#1305 - JD & John Witherspoon

John Witherspoon (0:00)

One, two, three.

Joe Rogan (0:02)

We're live, ladies and gentlemen.

It's hilarious seeing the two of you guys together. When your son told me, when he told me he was your son, first of all, he instantly became my friend. And second of all, I was like, what is it like having John Witherspoon as a dad?

John Witherspoon (0:16)

That's gotta be crazy.

JD Witherspoon (0:17)

But mind you, I only told you, because he was asking me, because I go to the clubs all the time, hanging out and whatnot, and just kicking it with friends. And he said, who's at the club?

He was telling me, JD, who is it that, who's the bringer there? Who the funny one? And I was like, I mean, there's a bunch of them. There's like, you know, Brandon, this and that. I said, Joe's always there. He's got a bunch of people come to his show. He's like, Joe Rogan, I'm like, I know Joe. That's my man, my man Joe.

John Witherspoon (0:42)

We broke together when I was at the comic store.

JD Witherspoon (0:44)

And he told me to say hi.

John Witherspoon (0:45)

A few years ago.

Joe Rogan (0:47)

Last time I saw you, I think, was Caroline's in New York. We were doing, I was doing like the eight, and you were doing a 10 or something like that.

John Witherspoon (0:54)

No, I would do two shows, but it probably was on a Thursday. You probably did.

Joe Rogan (0:59)

Something was happening. We were doing it close to each other. It was a long time ago.

John Witherspoon (1:02)

Yeah, a long time ago.

Joe Rogan (1:03)

It was a long time ago, like maybe 15 years ago.

John Witherspoon (1:05)

Yeah, oh yeah. I hadn't been there in a while. I hadn't been to New York in a while.

I stopped going to New York for about a year.

Joe Rogan (1:11)

Caroline's a weird one. Have you done Caroline's?

JD Witherspoon (1:13)

I haven't done Caroline's.

John Witherspoon (1:16)

All tourists and foreigners.

Joe Rogan (1:18)

It feels like you're doing-

JD Witherspoon (1:18)

Well, it's right in Times Square, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Joe Rogan (1:21)

It doesn't feel like you're doing Stand Up in New York. It feels weird.

John Witherspoon (1:24)

Oh, yeah.

Joe Rogan (1:25)

It feels like what people want New York to be, but they're from somewhere else, like a good percentage of them are.

John Witherspoon (1:29)

Guatemala. But it's great.

Joe Rogan (1:31)

It's a great club.

But it's just, you know, it's different than the cellar or, you know. Danger Fields is my favorite. Joey Diaz was just down there, and he said he did Danger Fields like five, six nights.

John Witherspoon (1:42)

I never did Danger Fields.

Joe Rogan (1:43)

Nobody does Danger Fields.

JD Witherspoon (1:45)

No.

Joe Rogan (1:45)

It's half full all the time. It's amazing.

John Witherspoon (1:48)

Yeah, but they're still around.

Joe Rogan (1:49)

Yeah, they're still around. Somebody's gotta be selling Coke.

John Witherspoon (1:54)

Well, somebody must be on Coke all the time. They keep that place like that.

Joe Rogan (1:58)

Well, the name alone probably brings people in, but it's an iconic place, man.

John Witherspoon (2:02)

Yeah.

I like New York. I haven't been back since Letterman gone. I don't go do his show anymore. I haven't been to Carolines in about three years, four years.

Joe Rogan (2:12)

But you do a lot of clubs in the room.

John Witherspoon (2:15)

I do 40, 40-some clubs. Wow. 40 clubs a year? You know, my agents come to my house in January and they tell me all the clubs I got that year.

They tell you what date we go over. We go over every one of them. All right, June 15th, in case you're gonna be in something. Y'all like the money we gonna get?

That's a go, that's a go. So we do 40-some clubs. I said, man, this is too much work. Ain't been 52 weeks in a year. Yeah, that's crazy. I gotta have some time off.

What about me? Y'all worried about this money.

JD Witherspoon (2:48)

But when you have time off, all you do is complain about not being on the road.

John Witherspoon (2:52)

I complain about people telling me what to eat, what to drink.

JD Witherspoon (2:56)

Oh my goodness.

John Witherspoon (2:57)

I like to get me a little taste every now and then. Everybody need a little taste.

Joe Rogan (3:03)

That's what I'm saying.

John Witherspoon (3:04)

Everybody need to keep the wolf off your back.

Joe Rogan (3:06)

That's right.