Joe Rogan Experience #1273 - Ron Funches

1. 0:00 – 15:00

   ... the difference I'm…

   1. RFRon Funches0:00

      ... the difference I'm learning between when I do comedy and acting is that, like, the last thing people really wanna see from y- you on stage is you really get emotional.

   2. JRJoe Rogan0:08

      Yeah.

   3. RFRon Funches0:08

      You know? But when you act, you have to go to that (snaps fingers) right away.

   4. JRJoe Rogan0:13

      Big difference. (clicking sound) We're live? Is it working?

   5. JVJamie Vernon0:16

      Just, just got it up, yeah.

   6. JRJoe Rogan0:17

      Oh, my Jesus.

   7. JVJamie Vernon0:17

      Just started working just now.

   8. RFRon Funches0:18

      (laughs)

   9. JRJoe Rogan0:18

      Right at the end of that.

   10. RFRon Funches0:19

       A candid moment. No, I, I think you're totally right. We're ... Ron Funches and I were talking about people getting mad. First of all, welcome to the show, sir. Thanks for having me.

   11. JRJoe Rogan0:26

       Thanks for being here, man. Appreciate it.

   12. RFRon Funches0:28

       Of course.

   13. JRJoe Rogan0:28

       Um, we were talking about people getting emo- getting emotional on stage, if people get angry on stage that, um, it shows. The audience can feel it. You could say the exact same words and with, with, like, a fake anger, as we were saying, like, Brody was really good at. Like, he'd, he would fake be mad at you.

   14. RFRon Funches0:45

       Yeah.

   15. JRJoe Rogan0:45

       And it was, it was-

   16. RFRon Funches0:46

       Lewis Black.

   17. JRJoe Rogan0:47

       Yes.

   18. RFRon Funches0:47

       Yeah.

   19. JRJoe Rogan0:48

       If you could see those exact same words, there's, like, a smile to it, right? You were saying that there's a nod or a hint-

   20. RFRon Funches0:54

       Mm.

   21. JRJoe Rogan0:54

       ... hint of a nod.

   22. RFRon Funches0:55

       Yeah, there's a little wink that lets you know that this isn't ... this is a joke.

   23. JRJoe Rogan0:59

       Yeah.

   24. RFRon Funches0:59

       I'm not really this mad about it. And there's usually an absurdity of the ... about the thing they're mad at.

   25. JRJoe Rogan1:04

       Yes.

   26. RFRon Funches1:05

       You know?

   27. JRJoe Rogan1:05

       Yeah.

   28. RFRon Funches1:05

       When you get ... We also see those sets sometimes when, like, someone's recently broken up with somebody-

   29. JRJoe Rogan1:11

       Oh.

   30. RFRon Funches1:11

       ... or something and then you, like ... You get that real anger.
2. 15:00 – 30:00

   Mm-hmm. …

   1. JRJoe Rogan15:00

      dude. Billy Corben, the guy who directed it, was on the podcast yesterday. He's, uh, he's fantastic and he's got this new b- um, documentary called Screwball. It's about Alex Hernandez and steroids in baseball-

   2. RFRon Funches15:11

      Mm-hmm.

   3. JRJoe Rogan15:11

      ... and all this crazy shit.

   4. RFRon Funches15:11

      Rodriguez.

   5. JRJoe Rogan15:12

      Oh, right. Rodriguez. Who's Alex Hernandez? This a different one?

   6. GUGuest15:15

      It's pretty similar.

   7. JRJoe Rogan15:16

      A-Rod. How did I say Hernandez?

   8. RFRon Funches15:17

      Now it's Hernan- ... It wa- ... He is the guy ... No, that's Aaron.

   9. JRJoe Rogan15:19

      That's the weed.

   10. RFRon Funches15:20

       And now I'm thinking of that guy-

   11. JRJoe Rogan15:20

       It's the weed.

   12. RFRon Funches15:21

       ... from the New England Patriots.

   13. JRJoe Rogan15:22

       It's goddamn weed. It fucked my head up. That is the guy from the Patriots with the murderer?

   14. RFRon Funches15:25

       No, that's Aaron Hernandez.

   15. JRJoe Rogan15:26

       Oh, okay. That's where I fucked it up. My apologies, Alex. Alex Rodriguez. And, uh, anyway this, this guy made a documentary called Cocaine Cowboys and it's all about how crazy during the big cocaine days Miami was. And how one year the entire graduating class of the sheriff's academy, uh, the police academy, whatever it was, they either were murdered or they were arrested for corruption. The whole ... Everyone. The entire class. Like the entire graduating year. Like ev- ... It was w- ... Wild West chaos. And there was all these pilots bringing in millions of dollars worth of coke and they had b- bags of money buried in their backyard. It's fucking crazy.

   16. RFRon Funches16:10

       That's interesting.

   17. JRJoe Rogan16:11

       It's great, man. It's great. It's a two-part series. Or it's, it's ... There's two parts to it, too.

   18. RFRon Funches16:16

       Do you ever hear about the Black Mafia Family?

   19. JRJoe Rogan16:18

       Two versions of it.

   20. RFRon Funches16:18

       You ever r- ... You ever watch any documentaries about them?

   21. JRJoe Rogan16:22

       No.

   22. RFRon Funches16:22

       That, that makes me always interested.

   23. JRJoe Rogan16:24

       What did they do?

   24. RFRon Funches16:25

       They were a, a cocaine outlet in the early 2000s out of Atlanta and they transit- ... At one point they were running like most of the South, Southeast, um, headed by this dude named Big Meech, and, um, then they decided like, "We should legalize and get into rap." But they w- ... Had never done anything like that before and they were very blatant about it.

   25. JRJoe Rogan16:47

       (laughs)

   26. RFRon Funches16:47

       So, the- ... All of a sudden these people who were came outta nowhere were just all on like every magazine that, um ... They have this thing in- ... Where they're introduc- ... Interviewing police officers and they had this big billboard when you would land at Atlanta that would go b- ... That would just say, "BMF, we own the world." And they-

   27. JRJoe Rogan17:04

       Wow.

   28. RFRon Funches17:05

       ... were just out there and they would throw these big parties with tigers and stuff.

   29. JRJoe Rogan17:09

       (laughs)

   30. RFRon Funches17:09

       And they only had one recording artist. So, it was just like they weren't good at pretending not to be drug dealers.
3. 30:00 – 45:00

   Wow. …

   1. RFRon Funches30:00

      at all and ate-... multiple Philly cheesesteaks a day to a guy who eats a bunch of boneless, skinless chicken breasts and protein shakes and now I work out, like, six times a day.

   2. JRJoe Rogan30:11

      Wow.

   3. RFRon Funches30:12

      Yeah. Just s- s- it seemed like I was gonna die if I didn't, so.

   4. JRJoe Rogan30:16

      So what do you do for working out these days?

   5. RFRon Funches30:19

      Uh, you know, a lot of weightlifting, a lot of, um, uh, let's see, today I did, you know, just a lot of back, a little, little biceps and, you know, one-arm rows and, and whatnot, just general weightlifting.

   6. JRJoe Rogan30:30

      So but you're, you do it a lot?

   7. RFRon Funches30:31

      Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

   8. JRJoe Rogan30:33

      Do you, um, do you find it has a, uh, an effect on your mood, on how you feel?

   9. RFRon Funches30:37

      Oh, absolutely.

   10. JRJoe Rogan30:38

       How do you f- how much better do you feel?

   11. RFRon Funches30:40

       Yeah.

   12. JRJoe Rogan30:40

       Is it... And how much do you attribute it to, uh, th- the working out, the losing weight, or both of them together?

   13. RFRon Funches30:45

       It's a combination, definitely. The, um, the diet and, and just feeling better nutrition-wise is, is a b- is very helpful. Um, but, you know, just doing two shows a night now, you know, that used to be a thing for me. I used to be, like, really tired afterwards.

   14. JRJoe Rogan31:02

       Mm-hmm.

   15. RFRon Funches31:02

       And now, it's n- n- you know, no problem. I, I do a lot of, um, voiceovers and, and other little things. And so, you know, I'm always bouncing around from going, like, doing shows on the weekend and then coming home and then having to do voiceover on Monday morning.

   16. JRJoe Rogan31:15

       Mm-hmm.

   17. RFRon Funches31:15

       And taking care of my son and helping him with his homework. And just being able to do that and not being like, "Oh, I'm just... I gotta go pass out. I'm tired."

   18. JRJoe Rogan31:24

       Yeah.

   19. RFRon Funches31:24

       You know? That's really the, the biggest deal, being able to take on more so then I'm able to, um, make more money, so it's good.

   20. JRJoe Rogan31:31

       I was, uh, carrying my daughter around on my shoulders the other day. She likes to get carried around. She's 63 pounds. And, uh, while she's on my shoulders, uh, after, you know, 40 minutes or so of that, like, it's fucking rough.

   21. RFRon Funches31:44

       Mm-hmm.

   22. JRJoe Rogan31:44

       Like, it starts really hurting your neck, you start getting really tired, and I had to put her down. And, uh, I was thinking, like, how crazy is that, that there's a lot of people that just carry that much extra around with them all the time. They're always carrying around an extra 60 pounds. And you don't think it's that much of a deal until you don't have it and then you walk with it.

   23. RFRon Funches32:04

       Yeah.

   24. JRJoe Rogan32:05

       You know, and you realize, like... And it's just l- e- even if it's not that, like when a kid's sitting on your neck, it's not, like, the ideal place to carry all the weight. They actually make a, um, a thing, there's a company called The Outdoorsman. They make a thing called the Atlas Pack. It's like a backpack frame in... But at the back of it is, like, one of those weightlifting posts.

   25. RFRon Funches32:24

       Mm-hmm.

   26. JRJoe Rogan32:24

       So you could slide an Olympic, uh, barbell or a Olympic plate on and two plates. You could, you could put as much as 90 pounds on it and clamp this thing down. And then it's sitting more on your hips, it's way easier to carry. But even that, uh, still, it's fu- it fucking sucks, man. Walking around with just 45 extra pounds on your back sucks.

   27. RFRon Funches32:42

       Yeah. Just v- getting, you know, just being, like, in my mid-30s and being like, "Oh, my, my knees are hurting." I didn't, I never played football. I never did anything like that. My knees shouldn't be hurting and...

   28. JRJoe Rogan32:52

       Right.

   29. RFRon Funches32:53

       And just knowing i- I think I had to just change, uh, just change my mindset about, like, before when I was, uh, just doing standup to do it and didn't think I was gonna be successful, it didn't matter. I was just like, "I'm just living for today. Give me free pizza, give me whatever." And then it was like (gasps) once this thing started changing a little bit and I was like, "Oh, I'm... Things are happening and I still don't even really know what I'm doing. Let me... If I give myself a better chance and take care of my health, take care of my body, um, let me see how far I can push these gifts, push these skills, you know?"

   30. JRJoe Rogan33:25

       Hmm.
4. 45:00 – 1:00:00

   Hmm. …

   1. JRJoe Rogan45:00

      nice man. Like, just genuinely friendly and- and happy that everything is going well for him now. Crazy. But that's a rough business is my point. Like, I- I'm way rather like real, uh, grappling. Like, I feel like real grappling for, like, if I was gonna tell a person, like, what would be safer for your body, I think pro wrestling is harder.

   2. RFRon Funches45:23

      Hmm.

   3. JRJoe Rogan45:23

      I think it's harder on you.

   4. RFRon Funches45:25

      I could see that.

   5. JRJoe Rogan45:26

      Th- dude, they get slammed. You watch some of that stuff. Like, knowing what you know now about brain damage, and knowing what you know now about, uh, that it's not even concussions necessarily as much as it's subconcussive trauma, it doesn't knock you unconscious but just rattles your fucking head, and the repeated impacts of those.

   6. RFRon Funches45:43

      Yeah.

   7. JRJoe Rogan45:44

      Those guys are getting that all the time.

   8. RFRon Funches45:46

      Yeah.

   9. JRJoe Rogan45:46

      All the time.

   10. RFRon Funches45:48

       Yeah. No, I go back, and sometimes I watch some older wrestling and it- it really makes me cringe 'cause you got a lot of guys taking all these chair shots straight to the face.

   11. JRJoe Rogan45:56

       (laughs) Straight to the face.

   12. RFRon Funches45:57

       Yeah. So Ken- Dude. ... Ken Shamrock takes this one to the head that sounded like a gunshot. It was crazy.

   13. JRJoe Rogan46:03

       Yeah. Dude, what is it about people getting smacked in the head? Um, Tom Segura's been sending me these Russian slap championships.

   14. RFRon Funches46:12

       (laughs)

   15. JRJoe Rogan46:12

       These videos.

   16. RFRon Funches46:13

       Oh, yeah. (laughs) Yeah.

   17. JRJoe Rogan46:13

       Have you seen this shit? Oh, my God, these guys stand in front of each other and smack each other in the face full clip. But some of them are doing a terrible job. They're hitting with their fingers.

   18. RFRon Funches46:25

       Yeah, they're getting left fingers.

   19. JRJoe Rogan46:26

       They're getting fingers. And then there's other guys that are basically doing like a reach hand strike to your neck. They're clipping guys on the chin like this, and they follow through and it looks like a slap. But this is not a slap. This, this is like a karate chop.

   20. RFRon Funches46:45

       Mm-hmm.

   21. JRJoe Rogan46:45

       They're- they're, like, going like that to the head and then they turn ... I mean, it's way harder. And then some guys are- are d- doing like a Bas Rutten palm strike. They're hitting like this. They're s- they're doing like a right hook to the head like that. It's brutal. Guys are getting knocked unconscious.

   22. RFRon Funches47:01

       I'd like to see it, but just with, like, older black moms.

   23. JRJoe Rogan47:05

       (laughs)

   24. RFRon Funches47:08

       (laughs) Oh.

   25. JRJoe Rogan47:10

       They used to be the dumbest thing ever. It was called like X-Arm, and they would tape these guys' arms together and let them have an MMA fight.

   26. RFRon Funches47:17

       What?

   27. JRJoe Rogan47:17

       It was an MMA fight/arm wrestling competition, and they were taped together. It sounds so stupid, you can't imagine that not only was it real, but that the guy who created it was one of the original creators of the UFC. Like, it's such a crazy idea.

   28. RFRon Funches47:32

       (laughs)

   29. JRJoe Rogan47:32

       They just went for it, man. Look, they taped these people together. Their arms are taped together. They can't even move away. And then when they say go, they start fighting.

   30. RFRon Funches47:41

       (laughs)
5. 1:00:00 – 1:09:43

   Mm-hmm. …

   1. JRJoe Rogan1:00:01

      I think it's really important to be around a lot of other people that are doing it really well too.

   2. RFRon Funches1:00:06

      Mm-hmm.

   3. JRJoe Rogan1:00:07

      You know, one of the, the things I really get outta LA is, on any given night, I can go to the store and watch someone murder, you know?

   4. RFRon Funches1:00:13

      Mm-hmm.

   5. JRJoe Rogan1:00:13

      Like, all the time. And, like, not on one person. Like six, seven, eight people killing in their own way. And you just, around that... You just get this, like, extra juice out of that place, man. You know? You get extra juice out of LA, out of the store, a lot of times at the Improv. It's like there's just... There's so many of us here. It's a crazy hive of comedians. If you really stop and think about it-

   6. RFRon Funches1:00:34

      Yeah.

   7. JRJoe Rogan1:00:34

      ... you know? I mean, between Diaz and Burr and, you know, uh, Segura's here. You know, you're here, D'Elia. I mean, it's just fucking... Every week that place is... Ma- Maron's here. It's like... Theo Vaughn's here. Just... It's chaos. Sebastian's here.

   8. RFRon Funches1:00:53

      Yeah.

   9. JRJoe Rogan1:00:53

      Like, holy shit.

   10. RFRon Funches1:00:55

       You might get a drop in from Chappelle, you know?

   11. JRJoe Rogan1:00:57

       All the time.

   12. RFRon Funches1:00:58

       Yeah.

   13. JRJoe Rogan1:00:58

       All the time. Yeah.I mean, it's one of the weirdest places ever in terms of, like, a hive of comedy. You know, we're so lucky to be in that hive, man, to be watching all this shit go down in 2019. You know, this is a epic time for standup.

   14. RFRon Funches1:01:14

       Yeah. That's the thing. A- And, you know, I don't like to bring it up all the time, but, like, when something like W- Brody's passing happens, I have to go like, "Oh, yeah, s- s- stop being so in the rat race and so competitive all the time and worried about what you're making." And realize that the true gift is the time that you get to spend with these truly unique minds.

   15. JRJoe Rogan1:01:35

       Yeah.

   16. RFRon Funches1:01:35

       You know, the people who don't think like me at all. People who ... Like you say, you ... I see jokes every day where I go, "Oh, fuck." Like, how, like-

   17. JRJoe Rogan1:01:44

       Yeah.

   18. RFRon Funches1:01:44

       ... that was in the air for anyone?

   19. JRJoe Rogan1:01:46

       (laughs) Yes, yes, yes. (claps hands) That's the weirdest feeling, right? When you're like, "Fuck, how did I miss that?" (slams table) "God dammit." Tony Hinchcliffe has a joke right now, I don't want to give it away, but, uh, it's, it's one of those where he s- he does it and I go, "God, how'd I miss that?"

   20. RFRon Funches1:02:02

       Mm-hmm. Yeah.

   21. JRJoe Rogan1:02:02

       So good.

   22. RFRon Funches1:02:02

       Santino's got this bit about candles that I'm like, "Ah, fuck."

   23. JRJoe Rogan1:02:06

       Santino, I worked with him all weekend. I was in Austin with him. He's great.

   24. RFRon Funches1:02:10

       Yeah.

   25. JRJoe Rogan1:02:11

       I love him. I took George Perez too.

   26. RFRon Funches1:02:12

       Hmm.

   27. JRJoe Rogan1:02:13

       George Perez, murdered-

   28. RFRon Funches1:02:14

       Hmm.

   29. JRJoe Rogan1:02:14

       ... murdered in Austin.

   30. RFRon Funches1:02:16

       Wow.

Episode duration: 2:16:28