Joe Rogan Experience #1384 - Ari Shaffir

1. 0:00 – 15:00

   ... doesn't matter, but…

   1. JRJoe Rogan0:00

      ... doesn't matter, but yeah.

   2. ASAri Shaffir0:02

      Sorry.

   3. JRJoe Rogan0:02

      (laughs) Well, that one never got repeated in podcast history.

   4. ASAri Shaffir0:05

      Well, we fucked that up.

   5. JRJoe Rogan0:06

      (laughs)

   6. ASAri Shaffir0:06

      We thought we were recording, we were saying how Bert is the only person we know who's both funny and a great promoter. Like, usually you get one or the other. You get someone who's really funny-

   7. JRJoe Rogan0:15

      Yeah.

   8. ASAri Shaffir0:15

      But we were talking about Bert's, uh, v... We thought, "Oh, this is being recorded."

   9. JRJoe Rogan0:18

      Oh, it would've been so much better if they got that natural thing.

   10. ASAri Shaffir0:20

       If the audio is being recorded the whole time. Oh.

   11. JRJoe Rogan0:21

       Just that video, so I can leave that in the MP3, everybody can download that beginning part. (laughs)

   12. ASAri Shaffir0:25

       Oh, okay. (laughs)

   13. JRJoe Rogan0:26

       All right. Give it to one of those cartoonists and make them make the video.

   14. ASAri Shaffir0:28

       I just fucked it up. Well, for everybody do... The audio, we're gonna stop now. We're gonna double repeat ourselves.

   15. JRJoe Rogan0:32

       (laughs)

   16. ASAri Shaffir0:33

       So, a bunch of people... Bert used to have a show called Bert... Hurt Bert, and that one disturbed me the most 'cause-

   17. JRJoe Rogan0:39

       I don't remember this one at all.

   18. ASAri Shaffir0:40

       Hurt Bert, he would do a bunch of stupid shit and get injured.

   19. JRJoe Rogan0:43

       But he's really getting hurt.

   20. ASAri Shaffir0:44

       (laughs) That's what... He's doing jujitsu with some kid, and some, uh, red belt kid who's with, uh, Hellson Gr... Oh, Rorion Gracie. Um-

   21. JRJoe Rogan0:52

       He really... That, that...

   22. ASAri Shaffir0:54

       Yeah.

   23. JRJoe Rogan0:54

       When he was that young, he really reminds me of that frat guy.

   24. ASAri Shaffir0:57

       Yeah.

   25. JRJoe Rogan0:57

       That he was. I can't really see it now, but this is him, like, four years removed from that. (laughs)

   26. ASAri Shaffir1:01

       This guy keeps arm barring him, he doesn't know what to do here. I think-

   27. JRJoe Rogan1:03

       (laughs) Kid is 108 pounds.

   28. ASAri Shaffir1:06

       I think part of it, he's also going along with it, enjoying-

   29. JRJoe Rogan1:09

       He's about to take the offensive. Fuck that.

   30. ASAri Shaffir1:11

       Wow.
2. 15:00 – 30:00

   They run the world.…

   1. JRJoe Rogan15:00

      run the fucking world at this point.

   2. ASAri Shaffir15:01

      They run the world. Well, Facebook-

   3. JRJoe Rogan15:02

      They are bigger than the government.

   4. ASAri Shaffir15:03

      Facebook's giant.

   5. JRJoe Rogan15:05

      Yeah.

   6. ASAri Shaffir15:05

      They're a giant.

   7. JRJoe Rogan15:05

      They're multi-natural, -national.

   8. ASAri Shaffir15:06

      Yeah.

   9. JRJoe Rogan15:06

      They'll go anywhere. They're bigger than the government.

   10. ASAri Shaffir15:08

       They're giant. You know what freaked me out? I saw Zuckerberg.

   11. JRJoe Rogan15:11

       They have more control over us than the government does.

   12. ASAri Shaffir15:12

       Zuckerberg on TV in China.

   13. JRJoe Rogan15:14

       Wow, yeah.

   14. ASAri Shaffir15:14

       Spea- I think he was speaking Mandarin. I was so impressed. I was like, "Look at this fucking guy. How smart is he?"

   15. JRJoe Rogan15:21

       Yeah. He went to the same school AOC went to.

   16. ASAri Shaffir15:23

       I mean, that's, that's beside the point.

   17. JRJoe Rogan15:26

       Yeah. Yeah. I, I, what's he doing there?

   18. ASAri Shaffir15:28

       Who are th- a lot of people went to that school, they can't do what he does.

   19. JRJoe Rogan15:30

       I know. (laughs) I know.

   20. ASAri Shaffir15:30

       Speaking Mandarin is, that's hard. You gotta, uh, if you're learning that as an adult-

   21. JRJoe Rogan15:35

       Yeah.

   22. ASAri Shaffir15:35

       ... holy shit. And he does it on a talk show and people are laughing. It's really funny, man. So he's on this show, and the guy's speaking to him, I, I think it's Mandarin.

   23. JRJoe Rogan15:44

       What? And he understands it?

   24. ASAri Shaffir15:46

       Some kind of Chinese. Yeah, not only does he understand it, he tells-

   25. JRJoe Rogan15:48

       That's just learning it.

   26. ASAri Shaffir15:48

       ... a story to the crowd and they're laughing. So he told a joke. He told a joke in Chinese.

   27. JRJoe Rogan15:54

       Did he know it already?

   28. ASAri Shaffir15:55

       He knew how to talk in Chinese.

   29. JRJoe Rogan15:57

       From college?

   30. ASAri Shaffir15:57

       He learned. No, I think, I think his-
3. 30:00 – 45:00

   Well, especially now with…

   1. JRJoe Rogan30:00

      fucking rebels.

   2. ASAri Shaffir30:00

      Well, especially now with the internet, I mean, you can become a legit national act with no one's help like Andrew, like Schulz is doing.

   3. JRJoe Rogan30:08

      Yeah, yeah.

   4. ASAri Shaffir30:09

      Dude, he is doing every-

   5. JRJoe Rogan30:10

      And Ross.

   6. ASAri Shaffir30:10

      ... thring, everything through YouTube. He's selling out theaters. He's murdering it.... you don't need anybody anymore.

   7. JRJoe Rogan30:16

      Yeah.

   8. ASAri Shaffir30:16

      So these fucking killers like him, all these assassins.

   9. JRJoe Rogan30:19

      He's turned a corner too. People talk about it, and like, not about draw, but just about like-

   10. ASAri Shaffir30:24

       His material.

   11. JRJoe Rogan30:24

       ... on stage, yeah.

   12. ASAri Shaffir30:25

       Yeah.

   13. JRJoe Rogan30:25

       Yeah.

   14. ASAri Shaffir30:25

       He's working at it. He's a funny fuck, man. He's a smart dude. But the thing is, like these guys, they're, they're blossoming now. There's a bunch of 'em, man.

   15. JRJoe Rogan30:32

       Mm-hmm.

   16. ASAri Shaffir30:32

       They're all over the place.

   17. JRJoe Rogan30:33

       Yeah.

   18. ASAri Shaffir30:34

       Yeah. There's a-

   19. JRJoe Rogan30:35

       It's pretty great.

   20. ASAri Shaffir30:35

       ... bunch of fucking assassins.

   21. JRJoe Rogan30:36

       It's a great time to be a comic.

   22. ASAri Shaffir30:37

       Hell yeah.

   23. JRJoe Rogan30:37

       It really is. It really is. And people get so worked up too, which is also fun.

   24. ASAri Shaffir30:41

       Hell yeah.

   25. JRJoe Rogan30:41

       It's just a fun time overall.

   26. ASAri Shaffir30:42

       People definitely get more mad than they ever have before. But they also get happier that you're willing to push the envelope too.

   27. JRJoe Rogan30:47

       Oh, yeah. 'Cause there's a little bit of danger again. We talked about this.

   28. ASAri Shaffir30:50

       Yeah.

   29. JRJoe Rogan30:50

       It's fucking dangerous again. It's great.

   30. ASAri Shaffir30:53

       Yeah. You said that to me on the phone once, and I'll never forget that. I was driving home and you're like, "I love it. Comedy's dangerous again." (laughs)
4. 45:00 – 1:00:00

   Yeah. …

   1. ASAri Shaffir45:00

   2. JRJoe Rogan45:00

      Yeah.

   3. ASAri Shaffir45:01

      Dude, I'm telling you, man. This fucking movie was great.

   4. JRJoe Rogan45:03

      Before HBO got it, yeah.

   5. ASAri Shaffir45:04

      It's so silly. Especially if you're high.

   6. JRJoe Rogan45:06

      (laughs)

   7. ASAri Shaffir45:06

      It's really funny. It's really fun. And I heard people tell me it's terrible. I'm like, "Dude, uh, don't talk to me." I fucking laughed entirely through this movie. It's, if you're-

   8. JRJoe Rogan45:15

      Wow.

   9. ASAri Shaffir45:15

      ... if you're a stoner, this is an outstanding movie.

   10. JRJoe Rogan45:18

       That's it?

   11. ASAri Shaffir45:18

       What is it called? Ali G Indahouse. It's from 2002. Dude, it's so good. It's a lost gem. It's one of those-

   12. JRJoe Rogan45:26

       Is that the dude from The Office?

   13. ASAri Shaffir45:29

       Um, I don't remember.

   14. JRJoe Rogan45:30

       The dude that was with him, the white guy?

   15. GUGuest45:32

       Pro- probably.

   16. JRJoe Rogan45:32

       Yeah, maybe.

   17. ASAri Shaffir45:34

       Is it... I don't remember.

   18. JRJoe Rogan45:35

       In the British Office. Yeah, I think it was, in Hitchhiker's Guide.

   19. ASAri Shaffir45:38

       Either way, it's-

   20. JRJoe Rogan45:39

       Yeah, Sam Aldard. (laughs)

   21. ASAri Shaffir45:40

       Fucking, it's fucking great. It's fucking great. It's really funny, man. Really funny.

   22. GUGuest45:50

       All right.

   23. JRJoe Rogan45:51

       (laughs)

   24. ASAri Shaffir45:51

       There's a dog licking his balls. This is ridiculous.

   25. JRJoe Rogan45:53

       Oh, this is fun. You ever see, um-

   26. ASAri Shaffir45:55

       Very good sh-

   27. JRJoe Rogan45:55

       ... Tom Green's shitty al- amazing movie?

   28. ASAri Shaffir45:58

       Yes. Yeah.

   29. JRJoe Rogan45:59

       Uh, Freddy Got Fingered?

   30. ASAri Shaffir45:59

       Yeah. Dude-
5. 1:00:00 – 1:00:46

   Workout rooms. …

   1. ASAri Shaffir1:00:00

      when I get the- the bug, when it feels like, "Hmm, this isn't there," I wanna ... You know, I was thinking about ... I- I actually talked about this with Malcolm Gladwell in the last podcast. I was talk- I was quoting Jeselnik. Jeselnik, he has a three-year process. He does it in the clubs, just around LA, develops an hour.

   2. JRJoe Rogan1:00:16

      Workout rooms.

   3. ASAri Shaffir1:00:16

      Then he takes it on the road for, in clubs, and then he takes in on the road the next year in theaters. So it's a three-year process. Like, that might be the way to go.

   4. JRJoe Rogan1:00:25

      Yeah, Louis had that with ... But not in the three-year, just like in the ... when he was doing them, like, you know-

   5. ASAri Shaffir1:00:29

      He was doing them one year.

   6. JRJoe Rogan1:00:30

      ... three months, four months, four months.

   7. ASAri Shaffir1:00:31

      Yeah, he was doing, he was doing a new special in a year.

   8. JRJoe Rogan1:00:35

      Yeah.

   9. ASAri Shaffir1:00:36

      Which I guess you could if that's all you did and you just really dug into it, but I think things need time to cook.

   10. JRJoe Rogan1:00:42

       Also, I find there's sometimes where it's like, I watch Attell a lot in New York.

Episode duration: 2:46:46