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Joe Rogan Experience #1146 - Jeff Garlin
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joe rogan
Three, two, one.
Hello, Jeffrey.
jeff garlin
Hello, Joe.
joe rogan
How you doing, man?
jeff garlin
I'm young and handsome.
joe rogan
You are young and handsome.
Yes.
We all are, if we're not dead.
I don't know what that means.
jeff garlin
It's all good.
joe rogan
I'm all jet-lagged.
jeff garlin
Yeah.
joe rogan
It's cracking.
How are you?
jeff garlin
I'm a big bowl of wonderful.
joe rogan
A big bowl?
jeff garlin
A big bowl.
A fucking huge bowl of wonderful.
joe rogan
You're aggressive with that statement.
unidentified
I am.
jeff garlin
I am.
Yeah, don't doubt me with wonderfulness.
joe rogan
I don't doubt you.
jeff garlin
Yeah.
joe rogan
Good to see you, man.
jeff garlin
Good to see you, too.
joe rogan
What's the latest?
jeff garlin
What is the latest?
About to start another season of the Goldbergs, another season of Curb after that.
joe rogan
Do you enjoy working with the fabulous Brian Callen?
jeff garlin
I love working with Brian Callen.
He makes me laugh all the time.
joe rogan
He's here later.
He's going to be here at 2 o'clock.
jeff garlin
Oh, so then I'll see him.
joe rogan
Or three, yeah.
jeff garlin
Oh, maybe not.
But anyhow, point being is, I dig Brian Callen very much.
joe rogan
He likes you, too.
jeff garlin
Yeah, that's cool.
That's cool, man.
joe rogan
What's the latest with the stand-up career?
I see you around the store a lot.
jeff garlin
At the store, on occasion.
I don't do the store that much anymore because I've stopped doing showcase spots for the most part.
I just do.
I have a regular show every Friday night at the Improv.
In the lab.
And I do, you know, an hour, hour and 10 minutes.
And then occasionally I do flappers, which is a horrible name in Burbank.
But a great room.
A great room.
And I do there on occasion on Sunday nights.
So I do an hour.
Going out of the house for 15, 20 minutes, not worth my time.
joe rogan
When you do like an hour set, do you plan your sets out or do you have like some material that you'd like to be working on and is that why you like the freedom of having an hour so you can just kind of fuck around?
jeff garlin
I have no preparation whatsoever except I may think, oh I'll talk about that tonight.
But I have no preparation.
I may bring up a story I've told before, but I have no idea.
Literally when I step on stage, I have no idea what I'm going to talk about.
What does help me, what I've done for quite a while now, is I come up to a different song every time I come up.
And then I just talk about that song, the story of the making of that song, who sang that song, what that song means to me, and that will usually lead me to something.
That's all I need.
joe rogan
Yeah, the reason why I ask is you have a very unusual style.
I've seen you a bunch of times at the store.
You're very loose.
Yeah, very loose.
But it's a great thing because you have the confidence to do that.
jeff garlin
Yes.
joe rogan
Like a lot of people have to be like super rigid in their preparation.
jeff garlin
Without a doubt, yes.
joe rogan
Say things set up punchline in the correct order every night.
jeff garlin
I'm only confident in the fact that I'm funny.
I am not confident in any other fact in terms of going on stage.
joe rogan
That's the most important thing.
jeff garlin
It is the most important.
And so I go up with the knowledge that no matter what goes down, I am funny and will be funny.
Boom.
Good night.
unidentified
Boom.
joe rogan
That's it.
Good night.
Yeah.
And are you doing the road at all?
jeff garlin
Hardly ever.
When I do the road, I did London in December.
I did a couple weeks of shows.
joe rogan
A couple weeks?
jeff garlin
Yeah, a couple weeks at a theater there.
joe rogan
What theater did you go to?
jeff garlin
Soho Theater.
It's a small, cool theater.
joe rogan
That's like 500 seats or something?
jeff garlin
I don't even know.
I don't even pay attention.
How's that?
joe rogan
I feel like I've done that.
I've done Leicester Square.
I've done a couple different places.
jeff garlin
Yeah, Leicester Square is good.
Yeah, I just...
I'll go to London.
I go to New York on occasion and perform.
I've played everywhere.
I've played everywhere from Indianapolis to Seattle to Miami, and all points in between, you know?
Tucson, you know, Phoenix.
I mean, like, all over.
I've done it.
I'm 56 years old.
I've got two TV shows.
I develop a bunch of other stuff.
I'm passionate about my stand-up.
I don't have to earn a living by going on the road, which I have had to in the past.
So I stay home and do my stand-up when I can, which is every Friday for sure.
joe rogan
That's a nice thing, because the thing that does get you...
jeff garlin
It's very nice, and I've worked towards that.
joe rogan
That's a beautiful thing to work towards, because the thing that does get you is that travel.
jeff garlin
Oh!
You know, the thing that no one understands is the only joy that you can possibly get when you travel is the moment when you're on stage.
And if that's troublesome or not fun, it's a drag.
It's depressing.
But those moments on stage, if they're great, it's all worth it.
joe rogan
Yeah, no.
Also, when you go on the road, if you have to do morning radio, and you have to do those kind of things, it affects your health.
jeff garlin
It screws up your time, you know, what time you go to bed.
Because I like to set, I don't worry as much on a consistent basis what time I wake up, because that'll be automatic.
I try consistently to go to bed at the same time every night.
It's a different approach that a psychiatrist told me, and it has worked wonders for me.
joe rogan
A psychiatrist told you?
jeff garlin
Yeah.
Because everyone always focuses on waking up the same time every day.
He said, focus on going to bed at the same time every night, and that'll be more productive for you.
And I do that with a sort of a half-hour bump to fall asleep, to maybe read for a minute, whatever.
joe rogan
But I'm in bed usually by 10. I've never gone to a psychiatrist, but one of the shows that I was on, I was like the only person on the set that didn't go to a psychiatrist.
I'm like, maybe I'm fucked up.
jeff garlin
No?
By the way, if you're functioning in the world, that's great.
Congratulations.
I have sometimes trouble functioning in the world.
How so?
Well, it's like I find going on stage, I'm fearless.
And I don't even like leaving my house.
I prefer to stay home.
I love napping.
Oh, do I love napping.
If I could smoke some indica and take a nap every day, I do transcendental meditation.
I do all the chill things at home, and I leave to work.
I don't like going to parties.
I like a good dinner party, because that means I can have an actual conversation with someone.
But I was just at a party the other night, a goodbye party for a friend of mine.
It was at Jeff Ross's house.
And I had the worst time.
I lasted 20 minutes.
The only people I could talk to were comedians.
joe rogan
Who else would be at Jeff Ross's party but comedians?
jeff garlin
Well, some people with man buns in a hot tub.
It was very unsettling and wrong.
I wanted nothing to do with it.
I said my goodbyes to my friend, and she's moving to Japan, so I said my goodbyes.
I was out of respect to her that I went, but out of respect to myself, I didn't stay long.
joe rogan
Man buns in a hot tub is never a good combination.
jeff garlin
You see a man bun in a hot tub, you go, I don't I don't belong here.
unidentified
It's over.
jeff garlin
I don't belong here.
joe rogan
Yeah, you don't belong there.
jeff garlin
Yeah.
joe rogan
That can't be done.
jeff garlin
No, it's bad.
joe rogan
When did that start happening?
When did the man bun start?
jeff garlin
Man buns, to me, like in a big way, a couple years ago.
joe rogan
It was like samurais, and then there was a big drop-off for a long time.
jeff garlin
Samurais, and then a big drop-off.
Drop off!
That's exactly it.
I don't get it.
I mean, why grow your hair long if you're going to wear a man bun?
joe rogan
I think they like the idea.
jeff garlin
Either grow your hair long and dig it.
Yeah, the idea, but it's ridiculous.
I was at a gas station in Studio City, and I was seconds away from talking to this dude.
He had a man bun that looked like a bird's nest with a waterfall on the outside.
And I just went, why?!
I just wanted to ask him.
I go, I'm being totally friendly.
I want to make this a conversation.
Why?
Explain!
I don't get it!
joe rogan
I feel like what it is is like they're letting you know that this is me when I'm out, but when I'm at home and I'm feeling sexy, I just undo that.
jeff garlin
And let it down.
I don't know what it is.
joe rogan
I just relax and I unravel and I'm sexy.
jeff garlin
It's a big ball of rung.
I know you're not sexy.
You're douchey.
You're douchey.
joe rogan
What's the longest your hair's ever been?
jeff garlin
Mine?
I had like a Jufro type festival happening when I was younger.
Like longer, curly hair, but not like shoulder length.
joe rogan
Right.
jeff garlin
No.
joe rogan
It's ridiculous.
jeff garlin
It's ridiculous!
joe rogan
It's weird that hair grows that long only on your head.
That's what's weird.
It's like hair knows better on your arm.
jeff garlin
But by the way, if you're a rocker and you're growing like Robert Plant's head cool hair, go for it.
Don't man bun it.
Go for it.
I'm all for long hair.
joe rogan
Rockers have different rules.
jeff garlin
I saw a guy last night in a band, a bass player.
Big man bun.
Big ball of rung.
joe rogan
You know what I'm uncomfortable with?
A CEO haircut in a rock band.
jeff garlin
Oh.
joe rogan
What are you doing with that fucking button-down conservative haircut?
jeff garlin
See, I dig that.
joe rogan
Playing a band.
jeff garlin
I think playing against type is a big bowl of delightful.
joe rogan
Nah.
Not into it.
jeff garlin
Joe, we differ on this one!
We differ on this one.
Yes, we do.
I think a group of men, like I thought David Bowie's band Tin Machine, I didn't really dig their music, but I love the look of all them wearing the suits with the close-cropped hair.
joe rogan
Well, Bowie's so odd and so undeniably creative that he's allowed to get away with anything he wants.
jeff garlin
Well, he's allowed to do anything he wants, but truthfully, if you have any sort of confidence, you can, except the man bun.
joe rogan
There it is, right here.
jeff garlin
Yeah, there it is.
joe rogan
The history of David Bowie's...
jeff garlin
Yeah, but that dude should have cut his hair short, the one with the long hair.
joe rogan
Uh, maybe.
But he's kind of John Travolta and Paul Fiction-ish.
jeff garlin
No, there he is!
He cut it short.
joe rogan
There he is now on.
jeff garlin
The pressure from the other three guys got to be too much.
joe rogan
He got tired of buying shampoo and all that bullshit.
unidentified
Yeah.
jeff garlin
Yeah, the upkeep is ridiculous.
joe rogan
Yeah, it's outrageous.
jeff garlin
Yeah.
joe rogan
Dudes who condition their hair and they have to leave it in for ten minutes.
jeff garlin
Oh, that's a big bowl of...
Come on, man.
joe rogan
Come on, bro.
jeff garlin
Yeah.
joe rogan
But there's some reason why it is okay in a band, but it's not okay for a comic.
Like a comic with long Led Zeppelin hair?
jeff garlin
Because you know what happens when a comic does that?
Their whole act becomes about it.
And it's like, dude, that's just boring.
joe rogan
Do you remember Jackson Perdue?
jeff garlin
I do remember Jackson Perdue.
joe rogan
Crazy long hair, like a band guy.
jeff garlin
Yeah, a lot of material about his hair.
joe rogan
Yeah.
jeff garlin
I know!
I used to, when I was younger, I went for the obvious.
I did a lot of material about having a big head.
Now it's of no interest to me.
joe rogan
No, you couldn't also do like the Robert Plant shirt thing either.
unidentified
I have.
jeff garlin
I have a Robert Plant shirt.
joe rogan
Not his.
You never like let it open down to your crotch.
jeff garlin
I think it's called Nurses Do It Better or Nurses.
Someone nursing on it's powder blue.
He wore it on one of the Zeppelin tours in the early 70s and I saw it for sale on Amazon and I bought one.
It doesn't give off the same vibe.
joe rogan
Yeah, it's different with different people, right?
jeff garlin
Yeah, but I always, one of my non sequiturs to tell people all the time is you love the nursing industry.
I just say to people, you know what you love?
You love the nursing industry.
I've said that to nurses even.
joe rogan
And what do they say?
jeff garlin
People just chuckle.
They don't know how to make, you know, it's a non sequitur.
joe rogan
He's weird.
unidentified
Yeah, it's a non sequitur.
jeff garlin
They don't know, you know, non sequiturs throw people.
unidentified
Nervous laughter.
jeff garlin
Yeah, nervous laughter.
joe rogan
There's certain things, certain looks that came and went and people tried to bring back.
Do you remember a few years back they were trying to bring back bell bottoms?
jeff garlin
No.
joe rogan
Yes.
jeff garlin
That's how much of a failure it was.
joe rogan
Bill Murray was actually photographed a couple of days ago at a golf course with some fabulous bell bottoms on.
jeff garlin
Oh, see, that's delightful because it's so wrong that it's beautiful and perfect.
joe rogan
They're crazy, too.
Look at the picture.
Look at them.
jeff garlin
Oh!
See, that's a big bull.
He's so fun, that dude.
joe rogan
He's wonderful.
jeff garlin
He is so fun.
Look at him.
joe rogan
He lives in South Carolina or something.
jeff garlin
I think it's because of his kids.
Is that what it is?
Yeah, I think it was a family thing.
joe rogan
Oh.
jeff garlin
That's a beautiful shot.
joe rogan
He was on Bourdain's show, and Bourdain interviewed him in this small town where he lives, and it's like, wow, look at this guy, just kind of Hanging out, being normal.
No girlfriend, no wife, just being himself now.
jeff garlin
But you don't know that he doesn't have a girlfriend?
joe rogan
He was talking about it.
jeff garlin
Oh, he was talking about it?
joe rogan
I don't think he was talking about it on that show.
He was talking about it on an interview.
He just doesn't want to do it anymore.
Leave me alone.
jeff garlin
Yeah, leave me alone.
joe rogan
Stop.
jeff garlin
It's delightful.
That's why I like staying home.
joe rogan
It's nice.
jeff garlin
As a matter of fact, at the end of my shows, I always thank the audience for actually leaving their homes to come see me because I know what an effort that is.
And I'm so appreciative of it.
joe rogan
So you're just a homebody type character.
jeff garlin
Yeah!
Well, you know, it's like my life is extraordinary, so I want to live an ordinary life as I can.
joe rogan
That makes sense.
jeff garlin
You know, just calm.
It doesn't have to be ordinary.
Down.
You know, chilling, man.
joe rogan
Yeah, you need that, right?
jeff garlin
Yeah.
joe rogan
With the chaos of performing and shows.
jeff garlin
Like tonight I'm going to an opening of a movie.
My friend wrote it.
joe rogan
Yeah, prepare yourself for it.
unidentified
Here we go.
jeff garlin
No, no, I just, I'll be cool with it.
Like, if I know I'm doing it and why I'm doing it, I do it.
You know, but the movie sucks, I'll leave.
Who's party?
joe rogan
Jeff Ross's.
jeff garlin
But, you know, I'd go to a dinner party if he had one again.
I'm done, though, with the Jeff Ross parties.
joe rogan
Jeff Ross has a lot of parties.
jeff garlin
I know.
I love Jeff Ross.
I do, too.
But I am not going to any more of his parties.
unidentified
Pfft.
joe rogan
Tell him.
jeff garlin
I'll go by myself to his house.
Tell him now.
joe rogan
Grab him.
Put two hands on his shoulders.
Tell him you love him.
jeff garlin
By the way, I will.
unidentified
As a matter of fact, next time I see him, I'm going to talk to him about the man bun in the pool.
jeff garlin
Like, who are you friends with that has a man bun?
joe rogan
He's a producer, bro.
jeff garlin
Yeah.
joe rogan
He's helping me with a project.
unidentified
Yeah.
jeff garlin
Well, he didn't look like a producer.
joe rogan
Grab the shoulders.
God love you.
I can't come to your fucking pool parties anymore, bro.
jeff garlin
Yeah.
Well, it wasn't even a pool party.
That was a thing.
Somebody went, I'm going to bring my suit and my man bun and get in the pool.
And he got in the pool with two other people.
I didn't really notice that.
joe rogan
That's unfortunate.
If it's not a pool party and you decide to get in the pool, that's always awkward as fuck.
jeff garlin
I just didn't belong.
joe rogan
Yeah.
You got to be like a really comfortable person to take off your clothes when everybody else has theirs on.
jeff garlin
By the way, I'm pro-naked.
joe rogan
Good for you.
jeff garlin
I'm pro-naked.
unidentified
Me too.
jeff garlin
I mean, for me.
I'm all comfortable.
Well, you're fit!
The fact that I'm pro-naked...
joe rogan
It sounded like you were angry at me.
jeff garlin
No.
By the way, I saw your little festival here.
Your passions are comedy and fitness.
joe rogan
That's one thing.
Yeah, that's one thing.
Cars.
jeff garlin
American Werewolf in London.
Is that what the thing in the middle is?
unidentified
Yes, it is.
jeff garlin
Yeah, I recognized it.
joe rogan
You did?
unidentified
Good.
jeff garlin
I love that movie.
But that's when he was in Trafalgar Square.
joe rogan
Yes.
jeff garlin
Yes.
I remember that moment.
Scary.
joe rogan
I'm not happy unless I'm exercising.
I've tried both ways.
jeff garlin
I'm not happy unless I'm napping.
So we both have our ways about us.
unidentified
Yeah.
joe rogan
Well, everybody's body's different.
jeff garlin
By the way, but I do exercise.
I eat well.
I eat gluten-free, I eat dairy-free, and I eat sugar-free.
joe rogan
That's awesome.
That's a good combination.
jeff garlin
Yeah, and I aspire to be more of a vegetarian, but I'm not obsessed with it.
joe rogan
Do you read books on nutrition?
jeff garlin
I have read many books on nutrition, yes.
Some that Brian Callen even recommended to me.
unidentified
Really?
joe rogan
Which ones?
jeff garlin
I couldn't think of the name.
Oh, I probably have them in my phone.
If you really want to know.
joe rogan
Brian Cowen's a big recommender of books.
jeff garlin
Yeah, Kindle.
Hold on.
I'll tell you what he recommended.
And they were good.
You know, every one of those kind of books, even if they're not well-written or whatever, I learn something from.
I pick up...
I read a ton.
That's what I do when I'm at home.
I read a lot.
I listen to albums, and I read music, and I play guitar.
joe rogan
When you say albums, do you have like a record player?
jeff garlin
I have a record player, and I have a thousand albums.
Okay.
joe rogan
Wow.
jeff garlin
Yeah, I'm one of those guys.
joe rogan
You have a thousand albums?
jeff garlin
Probably about a thousand.
joe rogan
Holy shit.
jeff garlin
Yeah, I enjoy it.
joe rogan
Do you have like a room that you go to?
jeff garlin
I'm going to.
I'm moving into a new house, which will have a specific room that I will go into to strictly play guitar and listen to analog.
joe rogan
Whoa.
jeff garlin
Yeah.
joe rogan
Do you know Henry Rollins at all?
jeff garlin
I do know Henry Rollins.
We're not great friends, but I do know him.
He's an acquaintance of mine.
joe rogan
He's a fascinating guy.
jeff garlin
He's a fascinating guy.
Good man.
joe rogan
Very good man.
jeff garlin
I dig that dude.
joe rogan
Very inspirational guy, too.
jeff garlin
Inspires me.
I dig him.
I did an interview with him at Largo.
I dig him big time.
joe rogan
He's got these crazy quarter-million-dollar speakers in his house.
They're like, there's his speaker room.
Look at this.
This is The Room.
So he has all these albums and those gigantic things.
jeff garlin
By the way, the dude on the right, I think is Robert Hilburn, who was the critic for the LA Times.
That's how much I dig music.
I think that's Robert Hilburn, I'm pretty sure.
joe rogan
So Henry gets it.
Henry, who obviously became famous as a musician.
jeff garlin
He wrote the great Johnny Cash book that came out a few years ago, because I see you dig Johnny Cash by the pictures on the wall.
joe rogan
I love Johnny Cash.
I had a dog named Johnny Cash, just died recently, unfortunately.
jeff garlin
My granddaughter's name is Johnny King.
joe rogan
Those speakers are fucking crazy.
Look at these speakers he's got.
jeff garlin
Yeah, I just got new speakers, and they were like 8,000 for a pair, and I thought I was nuts.
joe rogan
Look at the size of that shit.
jeff garlin
That's ridiculous.
joe rogan
200 grand, it says.
jeff garlin
That's like 2001 A Space Odyssey-looking speakers.
joe rogan
I want to go over his house, but I don't want to ask.
I don't want to be like, Henry, come on, bro.
Let me come over to your house.
I don't want to be that weird guy.
jeff garlin
I'm looking for the books.
joe rogan
That he avoids.
jeff garlin
Because I know I downloaded them.
I didn't want to own them.
joe rogan
But how many people do you think own those speakers?
I mean, I think you have to be...
jeff garlin
But first off, you have to be wealthy.
joe rogan
Yes.
jeff garlin
Or that's where you want to put your money.
joe rogan
Click on that yellow one that you just...
What's that?
jeff garlin
Oh, that's the same speaker except in yellow.
joe rogan
Oh, okay.
jeff garlin
Those are a big ball of run because they look like plumbing supplies.
joe rogan
Do they?
jeff garlin
They don't look good.
I don't think they look good.
joe rogan
Oh, I think they look good.
I think they look futuristic.
Again.
jeff garlin
Oh, here we go.
Why we get fat?
I can't remember the guy's name.
Why We Get Fat and The 4-Hour Body.
joe rogan
Oh, yeah.
Okay, Tim Ferriss.
jeff garlin
Tim Ferriss.
And I learned stuff from both.
So I learned stuff about nutrition and stuff.
And at my most, I was 320. Whoa.
And I'm currently in the 240s.
joe rogan
That's nice.
jeff garlin
And I'm...
I'm making the transition now to hopefully low 230s, somewhere in the 220s, and then building up muscle.
And I'll never be fit like you, and I'm not saying that to insult myself in terms of like, you know, but this is a passion of yours.
It's not a passion of mine.
I just want to live life at a higher level and a better level.
joe rogan
You just want to feel good.
jeff garlin
I want to feel great.
joe rogan
Yeah.
jeff garlin
And I already do.
So if I can improve on this, delightful.
joe rogan
The big thing is cutting carbohydrates.
Most people eat far too much bread, far too much pasta.
jeff garlin
For me, that's where the gluten and the sugar came from.
And the dairy, and I feel good with my body not having those things.
I react positively.
So anything else is okay for me.
joe rogan
What kind of exercise do you do?
jeff garlin
I do Pilates.
joe rogan
Pilates is fucking hard.
jeff garlin
Really hard.
Yeah, I have a great Pilates teacher.
joe rogan
It's great.
jeff garlin
I swim.
I work with a trainer.
I play tennis.
I'm playing tennis tomorrow morning.
Today's Wednesday.
Yeah, tomorrow morning I'll be playing with my tennis teacher.
I play golf, which is not that physical.
However, I was at the store buying stuff the other day, you know, at the golf store, and the guy was a very nice guy helping me.
He wanted to sell me something that I don't have to bend over to get the ball.
I go, I think that bending over and, as a matter of fact, stretching my hamstrings Really, I don't know the benefit I'd get from golf if I didn't at least bend.
joe rogan
He's telling you not to bend?
jeff garlin
Well, they have these things so people don't have to bend.
joe rogan
Well, that's for people who have really bad backs, right?
jeff garlin
No, no, no.
It's for lazy people.
That's what I think a lot of people...
So for me, it's a matter of pride to bend.
joe rogan
Well, because if you have a bad back, you probably can't swing either, right?
jeff garlin
You can't swing, yeah.
joe rogan
Because it's a lot of your back.
jeff garlin
But I do a lot of different things.
I love sports.
I used to play...
When I was younger, I played baseball and football.
joe rogan
Do you ever play golf or tennis, rather, with Callan?
Because he's a tennis freak.
jeff garlin
No, I should actually...
By the way, I just started again.
I haven't played tennis since I was a kid.
I'm actually going to talk to him about that.
Hopefully we can play some.
joe rogan
The thing about tennis, though, is it's a lot of going left and right and left and right and putting weird strains and pressures on your knees.
jeff garlin
Yeah, but it's great for bone mass.
joe rogan
Oh, okay.
jeff garlin
Yeah, it's good for it.
joe rogan
Bone mass.
That makes sense.
jeff garlin
Yeah, because you're Pushing, yeah.
joe rogan
Pushing off.
jeff garlin
Oh, I dig it.
And by the way, I'm not going to play competitive with him.
I'm going to hit with him.
joe rogan
Right.
jeff garlin
Because he could probably beat me.
He also weighs about 70 pounds less than me.
joe rogan
Yes.
jeff garlin
So he can move better.
unidentified
He's spry.
jeff garlin
And he's been playing.
He's very spry.
He takes his physical fitness very seriously.
unidentified
He does.
jeff garlin
And I'll tell you about it.
joe rogan
Oh, yeah.
Listen, I know.
jeff garlin
Yeah.
joe rogan
He gets very serious about half-assing everything.
He gets very serious.
jeff garlin
Oh, okay.
joe rogan
You know what I'm saying?
He's never going to commit to being a professional tennis player.
jeff garlin
Right.
joe rogan
But he'll get pretty serious about kind of getting into tennis.
You know what I'm talking about?
unidentified
Well, that works.
jeff garlin
Whatever.
Sure.
Who needs the stress?
joe rogan
Yeah.
No, I'm saying it's like a good balance.
I get obsessed about things.
He gets obsessed about kind of getting into things.
But then doesn't go, like, we started out doing jiu-jitsu together.
jeff garlin
He's not Baron von follow-through.
joe rogan
Exactly.
unidentified
Yeah.
joe rogan
Exactly.
jeff garlin
You are a follow-through fucking motherfucking follow-through.
All persons do is walk around here and go, or look at you, you're a fucking specimen, you fucker.
You're a specimen.
joe rogan
Just trying to stay sane, Jeff.
jeff garlin
That's right.
Are you married?
Do you have a girlfriend?
You're married.
joe rogan
Yep.
jeff garlin
Yeah.
Your wife must appreciate that.
joe rogan
What, the physicalness?
jeff garlin
Well, you're a good man, but looking over and going, my husband's not a fat piece of shit.
He's a fit motherfucker, and I'm going to fuck his brains out tonight.
Does she ever say that?
joe rogan
No.
Not around me, at least.
jeff garlin
Well, she should.
joe rogan
Maybe I should start bugging the house.
You should.
Find out what she says when I'm not there.
jeff garlin
When you're not there, I bet you that's what she says to her friends.
joe rogan
Are you married?
jeff garlin
I can't answer.
unidentified
Hmm.
jeff garlin
Yeah.
joe rogan
Okay.
jeff garlin
Yeah.
joe rogan
I don't want to pressure you.
jeff garlin
Don't pressure me.
That's like, I can't talk about that right now.
joe rogan
Yeah.
That's probably good.
Transition's healthy.
jeff garlin
Yeah.
joe rogan
I like it.
jeff garlin
Yeah.
joe rogan
Things are in flux.
jeff garlin
They're fluxing.
I'm in a flux festival.
joe rogan
It's not bad.
jeff garlin
Yeah.
No, it's bad.
There's no winning.
joe rogan
Oh.
Yeah, I've been there before.
jeff garlin
I love my wife, but I don't want to go home, and I love being alone, but being alone blows.
So, there's no winning.
unidentified
Whew.
jeff garlin
There's no winning.
I'm a sad young man.
But I'm really happy.
Because I'm functioning at a high level.
I'm rising up.
You know what I mean?
I'm facing adversity head on.
But my wife is a lovely woman.
Lovely woman.
joe rogan
That's one of the things about going on the road.
You appreciate people when you come back.
jeff garlin
Oh my God, yeah.
joe rogan
When you're with them every day.
jeff garlin
But do they appreciate you?
Good night, everybody!
joe rogan
Yeah, if you're there with them every day staring at each other.
I mean, I don't care who it is.
It could be your best friend on the planet.
jeff garlin
Too much time with somebody, except for rare exceptions, wow, is that bad?
joe rogan
Yeah, it could be terrible.
jeff garlin
It could be terrible.
joe rogan
Almost everybody.
You need to be around variety in terms of different styles of communication.
jeff garlin
Yeah, most definitely.
And by the way, I don't...
I'm not staying home because I want to avoid experiences.
I like experiences, and I'll go have an experience.
But when I deem that experience, like Jeff's party, not good for me, I leave.
But if I'm having an experience that's new, and I'm digging it, I'll stay.
joe rogan
That makes sense.
jeff garlin
Yeah.
joe rogan
Well, you know what you like.
jeff garlin
That's a healthy thing.
I'm 56 years old, man.
I know.
joe rogan
You're a man.
jeff garlin
I'm a man.
I am a man.
joe rogan
You're a man.
jeff garlin
I'm Jeff Garland.
joe rogan
You're an actualized man.
jeff garlin
I'm an actualized.
I'm aspiring to grow all the time.
That's my thing, to be a wise man.
I aspire.
My goal is to be a wise man, and I'll never reach it.
Not that I'd be stupid, but I'm saying it's always evolving.
joe rogan
I have a friend and many, many years ago was at her house and she had the sign that said, enlightenment is possible in this lifetime.
I saw that and I went, whoa.
jeff garlin
That's deep.
Levels of it and putting you at a higher place than you are, I agree with.
But true enlightenment, I'm not cynical.
I have more of a critical eye.
There you go.
joe rogan
Right.
jeff garlin
But that's possible.
I'm not cynical.
joe rogan
I've never seen it.
jeff garlin
I've not seen it, but it's like I'm not going to deem it impossible because then who am I? That's like me saying there's no God.
That's like me saying I'll tell you who killed Kennedy.
I don't know!
joe rogan
Right.
And it's also what exactly is enlightenment and by whose standard definition?
jeff garlin
Right.
So maybe if you have a very low standard for enlightenment and you reach whatever that level is, you go, I did it in my lifetime!
joe rogan
Look at me!
If you're smoking indica, listening to great music, and having fantastic sex after a great meal, and then someone says, no, no, no, you're just supposed to meditate and just sit in a room and be mindful.
Hey, how about fuck you?
jeff garlin
How about a big bowl of fuck you?
By the way, can we make that happen for me, that I smoke some indica, listen to some music, have some great sex after a great meal?
How do I arrange that?
joe rogan
It can be done.
jeff garlin
I guess it can be done.
joe rogan
You're Jeff Garland.
It should be done.
jeff garlin
Yeah, that's what Tony says to me.
You're Jeff Garland.
joe rogan
Tony who?
Hinchcliffe?
jeff garlin
Yeah.
joe rogan
Yeah, he's right.
jeff garlin
Yeah, well, I tend to be confident in my comedic skills.
joe rogan
Well, you should be.
You're a funny guy.
jeff garlin
Yeah, but outside of that, I'm not lacking in confidence, but leaving my house is, like I said, quite the effort.
joe rogan
But that's what I'm saying is, like, by whose definition is enlightenment?
Because, like, say if you wanted to go to a concert or you wanted to go to a great movie, would an enlightened person enjoy a great movie?
jeff garlin
I would think my version of an enlightened person would, in fact, enjoy a great movie.
I've been enlightened at a concert.
I saw James Brown when he first got out of prison, and I found that performance that he gave was the most enlightened performance I'd ever seen.
joe rogan
Was this when he was in the car chase?
Was that that prison?
jeff garlin
Yeah, it was the last prison.
joe rogan
He shot at cops because...
jeff garlin
I believe so, yeah.
joe rogan
That one was someone else used his bathroom, right?
Isn't that what happened?
Someone took a shit?
jeff garlin
I actually don't know.
I know that he got in trouble with the cops, but maybe it was taxes.
I don't know.
joe rogan
There's a big difference between someone using his toilet.
jeff garlin
But the point thing is that he had gotten out of prison, and just the idea that James Brown was in prison.
joe rogan
I think, maybe I'm remembering this incorrectly, but I think someone used his toilet, and then he got mad at that person and shot at something, like either shot at the wall or something.
jeff garlin
I don't remember that story, but I assume that you're looking it up right now.
joe rogan
Yeah, he's looking it up.
jeff garlin
Okay, so we'll find out.
joe rogan
I feel like he was in a high-speed chase.
They shot his tires out.
jeff garlin
I don't remember it this way.
I remember something in a car, though, maybe.
joe rogan
I'm pretty sure they shot his tires out, and he was driving around on the rims.
jeff garlin
He had to have been doing a lot of blow or something to make him that agitated.
You know what I mean?
No normal human—then again, we're talking about James Brown—is that agitated.
I mean, who gets that agitated?
joe rogan
He was fucking phenomenal when he was young.
jamie vernon
Two-state chase that went up to 85 miles an hour involved 14 cars.
He said he didn't stop because he feared for his life, though.
I'm trying to see why it started, and I don't see that.
joe rogan
I feel like that's what started.
He fired off a gun because someone used his toilet.
jeff garlin
By the way, a two-state chase, I'm guessing he lived near the border.
joe rogan
He probably lived in one of those wacky states.
jeff garlin
He lived in Georgia.
joe rogan
Oh, okay.
Well, maybe it was like Georgia-Florida.
jeff garlin
Yeah, could be.
unidentified
Right?
joe rogan
They're close to each other.
Georgia-Florida line.
Isn't that a band?
It is, right?
Doesn't Wheeler Walker make fun of them?
jamie vernon
It just says you failed a beta pullover.
joe rogan
That's all it is?
But I'm pretty sure that's why they were pulling him over.
I think they were going after him.
I might be wrong about that.
Maybe I'm confusing him with...
Okay, Chuck Berry was the one that was filming people going to the bathroom, right?
jeff garlin
I think.
He liked to pee on ladies, I'm pretty sure.
joe rogan
Interesting.
jeff garlin
I'm pretty sure.
joe rogan
Interesting.
jeff garlin
Generally, when I enjoy James Brown's music, I'm not thinking about his car.
I'm thinking about his other side, you know.
unidentified
It does say that for your story.
joe rogan
Oh, really?
unidentified
Yeah.
jeff garlin
What does it say?
joe rogan
That's right.
Oh, here it goes.
Carrying a deadly weapon at a public gathering in an attempt to flee Paris, driving under the influence of drugs.
Okay, he reportedly stormed into the insurance company next to his office, waving a shotgun and complaining that strangers were using his bathroom.
As Time reported...
jeff garlin
He drove on the rims for six miles!
joe rogan
There you go.
jeff garlin
Are you kidding me?
joe rogan
Years later, this episode would frame the 2014 Brown biopic, Get On Up.
jeff garlin
I'm guessing that I saw him after this.
joe rogan
Uh-huh.
jeff garlin
Because it was right after that.
It would be late 80s, early 90s.
joe rogan
Jesus Christ, he did six years?
jeff garlin
Yeah, he was in there for a while.
joe rogan
Six fucking years?
unidentified
Yeah.
joe rogan
How about just sober him up?
jeff garlin
He was on PCP? They gave him a year for each mile he drove on his rims.
joe rogan
Rumors of a PCP habit had already surfaced by the time his erratic behavior came to a head in September.
Wow.
PCP is a tricky one, huh?
jeff garlin
He sang in the prison choir.
joe rogan
I bet he did.
Shit, imagine you go to jail for like stealing a car and your fucking celly is James Brown.
You're like, hey buddy.
What do you want to do?
jeff garlin
Yeah, that's something.
That's a hell of a story.
joe rogan
Yeah, help him write some songs.
Get on up.
Did you ever see when he opened up for the Muhammad Ali fight with George Foreman and Zaire?
Holy shit, was that incredible.
jeff garlin
That was incredible, yeah.
joe rogan
Incredible.
He had so much power.
There was something about him, man.
He would get on stage.
Ridiculous.
It was just power.
jeff garlin
To give you an idea how much power Prince wished for that power.
joe rogan
Fuck yeah.
Well, Prince had it, but he had it in a different way.
jeff garlin
Different way, but Prince looked up to that power.
joe rogan
Who the fuck didn't?
jeff garlin
No, James Brown was ridiculous.
joe rogan
I can't sing and I looked up to it.
I don't have any musical talent.
jeff garlin
It just tells you what a waste Elvis was.
Because Elvis had that power and he didn't use it.
He had it early on and then...
joe rogan
He could never dance like James Brown, though.
Or if he did, he never showed it.
jeff garlin
Oh, no, no, but it would be different.
It's a different kind of power.
If he just took and harnessed what he had.
joe rogan
Yeah, here it is.
Look at this.
Look at his dress, too.
unidentified
Look at the way he's dressed.
joe rogan
Look at that.
The fucking pants and the shit.
Look at his...
Goddamn!
Dropping down doing splits.
jeff garlin
I know, he was not human.
joe rogan
And by the way, he's not even really flexible enough to do a full split, and yet he's still dropping down on stage.
jeff garlin
Do you know he was wearing a turtleneck that night, and I said to him, cut that baby out.
I said, let's leave a little bit.
Let's put your initials on there.
joe rogan
I think that that was done in advance.
What were the girls I was hanging around with?
jeff garlin
Yeah, I know.
He's James Brown.
unidentified
Woo!
joe rogan
Yeah, look at his giant-ass band.
I don't envy those people.
You know when you see people with bands touring?
All those people, all those working pieces have to fall into place?
jeff garlin
Yep.
joe rogan
Look at all that, though.
jeff garlin
Yeah.
joe rogan
But goddamn, what a performance.
jeff garlin
What a performer.
When I saw him, it blew my mind.
It literally blew my mind.
joe rogan
Well, what's interesting, too, is that, you know, Prince, who died of painkillers, he died from fentanyl, he blew his hips out dancing.
Like, that was the thing, you know, and that apparently is a very common thing.
My friend Maynard, Maynard Keenan from Tool, the lead singer of Tool, he just recently had his hip replaced.
And he was doing, he's big into jiu-jitsu, loves jiu-jitsu.
And he was having a really hard time doing certain things.
So he went to a doctor to see what's going on with his hip.
And they're like, dude, your hip is gone, son.
Like, it's just deteriorating.
jeff garlin
And now is he functioning at a high level?
joe rogan
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
He's fine.
The hip replacement is one of the most unusual ones in terms of, like, its ability to restore you back to a fairly normal state.
jeff garlin
That's why being a comedian is delightful.
joe rogan
We don't have to do any of that shit.
jeff garlin
No?
joe rogan
There's no, get on up!
jeff garlin
Get on up!
And by the way, when you see someone moving around like that on stage, I will bet you every penny I have they're not funny.
joe rogan
Callan moves a lot on stage.
He's very funny.
jeff garlin
He doesn't move like...
joe rogan
Sometimes he throws kicks.
jeff garlin
So upstairs in the...
joe rogan
Belly room?
jeff garlin
No, the improv upstairs.
You know that green room thing?
Okay.
There's a monitor on stage with a thing, and I will turn to whoever I'm with and go, funny.
Not funny.
Because I can watch and tell whether the comedy is coming to them or whether they're pushing it.
And most of the move-around people are pushing it.
joe rogan
But Jim Carrey was a move-around guy.
He was always really funny.
jeff garlin
Move around in a different sort of way.
There's exceptions.
Well, there's exceptions to all stuff, like all things.
But in this sort of way, I'm talking about when someone just stands there and talks, and then they're doing some sort of movement, it's not good.
Jim Carrey, there was a purpose.
Brian, it's part of who he is.
That's not what I'm talking about.
I'm talking about people that just oversell shit by physicalizing what should be just funny the way you say it, not even what you're saying, the way you say it.
joe rogan
Tom Segura calls it dance moves.
jeff garlin
It is dance moves!
Tom Segura's funny.
joe rogan
He's a genius.
I used to call it English, putting English on a cue ball.
jeff garlin
Yes, it's English.
joe rogan
It's English.
jeff garlin
Totally unnecessary.
joe rogan
But dance moves is better.
Dance moves is better.
jeff garlin
So I've adopted dance moves now.
And that's what I'm talking about.
So Jim Carrey and Brian Callen do not have dance moves.
joe rogan
Right.
They just are funny and they also move.
jeff garlin
Yeah, there's a reason for their moving.
But yeah, dance moves.
Oh, come on, man.
And you know what's so funny?
Years ago, I remember any time I saw someone miming having sex, you know, pumping air, I would just go, not funny.
joe rogan
No.
jeff garlin
It was just like, it was a sign of like...
joe rogan
But what if there's a bit where you have to mime pumping air?
There's gotta be a bit.
jeff garlin
Pumping air?
Screwing pumping?
joe rogan
Yeah, some bits.
jeff garlin
But who doesn't know what that looks like?
Why do you need to pump?
joe rogan
Maybe there's a reason.
jeff garlin
Unless you're imitating someone having a heart attack pumping.
joe rogan
Right.
jeff garlin
Or, you know, if the content is about your physicality, that's not dancing.
joe rogan
Right, right, right.
jeff garlin
Dancing's when you put, like, English, like when you're doing this to accentuate what you're saying, it's like, screw that.
We don't need that.
joe rogan
Well, do you ever go to open mic nights?
jeff garlin
I used to do them up until recently.
joe rogan
Really?
jeff garlin
I would just show up and say, can I go up and do 10, you know?
And what was really fun was when the person who had them didn't know who I was.
joe rogan
Oh, that's great.
jeff garlin
And then I watched as other people explained.
And it was cool because I didn't have an attitude, you know?
And I would do my sets and the audiences at open mic nights are really, they're terrible.
joe rogan
A lot of times, yeah.
jeff garlin
Yeah, they're there to see their friends or they're tired or whatever.
joe rogan
Or they've been beaten down by totally unfunny shit.
jeff garlin
Totally unfunny shit over and over and over again.
So yes, up until about four or five years ago, I used to go to open my...
joe rogan
What's fascinating about open mic nights is you're watching people try to figure out how to be funny.
Like, you're watching people, like, if you go to the store, like, tonight, and you go there, it's gonna be a packed house, it's all Chris D'Elia, and fuckin' Andrew Santino, and Ali Wong, it's all killers.
And you're seeing high-level comedy over and over again.
And so you get into that vibe and you're like, oh, this is a great place to be.
But if you go to an open mic night, you're seeing this primordial ooze.
You're seeing single-celled organisms.
jeff garlin
You're seeing things that you really shouldn't be seeing.
Sometimes.
joe rogan
Every now and then you see a little glimmer.
jeff garlin
I explain to people, when you start, get as much stage time as you can without people seeing you.
joe rogan
That's good, too.
That's very good advice.
jeff garlin
But you need to go on stage over and over and over again.
But don't go on stage at any popular places.
Go on stage at the suckiest.
Because you only learn from when you suck.
joe rogan
That's a big part of it, for sure.
That's one of the reasons why I really admired Charlie Murphy.
Because Charlie Murphy was essentially a famous open-miker when he started.
I mean, when he started, he had never done stand-up comedy ever, and then he was just a really funny actor who was the brother of one of the greatest comics of all time, who got on the Chappelle Show and then started doing stand-up.
And, you know, Charlie would just...
Just fucking do it.
Just go and do it.
And he had some rough sets, too, when he was famous.
Like, really famous.
jeff garlin
You think when I did those things that I didn't eat it plenty of times?
joe rogan
Oh, open mic nights?
unidentified
Yeah.
jeff garlin
Everybody eats it there.
But what I had was I was in control of myself.
unidentified
Yes.
jeff garlin
And it didn't fall apart.
unidentified
Right.
jeff garlin
Which, if you're an amateur, it would fall apart.
unidentified
Yes.
jeff garlin
But it doesn't mean I did well.
joe rogan
Well, of course.
jeff garlin
As a matter of fact, I remember one time Dice came into the store.
This is probably four or five years ago, maybe five years ago.
And he came up to me and goes, I'll go up after you.
You know, it was very respectful, very nice.
And I said, no, I really want to follow you.
I want to see what that's like.
I've never followed you.
Please go up there and go for broke.
Go for fucking broke.
How long are you doing?
He goes, well, maybe a half hour.
I go, great.
Go up there for a half hour.
I got nowhere to be.
I'm going to watch you.
And I want you just to fucking hold nothing back.
And then I went up after him.
You know how I did?
Fine.
Didn't do good.
Didn't do bad.
Did fine because I knew how to handle myself, my professionalism.
The craft of what I know won out.
But there's no following that with what I do, which is totally different, and having the audience go, oh, this takes it to a whole new place.
No.
joe rogan
Did you ever listen to The Day the Laughter Died?
jeff garlin
Rick Rubin's album with him.
joe rogan
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Fucking phenomenal.
jeff garlin
Yeah, great album.
joe rogan
And it's just eating shit for two hours.
jeff garlin
Two hours, I know.
joe rogan
He showed up at Dangerfields, for people who don't know.
Literally, I will never forget, I was just starting out.
I think he did this, look this up when that was.
I want to say it was like 1989, 1990. No, it was after that.
It was fairly early.
It was fairly early because I was very young in my career.
jeff garlin
It might have been then.
joe rogan
Because I was still living in Boston.
jeff garlin
No, no, it might have been then because I was thinking about me living here now, but it came out the first time I lived here.
joe rogan
Well, I was living in Boston, and I was just starting out, and there was a great comedian named Mike Donovan, who to this day is one of the funniest guys I've ever seen in my life.
And Mike Donovan was laughing to the point where he couldn't breathe at Dice doing this set while he was doing fucking stadiums.
I mean, Dice was doing enormous.
Nassau Coliseum.
What's in the bowl, bitch?
jeff garlin
Oh!
joe rogan
20,000 people.
unidentified
Yeah!
joe rogan
He was the biggest comedian of all time.
And he just decides to show up at Dangerfields in New York City randomly, like on Monday and a Tuesday night, doesn't tell anybody he's gonna be there.
I mean, there's 13, 20 people in the crowd.
He records two different sets, and he has no material.
I mean, fucking none.
He's making things up as he goes along.
And people are getting angry at him, and they're walking out, and he did a bit about Richard Nixon, about how he eats ass, and when he eats ass, he does it like Richard Nixon.
unidentified
He was like, oh, I love this fat fucking ass!
joe rogan
He was doing this Richard Nixon impression of eating ass.
And for whatever reason, Mike Dunvin thought it was the funniest thing he'd ever seen in his life.
He was wheezing, like couldn't breathe, talking about Dice doing this impression.
And I was like, wow.
This is like comedy for comedians.
But for the people that were in the audience, like a guy got up and goes, you're about as funny as a glass of milk.
The guy said that to him and then left.
That's one of the best things on the album.
These people from like Kansas getting, you're about as funny as a glass of milk and walking off and dice shitting on them.
unidentified
It's...
joe rogan
But to have the mindset to be at not just the top of his game, but literally the top of stand-up ever.
No one before him had ever sold out Madison Square Garden multiple nights in a row the way he did.
I mean, guys have done it since then.
You know, Dane and Louie and there's been a bunch of guys, Aziz, but no one did it like he did then.
He was the first ever to do that and to do that and then to record these fucking awful sets and then put it out!
We're gonna fucking put it out!
jeff garlin
I guarantee that was Rick Rubin's idea.
joe rogan
You think so?
jeff garlin
Without a doubt.
joe rogan
But you know Dice?
Dice is like that.
jeff garlin
I know Dice and I know Rick Rubin.
joe rogan
I bet it was both of their ideas.
jeff garlin
Well, maybe he didn't fight Rick Rubin.
I'll have to ask Rick Rubin next time I see him.
joe rogan
Yeah, ask him.
jeff garlin
I never asked him that.
But that sounds to me like Rick Rubin going, let's do this.
joe rogan
Interesting.
Yeah.
But it was such a crazy, bold move.
I remember thinking at the time, because I was terrible in 1989 when it came out.
I was just confused.
How does one do that?
One is so confident that they release something that sucks.
Because when I was 19, it was me and my girlfriend, Marta.
Me and Marta.
We're sitting in my car, and I had a cassette player, and we're listening to Dice.
It was just called Dice.
And crying laughing, crying laughing.
It was before I'd ever done stand-up.
And I remember thinking, wow, this guy is fucking something.
The amount of power that he had on stage, and these roars from the crowd.
We're sitting in my car, laughing our asses off to this cassette.
It wasn't even a CD. A couple years later, he decides, eh, I'm just gonna put out something that sucks.
jeff garlin
The day the comedy died.
joe rogan
The day the laughter died, yeah.
And he's got, like, one of them fucking paperboy hats on, on the cover.
jeff garlin
No, it's black.
joe rogan
It's a bold man.
jeff garlin
Black and white.
And there's a little picture of him on there.
Is that what it is?
Yeah, a small picture, I think.
Or maybe it's a big picture of him.
joe rogan
There it is right there.
jeff garlin
I don't remember.
Oh, no, it's a big picture.
joe rogan
We should get a...
Oh, yeah.
But it is small in comparison to the actual CD. Yeah.
See if we can get...
Jamie, let's get a framed copy of that and put it on the wall somewhere.
jamie vernon
Was it released as an album?
joe rogan
I don't know.
jeff garlin
Let's get the image.
I guarantee there's vinyl.
joe rogan
Yeah, let's find it, see if we can buy it in vinyl.
jeff garlin
Look on eBay right now.
They did it again.
unidentified
He did it again?
joe rogan
Yeah, three years later.
unidentified
He did the same thing?
It's a part two, yeah.
joe rogan
I've seen him do that at the store.
I've seen him go up late night at the store like, look at you.
Look at you over there.
And just start talking shit to people.
Like mean Dice is my favorite.
jeff garlin
Why does he wear weightlifting gloves whenever he goes anywhere?
joe rogan
He's like touching people's hands.
jeff garlin
Is that what it is?
joe rogan
Yeah.
jeff garlin
Oh, okay.
joe rogan
And Big Jay Oakerson wears weightlifting gloves in homage.
jeff garlin
To Dice?
That's hilarious.
I didn't know that.
That's great.
joe rogan
Yeah, I was trying to get the two of them together on a podcast, but scheduling-wise it never really worked out.
jeff garlin
You know, I'm shaking Dice's hand.
joe rogan
Different photo on the vinyl.
unidentified
Oh!
joe rogan
It's available for $400 on Amazon.
Oh, buy that shit.
jeff garlin
No, no.
joe rogan
Buy that shit.
We're going to frame it.
jeff garlin
$400.
I'll go to Dice.
joe rogan
He might not have it.
jeff garlin
Yeah, I guarantee he's got it.
joe rogan
Hey!
unidentified
Yeah.
jeff garlin
You pay for lunch, I'll give you the album.
joe rogan
Have you ever seen his Instagram?
You ever go to Dice's Instagram?
jeff garlin
No.
joe rogan
It's hilarious.
It's just so random.
It's like an older, rich, famous guy who does whatever the fuck he wants.
jeff garlin
I'm supposed to have had coffee or lunch with him a million times.
I never have.
joe rogan
It's one of those things.
jeff garlin
Well, no, it just never happened.
unidentified
Right.
jeff garlin
Yeah.
joe rogan
Yeah, his Instagram is him, like, with a gold gym t-shirt on, with crazy sunglasses, and he'll do, like, these little sketches.
But they're so random and weird.
Like, him talking to a girl, like, maybe we should do something later.
And the girl's like, okay.
Like, click on this.
Play this.
unidentified
This is like his, this is his whole thing. - You like skateboarding?
I was thinking about it.
Yeah, maybe we should do that.
See, that'll be a good time.
Can you cook dinner for a reason?
jeff garlin
Why don't you stay out of this one?
He doesn't even know how to use the phone.
unidentified
What's your name?
Nicole.
What?
Nicole.
Nicole.
Alright, I'll call you.
jeff garlin
I gotta go take care of something.
joe rogan
Oh, it's the end of it.
Afterwards, he's got another one, a follow-up, where he gets mad at himself for not doing anything about it.
Like, go to the next video.
That's not it.
There, play this one.
unidentified
What a beautiful night, huh?
Beautiful.
joe rogan
It's Eleanor!
jeff garlin
What a beautiful night, huh?
She's a comedian, right?
joe rogan
Eleanor Kerrigan, yeah.
They're so random.
I guess the text in that video was like, I should have done something.
jeff garlin
What's wrong with me?
joe rogan
Yeah.
unidentified
But this is him.
joe rogan
Why did I leave?
I'm so dumb.
But they're so random.
It's like, what is he doing?
jeff garlin
He's just being dice.
joe rogan
He used to do that at the store.
He used to have comics do these little sketches.
Okay, you're gonna run through the door there, and you're gonna knock him over.
And you're gonna go, what the fuck?
Okay, go!
And the guy would do it and he'd run into the door and knock the other guy over and he'd go, what the fuck?
Go, perfect, do it again.
And he would just film this with like VHS tape.
You know, like an old school one.
And then he would edit it together himself.
But he did nothing with it.
And this was like...
Dice was giant!
Just fucking top of the world giant!
And this is what he's doing to amuse himself.
jeff garlin
But I love the fact that the comics would just do it.
joe rogan
Oh, Jesus Christ, you're just so happy Dice is talking to you.
He's the reason why I started doing the road.
I would just do the store all the time.
I was constantly at the store.
One time we're in the bag, he goes, hey, you're funny.
You know, you should do the road.
I go, yeah?
He goes, yeah.
He goes, you don't want to rely on these fucking assholes for money.
He goes, you can fucking do whatever you want.
Go do the road.
I was like, yeah, why don't I do the road?
Because I was just doing TV shows.
And you're doing TV shows.
You're kind of trapped in this.
This is how you make your living.
You've got to kind of always be acting and always be going on auditions.
I was like, yeah.
Because you don't make real money at the store.
You make like 15 bucks a set or whatever you make.
jeff garlin
I've spent one year, I never collected a check.
And then they never had them again.
joe rogan
At the store?
jeff garlin
Yeah, I probably...
I'm guessing with the number of sets, I did probably about $2,500, $5,000.
joe rogan
Probably donated.
Donated back to the club.
jeff garlin
Yeah, donated back to the club.
It's not donated to any charity on behalf of the store.
joe rogan
Yeah, no, not a charity.
You donate to the charity of the store.
Yeah.
jeff garlin
I don't care.
joe rogan
I don't care either.
jeff garlin
Yeah.
joe rogan
It's a good donation.
unidentified
Mm-hmm.
joe rogan
Yeah, that's a...
The place is a fascinating place.
Really, I was gone for seven years, and I've been back for four now, and it is just a...
jeff garlin
I love the original room.
joe rogan
Oh, it's incredible.
jeff garlin
That's the room that's got it going.
joe rogan
Well, I left all three.
jeff garlin
I don't.
joe rogan
They're all different.
jeff garlin
The belly room's okay, and the main room...
By the way, the main room performing in the main room does not bother me.
I hate the green room.
unidentified
Really?
jeff garlin
Hate it.
joe rogan
Why?
jeff garlin
The cocaine piano in the middle of the room.
joe rogan
It's the best piano.
jeff garlin
But the point being is, most of those people I don't want to see.
joe rogan
Oh, hanging around back there?
jeff garlin
Yeah, they just irritate me.
There's such a negative vibe.
Really?
I think that there's a lot of comedians that play there that are a big bowl of dead weight.
joe rogan
Wow.
jeff garlin
Yeah.
unidentified
Wow.
joe rogan
I don't want to name any names.
jeff garlin
But there's a lot that are joyful and great and I dig and I like watching and my favorite thing to do is laugh at my fellow comedians.
But on the flip side, some people just, man, their presence just depresses me.
joe rogan
Wow.
Interesting.
jeff garlin
Yeah.
joe rogan
I don't feel that.
jeff garlin
Okay.
joe rogan
Maybe do an impression.
unidentified
No!
joe rogan
Just mime it.
unidentified
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
jeff garlin
No, but some really, I think, yeah.
Because, you know, the thing when I started in comedy, which is 82, working through, comedians really were a group that stuck together.
joe rogan
You don't think that's the case now?
jeff garlin
No.
I think for the past, I think it started changing in late 90s, 2000s, to where it was every man for himself.
And a lot of people, it wasn't like you're part of this fraternity.
It was like, fuck you, I'm gonna do this, you know.
My thing with competition is Go do your thing.
If the audience digs you more, great.
If I'm auditioning and you're auditioning, go beat me in the room.
I don't give a crap.
But there's such a competitiveness.
And I know that's part of why Eddie doesn't do spots.
joe rogan
Eddie Murphy?
jeff garlin
Eddie Murphy.
Because when I work with him, I would say, why don't you go?
He'd say, the looks that I get and the vibe that I get from comics, it's not pleasant.
And I go, I knew exactly what he was talking about.
joe rogan
That's so weird.
I have the exact opposite feeling about comedy now and about particularly the store and the camaraderie of that place.
jeff garlin
I don't get it.
By the way, I dig a lot of people there.
But the people who I dig know I dig them.
And the other ones who I don't dig don't know anything.
It's not like I spend time being negative.
But there's lots of guys and gals that are great, but also plenty of them that, like, please step away.
joe rogan
I was having a conversation about this with a friend of mine recently who was living for a while in a place that he hated, and he was saying that if you're in a place where everyone's negative, you really kind of forget that people can be positive.
jeff garlin
Without a doubt!
So why should I leave the Comedy Store and at least half of the times I play there, leaving there driving home feeling like not positive?
joe rogan
That's so weird.
jeff garlin
By the way, I sometimes now arrange it.
The only set that I do at the Comedy Store now is I sometimes will close the 7 o'clock original room show.
Because there's no one after me, so if I'm five minutes long, no one's giving a crap.
And they've already seen the whole show.
And I can do that, zip in, do it, and get the hell out.
I'll do a benefit in the main room, like I did watch Tony's show.
joe rogan
Right.
Kill Tony.
Yeah, we've got to bring you into the fold, Jeff Garland.
jeff garlin
Bring what into the fold?
joe rogan
Bring you into the fold of the nice people.
jeff garlin
Bring you into the fold.
By the way, I know the nice people.
We have nice conversations with them, but the other people are always there hovering.
joe rogan
The hoverers.
jeff garlin
I don't like a good...
I don't like a hoverer.
joe rogan
No.
jeff garlin
Stop hovering.
unidentified
That is brutal when you're having a good conversation and...
jeff garlin
If your groove is not about making people laugh, like I don't care whether you're political, social, how you do your comedy, but if your ultimate goal isn't to bring joy into people's lives, what's the purpose?
If it's not about the laughs and joy, and so I find, here's the thing I don't dig, a lot of ego running around the store when I'm there.
And most of the people I don't like have the biggest egos.
joe rogan
Do you think that they're threatened by you because you're a very accomplished guy, so maybe that's why you're getting that weird vibe from people?
jeff garlin
I've been told that before, but if I thought that, that would be weird.
So I don't pay attention to that.
joe rogan
Well, that's because you're a pretty humble guy.
jeff garlin
You know, there's a great line.
I'm not an alcoholic, but I do know this line from the program, which is, what you think of me is none of my business.
Which I love.
joe rogan
That's a great perspective.
jeff garlin
Great perspective.
So what they think of me is none of my business.
I just know what they're putting out there.
That's all.
joe rogan
Yeah, I think sometimes people will look at you and go, well, here's a guy who's been on some of the all-time greatest television shows ever.
You're a guy that's got a massive...
Your resume, your accomplishments as a comic and performer is very enviable.
So maybe perhaps they see you and they're like, this guy's in.
jeff garlin
I look at myself as a generous guy on every level.
I like being generous and I like helping comics, sticking my hand out, doing what I can to help.
So I don't feel that I put anything that they should be fearful of out.
joe rogan
No, but I think it's their own issue.
I mean, I remember when I was starting out, I would get real uncomfortable when I was around really famous people.
I'd be like, wow, this feels weird to be around this guy in real life.
jeff garlin
I get that.
That can be.
joe rogan
But when you and I had met, you've always been very friendly, easy to talk to.
jeff garlin
I like to be a warm, thoughtful person who most of the time prefers to stay at home.
But if I'm going to go out, if I'm going to go to the farmer's market, if I'm going to go to the comedy store, I'm prepared to talk to people, take pictures of people, be warm to people, engage with people.
Because if I don't want that, I stay home.
unidentified
Right.
jeff garlin
I really will go do my set and get out, but that doesn't happen very often.
But I'll stay home.
joe rogan
Yeah, that's why you need that downtime, right?
unidentified
Yeah.
joe rogan
Because you've got to be able to recharge.
jeff garlin
You've got to be able to recharge.
I used to not allow myself that.
I used to work so hard.
joe rogan
I was reading this article yesterday about Tom Cruise and about Tom Cruise's life being very strange.
Jesus Christ, Jeff Garland.
What is going on with your phone?
What is that ringer?
jeff garlin
It's a theme to a man and a woman.
unidentified
I don't even know what a man and a woman is.
jeff garlin
It's a French movie.
joe rogan
Jesus Christ.
jeff garlin
But hold on a second here.
joe rogan
How am I supposed to know that?
jeff garlin
But actually, I actually sing that with, you know, Jeff who plays piano in the original?
joe rogan
Yes, Jeff Richard.
jeff garlin
Not Jeff Richards.
joe rogan
Jeff Scott.
jeff garlin
Jeff Scott.
Why say Jeff Richards?
I'll look at him and I'll go, I'm not singing tonight.
And the audience most of the time goes, as if I'm known for singing, which I make fun of them.
But then in the middle of the show, I'll just look at him and go, And I sing.
And then when I'm done, I tell the audience that I'm in a very accomplished French gibberish, which is what it is.
But yeah, it's a great song.
joe rogan
So do you have custom ringtones for when different people call you?
jeff garlin
No, I just have...
That's the one?
And generally my ringer's off, which is off now.
Last thing I was listening to is Buddy Guy.
The blues is alive and well.
Buddy Guy's newest album.
He's, I think, about to turn 82. I'm going to go to Chicago for his birthday.
joe rogan
He just put out a new album and he's 82?
jeff garlin
And it's a badass album.
joe rogan
Of course it is.
jeff garlin
Oh, he rips it the whole album.
Of course he does.
He's amazing.
But that inspires me.
By the way, everything about aging is about relevancy.
How are you contributing?
joe rogan
Right.
Like George Carlin.
No one cared that George Carlin was 75 or whatever he was.
jeff garlin
Doesn't matter.
He's relevant.
joe rogan
He's contributing.
jeff garlin
That's what I aspire to.
Relevancy.
To contribute to mankind, to my art, to everything.
So I'll never be like...
If someone says, who's that old dude and I'm not doing anything based on what I'm aspiring to do, that's their issue.
joe rogan
Right, right, right.
jeff garlin
Because I will be, to my best ability, relevant.
joe rogan
That's an interesting perspective because it's really true, but it's something that people don't think about.
It's like rock stars in particular.
No one looks at Mick Jagger and go, why is that guy still doing it?
Because when you watch him do it, you're like, oh, Jesus, he's still doing it.
jeff garlin
He's still doing it.
joe rogan
He's like, button your lips!
jeff garlin
Yes, watching him live is ridiculous.
And by the way, he really moves, no kidding around, like at the oldest 30. No, he moves phenomenal.
It's ridiculous.
He's 71?
joe rogan
70-something, still shooting loads into hot models.
He had a baby recently.
jeff garlin
That's my stage name, by the way.
unidentified
Yeah, yeah.
joe rogan
Is it?
That's my band.
How do you have that stage name?
That's my band's name.
jeff garlin
I didn't license it, though.
So, I'll give it back to you.
My apologies.
joe rogan
Bruce Springsteen's another one.
Springsteen's in his 60s.
jeff garlin
By the way, I saw that show.
I saw that show.
joe rogan
Yeah?
jeff garlin
And my jaw was on the floor.
I could not believe that show.
joe rogan
His Broadway show?
jeff garlin
His Broadway show.
It was one of the greatest things I've ever seen.
joe rogan
74, he turns tomorrow.
unidentified
Yeah, 75 tomorrow, yeah.
joe rogan
Jesus Christ!
And he works out, I believe, twice a day, every day.
jeff garlin
Does he really?
joe rogan
He does yoga, and he trains with weights.
See if you can find Mick Jagger shirtless as an old man.
jeff garlin
I'm sure there's a ton.
joe rogan
Yeah, but I mean, like, recent?
jeff garlin
Well, now go to Tools.
Go to Tools to the right.
And then go to...
Yeah, Time.
Yeah, there we go.
unidentified
That's the old pick.
jeff garlin
I know.
joe rogan
Say, write recent.
See if you can find a recent one.
There's a lot of pictures of him with his clothes off.
Jesus Christ, Mick.
Put a fucking shirt on.
What are you, a hot model?
jeff garlin
Yeah, he's an interesting man.
But that's why I say to you, there's always exceptions.
joe rogan
Yeah, far right.
What do you got there?
Is that him?
jeff garlin
That's a model.
joe rogan
Oh, that's not Mick Jagger, you son of a bitch.
jeff garlin
That's him at 40 with the beard.
I know that for sure.
So, that's the oldest one I've seen.
joe rogan
Okay.
Well, either way, the guy has a crazy...
unidentified
No, he's ridiculous.
jeff garlin
But his movements are what's amazing.
His voice, I think, is still amazing.
And the way he moves, it's so fluid.
It's so beautiful.
joe rogan
He does a lot of yoga, I'm pretty sure.
Google his workout.
Mick Jagger's workout.
Because he's incredibly disciplined, apparently.
jeff garlin
And then look up Barnaby Jones reunion.
Just out of curiosity.
joe rogan
Is that coming?
Look at him.
Look at that.
Right there.
Takes up yoga at 73. There you go.
jeff garlin
Oh, is that what he did?
joe rogan
Yeah.
jeff garlin
Oh, it takes up aerial yoga.
I guess you're doing it on the ground.
It didn't work for him enough anymore.
unidentified
Yeah, not enough.
jeff garlin
He needed to take it to a new level.
That's just ridiculous.
joe rogan
Yeah.
Incredible.
Mick Jagged Diet and Exercise Program.
Live long, stay young.
jeff garlin
What if he only eats peppers?
unidentified
Pfft!
joe rogan
I was just in Thailand, and when you go to the bathroom, right by the toilet, they literally have one of those garden hoses that you would wash a car with.
They don't even play with bidets.
Because with those peppers, when you're eating that Thai food, like this kind of splatter that you're creating, they're like, let's just be honest.
Toilet paper is not good enough.
You're going to need a hose down, son.
jeff garlin
But wouldn't it be funny if there's a guy waiting outside the bathroom to explain that to you?
You just walk out and he says to you, you're probably a little confused, but toilet paper's...
joe rogan
They're not explaining nothing there.
There's something I put up on my Instagram today about a sign that I saw that said, please don't pee on the floor.
And I'm like, how many people have to pee on the floor before you put a sign up that says, please don't pee on the floor?
jeff garlin
And by the way, if you're a person who pees on the floor, are you really going to go, oh, I was going to, but now I'm not...
At all.
I'm stopping the floor peeing.
joe rogan
Exactly.
It's like, please don't rape.
jeff garlin
By the way, the truth is about floor peeing, pee ends up on the floor.
joe rogan
Some does.
jeff garlin
Yeah, some does.
joe rogan
For dudes.
jeff garlin
Yeah, for dudes.
joe rogan
Another thing I read that's very honest that I read that I agree with, some guy said because of smartphones, I pee sitting down much more than I would like to admit.
jeff garlin
Oh.
joe rogan
That's a fact.
jeff garlin
We did an episode about that on Curb Your Enthusiasm.
joe rogan
Yeah, because you sit down and you're like, well, I'll just take a shit, and if it doesn't come out, I'll just pee and I'll read my phone.
jeff garlin
Yeah, I guess.
joe rogan
I'll just read stuff.
jeff garlin
Yeah.
joe rogan
You guess.
jeff garlin
No, look, people with their phones, that's a whole thing for me.
joe rogan
You got a problem with phones?
jeff garlin
As a tool?
No, I do not.
But as avoiding being in the present, I do.
joe rogan
Yeah, they're addictive.
jeff garlin
They're addictive.
joe rogan
They're very addictive.
jeff garlin
And by the way, I gotta be honest, I don't remember the last show where somebody didn't pull out their phone.
joe rogan
The last show?
Some people are texting.
jeff garlin
Someone is.
Even if it's one person, I can't even remember somebody not doing that.
And that's so disrespectful.
joe rogan
Well, one of the things I did before my last Netflix special that I filmed in April was I went on tour for three months where you had to use those cell phone bags.
jeff garlin
Oh, you did those?
joe rogan
Those yonder bags.
Yeah, they're a giant fucking pain in the ass.
jeff garlin
By the way...
I play a lot at Largo, and I would just make an announcement, and then if someone does, you kick them out.
joe rogan
No, I mean, some people just feel like, yeah, yeah, yeah, but I gotta just answer this text.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, but I just gotta do this.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, but I'm a big fan.
jeff garlin
I'm gonna take a picture.
Yeah, but my response is, yeah, yeah, but I'll see you later.
joe rogan
Yeah, there's an issue.
But what I was gonna say is that it's a big pain in the ass, those yonder bags, but the show is like 10% better.
Because no one had their phone.
And you'd sit there and you would actually be connected to the show.
unidentified
But people are like, yeah, but what if I got a fucking plan later?
joe rogan
What if I got a this?
What if I got a text coming in?
jeff garlin
What's that character's name?
joe rogan
I don't have one.
jeff garlin
You don't have a name for the character?
joe rogan
Doug.
jeff garlin
Oh, okay.
joe rogan
No, but that's Stanhope.
Toby.
jeff garlin
Toby.
joe rogan
Okay, Toby.
jeff garlin
That's Toby.
joe rogan
This is Toby.
jeff garlin
Toby complete.
joe rogan
What if I got a call coming in?
jeff garlin
Yeah, hey, Toby.
joe rogan
I gotta leave the show to answer the phone?
jeff garlin
Toby, which of your Pirates of the Caribbean movie is your favorite?
unidentified
All of them.
I'm a fucking huge Johnny Depp fan.
joe rogan
One of the reasons why I did that, because Chappelle was telling me how much he enjoys it, and Hannibal Burris was telling me how much he enjoys using those bags, too.
But another reason was, this woman complained that when she went to my New Year's show, that some girl behind her made two separate phone calls and was saying Happy New Year to people during the show.
During the show!
She's like, this stupid fucking bitch was making phone calls while the show was going on.
jeff garlin
By the way, I've been...
Behind, in front of, next to that person.
joe rogan
That's a crazy thing to do to me.
You're at a performance, a live performance, and you're calling people and talking to them or even answering the phone and talking on the phone.
jeff garlin
But I think if you have signs with a stern language saying you'll be...
joe rogan
It's like peeing on the floor, bro.
jeff garlin
No, but I've got to be honest with you.
I really respect my audience and I really think that that would eliminate the handful of people that would be douchey.
Because I play at Largo a lot and at Largo they make the announcement and I have never seen anyone during my show.
joe rogan
Largo is exceptional.
That's an exceptional place.
jeff garlin
Yeah, but you can create an exceptional vibe in your audience by respecting them.
joe rogan
I certainly agree.
jeff garlin
It's like, you know when I go someplace and they want to put a stamp on my hands?
I just go, no, no, no, no.
No.
There'll be no stamps on my hands.
And you know what the doorman usually says?
joe rogan
What?
jeff garlin
Okay.
joe rogan
Really?
jeff garlin
Yeah.
I don't really drink alcohol.
But if I go to the bar and order a drink, the guy's going to look for my stamp.
Point being is, fuck all that.
I've got to have respect for people.
joe rogan
What if you go to a musical festival and they want to put a wristband on you?
jeff garlin
It's like also when you go to the bathroom and they have the sinks.
I don't mind the sinks where it senses your hand, even though it doesn't always do it.
But man, those ones where you push down and you get 10 seconds, that's so disrespectful.
It's wrong.
joe rogan
Wrong.
jeff garlin
Wrong.
joe rogan
Really?
jeff garlin
Wrong to mankind.
joe rogan
You know what bothers me?
jeff garlin
What's that?
joe rogan
When you wave your hand on a thing and it gives you a tiny little strip of paper.
jeff garlin
Yeah.
Yeah.
joe rogan
A little stingy-ass piece of paper to dry your hand with.
jeff garlin
Yeah, you wave it a second time.
joe rogan
Give me a real fucking piece of paper, bitch.
jeff garlin
You know what's great?
Those powerful new blow ones.
joe rogan
No, those are no good.
jeff garlin
I dig them.
joe rogan
There was an article that I tweeted about those things.
unidentified
What is it?
joe rogan
The problem is there's like shit dust in the air from people and all the bacteria.
jeff garlin
Wait, but by the way, let me ask you the premise of the shit dust thing there.
So you're saying people take a dump, wash their ass, wait, and then don't go to the sink to wash their hands.
They just go straight for the dryer thing because it's fun and let's spread the shit around.
joe rogan
The thing is, when you hit that dryer, the dust from that, the wind, it kicks up.
This is science.
jeff garlin
Okay, enjoy it.
There's too much for me to think about.
Too much for me to think about.
joe rogan
Listen, man, I did no research.
I just posted an article that I read that said that those things are super unhygienic.
jeff garlin
And then somebody goes, hey, if Joe posted it, it must be true because he did his research.
joe rogan
Could be very clickbaity, right?
They could have just got you.
Some bullshit.
jeff garlin
Some bullshit.
Some guy named Bob who's a doctor.
I'm telling you, there's shit in the air.
That's my character of Bob, who's an angry doctor.
There's shit in the air.
Am I right, Toby?
joe rogan
Shit dust.
jeff garlin
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
joe rogan
I was on the phone.
I didn't have time.
I didn't have time to wash my hands.
Hand dryer, suck in fecal bacteria and blow it all over your hands.
Study fine.
See?
Bro.
jeff garlin
Alright, there you go.
Enjoy.
So I will not be using that anymore.
I will use the blow dryer.
And when I touch the thing to have the towel come down, I know that that's very clean.
joe rogan
Yes.
jeff garlin
No.
joe rogan
No?
jeff garlin
No, that's not clean.
joe rogan
But at least it's not blowing fecal dust.
jeff garlin
Let's just put it this way.
There's no winning.
joe rogan
It's no winning.
jeff garlin
When you take a dump in public, there's no winning.
joe rogan
Well, there's also the issue of becoming some OCD person who's fucking completely crazy, squirts Perel all over their body everywhere they go because they're afraid of everything they touch.
jeff garlin
And then they don't build up immunity.
joe rogan
I have a giant issue with that.
jeff garlin
I've worked with many people who, in auditions, won't shake an actor's hand because they've got...
unidentified
Are you friends with Howie?
jeff garlin
Yes, I know that Howie doesn't touch.
joe rogan
He doesn't even bang knuckles anymore.
He was banging knuckles for a while.
He won't even do knuckles anymore.
He's gotten worse.
jeff garlin
That's his business.
He's a good man.
joe rogan
He's a very good man.
unidentified
Yeah, he is.
joe rogan
I really like that guy a lot.
unidentified
Yeah, I do too.
joe rogan
But I want to hug him.
I want to go, come here, motherfucker.
Give me a hug.
Give me a kiss right on the lips.
jeff garlin
You want to make it?
Yeah, that's so funny.
joe rogan
No!
I just imagine him running to the emergency room.
jeff garlin
He's such a nice man.
He's a good man.
joe rogan
He's a very good guy, but I want him to get over that, because I think it's insane.
jeff garlin
It's not going to happen.
joe rogan
Why not?
jeff garlin
You think people haven't worked with him on it?
joe rogan
It doesn't make any sense.
jeff garlin
You have to want to change, Joe.
unidentified
Okay.
joe rogan
You sound like your own psychiatrist.
jeff garlin
If you don't want to change, you're not going to change.
unidentified
That's true.
jeff garlin
And that's with addiction, with anything.
If you don't want to do it, nobody...
By the way, when it comes to addiction or behavior like Howie's, logic does not enter the room.
You can present your logical cases to all those different types of people.
It doesn't matter.
They've got to want to.
joe rogan
Yeah.
Well, he goes so far as that he puts down a trail of paper towels in his hotel room so that he never has to stay on the carpet.
jeff garlin
See, I did not know this.
I don't want to know this.
I don't want to think about Howie in hotels.
unidentified
Sorry.
jeff garlin
I want him to be happy in hotels.
joe rogan
Well, I'm sure he's happy once he steps on that paper towel.
jeff garlin
You know what special I loved as a kid?
joe rogan
What?
jeff garlin
Howie from Maui.
joe rogan
Oh, yeah.
jeff garlin
It was hilarious.
He told me, I told him this the other night, he goes, that was shit.
And I go, no, no, I laughed really hard at that special.
joe rogan
Well, it's because he's very funny that he's self-critical.
Every funny person I've ever known thinks their sex sucks.
jeff garlin
I find the best response is just thank you.
joe rogan
Yeah, that's a good response.
unidentified
Thanks.
joe rogan
Glad you enjoyed it.
jeff garlin
Thank you.
And then if I feel that way, like when people come up to me and they go, you're my favorite character on Curb Your Enthusiasm.
What I could really do is look him in the eye and go, really?
Really?
The guy who does all the exposition?
Larry David's not your favorite?
I think you're wrong.
By the way, every blue moon...
When somebody says that to me, I can tell that they mean it.
But all of them wouldn't know the difference because I say thank you to all of them.
No one needs to hear that shit.
joe rogan
People do say stupid shit that they don't really mean just because they want you to respond to them.
They want to tell you you're the best.
jeff garlin
Well, fame is weird.
I learned that when I was at a...
This is 100% true.
And I had this moment where fame became clear to me.
I found myself waiting at valet parking with Tony Danza.
unidentified
Whoa.
jeff garlin
And it wasn't like we were even looking at each other or we had an awkward moment together.
I really wanted to say hello.
And not because I'm a big Tony Danza fan or any reason.
It was just the fame factor wanting me to talk to Tony Danza.
Not even like, hey, Tony, I'm Jeff Garland.
Just, hey, Tony Danza!
Oh, you know, hey!
And so I thought, ah, this is fucked up.
Shut up.
I didn't say anything.
joe rogan
He seems very approachable.
jeff garlin
He seems like a very nice fella.
But that is not...
Yeah.
joe rogan
When I was a young man, I always wished that I was as nice as Tony Danza.
Because when I used to see Tony Danza on Taxi and all those shows, I'm like, he always seems so friendly.
Like, why can't I be nice and friendly?
jeff garlin
Wouldn't it be weird if, as you got into show business, you found out he was a prick?
unidentified
Yeah.
jeff garlin
But the truth is, I've never heard a bad thing ever said about him.
joe rogan
There was a fist fight with him at the comedy store one night.
jeff garlin
Oh, really?
unidentified
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
joe rogan
A long, long time ago.
I want to say, like, it was before my time, and I started there in 94. So someone said something stupid to him somewhere back in the day, and Tony Danza was a professional boxer.
Boxer, yeah, yeah, yeah.
He actually took a pro fight in between tapings of Taxi Driver.
When he was first season, in between first and second season, he was off for a few months.
He's like, fuck, I'll have a fight.
And then he's like, what am I doing?
I'm a fucking actor now.
jeff garlin
Yeah, he is.
joe rogan
But somebody got mouthy with him.
jeff garlin
By the way, when you see someone like that get into a fight, you know whoever approached him really.
There have been times where I felt like it's just not worth it.
joe rogan
Yeah.
jeff garlin
Oh, for sure.
Because you lose.
joe rogan
Well, that's the other reaction, right?
jeff garlin
You lose.
I don't care if someone calls you a Nazi, a kike, any bad word.
Just move along.
joe rogan
That's the other reaction, right?
Like, there's some people that would come up to you, Jeff Garland, hey, how are you?
They'll be like, oh, you fucking think you're all funny because you're on Kirby Enthusiasm?
jeff garlin
I've gotten that, like, maybe once every two, three years, but you're really continuing the character.
joe rogan
Which is this?
jeff garlin
No, but...
joe rogan
Same guy?
jeff garlin
Was that Toby?
No, it's not Toby.
joe rogan
Toby's brother's an asshole.
He's on meth.
jeff garlin
Jimbo's on meth.
So sad.
No, but I just avoid, you know, I don't get into it.
You know, what you think of me is none of my business.
That includes fame.
So people come up and say things.
Thank you.
That's the right thing to say.
And then you want to say to them sometimes, and you know this one, could you move along?
Because they just stay there.
They just stay there.
And it's really awkward.
There was a dude at the comedy score who scared the hell out of me.
Because he told me how much I meant to him.
And then he didn't leave.
And then he was telling me personal things about him that were not...
I'm not going to repeat them because I don't want to let him know that I'm talking to him.
But he started telling me things.
I go, wow, you're really a scary individual.
And I never have said the words move along.
But I actually moved along into an area he couldn't enter.
unidentified
Ah.
jeff garlin
I don't remember if it was behind the rope, you know, by the cars or in the bar, you know, something to get away, and he still tried, you know.
It was scary.
joe rogan
Yeah, people get crazy.
You know, what bothers me sometimes is you'll be in the middle of a serious conversation with someone.
They're telling you something, like, really intimate, and someone will go over, Hey, man!
jeff garlin
Hey!
joe rogan
And you're like, but Tony's just telling me he's suicidal.
I'm in the middle of a conversation with someone who's ready to jump in front of a bus and you don't give a fuck.
jeff garlin
No, it's a big bowl of wrong.
Because really, just be respectful and kind.
Anyone who comes up to me as respectful and kind, I'm kind to.
Anyone who comes up to me as an asshole, I'm kind to.
joe rogan
I don't even think they notice that they're being an asshole.
jeff garlin
They just don't know what to do.
They don't know because they are.
Either you're an asshole or you're not.
Either you're enlightened or you're not.
joe rogan
You've been taught.
You have a couple of drinks and you don't know what to say and you just feel awkward.
jeff garlin
What's the number one rule with someone who's drunk too much?
joe rogan
What?
jeff garlin
Telling them that they're drunk.
joe rogan
That's good, too.
jeff garlin
You know, saying...
joe rogan
Hey, man, you're drunk.
jeff garlin
Yeah, hey, man, I don't really talk to drunk people.
joe rogan
I'm not drunk!
jeff garlin
Oh, always!
It's the only go-to.
joe rogan
Yeah.
jeff garlin
There's no other go-to in that situation.
joe rogan
I can drive.
jeff garlin
Yeah, I can do it.
Because whatever it does, it really plows into your ego.
And so I just make the quickest connection and get out.
joe rogan
Yeah, that's a good move.
It's true.
jeff garlin
But I'm appreciative.
When people come up to me, I'm appreciative.
And I treat them the way if someone I dug, especially a comedian, if I told them I dug them, I'd treat the people the way.
And the warmer and the more interesting the person is, the more I give them of myself.
joe rogan
How does Larry David handle it?
jeff garlin
He's not bad.
joe rogan
Yeah?
jeff garlin
Yeah, I'm a big fan.
Oh, thank you.
You know, how about that?
That's a good impression.
Yeah, thanks.
I've seen him go through because it was...
I saw him become famous.
You know, he was on Fridays, he created Seinfeld, but that still wasn't the fame that he has now.
So I saw him through Curb Your Enthusiasm become truly iconic.
So he's had trouble figuring out how to – people want to take a picture.
People, you know, how do I do it?
And it's always changing.
He's never an asshole.
joe rogan
It's truly one of the greatest comedy shows of all time.
jeff garlin
Well, thank you.
joe rogan
100%.
jeff garlin
And I have to say, the new season we're about to film in October, the storyline may be my favorite.
And it's really subtle and fun.
It's like one of those things like, oh, I think people watching it will feel that they're living a fantasy.
And after the first one airs, I'm happy to come back and talk about it.
You know what I mean?
Because that premise of where we're going is delightful.
Yeah.
joe rogan
I love how HBO gives him sort of carte blanche.
They're like, you know, take a couple years off.
Do whatever the fuck you want.
jeff garlin
Yeah, it's pretty great.
Well, for Larry, it's not about the money.
joe rogan
Of course.
jeff garlin
It's about, can I do another good show?
And that makes us different than most shows in history.
joe rogan
Yeah.
jeff garlin
And he only wants to do good work and enjoy himself.
Otherwise, there's no reason.
And HBO is smart that way.
joe rogan
They're genius.
I mean, look, if you think about the show Sopranos, fucking Game of Thrones, they know how to let a show just be a show.
jeff garlin
From what I understand, they give a lot of notes on their pilots, but once you become a series, they kind of leave you alone.
joe rogan
That's amazing.
jeff garlin
You know, whereas when you're doing a network show or from other pay sources, I've heard that the notes never stop.
joe rogan
Well, when I was on news radio...
jeff garlin
Comedy is the easiest thing to ruin with notes.
Drama can survive notes.
Comedy cannot.
Doing comedy is like the dominoes, and if you take one of those and just move it a little to the left or the right, you're screwing up the whole thing.
joe rogan
That's a very good point.
When I was on news radio, we weren't successful, and that is when you get the notes.
My friend Lou Morton, who was one of the writers, he would wear a shirt every Monday after the ratings would come in with a number on it.
He would take a white t-shirt and write it.
And one day he came in and the number said 88. I go, fuck dude, really?
He goes, yeah, we're 88th.
I'm like, fuck!
I was like, God damn it, I'm going to save money.
jeff garlin
But that was out for three years, right?
joe rogan
Five.
jeff garlin
Five years.
So the point being is, that was an immensely successful show.
joe rogan
Barely.
Barely made it.
jeff garlin
If you stay on the air, that's pretty great.
joe rogan
No, no, no.
For sure.
I mean, it's definitely better than being canceled.
But the point being is that we were never a hit.
So we always got notes.
We're constantly getting notes.
Like, we need a gay neighbor.
We need a black guy.
We need a this.
We need a that.
We need a love interest.
jeff garlin
We need a I'd watch that show, by the way, The Gay Neighbor and the Black Guy.
If that was the name of the show, I'd be in.
joe rogan
That's probably a good name of a sitcom, The Gay Neighbor and the Black Guy.
There's a lot of sitcoms, and I don't want to name names, but I watch them, and I know they're very, very, very successful.
And I watch them, and I'm stunned.
I don't understand it.
It's like they're speaking a different language.
jeff garlin
I don't get it either.
I don't.
But I don't watch comedy, man.
joe rogan
But I think it's middle America.
I think there's something going on with tired people.
jeff garlin
No, you know what it is?
Here's something that I noticed.
This is something that's recent too.
That audiences now respond to what they think is supposed to be funny.
Like real comedy fans dug news radio.
Like, people who dug comedy, I think, dug news radio.
People who did comedy did Curb.
Do we have other kind of fans, too?
Yes.
But I find that comedy fans really do get comedy.
But everybody likes to say they like comedy or they watch comedy, and they may not have any sense of humor.
So I find...
There was a show.
I'll give you an example.
And this one was like the specific, and I don't care if I'm slamming it.
It was the something in the girl in the apartment B or the bitch in something B. It was lead actress, very talented.
But I watched the show, and the rhythms were, this is what comedy is.
It wasn't funny.
It didn't have a natural vibe to it.
It had no reason for me to keep watching it.
But it was done in a style that other shows have done since...
Where this is how comedy is done.
This is the way we spin a line or do a situation.
And I don't know why, but it always involves a lot of that putting the spin on the ball or dancing in English.
It has a lot to do with it.
Because even if you watch a lot of Nickelodeon shows or Disney shows, they tend to do that.
They put the spin on it.
It's never funny enough just to have...
Here's the thing about comedy, TV comedy, I think for the most part.
You're supposed to be enthralled with the situation.
So the situation...
Lucy got into a situation.
joe rogan
Yes.
jeff garlin
And you laughed at Lucy dealing with the situation...
I really, I bet, in the entire time Lucy ran on the air, that there might have been 12 great jokes that she said in the situation.
You're laughing on how she deals with the situation.
joe rogan
It's a very good point.
jeff garlin
And you look at any great comedy, and that's what it is.
It's Larry David dealing with a situation.
unidentified
Yes.
jeff garlin
And by the way, one thing Larry and I are very proud about with Curb Your Enthusiasm, if one of us says something funny to the other one because we improvise, we laugh.
So these shows you see, people say these lines written by writers, and then the audience laughs if it's on stage, but yet the actors don't laugh at one another?
That's wrong!
joe rogan
It doesn't make any sense.
jeff garlin
So on a lot of levels, it's just not right.
And then there are shows now that I've watched for maybe five minutes where I cannot believe how terrible they are, and yet they're successful.
joe rogan
Hugely successful.
jeff garlin
Hugely successful.
Don't get it.
joe rogan
Yeah.
When you guys do a show, you don't really have, like, a full script in terms of the exact...
jeff garlin
No, we have a very tight outline.
We have seven pages written.
unidentified
Outline.
jeff garlin
Larry has written the story.
joe rogan
Right.
jeff garlin
And in that story, maybe a half dozen things are like, he says this, or she says that.
joe rogan
Because you have to move the story a little.
jeff garlin
Yes, for story purposes, not because it's a great joke.
unidentified
Right.
jeff garlin
And then I play it every time differently.
Unless I'm told by the director or I'm one of the producers, we have a meeting of like, we need to get this across.
This is not coming across and I'll make an adjustment.
But in general, I try and do it different every single take.
joe rogan
That is so crazy.
And how many takes will you do?
jeff garlin
Well, if it's Larry and I, just us, he and I alone in the scene, we can have a scene done in less than an hour.
But if there's a bunch of other people, it could be three hours.
joe rogan
Wow.
And the idea is just like, this is what needs to take place.
We have to figure out how to get across the fact that the refrigerator's broken and we're going to have to go buy ice.
And who's going to buy the ice?
I don't want to drive to buy the ice.
And then you're all just talking.
jeff garlin
It's more in-depth than that.
The story is really there.
But yes, how we approach it, and sometimes that can change things.
joe rogan
But that's one of the reasons why the show is so good, because it seems so organic when you guys are talking.
jeff garlin
It is.
Well, that's what I get out of it.
We don't rehearse.
joe rogan
That's amazing too.
jeff garlin
Zero rehearsal.
The Goldbergs, we don't even do a lot of rehearsing, but I have to stick to the script.
If I want to improvise on the Goldbergs, I have to let the producers know, not to get permission, to let them know this take, I'm going to do something different, and I have to let my fellow actors know.
joe rogan
Ah, that's interesting.
Is it hard for you to adjust, to go from two different styles?
jeff garlin
I don't know that it's difficult, but I find the Curb Your Enthusiasm way more enjoyable.
joe rogan
Oh, I'm sure.
jeff garlin
But I'm really proud.
The Goldbergs is the number one show on TV that families watch together.
So I'm very proud of that, and I get why people dig it.
It's not my style, but when I watch it occasionally, I don't watch it very often, I get why people dig it.
I'm not confused by the show.
You know what I mean?
Like these other shows we're talking about, I'll be confused as to why they're successful, why they're on the air.
But other ones I watch, like I watch Modern Family, I get why people dig it.
It makes total sense to me.
It's much more enjoyable doing the curb thing.
It's edgier and all that.
But I still dig the Goldbergs.
And I also dig the crew.
And I dig the people I work with.
And I dig the writers.
So it's a very positive, wonderful experience.
And I'm lucky.
I'm on one of the most popular network comedies.
And I'm on the most popular alternative comedy.
joe rogan
How did you get to be so lucky?
jeff garlin
By the way, I'm grateful.
I keep on getting told in therapy, don't say lucky so much.
joe rogan
Why does he tell you that?
jeff garlin
Because grateful.
Because I do have something to do with it, but not from an ego standpoint.
Like, I've worked hard, I've done this, I've done that.
So I'm just incredibly grateful.
joe rogan
You're lucky too.
jeff garlin
I think I'm lucky too.
unidentified
Yeah, you're lucky too.
joe rogan
You're grateful and you're lucky.
jeff garlin
And by the way, what if I told you, I'm not kidding, that dude has taught me so much, that might be the only thing I disagree with him on.
joe rogan
Yeah, he doesn't know shit.
jeff garlin
No, lucky is good.
You know, Roger Do- Roger Do- Adultery always said, be lucky.
Because that means no matter how great you are, no matter how much you have to do with this or that, if you look at it that you're lucky – by the way, being humble is a big bullet.
The combination of being confident and being humble, you can't beat that.
joe rogan
Well, being aware that you could be born in Ethiopia.
You could have been born in the middle of nowhere.
jeff garlin
Yeah, you know.
joe rogan
Could have been fucked.
jeff garlin
I'm not big on ego.
Ego screws me.
And by the way, I was ignorant enough at one time to think I could eliminate my ego.
You can't.
You just got to recognize it when it pops up.
joe rogan
Yeah, recognize it and keep it under control.
jeff garlin
Well, just say, hey man, don't need you.
Thank you.
You know, sometimes I'll get asked to do something.
And as I'm thinking about it, well, am I saying yes to this out of an ego move?
You know?
joe rogan
Oh, I've definitely done that before.
Yeah.
Yeah, I think that's...
Well, one of the main reasons why I exercise so much is to try to keep my body in balance, not in terms of the way it looks, but so it doesn't get in the way.
jeff garlin
By the way, if your body's in balance, then that helps your mind.
joe rogan
Oh, yeah.
jeff garlin
And that helps your soul.
Oh, for sure.
It's not a vanity thing, man.
unidentified
No.
joe rogan
But it is, too.
I definitely like looking good.
jeff garlin
But I think that's more of a respecting yourself.
That's a self-respect thing to me.
joe rogan
There's definitely that.
jeff garlin
And you actually dig it, which is weird.
joe rogan
Why is it weird?
jeff garlin
Because that's not something that most people generally love.
They hate going to the gym, but they go.
You feel at your best when you're exercising.
That is amazing!
That is awesome!
I wish I could have that for a week.
Just let me borrow it for a week.
I'd always rather nap.
Then do anything.
joe rogan
I don't mind napping.
jeff garlin
Stand up, I like over napping.
Sex over napping.
Sometimes eating, not as much anymore.
It's not a big thing for me anymore.
So I'd say sex and...
Stand up.
Stand up.
And spending time with my boys.
That takes precedence over it.
My boys are 18 and 22. I'm madly in love with them.
And so that takes precedence.
I'd rather be with them than nap.
joe rogan
Yeah.
jeff garlin
By the way, when they were little, taking a nap with them, I was in heaven.
joe rogan
Yeah.
jeff garlin
Because I knew they were good, and they'd be laying against me.
Oh, man.
Good night, nurse.
joe rogan
Yeah.
That's the pleasure of having children.
I don't know.
Like, having these people that you love more than you could ever have imagined loving someone.
jeff garlin
By the way, that's the thing.
Like, when someone's having a kid, they're about to have a kid, whether it's a woman or a man, I don't say to them, oh, you know, because you can't explain it.
It's truly a thing that you can't explain, and you only sound like an idiot when you try going, well, here's what it is.
No, you can't tell me!
It's going to be unique to me, and it's so much bigger than I ever could have imagined.
joe rogan
It's a different thing than you can ever imagine.
You become a different person too.
There's an actual switch that seems to go off and a change of course.
jeff garlin
By the way, let me just say something.
Because you know people and I know people where for whatever reason that switch doesn't go off and they still stay the most important person in their own lives.
unidentified
That's weird.
jeff garlin
It's weird and it throws me and that's somebody I do not want to be friends with.
joe rogan
No, it's people that are bad parents that don't like their kids.
It's a very unfortunate thing.
jeff garlin
It's a big bowl of rung.
It's so sad.
It's painful.
joe rogan
I think there's certain...
I mean, there has to be levels of sociopaths, right?
There's levels of it.
jeff garlin
I think there is.
I mean, that's just me.
I don't know anything about that topic.
joe rogan
There must be.
jeff garlin
You see people with sociopathic behavior, and you just go, ooh, okay.
joe rogan
Well, it's also the business that we're in, too.
jeff garlin
It draws them.
joe rogan
Well, for sure.
I used to do a joke about it, that the problem with actors is that they have this big hole in their soul that they need to fill up with other people's attention.
And I would say, not me, I'm different.
That's why I'm up here with a microphone.
jeff garlin
By the way, comedians are completely different for the most part than actors.
You also know that to be a great actor you can be dumb as a rock.
It's the only art form.
Excuse me, I had a little hiccup something.
It's the only art form And I know plenty of really intelligent actors, but I know some that are so talented, and if I could never have a conversation with them, I'd be thrilled.
joe rogan
Oh, it'd be amazing.
jeff garlin
Because they're just so dumb.
joe rogan
Yeah, but when the time comes, and they said they can become that person, they can fall into that role, and there's something wrong with them.
Wayne Fetterman has a bit about it.
jeff garlin
God bless you for just mentioning Wayne Fetterman.
joe rogan
I love Wayne Fetterman.
jeff garlin
I love him so much.
joe rogan
I did a pilot with him way, way back in the day.
jeff garlin
He's just such a good egg.
He's so funny.
He's a rock, man.
And I've known him since I'm 20 years old.
I met when I first started doing comedy.
Oh, wow.
I'm from Chicago, but I started comedy.
I'd moved to Florida with my family, South Florida.
And we're from the same little town in Florida called Plantation, Florida, outside of Fort Lauderdale.
joe rogan
We did a pilot together 20 years ago.
Mm-hmm.
1998, I think it was.
jeff garlin
I think that was his last pilot.
joe rogan
You might be right.
jeff garlin
But I love him so much!
joe rogan
He had a bit that he was doing on stage once about actors, and I grabbed him off stage.
I go, dude, you put it, you said it.
Like, the way you said it.
You said it the right...
Because, like, also, he's free.
jeff garlin
Right.
joe rogan
Because, you know, he doesn't have notoriety, he's not worried about running into these people that he talks shit about on stage, so he can be free.
And he was like, it's not normal to be able to cry on cue.
He's like, yeah, you can cry on cue.
Yeah, because you're fucking broken.
There's something wrong with you.
jeff garlin
By the way, that's another change in the world of stand-up.
The number of people who – and this started from the comedy boom when people were getting sitcoms.
Actors saw this and they went, oh, if I do stand-up, I'll be discovered.
joe rogan
Yes.
jeff garlin
And so that's brought a lot of people that aren't truly comedians to comedy.
joe rogan
Yeah.
jeff garlin
Which – and I can spot them.
There was a dude.
joe rogan
You can spot him.
jeff garlin
Oh, my God, yes.
There was a dude at the Lab Factory who was actually funny, and he was actually good.
And he said, if I don't have a sitcom, I'm quitting by next year.
And he didn't, and he quit.
joe rogan
Wow.
jeff garlin
I don't remember his name.
Otherwise, I'd tell you off there.
I'll talk to you about it.
joe rogan
That's unfortunate.
jeff garlin
No.
But the point being is that...
If you're really a comedian, it is so part of your DNA. It is so part of who, you know, people are like, it's not who I am.
No, comedians, it's part of who we are on a deep, deep level.
The passion and caring that comedians truly have for comedy, and that's why I look at other comedians as my brothers and sisters.
So if you're dealing with ego, if you're dealing with you're an actor, you're trying to get famous, if you're dealing with the competition, I got no part of you.
When you look at me and you go, Jeff Garland has no choice but to be a comedian, then you're thinking on the same wavelength as me, because I have no choice.
I have to be a comedian.
joe rogan
Yeah, some people get very, very resentful of those actors.
jeff garlin
Well, I don't get resentful of them.
There's plenty of room.
And I remember some famous actors trying stand-up.
joe rogan
Nothing wrong with trying them.
jeff garlin
In the 80s.
I remember, what's her name?
Sean Young?
unidentified
Is that her name?
joe rogan
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
jeff garlin
Yeah, she was coming into the improv.
joe rogan
And I remember- She was doing stand-up?
jeff garlin
But hers was full of shit.
So I was like- I was the only one there who didn't help her.
Everyone bent over backwards.
But she wasn't sincere, and she did it for five minutes.
But they liked being around a famous woman who's beautiful.
But the point being is that...
joe rogan
People forgot about her.
jeff garlin
Anyone can do whatever they want.
But do me a favor.
If you're going down that path...
Don't screw me with your negative shit.
joe rogan
She's an interesting case.
I read a whole article about her and fame and her struggles with it.
People forget, she was in the original Blade Runner.
She was a phenomenal actress.
jeff garlin
And so beautiful.
joe rogan
Stunning.
jeff garlin
Stunning, yeah.
joe rogan
But so good, too.
I mean, just so able to absorb the role.
jeff garlin
She probably was a very intelligent woman, and there were flaws in her life and flaws in being an actress.
By the way, being in the public eye, especially now with social media, is the opposite of a walk in the park.
I am not entitled to any privacy.
I am not entitled to any alone moments when I'm walking in a park.
I'm not.
And that saves me to look at it that way.
That I'm not entitled to it.
Because if I want to be alone...
I'm going to stay in my living room.
I'm going to sit in my backyard and look up at the trees and the breeze.
Man, I can't see the breeze, but I can feel the breeze.
But the point being is, the world of any privacy for you in the public eye, gone.
And you know, when I'm at like a restaurant or the airport and the TMZ people coming with their microphones, I don't say a word.
Why help them sell that crap?
And then they turn off the mic, and they know this at this point now.
And I'm very friendly.
How you guys doing?
What's going on?
And I know some of them.
But I don't have the right to walk through the airport without them in my face.
That's part of the thing.
joe rogan
The only thing that you ever get out of those is you say something stupid and people get mad at you.
unidentified
Right!
joe rogan
Like Anthony Bourdain.
jeff garlin
The only thing...
You get out of that as saying something stupid and people get mad at you.
There's no winning.
There's no time when you're going to say something to TMZ and people are going to watch it and go, that was so damn insightful.
joe rogan
Well, it's possible.
It's certainly possible you can, but a lot of times it's on the spot.
jeff garlin
That is Baron Von Longshot.
That is such a long shot.
joe rogan
It is a long shot.
Specifically TMZ. Yeah, Bourdain got a shitload of death threats when he was at the airport and they said, if you were going to cook dinner for Trump and Kim Jong-un, what would you serve?
And he said, hemlock.
You know, just a joke.
He's a funny guy.
He said something funny.
jeff garlin
No, but see, that's the thing.
There's no winning.
joe rogan
Yeah, there's no winning.
jeff garlin
Because, by the way, he could say that at a dinner party.
joe rogan
Right.
jeff garlin
You know what I mean?
joe rogan
Yeah.
jeff garlin
And if someone's offended, then they're a tool.
joe rogan
Right.
jeff garlin
You know, he could say that – by the way, he could say that in a room full of 11 Republicans.
joe rogan
Yes.
jeff garlin
And they will laugh.
joe rogan
Yeah.
But you're opening yourself up to the whole world.
jeff garlin
That's right.
So I don't say anything.
You know, you can ask me comments about things that go on in the world, and I know I'll have an answer that will not get me in trouble.
joe rogan
That's the case today with comedy, right?
It's like you're opening yourself up to the world.
jeff garlin
You're not just opening yourself up to the people that— But I never, when I went on stage, was ever in fear of going down a path where I would say something that was wildly inappropriate.
Not inappropriate from the standpoint of taking a risk, but just because my sense of humor doesn't go the way to use certain words.
Like, I don't use that word.
Not because I'm scared of anything, but...
So people who do that and do that, it's like...
joe rogan
Like Michael Richards.
jeff garlin
Michael Richards.
joe rogan
Yeah, that's the worst example.
jeff garlin
By the way, you know when he walked off stage, and I think it might have been Tom Papa who was standing in the corner, he went up to him and went, ah, weird crowd.
Having no idea that his life was over as he knew it.
Wow.
Because, by the way, I remember being furious because certain people that came down to them on the news like the next day or two were people who I had heard say worse things in their stand-up.
joe rogan
And they were talking shit?
jeff garlin
They were talking stuff.
It's like when someone's swimming in a river of shit, you don't throw shit on them.
joe rogan
I agree.
jeff garlin
Let them swim in their shit!
Have a good time!
You chose to get in the shit pool!
You know, but I'm not going to throw shit in there.
It's loaded with shit.
joe rogan
How I felt with Roseanne, you know, when this Roseanne thing went down.
jeff garlin
By the way, do you need to say anything else except she really needs some sort of help and support?
joe rogan
Yes, yes.
jeff garlin
Not like, oh, she's a Nazi or she's a horrible person.
No, no, no.
She needs help.
And that's the whole thing.
When Harvey Weinstein or any of these fuckers come out, I don't have a Twitter account because I also know, just like TMZ, how long till I say something that pisses somebody off.
But there are people, and I'm not saying their names, I don't want to get into a thing, who will come out and go, gentlemen, that's not the way to behave.
Or, you know what I mean?
Like, really, do I need to say rape is bad?
Do I need to say calling a successful, accomplished black woman something bad is bad?
No!
You don't need my comment.
All these people on Twitter think their comment's necessary.
Oh, I need to add into this.
I need to be part of this dialogue.
joe rogan
Well, it's virtue signaling.
It's letting everybody know that I'm on the right side of this.
jeff garlin
I'm on the right side.
It's a bunch of crap.
I want people to assume that I'm making the right choice.
I want people to assume, because they're not going to hear what my choice is.
joe rogan
There was a guy who was a journalist who was angry, and he was saying that the lack of blowback from other comedians about Louis C.K., that they weren't screaming at how horrible this is, speaks volumes.
jeff garlin
What speaks volumes, you don't know what you're talking about.
That's what speaks volumes about this dude.
He doesn't know what he's talking about.
By the way, should anyone disrespect a woman?
To my knowledge, never.
Should anyone be sexually forward in a woman in an inappropriate way?
No.
Do I need to say that?
Excuse me for yelling.
Do I need to come out and say this is wrong?
No!
joe rogan
I'm telling you this is within five days of the thing.
Five days of it coming out of him admitting that he did it.
The whole thing was crazy.
This guy was accusing all these other comedians of being pieces of shit because they're not...
jeff garlin
Wrong.
joe rogan
They're not adamantly...
jeff garlin
You don't need my opinion on something.
Condemnation.
Of something.
If someone's swimming in a river of shit...
I do not need to throw shit in that river.
joe rogan
It's like, what are your requirements as a person?
When something happens, if there's a mass shooting, do I need to stand up and say that that was a bad thing?
jeff garlin
Right.
No.
joe rogan
No, it's obvious that was a bad thing.
unidentified
No.
joe rogan
Why do I need to comment on everything that happens?
jeff garlin
Why do I need to comment?
joe rogan
And if that's the case...
jeff garlin
Is there an action I can do to help?
joe rogan
Right.
Or is it just commenting, which does nothing?
jeff garlin
Nothing.
Nothing.
Oh really, you're letting us know?
That's what I'm saying.
These certain individuals, and I'm thinking of two in particular who I know and like both of them.
joe rogan
No, three of them.
jeff garlin
Three of them actually.
One I don't know as well.
No, but I'll tell you afterwards.
Always in these situations, say the obvious.
Like, who wouldn't believe that?
And I get furious.
Especially one of them's a great old friend of mine, and it's just a comment every time, and it's like...
joe rogan
Yeah, I have a friend that does the same thing, who's an accomplished stand-up, and it's always...
How do I word this without giving this guy away?
It's always about anything that has anything to do with women.
Like, he's always standing up for women.
But meanwhile, I know this guy lives in hell.
I know he lives in hell.
Like, his marriage is shit.
He, like, literally hides.
Like, he's in hell.
He's in hell.
His wife's a monster.
jeff garlin
It's amazing, though.
By the way, isn't it amazing, though?
joe rogan
It is!
It's just, like, almost like he's, like, hoping, like, when the divorce comes...
Down the line, which is definitely going to come, at least he'll have established himself as a really good guy.
jeff garlin
I will have irreverent conversations with my friends, drinking coffee, hanging out.
Sometimes I even talk too loud in a coffee shop.
joe rogan
Hey, he's talking shit.
jeff garlin
You're having fun.
By the way, here's another one you know.
The worst possible things you could ever hear?
Comedians at a funeral.
Especially if a comedian dies.
What comedians are saying to one another.
joe rogan
Oh, for sure.
jeff garlin
It is stuff that would be unforgiven.
Unforgiven, but it's just the way we deal with grief in those situations.
joe rogan
Well, it's also the inappropriate thing at that time is very funny to someone like you or I. Very, very funny.
I was sitting right next to Dave Foley, and we went to the Emmys, and Phil Hartman had just been murdered, and he was nominated for an Emmy, and he lost to this guy from Frasier.
And Dave looks over at me and goes, what the fuck does a guy have to do to win?
jeff garlin
That's great.
joe rogan
And we're like crying and sad.
We're drinking and we're just so bummed out at his death.
jeff garlin
Right.
joe rogan
And then Dave says that and he says it like a total straight face.
What the fuck does this guy have to do to win?
jeff garlin
That's really funny.
joe rogan
It was in the moment.
jeff garlin
It was just perfect.
But we say the most inappropriate things in tragic moments.
joe rogan
To make each other laugh.
jeff garlin
To make each other laugh.
But I'm not going to say them on my Twitter.
No.
I'm not going to say them to other people.
By the way, any time I have ever tried something sort of inside with someone not on the inside in terms of comedy...
It has been a disaster.
Every time.
I'm telling you, I'm telling you, I'm telling you, even privately, like at a party or something.
joe rogan
Or worse, what about with your kids' friends' parents?
jeff garlin
By the way, the...
The biggest fights with my wife, I look back over the years, are when we either went to the principal, we went to have the meeting, we went to the open house, something I said.
I never left there unscathed.
The only one that she couldn't get that mad at me for was I convinced our tour of a school that the building was haunted.
That was the only time where she went.
That was kind of funny, but you freaked everybody out, including the school officials.
joe rogan
Yeah, inappropriate.
You're inappropriate, Jeff Garland.
jeff garlin
I am a big ball of inappropriate.
joe rogan
You have to be.
jeff garlin
But it's sort of how we get through life.
We, meaning comedians.
And the thing is, we're wired alike.
We share, I'm not going to say DNA, but we share something.
We're a brotherhood and sisterhood.
We're together.
So I remember coming off stage, this is like a classic one, Coming off stage at Caroline's, doing a benefit.
No, not coming off stage.
Waiting to go on stage.
Colin's on stage.
Colin Quinn.
And he's fucking eating it.
And I'm thinking this crowd sucks.
Fuck them.
But I'm going to go do my best.
It's a benefit.
Some guy comes up to me and he says, I can't wait till you go up.
I go, thanks.
He goes, this guy.
I can't.
I go, just know you're talking about my brother.
My brother is standing up there doing that.
You're not complimenting me if you're fucking with my brother.
That's what I told him.
Because it's the truth.
We are together.
We experience something.
But that's what I'm saying.
There's a uniqueness and a specialness, and not everybody is part of that.
Everybody is an actor trying...
I mean, a lot of people are actors.
A lot of people are in it because their ego.
Their singing voice maybe wasn't good enough.
Like, I'm just saying it's like...
And by the way...
The people that I have problems with almost never are true comedians.
Yeah.
Like to where it's the brother, you know, like where really when we're together, you know, it's almost never.
It's always ego people.
And it's always people that are doing it for the wrong reasons.
And by the way, it's not me sitting in judgment.
It's me getting what they give me.
unidentified
Mm-hmm.
jeff garlin
And by the way, I don't have conflicts with them.
That's something I learned a long time ago.
That's ego, to put my shit on them.
But I drive home feeling sad.
So I avoid doing that.
joe rogan
I've learned to not have conflicts.
It took a while.
Before, when I would disagree with something, I'd be like, fuck you.
But that fuck you doesn't get anywhere.
It's like the same thing as when something happens and you complain about it on Twitter, you're not changing.
But I have to say something.
jeff garlin
Let's talk about change.
Did you read about that girl from Sweden?
From Sweden, maybe?
Who got on the airplane with the guy who was being sent to Afghanistan.
joe rogan
I did read that this morning.
jeff garlin
I have never been more...
joe rogan
The guy was being deported and she wouldn't sit down.
jeff garlin
She knew when he gets back, he's going to die.
He's going to be murdered, this guy.
That was her attitude.
joe rogan
What is this stuff?
Because I only read the headline of it.
I didn't read the whole story.
jeff garlin
So she's on the plane, specifically bought a ticket knowing that he's being deported.
joe rogan
So she's an activist.
jeff garlin
She's an activist, but I don't know what she's done in the past.
All I know is...
She refused to sit down.
And at a certain point, there was a soccer team on the flight, stood up with her.
There were other people who said, we back you.
But there were also a lot of pieces of shit.
Sit down!
You're making us late!
Someone's going to die and look at her putting herself on the line.
And then she and the guy who was being deported were finally escorted off the plane because she did her research.
And her research told her that the captain can have them both taken off the plane and take off any time he wants.
joe rogan
So the story was that he was being deported because of ICE? Is that what it was?
jeff garlin
See, I only read the one story.
joe rogan
See if you can find it, Jamie.
But they were deporting him and then he was going to get sent back to Afghanistan where he was going to be killed.
We live in a weird time when it comes to this.
There was a story I was reading about some woman who was devastated because her daughter-in-law was being deported and she was a Trump supporter.
And her daughter-in-law has been in the United States her whole life and being deported and just couldn't believe it.
Came over here as an infant, that kind of thing.
When you're an illegal alien, no one gives a fuck if you've been here for 30 years, you've only been alive for 32. They don't get it.
You get sent back.
And that's a disgrace.
It really is a disgrace.
jeff garlin
No, it's a horrible thing.
joe rogan
And people are like, well, why don't you fucking try to get your shit?
jeff garlin
Seeing this young girl, young girl...
Believing so strongly that she bought a ticket, got on the plane, and then wouldn't sit down.
joe rogan
But what happens now, though?
What if the guy still gets sent back and he still gets killed?
jeff garlin
She did something.
And maybe he won't.
You don't know.
But that's more than just her putting on her Twitter account, this is not right, people being deported.
This is someone actually doing something.
Doing something that doesn't injure somebody else.
And it inconveniences people, but nothing more than that.
joe rogan
What if you had a layover, though?
You had a big gig?
What if I had a layover?
jeff garlin
I'm on her side.
I know that from the get-go.
joe rogan
Sold out crowd?
jeff garlin
No, I don't care.
joe rogan
Filming a Netflix special?
jeff garlin
No.
joe rogan
Are you going to film a special?
jeff garlin
I am.
Next spring.
joe rogan
So when you do that...
jeff garlin
After I'm done with the Goldbergs and Curb, I'm going to do a Netflix special.
joe rogan
So a year from now, essentially.
Somewhere in the range.
Summer.
jeff garlin
Less than a year from now.
joe rogan
So when you do that, will you change your approach?
Will you have an outline like you do on Curb and roughly know what you're going to talk about?
jeff garlin
I have stories and things I've been telling on stage that have been coming out of me.
So I will tell all those, but I'm doing...
Three different locations here in L.A. and three different shows.
joe rogan
So you're going to film it here?
jeff garlin
I'm filming it here.
Three shows.
I'm not doing a big theater.
I mean, I've played big theaters, but that doesn't help me for a special.
That's just the typical, come out to the big applause, do my shtick, goodnight everybody.
joe rogan
Right, right.
jeff garlin
No, I'm going to actually, Tom Papa's going to actually direct this.
unidentified
Oh, beautiful.
jeff garlin
It was his idea.
He's going to follow me around during the day and then how my day comes into my show that night.
joe rogan
Beautiful.
jeff garlin
Yeah.
unidentified
I love it.
jeff garlin
But I'll have some prepared.
But between three shows, I should get enough.
And, you know, hopefully it'll be an interesting thing.
That's what I aspire to do.
Make something worthwhile and interesting as opposed to filling my ego.
I don't care.
joe rogan
Can we do this again sometime?
jeff garlin
My friend, I am honored.
It's too long in coming, and I'm thrilled to have been here.
People ask me, I'm like, you know, I don't really know Joe.
I go, but the first chance I get, which was the other night when I saw you, where it was like, oh, hey, can I do the thing I really want to?
And you're like, yeah, sure.
You know, it was so simple.
But people have said to me all the time, go on the show.
And I'm like, yeah, I will, you know.
But Being busy like yourself.
It's not like that opportune or I have a list.
Call Joe, you know.
joe rogan
Right.
We did it.
jeff garlin
We did.
joe rogan
It worked.
jeff garlin
And I will, again, anytime you want.
joe rogan
Let's do it.
jeff garlin
Yes.
joe rogan
It worked.
jeff garlin
It was an honor.
joe rogan
This was great.
jeff garlin
I had a ball.
joe rogan
I enjoyed it.
jeff garlin
Yeah, thank you, man.
joe rogan
Jeff Garland, ladies and gentlemen.
Thanks, brother.
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