Joe Rogan Experience #1270 - Lenny Clarke

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

March 26, 2019

Duration

2h 9m

Channel

The Joe Rogan Experience

Watch on YouTube

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Lenny Clarke is a legendary Boston comic and actor.

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Joe Rogan

  host

• Lenny Clarke

  guest

• Mike Clarke

  guest

• Guest (unidentified, brief commenter)

  guest

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring Joe Rogan and Lenny Clarke, Joe Rogan Experience #1270 - Lenny Clarke explores Cocaine, Comedy, And Comebacks: Lenny Clarke’s Wild Standup Saga Joe Rogan sits down with veteran Boston comic Lenny Clarke and his brother/club owner Mike Clarke for a sprawling, explicit tour through 40 years of standup, drugs, and show business. They revisit the legendary Boston comedy scene—its brutal club culture, cocaine-fueled pace, and the expectation to crush onstage every night. Lenny details his extreme substance abuse, near-death health scares, and eventual long-term sobriety, contrasting past chaos with his current disciplined lifestyle. Along the way they tell behind-the-scenes stories about figures like Rodney Dangerfield, Sam Kinison, Louis C.K., and network executives, touching on career sabotage, joke theft, the MeToo era, and the changing rules of comedy.

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