Joe Rogan Experience #1334 - Fahim Anwar

1. 0:00 – 15:00

   (instrumental music plays) What's up, bro?…

   1. JRJoe Rogan0:00

      (instrumental music plays) What's up, bro?

   2. FAFahim Anwar0:01

      What's up, man? How are you?

   3. JRJoe Rogan0:02

      Good.

   4. FAFahim Anwar0:03

      Good to see you, outside the store.

   5. JRJoe Rogan0:04

      I know.

   6. FAFahim Anwar0:04

      Isn't it weird when you run into a comedian that you don't normally hang out with outside the store? Like, "Oh." I mean, I would recognize you, but sometimes you'll meet someone that you met at a meeting, and then it's like at a Ralph's.

   7. JRJoe Rogan0:13

      Ooh.

   8. FAFahim Anwar0:13

      And you can't place the context.

   9. JRJoe Rogan0:14

      That's bad, especially if it's like an executive and they really like you to remember them.

   10. FAFahim Anwar0:18

       Yeah. Are you good at faking it?

   11. JRJoe Rogan0:19

       Nope.

   12. FAFahim Anwar0:20

       (laughs)

   13. JRJoe Rogan0:20

       Terrible.

   14. FAFahim Anwar0:21

       What's your tell?

   15. JRJoe Rogan0:22

       I just say, " I don't know. I'm sorry."

   16. FAFahim Anwar0:24

       Mm-hmm.

   17. JRJoe Rogan0:24

       I say, "I'm sorry."

   18. FAFahim Anwar0:25

       Do you do this thing where you go, "It's good seeing you," instead of-

   19. JRJoe Rogan0:28

       Nope.

   20. FAFahim Anwar0:28

       ... "Nice meeting you"?

   21. JRJoe Rogan0:29

       Nope. I've done, "Nice meeting you," and they've go... We've met five times.

   22. FAFahim Anwar0:32

       Mm-hmm.

   23. JRJoe Rogan0:32

       And I go, "Oh, shit."

   24. FAFahim Anwar0:33

       I don't think people understand the volume of people that comedians, especially at your level, like, come across every day.

   25. JRJoe Rogan0:39

       Yeah.

   26. FAFahim Anwar0:39

       Like, how many shows we do. People coming, coming up to you afterwards and being like, "Oh, great set. Blah, blah, blah." And how many meetings in general.

   27. JRJoe Rogan0:45

       Are you aware of, uh, Dunbar's number?

   28. FAFahim Anwar0:48

       Oh, is that like how many number of people you-

   29. JRJoe Rogan0:49

       Yeah.

   30. FAFahim Anwar0:49

       It's like 100 or something you can keep in your head?
2. 15:00 – 30:00

   I think people- …

   1. JRJoe Rogan15:01

      nutrition and really affected my life in a very positive way."

   2. FAFahim Anwar15:05

      I think people-

   3. JRJoe Rogan15:06

      I feel like he's a little south, maybe Maryland.

   4. FAFahim Anwar15:08

      Uh-huh.

   5. JRJoe Rogan15:08

      Maybe somewhere outskirts of Baltimore.

   6. FAFahim Anwar15:10

      People don't know you have that gear, or you forget. Like, you do voices really well.

   7. JRJoe Rogan15:13

      I don't have that many, though. I can only do a few.

   8. FAFahim Anwar15:16

      I think... Are you the type, though, where, if you're doing a bit and you need this person to talk or whatever, you'll, you'll figure it out?

   9. JRJoe Rogan15:21

      Yeah. I can get a few.

   10. FAFahim Anwar15:22

       Yeah.

   11. JRJoe Rogan15:22

       There's a few voices I can get out. Yeah.

   12. FAFahim Anwar15:25

       Yeah, 'cause you're Alex Jones and, like, you got it built.

   13. JRJoe Rogan15:27

       But I know Alex so well.

   14. FAFahim Anwar15:29

       Uh-huh.

   15. JRJoe Rogan15:29

       I've known Alex for, like, more than 20 years, so it's like-

   16. FAFahim Anwar15:31

       So that's just easy.

   17. JRJoe Rogan15:32

       Yeah. I've d- I've hung out with that guy. We've been hammered together so many times. It's like it's... That is the most misunderstood guy on the planet. He just needs somebody next to him.

   18. FAFahim Anwar15:41

       (laughs)

   19. JRJoe Rogan15:41

       That's what he... He needs someone to go, "Alex, let's slow down. Like, you, you're m- you were, you had a real good point there, but..." (laughs)

   20. FAFahim Anwar15:46

       Yeah. Or he's, he's need a manager who's always with him.

   21. JRJoe Rogan15:48

       Yeah. He even agreed with me. We talked about it. I said, "You just need, like, a rational journalist who's next to you to, like, st-..." He goes, "You're right. You're right. You're right. I do need that." And I, I go, "Just, you need someone who just balances it out."

   22. FAFahim Anwar16:01

       Even Keith.

   23. JRJoe Rogan16:01

       Look, he was right about all this Jeffrey Epstein shit. That is a fucking fact. Alex Jones called this years ago. Years ago. He was saying that they take a lot of famous people to this island, and they have all these young girls that this guy hooks them up with. He was talking about this years ago. Now it is mainstream news.

   24. JVJamie Vernon16:22

       And those human hybrid-

   25. JRJoe Rogan16:23

       Yes.

   26. JVJamie Vernon16:24

       ... experiments going on?

   27. JRJoe Rogan16:25

       Yes. Yes.

   28. JVJamie Vernon16:25

       (laughs) Which sounds like a complete joke when he said it.

   29. JRJoe Rogan16:27

       When he brought it up, we were like, "What?"

   30. FAFahim Anwar16:28

       (laughs)
3. 30:00 – 45:00

   Does this guy ever…

   1. JRJoe Rogan30:00

   2. FAFahim Anwar30:00

      Does this guy ever shut off CBS? (laughs)

   3. JRJoe Rogan30:02

      No. (laughs)

   4. FAFahim Anwar30:02

      Just keep it on the whole time.

   5. JRJoe Rogan30:04

      I tried FOX-

   6. FAFahim Anwar30:05

      (laughs)

   7. JRJoe Rogan30:05

      ... but they're too hostile.

   8. FAFahim Anwar30:07

      Did you know that your TV has other channels, sir?

   9. JRJoe Rogan30:09

      No. What? (laughs)

   10. FAFahim Anwar30:10

       Yeah, there's other channels, other programming you can watch.

   11. JRJoe Rogan30:11

       Well, when they took Bill O'Reilly off the air, I said, "CBS is my channel."

   12. FAFahim Anwar30:16

       Uh-huh.

   13. JRJoe Rogan30:16

       That's my channel now.

   14. FAFahim Anwar30:17

       Yeah.You ever been in a, like, an audition, and it's terrible, but everyone goes through the audi- the, the motions where everyone's just, like, cracking up like it's-

   15. JRJoe Rogan30:25

       Oh, like it's nonsense.

   16. FAFahim Anwar30:26

       ... The Greatest Show on Earth?

   17. JRJoe Rogan30:27

       Yeah. Ugh.

   18. FAFahim Anwar30:27

       Like it's Def Jam. Like, 'cause the writers and the directors are in the room, and it's like ...

   19. JRJoe Rogan30:30

       Ugh, they fake laugh-

   20. FAFahim Anwar30:32

       And they're-

   21. JRJoe Rogan30:32

       ... to get everybody excited.

   22. FAFahim Anwar30:33

       Yeah, they have to, 'cause I think they need this rocket fuel-

   23. JRJoe Rogan30:36

       Yeah.

   24. FAFahim Anwar30:36

       ... to get this project off the ground.

   25. JRJoe Rogan30:37

       Yes.

   26. FAFahim Anwar30:37

       And they need to give the writer confidence. They have to give the director confidence.

   27. JRJoe Rogan30:40

       Yeah.

   28. FAFahim Anwar30:40

       They have to give the studio people confidence that it's all good.

   29. JRJoe Rogan30:42

       It's a fake m- moment, the fake laugh. It's gross. And the thing is, though, like ... (laughs)

   30. FAFahim Anwar30:48

       It's also, not only is it gross, though, but it's the 30th time. They're, they're just-
4. 45:00 – 1:00:00

   (laughs) Like, if there's…

   1. FAFahim Anwar45:01

   2. JRJoe Rogan45:01

      (laughs) Like, if there's one guy that was, like, a super dick to you-

   3. FAFahim Anwar45:03

      Yeah.

   4. JRJoe Rogan45:03

      ... and you're like, "Let me tell you something, Joe."

   5. FAFahim Anwar45:06

      Yeah.

   6. JRJoe Rogan45:06

      (laughs) There's a fucking guy. You know, it's... We're all comics, man. Just like when you go to a jujitsu school, you take a class or two classes, you're a fucking martial artist. You know, you might suck-

   7. FAFahim Anwar45:17

      Yeah.

   8. JRJoe Rogan45:17

      ... but you're a martial artist. If you're- you're up there on that goddamn stage, you're a comic. In- in my eyes, you're just like me. I'm just... I've been doing it for 30 years and you've been doing it for, you know, less.

   9. FAFahim Anwar45:28

      17, 18.

   10. JRJoe Rogan45:28

       Yeah.

   11. FAFahim Anwar45:29

       Yeah.

   12. JRJoe Rogan45:29

       Yeah. That's what it is. That's- that's the only difference, just the time in. And if you get 30 years down and what you get out of those 30 years is that you're better than everybody and that you can act like you're better than everybody-

   13. FAFahim Anwar45:40

       (sighs) Yeah.

   14. JRJoe Rogan45:41

       ... and you're aloof and you're dismissive, you've missed everything.

   15. FAFahim Anwar45:44

       Yeah. I think-

   16. JRJoe Rogan45:44

       The beauty... Like, when I come to this store-

   17. FAFahim Anwar45:46

       Yeah.

   18. JRJoe Rogan45:47

       ... I like that I get hugs.

   19. FAFahim Anwar45:48

       Yeah. Yeah.

   20. JRJoe Rogan45:50

       It's always hugs.

   21. FAFahim Anwar45:50

       I was surprised 'cause when you first- first started coming back, like, uh, I would just think, like, I'd be on the wall or whatever, but you're like, "Yo, what's up? What's up, Faheem?" And, like, give me a hug. You know ?

   22. JRJoe Rogan45:58

       (laughs)

   23. FAFahim Anwar45:58

       And, like, we haven't really, like, talked a ton, but that, something as little as that goes so far.

   24. JRJoe Rogan46:05

       Well, that's nice. Yeah. I- it... I hope it does go far. I want- I want comics to feel good about the community that we have.

   25. FAFahim Anwar46:13

       Yeah. And I remember, 'cause when I got passed at the store, it was the dark ages. Like, I know the store has had various dark ages. Bobby talks about, like, the '90s and stuff. But you were at the Icehouse, so, like, you weren't even really part of the story. You were still just, like, going there a lot.

   26. JRJoe Rogan46:27

       Yeah.

   27. FAFahim Anwar46:27

       Yeah.

   28. JRJoe Rogan46:28

       Yeah.

   29. FAFahim Anwar46:28

       So, it was very cool for you to come back, and then Adam take over, and then it just kind of evolved into what it is now.

   30. JRJoe Rogan46:34

       It's crazy, man.
5. 1:00:00 – 1:01:15

   Yeah. Especially if it's…

   1. JRJoe Rogan1:00:00

      It's just that-

   2. FAFahim Anwar1:00:01

      Yeah. Especially if it's in progress.

   3. JRJoe Rogan1:00:02

      The way it was handled was very poor. The way it was handled was like you should be happy that we're putting it online. It was not good. I'll, I'll tell you all about it later.

   4. FAFahim Anwar1:00:09

      Oh. Okay.

   5. JRJoe Rogan1:00:09

      But it's just... There's plenty of room at the Improv and The Store.

   6. FAFahim Anwar1:00:13

      Yeah.

   7. JRJoe Rogan1:00:13

      I don't need to go there.

   8. FAFahim Anwar1:00:14

      Yeah. Yeah.

   9. JRJoe Rogan1:00:14

      I don't wish it... Well, I mean-

   10. FAFahim Anwar1:00:15

       Yeah, no, yeah.

   11. JRJoe Rogan1:00:16

       I hope it does well. It's a great club. It's fun to work at.

   12. FAFahim Anwar1:00:17

       Sure.

   13. JRJoe Rogan1:00:18

       You know.

   14. FAFahim Anwar1:00:19

       I know what you mean though. It's like I, I'm in Tarzana now and like someone will be like, "Hey, do you wanna do this show?"... in Irvine, and that's just like saying my show's on Mars. Can you come-

   15. JRJoe Rogan1:00:28

       Irvine at eight o'clock? You might as well leave your house yesterday.

   16. FAFahim Anwar1:00:32

       (laughs)

   17. JVJamie Vernon1:00:32

       Yeah. Like, "Burr, can you chopper me to-" (laughs)

   18. JRJoe Rogan1:00:34

       Yeah.

   19. FAFahim Anwar1:00:35

       ... to- to Irvine?"

   20. JRJoe Rogan1:00:35

       Have you been in a chopper with Burr?

   21. FAFahim Anwar1:00:36

       No.

   22. JRJoe Rogan1:00:37

       You gotta go.

   23. FAFahim Anwar1:00:37

       But when I was working at Boeing, I had a coworker who was learning, uh... No. Well, he- he had his hours up and everything, so he fly- he flew choppers, and during our lunch break, he's like, "Do you wanna go in the chopper?"

   24. JRJoe Rogan1:00:47

       Jesus.

   25. FAFahim Anwar1:00:47

       I was like, "Sure." So then, he's like, "Let's take the doors off."

   26. JRJoe Rogan1:00:50

       What?

   27. FAFahim Anwar1:00:51

       Yeah. Took-

   28. JRJoe Rogan1:00:51

       Oh, this guy's trying to kill you.

   29. FAFahim Anwar1:00:52

       Took- No, but like, it was fine.

   30. JRJoe Rogan1:00:54

       He didn't like you.

Episode duration: 2:43:13