#1965 - David Choe

Joe Rogan (0:03)

The Joe Rogan Experience.

David Choe (0:16)

Can I give you a real hug?

Joe Rogan (0:17)

Yeah, can you give me a real hug? Sure.

David Choe (0:19)

I missed you.

Joe Rogan (0:21)

It's great to see you.

David Choe (0:22)

Yeah. And I always like to give you a gift.

So this is my like shroom mates, you know, our connection through psychedelics.

Joe Rogan (0:32)

That's beautiful.

David Choe (0:34)

And I added this one. Train all day. JRE all night.

Oh, wow. I got a mushroom playing a mushroom drum set with like some guy dunking on, you know.

Joe Rogan (0:47)

Nice.

David Choe (0:48)

I wanted to model it for you, but I want to give it to you.

Joe Rogan (0:49)

Thank you very much.

David Choe (0:51)

I don't know if it'll fit, but...

Joe Rogan (0:52)

I'm sure it'll fit. Thank you.

David Choe (0:54)

Yeah. There you go.

Joe Rogan (0:56)

And what is this fucking costume you're wearing underneath this? Jesus Christ.

David Choe (1:00)

Joe.

I've been cruising Austin. All right. Where do I begin with this? Where do I begin with this?

Joe Rogan (1:12)

Where do you begin with this?

David Choe (1:13)

I touched down Austin yesterday, all right? This is what I...

They're like...

Joe Rogan (1:18)

You touched down wearing that or with the face?

David Choe (1:20)

I had this on and people were like, do you think they know I'm from LA? Do you think they know I'm from out of town?

Joe Rogan (1:28)

No. There's a lot of people here like that.

David Choe (1:31)

Let me do a call out to the Asians really quick.

Asians, if you're listening, to all my gooks, all my jungle Asians, I've been here for 24 hours in Texas.

Oh my God. I found a kai bichin place, awesome sushi. There's like two banh mi places, a halo halo place. If you're listening, I've done the reconnaissance. I was on my bike. I went down Congress. I went through Westlake. I rode all over town. It was the best. I had explosions in the sky playing.

I watched Friday Night Lights when I got back to my room. It's like, this place is, I saw like maybe two homeless people. I rode around the lake.

Barbecue's great. Like, that was my concern, right? I think the last time I did your show, it was the week you were about to leave. I talked to Jamie. He was like, you know? And I was like, this guy's not really going it. Like, it's such a bold move. And like, I didn't even, like time has passed so quickly. It's been like two years since I saw you.

Joe Rogan (2:35)

It's almost three.

David Choe (2:36)

Shit, it's almost three, yeah.

Joe Rogan (2:37)

Yeah, I've been here almost three years. It'll be three years. What would it be three years, Jamie? In May, it'd be three years that I looked.

And then August when I moved here.

David Choe (2:47)

Yeah, so I'm, I, I, look, when people tell me how awesome Austin is, I don't know the rest of Texas, but like Austin is like the vibe of yesterday. It's like the weather, like everyone was out, like having picnics.

Joe Rogan (3:03)

How many days are you in town for?

David Choe (3:04)

I leave tomorrow if you want to, like, like.

Joe Rogan (3:08)

I got to want to show you the club.

David Choe (3:10)

Oh, I definitely want to show you the club, but like I was like checking out real estate on my bike, just to be like, I was just, I got a lady. Looking like this.

Joe Rogan (3:17)

Yeah.

David Choe (3:19)

And I got to tell you, man, like, I kind of like come in hard like this, cause I want people to be like, and Austin's already weird, right? Like, yeah. And no one, no one gives a fuck.

Joe Rogan (3:30)

No one gives a fuck.

David Choe (3:31)

Waiting an hour in line at Terry Black's like this, no one gives a fuck. Like, it's just like, it's, like, there's not a ton of Asians, not like I, like.

Joe Rogan (3:42)

There's Asian communities.

David Choe (3:43)

There is, there is. But I'm saying to the Asians listening, it's a good place.

Joe Rogan (3:49)

It's a open-minded, cool place.

David Choe (3:50)

I see very quickly why you didn't go back after. Like, I don't wanna go back.

Joe Rogan (3:55)

I'm not going back.

There's no traffic here. The people are so friendly. They're so nice.

It's like everything about it I love. There's so many artists here. There's so many musicians here. There's so many comedians here now. It's fucking thick with comedians.