, this ain't that big."

   14. BBBill Burr0:25

       Yeah. That's here, this is there. 'Cause, what it is, I remember when, um, I was still getting my license and I was doing a night flight, right? Um, which is insane. Totally different ballgame.

   15. JRJoe Rogan0:35

       Oh, I imagine.

   16. BBBill Burr0:35

       And, uh, yeah, 'cause when you're on the ground, you're like, "Wow, it'd be really easy to see everybody." 'Cause you're looking up and all you're seeing is the backdrop is, of the dark sky, right?

   17. JRJoe Rogan0:42

       Right.

   18. BBBill Burr0:43

       But when you get up there, if someone's below you, they disappear into the city.

   19. JRJoe Rogan0:47

       (sighs)

   20. BBBill Burr0:47

       So that's what... Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So anyway, so we were flying back and I train down in Long Beach, so we were going along the 710 and I just see, like, all these, these lights. And it was, like, right there. I'm, like, going up, like it was... And I go, "What's that?" He goes... And the g- and the, uh, pilot looked over, he goes, "Oh, that's the, uh, that's the fireworks from Disneyland." And I was like, "Fucking Disneyland is right there?"

   21. JRJoe Rogan1:08

       (laughs)

   22. BBBill Burr1:08

       'Cause in my head it took, like, two hours to get there, hour and a half-

   23. JRJoe Rogan1:12

       Yeah.

   24. BBBill Burr1:12

       ... going down the 5, but it's just like... 'Cause you don't look at miles.

   25. JRJoe Rogan1:17

       Right.

   26. BBBill Burr1:17

       All you do is look at time when you're out here because there's so much traffic, but it's literally like... Oh, that's, like-

   27. JRJoe Rogan1:22

       40 miles.

   28. BBBill Burr1:23

       It's not even. It's like from Hollywood, like, I would think it, it can't even be more than 15, 20 miles away.

   29. JRJoe Rogan1:29

       Yeah.

   30. BBBill Burr1:29

       Like Anaheim-
2. 15:00 – 30:00

   Yeah. …

   1. JRJoe Rogan15:00

      And, uh, I respect him and he's a very good friend of mine, so I had to really, really pa- I didn't, you know, I didn't take it lightly. I had to take a deep breath and I was like, "Fuck, he's right."

   2. BBBill Burr15:09

      Yeah.

   3. JRJoe Rogan15:09

      "He's right." I played pool all the time. Was playing every day. I have a-

   4. BBBill Burr15:12

      Mm-hmm.

   5. JRJoe Rogan15:12

      ... I have a real addictive personality.

   6. BBBill Burr15:14

      I do too. I do too. So I get like, uh, like how many hours I wanna get flying and then like, uh, things I wanna learn playing drums and stuff. And then it becomes... I, I've had to learn to be like, "Bill, these are hobbies."

   7. JRJoe Rogan15:27

      Yes. Yes.

   8. BBBill Burr15:27

      "Okay, you're a dad first, then you're a comedian."

   9. JRJoe Rogan15:30

      Yep.

   10. BBBill Burr15:30

       "Let's sort of prioritize." Like, the world isn't waiting for you to know how to play Good Times Bad Times.

   11. JRJoe Rogan15:36

       Yeah.

   12. BBBill Burr15:37

       That can s- sit back a little bit.

   13. JRJoe Rogan15:39

       But the fact that you're doing that kind of stuff I think is great. I loved... I've, I really identify with you in a lot of ways.

   14. BBBill Burr15:45

       Right.

   15. JRJoe Rogan15:45

       The way you do that, the way you get fucking crazy about drums or you're crazy about helicopters.

   16. BBBill Burr15:49

       Cooking.

   17. JRJoe Rogan15:49

       Yeah. Yeah.

   18. BBBill Burr15:50

       Everything. I just fucking, I just, I go down like, I gotta learn all about like-

   19. JRJoe Rogan15:54

       Yeah.

   20. BBBill Burr15:55

       ... uh, everything. I came out here, I got into old cars and then all of a sudden I was watching this guy, Eric the Car Guy. I found him most fascinating because he would work on like, cars of today, where you just open the hood, it's like, what is everything and where the f- how do you get it? And he's just taking off all this plastic shit and just digging all the way down. And he's just like, "You know, if you can't remember, just videotape it. Just remember how it all goes together." Dude, one time he... I forget what the hell he was changing, but he had to take the whole fucking front end of this car off to change something that I used to be able to change on like, my fucking '83 Ford Ranger.

   21. JRJoe Rogan16:28

       I know that guy. I know who you're talking about. Yeah. Yeah.

   22. BBBill Burr16:31

       Yeah. And it's, and it's am- like, he does every... Electrical?

   23. JRJoe Rogan16:33

       Yeah.

   24. BBBill Burr16:34

       He does fucking everything. And I would just sit there, I watched all of that. I watched all the way back to people rebuilding like Flathead V8s and what made it a Flathead. And, um, I never got into electrical, that always seemed like magic to me. Like I, I never-

   25. JRJoe Rogan16:47

       (laughs)

   26. BBBill Burr16:48

       ... got into that shit and I was scared like, "Oh, you touch it and you get fucking electrocuted." But, um, I got all into like, watching like, like somebody rebuild an engine. Like just from the bottom to the top it, there just wasn't a lot of stuff.

   27. JRJoe Rogan17:02

       Right.

   28. BBBill Burr17:02

       It was like the crankshaft, and then there was the shit that held on the pistons. You put the, drop the pistons in and the, the, the, and then there was the intake, uh, what was it? The, uh, intake manifold. And then th- that was the, um, uh, the big thing, the valves. See, gapping the valves, that seemed like, "Oh man, if you fuck that up, this thing isn't gonna run right." And, um, and just knowing the, the firing thing. And I got into like torque wrenches and I learned how to change brakes on like a, uh, like old school, like shoe breaks and stuff like that. I got all the right wrenches and all that. Um, I don't know how to adjust them. I know where you do, there's this little slit in the back of the wheel and I thought you just put them close to it. You're sup- it's right up against the drum you're supposed to put them on. And I got totally into fucking brakes for a while.

   29. JRJoe Rogan17:44

       (laughs)

   30. BBBill Burr17:45

       I tried to rebuild a carburetor, failed miserably 'cause it was really old and I took off too many parts and it was like warped and shit, so.
3. 30:00 – 45:00

   Yeah. …

   1. BBBill Burr30:00

      ... Yeah, that one, Jesus. You know? You heard so ma- out of all of them, he was one I was just like, "Freddy?"

   2. JRJoe Rogan30:06

      Yeah.

   3. BBBill Burr30:06

      For Freddy died? I couldn't believe that.

   4. JRJoe Rogan30:08

      Sleep apnea apparently. Sleep apnea and pills to go to sleep. You know, like take Ambien if you have sleep apnea.

   5. BBBill Burr30:14

      Yeah.

   6. JRJoe Rogan30:14

      You lock up and you just stop breathing.

   7. BBBill Burr30:18

      Yeah.

   8. JRJoe Rogan30:18

      Sleep apnea is a real fucking problem. I have it. I take a mouthpiece. I put a mouthpiece in at night when I go to sleep and it keeps my tongue from falling back on my throat. (coughs) A lot of athletes have it. The bigger your neck gets, the more muscle tissue you have in your neck, the more it closes off your air hole when you go to sleep. Like there's a lot of meat in there.

   9. BBBill Burr30:36

      Well, stop doing the neck shit then, dude.

   10. JRJoe Rogan30:38

       (coughs) Football players.

   11. BBBill Burr30:38

       What, what are you doing? (laughs) What do you got like a barbell you just tie it to the side of your fucking head?

   12. JRJoe Rogan30:43

       No, it's, it's a side effect-

   13. BBBill Burr30:43

       Who needs a neck muscle?

   14. JRJoe Rogan30:44

       ... of working out. You just get a big neck.

   15. BBBill Burr30:47

       Dude, you do these and no one can strangle you.

   16. JRJoe Rogan30:49

       That is what it is. For real. Like you ... Well, someone could definitely still strangle you.

   17. BBBill Burr30:54

       Yeah.

   18. JRJoe Rogan30:54

       But it helps.... a lot. Like, if you get a hold of a regular neck, regular necks just comply. They just give in.

   19. BBBill Burr31:00

       Can you please call your next special Regular Neck? (laughs)

   20. JRJoe Rogan31:05

       (laughs)

   21. BBBill Burr31:05

       (clapping) I guarantee no one's gonna try and-

   22. JRJoe Rogan31:07

       Woo!

   23. BBBill Burr31:07

       ... accidentally take that title.

   24. JRJoe Rogan31:08

       That's true. Regular Neck.

   25. BBBill Burr31:11

       Regular Neck. Joe Rogan, Regular Neck.

   26. JRJoe Rogan31:13

       It's hard coming up with a good name for a special. Are you d- somebody told me you were doing... Are we saying that you're gonna do your next one independent? Are you gonna do it independent?

   27. BBBill Burr31:20

       Um, no. I don't know how I'm gonna do it. I'm, I'm exploring all, like, the options and all of that. I'm t- I'm trying... I was trying to figure out a way to, uh... You know, 'cause there's just a ton of specials out there. Was just trying to figure out a way, but I mean, the, you know-

   28. JRJoe Rogan31:35

       When was the last time you filmed?

   29. BBBill Burr31:36

       Uh, October 2016.

   30. JRJoe Rogan31:40

       Hmm.
4. 45:00 – 1:00:00

   He's the most entertaining,…

   1. BBBill Burr45:00

   2. JRJoe Rogan45:00

      He's the most entertaining, 'cause he's, like, a fun guy to watch.

   3. BBBill Burr45:03

      It's a performance.

   4. JRJoe Rogan45:04

      Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

   5. BBBill Burr45:05

      He's like, "Ah, man, I, I mean, I, I was thinking..."

   6. JRJoe Rogan45:07

      "Ah, man, I don't know."

   7. BBBill Burr45:09

      Yeah, and then he goes up there and he pulls out this giant wad. It's like, "Dude, you had it!"

   8. JRJoe Rogan45:12

      (laughs)

   9. BBBill Burr45:12

      "You had the money!" And the other guy has to sit there and watch it. Then he kinda makes fun of him afterwards.

   10. JRJoe Rogan45:18

       Yeah. Yeah.

   11. BBBill Burr45:19

       You know? He c- kinda ma- you know, in a fun- like a funny way or whatever. But, um, um...

   12. JRJoe Rogan45:23

       It's a funny thing too that, how appealing that is to men. Like, I bet if you looked at the number of women who watch those car shows versus the number of men. Like, y- you know, Motor Trend has a channel now. They have their own channel.

   13. BBBill Burr45:35

       Yeah.

   14. JRJoe Rogan45:35

       And I, I guarantee you that is 97% dudes and 3% women complaining, 3% women going-

   15. BBBill Burr45:41

       Yeah.

   16. JRJoe Rogan45:41

       ... "What the fuck are you watching?"

   17. BBBill Burr45:43

       (laughs)

   18. JRJoe Rogan45:43

       Like, if you looked at the actual numbers, like, what is it about cars? Like, girls can drive cars. Girls drive cars all the time.

   19. BBBill Burr45:50

       Yeah.

   20. JRJoe Rogan45:50

       Girls like cars. They don't like cars the way guys like cars. It's just, most of them.

   21. BBBill Burr45:55

       Generally speaking, yeah.

   22. JRJoe Rogan45:56

       Outside of, like, Danica Patrick and a few psychos.

   23. BBBill Burr45:58

       Yeah. I met her one time. She, she-

   24. JRJoe Rogan46:01

       Yeah, I saw a picture with you of her.

   25. BBBill Burr46:02

       Yeah, she did a pa- she took me around the Indianapolis Motor Speedways.

   26. JRJoe Rogan46:04

       No!

   27. BBBill Burr46:05

       Yeah. Coming down that straightaway and seeing, like, you know where they have the leaderboard and everything-

   28. JRJoe Rogan46:09

       Wow!

   29. BBBill Burr46:09

       ... was iconic. And I've been to that race a couple of times, so it was crazy and-

   30. JRJoe Rogan46:13

       How fast were you going?
5. 1:00:00 – 1:04:57

   Well, it's not just…

   1. BBBill Burr1:00:00

      just had a difference of opinion that, y- you know, this isn't the first time you're gonna say something and somebody's gonna disagree with you. That doesn't mean that this guy can't come back." Um, you know, and you obviously, 'cause of some shit that's happened to you, have an extreme opinion about this guy because of the color of his skin. It's like there's so many fucked up elements to that, that, but for some reason you can't like, if you address that on any level, um, then you're part of the problem. And then-

   2. JRJoe Rogan1:00:28

      Well, it's not just part of the problem.

   3. BBBill Burr1:00:29

      Then they-

   4. JRJoe Rogan1:00:30

      She's trying to get him fired. She's trying to get him fired for pointing out that something is racist and sexist.

   5. BBBill Burr1:00:35

      No, I'm saying if, if you say what I just said-

   6. JRJoe Rogan1:00:37

      Yes.

   7. BBBill Burr1:00:37

      ... try to look at it 360.

   8. JRJoe Rogan1:00:39

      Oh, yeah, and you're part of the problem.

   9. BBBill Burr1:00:40

      As much as I can-

   10. JRJoe Rogan1:00:41

       Yeah.

   11. BBBill Burr1:00:41

       ... which is why I love South Park is everything that they do, they do it 360, right?

   12. JRJoe Rogan1:00:45

       Mm-hmm.

   13. BBBill Burr1:00:45

       And, uh, so I learned a lot from that show by the way they look at stuff like that 'cause I, well I don't fucking know everything. But even just to try to be like, "Well hey, you know, you know, insulted him a little bit."

   14. JRJoe Rogan1:00:55

       Yeah.

   15. BBBill Burr1:00:55

       "I understand what you're saying and blah, blah, blah." You can't fucking do that anymore 'cause then somebody, "You're part of the fucking problem." And no, it's really gotten crazy. It's gotten to the point like I've seen, I'm not gonna name names, but I've seen like, you know, a tweet from a fellow comic telling comics what jokes you shouldn't talk about this topic. It's like, who the fuck are you? It's like there's already enough people doing that. You, you're gonna do like cannibalism now?

   16. JRJoe Rogan1:01:17

       Have you really, you've r- you ever seen comics say that?

   17. BBBill Burr1:01:19

       Yeah.

   18. JRJoe Rogan1:01:20

       Real comics?

   19. BBBill Burr1:01:23

       ... uh, yeah.

   20. JRJoe Rogan1:01:25

       (laughs)

   21. BBBill Burr1:01:25

       I mean, everybody has their opinion on somebody's fucking act-

   22. JRJoe Rogan1:01:28

       (clears throat)

   23. BBBill Burr1:01:28

       ... but I mean, yeah. Yeah.

   24. JRJoe Rogan1:01:30

       That's ridiculous. That's not a real comic.

   25. BBBill Burr1:01:32

       Um, well, I wouldn't say that. They are a real comic. They just have an opinion I don't agree with.

   26. JRJoe Rogan1:01:36

       They can fuck off.

   27. BBBill Burr1:01:38

       Uh, y- well, I mean, yeah, I mean... (laughs)

   28. JRJoe Rogan1:01:42

       (laughs)

   29. BBBill Burr1:01:42

       Trying to have less confrontations-

   30. JRJoe Rogan1:01:44

       cough ] Well, I understand.

Episode duration: 2:13:48