It sets a terrible precedent in so many different ways, it sets a terrible precedent for comedy clubs. Like, are people going to decide to go on stage and smack a comedian now?

Joe Rogan

What people like are things to laugh at. Funny shows. It's all in the execution, the writing and the characters, not the setting. And the writing and the execution and the characters are GREAT on (Everybody Loves Raymond).

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Apartment living is tough action. Just the whole idea that you share a washer and dryer always freaked me out.

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Being a celebrity or anything else where you're really ambitious, it's really a game to see how successful you can get.

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People do always try to smoke pot with me. But I think some of th... by Joe Rogan

People do always try to smoke pot with me. But I think some of those people are cops.

trying people thinking

There's a classic story I tell about when I did the Man Show about the retarded conversations that you have with the executive producers and the network.

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I love coming to D.C. I think it's a very unusual city. It's so fascinating that it's this weird place that everything thinks of as the capital of the country, there is so much international business, political stuff that is connected to that part of the country that it has a very charred atmosphere.

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When I started out I was definitely more traditional. It was 1988. Everyone was doing the Jerry Seinfeld.

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Also I can come up with new bits - people yell stuff out and it's a new subject or a subject that I've been thinking about that I haven't done onstage yet and I'll just run with it.

running people thinking

I always do that at the end of shows, like a Q&A session. First of all it lets people know that this isn't some preprogrammed, press-play show where I have to say the exact same words in the exact same order. That's part of the thing with live comedy is that people like the fun aspect of it and I enjoy the taking questions part.

I think there is more comedians now than ever, more venues now than ever. There are stand-ups who live in towns where they don't have many comedy clubs where they are organizing more comedy nights in bars. I just think this is a fantastic time for stand up.

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Comedy shows in D.C. are so much fun. I think because of the intense area that is connected to politics that people need, they need their down time. D.C. audiences are almost universally praised by comedians.

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Sometimes faggot is the right word. There's a trend in this country to avoid words: "We can't say that one anymore it's offensive."

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Like if you all were going to go out and one guy's like "you know what man I'm going to stay home I'm feeling kind of shitty," you go, "You faggot." That's what it means. It's about a guy wimping out, being a douchebag...it has nothing to do with your sexual orientation.

It's not necessarily a brave thing, people talk about what they think about. There's people out there who love to talk about politics or where they think the countries headed. I don't talk about that I talk about...things that are a little trippier.

country people thinking

You do what you're supposed to do, but you have to be honest about what they're doing. When you do a comedy show on a network the problem is there are going to be a bunch of people who aren't comedians that are going to tell you what's funny.

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I've actually been doing stand up for more than 20 years. I started in 1988. It's almost 30 years! Which is crazy.

Anytime we go to a new town I try to book a show. I literally kno... by Joe Rogan

Anytime we go to a new town I try to book a show. I literally know nothing about the club.

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Now obviously popularity isn't everything when it comes to stand up comedy, but the art form itself is better today than it ever has before. I think there are more great comics. I think the standard is higher. The critical analysis is a little harsher, but that is also good. Maybe people have a higher standard than before, maybe they are a little more judgmental, a little more brutal, that makes people work harder. It makes the stand up better.

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I think stand is better now than it's ever been. I think it's the greatest time ever to do standup comedy.

better-now comedy thinking

Like any tool [drugs] can help you or hurt you. by Joe Rogan

Like any tool [drugs] can help you or hurt you.

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