Joe Rogan Experience #1502 - Russell Peters

Russell Peters is an actor and stand up comedian. His latest stand up special "Deported" is now available on Amazon Prime. @RussellPeters

Joe RoganhostRussell PetersguestJamie VernonguestUnidentified in-studio guestguest

Jul 3, 20202h 28mWatch on YouTube ↗

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Russell. …
1. JRJoe Rogan
  Russell.
2. RPRussell Peters
  Joseph.
3. JRJoe Rogan
  My man.
4. RPRussell Peters
  Oh, we're live.
5. JRJoe Rogan
  We're live. We're-
6. RPRussell Peters
  I-
7. JRJoe Rogan
  ... sort of live. Salud, brother.
8. RPRussell Peters
  Oh.
9. JRJoe Rogan
  Always good to see you, my friend.
10. RPRussell Peters
  You too, thanks.
11. JRJoe Rogan
  It's been a while.
12. RPRussell Peters
  Midday drinking, I like it.
13. JRJoe Rogan
  Sometimes you need it. I had a steak for breakfast.
14. RPRussell Peters
  I saw you post-
15. JRJoe Rogan
  Midday drinking.
16. RPRussell Peters
  ... something about that.
17. JRJoe Rogan
  Yeah. Yeah, I was like, "Fuck it. I don't wanna eat breakfast food today. I wanna eat a steak."
18. RPRussell Peters
  What kind of steak?
19. JRJoe Rogan
  Um, I got it from Evan Funke, who's the head chef of Felix, and they were preparing to reopen. Felix is, uh, my favorite restaurant in Venice. Have you ever been?
20. RPRussell Peters
  Right. No, I've not.
21. JRJoe Rogan
  Phenomenal. Bryan Callen took, uh, turned me on to it.
22. RPRussell Peters
  Okay.
23. JRJoe Rogan
  Um, and, um, they came in, him and, uh, the owner Janet came in to do a podcast, and, uh, they gave me some steaks. So I cooked one of them today.
24. RPRussell Peters
  What kind of cut was it?
25. JRJoe Rogan
  It was, is a T-bone, fat, big, thick T-bone. They were about to reopen, and now they got shut down again.
26. RPRussell Peters
  Do they not have a patio they can open?
27. JRJoe Rogan
  I don't believe they do, and I don't even think you're allowed to do that now.
28. RPRussell Peters
  No, you're, I think you're allowed to patio still. You're just not allowed to eat indoors-
29. JRJoe Rogan
  Yeah.
30. RPRussell Peters
  ... as far as I, as far as I know.
15:00 – 30:00
I don't know. He's…
1. RPRussell Peters
  he not want a lot of action? (laughs)
2. JRJoe Rogan
  I don't know. He's a very, he's a, a gun enthusiast. He's always been.
3. RPRussell Peters
  I used to, I follow him on Instagram.
4. JRJoe Rogan
  Yeah.
5. RPRussell Peters
  There's a lot of gun stuff. And I'm like-
6. JRJoe Rogan
  Yeah.
7. RPRussell Peters
  I never really understood the connection. I'm like you're, but you... A lot of the fighter guys that I, a lot of fighter people that I follow are all into guns and I'm like-
8. JRJoe Rogan
  Yeah. There's Royce-
9. RPRussell Peters
  Some sort of survivalist mentality, I would imagine.
10. JRJoe Rogan
  "Our newest reserve police officer spent hours in the rain going through training drills and completing the Idaho POST Firearms Qualification." Royce motherfucking Gracie, the GOAT.
11. RPRussell Peters
  That's so weird.
12. JRJoe Rogan
  If there's a Mount Rushmore of martial arts, there's only one face that is absolutely on there. And that's that guy.
13. RPRussell Peters
  Yeah.
14. JRJoe Rogan
  There's not a fucking doubt in my mind that guy's face needs to be on-
15. RPRussell Peters
  And Martin Short too in the middle, apparently.
16. JRJoe Rogan
  Ah!
17. RPRussell Peters
  (laughs)
18. JRJoe Rogan
  It really can't be, it can't be a, a Mount Rushmore of martial arts because there's not enough heads. Like you, you couldn't... Even if you had a Mount Rushmore of MMA, how are you only gonna have four heads? You know?
19. RPRussell Peters
  There's a lot, there's a lot of people that came in and changed the game.
20. JRJoe Rogan
  Yeah. There's too many people. You know, you have to have GSP. Have to. You have to. Two division world champion, dominated the welterweights, revolutionized the way people think about, uh, athletes training for MMA. Um, when he was at the peak of his championship skills, he was unstoppable, man. When he beat Jon Fitch, when he smashed BJ Penn, like those days-
21. RPRussell Peters
  And then he came back after retirement and beat Bisping.
22. JRJoe Rogan
  (sighs) And beat Bisping at 85 and put him to sleep with a rear naked choke.
23. RPRussell Peters
  Yeah.
24. JRJoe Rogan
  He actually was better. He actually looked better after four years out.
25. RPRussell Peters
  Yeah.
26. JRJoe Rogan
  Yeah.
27. RPRussell Peters
  It's a long time away too. It's not like a, you know, month off.
28. JRJoe Rogan
  Yeah. He's Mount Rushmore for sure. Mighty Mouse has to be Mount Rushmore. You know, people forgot, you forgot, but you watch those Mighty Mouse fights back when, uh, Mighty Mouse beat Cejudo for the first time, when duh, he beat, uh, I mean fucking the Ray Borg one when he threw him to the air and caught him in an arm bar on the way down.
29. RPRussell Peters
  I remember that.
30. JRJoe Rogan
  God damn, dude.
30:00 – 45:00
No, no, no, no.…
1. RPRussell Peters
  or 5'10".
2. JRJoe Rogan
  No, no, no, no. I think he was more than six feet tall. But back then, he was a giant.
3. RPRussell Peters
  Yeah.
4. JRJoe Rogan
  But he-
5. RPRussell Peters
  'Cause his wrists. He had big... He had thick... He was a thick dude.
6. JRJoe Rogan
  I think he was only like 200 plus pounds. Like a little- like...
7. RPRussell Peters
  Yeah. He wasn't o- he wasn't much over 200.
8. JRJoe Rogan
  No.
9. RPRussell Peters
  Yeah.
10. JRJoe Rogan
  People just didn't have any food back then.
11. RPRussell Peters
  No, he was dense though. Like his body was fucking...... he was in, uh, the stories about him are incredible, look at him.
12. JRJoe Rogan
  There it is. Six feet tall-
13. RPRussell Peters
  (clears throat)
14. JRJoe Rogan
  ... 200 pounds.
15. RPRussell Peters
  Yep.
16. JRJoe Rogan
  And he was a giant back then. Isn't that crazy?
17. RPRussell Peters
  Look at him. Look at him now.
18. JRJoe Rogan
  The Galveston Giant.
19. RPRussell Peters
  His fucking forearms are bigger than his, his biceps almost.
20. JRJoe Rogan
  Damn, he did have some giant-ass forearms.
21. RPRussell Peters
  Yeah.
22. JRJoe Rogan
  You know, he fought, uh, middleweight Stanley Ketchel.
23. RPRussell Peters
  Stanley Ketchel, yeah.
24. JRJoe Rogan
  Yeah.
25. RPRussell Peters
  In an exhibition bout.
26. JRJoe Rogan
  And Ketchel tried to knock him out and dropped him.
27. RPRussell Peters
  Yeah. And that's when he got right up and then knocked him out. And his teeth got embedded into his glove.
28. JRJoe Rogan
  Yeah. (exhales) Well, back then when they had, uh, gloves, their gloves were like bag gloves. They were tiny-ass little gloves with horse hair in them.
29. RPRussell Peters
  Oh, yeah.
30. JRJoe Rogan
  And you could pack the horse hair down and guys would squirt water into their... They'd make, like, a small incision and squirt water into their gloves and pack the horse hair down to make it hard.
45:00 – 1:00:00
How long ago was…
1. JRJoe Rogan
  Williams.
2. RPRussell Peters
  How long ago was that?
3. JRJoe Rogan
  Years ago. Obviously, he's dead.
4. RPRussell Peters
  Yeah. So not, not recent?
5. JRJoe Rogan
  (laughs) No. Um, I don't remember, but I did a show at The Improv. It was quite a few years ago. I was... It was during the time of the podcast. I did a show at The Improv and then, um, afterwards, I'm shaking hands with people and taking pictures and this very slight older man with a beard, a heavy beard wearing a baseball hat comes up and he's like really complimentary, but he obviously knows a lot about standup. He's asking me questions about writing and questions about, you know, like certain bits, like really laughing and wh-... And then I'm like, "Holy fuck, this is Robin Williams."
6. RPRussell Peters
  Yeah.
7. JRJoe Rogan
  Like I did... I was like, "Oh, thanks, man. I really appreciate it. That's really cool." And I'm like... I just think he's some cool guy.
8. RPRussell Peters
  Right.
9. JRJoe Rogan
  And then I realized in the middle of the conversation, this is Robin fucking Williams.
10. RPRussell Peters
  Yep.
11. JVJamie Vernon
  (laughs)
12. JRJoe Rogan
  Because he's got... He had this crazy thick-ass white beard.
13. RPRussell Peters
  Yeah, he always grew a real bushy beard.
14. JRJoe Rogan
  I think he was hiding, man. You know?
15. RPRussell Peters
  Yeah.
16. JRJoe Rogan
  I think for a lot of folks that are like real sensitive, and he's obviously a real sensitive guy, that, um, that place of being that famous is fucking overwhelming.
17. RPRussell Peters
  That famous and known for, uh, whether you are or not, but you're known for being always like on.
18. JRJoe Rogan
  Yeah.
19. RPRussell Peters
  And then there's the pressure of having to be on now so you don't disappoint the illusion.
20. JRJoe Rogan
  Yeah.
21. RPRussell Peters
  And that's got to be fucking taxing.
22. JRJoe Rogan
  It's got to be. Always on. And then just also, you know, it's just the, just the pressure of everyone recognizing you everywhere you go and...
23. RPRussell Peters
  I think one of the best recognitions I got was Bob Newhart.
24. JRJoe Rogan
  Oh, that's a good one.
25. RPRussell Peters
  Like 10 years ago, he... (clears throat) I didn't even know he knew I existed, but he invited me to be... He was getting inducted into the Television Hall of Fame for 50 years in the business or something, and, uh, and he wanted me to be there on behalf of the younger generation. And I'm like-
26. JRJoe Rogan
  Oh. Wow.
27. RPRussell Peters
  ... "Are you serious?" And I remember I sat with, uh, Fred Willard and, uh, uh, Mannix, what's his name? Tom Connors, is that his name?
28. JRJoe Rogan
  Uh-huh.
29. RPRussell Peters
  Chuck Connors.
30. JRJoe Rogan
  Okay.
1:00:00 – 1:04:25
Oof. …
1. RPRussell Peters
  hour days-
2. JRJoe Rogan
  Oof.
3. RPRussell Peters
  ... 'cause it was nonunion. (laughs)
4. JRJoe Rogan
  Oh. Oh. Movies are hard, man. You know, it's not a hard like coal mining, but it's hard in that it's... It, it beats you up. A lot of comics-
5. RPRussell Peters
  Yeah.
6. JRJoe Rogan
  ... that wind up getting into movies, their act sorta suffers.
7. RPRussell Peters
  Yeah, well it's one or the other.
8. JRJoe Rogan
  Yes.
9. RPRussell Peters
  You can't... You know, you can't be you on the movie set.
10. JRJoe Rogan
  Right.
11. RPRussell Peters
  You gotta be that character.
12. JRJoe Rogan
  Well, it's... I always told everybody that I bet that's why Eddie Murphy stopped doing standup. I mean, it's just like his, his movies are doing so good and he... You're more insulated in that world too.
13. RPRussell Peters
  Yeah.
14. JRJoe Rogan
  He got too famous too. It's like... It's almost like it's a better way to do it.
15. RPRussell Peters
  Yeah. What do you think his gonna be like when he comes back?
16. JRJoe Rogan
  Who knows if he's gonna.
17. RPRussell Peters
  I mean, it's... it's a lot of money on the line for him.
18. JRJoe Rogan
  I'm sure he's got a lot of money.
19. RPRussell Peters
  He's got a lot of money, but I mean, shit.
20. JRJoe Rogan
  I watched Norbit the other night. I've been talking to people about it.
21. RPRussell Peters
  (laughs) I saw you post about it.
22. JRJoe Rogan
  Bro, it's fucking funny, man. It's funny. Watch Coming to America the next night. Family movie night.
23. RPRussell Peters
  What was that movie he did with, uh, Owen Wilson? Lie Spy?... or something like that. Something spy.
24. JRJoe Rogan
  I Spy, was it? Hmm. I don't know.
25. RPRussell Peters
  It was actually a really good movie. (laughs) I enjoyed that movie a lot.
26. JRJoe Rogan
  He's done a lot of fucking movies, man. He's one of those guys where his movies don't get the respect that they deserve for some strange reason. Like, uh, what was that one he did with Steve Martin?
27. RPRussell Peters
  Uh-
28. JRJoe Rogan
  Bothfinger?
29. RPRussell Peters
  ... Bothfinger. Yeah.
30. JRJoe Rogan
  That is a fucking great movie.

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