Joe Rogan Experience Review podcast - The JRE review of 1265 with Andrew Schultz

Episode Date: March 19, 2019

Andrew is a brilliant new comedian and has some of the best standup I’ve seen in a while almost all available on youtube for free. He has a really funny and interesting conversation with Rogan and it was so great to review. 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 Hello and welcome to another episode of the JRE review. The last one for the week in a great conversation with the Joe had with Andrew Schultz, podcast 1265. This is a really cool one for me because I've been watching Andrew stand up for some time. Like a lot of people have, it's really blowing up on YouTube right now. He's just an hilarious comic mostly doing stand up in New York. He's like a New York guy. Pretty controversial stand up, but very funny and cleverly done and he's pushing the envelope and he's doing something else pretty controversial and he's getting his Name out there in a very different way because a lot of the platforms that usually let people do specials denied him So he just started releasing stuff in little clips on YouTube, which I really think is the best way to do it

That's where people are paying attention and yeah, he crushing it. So anyway let's start the review. Welcome to the Joe Rogan Experience Review! Where each week I review every single episode of the Joe Rogan Experience. One more do you want? Some parts of this conversation are really personal for both Joe and Andrew. Obviously both stand-ups, they both work their way through the gauntlet and it's really fascinating to kind of hear their in-depth analysis of like what's going on with that job. And again, I said it before with, and I use standup as like an analogy, but Rogan does this all the time is like, it's a very difficult pursuit period. I don't think that's a surprise to anyone, but the advantages you can apply

that skill then towards other things. And this is what allows standups that have done well to like move over into acting or move over into other projects, making shows or sketch comedy, you name it, doing other difficult things and doing them well because they have this one element that they've really perfected. And I think Andrew's gonna be someone

that we're gonna wanna pay attention to because he's gonna be doing really big things Like I said puts this stuff on YouTube You can Google Andrew Shultz and then he's also he's like the cis comic so it's like Something in the cis I I can't remember but it easy to Google And he has some brilliant Clips that are like five to ten minutes long different ones check them out Talks that they talk about how you can't fake comedy, right?

So that's obvious, but I mean it's what they're saying is you can't just Know people that can give you good spots and then you go up and just kind of do some jokes that someone else wrote It's just not gonna work. It's real. You've got to put yourself out there. You've got to bomb. You've got to feel how difficult it is. And a cool thing that they talked about is how comedy is an ethical job. It's ethical in the sense of like, you know, I guess sometimes people could be like, well, that comedian hurt my feelings. But for the most part, you're making everyone laugh. And if you're doing well, if you're funny, even if you shit is controversial, you've made most of the people in that crowd laugh really hard. You know, I don't think comedians are really bumming out too many people or ruining too

many people's lives. If you find yourself going to stand up comedy and you're leaving and they're big name acts and you're just like, oh, that was just awful and really insensitive. I think you're just a sensitive pain in the ass. So stop going to comedy and reevaluate your life. That's just what I'm saying. They had some interesting opinions on Kanye. This is a great part of the podcast that you want to pay attention to.

And why it's so valuable is because, obviously obviously Joe wants Kanye on his podcast. So Andrew is giving this these ideas that Kanye just likes to take things that are uncool and make them cool. It's his insecure way of like figuring out, you know, just like showing everyone how cool he is. It's an interesting theory and it would work for stand-up. You could make some good jokes about that, but Joe jumps in and throws something else and says no, in a way, I think Joe was kind of implying that Kanye has more of a Elon brain, Elon Musk brain, just running real fast and he's trying to put together any creative idea that he can think of. I don't know. I think it's dangerous to throw idea that he can think of. I don't know. I think it's dangerous to throw Kanye's intelligence in the mix with Elon. It sounds a little pandering, but God bless him. I mean, hey, shit, Joe

knows these people better than I'm ever going to know him. So it's worth listening to. And I, you know, I don't think Joe would just lie. He would make something up. He really feels that way, which is fascinating. And more the reason why fucking Kanye needs to go on Rogan's podcast. That shit is going to be the most downloaded podcast. Joe is ever done, I think, for sure. I don't know. Who knows?

It's hard to say. But we'll find out. We'll find out if he ever gets on that. I hope he does. I'll be brilliant. They talk a lot about, you know, when you're making somebody laugh, like the difference between like a hacky comic, it just kind of is like pandering to the audience for chuckles. And somebody that's out there really pushing the envelope, I mean, what makes it difficult then is that the chances are you can upset people and they can yell out and they can fuck up your whole set and you can bomb

and it can be awful. But a great comic is gonna be able, he's gonna be able to make you make you laugh but then make you think. So if there's an opinion that you don't agree with but you placed it nicely and it's funny and you laugh about it You still may disagree with the over opinion But they've kind of opened up the door to have you think about something in a different way and that's really impressive and really important You know, it's about in a sense that kind of comedy is about being real and then supporting it and that's kind of Andrew's Step on it. If you get a chance to watch the bit that he does on Trannies,

well, it transvestites, obviously, it's very clever, it is good. And you know, I've definitely insulting some people in upsetting a few people out there, but it's it's clever. And remember, this is comedy. Okay. He's not going out at the bully people and make it. He's just he's doing some comedy.

Andrew talks a bit about his rise and especially recently and in recent months, last year or so, he's done very, very well for himself, and really made a name. He talks about stopping wanting things, wanting to do things. He gives the example of being on Rogan's podcast. He met Rogan, and Rogan came to talk to him and said, hey, look, I've heard a lot about you. You're pretty cool.

Andrew didn't ever say, hey, I want to be on your podcast. He was just like, thanks, man, that's awesome. And just left it at that. And Rogan asked him and invited him. And I think what Andrew's getting out there is, look, when things are going well and you're gaining some momentum, just do the work. Don't want for anything, the wanting and the wishing and the pleading and the praying. It's just like, listen, it's going to be what it it's gonna be. You've got to let go and I think that that's important for For a lot of people to do you know outcomes are things

It's like you can't force it just by wanting it. Just do the work don't waste any energy. I like that It's gonna reduce stress, but for someone who's a stand-up. It's almost like you're going out to that crowd Not saying oh I want them to love me, but just to be like, I'm going to do my best and see what they do. You know, you're always kind of leaving it in the hands of the audience, you know, and that's kind of it. An interesting thing that Andrew brought up and you'll hear it on the podcast is him thinking the Netflix is done. Obviously, he loves YouTube because YouTube's making him big and he's a little frustrated with Netflix because they didn't want to make his special. But he's saying they're in debt and they're done. I just can't believe that. I don't really know

how he was putting that together, but who knows? Who knows if that's really true? And uh, yeah, it doesn't quite make sense to me, but maybe there is something to that. I don't know all the ins and outs of like the politics of of how well that that's going. Towards the end of their conversation, I really liked kind of their form of work, how they both work. I'm always interested to hear about how a comedian gets any of their work done, how they put their bits together. Obviously they they're practicing a lot on stage and they can be riffing and coming up with new things. But you know, they write like Joe Joe will smoke a lot, smoke a joint, sit down and hear right. And he talks about, you know, you've got a you got to keep doing the work, right? You don't quit, you just reread it, you learn, you re-evaluate, you listen to your recordings, and then you get things done and you perform.

That's how hard it is. Really to do anything, you have to kind of stay on top of it. You keep the rest of your mind sharp and you get the shit out of your life so you can work that way. But Joe says he writes in kind of like an essay format. So he writes a story out, just like describing what's happening. And then he can kind of see it from different angles and pick what parts of the story that he would do stand up for. And I really like that idea because you know things don't always come together and they give the example of Chris Rock.

He has a very famous bit they talk about and it took him almost a year to make it work. He was bombing on it for a year. Like I just don't even know how anyone could have the strength to keep doing a bit that kept dying that long. I guess I'm not the man Chris Rock is. I mean that's obvious to do to legend. But wow, the strength it takes to be able to do that and just keep on with it. And I think that's what Joe talks about when he's getting high all the time. He talks about flying on ed it. And I think that's what Joe talks about when he's like, you know, when he gets, when he's getting high all the time, when he's, he talks about flying on edibles, he does it to scare himself.

And he scares himself to keep himself kind of grounded, because he even says in this podcast, there's a funny clip where he says, I'm almost too successful. I've almost been too successful. So I need to kind of ground myself and scare myself a bit. And it's, it's a pretty cool way of looking at things but as comics go and new comedians if you're into it and you like up and coming comics keep an eye on

this guy and definitely check out his conversation with Joe and his videos on YouTube. He's very very funny and I can't wait to see him live. Hopefully he'll be back in Los Angeles so I can go check him out at the comedy store wherever and you should too. So thanks a lot guys, great week of podcast and we'll talk next week, bye! you