Joe Rogan Experience #1333 - Tom Papa

1. 0:00 – 15:00

   (squelching noises) You definitely shouldn't…

   1. JRJoe Rogan0:00

      (squelching noises) You definitely shouldn't make those noises to start off a podcast, Tom Papa. That (squelching noise) . What are you doing? You're freaking people out.

   2. TPTom Papa0:08

      It's-

   3. JRJoe Rogan0:08

      Do you know, what is it called?

   4. TPTom Papa0:09

      It's been-

   5. JRJoe Rogan0:09

      ASMR? Do you know what that is? Is that-

   6. TPTom Papa0:11

      Yeah, like when you, like go-

   7. JRJoe Rogan0:12

      People like certain sounds.

   8. TPTom Papa0:14

      Yeah.

   9. JRJoe Rogan0:14

      They find them soothing. (squelching noises) I don't think that's one of them.

   10. TPTom Papa0:17

       N- This is what I use to drive my kids crazy. I say, "It's mac and ch- it's a spoon in mac and cheese." (squelching noises) (laughs)

   11. JRJoe Rogan0:24

       Yeah. They're like, "Oh my God. I thought my dad was funny professionally."

   12. TPTom Papa0:27

       They're like, "Stop it." (laughs)

   13. JRJoe Rogan0:27

       "This is ridiculous." They probably think they're gonna starve to death.

   14. TPTom Papa0:30

       (laughs)

   15. JRJoe Rogan0:30

       Like, this is crazy.

   16. TPTom Papa0:32

       My younger-

   17. JRJoe Rogan0:33

       This isn't gonna work.

   18. TPTom Papa0:33

       My younger one, who's, like, comedian funny, this is her thing. (laughs) This is... She, so she doesn't care about parents or what we're doing or... She's just out for herself.

   19. JRJoe Rogan0:42

       (laughs)

   20. TPTom Papa0:42

       Whenever I make a joke in the (laughs) , around the house (laughs) , she, uh, that I think is funny, she just goes, "Ha, jokes." (laughs)

   21. JRJoe Rogan0:51

       How old is she? (laughs)

   22. TPTom Papa0:53

       14.

   23. JRJoe Rogan0:53

       That's hilarious.

   24. TPTom Papa0:55

       Yeah.

   25. JRJoe Rogan0:55

       Do you think she'll be a comic?

   26. TPTom Papa0:56

       Uh, she, yeah. She could be.

   27. JRJoe Rogan0:58

       Really? Wow. But don't-

   28. TPTom Papa0:58

       She definitely could be.

   29. JRJoe Rogan0:59

       But do you have a healthy household?

   30. TPTom Papa1:01

       It is healthy.
2. 15:00 – 30:00

   Oh, fucking totally. …

   1. TPTom Papa15:00

      all takes work.

   2. JRJoe Rogan15:01

      Oh, fucking totally.

   3. TPTom Papa15:01

      But, but I think that, uh, I think when you have... I mean, it could be so small too. It could be, like, one line that you added to an old joke that works.

   4. JRJoe Rogan15:10

      Mm-hmm.

   5. TPTom Papa15:10

      Oh, your whole night-

   6. JRJoe Rogan15:11

      Yep.

   7. TPTom Papa15:11

      ... is different.

   8. JRJoe Rogan15:12

      Yep. Yep.

   9. TPTom Papa15:12

      Your whole drive home is like, "Yes."

   10. JRJoe Rogan15:15

       Yep.

   11. TPTom Papa15:15

       Where if you don't try something and you just kinda go through it-

   12. JRJoe Rogan15:18

       Mm-hmm.

   13. TPTom Papa15:19

       ... eh, it's not as satisfying. So you constantly have to keep pushing because you need m- that more potent rush.

   14. JRJoe Rogan15:25

       But the other side of it is, if I have a set and everything's amazing except one new line that I tried that ate shit-

   15. TPTom Papa15:32

       (laughs)

   16. JRJoe Rogan15:33

       ... that one new line will haunt me for days.

   17. TPTom Papa15:37

       Yeah.

   18. JRJoe Rogan15:37

       Like, "Why did I say it that way? Oh."

   19. TPTom Papa15:39

       Yeah. Yeah.

   20. JRJoe Rogan15:41

       Idiot. It's like-

   21. TPTom Papa15:41

       I know.

   22. JRJoe Rogan15:42

       ... you're managing this weird thing, you know? Like, your act is this weird thing that you, you're producing and managing it and-

   23. TPTom Papa15:49

       Yeah. Oh, constantly.

   24. JRJoe Rogan15:50

       Constantly.

   25. TPTom Papa15:51

       Constantly in your head, constantly tweaking. Constantly trying to express, trying to, trying to have something that you think, "Oh, this is..." It's almost like the cockier you are... It's so rare when you feel like this is gonna be a great one-

   26. JRJoe Rogan16:05

       (sniffs)

   27. TPTom Papa16:05

       ... and you bring it up and it works. Like, it... You know what I mean? Like, it, it never matches (laughs) exp-

   28. JRJoe Rogan16:10

       Expectations? Yeah.

   29. TPTom Papa16:11

       But if you think, like, "Ah, maybe this will work," those are the, those I love 'cause they surprise you. It's like, "This is funnier than even I thought."

   30. JRJoe Rogan16:18

       Yes. Those are interesting, right?
3. 30:00 – 45:00

   I feel like Kung…

   1. JRJoe Rogan30:00

      LeBell, who, who, of course, was a... What's Gene LeBell's judo, uh, credentials? I know... I guarantee he was a national champion. I think he was a world champion. But he was, uh... Whatever he was, he's a fucking gorilla.

   2. TPTom Papa30:11

      I feel like Kung Fu was more popular earlier.

   3. JRJoe Rogan30:14

      Well, the UFC changed all that shit.

   4. JVJamie Vernon30:16

      Yeah.

   5. TPTom Papa30:16

      Ninth dan-

   6. JRJoe Rogan30:18

      Yeah.

   7. JVJamie Vernon30:18

      ... traditional judo.

   8. JRJoe Rogan30:19

      But what is his, uh, competition, uh, accomplishments?

   9. JVJamie Vernon30:23

      Uh-

   10. JRJoe Rogan30:23

       Blue belt?

   11. JVJamie Vernon30:24

       ... no. (laughs)

   12. JRJoe Rogan30:25

       (laughs)

   13. JVJamie Vernon30:27

       Yellow belt?

   14. JRJoe Rogan30:29

       He's ... But if that, that makes sense that they kinda based it on him, 'cause he really was a, a legendary stuntman as well.

   15. TPTom Papa30:35

       Wouldn't that be cool, though, if, if Tarantino had the inside scoop on that story? Maybe that-

   16. JRJoe Rogan30:40

       Yeah. But, um, T- Bruce Lee and him were friends. I guarantee you, like, that didn't go down like that.

   17. TPTom Papa30:45

       Right.

   18. JRJoe Rogan30:45

       They didn't have a fight.

   19. TPTom Papa30:46

       Right, right, right.

   20. JRJoe Rogan30:46

       And if they did have a fight, if s- ... Ugh, Jesus Christ.

   21. TPTom Papa30:49

       (laughs)

   22. JRJoe Rogan30:50

       I'm telling you- (laughs)

   23. TPTom Papa30:51

       (laughs)

   24. JRJoe Rogan30:51

       ... it would've been horrific.

   25. JVJamie Vernon30:52

       Yeah.

   26. JRJoe Rogan30:52

       That guy's a, a fucking gorilla.

   27. JVJamie Vernon30:55

       Yeah. Yeah.

   28. JRJoe Rogan30:55

       Judo people are different, man.

   29. JVJamie Vernon30:57

       Was-

   30. JRJoe Rogan30:57

       They have a different ... Their, their core-
4. 45:00 – 1:00:00

   Yeah. …

   1. JRJoe Rogan45:00

      take place inside a fence.

   2. TPTom Papa45:01

      Yeah.

   3. JRJoe Rogan45:02

      It's kind of sketch.

   4. TPTom Papa45:03

      Yeah, it's a little sketch.

   5. JRJoe Rogan45:04

      Yeah. But-

   6. TPTom Papa45:06

      A little meddlesome.

   7. JRJoe Rogan45:06

      It's troublesome, because they also have to hunt them, right? So wha- so one of the problems is, they will do these purges, where they fly over in helicopters with certain species.

   8. TPTom Papa45:17

      Uh-huh.

   9. JRJoe Rogan45:17

      And they just gun them down. And they leave-

   10. TPTom Papa45:19

       Right.

   11. JRJoe Rogan45:19

       ... them to rot.

   12. TPTom Papa45:20

       Why?

   13. JRJoe Rogan45:21

       Because they t- they have too many of them, they're devastating to the local flora-

   14. TPTom Papa45:25

       Uh-huh.

   15. JRJoe Rogan45:25

       ... all the, the different plants, and they'll just eat through everything.

   16. TPTom Papa45:28

       There's no predators, so it's just going-

   17. JRJoe Rogan45:29

       There's no predators.

   18. TPTom Papa45:30

       Right, right.

   19. JRJoe Rogan45:30

       They don't want to import wolves and start some crazy gang war.

   20. TPTom Papa45:33

       Eh, that sounds fun.

   21. JRJoe Rogan45:34

       Dude.

   22. TPTom Papa45:35

       (laughs)

   23. JRJoe Rogan45:35

       That is not-

   24. TPTom Papa45:35

       There's a coyote, uh, coyotes in my neighborhood are going nuts right now. They ripped apart a cat, three of them on one cat.

   25. JRJoe Rogan45:43

       Ooh.

   26. TPTom Papa45:43

       And somebody else lost one with, uh, two coyotes. They gang up together, and they go after these ...

   27. JRJoe Rogan45:49

       Cats-

   28. TPTom Papa45:49

       My cat is, uh, staying inside a lot these days.

   29. JRJoe Rogan45:51

       Cats have a terrible life in the, in, in the Hollywood area.

   30. TPTom Papa45:54

       Yeah, it's, it's-
5. 1:00:00 – 1:03:19

   He was, he was…

   1. TPTom Papa1:00:00

      I just love the picture of a young Fitzsimmons.

   2. JRJoe Rogan1:00:03

      He was, he was hilarious.

   3. TPTom Papa1:00:04

      (laughs) He was just being ... Yeah.

   4. JRJoe Rogan1:00:05

      He was such a smartass.

   5. TPTom Papa1:00:06

      Such a smartass.

   6. JRJoe Rogan1:00:07

      I've known Greg since we s- we literally started out, like, within a week of each other-

   7. TPTom Papa1:00:10

      Oh, really?

   8. JRJoe Rogan1:00:11

      ... doing open mic nights.

   9. TPTom Papa1:00:11

      Wow.

   10. JRJoe Rogan1:00:12

       Yeah. Yeah.

   11. TPTom Papa1:00:12

       I met him early in New York.

   12. JRJoe Rogan1:00:14

       Dude, we did so many shitty gigs together.

   13. TPTom Papa1:00:16

       He was, he was, uh ... He was, he was mean.

   14. JRJoe Rogan1:00:21

       What?

   15. TPTom Papa1:00:22

       (laughs)

   16. JRJoe Rogan1:00:22

       Greg?

   17. TPTom Papa1:00:23

       Yes.

   18. JRJoe Rogan1:00:23

       Was he? Come on.

   19. TPTom Papa1:00:24

       Oh, G- Greg is cutting. Greg-

   20. JRJoe Rogan1:00:25

       Oh.

   21. TPTom Papa1:00:25

       I mean, I always got along with him great.

   22. JRJoe Rogan1:00:27

       He was really nice, but-

   23. TPTom Papa1:00:27

       But, no, but he had that ... You know, he had Fitzsimmons' attitude-

   24. JRJoe Rogan1:00:30

       Yes.

   25. TPTom Papa1:00:31

       ... where if he, if he locks it on you, you're toast. (laughs)

   26. JRJoe Rogan1:00:33

       Oh, yeah. If he thinks you suck.

   27. TPTom Papa1:00:34

       Yeah.

   28. JRJoe Rogan1:00:34

       Yeah. If he thinks you suck and you annoy him.

   29. TPTom Papa1:00:37

       Yeah.

   30. JRJoe Rogan1:00:37

       Especially if you an- if you're not, if you're cocky-

Episode duration: 3:22:47