#1303 - Tommy Chong

Joe Rogan (0:03)

Tommy Chong, ladies and gentlemen, how are you, sir?

Tommy Chong (0:05)

I'm fine, man.

Joe Rogan (0:06)

It's great to see you again, man.

SPEAKER_3 (0:08)

You too, Joe.

Joe Rogan (0:09)

I tell everybody that one of my first ever experiences with comedy recordings was listening to Big Bamboo when I was a kid.

My parents had it, and they'd let us listen to it. We opened it up like a big old packet of rolling papers and pull out the albums back then, the actual record, and so I've been a fan for a long time.

Tommy Chong (0:31)

I can tell, man. I can tell.

Joe Rogan (0:34)

How are you?

Tommy Chong (0:34)

The lover of the weed.

SPEAKER_3 (0:35)

I'm fine, man.

Tommy Chong (0:37)

I couldn't be better. I'll be 81 Friday.

SPEAKER_3 (0:42)

Wow.

Joe Rogan (0:42)

That's amazing. Does that sound crazy to say? Because I'm 51, that sounds crazy to say. When I say it, I'm like, Jesus, is that true?

Tommy Chong (0:50)

I'm 30 years older than you.

Joe Rogan (0:51)

Wow.

Tommy Chong (0:53)

That's something. But I feel good, man. All the systems are go again, and that makes a big difference in the life.

That's what I found out. The fountain of youth is the pussy.

Joe Rogan (1:06)

That's it?

Tommy Chong (1:06)

Yeah.

Joe Rogan (1:07)

That's all it is?

Tommy Chong (1:07)

Drink out of the fountain of youth, and you'll live forever.

Joe Rogan (1:10)

Really?

Tommy Chong (1:10)

Yep.

Joe Rogan (1:11)

What about if you're gay?

Tommy Chong (1:14)

Well, I guess...

Joe Rogan (1:15)

Long pause.

SPEAKER_3 (1:16)

Yeah, I had to think about that one.

Tommy Chong (1:20)

Wow, I guess...

Joe Rogan (1:21)

It might be dick for them.

Tommy Chong (1:22)

I guess it... No, no, no, it has to be the fountain.

It has to be the fountain.

Joe Rogan (1:28)

So even for gay folks, it's gotta be pussy, too?

SPEAKER_3 (1:31)

Well, how long...

Tommy Chong (1:32)

What's the longest living gay guy that you know?

Joe Rogan (1:34)

That's a good question.

Tommy Chong (1:38)

Like Bob Hope, man.

Joe Rogan (1:39)

Was he gay?

SPEAKER_3 (1:40)

No. At least one night, I knew he wasn't.

Tommy Chong (1:49)

No, that's my fountain of youth, you know, because...

Joe Rogan (1:52)

Sure, romance.

Tommy Chong (1:53)

Well, what happens is your body, when it reaches a certain stage, it starts disintegrating because it's getting ready for the recall and the reboot, and you get a new body, and the way you go again. But, if you keep this body healthy, it feels that there's no need to leave because obviously you still got more shit to do.

Joe Rogan (2:18)

Yeah, you're still enjoying it.

Tommy Chong (2:19)

Yeah, you're still producing, you know.

Joe Rogan (2:22)

Are you exercising and everything?

Tommy Chong (2:23)

Oh, yeah.

Joe Rogan (2:23)

Yeah, what do you do?

Tommy Chong (2:25)

I got a trainer now. Yeah?

But my main exercise is tango.

Joe Rogan (2:29)

Tango?

Tommy Chong (2:30)

Tango. Really? I will turn you on to tango.

Tango is old folk's sex.

The whole thing about tango is it's so intricate. The original tango was a mating dance from Africa. Really? And what they would do, the tribes, the young kids would get together and dance and flirt with their feet. And so when the slaves got taken from Africa and put on the boats and that, they ended up crossing the foot dance with the adagio French dance, the dance of the brothels. And so then they ended up with a music or a dance called tango, which was a combination. Tango itself is a word that means small drum. It's an African drum. Just like mambo, it's an African word that means storytelling. Really? Yeah.

Joe Rogan (3:29)

Dude, story time with Tommy Chong here.

Tommy Chong (3:31)

Oh, yeah. Man, I was in jail. I had nothing but time, and I wrote a whole paper on tango. So anyway, tango, like I go to Argentina with my wife a lot, and it's very tough dance to dance with your wife. You have to dance with a stranger, and she has to dance with a stranger. Why is that? I think it's you're too intimate, too personal, you know each other too well. If you're a stranger, then all you can respond to is the dance signals, like the man has to lead, but he has to lead in such a way that you can't see him, you know, he can't pull her around, he suggests, and so he'll suggest a certain move, and then the girl, her partner will understand that move, and then she can do a couple of steps in a certain way.