Joe Rogan Experience #1424 - Tom Papa

1. 0:00 – 15:00

   Tommy Papa. …

   1. JRJoe Rogan0:03

      Tommy Papa.

   2. TPTom Papa0:04

      Joey.

   3. JRJoe Rogan0:05

      What's going on, buddy? You looking at that, uh, tarantula hawk?

   4. TPTom Papa0:08

      Yeah.

   5. JRJoe Rogan0:08

      Look at the size of that sucker, huh?

   6. TPTom Papa0:10

      I know. I f- I found one of those in my tub once.

   7. JRJoe Rogan0:11

      That's straight from Maynard's farm. Maynard from, uh, Tool.

   8. TPTom Papa0:15

      Uh-huh.

   9. JRJoe Rogan0:15

      Yeah, he sent me that.

   10. TPTom Papa0:16

       Oh, wow.

   11. JRJoe Rogan0:17

       He found that fucking thing.

   12. TPTom Papa0:19

       (laughs) Jesus.

   13. JRJoe Rogan0:20

       Yeah. He was explaining it to me and then he sent me one 'cause he's, uh-

   14. TPTom Papa0:24

       (laughs)

   15. JRJoe Rogan0:24

       ... that's how he rolls.

   16. TPTom Papa0:24

       That's how he rolls. (laughs)

   17. JRJoe Rogan0:27

       (laughs) Bro.

   18. TPTom Papa0:27

       They're the coolest.

   19. JRJoe Rogan0:28

       You brought bread. You know I'm on this all meat diet.

   20. TPTom Papa0:30

       I know.

   21. JRJoe Rogan0:30

       You decided to bring bread to fuck with me, man.

   22. TPTom Papa0:31

       But you have a family.

   23. JRJoe Rogan0:33

       Oh.

   24. TPTom Papa0:33

       You have a family.

   25. JRJoe Rogan0:34

       No, I, I ... I'll, I'll deviate a little bit. I'll deviate.

   26. TPTom Papa0:36

       You might wanna take a look at it later. It's a little wrinkly.

   27. JRJoe Rogan0:38

       I deviated over this weekend.

   28. TPTom Papa0:40

       You did?

   29. JRJoe Rogan0:40

       I went to ... Yeah. I went to Disneyland and, uh, I had ice cream.

   30. TPTom Papa0:44

       Oh, boy.
2. 15:00 – 30:00

   Oklahoma, Texas, a lot…

   1. TPTom Papa15:00

      of the country were the Comanche? Is that-

   2. JRJoe Rogan15:01

      Oklahoma, Texas, a lot of sections of the West.

   3. TPTom Papa15:05

      Okay.

   4. JRJoe Rogan15:05

      They, th- they ran things.

   5. TPTom Papa15:06

      Yeah.

   6. JRJoe Rogan15:07

      And they were ac-

   7. TPTom Papa15:08

      Thousands?

   8. JRJoe Rogan15:08

      Yeah. There was, uh, they were incredibly nomadic. They rode horses. They were fantastic with horses. Um, they, they had the most horses.

   9. TPTom Papa15:16

      Right.

   10. JRJoe Rogan15:16

       Which is one of the reasons why they were the most powerful tribe.

   11. TPTom Papa15:18

       Mm-hmm.

   12. JRJoe Rogan15:19

       And they, all they ate was meat. They would eat buffalo.

   13. TPTom Papa15:22

       Right.

   14. JRJoe Rogan15:23

       Bu- mostly. And, you know, occasionally berries and stuff like that. But mostly their diet consisted of buffalo.

   15. TPTom Papa15:27

       Ah.

   16. JRJoe Rogan15:27

       So they would follow the buffalo and then kill all the other Native Americans they encountered.

   17. TPTom Papa15:32

       Oh, really?

   18. JRJoe Rogan15:32

       Kill all the settlers they encountered. Oh, they were ruthless.

   19. TPTom Papa15:35

       Geez.

   20. JRJoe Rogan15:36

       Yeah.

   21. TPTom Papa15:36

       So the other Native Americans-

   22. JRJoe Rogan15:38

       But the torture, the torture is insane.

   23. TPTom Papa15:39

       Aye yee.

   24. JRJoe Rogan15:40

       Cutting people's arms and legs off and throwing them on a fire while they're still alive, shit like that.

   25. TPTom Papa15:44

       Geez. So they enjoyed it?

   26. JRJoe Rogan15:46

       Yeah. I mean, in this, uh, book that I read, um, Empire of the Summer Moon, is all about the Comanches. This guy, S.G. Gwynn was in here and he kind of explained how he found out about it when he moved to Texas. And he moved to Texas and started d- delving into the history of the Comanches and the war-

   27. TPTom Papa16:02

       Right.

   28. JRJoe Rogan16:02

       ... that the Texas Rangers... The Texas Rangers, the original Texas Rangers were created to combat the Comanches.

   29. TPTom Papa16:08

       Oh, yeah.

   30. JRJoe Rogan16:08

       They were these super badass soldiers that dressed like Indians.
3. 30:00 – 45:00

   Mm-hmm. …

   1. JRJoe Rogan30:00

      wellness, right? What's mental wellness? Maintaining a beautiful state of mind, a peaceful, relaxed, calm, thankful, filled with gratitude, uh, loved, happy. That's healthy, right?

   2. TPTom Papa30:13

      Mm-hmm.

   3. JRJoe Rogan30:14

      Everyone experiences some mental illness, just like everyone experiences some physical illness.

   4. TPTom Papa30:18

      Uh-huh.

   5. JRJoe Rogan30:18

      But it's a matter of whether or not it becomes chronic and prolonged, and what it does to you and the people around you. And some people have it way worse.

   6. TPTom Papa30:27

      Yeah.

   7. JRJoe Rogan30:27

      Just like some people have way worse physical health, right?

   8. TPTom Papa30:30

      Yeah.

   9. JRJoe Rogan30:31

      Some people have way worse mental health. In some people, it deteriorates.

   10. TPTom Papa30:34

       And sometimes you could be, like, on the right track, and some stuff happens to you, and within six months, you're in trouble. (laughs)

   11. JRJoe Rogan30:42

       That can h- yeah.

   12. TPTom Papa30:42

       You know what I mean? It's a b- it's a, it's a tricky situation-

   13. JRJoe Rogan30:46

       Yeah.

   14. TPTom Papa30:46

       ... to kinda maintain.

   15. JRJoe Rogan30:48

       We're a lot more fragile than we like to pretend we are.

   16. TPTom Papa30:50

       Yeah.

   17. JRJoe Rogan30:51

       It's one of the beautiful things about being a comic is that we have a real community.

   18. TPTom Papa30:55

       Uh-huh.

   19. JRJoe Rogan30:55

       You know, I mean, we have a really beautiful supportive community of like-minded weirdos.

   20. TPTom Papa31:00

       It's r- (laughs) it's really true.

   21. JRJoe Rogan31:02

       (laughs) Right? You know?

   22. TPTom Papa31:02

       It really is true. I know.

   23. JRJoe Rogan31:04

       Like, is there a place that other people-

   24. TPTom Papa31:06

       (laughs)

   25. JRJoe Rogan31:06

       ... get to go to that we get to go to, like the store?

   26. TPTom Papa31:08

       Yeah.

   27. JRJoe Rogan31:08

       Where everybody's hugging everybody, everybody sees everybody.

   28. TPTom Papa31:11

       I know.

   29. JRJoe Rogan31:11

       So friendly.

   30. TPTom Papa31:12

       I was thinking about that. I was, I was at, uh, I was leaving, and everybody... Every time you leave a club, whether it's the Store or the Cellar in New York, uh, everyone's always asking, "Are you gonna be here tomorrow? You gonna be around? Where you going? Are you gonna be..." Like, everyone cares about... They wanna see you again, and they wanna know if you're coming back. (laughs) And I was like, "That's such a wonderful thing."
4. 45:00 – 1:00:00

   Ah. …

   1. JRJoe Rogan45:00

      one, you clearly see bugs. Clearly, you see a bug, you see a bug.

   2. TPTom Papa45:04

      Ah.

   3. JRJoe Rogan45:04

      A very easily defined bug. In the other one-

   4. TPTom Papa45:07

      Yeah.

   5. JRJoe Rogan45:07

      ... that's low resolution and doesn't capture as many frames per second, all those images are stretched out and it looks like tubes.

   6. TPTom Papa45:14

      Ah.

   7. JRJoe Rogan45:14

      So-

   8. TPTom Papa45:14

      Just a-

   9. JRJoe Rogan45:14

      ... in the exact same place at the exact-

   10. TPTom Papa45:19

       Right.

   11. JRJoe Rogan45:19

       ... same time, with two cameras right next to each other-

   12. TPTom Papa45:20

       Right.

   13. JRJoe Rogan45:20

       ... you get two very different images. One of them is all stretched out from the low resolution camera-

   14. TPTom Papa45:25

       Right.

   15. JRJoe Rogan45:25

       ... like your security camera.

   16. TPTom Papa45:27

       Uh-huh.

   17. JRJoe Rogan45:28

       The other one is high resolution and you can see it's clearly a bug. I guarantee you 1,000,000% that is a fucking bug.

   18. TPTom Papa45:34

       All right, I'll buy that one.

   19. JRJoe Rogan45:36

       See if you can find that, Jamie.

   20. TPTom Papa45:37

       I'm convinced. But that other one.

   21. JRJoe Rogan45:39

       L- You're-

   22. NANarrator45:40

       Mom, look in the ambient for me.

   23. JRJoe Rogan45:40

       You're a ghost lover, bro.

   24. TPTom Papa45:42

       (laughs) I am a ghost lover.

   25. JRJoe Rogan45:43

       (laughs)

   26. TPTom Papa45:44

       I love all of it. I love being in a spooky old house, a nice old church-

   27. JRJoe Rogan45:47

       Mm.

   28. TPTom Papa45:48

       ... theaters.

   29. JRJoe Rogan45:49

       The Comedy Store Belly Room scares me sometimes.

   30. TPTom Papa45:51

       Yeah.
5. 1:00:00 – 1:06:49

   Mm-hmm. …

   1. JRJoe Rogan1:00:00

   2. TPTom Papa1:00:00

      Mm-hmm.

   3. JRJoe Rogan1:00:00

      ... maybe for a little bit.

   4. TPTom Papa1:00:02

      ... right.

   5. JRJoe Rogan1:00:03

      I did s- Hardball at CBS Radford, and then Sunset and Gower.

   6. TPTom Papa1:00:07

      Right.

   7. JRJoe Rogan1:00:07

      I remember looking at all those other shows, like real shows, like, (gasps) .

   8. TPTom Papa1:00:10

      Yeah.

   9. JRJoe Rogan1:00:11

      I wish I was on Friends, you know what I mean?

   10. TPTom Papa1:00:13

       I know. (laughs)

   11. JRJoe Rogan1:00:13

       Everybody has envy. It's funny-

   12. TPTom Papa1:00:14

       Always. You're on a t- network show and thinking,-

   13. JRJoe Rogan1:00:17

       (sighs) Dude.

   14. TPTom Papa1:00:17

       ... "Ugh, if only I could be over there." (laughs)

   15. JRJoe Rogan1:00:19

       And to this day, it's one of my fondest memories.

   16. TPTom Papa1:00:21

       Yeah.

   17. JRJoe Rogan1:00:21

       But there was, uh, a time I remember we were all sitting around the set and, uh, we, we kept getting moved. We got moved no less than nine times over the course of five years.

   18. TPTom Papa1:00:32

       Nine times?

   19. JRJoe Rogan1:00:33

       Yeah, we just kept getting mo- w- we... See, the thing is with shows back then, in particular,-

   20. TPTom Papa1:00:38

       Yeah.

   21. JRJoe Rogan1:00:38

       ... it, it all is about who owns the show.

   22. TPTom Papa1:00:41

       Mm-hmm.

   23. JRJoe Rogan1:00:41

       Okay? If NBC owns the show and, you know, then you're,-

   24. TPTom Papa1:00:45

       Yeah.

   25. JRJoe Rogan1:00:45

       ... you're golden. They're gonna put you in the great spot and, and hook you up and-

   26. TPTom Papa1:00:49

       Yeah, on their network. Right.

   27. JRJoe Rogan1:00:50

       Yeah. They're gonna put you, like, right after Friends or right after Seinfeld.

   28. TPTom Papa1:00:53

       Yeah.

   29. JRJoe Rogan1:00:53

       That was the sweet (smooch) mwah.

   30. TPTom Papa1:00:55

       Yeah.

Episode duration: 2:48:17