Joe Rogan Experience #2177 - Chris Robinson

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The Joe Rogan Experience. Train by day, Joe Rogan podcast by night, all day. (rock music) Especially like the first seasons, like 1972 or '3, I think.

Columbo, I almost forgot about that show. They were, they used to tell him not to smoke?

Well, no, like the character. I could tell they're probably just building up. Like, like you notice that he has a cigar in his hands-

Right.

... the whole series, or every episode. But, but I, it's funny in 1972, people were like, "Please don't smoke in here." Or, or, "Mr. Columbo," or, "Lieutenant Columbo." He's always being, like, reprimanded for it.

Interesting. I forgot about that.

And he's always really, you know, Peter Falk's charact... He's always like, "Oh, oh, sorry." And he puts it out always. He's never like upset or anything.

Yeah, he was... That was an interesting character, right? Because he was like this bumbling guy who was actually not. He was kind of setting you up the whole time, letting you underestimate him. Acting all... "Pa- pa- pardon me."

Yeah.

"But another thing."

He's always about to leave-

Yeah.

... but he's like, "Oh yeah." And he comes back and like hits the-

And he's annoying people, and they're like, "Ugh." And then all of a sudden-

Incredible, though, uh, aesthetic. And like the other day I'm watching this episode that Jonathan Demme directed, Steven Spielberg. I mean, like all of these famous directors start to cut their teeth in TV and on episodic things like that, but-

Oh, really?

There's a real tone to it and stuff that's cool, and the way everyone looked. But one other funny thing about it that I've noticed (laughs) in Columbo is there, always starts with a murder, and then... Usually, a l- a lot of times in the arc of the story, someone shows up to the crime scene, (clears throat) usually whoever did it or whatever, right? And so... But they're never upset. You know? (laughs) There's never someone who runs in, "What happened here?" "Your uncle's been murdered." "Oh, I didn't do it." You know? (laughs) Like it's kinda like how it starts instead of some dramatic, you know, like, "Oh my God," you know, "How could this have..." You know, no one's even f- They're just like, "Okay, uh, well, you're bothering me now." You know? In cop shows you can always tell police, even SVU, they're always like, "I've had enough. Can you guys leave?" And they leave. I'm like, is that how it goes? I- I don't know.

No.

(laughs)

(laughs) It's weird how many of those shows there are where they catch the bad guy. Like that is, it's like something that I guess people with anxiety need to let them feel like if someone is a bad person and they do commit a murder, they're gonna get caught.