#2161 - Tony Hinchcliffe

Joe Rogan (0:12)

What's it like to be the king of the world, Tony Hinchcliffe?

Tony Hinchcliffe (0:17)

I got to talk some shit.

Joe Rogan (0:19)

You're killing it, man.

It's exciting. It's an exciting time for you.

Tony Hinchcliffe (0:24)

Yeah.

Joe Rogan (0:24)

I hope you're enjoying it.

Tony Hinchcliffe (0:26)

Oh, I'm having a blast.

Joe Rogan (0:27)

Is it weird? Does it feel weird?

Tony Hinchcliffe (0:29)

Kind of, because I wasn't expecting like a big moment or like a different boom, a different outside thing because I'm just content here, chilling. I had my Kill Tony stuff and all of our stuff.

But yeah, it's awesome.

Joe Rogan (0:48)

It's so interesting to watch. It was funny that Brian Simpson said that he's with you at the store. And he said he watched Tony Hinchcliffe become real famous in real time. Yeah, like you could see, like with the first show, when you're warming up, get ready for the roast. Then after the roast, people just going crazy.

Tony Hinchcliffe (1:04)

Yeah, it was weird. I got bumped by another comedian my first night at the store. And then I was the special guest super treat the rest of the week. Like it was like I was the secret weapon kind of. So I was unbumpable.

Joe Rogan (1:20)

We should be bumped anyway. Bumping is horseshit.

Bumping is a thing that was around the store back in the old days, and they should have got rid of it a long time ago. You know, it's one thing if like some superstar Dave Chappelle type Chris Rock character wants to pop in, Louis CK is in town, and they want to do 15 minutes, you know, that's all great. But what used to happen to the store is you would get these comedians that were just doing it for an ego flex.

They were just doing it because they wanted to be able to bump other folks on the roster, and then they would do like a fucking 45 minute set and ruin the timeline of the show. Everybody's supposed to do 15 minutes. There's like fucking 16 people on the show. It's a long ass show. How many people are on 16? Is it 16?

Tony Hinchcliffe (2:03)

I don't know if it still is. It might be 14 or 12 or so. It's a lot of people.

Joe Rogan (2:07)

It's crazy that some people will sit there from show open. They will sit there from 8 p.m. and they will be there till 2 a.m. I've seen it.

Tony Hinchcliffe (2:16)

Oh, yeah. I've seen it many a times.

Joe Rogan (2:18)

Some people are just like, especially those tourists, comedy tourists.

Tony Hinchcliffe (2:23)

Yeah.

Joe Rogan (2:23)

They'd come there from Australia and Ireland and shit.

Tony Hinchcliffe (2:27)

Yeah, they don't want to miss anything.

Joe Rogan (2:28)

We're getting a lot of those at the mothership, man. There's a lot of people from other countries. They're telling me they're flying in for this.

Tony Hinchcliffe (2:33)

All the time.

Joe Rogan (2:34)

It's wild. They come in, they do like a weekend, then they go do Kill Tony, and they'll do like one of our shows.

It's fucking crazy.

Tony Hinchcliffe (2:42)

Yeah, I always ask now during the commercial break where I get to talk directly to the Kill Tony audience, and I ask, how many of you live in Austin, Texas? Make some noise. How many of you flew in just for this? And it's always a bigger pop.

Joe Rogan (2:52)

Isn't that wild?

Tony Hinchcliffe (2:53)

Yeah.

Joe Rogan (2:54)

It's like the city's become like a vacation destination for standup.

Tony Hinchcliffe (2:59)

For the arts, I think. I think you can come here and listen to live music, the best, and live comedy.

And get to see a lot of fucking freaks.

Joe Rogan (3:09)

Yeah, it's just fucking, what a time we're in, man.

Boy, did we get lucky. I mean, we just keep getting lucky, dude.

Tony Hinchcliffe (3:16)

Having Shane here is a death blow to the other cities. Took him out on his first boat trip on Sunday, and we drank.

Joe Rogan (3:27)

Of course, if you wish Shane you're drinking. Did you drink Bud Lights or did you drink real alcohol?

Tony Hinchcliffe (3:32)

I drank whiskey cokes, he drank Bud Lights. We always fucking meet.

Joe Rogan (3:37)

Yeah, that dude can put them away. Do not fuck around with Shane Gillis. Do not try to drink with Shane Gillis.

Tony Hinchcliffe (3:44)

We had so much fun. Cracking up, man.

Listening to Drake on the river.

Joe Rogan (3:51)

That's awesome. He's the best.