#2045 - Jimmy Carr

Jimmy Carr (0:14)

Hey, Joe, how are you?

Joe Rogan (0:15)

Good to see you, buddy.

Jimmy Carr (0:16)

It's very nice to see you. This is, it's a hell of a setup.

Joe Rogan (0:19)

Thank you.

Jimmy Carr (0:20)

I'm like in Austin, Texas. I've been here about 18 hours, and it's, yeah, five stars on Trip Advisor so far.

Joe Rogan (0:25)

Did you do a set last night?

Jimmy Carr (0:27)

I didn't do a set, but I went to the club.

Joe Rogan (0:28)

Yeah?

Jimmy Carr (0:29)

And the club is, it's phenomenal.

Joe Rogan (0:31)

Thank you.

Jimmy Carr (0:32)

It's almost like someone with an unlimited budget built a comedy club.

That's what it felt like, Joe. I don't know, I don't know if your business manager has a view on this.

Joe Rogan (0:40)

Yeah, I don't.

Jimmy Carr (0:40)

I think something along the lines of.

Joe Rogan (0:41)

I'm not good at taking advice.

Jimmy Carr (0:43)

Yeah, but it's so great. It's so set up from the comics point of view.

Joe Rogan (0:47)

Yeah.

Jimmy Carr (0:48)

It's like no food.

Joe Rogan (0:51)

Yeah, no food.

Jimmy Carr (0:51)

No food is a great choice.

Joe Rogan (0:52)

Yeah, you can't have food.

Yeah, eat afterwards. There's so many places to eat on Sixth Street. There's a nice pizza place right next door.

Jimmy Carr (1:00)

Your neighbors are gonna love you as well, because it's that thing if you go, yeah, it creates a bit of a community, and it's full. It's like packed with people, and it's kind of, yeah, it's phenomenal. Great space.

Joe Rogan (1:09)

Well, it's one of those Kevin Costner things. You build it, they will come from the field of dreams.

Jimmy Carr (1:14)

Yeah, well, it feels kind of bigger than that as well, in terms of, you've come out here, and what are you giving back? And comedy's giving you everything, as it has me, and you go, well, what can you give back?

What can you do for your community? And it feels like that's a great thing to do.

Joe Rogan (1:30)

Well, it also seemed like I kind of had to do it, because when I moved here, I had this idea that I'd just be able to do whatever local spots I could and then go on the road, and I kind of could.

But one of the things that I've realized is that comics need community. It's very important. And that's one of the things that we really had at the Comedy Store that made the Comedy Store so special, is that it wasn't just that it was a great place to work and come up with new material and work on it, but it was also a great place to meet other people that were doing the same thing.

Jimmy Carr (2:01)

It's interesting comedy as opposed to acting.

Joe Rogan (2:04)

Yeah.

Jimmy Carr (2:04)

You know that Alan Havy said this great thing to me. He said, comedians were out for ourselves, but in it together.

I thought, oh, that's, it's really interesting that thing of like going, yeah, everyone's doing their own thing. Comedy is not like acting. It's not a zero sum game. So you doing your thing, no matter how successful you are, has no impact on my thing. If anything, you pull me up.

Joe Rogan (2:26)

Yes.

Jimmy Carr (2:26)

So comedy becomes like a bigger thing. If someone does fantastically and they're playing hockey arenas, then more people are pulled up through the clubs and the theaters into the arenas.

Joe Rogan (2:37)

Sure.

Jimmy Carr (2:37)

It feels like, it feels like we're living in a golden age for comedy. It feels to me like this is what it must have felt like to work in music or movies in the 70s.

Joe Rogan (2:47)

Yeah.

Jimmy Carr (2:48)

It's like, it feels like there's something culturally going on with comedy where it feels like it's got a value that people need it. People need to go out and feel like they're part of a community.

And I suppose when you think about what we're doing on stage, it is pretty special. We're letting people into our minds, and we go into their bodies.

Joe Rogan (3:09)

Yeah.

Jimmy Carr (3:09)

We're possessing them.

We change their physical state. It's extraordinary.

Joe Rogan (3:13)

It is extraordinary. It really is like a drug. You're giving people a happy drug.

Jimmy Carr (3:16)

Well, it's too, I mean, it's the endorphin, because you don't quite know when the punch is coming, and then the serotonin of laughter. And the live experience as well, it's like, the live experience is so incredible for comedy, even as opposed to music, because what do you get when you go out to a comedy club? Well, you'll laugh 30 times more than watching the footage.