Joe Rogan Experience Review podcast - A Review of 1237 Sebastian Maniscalco

Episode Date: February 6, 2019

Sebastian is a standup comedian and friend of Joe’s. They have been doing standup together for over 20 years and to hear how much love and support they have for each other is really cool. Their conversation was very standup comedy based as you would expect but with some great take aways. Sebastian’s career has skyrocketed over the last few years so it’s great to hear him talk about it and how he’s aware to stay normal through it all. Enjoy my review folks! Please email me with any suggestions and questions for future Reviews: [e-mail]

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Los enbases del verano Siempre van a la amarillo Welcome to the Joe Rogan Experience Room View! Where each week I review every single episode of the Joe Rogan Experience. What more do you want! Hello and welcome to another episode of the JRE review. I am reviewing episode 1237 with Sebastian Manis Galco. I think it's how you say his last name. I should know, I'm a big fan, but sorry Sebastian, I cannot quite remember how to say your last name, but I don't'm a big fan, but sorry Sebastian, I cannot quite remember how to say your last name, but I don't know if I have a new. This guy, if you don't know him,

is a world class comedian, one of the best right now for sure. He just sold out Madison Square Garden for four shows. And I think that's a big part of why he was on Rogan's shows, just talk about that and kind of you know Just push himself in his career a little bit. He's known Joe a long time. So they're kind of all friends I don't know how close they are, but they've certainly been around each other and they've seen each other develop and Joe talks A little bit about that in this podcast And Sebastian says that a lot of his comedy really found his voice, you know, around like 2007, something around that area. But, you know, what they both did is make their way to the comedy store,

because it's the mecca of stand up, and really the best place to just grind out your work, and really figure yourself out. Some interesting things that Sebastian said is that he doesn't write things down, he just records and then re-evaluates and kind of goes over that work. I'm always fascinated how people do their work, and especially people at the highest levels. Joe was saying that Bill Bill also does that same way, just kind of works it all out on stage. That's incredibly brave. I mean, the idea, not to say that they go up there without any clue what to do, obviously they have their stories and so on, but it really just shows the kind of free form way that they put their sets together.

And it also brings up the question, maybe writing everything down is not always the best way to go for comedy. Maybe you can, you know, you're over-analyzing before you've had a chance just to work it on stage. And I don't know, it's something that I think about when I hear these guys talk about stand up because it just seems like such a tricky business. And it's fascinating to hear how they do things. Sebastian likes to stay loose on stage. and he asked Joe kind of like what's Joe's process. Joe was talking about how really in this podcast he talks about that he has a start and he has an ending but he likes to play with the middle. He likes

to just stay loose and kind of let the middle go where it needs to go. And another thing that Joe Rogan does is he retires his stuff. So after he releases a special, he stops doing those jokes. And he doesn't have her few reasons. One because people have seen it now, you know, the specials come out. So that's kind of that. But also it really pushes him the right new stuff. Whereas Sebastian doesn't always do that. He says he kind of, you know, a special could even come out. And if he still enjoys doing the bits, he's going to throw it in there. I guess in a way, I think that that's a smart to move because then you have more

tools in your arsenal like let's say you lose in the crowd. Let's say people are not, you're just struggling to get their attention. Or you're just building great momentum and you just wanna crush it, you know, home run it with a really good skit that you've worked on for years and years and you just know really well. Why not throw it out there?

I think it's a smart move and maybe there are combinations of things that are worth trying in that incident. But it definitely makes not having any new material after your special a bit of an easier time. I mean, it's certainly going to make it an easier transition if you can still put some of your old stuff in there and kind of work it that way. I guess what you have to be careful of is that you're not relying too heavily on the old stuff and therefore it's affecting how you're writing new jokes. I don't know.

Some of Joe's strategy for stand-up is after he does his set, he will obviously record it or his different sets. Then he drives home and listens to what he did, so he can connect to his Bluetooth and kind of listen to his sets and sometimes Rogan will do like two or three spots in the comedy store in one night so I don't know which ones he listens to whether he listens to all of his sets for that night seems like a lot of work and I don't know how long his drive home is but if he has enough time to go through it all

then he gets home and rides for a couple of hours so you know he's kind he's kind of amped up, probably gets some food. That's probably when he Instagrams some of his elk steak or whatever he's cooking. And then that's it, he gets writing. And that's a time for him to write. I guess, you know, like I said, on a few podcasts ago that I was reviewing when people work the best. And, you know, some people work well in the morning, some people at night, maybe Joe works well at night and that's how he's able to write so well but he has sit there and it writes for an hour. That's so his massive dedication. I mean that's definitely the most responsible way about you know going at something. It's probably not very fun to do, I don't imagine. I mean you've got to

listen to yourself, do some comedy, and remember it's him evaluating himself and he's not looking for necessarily for the bits that worked really well as much as the things that didn't really work and how he could change that up. So fair play to him. Sebastian does it a little bit differently, he does listen to his stuff, he does record it, but he won't go write it. He just kind of puts the story together free balls in, tries something different the next time. After their conversation with comedy, they get on to cooking, how to cook other hobbies and stuff that they're into. And Joe, of course, starts talking about Trigger Grills. I think he's going to get Sebastian one. Sebastian didn't

sound super interested because it sounded like he had to do a lot of extra things. Like, oh, I've got to get pellets now and I've got to do this. And I've got to do that. And maybe he's not a super hands-on guy, but Joe's determined to get him to start cooking that way. Joe talks about getting a dry age steak that was 380 days old. He said it smelled like fragura and tasted like something different. I don't know, I've never had really age steaks.

I think I have one that was not that long like five, six days, something. I can't imagine a state that was aged for over a year. Almost sounds horrendous. I don't know. Have you guys ever tried anything like that? I think maybe he's going off the deep end there with his food, but who knows? Maybe it's good, I haven't tried it. They talk a little bit about what it's like to be famous and how they get interrupted in public, people want pictures, everyone wants a picture these days. And sometimes these guys are with their family and it's a little tiring for somebody to come over and especially especially if they interrupted, like Joe says that he's always wanted to take a picture with somebody, but at the same time, it's a little bit frustrating.

Like if his daughter's there, he gave a story about how his daughter was like, sound is lap and he was feeding her once and she gets very frustrated with it because she needs the attention and doesn't have the patience for it. And it's just kind of a little bit frustrating for that reason. And it makes sense that it would be like after a while it's got to be pretty exhausting. You just want time for yourself. So think about that. Maybe if you see celebrity somewhere, I don't know where you are in the country, but I in LA so it's not uncommon for you to bump into these people kind of all over the place. And I generally just leave them alone. It's cool as it is to see them. You know, it's gonna be kind of tiring for them. And on what are you gonna get out of it

really? A picture and then what? Tag yourself in that and send it to somebody. I guess if that's really that important to you but just know that you annoyed them to do it for sure. But it's part of the deal, like they're being, you know, they're famous. So tough, they gotta put up with it. Sebastian asked you how he got into the UFC and he talks about how he was watching the fights, love the fights, Dana White just said, hey, come do these, you know, be a commentator. Joe really had no idea how to do it, what to do and he just kind of made it up and it just kind of developed from there. But again, with a lot of the things that Joe does, it was just one of those

where he was into it. He didn't quit, he stuck out it, and he really developed something, and it just happened to turn into like this massive thing that it is today. I mean, in so many ways, he's very lucky for that reason, but it's also because he developed that conversation and this art and and did really well at it and it was something the Sebastian was really keen on because Sebastian's getting into acting he's doing more acting and recently he just set up doing a movie with Martin Scorsese so it's probably on his mind like oh I have to do something new I don't know how to do it. It's very difficult. And therefore, I think that's why he wanted to talk to Joe about kind of pushing yourself and kind of working in that way.

And you know, these things, you see this stuff with comedians especially, or anyone doing really well, but comedians are always reevaluating their work. They're always looking for a better way to do it and they don't really care how difficult it is to get that they just want an avenue for it. Sebastian was saying on this podcast that his father is super critical of him and sometimes we're just telling me sucks and these sorts of things and it's rough right to have that but it's also good because it always allows him to evaluate and you know you just don't want yes men around you you don't want people just saying you're great all the time you're you'll stop working so hard to develop and that makes sense and Joe gave the example of like David Goggins, how inspiring he is, how hard he makes people push,

but also how he's, you know, so honest about where he started from, and how he was not in that position, and how he thought he was a loser, and how he just decided to break out of that, and become, I think he says, uncommon amongst uncommon men. And it's really a powerful message. And then Joe brings up Jocco and what he is. And then they play that video good, which I'm sure you've all heard,

but they play it on the podcast. And it's just fantastic. I love how he plays that, like, every couple of months. It's really inspiring every time, and it's just one of those videos that if you're struggling to get some stuff done, or you kind of feel down on your log, put it on. Just play that damn thing. Have it in a playlist, save somewhere, and that's, yeah, that's that play the damn thing. But for the rest of the conversation, Sebastian just talked about how plenty is to do Madison Square Garden and how much of a big deal it is. And congratulations to him. What a fantastic feat.

He's saying his whole family is so super proud of him and and they've really supported him and Stuck with him for the last 20 plus years. Well, he's just gone out and done this and a big takeaway for me was that he didn't say oh My goal list, you know, my vision board is all about getting to Madison Square Garden He was just about being a comic and and being able to do that full-time, which is hard enough in itself. So, just the fact that he's a, that's all he wanted to do and everything else was a bonus. I loved it. It was a great conversation and it's always nice to have Sebastian on talking a joke. They just, a couple of cool funny dudes having a chat. It's great. But anyway, thanks for listening. I really appreciate it. We'll talk soon.

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