Joe Rogan Experience #1874 - Dave Attell

1. 0:00 – 15:00

   (drumming music) Joe Rogan podcast,…

   1. DADave Attell0:00

      (drumming music) Joe Rogan podcast, check it out. The Joe Rogan Experience.

   2. JRJoe Rogan0:06

      Train by day, Joe Rogan podcast by night, all day. (rock music) Ladies and gentlemen, David Attell.

   3. DADave Attell0:17

      Hey, Joe. Thanks for having me on the show.

   4. JRJoe Rogan0:19

      Good to see you, my brother.

   5. DADave Attell0:20

      I was telling your guys before you showed up, I was like, "Uh, I'm hoping there's other guests besides me 'cause I don't really think I'm interesting enough to hold the whole show."

   6. JRJoe Rogan0:28

      We can do it.

   7. DADave Attell0:29

      You think so?

   8. JRJoe Rogan0:29

      Yes. All right, I believe in you.

   9. DADave Attell0:31

      I have, I have zero worries.

   10. JRJoe Rogan0:33

       (laughs)

   11. DADave Attell0:33

       I'm glad you brought your straw.

   12. JRJoe Rogan0:34

       Thank you.

   13. DADave Attell0:35

       And I'm also- (laughs)

   14. JRJoe Rogan0:37

       (laughs) I'm also glad you brought your hobo sack. (laughs)

   15. DADave Attell0:38

       I'll show everybody.

   16. JRJoe Rogan0:40

       He's a comedy nomad.

   17. DADave Attell0:41

       That's how you travel, people. (laughs)

   18. JRJoe Rogan0:41

       That's all he brings, fresh underwear and socks. That's it. Let's go.

   19. DADave Attell0:46

       Good to be back in Texas.

   20. JRJoe Rogan0:47

       Good to see you. How was the Cap City? Did you enjoy it?

   21. DADave Attell0:49

       It was awesome. I mean, you and I back in the day played the old Cap City.

   22. JRJoe Rogan0:53

       Yeah.

   23. DADave Attell0:53

       And, uh, that was definitely an iconic club. And this is the, uh, I guess you can say the, um, the reimagining of it.

   24. JRJoe Rogan1:00

       This is, uh, the, the helium folks who do an amazing job.

   25. DADave Attell1:03

       Exactly.

   26. JRJoe Rogan1:03

       Helium folks are great. They-

   27. DADave Attell1:04

       They really are.

   28. JRJoe Rogan1:05

       That fucking place in Philly is the shit. The one in Portland is the shit. The other clubs are fucking locked down. They're all solid as a rock.

   29. DADave Attell1:12

       I totally agree with you. And they put a lot of work into it.

   30. JRJoe Rogan1:15

       Mm-hmm.
2. 15:00 – 30:00

   Right. …

   1. DADave Attell15:00

      play. I mean, it's like, okay, that's, that's how you guys react? I gotta just deal with that. But it's nothing like them back in the day when you knew immediately when you were, uh ... (laughs) I mean, there's no, there's not a plate of chicken wings coming at you, you know?

   2. JRJoe Rogan15:13

      Right.

   3. DADave Attell15:13

      It's like, I mean, you know, like let's take it for what it is.

   4. JRJoe Rogan15:15

      For us-

   5. DADave Attell15:15

      Yeah.

   6. JRJoe Rogan15:15

      ... for r- d- people who have done, uh, those prom shows at Dangerfield's.

   7. DADave Attell15:19

      Yeah. Well, that's the thing. It's like, you know, the, the reaction, the reaction is, is different, you know? But I would say the, and this probably scares you too, is the cold silence of a young crowd. (laughs) You know?

   8. JRJoe Rogan15:29

      Yeah.

   9. DADave Attell15:29

      Where they just basically, you can see it in their head, they're buffering. They're trying to figure out what to, how to react.

   10. JRJoe Rogan15:34

       It's interesting because like, there's a way to navigate those waters, right? But these are definitely new waters. And if you are, uh, if you wanna bring up controversial material, there's certain people that aren't even gonna listen to what you're saying. They, they won't listen to what you're saying. What they wanna do is just immediately react to a subject and bark.

   11. DADave Attell15:52

       Right.

   12. JRJoe Rogan15:52

       They immediately wanna like state their position on the subject and bark. So you, 'cause you've, you've hit like political or cultural hot points.

   13. DADave Attell15:59

       Mm-hmm.

   14. JRJoe Rogan16:00

       And you can't even have a, a take on them that's humorous. They, they won't allow that because they feel like they're an activist.

   15. DADave Attell16:05

       I, I-

   16. JRJoe Rogan16:05

       That's the problem.

   17. DADave Attell16:06

       I, I, I know what you're talking about. And like I, I'm always like, you know, it's the joke. And like I really, you know, put a lot of time into material, so like, uh, anybody who knows me is like, I check a joke. I wanna make sure that like, um, I'm doing it, you know, it's my joke.

   18. JRJoe Rogan16:20

       You've called me several times.

   19. DADave Attell16:21

       Yeah, I have, right.

   20. JRJoe Rogan16:22

       Several times saying-

   21. DADave Attell16:23

       That's a weird call, isn't it?

   22. JRJoe Rogan16:24

       No, it's a good call. It's a good call because it's a call from an artist, you know? You're like, "Hey, this seemed like it came to me too easy. Have you heard this?"

   23. DADave Attell16:30

       But uh, but that, but my friends, uh, you know, I include you in this group, always go like, you know, your calls are almost cryptic. Like ...

   24. JRJoe Rogan16:38

       (laughs)

   25. DADave Attell16:38

       Do you say-

   26. JRJoe Rogan16:38

       I take those calls.

   27. DADave Attell16:39

       (laughs) Do you say antelope in a, in a joke?

   28. JRJoe Rogan16:42

       (laughs)

   29. DADave Attell16:42

       Do you have a joke that ends with Froot Loops? I'm like, uh, you know, what- who is this? You know, that kind of thing.

   30. JRJoe Rogan16:48

       It's so funny because Santino called me up the other day in a frenzy. He's like, "I- do you have a joke on this? I feel like you have a joke on this. I had a nightmare that you had a joke on this in one of your old specials." I go, "Nope, definitely don't."
3. 30:00 – 45:00

   Dude, and you drove…

   1. JRJoe Rogan30:00

      wheel and crawl up into my car.

   2. DADave Attell30:02

      Dude, and you drove that car?

   3. JRJoe Rogan30:03

      I had to. What am I gonna do?

   4. DADave Attell30:05

      Oh, shit.

   5. JRJoe Rogan30:05

      I mean, what the fuck do you do?

   6. DADave Attell30:06

      That's brave.

   7. JRJoe Rogan30:07

      I felt like if I started it up, they would jump out.

   8. DADave Attell30:09

      (laughs) What the-

   9. JRJoe Rogan30:11

      I mean, like, what the fuck are they looking for? It's like they're looking for food or something, looking for a hole to get into the car and find food. It's like, there's-

   10. DADave Attell30:17

       W- was it cold?

   11. JRJoe Rogan30:19

       No. No, they couldn't-

   12. DADave Attell30:19

       'Cause they go under the engine, they say, under the engine block-

   13. JRJoe Rogan30:22

       Right.

   14. DADave Attell30:22

       ... to warm up. They're really smart, you know.

   15. JRJoe Rogan30:23

       They're so smart. Have you seen that jo- uh, the, uh, Rats documentary on Netflix?

   16. DADave Attell30:28

       No.

   17. JRJoe Rogan30:28

       Oh my God, you have to see it. It's incredible.

   18. DADave Attell30:30

       I'm always afraid they're gonna swim up the toilet 'cause that happened-

   19. JRJoe Rogan30:33

       They can.

   20. DADave Attell30:33

       ... one time, though.

   21. JRJoe Rogan30:34

       But that's enough?

   22. DADave Attell30:34

       That probably happened one time.

   23. JRJoe Rogan30:35

       One werewolf.

   24. DADave Attell30:36

       (laughs)

   25. JRJoe Rogan30:36

       I'm staying outta the woods. Fuck that, dude.... there was, uh, the documentary. It shows, uh, all the diseases that they carry. Like, there's, there's rats out there right now that have the plague.

   26. DADave Attell30:47

       Yeah.

   27. JRJoe Rogan30:48

       They, they're, they're around people. There's like, they, they caught some in Georgia, and they did th- they ran some studies on them. They found all kinds of crazy diseases in these things.

   28. DADave Attell30:56

       But you know Naked and Afraid, you know those guys?

   29. JRJoe Rogan30:57

       Yes.

   30. DADave Attell30:58

       Those guys, like they have the two guys. They have the hunter guy, and then they have the other guy who's the scrounger. You know, he just, the scavenger guy. And he would eat that. He would eat it. He would figure out a way to like de-plague it, and like, skin it, and like, just eat it.
4. 45:00 – 1:00:00

   Mm-hmm. …

   1. JRJoe Rogan45:00

      for him.

   2. DADave Attell45:00

      Mm-hmm.

   3. JRJoe Rogan45:01

      But he loves swimming, so that's cool.

   4. DADave Attell45:03

      Yeah, they, they're like built for swimming.

   5. JRJoe Rogan45:04

      Oh my god. Yeah.

   6. DADave Attell45:05

      Yeah.

   7. JRJoe Rogan45:05

      I didn't even have to teach him how to swim. He just jumped in the water when he was a puppy.

   8. DADave Attell45:09

      Really?

   9. JRJoe Rogan45:09

      Yeah, like, like immediately.

   10. DADave Attell45:10

       Oh, that's right. It's in their like DNA or something.

   11. JRJoe Rogan45:12

       100%.

   12. DADave Attell45:12

       Yeah.

   13. JRJoe Rogan45:13

       It was like, "Immediately start swimming."

   14. DADave Attell45:14

       Nice.

   15. JRJoe Rogan45:15

       Yeah. He figured it out like right away. Just had to show him where the, where the stairs were, and then boom, he was good.

   16. DADave Attell45:20

       Even the little ones like to take a dip.

   17. JRJoe Rogan45:22

       Yeah.

   18. DADave Attell45:22

       I like that. You know?

   19. JRJoe Rogan45:23

       The thing about those dogs too is like, it's interesting, retrievers, 'cause they, that, um, teaching a dog to fetch and then bring it back, some dogs don't wanna bring it back.

   20. DADave Attell45:31

       (laughs)

   21. JRJoe Rogan45:31

       They're like, "Hey, motherfucker. Bring the ball back."

   22. DADave Attell45:33

       Yeah. Possessive.

   23. JRJoe Rogan45:33

       Retrievers immediately bring it back every time. Every time.

   24. DADave Attell45:36

       You don't even have to teach them, huh?

   25. JRJoe Rogan45:37

       Never. The only time he stops is I know he has to take a shit.

   26. DADave Attell45:40

       Oh. (laughs)

   27. JRJoe Rogan45:40

       It's like, oh. He paused. He doesn't come back all the way. He's gotta take a dump, and then he'll come run back over. But, those dogs are like designed for retrieving.

   28. DADave Attell45:49

       Well, you know, being on the road, I can't have a dog, so I have to kinda live-

   29. JRJoe Rogan45:52

       Yeah.

   30. DADave Attell45:52

       ... vicariously through you guys with your dogs.
5. 1:00:00 – 1:01:51

   Yeah. …

   1. DADave Attell1:00:00

      early, then you're like, "Wow, this is a different type of tight," you know, "I'm-"

   2. JRJoe Rogan1:00:03

      Yeah.

   3. DADave Attell1:00:03

      "... ouch," you know. And sometimes I'll go on early just to mix it up, but I feel late is where my stuff works best, you know.

   4. JRJoe Rogan1:00:09

      Well, you know, it's like, it's like you're rucking, you're out there hiking the hills with weights on your back.

   5. DADave Attell1:00:14

      Oh, you think? (laughs)

   6. JRJoe Rogan1:00:15

      Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

   7. DADave Attell1:00:15

      I'm training.

   8. JRJoe Rogan1:00:15

      And then it goes to like regular workouts, you're like flying through it, like a regular show.

   9. DADave Attell1:00:21

      I, yeah, I, I'd say that like, you know, The Cellar especially is built late, like it feels better late than it does early. But, you know, the crowds there, you get a lot of different... Like, I guess you got that in LA too, where it's like you got Euros, you got locals, you got people-

   10. JRJoe Rogan1:00:34

       Yeah.

   11. DADave Attell1:00:34

       ... who are, you know, I guess domestic tourists, you know, people coming all the way in from Arkansas. So, you know, you get like kind of like a, a, a, a buffet of audience-

   12. JRJoe Rogan1:00:42

       Yeah.

   13. DADave Attell1:00:42

       And you get to see like where it hits, where it doesn't, and all that kinda stuff. So, there's good to that. But at the end of the day, like, I always leave like, you know, "What was that about? I can't believe they didn't get that."

   14. JRJoe Rogan1:00:51

       It's a destination.

   15. DADave Attell1:00:51

       You know.

   16. JRJoe Rogan1:00:52

       Comedy becomes a destination, right?

   17. DADave Attell1:00:54

       Well, that's what's gonna happen with your club, man. I mean, honestly, I bet you it's already sold out.

   18. JRJoe Rogan1:00:59

       We don't have many tickets available yet.

   19. DADave Attell1:01:00

       It doesn't matter. I, I, I, I can only imagine that first opening week, it's gonna be nuts.

   20. JRJoe Rogan1:01:05

       It's gonna be fun.

   21. DADave Attell1:01:05

       It's gonna be nuts, man.

   22. JRJoe Rogan1:01:06

       It'll be fun. It's g- it's exciting to be able to do something from the ground up.... you know.

   23. DADave Attell1:01:10

       Mm-hmm.

   24. JRJoe Rogan1:01:11

       And, uh, to have a community that's already here, 'cause we've been doing so many shows already here-

   25. DADave Attell1:01:15

       Yeah.

   26. JRJoe Rogan1:01:15

       ... that we... you know, we've been having a lot of fun, like, for the last two years.

   27. DADave Attell1:01:19

       And will you, like, uh, you know... Well, you gotta be there, like, the opening for s- for sure, I'm sure.

   28. JRJoe Rogan1:01:26

       Yeah, for sure.

   29. DADave Attell1:01:26

       You, you gotta be.

   30. JRJoe Rogan1:01:26

       Yeah, we're gonna be there.

Episode duration: 2:36:44