#1372 - Kevin Smith

Joe Rogan (0:00)

Headphones?

Kevin Smith (0:02)

Do I need them?

Joe Rogan (0:03)

I like them.

Kevin Smith (0:04)

I'm in. Just engage my own voice.

Joe Rogan (0:06)

You don't need them. We only need Collins, right? No, no. We don't need them.

I like how you're mocking me with that marijuana.

Kevin Smith (0:14)

Come on, man. It's your sober October.

Joe Rogan (0:17)

Yes, I know, man.

Kevin Smith (0:18)

It's my un-sober lifetime.

Joe Rogan (0:20)

When was the last time you were sober? How many days have you ever done it?

Kevin Smith (0:23)

What a great question. Let me see, when was the last time? There's somewhere I was on the road, and I couldn't get my hands on weed. Probably when I was in London or something like that. It's usually an overseas thing.

And I went like two days. And you know, it was...

Joe Rogan (0:42)

It's like I did my time, man.

Kevin Smith (0:44)

I felt like, oh, I get it. And I remember what this was like. But like, why bother? Like, you know, post-heart attack, I feel like I'm living on borrowed time anyway. So I'm like, well, I'm gonna spend that time as well as I possibly can. And generally, in a THC drenched condition, this is not a brag, and I'm not like, kid, you should try this at home. But like, I only am not ingesting when I sleep.

So like, I wake, fake, yeah.

Joe Rogan (1:15)

All day.

Kevin Smith (1:16)

Yeah.

Joe Rogan (1:17)

Is there anything...

Kevin Smith (1:18)

Is that? Don't say it like that. The way you're like, all day. Like, judgy.

I mean, just cause it's Sober October, you'd be joining me right now.

Joe Rogan (1:26)

Yes, I would. But I'm always...

Kevin Smith (1:28)

If it was like, smoke this member November.

Joe Rogan (1:30)

I'm always in awe of people who do go 24-7.

Kevin Smith (1:35)

I think, really? Cause I only do it cause I thought you did.

I was trying to impress you.

Joe Rogan (1:41)

What?

Kevin Smith (1:41)

Am I out here alone? I always had the, I was under the impression you too, I know you do a lot more and shit. Well, let's talk about that real quick. I get to interview you for a minute or two. Sure, sure, sure. You know, I've been in here in jumps and spurts.

And in those jumps and spurts, you have become like the most powerful fucking broadcaster on the planet.

Like crazy, popular, everywhere. And you can crack a smile, you know I'm right and shit.

Joe Rogan (2:06)

Well, it's, it's weird.

Kevin Smith (2:08)

Don't go hard on me.

Joe Rogan (2:09)

No, it's weird.

Kevin Smith (2:10)

Why?

Joe Rogan (2:10)

Because it's, well.

Kevin Smith (2:11)

Can't you enjoy it? Come on, motherfucker. I wanted to, like my whole life, I wanted to be at the top of something. Really? You are at it.

I was at the top of podcasts for like a minute back when we started and shit, back in the old fleshlight days.

But like, you are now beyond, you've transcended the fucking medium. You gotta tell me, don't wince, you gotta tell me it feels good. Otherwise, what am I striving for in my career? And to be honest, I don't really strive if you've seen the shit I do. But like, there is an idea of like, you know, oh man, at the top, it must be amazing. And like, no bullshit, you're absolutely at the top. You're fucking Snowden on your podcast, dude.

Joe Rogan (2:46)

Everything feels exactly the same but different.

Kevin Smith (2:50)

Explain.

Joe Rogan (2:51)

Um, it's still fun. I still enjoy talking to people like you, and I had my friend Kyle Kalinsky on earlier. I've had some really interesting people on. I love, I've always enjoyed talking to interesting people. So that's the same.

Everything's the same in that regard.

It's different in that it's very obvious when I go places that it's having more of an impact. Because you're the same person, right? But the world changes. Like the impact, you put out the signal, and then the world sort of changes and shifts. More lovers, more haters, more this, more that.

Kevin Smith (3:25)

Everything just increases, it becomes more.

Joe Rogan (3:28)

Yeah, it becomes more, it becomes weird. People want to interview you, people want to do things, and I don't do any of those things.

Kevin Smith (3:34)

Let me tell, can I tell a quick story? Because I never want to cut you off, because I could listen to you, you're just a shame and you're a guru. I love coming here, and I have loved coming here, but now there's this different onus to it, because it's like, I better use my time wisely. Fucking Bernie Sanders is next. You know what I'm saying? Like, it's nice, but this is how authentic Rogan is.