#1528 - Nikki Glaser

Joe Rogan (0:00)

Three, two, one. Hello, Nikki.

Nikki Glaser (0:02)

Hello, Joe Rogan.

Joe Rogan (0:04)

So I saw your tweet, this is how this all came about.

And you said you were going to shave your head in solidarity for a friend who has cancer. And then you're like, actually, there's no friend. And I was like, oh no, Nikki's going crazy.

Nikki Glaser (0:16)

Yeah, going off the fucking deep end is what I was said, yes.

Joe Rogan (0:20)

I think we all are. And I've been trying to like check in on everybody because all of us comedians have not had our medicine. It's a good point. This is like we're junkies. We're laugh junkies. We really are. And I didn't realize how much, I mean, I knew I missed it, but I did one weekend in Houston like a month or so ago.

And then right away, I was like, oh my God, I got my fix.

And then talking to all these people that are doing like Mark Norm's doing shows in a park.

Nikki Glaser (0:51)

Yep.

Joe Rogan (0:52)

You know, Burt Kreischer's doing drive ins.

Nikki Glaser (0:54)

I'm doing them too.

Joe Rogan (0:55)

Are you?

Nikki Glaser (0:56)

Yeah, I'm going out next weekend.

Joe Rogan (0:58)

What is it? Have you done them yet?

So you haven't done any stand up since March?

Nikki Glaser (1:02)

Well, no, I've done stand up. I've been sneaking around. I mean, I did Salt Lake City. I went out there in July and did Wise Guys because they were doing it really responsibly.

It was fun. It was good. It was fun. I mean, it felt good to be on stage, but it felt weird. Like, I need to be going out every night to feel really good. You know, it had been so many months that I just, I need to get some momentum. I need to work out a little bit. So, it felt like I was getting my sea legs back.

But I had good shows, and the room is just, it's just, they're not seating the room like the way comedy is supposed to be seated, which is everyone bunched together as close to the stage as possible. It's like, it's the worst seated, the seating for comedy shows now is like a terrible club. You know, you go to a club and they don't know how to seat and they just let people sit wherever they want. It's like a shitty open mic when you first started. That's the way it feels like now. Because everyone has to be spread out, so it's never going to feel as good as it felt before with a sold out crowd and no matter how good the laughs are, them spread out in a big room.

Joe Rogan (2:03)

They didn't spread them out too much in Houston, I'm going to be honest with you. I don't know what they did in Houston.

They said it was 75% capacity when we were there, and I'm like, I don't know.

Nikki Glaser (2:12)

That's what they say.

Joe Rogan (2:13)

I don't want to walk around with a clicker and start counting heads, but there was a lot of folks in there.

Nikki Glaser (2:18)

No, I did one gig like that in St. Louis that I felt like, okay, I don't feel good about this. I did it because I wanted to do it. I was far enough from everyone to feel good about it, but I felt bad that maybe the audience got there and was like, we were sold a different idea of what this would be because we get in there and we're seated a little bit too close. But wise guys in Salt Lake, they did it really, like I felt good about being there. I didn't feel like anyone was going to get sick from doing that.

It was definitely like a third capacity. I mean, the guy is just struggling to stay open. It's so sad, but it didn't feel good.

Joe Rogan (2:56)

All the loans are drying up. All the relief is drying up.

Nikki Glaser (3:00)

Are there going to be comedy clubs to even go to after all of this?

Joe Rogan (3:04)

It's a real good question.

Nikki Glaser (3:05)

I'm nervous.

Joe Rogan (3:06)

It's a real good question. There's going to be a lot less and then what happens because a lot of bars are going under too so it's not like you're going to be able to replace them with bar shows because who knows how many bars are going under?

Nikki Glaser (3:18)

I know.

Joe Rogan (3:18)

Who knows how many restaurants are going under?