Joe Rogan Experience #2178 - Sam Morril

1. 0:00 – 15:00

   (drum roll) Joe Rogan podcast,…

   1. JRJoe Rogan0:00

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

   2. NANarrator0:04

      The Joe Rogan Experience. Train by day, Joe Rogan podcast by night, all day.

   3. JRJoe Rogan0:09

      (instrumental music) Cheers.

   4. SMSam Morril0:13

      Cheers.

   5. JRJoe Rogan0:13

      Cigarette? Take this serious.

   6. SMSam Morril0:16

      Awesome to be at the club last night.

   7. JRJoe Rogan0:17

      (clears throat) Yeah, it was fun having you. Last night was fun. It was a good night.

   8. SMSam Morril0:20

      Really fun.

   9. JRJoe Rogan0:21

      Yeah, it's a fun place, man.

   10. SMSam Morril0:23

       Yeah.

   11. JRJoe Rogan0:23

       A little Disneyland. (laughs)

   12. SMSam Morril0:24

       Yeah. It also is like a throwback. I'm like, I, I left Kill Tony on Monday, I was like, "I haven't had my shirt smell like cigarettes in a while."

   13. JRJoe Rogan0:31

       Yeah, all those guys in the green room were smoking cigarettes. It's-

   14. SMSam Morril0:33

       I'd had one. I don't smoke.

   15. JRJoe Rogan0:34

       (laughs) It's so fucking contagious.

   16. SMSam Morril0:35

       But I was like, I was like, I was like, "Fu- I'll have one, what the hell?"

   17. JRJoe Rogan0:37

       What the hell? What the hell room.

   18. SMSam Morril0:41

       Yeah.

   19. JRJoe Rogan0:41

       This is a... I mean, it's one of those things, like, you create something with, like, this intention, and you kind of hope that it'll work out good.

   20. SMSam Morril0:50

       Yeah.

   21. JRJoe Rogan0:50

       But that place almost sort of made itself into what it is. It's like, it's got a energy to it. I think that it's also 'cause of that building. That building was made in 1927, and, and everybody's performed there. Willie Nelson performed there, Stevie Ray Vaughan. Like, you look in the wall, Black Flag, all the walls inside the green room, all those posters?

   22. SMSam Morril1:10

       Yeah.

   23. JRJoe Rogan1:10

       Those are all bands. Misfits, all bands that performed there.

   24. SMSam Morril1:12

       Wow.

   25. JRJoe Rogan1:13

       'Cause it was a rock club for a long time, and then it, it wo-

   26. SMSam Morril1:16

       The whole thing was like a... But it's a big venue, though.

   27. JRJoe Rogan1:19

       I don't know if it was two different rooms. I think at one point in time it was just one room.

   28. SMSam Morril1:24

       Yeah.

   29. JRJoe Rogan1:24

       And then I think with the Alamo Drafthouse they turned it into two rooms. Then it was a movie theater for, like, 10 years. And then, uh, when they went under, we had the two rooms, then we just adjusted everything and changed a lot of stuff and turned it into a comedy club.

   30. SMSam Morril1:37

       Yeah, it's cool as fuck.
2. 15:00 – 30:00

   All right. …

   1. SMSam Morril15:00

      for saying something anti-military in Russia, which I'm like, "Whoops."

   2. JRJoe Rogan15:02

      All right.

   3. SMSam Morril15:02

      May- you know what? Know your audience.

   4. JRJoe Rogan15:04

      Yeah.

   5. SMSam Morril15:04

      Maybe don't say that (laughs) in Russia.

   6. JRJoe Rogan15:06

      She wrote a book on Putin?

   7. SMSam Morril15:07

      Yeah.

   8. JRJoe Rogan15:07

      What a gangster she is.

   9. SMSam Morril15:08

      It's- it's pretty badass.

   10. JRJoe Rogan15:09

       That's a crazy move, man-

   11. SMSam Morril15:11

       It's-

   12. JRJoe Rogan15:11

       ... to know they're gonna come get you, and you write that book anyway?

   13. SMSam Morril15:13

       Yeah.

   14. JRJoe Rogan15:13

       Woo.

   15. SMSam Morril15:14

       Yeah.

   16. JRJoe Rogan15:15

       That guy might be the richest man alive, you know?

   17. SMSam Morril15:17

       He's really rich.

   18. JRJoe Rogan15:18

       They don't know how rich he is.

   19. SMSam Morril15:18

       His- his place is crazy. I always hear that- there are always rumors that he's not doing well, and then nothing, but-

   20. JRJoe Rogan15:24

       Well-

   21. SMSam Morril15:24

       There's always stomach problems. Didn't he have, like, a stomach cancer?

   22. JRJoe Rogan15:27

       Th- that's all rumors, right?

   23. SMSam Morril15:28

       Yeah.

   24. JRJoe Rogan15:28

       But also, how much access to medicine does that guy have, you know? I mean, if there's a way to cure something, that guy, they're gonna get it to him.

   25. SMSam Morril15:36

       Yeah.

   26. JRJoe Rogan15:36

       And you have to think that Russia is not captured by the pharmaceutical industrial complex, so he probably has access to all of the off-book medicines that the FDA won't approve, and they'll try all this stuff that's, like-

   27. SMSam Morril15:48

       The good shit.

   28. JRJoe Rogan15:49

       ... experiment ... Yeah. Shit that probably works right now.

   29. SMSam Morril15:51

       Yeah. It's like when Kobe used to go to, like, Germany for knee operations, 'cause he's like, "They won't do this to me in America."

   30. JRJoe Rogan15:57

       He would go there for Regenexant.
3. 30:00 – 45:00

   Yeah. It's a good…

   1. JRJoe Rogan30:00

      imagine it.

   2. SMSam Morril30:01

      Yeah. It's a good pla- I love America.

   3. JRJoe Rogan30:04

      It's the best.

   4. SMSam Morril30:04

      I'm a big fan.

   5. JRJoe Rogan30:05

      I'm a big fan.

   6. SMSam Morril30:05

      I like even the cities I think I won't like. Like, I, I did a bit of my new special about Springfield, Missouri, and all the feedback I was getting was like, "Man, it was so nice you talked about our city without shitting on it."

   7. JRJoe Rogan30:15

      (laughs)

   8. SMSam Morril30:15

      And I was like, "Yeah, I had a great time." I will have a great time in any city for a night or two.

   9. JRJoe Rogan30:20

      Well, I think now, in particular, because of the internet, there's more aware, cool, sort of, uh, in tune people everywhere. There used to be, like back in the '80s, when you would go do gigs on the road, like, psh, you're in the middle of Bumfuck, Ohio. Like, it could be a terrible gig.

   10. SMSam Morril30:37

       Yeah.

   11. JRJoe Rogan30:37

       It could typ- be, they don't know what the fuck you're talking about. No references. Everybody's dumb and drunk. It could be horrible. But somewhere in the 2000s, that really changed.

   12. SMSam Morril30:46

       Yeah.

   13. JRJoe Rogan30:47

       And you started to see, when you go on the road-... kind of go to anywhere. And if they're finding about you online, and then, you know, they're finding about that your tickets are for sale online, then they go there. Like, these people are tuned into the world.

   14. SMSam Morril30:58

       Yeah.

   15. JRJoe Rogan30:58

       They just happen to live in Lexington, Kentucky.

   16. SMSam Morril31:00

       That's a great city.

   17. JRJoe Rogan31:01

       It's great.

   18. SMSam Morril31:01

       I love Lexington, dude.

   19. JRJoe Rogan31:02

       Great place.

   20. SMSam Morril31:02

       I was fucking-

   21. JRJoe Rogan31:03

       That's probably is fun.

   22. SMSam Morril31:04

       I've had some good times there. Fucking-

   23. JRJoe Rogan31:05

       Or Louisville.

   24. SMSam Morril31:06

       ... the racetrack.

   25. JRJoe Rogan31:07

       I wanna go to the Ka- Kentucky Derby.

   26. SMSam Morril31:08

       Have you, have you been Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky?

   27. JRJoe Rogan31:10

       No.

   28. SMSam Morril31:11

       Oh, God.

   29. JRJoe Rogan31:12

       What's that? What's Keeneland?

   30. SMSam Morril31:13

       It's like their, uh, horse racing thing. You bet on the horses, and everyone is so well dressed, like seersucker st- suits.
4. 45:00 – 1:00:00

   Yeah. …

   1. JRJoe Rogan45:00

      was gonna go on the roof and shoot the president, if they could talk him into going on the roof. Let's assume, not even this scenario-

   2. SMSam Morril45:04

      Yeah.

   3. JRJoe Rogan45:04

      ... because let's not be crazy. Let's just say if you wanted to set up a scenario, you were gonna have someone assassinate the president. You get some guy whose life is a fucking complete and total disaster. You either hypnotize him or you mentor him, you give him psychiatric drugs. You do a bunch of things, you get him to do it, and you know that once he gets on top of that roof and shoots the president, everyone's gonna shoot him. And it's nice and clean. They never let those guys live.

   4. SMSam Morril45:31

      My question is though, how... Of course. But my question is, do you want him actually to kill Trump in this scenario?

   5. JRJoe Rogan45:37

      Yeah. They definitely wanted him to kill Trump.

   6. SMSam Morril45:40

      Yeah.

   7. JRJoe Rogan45:40

      There was also an Iranian-

   8. SMSam Morril45:41

      But whose they? But I- don't- don't you think... I find it a little irresponsible-

   9. JRJoe Rogan45:44

      Is this his gun?

   10. NANarrator45:44

       No, no, no. I was gonna let you guys keep talking. Sorry I interrupted, but I can't find a picture of the gun.

   11. SMSam Morril45:49

       I'm so put off when people-

   12. JRJoe Rogan45:50

       Ah.

   13. SMSam Morril45:51

       ... like, you know, Lauren Boebert and shit, where like being like, "Biden hired." (laughs) Biden hired him to- uh, to do this. And you're like, stop trying to pour gas on the fire.

   14. JRJoe Rogan46:02

       Yeah. How do you know?

   15. SMSam Morril46:03

       Like, we- we were so fucking lucky he's not dead.

   16. JRJoe Rogan46:05

       So lucky.

   17. SMSam Morril46:05

       The country like, I believe in the... I- and I- and I... Part of being maybe an entertainer is like, I get to see a unified crowd. That's part of the beauty of- of being able to tour as a comic, is like, I get to see a room of people laughing together. And I- I- I always hate when comics are like, going out of their way to divide a room.

   18. JRJoe Rogan46:26

       Yeah.

   19. SMSam Morril46:27

       And I feel the same way, I mean, more so even about politicians who I'm like, "Why are you trying... Why are you aiming for chaos?"

   20. JRJoe Rogan46:33

       Like, you really can kind of unite people if you give a good speech.

   21. SMSam Morril46:38

       Of course.

   22. JRJoe Rogan46:38

       You really can. Like, you really can-

   23. SMSam Morril46:39

       Sure.

   24. JRJoe Rogan46:39

       ... inspire people and unite people with the right words.

   25. SMSam Morril46:42

       Yeah.

   26. JRJoe Rogan46:43

       And the right, like the right real feeling behind it where it really resonates with people, and they go, "Well, you know what? He's right. He's right."

   27. SMSam Morril46:50

       Mm-hmm.

   28. JRJoe Rogan46:50

       "We should do it differently. We should- we should relax a little, get our shit together."

   29. SMSam Morril46:54

       (laughs)

   30. JRJoe Rogan46:54

       Which was really funny when after the assassination attempt, Biden is like, "We- we have to put aside our differences." Like-
5. 1:00:00 – 1:03:16

   I was a security…

   1. SMSam Morril1:00:00

      where?

   2. JRJoe Rogan1:00:00

      I was a security guard at Great Woods.

   3. SMSam Morril1:00:02

      No shit.

   4. JRJoe Rogan1:00:02

      Great Woods is a, uh, it's a concert place in Mansfield, Massachusetts. And, uh, I was working security there. And this is, I was 19 years old. And I got to see a lot of people there. I got to see, uh, I got to see Bill Cosby there.

   5. SMSam Morril1:00:18

      Wow.

   6. JRJoe Rogan1:00:18

      I saw, uh-

   7. SMSam Morril1:00:19

      Bet that was a good show.

   8. JRJoe Rogan1:00:20

      It was a good show.

   9. SMSam Morril1:00:21

      Yeah.

   10. JRJoe Rogan1:00:21

       I saw Bon Jovi there.

   11. SMSam Morril1:00:22

       Nice.

   12. JRJoe Rogan1:00:23

       I was barely paying attention to Bill Cosby, 'cause I was trying to pick up this girl.

   13. SMSam Morril1:00:27

       (laughs)

   14. JRJoe Rogan1:00:27

       I was doing a lot of chatting. I missed a lot of the comedy part.

   15. SMSam Morril1:00:29

       (laughs)

   16. JRJoe Rogan1:00:29

       But this was before I decided I was gonna be a comedian. So I only kind of-

   17. SMSam Morril1:00:32

       Good for you, having to work to pick up a woman at a Cosby show.

   18. JRJoe Rogan1:00:35

       Yeah. (laughs)

   19. SMSam Morril1:00:38

       Set a good example for the future, yeah.

   20. JRJoe Rogan1:00:40

       I didn't even think of that. Sh- but, um, so I was backstage. Like, there was, like, this back area. And Rodney was back there, and Rodney was wearing a bathrobe. He had nothing on, but a bathrobe.

   21. SMSam Morril1:00:51

       His balls.

   22. JRJoe Rogan1:00:51

       Just naked in a bathrobe with slippers, and he goes on stage like that. That's how he'd go on stage. He'd go on stage balls-ass naked with a bathrobe on and slippers.

   23. SMSam Morril1:01:02

       (laughs)

   24. JRJoe Rogan1:01:03

       ... and just murder. So, he went through this phase of his career, towards the end, where he would go on stage in a bathrobe. And he's b- just balls naked with a bathrobe on.

   25. SMSam Morril1:01:15

       It's so weird.

   26. JRJoe Rogan1:01:15

       And he would be backstage, hanging out with people. His balls would be hanging out-

   27. SMSam Morril1:01:18

       (laughs)

   28. JRJoe Rogan1:01:18

       ... and he didn't even care. Apparently, he had this giant dick and these huge balls, and they'd just be hanging out. And Rodney would just be smoking joints and hanging out backstage with everybody.

   29. SMSam Morril1:01:26

       Once you- once you're 80 plus, it's like, kind of adorable.

   30. JRJoe Rogan1:01:29

       80 plus and super wealthy and famous, and he's doing this g- enormous theater. It's like this, uh, b- place where Bon Jovi does, you know, in, in Mansfield, Massachusetts. It's Hugh's performing arts place.

Episode duration: 2:42:05