Joe Rogan Experience #2306 - Deric Poston

1. 0:00 – 15:00

   (dramatic music) Joe Rogan podcast,…

   1. NANarrator0:00

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

   2. The Joe Rogan Experience. (energetic music)

   3. Train by day, Joe Rogan podcast by night, all day.

   4. JRJoe Rogan0:12

      So we were just looking at Hasan in the security cameras in the fucking gym with his stupid haircut.

   5. NANarrator0:18

      (laughs)

   6. DPDeric Poston0:18

      (laughs)

   7. NANarrator0:18

      Why does he keep looking at ... (laughs) He looks so crazy.

   8. JRJoe Rogan0:20

      Our friend Hasan, hilarious dude.

   9. DPDeric Poston0:22

      One of the best. One of the best.

   10. JRJoe Rogan0:23

       He's fantastic.

   11. DPDeric Poston0:24

       Yeah.

   12. JRJoe Rogan0:24

       And getting better, man.

   13. DPDeric Poston0:25

       Ugh.

   14. JRJoe Rogan0:25

       All the s- all the time. He's, he's a guy who's always working.

   15. DPDeric Poston0:28

       Nobody writes more new stuff.

   16. JRJoe Rogan0:30

       He writes a lot.

   17. DPDeric Poston0:30

       He, that guy-

   18. JRJoe Rogan0:31

       Writes a lot.

   19. DPDeric Poston0:32

       ... puts me on my ass, 'cause I always ... You know, we've been, we've been best friends for the last 12 years, so I've been watching him this whole time. And since we met, him and Brian Simpson, they put you to work.

   20. JRJoe Rogan0:40

       Yeah. That's important, 'cause if your friends are slacking, you're like, "All right."

   21. DPDeric Poston0:43

       Yeah.

   22. JRJoe Rogan0:43

       "I'll slack off too."

   23. DPDeric Poston0:44

       Yeah. Or you feel like-

   24. JRJoe Rogan0:45

       Yeah.

   25. DPDeric Poston0:45

       ... "Oh man, I'm better than my friends." But when your friends are like, "Oh, f-"

   26. JRJoe Rogan0:47

       Yeah.

   27. DPDeric Poston0:47

       Every time I see him I'm like, "Dude, I saw you yesterday. You have two new bits?" Like-

   28. JRJoe Rogan0:51

       Yeah.

   29. DPDeric Poston0:51

       "And they're good?"

   30. JRJoe Rogan0:52

       Yeah.
2. 15:00 – 30:00

   Oh. …

   1. DPDeric Poston15:00

      where we are, and all he does is he just talks to people and he doesn't say anything. He just, he, he gets a random person who's lived in wherever we're at for a long time and he just lets him, and you can just, and you just see him. Kinda like, and his eyes will light up when somebody says a certain thing.

   2. JRJoe Rogan15:12

      Oh.

   3. DPDeric Poston15:12

      And his eyes will light up and he's like, "Oh, okay. Oh, that's going on? Oh, then what do they think of this? So what are the ti-" And he'll ask a couple questions.

   4. JRJoe Rogan15:18

      Yeah.

   5. DPDeric Poston15:19

      He'll do it, and I'm not talking about 30 minutes, Joe. He'll talk to somebody for three, four hours before the show.

   6. JRJoe Rogan15:23

      Mm-hmm.

   7. DPDeric Poston15:23

      And just soak in all the culture and all the information. And then you see him go on stage and it's a full flush 10-minute chunk about a place.

   8. JRJoe Rogan15:31

      Joe, he's a special talent.

   9. DPDeric Poston15:33

      That's-

   10. JRJoe Rogan15:33

       He's a special talent.

   11. DPDeric Poston15:34

       Yeah, I've never seen anything like that.

   12. JRJoe Rogan15:35

       Yeah, he's very special. And you know, and it's also like you gotta realize he's doing these jokes in front of 16,000 people for the first time. He's got a new joke and he's busting it out in front of 16,000 people about their area.

   13. DPDeric Poston15:49

       Yes.

   14. JRJoe Rogan15:49

       Bro, that shit he did in Hawaii about the chickens being so confident.

   15. DPDeric Poston15:52

       Oh my G- (laughs)

   16. NANarrator15:52

       (laughs)

   17. JRJoe Rogan15:53

       (laughs)

   18. DPDeric Poston15:54

       Joe, Joe, I was-

   19. JRJoe Rogan15:56

       So good.

   20. DPDeric Poston15:56

       I was the Black guy.

   21. JRJoe Rogan15:57

       (laughs)

   22. DPDeric Poston15:57

       We got off the van and he saw the chickens run up to me. He's like, "These chickens are too confident, dog."

   23. JRJoe Rogan16:02

       (laughs)

   24. DPDeric Poston16:02

       He's like, "They, they don't know Derek." And I went dying. And it cut to-

   25. JRJoe Rogan16:06

       Oh.

   26. DPDeric Poston16:06

       ... it's a foreign bit later that night and it's like, "This guy is incredible."

   27. JRJoe Rogan16:08

       And that's, that's another example. Like what is he doing? How is he doing that to that crowd with those great jokes? Like he's like, he's locking those people in or they're, you're letting him think for you. Like, "Come on, man. Think for me."

   28. DPDeric Poston16:19

       Mm-hmm.

   29. JRJoe Rogan16:19

       Let me have a good time and think for me.

   30. DPDeric Poston16:21

       Yeah. And not only that, but you're talking about my own personal experience in Hawaii.
3. 30:00 – 45:00

   Patient zero. …

   1. JRJoe Rogan30:00

      Wow. Probably didn't have good friends. Yeah, 'cause if- 'Cause if he had good friends, we would've grabbed them like we grabbed Ron White. (laughs) 'Cause like- Remember when Ron White was trying to quit? ... retired. Yeah, like, what are you talking about? He was like, "I'm gonna retire." Like, what the fuck are you talking about? Why would you do that? Yeah. Why would you do that? Isn't comedy fun? Yeah. He's like- Yeah, it is. ... "Keep... So keep doing fun things." God. What the fuck is wrong with you? Like, I, I've, I can't believe I have to give him this advice. (laughs) I'm like, "You're Ron White. How are you thinking about cr- how could you wi- how much fun are you having when you killing up there?" But I think that was the drinking thing, too, man. Yeah, he's sober now. Yeah. It was drinking and it was also, he needed a tribe. You know? And he had the tribe a little bit when he was in California, you know, but he was always on the road a lot, you know, and he just decided that being in the center of the country was better. So, he was like patient zero of the Austin revolution. Yeah. Like, a lot of people think it was me, but it was really Ron, because I came here knowing that Ron was here. I was like, "At the very least, Ron's here." You know? It's two of us. I'm like, "I'm not living like this in California. You're not doing this to me. I know what you're doing." I was, uh... Like, the, the, the, the fucking caged animal in me was like, "I'm getting out." (laughs) "This is not... This is gonna go sideways. I'm not gonna be a part of this." Yeah. "Fuck you." Then I go, "Okay, at least Ron's there." I was like, "My life is gonna be worse than it ever was before. My life is gonna be... All my friends are gone, they're not here."... I'm in the middle of the country, maybe I'll see him every now and then, maybe I'll have to book shows to see them, but at least Ron's here. That's, that's what I decided.

   2. DPDeric Poston31:23

      Patient zero.

   3. JRJoe Rogan31:24

      Yeah. He was patient zero. So, you know-

   4. DPDeric Poston31:26

      And now he hangs out every night.

   5. JRJoe Rogan31:27

      ... and we get, we get Ron every night. Oh, it's bea- he's lovely.

   6. DPDeric Poston31:30

      He's the b- (laughs) the object (laughs) -

   7. JRJoe Rogan31:31

      He's lovely. He's lovely.

   8. DPDeric Poston31:32

      We were hanging one time, this is my favorite Ron story. And it's me, it's just me, you, and Ron in the green room, and you gifted him a really nice Rolex, and you guys were having a sweet moment, and I, I couldn't believe I was there to see, and I was like, "Damn, this is really cool." And you gifted it to him and y'all were having a conversation, I'm like, "Wow." And he takes off his Rolex and he tossed it to me. He goes, "There you go, Derrick." And I go, "Holy shit, Ron, for real?" He says, "Fuck no, bro."

   9. JRJoe Rogan31:55

      (laughs)

   10. DPDeric Poston31:55

       "Give me my Rolex back. (laughs) Get my Rolex back, you idiot." And then you went, so you go, "That's the most fucked up shit I've ever seen, Ron." (laughs)

   11. JRJoe Rogan32:03

       I forgot about that joke right now. (laughs)

   12. DPDeric Poston32:04

       He was most evil.

   13. JRJoe Rogan32:05

       That was so evil.

   14. DPDeric Poston32:07

       You were, (laughs) you literally were like, "Ron, why would you do that?" (laughs)

   15. JRJoe Rogan32:09

       Well, I thought everybody was just giving out Rolexes up in this bitch.

   16. DPDeric Poston32:12

       I, I thought that was gonna be a great moment, and my face was like... (laughs)

   17. JRJoe Rogan32:15

       Ah, that's hilarious. Yeah.

   18. DPDeric Poston32:17

       But he's the man, dude. I, I, I can't believe I'm friends with him, 'cause I, I've been a fan since I was a kid.

   19. JRJoe Rogan32:21

       I know. I feel that same way. Yeah. I feel that way about a lot of guys. Like, I can't believe I'm friends with you. It's nice. It's not... well, that's good, right? You never stop being both a fan and a person who does it.

   20. DPDeric Poston32:33

       Yeah.

   21. JRJoe Rogan32:33

       I try to separate it. Um, I try to separate me as a comic off-stage versus me as a comic on-stage. I really do. You know, so I can just be a fan.

   22. DPDeric Poston32:43

       Oh, I see what you're saying.

   23. JRJoe Rogan32:44

       You know?

   24. DPDeric Poston32:44

       Yeah, yeah, yeah.

   25. JRJoe Rogan32:44

       Like, um, when I was younger, I used to watch someone going, "Oh, I would do it differently." Like, if they suck, I'll do that. If they suck, I'll go like, "Oh, that premise." Uh, uh, "I think..." Ah, there's something they're not explaining this very well.

   26. DPDeric Poston32:55

       Mm-hmm.

   27. JRJoe Rogan32:55

       You know what I mean? I, I start picking it apart that way. But I like to just be a fan. I do- like to just watch, 'cause I think a lot of people are real hesitant to give up flowers, right, as you know-

   28. DPDeric Poston33:07

       Yeah, they are.

   29. JRJoe Rogan33:07

       ... kids like to say.

   30. DPDeric Poston33:07

       Yeah.
4. 45:00 – 1:00:00

   (laughs) …

   1. JRJoe Rogan45:00

      gyms in the country, especially for generating power because they like really emphasized heavy bag work. Like he really emphasized heavy bag work. He's like, "You have to generate power." If you hit somebody and it doesn't hurt, that's ridiculous.

   2. DPDeric Poston45:12

      (laughs)

   3. JRJoe Rogan45:12

      You got, you gotta b- you gotta be able to hit someone and just put them out. F-

   4. DPDeric Poston45:17

      Would you get into a lot of street fights-

   5. JRJoe Rogan45:19

      No.

   6. DPDeric Poston45:19

      ... before this? Or s-

   7. JRJoe Rogan45:20

      No.

   8. DPDeric Poston45:21

      Even before, before Tae Kwon, you weren't even getting in fights?

   9. JRJoe Rogan45:24

      No. No, no, no.

   10. DPDeric Poston45:24

       You tell me about it.

   11. JRJoe Rogan45:24

       Before Tae Kwon Do, I was a pussy.

   12. DPDeric Poston45:26

       Really?

   13. JRJoe Rogan45:26

       Yeah, I couldn't fight at all so like why would I get in fights? I was trying to get away from fights. (laughs)

   14. DPDeric Poston45:30

       (laughs)

   15. JRJoe Rogan45:30

       Trying to avoid everybody. I was terrified.

   16. DPDeric Poston45:32

       Wow.

   17. JRJoe Rogan45:33

       So I just got tired of being fucked with because I was a pussy, 'cause I would get nervous, because I moved around a lot. I didn't have a lot of friends. We, we moved a bunch of times when I was a kid. So I was always around new kids and I wasn't big, so they would fuck with me. You know, it's just normal, so they would-

   18. DPDeric Poston45:47

       Yeah.

   19. JRJoe Rogan45:47

       And I didn't know how to fight, so it bothered the shit out of me. And so I'm like, "Well, there's only one solution."

   20. DPDeric Poston45:51

       Wow.

   21. JRJoe Rogan45:51

       You, you know, you gotta become what you're scared of.

   22. DPDeric Poston45:53

       So you put yourself into Tae Kwon Do?

   23. JRJoe Rogan45:55

       Oh, yeah, yeah.

   24. DPDeric Poston45:55

       You were like, "Hey, I wanna do this."

   25. JRJoe Rogan45:56

       Yeah, I got a job, started working washing dishes at Newport Creamery. Got enough money so I could take Tae Kwon Do lessons.

   26. DPDeric Poston46:05

       Holy shit, Joe.

   27. JRJoe Rogan46:07

       Yeah.

   28. DPDeric Poston46:07

       I did not know that.

   29. JRJoe Rogan46:07

       And then I started going every day, so after a while he realized like it would be better if I was just there all the time instead of working. And so he gave me a job.

   30. DPDeric Poston46:18

       I did not know that about you, dude.
5. 1:00:00 – 1:06:02

   That's so many fi-...…

   1. JRJoe Rogan1:00:00

      "I've been doing this since '94." I'm like, "Wow." Yeah.

   2. DPDeric Poston1:00:05

      That's so many fi-... And-

   3. JRJoe Rogan1:00:06

      Mm-hmm.

   4. DPDeric Poston1:00:06

      And how many specials he ha- he doesn't have-

   5. JRJoe Rogan1:00:08

      No. Doesn't have a lot of specials.

   6. DPDeric Poston1:00:09

      Yeah. Compared to other guys where you see these, like-

   7. JRJoe Rogan1:00:11

      Not compared to how good he is.

   8. DPDeric Poston1:00:13

      Doesn't make sense.

   9. JRJoe Rogan1:00:14

      Yeah. It's crazy. You just... You know, someone's paying you. You go. You enjoy your work. You like it. You know, there's nothing wrong with those decisions.

   10. DPDeric Poston1:00:22

       Yeah.

   11. JRJoe Rogan1:00:22

       And he's obviously very successful. But, you know, when you... You gotta think, like, when you see guys like Schultz selling out arenas and Burt selling out arenas and Tony selling out arenas, it's like, it's... Don't you wanna get in on that?

   12. DPDeric Poston1:00:34

       (laughs)

   13. JRJoe Rogan1:00:35

       Like, come on, man. Talk to me, Damon. I help, I'll help you.

   14. DPDeric Poston1:00:39

       Oh my God.

   15. JRJoe Rogan1:00:39

       Yeah.

   16. DPDeric Poston1:00:39

       That'd be sick to see him make a comeback like that.

   17. JRJoe Rogan1:00:41

       Yeah. I'd love to see him do that. I just think after a while, do you really wanna work for somebody? Do you really wanna show up and, you know, read the script and do the table? I mean, do you wanna do that?

   18. DPDeric Poston1:00:53

       No.

   19. JRJoe Rogan1:00:53

       Fuck.

   20. DPDeric Poston1:00:54

       I love just showing up eight o'clock.

   21. JRJoe Rogan1:00:58

       (laughs)

   22. DPDeric Poston1:00:58

       Oh man. Get up four or five times in a night. Oh, there's nothing... I love it, dude. I mean, the idea of doing some stuff seems fun, but the... to make it my... I saw Seinfeld say that. He was like, "Man, this is..." It's one of the... We have one of the few jobs where people want this job.

   23. JRJoe Rogan1:01:13

       Yeah.

   24. DPDeric Poston1:01:14

       How many... Like, very rarely do I see a... I don't know if there's a... There's no job where I'm like, "Oh, I'd like to... really like to be that."

   25. JRJoe Rogan1:01:20

       Yeah.

   26. DPDeric Poston1:01:20

       This is the job.

   27. JRJoe Rogan1:01:21

       It's one of them. That's for sure. Rock star is probably the big one, right?

   28. DPDeric Poston1:01:24

       Rock star's probably the biggest.

   29. JRJoe Rogan1:01:25

       Yeah.

   30. DPDeric Poston1:01:26

       But I don't... I at least-

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