Joe Rogan Experience #1418 - Don Gavin

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

January 23, 2020

Duration

1h 14m

Channel

The Joe Rogan Experience

Watch on YouTube

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Don Gavin is a stand-up comedian and actor. His album "Don Gavin: Live with a Manhattan" will be available for the first time to stream on January 24.

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Joe Rogan

  host

• Don Gavin

  guest

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring Joe Rogan and Don Gavin, Joe Rogan Experience #1418 - Don Gavin explores Boston Comedy Legend Don Gavin Recounts Wild Origins Of Standup Boom Joe Rogan sits down with Boston comedy pioneer Don Gavin to revisit the birth, peak, and collapse of the 1980s Boston standup explosion. They detail the rough bar origins of clubs like the Ding Ho and Nick’s, the hyper-aggressive Boston style, and how a small, hard-partying group of comics created one of the strongest scenes in the country. Gavin shares war stories about drugs, IRS trouble, vicious club politics, road gigs, and why many Boston killers never became nationally famous. They close by discussing Gavin’s late-career push to finally release his standup album and embrace modern platforms and social media.

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