Joe Rogan Experience #1604 - Jamar Neighbors

1. 0:00 – 15:00

   (drum roll) Joe Rogan podcast,…

   1. JNJamar Neighbors0:02

      (drum roll) Joe Rogan podcast, check it out.

   2. JRJoe Rogan0:04

      The Joe Rogan Experience.

   3. JNJamar Neighbors0:06

      Train by day, Joe Rogan podcast by night. All day. (rock music plays)

   4. JRJoe Rogan0:14

      All right, we might ... Salute, my brother.

   5. JNJamar Neighbors0:16

      Yes, sir.

   6. JRJoe Rogan0:16

      So good to see you.

   7. JNJamar Neighbors0:17

      Man, you too, bro.

   8. JRJoe Rogan0:19

      Dawg, brings me back to The Comedy Store. Ugh. Ugh, the days. I'm gonna be- I'm gonna be, one day I'm gonna be looking back on those days and just going, "What a, what a lucky time we had there."

   9. JNJamar Neighbors0:30

      Yeah.

   10. JRJoe Rogan0:31

       You know? We were so lucky. So lucky to be in that spot at that time in that moment in history. You know?

   11. JNJamar Neighbors0:36

       Yeah. Dude, I, um, n- ... Some guy wanted me to write something about, like, s- a haunted comedy club, so, like, one of their last days that I was out there before I came out here. So I walked all the way down the street, and then I walked all the way to the, um, to The Comedy Store. And it was closed, it was shut down and it's abandoned.

   12. JRJoe Rogan0:56

       That is weird.

   13. JNJamar Neighbors0:58

       It is. And I was just looking at, I was just looking at the whole place, taking it in. And I was just like, "Damn." I was like ... And I just walked off. (laughs) Like, God, I, I looked at my name, and I was up there like, "Damn, man, I worked so hard to get that shit on there."

   14. JRJoe Rogan1:16

       (laughs)

   15. JNJamar Neighbors1:17

       And I just walked off. I took nothing, like, like, nothing, (laughs) like, back to go write about. And I was just like, "Damn, I worked so hard to get that. All right." (laughs) You know, like ...

   16. JRJoe Rogan1:26

       Yeah, getting your name up on the wall of that place is like (blows out air through teeth) ... I mean, for a comedian, it's like the, that's the stamp.

   17. JNJamar Neighbors1:32

       Hell, yeah.

   18. JRJoe Rogan1:32

       You got the stamp.

   19. JNJamar Neighbors1:33

       Hell, yeah. And, and they wouldn't d- and they wouldn't, (laughs) they wouldn't pass me for the longest, dude.

   20. JRJoe Rogan1:37

       How long?

   21. JNJamar Neighbors1:38

       Like ... Oh, man. So I started going there at 19, and, um-

   22. JRJoe Rogan1:44

       When you were 19 years old?

   23. JNJamar Neighbors1:46

       Yeah. Yeah. I've been doing comedy for, like, 17 years.

   24. JRJoe Rogan1:48

       What year was it when you got passed?

   25. JNJamar Neighbors1:52

       Probably, like, 2000 and f- ... When is ... I'm trying to do the math for this. Like, 2014 maybe. Yeah.

   26. JRJoe Rogan2:01

       So that was, like, right when I was coming back.

   27. JNJamar Neighbors2:03

       Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And they would, they, they would never pass ... I remember, I remember doing a showcase in front of Mitzi. (laughs) I did a showcase in front of Mitzi. This is when Mitzi came in and she was all, like, you know, much respect, but, like, the crap hit him, like, really light.

   28. JRJoe Rogan2:18

       Yeah. Yeah.

   29. JNJamar Neighbors2:18

       And they sat her in the back, and everybody was like, "Oh my God, it's Mitzi. Oh my God, it's Mitzi. Oh my God, it's Mitzi." We all went up, and we all did our sets. Like, it was me, it was, uh, it was, it was Jerrod, it was Angelo Bowers, it was Josh Adame. It was, like, all of us. And then, so we all go up and do our sets and shit. And mind you, like, this is a open mic, so, um, I go up, and, um, the first joke I said, I was up there like, I was just like, "Yeah, man." I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, "Michael Jackson could, could fuck anybody he want to. You know what I'm saying?"

   30. JRJoe Rogan2:47

       (laughs)
2. 15:00 – 30:00

   (laughs) …

   1. JNJamar Neighbors15:00

      up to like, uh, he was up to like, "Yeah, man." He was up to like, "So, uh, so what you gonna do?" And I was like, "Uh, you know, man. I mean, you know, I might... may draw and do some art and sell that and stuff." He was up to like, "Or..." And my little brother is in prison so he's like, "Or we can get that nigga Chase social security number in there and get... and then, and then, and then, and then type that in and get his, uh, and get his unemployment."

   2. JRJoe Rogan15:21

      (laughs)

   3. JNJamar Neighbors15:23

      And I was like, "Su- nigga, I'm on TV. I can't be..." (laughs)

   4. JRJoe Rogan15:30

      (laughs)

   5. JNJamar Neighbors15:30

      "I can't be..." (laughs) I was up to like... I was like, "I do think that that's brilliant and if I was an... if I was another nigga, I, I would've..." (laughs) But people getting, people getting fucked up for that.

   6. JRJoe Rogan15:37

      Yeah.

   7. JNJamar Neighbors15:37

      Yeah.

   8. JRJoe Rogan15:38

      Yeah. Yeah. People getting... Well, the, the other thing was, that was happening with the unemployment was like there was a lot of people that if they went back to work, they'd be risking their life. But if they just said, "No, I'm too scared to go back to work," they still get that unemployment. And then you're not working for like long periods of time, you start to change the way you look at work.

   9. JNJamar Neighbors15:55

      Yeah.

   10. JRJoe Rogan15:56

       You start to change the way you look at things.

   11. JNJamar Neighbors15:58

       Yeah.

   12. JRJoe Rogan15:58

       Which you, you... And then you hear about stimulus checks. Like, where's these fucking stimulus checks?

   13. JNJamar Neighbors16:02

       Yeah.

   14. JRJoe Rogan16:02

       You start thinking like, "We're just gonna get... start getting checks." That, that could be a dangerous thing if the government just starts paying everybody.

   15. JNJamar Neighbors16:08

       Why?

   16. JRJoe Rogan16:09

       Because I just don't think they have the money for it. Where's it going to come from? It's go- they're gonna have to... Somehow or another they're going to have to take it from somewhere or they're going to have to start printing money. And then it, it just... Look, for sure people need money to get back on track. The problem is if, if the government starts doing this on a regular basis and then they keep shutting things down and they keep giving... We're going to be... This is going to be some George Orwell shit.

   17. JNJamar Neighbors16:33

       Yeah, yeah, yeah.

   18. JRJoe Rogan16:33

       Some 1984 shit.

   19. JNJamar Neighbors16:34

       Yeah.

   20. JRJoe Rogan16:34

       We're gonna be fully dependent on the government to keep cities open-

   21. JNJamar Neighbors16:38

       Yeah.

   22. JRJoe Rogan16:38

       ... to keep towns open and then they're going to be compliant to their ridiculous rules. Like you've heard the shit they're doing in LA. We were talking about it before the show today, that LA, they're gonna allow outdoor dining but you can't have a TV on. What the fuck does that mean?

   23. JNJamar Neighbors16:54

       It-

   24. JRJoe Rogan16:54

       Who are you? Who the fuck are you to tell people they can't have a TV on? Like what... Do they have a... Jamie, is there an explanation for why?

   25. JNJamar Neighbors17:02

       Why does that matter?

   26. JRJoe Rogan17:03

       'Cause it doesn't matter. They're fucking criminals. These fucking people think they can just tell you what to do. LA County says no TVs for outdoor diners at local restaurants. What? What?

   27. JNJamar Neighbors17:13

       Then why?

   28. JRJoe Rogan17:14

       Yeah, why? Does it say why? "This provision is effective until further notice." They don't have to tell you.

   29. NANarrator17:22

       It doesn't say why.

   30. JRJoe Rogan17:22

       They don't have to tell you shit. These fucking creeps.
3. 30:00 – 45:00

   'Cause, uh, go ...…

   1. JNJamar Neighbors30:00

      I haven't even ... I, I haven't even went to, went, went to the Magic Castle, uh, show.

   2. JRJoe Rogan30:05

      'Cause, uh, go ... Well, I don't wanna blow her up.

   3. GUGuest30:07

      That's, I don't ... Maybe they're not still doing it.

   4. JRJoe Rogan30:09

      Uh, Eleanor had it on her Instagram.

   5. GUGuest30:11

      No. Yeah. No. Yep. They are. Yep.

   6. JRJoe Rogan30:12

      Eleanor Kerrigan in the house. (clears throat) But, um, maybe they're just doing it and waiting for people to shut 'em down.

   7. GUGuest30:19

      Yeah, I dunno.

   8. JNJamar Neighbors30:19

      Oh.

   9. JRJoe Rogan30:20

      Bro, it's bad.

   10. JNJamar Neighbors30:22

       Yeah.

   11. JRJoe Rogan30:22

       LA, LA is bad.

   12. JNJamar Neighbors30:23

       Yeah. And I'm like, I don't even know what I'm gonna do when I get ... Maybe I'll go, maybe I'll audition or something.

   13. JRJoe Rogan30:30

       I don't know.

   14. GUGuest30:30

       I, I think there's still their car.

   15. JNJamar Neighbors30:31

       (laughs) I don't know what to do when I get back there.

   16. GUGuest30:32

       Well, that's why you gotta be in your car, so like a drive-in.

   17. JNJamar Neighbors30:34

       Oh, I don't like that shit.

   18. JRJoe Rogan30:35

       I don't like that shit, too.

   19. GUGuest30:36

       Charging for cars.

   20. JNJamar Neighbors30:36

       Drive-in standup shows?

   21. JRJoe Rogan30:38

       When people honk when they wanna heckle.

   22. GUGuest30:39

       (laughs)

   23. JNJamar Neighbors30:39

       Come on, man. Don't play with me. Like, I hate that shit. (laughs)

   24. JRJoe Rogan30:42

       But I'll tell you what, Bert Kreischer's got that shit dialed in.

   25. JNJamar Neighbors30:45

       He has?

   26. JRJoe Rogan30:45

       He's got it dialed in. Yeah. They set up a big stage and he'll do hundreds ... Like I asked him, "How many, how many, uh, people were in your crowd?" He goes, "700 cars."

   27. JNJamar Neighbors30:53

       What?

   28. JRJoe Rogan30:54

       (laughs) But just, but just the fact that you're doing it by car-

   29. JNJamar Neighbors30:56

       Yeah.

   30. JRJoe Rogan30:57

       ... it seems so bizarre.
4. 45:00 – 1:00:00

   We burned a Confederate…

   1. JRJoe Rogan45:00

   2. JNJamar Neighbors45:00

      We burned a Confederate flag in, uh, in a, in, um, in, uh, where's Wa- in, from A- in Alabama.

   3. JRJoe Rogan45:06

      Oh.

   4. JNJamar Neighbors45:06

      And the whole crowd went, and the whole crowd, like, gave us a standing ovation.

   5. JRJoe Rogan45:10

      Really?

   6. JNJamar Neighbors45:11

      Yeah, that was like one of the bits.

   7. JRJoe Rogan45:12

      Indoors, burning a flag is dangerous as fuck.

   8. JNJamar Neighbors45:15

      (laughs) But people, but that's the dope thing about The Wave is that people never ever knew what the fuck we were gonna do. So we would get away with shit like that because of the air of the, uh, of the air of unpredictability.

   9. JRJoe Rogan45:24

      Right.

   10. JNJamar Neighbors45:25

       Yeah, yeah, yeah. So, um, so yeah, man.

   11. GUGuest45:27

       It's a great name for the, the, the group of you two, The Wave.

   12. JNJamar Neighbors45:31

       (laughs) 'Cause, because, uh, before, before we did the Rose Battle, uh, we w- I would be in the OR and, um, and, um, when somebody would do something funny, I would, I would, I wa- I was always a over-laugher anyway or whatever. And, um, so one time somebody did something, I was just like, "Ha ha ha." And I was like, "Whoa," whatever, right?

   13. JRJoe Rogan45:52

       (laughs)

   14. JNJamar Neighbors45:52

       And then so, uh, (laughs) and then so we started doing that, like, in the Rose Battle too. You know what I'm saying? I was just like, "Oh, man, we should just call ourselves The Wave or whatever," and this, this and that. "We're The Wave." You know? And then so every time, like, (laughs) they'd shout us out, we'd be like, "Whoa."

   15. JRJoe Rogan46:06

       (laughs)

   16. JNJamar Neighbors46:06

       And like s- sometimes the whole crowd would fucking do it and shit. You know what I'm saying? 'Cause it's literally a wave of whatever the fuck's about to happen after this joke. You know what I'm saying?

   17. JRJoe Rogan46:16

       Yes.

   18. JNJamar Neighbors46:16

       Like...

   19. JRJoe Rogan46:16

       And you guys did it for... Like, I came to this door in 2014, and one of the things I came back to the store. One of the things that brought me back, the big thing that brought me back was Ari, 'cause Ari was filming a special there the next day and I had to go.

   20. JNJamar Neighbors46:29

       Mm-hmm.

   21. JRJoe Rogan46:29

       I had to be there for that. Ari's one of my best friends.

   22. JNJamar Neighbors46:31

       Yeah.

   23. JRJoe Rogan46:31

       And the other thing was, uh, I wanted to see Rose Battle.

   24. JNJamar Neighbors46:35

       Uh-huh.

   25. JRJoe Rogan46:35

       'Cause everybody told me about it. And I remember being up there and sitting in that audience going, "Wow, this is special." Like, first of all, the jokes, the joke-writing was excellent.

   26. JNJamar Neighbors46:45

       Mm-hmm.

   27. JRJoe Rogan46:45

       There's people that I didn't even know, they were crushing each other. And then you guys would run on stage and, and, and make chaos.

   28. JNJamar Neighbors46:51

       Mm-hmm.

   29. JRJoe Rogan46:51

       And I was like, "This is a wild, creative fucking show."

   30. JNJamar Neighbors46:54

       (laughs)
5. 1:00:00 – 1:03:37

   Yeah, I would never…

   1. JRJoe Rogan1:00:00

   2. JNJamar Neighbors1:00:00

      Yeah, I would never Chicago ridge hand somebody unless maybe my little brother.

   3. JRJoe Rogan1:00:03

      Is that Charlie boxing you?

   4. JNJamar Neighbors1:00:04

      No, no, no, no, that's me, that's me, that's me.

   5. JRJoe Rogan1:00:05

      Oh, Jamar.

   6. JNJamar Neighbors1:00:07

      This motherfucker was so fat.

   7. JRJoe Rogan1:00:09

      Oh, the guy you fought?

   8. JNJamar Neighbors1:00:10

      Look at this. Oh.

   9. JRJoe Rogan1:00:11

      Oh, dude, look at you swinging wild.

   10. JNJamar Neighbors1:00:13

       I was fucking that nigga up. Look like I was like Deontay Wilder in that bitch.

   11. JRJoe Rogan1:00:15

       Are you left-handed?

   12. JNJamar Neighbors1:00:16

       I am.

   13. JRJoe Rogan1:00:17

       Oh, shit. No kidding. Oh, dude, Jamar. Look at you go.

   14. JNJamar Neighbors1:00:22

       (laughs)

   15. JRJoe Rogan1:00:22

       And you get a drink of water when the guy's down.

   16. JNJamar Neighbors1:00:24

       Yeah, yeah, yeah.

   17. JRJoe Rogan1:00:24

       You're not supposed to do that. (laughs)

   18. JNJamar Neighbors1:00:25

       Yeah. (laughs) And I walked over to him and said-

   19. JRJoe Rogan1:00:28

       That's over anyway, right? Isn't it over? Yeah.

   20. JNJamar Neighbors1:00:29

       Yeah, yeah.

   21. JRJoe Rogan1:00:30

       He quit.

   22. JNJamar Neighbors1:00:30

       The only reason, the only re- ... And, and I don't, I don't (smacks lips) I don't take like crazy credit for it. I mean, but it'll ... A win is a win for sure. I mean, that guy was fat as fuck. Look at him.

   23. JRJoe Rogan1:00:39

       So you had ... These guys are wearing masks. This was COVID.

   24. JNJamar Neighbors1:00:42

       Yeah, yeah, yeah.

   25. JRJoe Rogan1:00:42

       When did, when did this fight happen?

   26. JNJamar Neighbors1:00:43

       (laughs) Yeah, yeah, it was.

   27. JRJoe Rogan1:00:45

       When did this happen?

   28. JNJamar Neighbors1:00:46

       Uh, this was like in October.

   29. JRJoe Rogan1:00:48

       In October. So did they test you at all?

   30. JNJamar Neighbors1:00:50

       (laughs) No, man.

Episode duration: 2:47:00