#2342 - Jim Norton

Joe Rogan (0:01)

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Joe Rogan (0:16)

Riley, what are you gonna do with it?

Jim Norton (0:17)

Yeah, I should have thrown it out, but I'm just, I feel like if somebody put effort into it and gave it to me, just keep it.

Joe Rogan (0:22)

Yeah, I know. Well, that's how I wound up with this fucking snake on the desk. This is from... This, during the entire podcast, Harlan Williams had this in his pants, and he was saying that he had a, he got a worm, and he named his worm Demetri, and at the end of the podcast, he pulls it out, and then he got such a fucking kick out of the fact that it was still on the desk when I interviewed Trump.

Jim Norton (0:50)

I hope you explain where it came from. I didn't say shit. This president, hold that.

Joe Rogan (0:53)

I didn't say anything.

Jim Norton (0:54)

I think it's funny, because when you said that, I was like, who gave that to you? Is that a seven-year-old in this Harlan Williams? All right, it works out perfect. That feels correct.

Joe Rogan (1:02)

He is so unique.

Jim Norton (1:03)

He is, and I forgot he was in Something About Mary.

Joe Rogan (1:06)

Oh, yeah.

Jim Norton (1:07)

Which is literally one of the funniest movies ever made.

Joe Rogan (1:09)

Ever.

Jim Norton (1:10)

And I watched him again. I'm like, God damn, I wish I was in that. I wish I had one line in that movie.

Joe Rogan (1:14)

Right, right, right. That was one. Well, the Farley brothers, they're the best. They have some bangers, Matt. You know, Kingpin.

Jim Norton (1:20)

Yeah, Bill Murray. I'm going to take these off.

Joe Rogan (1:23)

You don't like them?

Jim Norton (1:24)

No, no, they're fine. I just, I'm so used to, I hate my own voice. And hearing it come back, it's like I'm doing radio for 20 years and I still don't like to listen to my own fucking voice.

Joe Rogan (1:32)

Well, you used to do one. You used to do the one ear thing.

Jim Norton (1:35)

But I saw Rich Voss, like too many times I've seen clips of Voss and he just does that and I'm like, do I look like that? Have I looked like that for two decades? I'm like, fucking Rich, put it on or take it off. I like one ear. He just likes one ear open. I like one ear. I firmly believe that's some kind of like a childhood, like a defense thing. Like there was something fishy that happened in childhood. You just kind of somehow stay present.

Joe Rogan (2:00)

Always be aware.

Jim Norton (2:01)

Yeah. Somebody fumbled. Yeah. Somebody fumbled around. I just got to keep my ears open.

Joe Rogan (2:07)

That's a thing though. A lot of people like one ear on. It's not uncommon.

Jim Norton (2:12)

You feel when you have both ears covered, I just feel like I'm lost and I'm not in the room. And I guess I've gotten a little bit better with it. But just now I'm like, wow, I really can't hear.

Joe Rogan (2:23)

I always feel like I'm just fully locked in. I don't hear anything else.

Jim Norton (2:28)

I don't hear any distractions.

Joe Rogan (2:29)

Yeah. I like the headphones on. I like to be locked in.

Jim Norton (2:32)

Yeah, I do. But I just feel like it feels like I'm underwater sometimes. I don't I went in for an MRI. I just go for them like once a year. And just for the fuck of it, I want to. Yeah, I'm getting older. And I'm like, you know, I want to fucking make sure I'm good. Like, make sure there's no lumps. Right. And they give you those shitty headphones. And I'm so claustrophobic. I'm laying there and I'm terrified.

Joe Rogan (2:53)

And the noise being married prepares you for that.

Joe Rogan (3:02)

You get good at blocking out.

Jim Norton (3:03)

Oh, my God. You feel claustrophobic. There's a loud noise. You want to kill yourself. Yeah.

Joe Rogan (3:08)

My wife will be in full conversation with me. I have no idea what she said. I'm not fully blocked it out.

Jim Norton (3:13)

Yeah. How many things have I agreed to? Because I want her to.

Joe Rogan (3:16)

I told you about it the other day. I'm like, you did. I don't want to argue. I'm like, I forgot.

Jim Norton (3:21)

Yeah. I'm sorry. I just tell you. But I asked the guy, he goes, do you want music? And I'm like, yeah. I'm like, play rock. I just rock. And he was fucking like, he didn't speak English that well. So he started playing the Rocky theme song over and over. I actually bailed out and got out of the machine.