#1813 - Tony Hinchcliffe

Joe Rogan (0:04)

The Joe Rogan Experience.

And we're up. All day, I've been trying to recover from yesterday drinking with Stan Hobe.

Tony Hinchcliffe (0:20)

Oh yeah, he's a fun one to hang out with, huh?

Joe Rogan (0:22)

We did a podcast, like, right when he was coming out of the pandemic, and I think I was probably sober, or mostly sober, during the podcast, and it just didn't, it just felt off, it felt clunky. And he felt like that too. So I'm like, this one, I'm gonna make sure we do it right. And I just got blasted with him. We just drank whiskey and got fucked up and talked for like, how long was it?

Three and a half hours.

And a couple of pee breaks and just obliterated. I don't remember half of what we talked about.

Tony Hinchcliffe (0:55)

He's so fun. Last night was incredible.

Joe Rogan (0:58)

Last night was insane.

Tony Hinchcliffe (0:59)

Yeah.

Joe Rogan (0:59)

Let's tell everybody, first of all, let's tell everybody you're gonna be in Phoenix this weekend at Stand Up Live, which is an awesome club. And maybe I'll drop in on Friday because I'm gonna be there for the UFC.

Tony Hinchcliffe (1:10)

Let's have some fun.

Joe Rogan (1:12)

We'll have some fun. The great and powerful William Montgomery will be there as well.

And then last night, we do a show at Vulcan. And who goes on stage with us but motherfucking Roseanne Barr, Wow.

Tony Hinchcliffe (1:26)

What a clinic.

Joe Rogan (1:28)

She hadn't been on stage in years. In years.

Tony Hinchcliffe (1:31)

And she killed just as hard as anybody.

Joe Rogan (1:34)

Got a round of applause she got when she went up there.

Tony Hinchcliffe (1:36)

Natural freak talent. Killing the whole time. Getting little tiny standing ovations throughout.

Totally like the way she moved, the way she talked, her pacing, her timing felt so natural and conversational.

Joe Rogan (1:51)

But she wasn't even planning on going up. This is what's crazy. She hadn't gone on stage in years.

And she did it. And then afterwards, she felt fucking great. She was hanging out in the green room. She was all fired up.

And she was like, I want to fucking move here.

Tony Hinchcliffe (2:06)

Yeah, she's the best. She belongs here. She's the vibe.

Joe Rogan (2:10)

Yeah, well, her daughter lives here. So I think we got a real good shot of getting her here.

Tony Hinchcliffe (2:15)

I hope so.

Joe Rogan (2:16)

Oh my God.

Tony Hinchcliffe (2:16)

She is, I mean...

Joe Rogan (2:19)

Last night was special.

Tony Hinchcliffe (2:20)

It really was.

Joe Rogan (2:21)

Doug Stanhope, Ron White, you, Hans Kim, Roseanne Barr, and me.

Tony Hinchcliffe (2:27)

Yep.

Joe Rogan (2:27)

What a fucking lineup. What a fucking lineup.

Tony Hinchcliffe (2:30)

So fun. Hey, you want to know something funny about this picture? You see that bottle that Stanhope has of mineral water? Well, there's cigarettes in there. You see that?

Joe Rogan (2:37)

Yes.

Tony Hinchcliffe (2:37)

A few minutes after this picture was taken, he took a huge gulp of that, forgetting that it was an ashtray.

And he handled it so funny. He made sure everybody knew, and he made a funny face. And he really milked it like a real comedian.

Joe Rogan (2:55)

We found out yesterday that Stanhope had COVID, and he never even knew. He goes, I've been dealing with COVID-like symptoms for the last 30 years. That's 30 years of being hung over.

30 years of being hammered, mostly every day.

Tony Hinchcliffe (3:14)

The rare breed. You know how many comedians fail because he drinks on stage? There's so many comedians that think they can drink on stage and do good because of him.

Joe Rogan (3:23)

Or they could be like him. But they don't have a point.

He writes. The thing about Doug Stanhope is Doug Stanhope may be a guy who loves to drink.

Fuck, maybe. He's a guy who loves to drink. But he also loves to write. He writes a lot. He's got a laptop, sits down with it, he makes notes, drinks coffee, smokes cigarettes, writes. He is dedicated to being a comic and a writer. He writes. And that's a lot of the guys that go on tour and try to emulate that thing. They leave out part of it. They leave out that part. You know?

I've been into this audiobook by Stephen Pressfield, The War of Art. I just finished it, and now I'm on his other book that he has that's a similar sort of vein. It's called Turning Pro. But one of the things in Turning Pro, it's like talking about the things that people do to distract them from the work.