#1450 - Brian Redban

Joe Rogan (0:01)

Yee-haw! How you hanging in there, fella?

Brian Redban (0:05)

Great, man.

Joe Rogan (0:06)

I think these things are going to annoy a lot of people. If you're listening, we're wearing aluminum foil.

We're wearing space suits. God, they're so crunchy.

Brian Redban (0:17)

There's not many left for me to get. This is the...

Joe Rogan (0:19)

This is dope. Yeah. This is my favorite one. I like the orange one for some strange reason. The white one just seems like I'm a cleanup person.

You know, like you're doing some NASA clean up. Like there's alien bodies you're trying to get rid of. But this feels like we're about to do something special.

We're protected.

Brian Redban (0:36)

Yeah. I just hope it doesn't start making us sweat and we lose like a hundred pounds.

Joe Rogan (0:40)

This is the same shit that's on the outside of the lunar module.

You mean that cheap looking aluminum foil? Looks like it was stuck on there with gum.

Jamie (0:50)

Heat shield?

Joe Rogan (0:51)

Yeah, the heat shield.

Jamie (0:52)

Heat shield?

Joe Rogan (0:53)

Whatever it is.

Jamie (0:53)

Yeah.

Joe Rogan (0:54)

What are that fucking fake stuff is?

Brian Redban (0:56)

Or the alien? You ever see the alien where he had to put that big sheet that was made out of this material at the very end?

You ever see that movie?

Joe Rogan (1:03)

Was it Predator or Alien?

Brian Redban (1:04)

No, the one with Matt Damon and he's like lost in space.

Joe Rogan (1:09)

The Martian.

Jamie (1:10)

The Martian.

Joe Rogan (1:11)

Oh yeah, these are, well they have these for people that get like lost hiking. Like they're blankets. They'll keep you alive. You won't be cozy.

They'll keep you alive. They're like these real thin aluminum foil looking blankets. I guess they just retain heat pretty good. Pretty good.

You know, like you're not getting a good night's sleep, but you might stay alive.

Brian Redban (1:31)

Yeah. How are you holding up?

Joe Rogan (1:32)

I'm all right.

Brian Redban (1:33)

Yeah.

Joe Rogan (1:34)

Yeah. You know, look, there's people that got it rough. The people that got it rough are number one, medical workers. Anybody, you know, much love to anybody that's working in hospitals right now.

Doctors, nurses, everybody, interns, everybody, everybody. People working the desk. God damn, you guys have it rough.

You know, those are the people number one. Number two, anybody in the hospitality industry. People serving food, restaurants, bars.

Brian Redban (2:05)

Grocery store workers.

Joe Rogan (2:07)

Yeah, they have it rough, but they have jobs. You know, it's rough, but their jobs are still open. The thing that drives me crazy is there's so many restaurants where these people employed 50, 60 people. And, you know, restaurants are hard. It's hard to stay open when things are great.

You know, restaurants are a fucking... It's one of the number one businesses that fails.

See if you can find the statistic, but it's something crazy. Like 70% of all restaurants fail within the first year.

Because it's just fucking hot. Imagine running a restaurant.

Brian Redban (2:42)

Especially what kind, like a chicken restaurant? Like everyone has chicken restaurants.

Joe Rogan (2:45)

Do you remember that great restaurant that was right next to the ice house? We used to go there all the time.

Brian Redban (2:49)

Yeah, it's gone now. We got a fog rod there.

Joe Rogan (2:52)

Oh, it was good.

Brian Redban (2:53)

And the place that just replaced it just closed down.

Joe Rogan (2:55)

Look at this. They have a high failure rate, but knowing why can help the prospective owners.

Around 60% of new restaurants fail within the first year, and nearly 80% shutter before their fifth anniversary. Wow, 80% in five years.

So if you get a restaurant like Dan Tanna's that's been open since like the 60s or something, like when is it? You ever eat at Dan Tanna's, Jamie?

Have you ever eaten there? You don't know where Dan Tanna's is? No. Oh my God, dude, we need to do a dinner at Dan Tanna's. Anytime. A post store dinner at Dan Tanna's because Dan Tanna's is open. The kitchen's open till like midnight. It's phenomenal. Some of the best Italian food in all of LA. And it's on Santa Monica Boulevard, like on the border of Boys Town.

Jamie (3:38)

It's next to the Troubadour, right?

Joe Rogan (3:39)

Hey, yeah. The Troubadour where I saw Everlast recently and Sturgill. Sturgill Simpson played the Troubadour, too.

Troubadour's dope.

Brian Redban (3:47)

I hope Everlast is doing okay with his daughter. His daughter has, you know.