Joe Rogan Experience #1647 - Dave Chappelle

1. 0:00 – 15:00

   (drum music) Joe Rogan podcast,…

   1. JRJoe Rogan0:00

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

   2. DCDave Chappelle0:04

      The Joe Rogan Experience.

   3. JRJoe Rogan0:06

      Train by day, Joe Rogan podcast by night, all day. (rock music) Oh, hello, David.

   4. DCDave Chappelle0:16

      Hello, Joe. How are you?

   5. JRJoe Rogan0:17

      What's going on with your mask, man?

   6. DCDave Chappelle0:18

      Nah, nah, I was fucking with you. I just wanted to see-

   7. JRJoe Rogan0:20

      (laughs)

   8. DCDave Chappelle0:20

      ... (laughs) I just wanted to see how you would react.

   9. JRJoe Rogan0:23

      (laughs)

   10. DCDave Chappelle0:23

       All this 'rona talk.

   11. JRJoe Rogan0:25

       All this 'rona talk.

   12. DCDave Chappelle0:26

       Sick of it.

   13. JRJoe Rogan0:27

       Yeah.

   14. DCDave Chappelle0:28

       Yeah.

   15. JRJoe Rogan0:29

       Headphones or no headphones? What do you want to do?

   16. DCDave Chappelle0:31

       Oh, I'm gonna, I'll do, I'll do the phones.

   17. JRJoe Rogan0:31

       Okay, there you go. I just don't want to be the only one.

   18. DCDave Chappelle0:34

       Nah, nah, it's all good. Here, I turn them up right here?

   19. JRJoe Rogan0:37

       Yeah.

   20. DCDave Chappelle0:37

       Check, check, check. Here we go. What's up, Fingers?

   21. JRJoe Rogan0:40

       (laughs)

   22. DCDave Chappelle0:41

       (laughs) He's over there typing, and every few minutes, he goes like this, "Let's go."

   23. JRJoe Rogan0:45

       (laughs)

   24. DCDave Chappelle0:45

       "Let's do this shit."

   25. JRJoe Rogan0:48

       So first of all, man, congratulations. You're the first guy to beat the system. You're the first guy to get fucked over by the system, go public with it, and then get your money. I've never heard it happen before. I don't think it's ever happened before.

   26. DCDave Chappelle1:00

       Bro, bro, I, I still can't wrap my mind around it. But I do have to shout out, uh, Chris McCarthy over at CBS Viacom. That, that guy, you know, when we were working this out, uh, his approach was someone who was actually trying to resolve something.

   27. JRJoe Rogan1:16

       Came through.

   28. DCDave Chappelle1:17

       It was amazing, man. Yeah.

   29. JRJoe Rogan1:18

       It's amazing. It's a, it's a happy ending.

   30. DCDave Chappelle1:20

       (clears throat)
2. 15:00 – 30:00

   You got it. Yeah,…

   1. DCDave Chappelle15:00

      What was it called?

   2. JRJoe Rogan15:00

      You got it. Yeah, but how would anyone know whether or not he tortured himself? Right. Like, is that... Does, does his writing say that? Does he... Did he talk about it openly that he liked to just get blue balled-

   3. DCDave Chappelle15:11

      Yeah, see.

   4. JRJoe Rogan15:11

      ... and lay there?

   5. DCDave Chappelle15:12

      Yeah, see, it's that though, man.

   6. JRJoe Rogan15:14

      (laughs)

   7. DCDave Chappelle15:14

      Like, uh, it's all this, like, you know, uh, the... I hate the debunking of great legacies.

   8. JRJoe Rogan15:20

      Right, right, right, right.

   9. DCDave Chappelle15:21

      You know what I mean?

   10. JRJoe Rogan15:22

       Yeah.

   11. DCDave Chappelle15:22

       Like, like, imagine how, how the whites might feel if they tear down a, a Civil War statue. This kind of thing to me is that.

   12. JRJoe Rogan15:29

       Mm-hmm.

   13. DCDave Chappelle15:30

       My equivalent of that.

   14. JRJoe Rogan15:31

       (clears throat)

   15. DCDave Chappelle15:31

       Like, oh, now we're debunking Gandhi.

   16. JRJoe Rogan15:33

       You know, it was really funny when they started tearing down statues, Trump was like, "What are they gonna do next? Are they gonna tear down George Washington?" And everybody's like, "Well, that's ridiculous. They're not gonna do that." And then they started tearing down George Washington statues. They'll... They tear down all the statues.

   17. DCDave Chappelle15:47

       I mean, I mean, I, I mean, George Washington did own slaves.

   18. JRJoe Rogan15:50

       He did. Yeah.

   19. DCDave Chappelle15:51

       You know.

   20. JRJoe Rogan15:52

       Yeah.

   21. DCDave Chappelle15:53

       It's just-

   22. JRJoe Rogan15:53

       So did Thomas Jefferson.

   23. DCDave Chappelle15:54

       Yeah, yeah.

   24. JRJoe Rogan15:55

       Right?

   25. DCDave Chappelle15:55

       Yeah, yeah, yeah.

   26. JRJoe Rogan15:55

       Yeah.

   27. DCDave Chappelle15:56

       Uh, many of the Framers. Uh.

   28. JRJoe Rogan15:57

       Yeah.

   29. DCDave Chappelle15:59

       But-

   30. JRJoe Rogan15:59

       It's... But it's one of those things where it's... You shouldn't revere what they did, but what a statue is supposed to represent is here's an image of some person who's histor- historically significant in establishing the country.
3. 30:00 – 45:00

   That's what always makes…

   1. JRJoe Rogan30:00

   2. DCDave Chappelle30:00

      That's what always makes me laugh about Punkie.

   3. JRJoe Rogan30:03

      Yes. (laughs)

   4. DCDave Chappelle30:03

      Yeah, she was a, she was a... The last time I saw her, she was a bar back.

   5. JRJoe Rogan30:07

      Now she's on SNL.

   6. DCDave Chappelle30:08

      And the next time I saw her, she was rehearsing at SNL. Uh, that made me feel real good for her.

   7. JRJoe Rogan30:12

      She's amazing.

   8. DCDave Chappelle30:13

      And I thought of all the comedians that might treat the bar backs like shit, they'll be like, "You better be careful."

   9. JRJoe Rogan30:17

      Yeah. Right?

   10. DCDave Chappelle30:18

       Uh, security, Idris Elba, the famous actor used to be a security guard at Caroline's.

   11. JRJoe Rogan30:22

       Really?

   12. DCDave Chappelle30:22

       Yeah, yeah. You can ask him. I used to buy weed from him.

   13. JRJoe Rogan30:24

       You know, you used to buy weed from Idris Elba?

   14. DCDave Chappelle30:27

       Yeah, yeah. I don't know if I should talk about it, but yeah.

   15. JRJoe Rogan30:28

       Yeah, you can talk about it.

   16. DCDave Chappelle30:29

       I did. Yeah, I did.

   17. JRJoe Rogan30:30

       It's legal now in New York.

   18. DCDave Chappelle30:31

       Yeah, yeah.

   19. JRJoe Rogan30:31

       He... You know, he had a kickboxing fight. He's a-

   20. DCDave Chappelle30:34

       I, uh-

   21. JRJoe Rogan30:34

       ... legitimate Muay Thai fighter.

   22. DCDave Chappelle30:35

       I heard he's nice with it.

   23. JRJoe Rogan30:36

       Oh, yeah, he's good. And he fought a good guy. Like, it wasn't a bullshit fight. It was a fight. It wasn't like he went out there and just knocked this guy out with one punch. Like, they got a fight.

   24. DCDave Chappelle30:44

       They, they were scrapping.

   25. JRJoe Rogan30:45

       Oh, yeah. It's a good fight. And he trained for a long time. Like, this... Pull up some video footage of Idris Elba hitting a heavy bag.

   26. DCDave Chappelle30:51

       This I gotta see.

   27. JRJoe Rogan30:53

       Idr- Idris Elba's got skills. He trains hard. And he, uh... I think he did it for a television show, so I think they documented his training. And he trained for quite a long time. And, you know, Muay Thai is a... That's a fucking brutal way to fight.... kicking legs and-

   28. DCDave Chappelle31:08

       Is that the shit that they do-

   29. JRJoe Rogan31:10

       ... kneeing the body.

   30. DCDave Chappelle31:10

       ... in Thailand?
4. 45:00 – 1:00:00

   Damn. Props to Dana…

   1. JRJoe Rogan45:00

      and then they would interview me and I knew so much about fighting, I started asking them questions about guys that are fighting in Japan. And, and then Dana and I went out to dinner and he was like, "Why don't you do, why don't you do commentary?" And I said, "Man, I don't wanna do commentary. I wanna get drunk and watch fights." Like, come on, man. And-

   2. DCDave Chappelle45:14

      Damn. Props to Dana White, though.

   3. JRJoe Rogan45:15

      Yeah.

   4. DCDave Chappelle45:15

      That's, that's a good move.

   5. JRJoe Rogan45:16

      Yeah. He, uh, he pul-... He saw me on the Keenan Ivory Wayans Show too, making fun of Steven Seagal. (laughs)

   6. DCDave Chappelle45:24

      (laughs)

   7. JRJoe Rogan45:24

      And we were talking about martial arts and, uh, Dana thought it was hilarious. And then we, we started talking about commentary, and then he talked me into doing one. I did... Like, the first 15 of them I did for free. I did it for a while, like, like more than a year, like maybe two years, I did it for no money. I just got free tickets. He just flew me out.

   8. DCDave Chappelle45:43

      It's that, bro. You know, these paths in life, they reveal themselves, and this goes back to what we were saying earlier. If you look at things through the lens of money or monetary gain, you'll miss so much.

   9. JRJoe Rogan45:54

      You miss so much.

   10. DCDave Chappelle45:55

       Th- this-

   11. JRJoe Rogan45:55

       Yeah.

   12. DCDave Chappelle45:56

       This thing about y- just following a passion, having a good dinner with somebody, like, "Yeah, I'll do it."

   13. JRJoe Rogan46:02

       Mm-hmm. Yeah.

   14. DCDave Chappelle46:02

       That's usually how the greatest things happen. When I did A Star is Born, I, I don't do movies. I'm so glad I did it. And it was just 'cause I liked Bradley Cooper. I kept meeting him at parties.

   15. JRJoe Rogan46:10

       That's awesome.

   16. DCDave Chappelle46:11

       And I just like-... I just liked the guy.

   17. JRJoe Rogan46:13

       No. Yeah, that's... Being able to just do what you enjoy doing, that's the real success of life. 'Cause if you're making a lot of money, but you hate what you're doing... Like, when I was doing Fear Factor, I, I didn't enjoy the job. I enjoyed the people I was working with. It was fun. They were a good group of people. We had a lot of fun, we had a lot of laughs. But it wasn't what I wanted to do. I was doing it for money.

   18. DCDave Chappelle46:34

       Right.

   19. JRJoe Rogan46:34

       And I made-... I made... But it gave me... The good thing was it gave me fuck you money. So, it gave me money where I had money squirreled away. I was like, "Ooh, I can relax now. Now I just do what I wanna do." And what I wanted to do was, like, do this stupid podcast and then, you know, do the-... eh, these MMA shows, go and do commentary, and I did all that shit. Again, it was all just because it-... I enjoyed it. And then that became my life. My life became only things I enjoy. So, now whether it's a podcast or whether it's standup or whether it's commentary, it's just I enjoy it. I look forward to it.

   20. DCDave Chappelle47:08

       I had a year like that right-... maybe the year before I did Chappelle's Show, where it was just like I was saving up to take a chance.

   21. JRJoe Rogan47:16

       Hmm.

   22. DCDave Chappelle47:16

       You know what I mean?

   23. JRJoe Rogan47:17

       Yeah.

   24. DCDave Chappelle47:17

       So then, when it came time to do Chappelle's Show, you know, the money was terrible, but, but I'd saved up. I could take the shot.

   25. JRJoe Rogan47:23

       Yeah.

   26. DCDave Chappelle47:24

       I could come off the road and, and take the-... and take a real shot, and it made all the difference in the world.

   27. JRJoe Rogan47:30

       The... Real sh-... When you take a chance, it's such a weird feeling. Taking a chance, like doing something, even just moving here, it's so exciting. It's so exciting when you don't know how it's gonna play out.

   28. DCDave Chappelle47:40

       Yeah.

   29. JRJoe Rogan47:40

       It's so nerve-wracking. Like, it gets you. You're like, "Fuck, is this the right move? Maybe I should just play it safe and stay where I am. I mean, LA's gotta open back up eventually."

   30. DCDave Chappelle47:49

       No, this was a great move. And I can't imagine what you saved in taxes.
5. 1:00:00 – 1:09:58

   No, because they, they…

   1. DCDave Chappelle1:00:00

      No, you don't.

   2. JRJoe Rogan1:00:00

      No, because they, they just wanna bring you down to their level. They're miserable.

   3. DCDave Chappelle1:00:03

      No, but whoever wrote that comment that said, "Dave looks like he stinks," is probably gonna watch this and be like, "Nailed it."

   4. JRJoe Rogan1:00:09

      (laughs) Got 'em.

   5. DCDave Chappelle1:00:10

      So congratulations, motherfucker.

   6. JRJoe Rogan1:00:12

      (laughs)

   7. DCDave Chappelle1:00:12

      And I can't wait to read your comment about me commenting on your comment.

   8. JRJoe Rogan1:00:16

      (laughs)

   9. DCDave Chappelle1:00:16

      You're in the big time, bitch.

   10. JRJoe Rogan1:00:18

       (laughs)

   11. DCDave Chappelle1:00:18

       Your mother stinks.

   12. JRJoe Rogan1:00:19

       (laughs)

   13. DCDave Chappelle1:00:20

       Comment on that, too.

   14. JRJoe Rogan1:00:21

       Ah. Yeah, it's a weird thing, comments.

   15. DCDave Chappelle1:00:25

       (laughs)

   16. JRJoe Rogan1:00:25

       Comments are a weird thing.

   17. DCDave Chappelle1:00:26

       I mean, it's, yeah, it is. But like you say, and here's the rub, I, you can just not read 'em.

   18. JRJoe Rogan1:00:33

       Yeah.

   19. DCDave Chappelle1:00:33

       Or you could just not click on that special that's gonna hurt your feelings. It, at a certain point, you gotta look at this shit like food. What are you, what are you eating? What are you putting in your mind?

   20. JRJoe Rogan1:00:41

       That's what I keep saying about m- me when people get outraged about my podcast. I'm like, "Well, you don't have to listen to it." Like, why are you let- you listening to it looking for things that are pissing you off? Like, what are you doing?

   21. DCDave Chappelle1:00:51

       Yeah, it's like listening to someone's ass when they take a shit and being like, "Ew, you farted."

   22. JRJoe Rogan1:00:55

       (laughs)

   23. DCDave Chappelle1:00:56

       What, what, what the fuck are you doing in here anyway?

   24. JRJoe Rogan1:00:59

       (laughs)

   25. DCDave Chappelle1:01:00

       (laughs) What's wrong with these people?

   26. JRJoe Rogan1:01:01

       Well, people who are looking to get mad.

   27. DCDave Chappelle1:01:03

       There's plenty, there's plenty of things to be authentically mad about.

   28. JRJoe Rogan1:01:07

       Yes.

   29. DCDave Chappelle1:01:07

       And, and-

   30. JRJoe Rogan1:01:08

       But those are confusing and frustrating.

Episode duration: 3:16:02