Joe Rogan Experience #1481 - Adam Eget

1. 0:00 – 1:06

   Lockdown cabin fever: Korean baseball, cardboard crowds, and staying sane

   1. JRJoe Rogan0:00

      Duh, duh, duh. (hand slaps) Adam motherfucking Egott.

   2. AEAdam Eget0:06

      (laughs)

   3. JRJoe Rogan0:06

      How are you, buddy?

   4. AEAdam Eget0:06

      How are you, brother?

   5. JRJoe Rogan0:07

      Good to see you, my friend.

   6. AEAdam Eget0:07

      Good to see you. Thanks for having me on.

   7. JRJoe Rogan0:09

      Please. I'm, I'm excited to see you.

   8. AEAdam Eget0:12

      Dude, I'm-

   9. JRJoe Rogan0:12

      It feels like a-

   10. AEAdam Eget0:12

       ... I, I haven't seen anybody.

   11. JRJoe Rogan0:14

       I know, it's like, uh, your long lost friend. Like-

   12. AEAdam Eget0:16

       It, it feels that way.

   13. JRJoe Rogan0:17

       Yeah.

   14. AEAdam Eget0:17

       But it also feels like you're literally, like, the only person I've seen. I haven't s-

   15. JRJoe Rogan0:22

       Oh, you haven't left the house?

   16. AEAdam Eget0:23

       Not much. I go out on daily walks, but-

   17. JRJoe Rogan0:26

       Oh, no.

   18. AEAdam Eget0:26

       ... and I don't really see anybody.

   19. JRJoe Rogan0:27

       That's not good for the mental health.

   20. AEAdam Eget0:28

       It's not good at all.

   21. JRJoe Rogan0:29

       How you feeling? You all right?

   22. AEAdam Eget0:30

       Yeah, I'm okay.

   23. JRJoe Rogan0:31

       Yeah?

   24. AEAdam Eget0:31

       I'm watching a lot of Korean baseball and, uh-

   25. JRJoe Rogan0:34

       (laughs) Why Korean baseball?

   26. AEAdam Eget0:36

       'Cause it's the only live sport available.

   27. JRJoe Rogan0:38

       Oh, they're playing in Korea already.

   28. AEAdam Eget0:39

       Oh, it's wild. There's stands. The s- you know, stadiums are empty, but they have, like, cardboard cutouts. They have-

   29. JRJoe Rogan0:44

       Oh, no, they don't.

   30. AEAdam Eget0:45

       ... cheerleaders with masks and, like, DJs.
2. 1:06 – 3:10

   From “Aliens” to Terminator: when strong female leads worked without fanfare

   1. JRJoe Rogan1:06

      'Cause have you ever seen what happens when they take old movies and then they port them over to, like, Blu-ray?

   2. AEAdam Eget1:11

      No.

   3. JRJoe Rogan1:12

      Oh. One of the best example is Aliens, the second-

   4. AEAdam Eget1:17

      That's my favorite action movie of all time.

   5. JRJoe Rogan1:19

      It's a great fucking movie.

   6. AEAdam Eget1:20

      Yeah.

   7. JRJoe Rogan1:20

      It's a great fucking movie. I don't think it's as good a horror movie as the original one.

   8. AEAdam Eget1:24

      No, it's not a horror movie.

   9. JRJoe Rogan1:25

      'Cause the first one's a horror movie.

   10. AEAdam Eget1:26

       Same with me. Yeah, yeah.

   11. JRJoe Rogan1:26

       Yeah, it's James Cameron. It's just fucking guns blazing. Ahh. Ta-ta-ta.

   12. AEAdam Eget1:29

       It doesn't stop.

   13. JRJoe Rogan1:30

       Never stops.

   14. AEAdam Eget1:31

       It's the most adrenaline fueled movie I've ever seen from beginning to end. It just keeps progressively getting more intense and more intense.

   15. JRJoe Rogan1:37

       And you know what's great about those movies? The hero is a woman, and no one gives a fuck-

   16. AEAdam Eget1:43

       Mm-hmm. Yeah.

   17. JRJoe Rogan1:43

       ... 'cause they're so good, there's no, there's no, like, "Oh yeah, it's a diverse movie."

   18. AEAdam Eget1:48

       Exactly.

   19. JRJoe Rogan1:48

       "It's amazing for women."

   20. AEAdam Eget1:50

       It's not Captain Marvel.

   21. JRJoe Rogan1:50

       "It's a big moment for wo-" No.

   22. AEAdam Eget1:52

       Yeah.

   23. JRJoe Rogan1:52

       No, it's just Sigourney Weaver being a fucking badass fighting the most evil monster movies have ever created.

   24. AEAdam Eget2:00

       (laughs) Yep.

   25. JRJoe Rogan2:01

       Fuck yeah.

   26. AEAdam Eget2:02

       That's the best.

   27. JRJoe Rogan2:03

       You know? Yeah, but I love-

   28. AEAdam Eget2:04

       I love it.

   29. JRJoe Rogan2:05

       ... I love that kind of, like, gender equality when it's just equal-

   30. AEAdam Eget2:09

       Yeah.
3. 3:10 – 5:15

   We’re approaching sci‑fi reality: bionic eyes and Black Mirror catching up

   1. JRJoe Rogan3:10

      Well, she became more fierce, right? She adapted to the world of the Terminators, which doesn't seem that far off from where we're at right now.

   2. AEAdam Eget3:18

      Not at all.

   3. JRJoe Rogan3:18

      We're like closing in on Terminator time.

   4. AEAdam Eget3:20

      Oh, definitely.

   5. JRJoe Rogan3:21

      Dude, there's a working, uh, article I was reading today about a bionic eye that will be available in five years that will be superior to a biological eye.

   6. AEAdam Eget3:30

      That's insane.

   7. JRJoe Rogan3:31

      Insane. Within five years. And I was gonna send it to Michael Bisping.

   8. AEAdam Eget3:36

      Yeah, that's like, how do they even make-

   9. JRJoe Rogan3:38

      I'm gonna send it to him.

   10. AEAdam Eget3:38

       How do they even make Black Mirror anymore? It's, we're already surpassed it.

   11. JRJoe Rogan3:41

       It's, that's what the Black Mirror guy said.

   12. AEAdam Eget3:43

       Yeah.

   13. JRJoe Rogan3:43

       He's like, "I'm not even doing the season."

   14. AEAdam Eget3:44

       No, it's, yeah.

   15. JRJoe Rogan3:44

       "I can't do it. The world's too absurd."

   16. AEAdam Eget3:46

       Yeah.

   17. JRJoe Rogan3:47

       But, uh, my friend Michael Bisping-

   18. AEAdam Eget3:48

       Wait, what was his-

   19. JRJoe Rogan3:48

       ... he's a former UFC middleweight champion.

   20. AEAdam Eget3:50

       Yeah, he's from, like, Manchester or something, right?

   21. JRJoe Rogan3:52

       Yes, exactly.

   22. AEAdam Eget3:52

       Okay.

   23. JRJoe Rogan3:53

       His, his one eye is like super fucked up. He's had several detached retinas to the point where it's basically blind. He, he barely can see anything out of one eye.

   24. AEAdam Eget4:02

       From fighting?

   25. JRJoe Rogan4:03

       Mm-hmm, from fighting. He's a beast.

   26. AEAdam Eget4:04

       Yeah.

   27. JRJoe Rogan4:04

       Bionic eye could offer perfect sight, night vision within five years. Motherfucker.

   28. AEAdam Eget4:10

       That's crazy.

   29. JRJoe Rogan4:11

       Th- this is how they're gonna get us, man. Between Elon Musk and these eyeball people-

   30. AEAdam Eget4:15

       (laughs)
4. 5:15 – 6:41

   HD ruins movie magic: Blu‑ray, matte paintings, and why remasters can backfire

   1. JRJoe Rogan5:15

      So anyway, um, I watched Aliens on Blu-ray.

   2. AEAdam Eget5:19

      Okay.

   3. JRJoe Rogan5:20

      And it's so terrible.

   4. AEAdam Eget5:22

      Why?

   5. JRJoe Rogan5:22

      Not the movie itself.

   6. AEAdam Eget5:23

      Yeah.

   7. JRJoe Rogan5:23

      But there's, there's one scene where the spaceship is in the, the foreground and in the background is supposed to be like, you know, some space type shit.

   8. AEAdam Eget5:32

      Sure.

   9. JRJoe Rogan5:33

      Right? It looks so bad-

   10. AEAdam Eget5:34

       Oh, high def.

   11. JRJoe Rogan5:34

       ... because it was just a painting.

   12. AEAdam Eget5:36

       Right, it's a matte painting.

   13. JRJoe Rogan5:37

       And, yeah, and because the way they were focusing you barely could see it. So it's fine in the film. When he was watching it in low def-

   14. AEAdam Eget5:44

       Yeah.

   15. JRJoe Rogan5:44

       ... on his monitor, he's like, "Perfect, looks great." But in high def it looks so fake.

   16. AEAdam Eget5:48

       That makes so much sense.

   17. JRJoe Rogan5:49

       Yeah.

   18. AEAdam Eget5:49

       They created in, in, you know, based on the technology available at the time and the way they shot it.

   19. JRJoe Rogan5:53

       Yeah, you shouldn't watch those movies enhanced.

   20. AEAdam Eget5:56

       No.

   21. JRJoe Rogan5:56

       They should just keep 'em at the original, the original resolution, how it was really shot as.

   22. AEAdam Eget5:59

       I agree.

   23. JRJoe Rogan5:59

       It's really kind of stupid to-

   24. AEAdam Eget6:01

       Yeah.

   25. JRJoe Rogan6:01

       ... to do that because there's stuff... They made decisions, man, back when special effects weren't the same thing. They made decisions.

   26. AEAdam Eget6:08

       Exactly.

   27. JRJoe Rogan6:08

       And they were good decisions.

   28. AEAdam Eget6:10

       Yeah, it's hard to watch some of those in high def. It really...

   29. JRJoe Rogan6:12

       Yeah, you're like ruining the movie.

   30. AEAdam Eget6:14

       It takes me out of the movie. Yeah, it takes you out of the whole thing.
5. 6:41 – 7:56

   Twilight Zone vs. Black Mirror: favorite episodes and tech-driven dread

   1. JRJoe Rogan6:41

      Twilight Zone's-

   2. AEAdam Eget6:42

      Twilight Zone's my favorite television show of all time. I've seen every episode at least five times.

   3. JRJoe Rogan6:47

      I would agree with you, and f- sp- uh, specifically because the fact that it came first, but I put b- I put Black Mirror in that league.

   4. AEAdam Eget6:56

      Black Mirror was so good.

   5. JRJoe Rogan6:58

      Black Mirror is so good. It's so good.

   6. AEAdam Eget6:58

      Do you have a favorite Black Mirror episode?

   7. JRJoe Rogan7:00

      Yes. The one that you and I watched when we were getting NAD'd. Uh, mm, the museum?

   8. NANarrator7:06

      Black Museum.

   9. JRJoe Rogan7:06

      Black Museum.

   10. AEAdam Eget7:07

       Oh, that was a fucking-

   11. JRJoe Rogan7:08

       God damn.

   12. AEAdam Eget7:08

       That was horrific. Terrifying.

   13. JRJoe Rogan7:10

       God damn, that was good. So good. That and Crocodile. Crocodile d-

   14. AEAdam Eget7:13

       Crocodile was very underrated.

   15. JRJoe Rogan7:15

       Very underrated.

   16. AEAdam Eget7:15

       That was a great one.

   17. JRJoe Rogan7:16

       Very terrifying.

   18. AEAdam Eget7:17

       Terrifying.

   19. JRJoe Rogan7:17

       'Cause you could see, like, a good person making these choices, and then these choices-

   20. AEAdam Eget7:21

       Yeah.

   21. JRJoe Rogan7:21

       ... accelerate to the point where-

   22. AEAdam Eget7:22

       She was great.

   23. JRJoe Rogan7:23

       ... whew!

   24. AEAdam Eget7:23

       Yeah.

   25. JRJoe Rogan7:24

       That's such a good show.

   26. AEAdam Eget7:25

       Yeah, that was a great one. I loved, I loved the Star Trek one. I know it was very popular-

   27. JRJoe Rogan7:29

       Oh, the Star Trek one was very good.

   28. AEAdam Eget7:30

       ... but that one was so well done.

   29. JRJoe Rogan7:31

       Very good, very good.

   30. AEAdam Eget7:32

       Yeah.
6. 7:56 – 9:50

   Politics as memes: out-of-context outrage, Trump clips, and viral edits

   1. JRJoe Rogan7:56

      He hardly even ... The problem is, he said outlandish shit over the course of X amount of years.

   2. AEAdam Eget8:02

      Mm-hmm.

   3. JRJoe Rogan8:03

      And if you, like, dissect it, it's like he's just spouting it out all day long.

   4. AEAdam Eget8:06

      (laughs)

   5. JRJoe Rogan8:06

      The way they do it is they take you out of context and then they change what you are, right? 'Cause if- if you're a guy like Trump who does say ridiculous shit sometimes, particularly before he was ever president, so-

   6. AEAdam Eget8:16

      Oh, yeah.

   7. JRJoe Rogan8:17

      But a lot of people do.

   8. AEAdam Eget8:18

      Mm-hmm.

   9. JRJoe Rogan8:18

      You know, it's f- it's called talking shit.

   10. AEAdam Eget8:20

       Yeah.

   11. JRJoe Rogan8:20

       And it's what a lot of people do it, right? But you can't do that if you ever plan on being president.

   12. AEAdam Eget8:24

       Yeah.

   13. JRJoe Rogan8:24

       But if you just take all of those talking shit moments and condense 'em together and go, "This is him!" You're like, "Oh my God, this is a monster."

   14. AEAdam Eget8:32

       (laughs)

   15. JRJoe Rogan8:32

       But nobody's like that all day. Like, people vacillate, they vary, and that's-

   16. AEAdam Eget8:36

       Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. There is someone... You know, sometimes the, the internet really does, does some great work, and, uh, yesterday I saw somebody splice together that great soundbite of him suggesting that they inject humans with, uh, with Clorox.

   17. JRJoe Rogan8:51

       (laughs) Like Lysol.

   18. AEAdam Eget8:52

       That whole ... Yeah, Lysol, or maybe ... I'm not a scientist, but maybe we do that. And then there's this great clip with Jim Downey and Billy Madison. I don't know if you remember that movie real well.

   19. JRJoe Rogan9:00

       Yes! I saw that really recently.

   20. AEAdam Eget9:01

       And so funny. So he's talking all this shit about, uh, "Maybe we can inject it into people. I'm not a scientist, but I don't know, maybe something there." And then it cuts to Jim Downey and he's like, he's like, "Nowhere in your incoherent ramblings have you said anything that makes any sort of sense."

   21. JRJoe Rogan9:17

       Yes. (laughs)

   22. AEAdam Eget9:17

       "I award you ... Like, everyone in this room is now infinitely dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points."

   23. JRJoe Rogan9:25

       (laughs)

   24. AEAdam Eget9:25

       "And may God have mercy on your soul." (laughs) It was well done.

   25. JRJoe Rogan9:29

       That's one of those beautiful videos that people will post up in a r- as a response to things, and it's just like, you can't say shit when someone says that.

   26. AEAdam Eget9:35

       Yeah. They had a great one with Hannah Gadsby cut with, like, a audience... I guess I shouldn't talk about that probably.

   27. JRJoe Rogan9:42

       Oh, I know what you're talking about.

   28. AEAdam Eget9:43

       With the ni- uh, the Apollo.

   29. JRJoe Rogan9:44

       Night at the Apollo.

   30. AEAdam Eget9:45

       Yeah, yeah.
7. 9:50 – 23:07

   Comedy Store revival story: Rogan’s return, Roast Battle, and Mitzi’s “trial by fire”

   1. AEAdam Eget9:50

      Ah, I missed The Comedy Store.

   2. JRJoe Rogan9:50

      The internet's undefeated. Yeah, man, I miss The Comedy Store too. F- for people don't know, like, "Who's this Adam guy?" You, you are the man who got me to come back to The Comedy Store. You came to the Improv-

   3. AEAdam Eget10:00

      I did, I did. I mean, I appreciate that, but-

   4. JRJoe Rogan10:01

      That's true. You came to the Improv-

   5. AEAdam Eget10:02

      ... it was my number one goal.

   6. JRJoe Rogan10:03

      There was two things that happened. The first one was you coming to the Improv and talking to me and explaining to me things are different and, and all the old people-

   7. AEAdam Eget10:12

      We know each other for a long time.

   8. JRJoe Rogan10:14

      Yeah. Yeah, but we knew each other from Tempe.

   9. AEAdam Eget10:16

      We knew each other from Tempe.

   10. JRJoe Rogan10:16

       Yeah. And, um, then the second thing that got me to do it was Ari, when Ari was having his special there.

   11. AEAdam Eget10:21

       Dude, that was the hardest I ever worked ... To get them to green light that special, it was so important to me, 'cause we love, we love Ari to death.

   12. JRJoe Rogan10:30

       Yeah. Ari is, to me ... I mean, I've known Ari since he was a doorman at The Comedy Store.

   13. AEAdam Eget10:35

       Yes.

   14. JRJoe Rogan10:36

       We became friends when he was a doorman. He was just starting out. And, um, to see him go from being a doorman to filming his special at The Comedy Store, I was like, "I have to be there. Even if I have to swallow my pride, I g- I have to be there." So he was filming on a Wednesday, so I went on Tuesday, just so it wouldn't shock my system and I could just appreciate his filming.

   15. AEAdam Eget10:58

       Nice.

   16. JRJoe Rogan10:59

       So I came down Tuesday and it was Roast Battle, and I was like, "Holy shit." And Jeff Ross gave me this crazy introduction at Roast Battle and, you know, that I was ... That was the first time I was at The Comedy Store in seven years and, you know. And then I was, I was seeing how creative everybody was. Like, the Roast Battle thing was so, so different.

   17. AEAdam Eget11:18

       Mm-hmm.

   18. JRJoe Rogan11:18

       Because it's obviously, like, jokes that these guys had to write about each other.

   19. AEAdam Eget11:23

       Yeah.

   20. JRJoe Rogan11:24

       So it's like it forces you into writing jokes. It- it takes away the ... The one thing that fucks most comedians is that they don't write. So when you're forced into a battle, like, you're gonna have to do battle next Tuesday with this girl, and this girl's vicious, like, you gotta come up with some mean shit to say about her-

   21. AEAdam Eget11:39

       (laughs)

   22. JRJoe Rogan11:39

       ... to make it really funny. And she's writing some mean shit about you.

   23. AEAdam Eget11:42

       Yeah, yeah, you already know that she's gonna have some shit for you.

   24. JRJoe Rogan11:44

       Dude, I ... It's not my style.

   25. AEAdam Eget11:46

       Yeah.

   26. JRJoe Rogan11:46

       I don't do comedy like that.

   27. AEAdam Eget11:47

       It's a different muscle.

   28. JRJoe Rogan11:48

       Yeah, it's a diff- it's a diff- just a different ... I'm too mean-

   29. AEAdam Eget11:50

       It's more mean.

   30. JRJoe Rogan11:50

       ... in real life.
8. 23:07 – 31:10

   Reopening debates and survival plans: why lockdown rules feel inconsistent

   1. JRJoe Rogan23:07

      Mm. It happens, bro. When do you think we'll be able to start up shows again?

   2. AEAdam Eget23:12

      I'm really hoping in July.

   3. JRJoe Rogan23:14

      Jesus Christ.

   4. AEAdam Eget23:14

      I feel like-

   5. JRJoe Rogan23:15

      July?

   6. AEAdam Eget23:15

      ... I know, but it's, but, but realistically, I think July. I- I-

   7. JRJoe Rogan23:20

      What would you think about opening up a comedy store in Austin, Texas?

   8. AEAdam Eget23:23

      I mean, that would do really well.

   9. JRJoe Rogan23:26

      I think it would do really well.

   10. AEAdam Eget23:27

       I think it really would.

   11. JRJoe Rogan23:28

       Yeah.

   12. AEAdam Eget23:28

       Uh, I love that town.

   13. JRJoe Rogan23:29

       The conversations I've been having on the phone lately.

   14. AEAdam Eget23:32

       Ooh.

   15. JRJoe Rogan23:33

       I did Reconnaissance this weekend.

   16. AEAdam Eget23:34

       Did you?

   17. JRJoe Rogan23:34

       Flew to Texas, yeah.

   18. AEAdam Eget23:36

       Oh, shit.

   19. JRJoe Rogan23:36

       Yeah.

   20. AEAdam Eget23:37

       Um, do you know Charlie?

   21. JRJoe Rogan23:39

       (laughs)

   22. AEAdam Eget23:39

       Do you know the guy who runs... (laughs) Do you know Charlie, uh, the guy who runs, um, uh, South by Southwest Comedy Division?

   23. JRJoe Rogan23:46

       No.

   24. AEAdam Eget23:46

       He'd be a good guy to talk to, probably. Uh-

   25. JRJoe Rogan23:49

       Well, I would just talk to comedians.

   26. AEAdam Eget23:50

       That's great.

   27. JRJoe Rogan23:51

       Yeah, I mean, I don't need to talk to anybody but the comics. I just feel like, um, there's a l- lot of people in Austin. There's a m- a million people. They have two good comedy clubs right now. Cap City is a great room. And then they have the Velveeta Room, which I've never done, but I hear really good things about. And, uh, I don't know if they have anything else. How many... I think that's it for-

   28. AEAdam Eget24:12

       Every time... I've been in the South-

   29. JRJoe Rogan24:15

       But it's interesting actually.

   30. AEAdam Eget24:15

       ... West a couple different times for comedy week and it's just been insane.
9. 31:10 – 36:19

   Health as preparedness: sauna routines, vitamin D/zinc, and missing public guidance

   1. JRJoe Rogan31:10

      Yeah, dude, I've been ultra paying attention to my health while this is all going on. That's one thing that's helped a lot. Like, while this is going on, I-

   2. AEAdam Eget31:17

      You're almost paying attention to your health.

   3. JRJoe Rogan31:18

      ... you have a really... Like, I'm in the sauna every day, 25 minutes every day, no excuses.

   4. AEAdam Eget31:23

      (laughs) Fucking monster.

   5. JRJoe Rogan31:23

      Like, super regular workout routine, super regular with my vitamins, super regular with everything. Just being really on ball. 'Cause, uh, it made me, uh... You can't take your health for granted. And that's a simple statement that sorta just bounces around a room like a beach ball, doesn't mean anything.

   6. AEAdam Eget31:42

      This puts it in perspective.

   7. JRJoe Rogan31:43

      Yes. This puts it in perspective.

   8. AEAdam Eget31:45

      There's no doubt about it.

   9. JRJoe Rogan31:46

      And in the beginning, people were less cunty too, I don't know if you noticed.

   10. AEAdam Eget31:49

       Yeah.

   11. JRJoe Rogan31:50

       'Cause they were really worried they were gonna die.

   12. AEAdam Eget31:51

       Yeah.

   13. JRJoe Rogan31:51

       And so things meant something.

   14. AEAdam Eget31:53

       You know what it reminded me of?

   15. JRJoe Rogan31:54

       (laughs)

   16. AEAdam Eget31:54

       It was the, it was like the week after 9/11. Everyone was real friendly with each other.

   17. JRJoe Rogan31:59

       Yes, exactly.

   18. AEAdam Eget31:59

       Super neighborly.

   19. JRJoe Rogan32:01

       Exactly.

   20. AEAdam Eget32:01

       And now it's like, I go out in traffic, people are cutting each other off.

   21. JRJoe Rogan32:04

       But it's worse than 9/11 because after 9/11, people went back to normal. Now they're gonna go back from all this niceness, they're gonna go back to being a cunt, and there's no work.

   22. AEAdam Eget32:15

       Yeah.

   23. JRJoe Rogan32:16

       And then they're angry, you know. And you were saying something important earlier. You said we could fall into some sort of a class warfare type situation.

   24. AEAdam Eget32:24

       It's terrifying.

   25. JRJoe Rogan32:24

       Yeah, it is terrifying. And I don't, I don't think it had to be this way.

   26. AEAdam Eget32:28

       No.

   27. JRJoe Rogan32:28

       And I don't think it has to stay this way. And they're talking about not even opening up LA until July 4th, 4th of July weekend.

   28. AEAdam Eget32:33

       Mm-hmm.

   29. JRJoe Rogan32:34

       I'm like, "Hey, man, like why?" What's, what's... This is so arbitrary. And there's no talk whatsoever about strengthening your immune system. None.

   30. AEAdam Eget32:42

       Yeah, what the fuck? Like, the most important things are just falling by the wayside. Like, I don't understand that.
10. 36:19 – 54:45

    Comedy ecosystem under strain: limited spots, rising killers, and remembering Brody Stevens

    1. JRJoe Rogan36:19

       Yeah. That's a weird position, uh, th- as a talent coordinator for a comedy club where all the best comedians go to.

    2. AEAdam Eget36:27

       Yeah.

    3. JRJoe Rogan36:27

       So it's like everyone who's in town, whether it's Chappelle or Bill Burr or whoever, they're all there.

    4. AEAdam Eget36:32

       They're all there.

    5. JRJoe Rogan36:32

       So there's no spots.

    6. AEAdam Eget36:33

       And then there's the one... And then there's you and Joey Diaz and, you know, everybody else and Whitney Cummings and all the A-plus, uh, level comics-

    7. JRJoe Rogan36:42

       They're every week.

    8. AEAdam Eget36:43

       ... are there every single night when they're in town.

    9. JRJoe Rogan36:44

       Yeah.

    10. AEAdam Eget36:44

        And they're in town.

    11. JRJoe Rogan36:46

        Yeah.

    12. AEAdam Eget36:46

        Um, and then that leaves you, you know... And then from 11:00 to, to 12:00, that's all the Andrew Santinos-

    13. JRJoe Rogan36:54

        Mm-hmm.

    14. AEAdam Eget36:54

        ... and the Eric Griffins and the Fahim Anwars and all these other beasts that aren't filling fucking arenas, but they're-

    15. JRJoe Rogan36:59

        They're still killers.

    16. AEAdam Eget37:00

        ... they're the next ones up, you know?

    17. JRJoe Rogan37:02

        So if you're some new guy or gal-

    18. AEAdam Eget37:04

        That leaves like-

    19. JRJoe Rogan37:04

        ... that's coming up the line-

    20. AEAdam Eget37:05

        Yeah.

    21. JRJoe Rogan37:05

        Yeah.

    22. AEAdam Eget37:05

        That leaves like five spots a night at the end of the lineup.

    23. JRJoe Rogan37:08

        Yeah.

    24. AEAdam Eget37:08

        And then you got 250 comics calling in every week just to fit into that paradigm.So, it's like, sorry, you know. It's not... Nothing personal.

    25. JRJoe Rogan37:18

        Yeah. There's... There's no club like it.

    26. AEAdam Eget37:20

        Yeah.

    27. JRJoe Rogan37:20

        You know, and no club ever been like it either, where there's no shortage of people in the audience. I mean, those years that I... From when I came back to when the pandemic hit, were the, the craziest years I've ever seen in standup comedy at that place, by far. Like a... Like a whole new dimension. Like a whole world had, had shifted.

    28. AEAdam Eget37:40

        It's... It's been so fucking cool to watch. You know? And to see that shift. There's some comics that are coming up right now, though. Some of the, the ones that I passed in the last year or two, I'm so excited about. Like this guy, uh, Brian Simpson, is... I... You gotta... Necc-... When we reopen again, I'm telling you, this guy's a beast. He, um... Segura. He, he opens up for Segura now.

    29. JRJoe Rogan38:02

        Oh, nice.

    30. AEAdam Eget38:03

        He's fantastic. Uh, Lara Bites, who you know, is fantastic.
11. 54:45 – 59:22

    Twitter, PC backlash, and the return of cultural combat after the initial crisis

    1. AEAdam Eget54:45

       Do you think all the PC bullshit and the social justice warrior shit is going to, uh, be tempered after we, we, we-

    2. JRJoe Rogan54:53

       No.

    3. AEAdam Eget54:54

       No.

    4. JRJoe Rogan54:54

       No, I think it was tempered because of the real danger. I think the real threat and the real fear tempered it, and now that that's gone away, um-

    5. AEAdam Eget55:00

       It's gonna-

    6. JRJoe Rogan55:00

       ... the real fear is gonna give way to a new level of anger because of this level of despair people are gonna be experiencing financially over the next few months. So there's b- gonna be a heightened... It's almost gonna be a, a, like it has a slingshot effect.

    7. AEAdam Eget55:14

       Oh, fuck.

    8. JRJoe Rogan55:14

       Like, people got less cunty and then they're gonna get more cunty and more self-righteous.

    9. AEAdam Eget55:19

       Oh.

    10. JRJoe Rogan55:19

        Yeah, more, more self-righteous, more people chastising and criticizing people. And on Twitter you really see it because people are literally forced to be at home. So if you're forced to be at home and you don't have the discipline to stay off Twitter and you happen to comment something and someone comments on your comment and then you start talking shit to each other, that's your day.

    11. AEAdam Eget55:38

        (laughs) Yeah, always, not only is that your day, but you're, you're gonna be crazy. Like you're gonna be thinking about it in the middle of the night, "What the fuck did they write?" You get up to pee, "I'm not gonna check my phone. Let me check my phone real quick. Fuck!" (laughs)

    12. JRJoe Rogan55:47

        ... and they said something that's pretty good, and you're like, "Goddamn it. Now I gotta come up with something to say back."

    13. AEAdam Eget55:50

        (laughs)

    14. JRJoe Rogan55:50

        So you start googling statistics and-

    15. AEAdam Eget55:52

        (laughs)

    16. JRJoe Rogan55:53

        Yeah, man. I mean, this is what a lot of people are doing. It's making people sicker and sicker. I've, uh, almost completely avoided Twitter, other than I'll check my DMs occasionally. And, uh, occasionally I'll check what other people have posted that I'm friends with or that I follow, check a little bit, but I might give it, I might give it five minutes a day. I might-

    17. AEAdam Eget56:12

        I deleted my Twitter icon about a year ago, and then I just reinstalled it-

    18. JRJoe Rogan56:16

        Mm-hmm.

    19. AEAdam Eget56:16

        ... maybe about a week or two ago.

    20. JRJoe Rogan56:19

        Yeah, I have it-

    21. AEAdam Eget56:19

        And I'm already starting to see, like, "What am I doing? Why am I even looking?" It's just getting me pissed off.

    22. JRJoe Rogan56:25

        It's just, too many people are angry.

    23. AEAdam Eget56:27

        Yeah.

    24. JRJoe Rogan56:28

        It's just too many.

    25. AEAdam Eget56:28

        About nonsense. (sighs)

    26. JRJoe Rogan56:30

        Well, maybe it's, uh, it's, uh, to them it's important, right? It's like, when you post it, it's important. But when you're dealing with, whatever the fuck it is, 100 million people that are on Twitter or more, probably more, that are posting on a regular basis, and then most of what they want to say is anger. Most of what they have, want to say is negative. Most of it's complaining. It might be, like, 60% complaining.

    27. AEAdam Eget56:55

        Yeah.

    28. JRJoe Rogan56:55

        So when you tune into that, like, you're getting all the problems of all these people. It's just too many people. You're supposed to deal with the problems of the people that are around you. So if there's, like, 10 people around you and Tommy's got a problem, "What's wrong with Tommy? Let's go talk to Tommy." It's not supposed to be 10 million people.

    29. AEAdam Eget57:13

        Right.

    30. JRJoe Rogan57:13

        And then there's 100s of 1,000s of Tommys just flooding your fucking, your feed with bullshit, nonsense. "My fucking girl's lying about this and they say we can't vote in November. Fuck that. I say we sue." And-
12. 59:22 – 1:07:30

    Hollywood performativity and “fake personalities”: liking things because you’re ‘supposed to’

    1. JRJoe Rogan59:22

       Exactly. I remember I had this conversation with this dude once. I was on a TV set when I first started acting and-

    2. AEAdam Eget59:27

       On NewsRadio?

    3. JRJoe Rogan59:28

       Yeah. No, before that.

    4. AEAdam Eget59:29

       Oh.

    5. JRJoe Rogan59:29

       Hardball.

    6. AEAdam Eget59:30

       Oh, okay.

    7. JRJoe Rogan59:31

       Yeah. This is, uh, early in my acting career.

    8. AEAdam Eget59:34

       Okay.

    9. JRJoe Rogan59:35

       It was, it was quite crazy. And, uh, I was talking to this dude about, uh, a movie. Actually, it might have been NewsRadio days 'cause I think that's when this movie came out. It was, uh, As Good As It Gets.

    10. AEAdam Eget59:48

        Sure. With Jack Nicholson?

    11. JRJoe Rogan59:50

        Which I thought was the most fucking depressing movie.

    12. AEAdam Eget59:52

        (laughs) That's pretty funny.

    13. JRJoe Rogan59:53

        I'm like, here's this lady and she's, she's so nice and she keeps accepting this guy for fucking up-

    14. AEAdam Eget1:00:00

        (laughs)

    15. JRJoe Rogan1:00:00

        ... over and over again. And then at the end, the solution is he takes a pill and the pill keeps him from being an asshole?

    16. AEAdam Eget1:00:08

        (laughs)

    17. JRJoe Rogan1:00:09

        Like, what? There's no pill for that.

    18. AEAdam Eget1:00:11

        (laughs)

    19. JRJoe Rogan1:00:11

        Like, that's so crazy. He's an asshole.

    20. AEAdam Eget1:00:12

        Sorry, he was a major asshole.

    21. JRJoe Rogan1:00:13

        He's a fucking asshole. And we're s- we're supposed to think, "Oh, no, no, no. He just needed a pill." See, once he gets this non-asshole iminium inside of his body-

    22. AEAdam Eget1:00:23

        (laughs)

    23. JRJoe Rogan1:00:23

        ... it cancels out all the assholishness and he's actually a good guy. So she found a good guy.

    24. AEAdam Eget1:00:28

        (laughs)

    25. JRJoe Rogan1:00:28

        Oh, she's... Poor lady was a single mom-

    26. AEAdam Eget1:00:30

        (laughs)

    27. JRJoe Rogan1:00:30

        ... who's living with this fucking mean piece of shit.

    28. AEAdam Eget1:00:34

        (laughs)

    29. JRJoe Rogan1:00:35

        And a pill fixed it. And I was like, that movie depressed the fuck out of me.

    30. AEAdam Eget1:00:38

        (laughs)

Episode duration: 2:41:08