Joe Rogan Experience #1505 - Hannibal Buress

1. 0:01 – 1:44

   Thailand reunion & Hannibal’s Muay Thai “reset” trip

   1. JRJoe Rogan0:01

      Hello, Hannibal.

   2. HBHannibal Buress0:01

      What's happening, man?

   3. JRJoe Rogan0:02

      Good to see you, my friend.

   4. HBHannibal Buress0:03

      Good to see you too.

   5. JRJoe Rogan0:04

      It's been a wh- Last time I saw you was in Thailand.

   6. HBHannibal Buress0:06

      It was in Thailand.

   7. JRJoe Rogan0:07

      Dude.

   8. HBHannibal Buress0:07

      Yeah.

   9. JRJoe Rogan0:08

      That was crazy.

   10. HBHannibal Buress0:08

       And that was...

   11. JRJoe Rogan0:09

       Two years ago?

   12. HBHannibal Buress0:10

       Two years. 2018, yeah.

   13. JRJoe Rogan0:11

       Yeah.

   14. HBHannibal Buress0:12

       Yeah.

   15. JRJoe Rogan0:12

       That was random.

   16. HBHannibal Buress0:13

       That was very random.

   17. JRJoe Rogan0:14

       (laughs)

   18. HBHannibal Buress0:14

       (laughs)

   19. JRJoe Rogan0:15

       That's so crazy, though.

   20. HBHannibal Buress0:16

       Yeah.

   21. JRJoe Rogan0:16

       I mean, we had dinner, hung out in Thailand. I was like, "This is wild."

   22. HBHannibal Buress0:19

       Yeah. Yeah, at the, uh, it was in Chiang Mai.

   23. JRJoe Rogan0:22

       Chiang Mai, yeah.

   24. HBHannibal Buress0:23

       Yeah, I was doing Muay Thai out there.

   25. JRJoe Rogan0:25

       Yeah, that's crazy. So you just decided, just up and decided, "I'm gonna go there by myself-"

   26. HBHannibal Buress0:31

       Yeah.

   27. JRJoe Rogan0:31

       "... for several months."

   28. HBHannibal Buress0:32

       Uh, just a month.

   29. JRJoe Rogan0:33

       Oh, you went for a month?

   30. HBHannibal Buress0:34

       Yeah.
2. 1:44 – 4:45

   Learning Muay Thai late: bowlegged kicks, “Elbow” nickname, and technique advice

   1. JRJoe Rogan1:44

      How into it did you get? Did you ever, were you ever, like, hitting the pads going, "I think I should take a fight"?

   2. HBHannibal Buress1:50

      No, I didn't-

   3. JRJoe Rogan1:50

      No?

   4. HBHannibal Buress1:51

      ... wanna take a fight. I, uh, but it was, it was some times where, uh, my, uh, my kicks, I'm bowlegged, so my kicks are weird. So, like, doing a roundhouse, I wouldn't be able to, so my elbows were, were decent, and my knees. And so some of the trainers, they called it, they started, uh, that was my nickname. It was Elbow. "Elbow, come over here. Elbow!"

   5. JRJoe Rogan2:14

      (laughs)

   6. HBHannibal Buress2:14

      But my kicks would be so weak. They would be so weak, it'd just, (slaps hands) like, hit the pad and it'd just have a pitiful sound.

   7. JRJoe Rogan2:21

      It's not a thing that comes easily, especially, you know, when you're in your 30s and you're just starting to train.

   8. HBHannibal Buress2:27

      Yeah.

   9. JRJoe Rogan2:27

      Like, Muay Thai is, there's, like, the, the, to move your legs like that and that kind of dexterity takes a while. It's a slow, gradual buildup.

   10. HBHannibal Buress2:37

       Yes, the, the hips have to be looser and hit.

   11. JRJoe Rogan2:40

       Mm-hmm.

   12. HBHannibal Buress2:41

       Yeah, it was just, but I'm also bowlegged, so certain yoga things that I can't do or even sitting Indian style.

   13. JRJoe Rogan2:49

       But you seem normal when you're walking around. How are you bow, 'cause I know some-

   14. HBHannibal Buress2:52

       Mm-hmm.

   15. JRJoe Rogan2:52

       ... dudes that are really bowlegged.

   16. HBHannibal Buress2:53

       My walk is a little bit, it, it has a little bit to it. And s- and when I run, it gets really crazy. I don't look how I think I look in my head-

   17. JRJoe Rogan3:04

       (laughs)

   18. HBHannibal Buress3:04

       ... while I'm walking. I think, like, the music in my head is... (singing) But my walk is kind of (singing) .

   19. JRJoe Rogan3:11

       (laughs)

   20. HBHannibal Buress3:11

       Like, my walk is way weird. I look at, on camera, "Who is that guy?"

   21. JRJoe Rogan3:16

       And what causes bowleggedness? Is it a anatomy thing? Is it just, like, your-

   22. HBHannibal Buress3:19

       I think it's an anatomy thing. Yeah, it's just, like-

   23. JRJoe Rogan3:22

       Like, give me six. Stand up.

   24. HBHannibal Buress3:23

       So yeah, so the, my knees don't touch. So it's a, yeah.

   25. JRJoe Rogan3:26

       But you seem normal. I'm not seeing-

   26. HBHannibal Buress3:27

       It seem-

   27. JRJoe Rogan3:27

       ... anything weird.

   28. HBHannibal Buress3:28

       It's not crazy, but it's just, it, it, it affects my roundhouse game, you know?

   29. JRJoe Rogan3:34

       Mm, I could help you with that. I guarantee you.

   30. HBHannibal Buress3:36

       Yeah.
3. 4:45 – 6:56

   Kids fighting, Thai fight economics, and the monarchy’s power

   1. HBHannibal Buress4:45

      Yeah. It was, uh, seeing the kids, I went to some of the fights out there and it's wild seeing the kids in the, in the undercard where you're seeing seven-year-olds-

   2. JRJoe Rogan4:56

      It's crazy, right?

   3. HBHannibal Buress4:57

      ... fighting. And you're like, "This is wrong, but I gotta see the main event too," so I can't leave. (laughs)

   4. JRJoe Rogan5:02

      It's their culture. It, it is, it is ki- it feels wrong, but it's their culture.

   5. HBHannibal Buress5:07

      Yeah.

   6. JRJoe Rogan5:07

      And it's also how a lot of the families make money. I mean, they literally send their kid off to the camp.

   7. HBHannibal Buress5:12

      But I was alwa- I was trying to figure out, and so it's, it's part of the culture.

   8. JRJoe Rogan5:18

      Mm-hmm.

   9. HBHannibal Buress5:18

      It's national sport, but it doesn't seem, uh, you know, you have people, uh, it's, it's some, some fighters that are legends there that's the equivalent to Mike Tyson or something. And you could probably get a private with them for 400 bucks.

   10. JRJoe Rogan5:35

       Yup.

   11. HBHannibal Buress5:36

       So what's going on with the motto over there where it's been a national sport for a while, but it, it seems like-... the, the, the money isn't there? Is it corruption, or what happened?

   12. JRJoe Rogan5:48

       Well, first of all, it's very inexpensive to go to the fights. You know that.

   13. HBHannibal Buress5:52

       Yeah.

   14. JRJoe Rogan5:52

       E- everything's inexpensive in Thailand. And I mean, everybody's wearing flip-flops, right?

   15. HBHannibal Buress5:56

       Mm-hmm.

   16. JRJoe Rogan5:56

       It's an interesting place. Like, um, my friend, Jon Lien Par, went there when he was a boy. Uh, he was a young teenager and lived there. Lived as a monk, you know, he's a Australian multiple time world Muay Thai champion. And he, he spent like a good deal of his time growing up there and really embraced the culture. And he's like, they're just ... First of all, the cu- it's the land of smiles. Like everyone's-

   17. HBHannibal Buress6:19

       Right.

   18. JRJoe Rogan6:19

       ... everyone's friendly. Like you, one of the things I noticed there, like people are g- genuinely very friendly. There's very little materialism there. People are, uh, generally happy with, like wearing a pair of shorts. It's never h- cold out, so you could wear shorts and flip-flops. And that's how everybody's walking around. And I don't think there's a lot of money in the business.

   19. HBHannibal Buress6:39

       Yeah.

   20. JRJoe Rogan6:39

       You know? I think there's enough-

   21. HBHannibal Buress6:40

       The king takes it.

   22. JRJoe Rogan6:41

       The king takes it. King takes a lot ... We, remember we took, we took a picture in front of the king.

   23. HBHannibal Buress6:45

       We did.

   24. JRJoe Rogan6:45

       We took a picture in front of ... I was like, "I don't know if we should post this." Like you and me-

   25. HBHannibal Buress6:49

       Yeah.

   26. JRJoe Rogan6:49

       ... p- smiling in front of a picture of the king. Like you might get in trouble for that. There's weird rules over there for the king.

4. 6:56 – 11:30

   Thailand’s king: hype videos, strict laws, and viral photos

   1. HBHannibal Buress6:56

      The king, I, I actually had a, a bit about him. I cut it not 'cause I was scared, but just 'cause it didn't, it didn't fit. But it's about how he, you know, you have to stand up, uh, during the national anth- ... And they play it at certain times during the day and they play it before the movies. So I went to the movies out there to see Ant-Man 2 and after the previews, the king of Thailand's hype video comes on and everybody has to stand up.

   2. JRJoe Rogan7:27

      In the movie theater?

   3. HBHannibal Buress7:28

      In the movie theater. But it was the worst produced-

   4. JRJoe Rogan7:33

      (laughs)

   5. HBHannibal Buress7:33

      It was a terrible video. I seen Instagram fitness models with better videos than the king of Tha- ... It's like, well, you, you the king, get some king-like production value. You ain't got no top-notch editors?

   6. JRJoe Rogan7:47

      I don't think Thailand's known for its like films.

   7. HBHannibal Buress7:50

      He needs to get on Fiverr or something. (laughs)

   8. JRJoe Rogan7:52

      (laughs)

   9. HBHannibal Buress7:53

      I don't work for Fiverr, by the way. (laughs) What's that new one that lost all the money? Quibi, what is it called?

   10. JRJoe Rogan7:59

       Qui- ... (laughs)

   11. HBHannibal Buress7:59

       What is it called? Is that it? Quibi? Yeah. Maybe get on that.

   12. JRJoe Rogan8:03

       (laughs)

   13. HBHannibal Buress8:03

       I don't know. He needs so- because he was ... You the king.

   14. JRJoe Rogan8:06

       Yeah.

   15. HBHannibal Buress8:06

       And you're putting your stuff i- in a, in a Marvel movie in the theater?

   16. JRJoe Rogan8:09

       Did you see that, did you see that shit with his mistress? He had an official mistress, but she fucked up and she got demoted. And so she had to like, uh, like bow down in front of him, in front of everybody. Like she was talking shit. Like, uh, the, the mistress probably wanted to be the queen. Like, go get it there, she's like begging for forgiveness.

   17. HBHannibal Buress8:27

       Oh, my... Oh.

   18. JRJoe Rogan8:27

       The king makes the mistress lie at his feet and make her his... What does it say?

   19. HBHannibal Buress8:32

       As he makes her his-

   20. JRJoe Rogan8:34

       What does it say there?

   21. JVJamie Vernon8:35

       It's from the song, bro.

   22. HBHannibal Buress8:36

       Oh, concubine.

   23. JRJoe Rogan8:36

       His official... That was when she was the official concubine, uh, attended by his wi- ... Look at that, he wrote "Wife" in all capitals. But then he demoted her. This is, this is when she became the official concubine. And by the way, I think that was the first time anybody had an official concubine in like 100 years.

   24. HBHannibal Buress8:54

       Yeah. That's like, that's the, that's ... This is the flashiest version of, "I don't love that ho."

   25. JRJoe Rogan8:59

       (laughs)

   26. HBHannibal Buress9:00

       (laughs) "I don't love that ho. I love you. Look." (laughs) "I'll shame that bitch in front of everybody. Look."

   27. JRJoe Rogan9:05

       She had to lie down at his feet.

   28. HBHannibal Buress9:07

       "Look, look."

   29. JRJoe Rogan9:08

       (laughs)

   30. HBHannibal Buress9:08

       "Fuck you." (laughs)
5. 11:30 – 15:42

   Lethwei (bare-knuckle headbutt fighting) and a surprise Muay Thai date flex

   1. JRJoe Rogan11:30

      Myanmar. I wanna go see, uh, have you ever seen, um, Lethwei? Do you know what that is?

   2. HBHannibal Buress11:35

      No.

   3. JRJoe Rogan11:35

      That's like, if you think muay Thai boxing is extreme-

   4. HBHannibal Buress11:38

      Mm-hmm.

   5. JRJoe Rogan11:38

      ... they take it another level. Lethwei, they use headbutts and they, they kick you when you're down. They do all kinds of crazy shit.

   6. HBHannibal Buress11:45

      ... yeah, nah.

   7. JRJoe Rogan11:47

      No?

   8. HBHannibal Buress11:47

      Yeah, I don't wanna kick, kicked while down. It's, it's, it's, it looks, it's too intense. It's, it's too-

   9. JRJoe Rogan11:52

      It's in Te... We had, uh, David Leduc, who's the, uh, the King of Lethwei. He came on the podcast. He's a w- wild man. He's a wild man.

   10. HBHannibal Buress12:01

       Yeah. I, I think about-

   11. JRJoe Rogan12:03

       Oh, they're bare knuckle, too.

   12. HBHannibal Buress12:04

       Mm. Yeah.

   13. JRJoe Rogan12:06

       (laughs) There it is.

   14. HBHannibal Buress12:07

       Nope, I just want some cardio, you know?

   15. JRJoe Rogan12:09

       This is Lethwei. Look at this.

   16. HBHannibal Buress12:10

       That's-

   17. JRJoe Rogan12:11

       This is how they, they fight.

   18. HBHannibal Buress12:12

       Okay. Wow.

   19. JRJoe Rogan12:12

       Bare knuckles. They just ... It's basically like Muay Thai, but way ha- way more hardcore. Like, see that? You can knee a dude on the, when he's on his way down. It's just, it's way more hardcore. It's like one more level of hardcore. And headbutts. A lot of headbutts.

   20. HBHannibal Buress12:30

       (laughs)

   21. JRJoe Rogan12:31

       Yeah. But they basically use all the techniques of Muay Thai but they just take it to a totally different level.

   22. HBHannibal Buress12:38

       This, the second time I went, when I went to, um, Koh Samui, uh, in, uh, last year. And, uh, this girl I was seeing, she ... We, we go to a couple classes and I didn't know she had done Muay Thai before. (laughs) So when we were ... We had a private ... And she was lighting the bag up with the kicks. (laughs) She-

   23. JRJoe Rogan13:03

       Oh, no.

   24. HBHannibal Buress13:04

       Bow, bow, bow. And I was like, "Oh." And then I get up there with my bowlegged kicks.

   25. JRJoe Rogan13:08

       (laughs)

   26. HBHannibal Buress13:09

       (laughs) Bip. (laughs)

   27. JRJoe Rogan13:12

       Oh, no.

   28. HBHannibal Buress13:13

       Then the trainer's like, "Come on, you can do better. Look at ..." (laughs)

   29. JRJoe Rogan13:16

       Oh, no.

   30. HBHannibal Buress13:17

       She light it ... Bow, bow. And I'm like, "Let's not do kicks and knees."
6. 15:42 – 34:40

   From lockdown anxiety to an escape plan: Ghana, ancestry, and election dread

   1. JRJoe Rogan15:42

      Speaking of living ...

   2. HBHannibal Buress15:43

      Yeah.

   3. JRJoe Rogan15:44

      I've been hearing some crazy shit about you.

   4. HBHannibal Buress15:47

      What are you hear-

   5. JRJoe Rogan15:47

      And I've been hearing that you are making a move, like a very, very unusual move to a very strange place-

   6. HBHannibal Buress15:55

      Yeah.

   7. JRJoe Rogan15:56

      ... that's very unusual for a man from Chicago to just up and take off.

   8. HBHannibal Buress16:00

      Yeah. And that's, uh ... I, I do wanna get into that. That just reminded me-

   9. JRJoe Rogan16:04

      Oh.

   10. HBHannibal Buress16:04

       ... that I bought some of those flamethrowers when they, when they were selling 'em and then-

   11. JRJoe Rogan16:08

       Oh, the Elon Musk one?

   12. HBHannibal Buress16:09

       I bought them with the intent of reselling 'em in our, in their, in my parents' basement, so, uh ... (laughs)

   13. JRJoe Rogan16:14

       How many you got?

   14. HBHannibal Buress16:16

       I think I bought four.

   15. JRJoe Rogan16:17

       That's a good investment.

   16. HBHannibal Buress16:18

       Yeah.

   17. JRJoe Rogan16:18

       They're probably worth a lot of money.

   18. HBHannibal Buress16:19

       Yeah.

   19. JRJoe Rogan16:20

       Yeah.

   20. HBHannibal Buress16:20

       I gotta, uh, yeah, I gotta go check on 'em. Okay. Uh, so with this whole ...

   21. JRJoe Rogan16:27

       You doing something crazy?

   22. HBHannibal Buress16:29

       I might ... So COVID and just kinda being cooped up, it really made me think about how you ... The places that I've lived and what, what was keeping me from living elsewhere and, and moving, um, internationally. Is it 'cause, oh, you need to be here for work. Uh, uh, uh some ... You have to be-

   23. JRJoe Rogan16:52

       Right.

   24. HBHannibal Buress16:53

       ... you know, within a couple hours of these places to either tour or film. But now touring's super weird. Um-

   25. JRJoe Rogan17:02

       Are you doing any touring at all?

   26. HBHannibal Buress17:05

       Uh, no.

   27. JRJoe Rogan17:06

       When was the last time you did standup?

   28. HBHannibal Buress17:09

       Beginning of March.

   29. JRJoe Rogan17:13

       Me too. Until I did-

   30. HBHannibal Buress17:14

       The beginning of March in Denver.
7. 34:40 – 40:11

   Escapism media: Floor Is Lava, news overload, and MarbleLympics

   1. HBHannibal Buress34:40

      Yeah. You know what I've been doing just to turn my brain off? Uh, putting on that show The Floor is Lava on Netflix, and just-

   2. JRJoe Rogan34:48

      Yes.

   3. HBHannibal Buress34:48

      ... Sound Off, put music on. Sometimes I put, like, the Super Mario theme-

   4. JRJoe Rogan34:53

      (clears throat)

   5. HBHannibal Buress34:53

      ... in it, and it- and it lines up, and I'll play the death music when they fall into something just to just... It's just good to zone out for (clicks tongue) a half hour or a- a hour and just look at something that is not intense at all, just low-

   6. JRJoe Rogan35:09

      It's nonsense.

   7. HBHannibal Buress35:09

      Low stakes, chill-

   8. JRJoe Rogan35:13

      (laughs)

   9. HBHannibal Buress35:13

      ... entertainment, just escape a little bit, like, watch people try not to fall in the lava.

   10. JRJoe Rogan35:19

       Yeah, my friend Rutledge, Rutledge w-... He's the host of that. He's a car guy.

   11. HBHannibal Buress35:24

       Yeah.

   12. JRJoe Rogan35:24

       Shout-out to Rutledge. Yeah, uh, my kids love that show.

   13. HBHannibal Buress35:27

       Yeah.

   14. JRJoe Rogan35:28

       D-

   15. HBHannibal Buress35:28

       Sound Off is a good Sound Off show.

   16. JRJoe Rogan35:30

       Yeah. Just red water.

   17. HBHannibal Buress35:31

       Yeah. Just red... You get it. You don't need to hear anything they say.

   18. JRJoe Rogan35:35

       (laughs)

   19. HBHannibal Buress35:35

       I don't care about your backstory. Oh, you're all doctors? Well, then, I s-... Okay, I get it. Don't wanna... And I don't what nobody sound like. Play some tunes-

   20. JRJoe Rogan35:45

       (laughs)

   21. HBHannibal Buress35:45

       ... and watch Floor is Lava.

   22. JRJoe Rogan35:47

       Just zone.

   23. HBHannibal Buress35:47

       And just let it be a... Yeah, meditation. It's great.

   24. JRJoe Rogan35:51

       Yeah, there's, like, those are the kinda things that are very- they're very popular at times like this. Like, we want cartoons almost. We want s- things that are silly, no stakes.

   25. HBHannibal Buress36:00

       Y- 'cause you can... It's so much...There's so much news, and every area has so much news right now. So if you want it, you can get it right now, 'cause every state has its own individual corona situation, so you can kinda get lost in the... I'm getting, you know, lost in the California and Illinois, 'cause that's where I am, where my family is, but then there's everywhere else. And oh, and then you kind of feel, "Oh, yeah, Atlanta's been open for a while. They're shooting stuff in Atlanta. They've been shooting and filming for a month. Oh, what's going on here? What the fuck going on there?" So it's just if you... I was able to do it earlier at- at- at- and- and kinda, oh, shut off and- and get off of socials at one point, and then things got more intense, the George Floyd thing, and- and then I got back in the news again, like, really looking at stuff. And- and, uh, and yeah, I- I- I need a- I need a cleanse.

   26. JRJoe Rogan37:00

       I don't think people are supposed to take in the news of the whole world. I think it's very bad for you.

   27. HBHannibal Buress37:06

       Yeah.

   28. JRJoe Rogan37:06

       I think 'cause most of the news you're gonna get is the news of things that are dangerous.

   29. HBHannibal Buress37:12

       Yeah.

   30. JRJoe Rogan37:12

       So you're getting things that are dangerous all over the world, so it gives you a distorted perception of the current danger around you. You think-
8. 40:11 – 53:21

   Ghana logistics, resocializing via music, and getting Hannibal a COVID test

   1. JRJoe Rogan40:11

      I get it. So Ghana. Have you been before?

   2. HBHannibal Buress40:15

      No, I've been to Nigeria and- and Kenya.

   3. JRJoe Rogan40:19

      Do you know anyone over there?

   4. HBHannibal Buress40:21

      I know a couple folks. Actually, what- what really... I told my brother I was thinking about it, and he says, "Oh, one of my- my old friends from work is from Ghana. Let's all have a- a call." And so we get on a call and then I think- I'm thinking he's gonna say, "Oh, restaurant recommendations," and just, you know, some type of fluff, kinda helpful, but- but the- he took the trip- trip so serious where, "Okay, we're gonna have you meet these people. If you wanna work on this, we're gonna have you do this, and you..." And so it made me take it so serious where it went from being kind of an idea to, "I guess I'm doing this," because-

   5. JRJoe Rogan41:01

      Wow.

   6. HBHannibal Buress41:01

      ... I know it's gonna be kinda, um, laid out in a real structured way. Well, sometimes when I've traveled, I don't- I haven't planned thoroughly like that. So I think it's, uh, it's gonna be exciting, man, just to get in a whole- a whole different zone. I'm still youngish to- to live in another country, so-

   7. JRJoe Rogan41:21

      Look, you're not married and you don't have kids. This is the time to do it.

   8. HBHannibal Buress41:23

      Right.

   9. JRJoe Rogan41:24

      Fuck it.

   10. HBHannibal Buress41:25

       Yeah.

   11. JRJoe Rogan41:25

       Why not? You know? And you've been very smart with your money. I know you- you invest in real estate.

   12. HBHannibal Buress41:30

       Yeah.

   13. JRJoe Rogan41:30

       So you've got a bunch of shit going on that's making you money. Why not? Fuck it.

   14. HBHannibal Buress41:35

       Go.

   15. JRJoe Rogan41:36

       It's a good move. I like it. I like the idea just of doing something like that where you completely take yourself out of the normal life, because for a creative person, I think you can run dry, like in terms of inspiration and- and experiences. I mean, obviously there's a lot of chaos around us right now, so there's a lot of things to draw from, but something like going to Ghana.

   16. HBHannibal Buress41:57

       All of my... I've been making, uh, I've been making some music and so, uh, it's this, uh, show I've been doing called Smoking at Church.... this guy, uh, James Earl and, uh, Jameel Bruner. And it was my first time, um, being around a group of people in a while that I didn't know. And then I got invited to the studio. It was five or six people. This is pre my mushroom, uh, rooftop party (coughs) freakout. But I get to the studio, it was real nerve wracking. Like, "Man, it's five people in here. Oh, am I gonna ... Huh?" And it, and it was like resocializing again.

   17. JRJoe Rogan42:35

       Mm-hmm.

   18. HBHannibal Buress42:35

       I was like, "Hey. How y'all, how y'all doing?" And, "Hello." Uh, and eventually calmed down. I actually took a shot for the first time in ... I hadn't drank since beginning of 2018. But I took a shot just to commemorate being around a group of people again, and I was, I hadn't drank since then without. Uh, and so started making music with them, and that's been my one place I've been going to besides working at my spot. I've been, you know, hanging out and then just going there. I got three total places that I be.

   19. JRJoe Rogan43:08

       Is anybody getting tested?

   20. HBHannibal Buress43:10

       Uh, no. I think we're just going on the "you don't seem like you dying" act. (laughs)

   21. JRJoe Rogan43:16

       (laughs)

   22. HBHannibal Buress43:17

       It's not real- ... It's been ... You know, I think mostly we keep it in-

   23. JRJoe Rogan43:20

       Do you wanna get tested?

   24. HBHannibal Buress43:21

       Uh, yeah.

   25. JRJoe Rogan43:23

       You want to get tested today? I can get you tested.

   26. HBHannibal Buress43:24

       Sure.

   27. JRJoe Rogan43:25

       Okay.

   28. HBHannibal Buress43:25

       All right.

   29. JRJoe Rogan43:26

       I'm gonna make a test right now. I'm gonna make ... I'm ... While we're, while we're sitting here.

   30. HBHannibal Buress43:28

       You wanna make ... Okay.
9. 53:21 – 1:05:47

   Apps, Roblox, and quarantine gaming addiction (2K, GTA comedy clubs, Unreal Engine)

   1. JRJoe Rogan53:21

      I wish it was easier to make an app. I've looked into having apps made. It's fucking complicated. You ever made an app or had an app made?

   2. HBHannibal Buress53:29

      No, I haven't. I haven't had one made. I-

   3. JRJoe Rogan53:32

      It's complicated.

   4. HBHannibal Buress53:35

      Uh, yeah, you gotta ... I mean, I guess you get a- you gotta get some people. I'm thinking about having a game made.

   5. JRJoe Rogan53:41

      Really?

   6. HBHannibal Buress53:42

      Yeah.

   7. JRJoe Rogan53:42

      What kind?

   8. HBHannibal Buress53:43

      Just, uh, on Roblox.

   9. JRJoe Rogan53:45

      Oh, no. My kids are addicted to that fucking game.

   10. HBHannibal Buress53:48

       Just a game made based on the comedy special Loosely.

   11. JRJoe Rogan53:53

       Oh.

   12. HBHannibal Buress53:53

       Just-

   13. JRJoe Rogan53:53

       Like all the subjects that you talk about in the comedy special?

   14. HBHannibal Buress53:57

       I'm not sure about all, but maybe finding one angle of it and then stretching that out into a game.

   15. JRJoe Rogan54:01

       Like the arrest story?

   16. HBHannibal Buress54:02

       The arrest story maybe, yeah. Something like that.

   17. JRJoe Rogan54:05

       (laughs)

   18. HBHannibal Buress54:07

       And then- and having it be in a game.

   19. JRJoe Rogan54:08

       That could work. Uh, Jamie told me that, uh, it was Grand Theft Auto. They have, like, places you can go, like, you can watch a comedy show, right?

   20. G2Guest 254:16

       ... wasn't that?

   21. G3Guest 354:16

       Yeah, I'd, for sure, yeah. Uh, I don't, (clears throat) I haven't played it since they've expanded it in the last like two years, 'cause that game came like 10 years ago now.

   22. G2Guest 254:23

       Yeah.

   23. G3Guest 354:23

       Which is pretty crazy, right?

   24. G2Guest 254:24

       No, the, the one in New York, they had the, the, that Laugh Factory, that was in Times Square, was on the game. And Katt Williams was on there, and I think Patrice- And you could just go in there and watch them do stand-up?

   25. G3Guest 354:39

       ... was in the comedy club. Or he, or Patrice was on the radio, but Patrice was definitely on there. Yeah, you could just go in there, yeah, and, and, and watch them perform. I think J.B. Smoove was on the radio, too. Grand Theft Auto is, uh, yeah, that's how-

   26. G2Guest 254:54

       Look at this.

   27. G3Guest 354:54

       Yeah, it's Katt, yeah. They animated him and everything.

   28. G2Guest 254:56

       That is crazy. That is crazy. Look at this.

   29. HBHannibal Buress55:02

       Every day I'm hustling...

   30. G2Guest 255:04

       (laughs) That's him.
10. 1:05:47 – 1:25:45

    Standup during COVID: drive-in shows, creative output, and special-release realities

    1. JRJoe Rogan1:05:47

       How are you feeling without doing standup? Is it weirding you out?

    2. HBHannibal Buress1:05:51

       Um, no. I, you know, dropping a special made it kind of weird just because there's a lot of movement that's usually associated with a release, you know.

    3. JRJoe Rogan1:06:07

       Mm-hmm.

    4. HBHannibal Buress1:06:08

       Going to do TV. Usually you in New York and LA. You probably pop up at the comedy club a couple times that week. And so that was, that was kind of a, a very weird foreign feeling to have a big drop.... um, and then, and then that hap- And I think that's what kinda led to me throwing a little jam on my roof was like, I need it. I was like, "It feel too weird. I gotta have some type of little gathering." You know what I mean?

    5. JRJoe Rogan1:06:36

       Mm-hmm.

    6. HBHannibal Buress1:06:37

       Um, but yeah, I've been, I've been getting, uh, my outlet has been music as far as just being able to hang out and, you know, crack jokes and, and, and be creative. Uh, and I've been seeing that there's drive-through shows happening. I'm, I'm thinking about doing some drive-through s-, uh, some drive-in screenings for special-

    7. JRJoe Rogan1:06:55

       Bert Kreischer's been doing a lot of that.

    8. HBHannibal Buress1:06:57

       Yeah?

    9. JRJoe Rogan1:06:58

       Yeah. He did one with, uh, Ms. Pat and Jesus Trejo. It looked like fun, man. They're on stage and they had 700 cars.

    10. HBHannibal Buress1:07:05

        Wow.

    11. JRJoe Rogan1:07:05

        That's how they, they put it. Instead of, like, 700 people in the audience, they had 700 cars and there's ... Bert's got a video of it. It's pretty badass. When the people are applauding at the end-

    12. HBHannibal Buress1:07:14

        Mm-hmm. They honk.

    13. JRJoe Rogan1:07:14

        ... they're honking their horn-

    14. HBHannibal Buress1:07:15

        Yeah.

    15. JRJoe Rogan1:07:15

        ... and flashing their lights.

    16. HBHannibal Buress1:07:17

        Yeah.

    17. JRJoe Rogan1:07:17

        And he said it was like a, like UFOs landing. It's wild. There's all these headlights.

    18. HBHannibal Buress1:07:21

        Yeah.

    19. JRJoe Rogan1:07:21

        700 cars.

    20. HBHannibal Buress1:07:22

        Are they all, um-

    21. JRJoe Rogan1:07:24

        Here he is.

    22. HBHannibal Buress1:07:24

        ... on stage at once?

    23. JRJoe Rogan1:07:26

        Um, no, no. I mean, they did sets. I mean, they did it like a comedy show.

    24. HBHannibal Buress1:07:30

        Okay.

    25. JRJoe Rogan1:07:30

        Yeah.

    26. HBHannibal Buress1:07:31

        'Cause that's the thing that I wonder about as a performer-

    27. JRJoe Rogan1:07:35

        Look at the, the grilling. (laughs)

    28. HBHannibal Buress1:07:37

        ... and, and trying to ride the wave. You know what I mean?

    29. JRJoe Rogan1:07:39

        Right. But look at that, Ms. Pat. There she is.

    30. HBHannibal Buress1:07:41

        Oh, so people are outside in their cars-

Episode duration: 2:34:34