The Rogansphere: Unfunny Comedians Joe Made Famous

"It's not what you know, but who you know" is especially true in the world of comedy, thanks to Joe Rogan's influence. In this video, we look into the Rogansphere and how Joe Rogan’scircle of friends leveraged their connections to get famous. Ari Shaffir, Bert Kreischer, Brendan Schaub and Bryan Callen, are all comedians who achieved success through their association with Joe.

[@abe9458]

Just remember guys, there's only about 250 comedians in the world.

[@SomeOne-ce1gf]

Probably fewer that are legit house hold names known globally

[@mrjjman2010]

249 after that latest Netflix special

[@noelportillo8633]

If that. They're an endangered species.

[@desisdosis473]

Every school class has at least one person that's more funny than all those professional Stand Up Comedians.

[@JimmyNuisance]

@@desisdosis473 And Twitch and KZbin is overflowing with people who make me shit my pants laughing sometimes. Never seen a comic funnier than my favorite youtubers. That's why stand up is gonna die.. Who the fuck wants one liners when you can just stay home and watch your favorite gamer crew shoot the shit while shooting shit? Or your favorite podcast with the funny people or whatever you got. Stand Up has sucked for about 10+ years. No one noticed cause no one was watching.

[@tijmenbruin]

The fact Bert was the best selling comedian of 2023 tells us enough. Man is doing the same joke for 15 years

[@RichardPicturesTTV]

its kinda like a modern day jeff foxy worthy/larry the cable guy

[@ryckarduhryckarduh180]

Its more like the tour were he books better comedians than him was the best selling.

[@SkepticalMantisCHANNEL10]

@@tijmenbruin REDBAR'S WATCHING

[@salamander0haze]

It's the whole lost blue collar comedy crowd - they LOVE repetition, dude. Do I get it? No. They love hearing "here's your sign" or "the machine" over and over and over and over

[@ryckarduhryckarduh180]

@@salamander0haze please dont put this on blue color people, its not like white color humor is so great, besides makes you look like a bit of an S

[@Tim_the_Enchanter]

The unfunniest comic Joe made famous was Joe.

[@davidGIjoe89]

Idk Brenden Schwab or whatever is pretty close

[@SomeOne-ce1gf]

You clearly have never seen any of Bert's specials

[@danielboone8435]

Somewhere there's a universe where Carlos Mencia has the most popular podcast in the world.

[@PlatoCastro]

😂, Joe has never made me laugh, and you're absolutely right, I didn't get it until I heard a couple of his guests, and figured out that everything interesting or "intelligent" about him , was him living vicariously through the information they were passing down to him. The UFC helped 90%. Bert is the fucking worst!!

[@GeorgHaeder]

In being unfunny Bert Kreature beats Joe by a country mile.

[@jonvelde5730]

Bert Kreischer is not funny, at all. He's your old fraternity buddy who has some mildly interesting drunk stories.

[@castle0417]

That probably happened to someone else...

[@harrydavey9884]

He's not funny at all, I do not understand what people like about him.

[@mrlahey2530]

@@harrydavey9884 he drinks and most people are braindead

[@LookingForIt-bw8ur]

He does say some funny things though, I just cant ever tell if its ever intentional though

[@Skygooose]

His super-power is that he is relatable to the average JRE fan. If you're a JRE fan you are Bert, have been Bert at one point in your life, or your best friends are Berts.

[@riseofazrael]

Rogan not getting jokes or bits his friends are doing is a timeless classic, it all just goes over his head because he takes things literally.

[@ricochetpig]

Theo especially 😂

[@thetman0068]

On the spectrum

[@tw-xm7vq]

the asperger’s chimp

[@WalterModel45]

Thats why he isnt funny

[@riseofazrael]

@@WalterModel45 He is like the only comedian I've seen that gets worse with practice and experience.

[@crisisactor420]

I can't help but laugh uncontrollably when a comedian calls people with different jobs "civilians" lmao

[@kev1257ful]

@jemimallah2591gunned him down with his machine gun laugh

[@niekon2600]

Im pretty sure its just to differentiate those who are in the comedy business and those who are not. Iv had a salsa instructor call non-dancers civilians. Its very common term

[@crisisactor420]

@niekon2600 Wild coincidence but I actually work in dance. Never heard this term from a studio director or event management but okay

[@niekon2600]

@crisisactor420 he was a salasa dancer in nyc. Good instructor and funny guy. I'm not saying it's a dancing term by any means. But from my experience, it is very common to non-participants civilians.

[@crisisactor420]

@niekon2600 typical civilian thing to say smh. Lol I believe you. It's a little annoying and sounds condescending is all, just my opinion tho! I know Stavros and Soder have a rule on their podcasts where try not to ramble on about "the industry", I like that rule. I think my job is interesting but I don't talk about it non-stop esp to ppl who can't relate

[@saadalikhan3031]

So if Bert didnt know Joe , the World wouldnt know Bert? Damn you Joe

[@Nav-fw7qe]

Bert had a TV show..

[@haustyl12]

@@Nav-fw7qebut he wasn’t really a comedian, just a guy who did college level dares. Joe pushed him into being a comedian

[@ATBatmanMALS31]

*Shakes his fist at the sky* RRROOOGGGGAAANNNNNN!!!!

[@saadalikhan3031]

@@ATBatmanMALS31 😂

[@ASAP2525]

I feel like Bert would make a splash off with his machine story but idk if he could stay relevant

[@brokenfunnibones]

It's crazy cuz nobody associates Joe Rogan to comedy

[@kodyeldridge5847]

Right?! I didn't know he did stand up until like 5 years ago and apparently he's been doing it since the 90's.

[@mj.l]

@@kodyeldridge5847 he's just really bad at it, like dave rubin. most of the far-right talking head grifters online are failed actors or comedians - crowder, ben shapiro etc - rogan helped create that template

[@yinyangsaladgang8789]

​@@mj.l Lol you drank all the kool aid, didn't you? Somehow I don't think the gay man, the jew or the canadian are actually "far right" or in any way related to Rogan's mediocre comedy 😂

[@nickmancini11]

He’s been doing standup for over 30 years

[@Or_else_it_gets_the_hose_again]

@@yinyangsaladgang8789 Bear in mind that to the far-left, everyone else is far-right. Being a left-of-center moderate will get you labelled "far-right" if you're not all-in with their cult.

[@danny.chulo.]

These guys are the Australian breakdancers of comedy

[@donaldshotts4429]

More like the Jamaican bobsled team

[@stuartcarter4139]

The australian breakdancer girl was the comedian of breakdancers 🧐

[@b3rgsy]

Roegun

[@mj.l]

god this australian breakdancing meme is almost as tired as rogan's "comedy"

[@godfathermatteo]

fucking lethal 😭😭😭

[@DJDouglasWarden]

That whole crowd is absolutely insufferable.

[@tlaloqq]

I hate that I used to love these guys, realized they are all bigoted little freaks obsessed with trans people lmao

[@themanwhoknewtoomuch6667]

ghost busters of comedy

[@ElstonGunnII]

I agree for the most part but Shane Gillis actually has some good bits that I genuinely enjoyed and Joey Diaz' stories are entertaining as hell but yeah the rest are all terrible

[@psychedelicfright85]

Okay yuppie

[@hELLOGUY-gy5hg]

@@Timelord-d3t Even bots get triggered. What a world we live in!

[@bunnyluver2176]

Rogan: you gotta tell the machine story on every stage Bort: ...every stage, every show, for eternity. Heard u loud and clear Joe👍

[@rensinclair4218]

And make a movie about it. The best part of which was Mark Hamill

[@CM-xs2eb]

Haha i thought that was a joke until i heard him say it!

[@wordup897]

While shirtless.

[@Ob1sdarkside]

Joe has a picture of himself in his comedy club, alongside actual funny people. Joe the comedian...

[@RyanMichero]

Next to Robin Williams and Richard Pryor. Like, dude, are you serious?

[@playlist9980]

Alongside actual funny people? I thought it was next to Robin Williams, the annoying cokehead who pulled faces and did voices.

[@donmiller2908]

@@playlist9980 I never liked Williams either. The guy was always "on". Like a manic-depressive stuck in the manic phase. I never saw an interview with him where he would just converse with people, always had to be cutting up. It was annoying.

[@blakehentrup9343]

​@@RyanMicherothe fact you guys are so pissed about it tells me your life may not be going that great.

[@Zeeman21]

It’s maybe the funniest thing he ever did.

[@Scantronimus466]

I wonder where we’d be now if someone had phoned up Rogan and said “Joe, Fear Factor sucks - you gotta quit that and focus on your standup”.

[@ArchetypeSentient]

hahhahahahhaha this is priceless

[@donmiller2908]

@@ArchetypeSentient I still kind of admire the guy. He made hundreds of millions doing a podcast when tens of thousands of people have a podcast. There are a million different ways to make money in this country if you're enterprising/talented and can find your niche.

[@nikosofidemporas]

​@@donmiller2908But in our world in today's society mostly the people that are not that talented make the most money. And Joe and many of his crew is an example of that. So just because someone's successful and makes money does not make them great or talented or repeectable. Real life is not that fair.

[@ArchetypeSentient]

@@donmiller2908 he only is so succesful because he rode of mma bros and druggies back in 2010 because he was the only one talking about it regularly bringing in conspiracy and other shit so it actually felt like just bunch of guys hanging around talking shit but then it got too big and he now has to watch what he says but behave like he doesnt lol. its just fake and redundant, dudes beating a dead drum, stopped listening ages ago, just like to watch shit finally be obvious even to regular folks since he cant hide his incompetence on stage as he bullshited his way to it. And he has all the money in the world yet says he is so passionate about the comedy but he literally treats it like a job and mathmatic formula thats why its so dry and lame. Dude is a semi relatable rich fuck who shares some good points but most of his beliefs are garbage and aint worth shit outside of his world because he built himself a nice bubble of conformity since no one goes against his bullshit. I don't know, I feel like dude has been preaching same shit to himself for decades and now turned himself into a caricature of himself

[@donmiller2908]

@@nikosofidemporas What you're saying makes no sense. If a comedian is touring and all his club dates are sold out, wouldn't that be a good indicator of their talent as a comedian? Why would people pack a club to see a comedian that they find humorless and lame? There are many, many people that cannot stand Amy Schumer and yet she still makes a good living filling venues with paying fans. Do you believe that this bizarre notion of yours carries across all aspects of our modern society? For example, do you believe that all fortune 500 companies are headed by talent-less CEO's?

[@hendersongalbreath1072]

An entire group of people who embody the "Who's my edgy boy!?" meme.

[@BB-848-VAC]

memeculture is the gayest thing ever invented

[@freeheeler00]

Joe had me believing I could be a stand up comedian and I'm not funny at all.

[@DavidRFIT]

Yeah you suck buddy

[@colinrussell2017]

If you become a comedian, there will be 251 comedians in the world. They are an endangered species.

[@freeheeler00]

@@colinrussell2017 😂

[@kodyeldridge5847]

Joe had me believing I could make it in the NFL if he can make it as a comedian...And I have Spina Bifida.

[@oobieo]

Yeah that's probably why kill Tony is filled with ridiculously unfunny bucket pulls

[@dimebagvinnie644]

The shitty annoying part is that joe never been funny

[@TitanfallTeachings]

Sounds like you have a terrible sense of humor.

[@DrSpoculus]

​@ShadeofGaz he's right. Even Steve shirpa called out rogan to his face on the podcast about him being a hack comedian. Rogan had no come back to it. Steve was correctly assessing his comedy. Arguably the most famous comedian is Bert. He's got the joke everyone knows and has a movie. And they all treat Bert like the least talented one.

[@jeffmccloud905]

In that regard, Joe is more like Johnny Carson. Carson wasn't a stand-up, but he could 'make' a comedian's career just by calling them over to the couch for 60 seconds.

[@tijmenbruin]

​@@TitanfallTeachingsIt's actually reversed, if you like Joe's comedy ur a chimp

[@dimebagvinnie644]

@ShadeofGaz tell me a funny joe rogsn joke , I'll wait all week

[@ball8182]

My problem with Bert is that he’s made a career out of being a drunk asshole in denial of his addiction. For a certain amount of time, it was funny. But now it just isn’t necessarily funny, it’s just sad. And Schaub and Callen haven’t ever been funny. Tom is the only one i have liked for a longer time, although he’s an elitist douche.

[@scottshanahan3827]

The WORST thing to happen to Tom was the Rogansphere, and I will never understand why he hitched his wagon to Bert. He is the only one in the inner circle that is even remotely funny.

[@Skygooose]

@@scottshanahan3827 You know Tom gets off on being the "funny" one in the group while also simultaneously being able to get the easy money that comes along with the Rogansphere. But I still think the worst is Shane. The dude has legit talent but he seems to be wasting his potential by doing the bottom of the barrel stuff. He has modern GOAT potential, but I doubt he will reach it because he's too busy doing guest spots on Kill Tony where he just plays to the crowd with "Tony is Gay" punchlines constantly.

[@hhistertheosis]

And Tom is a serial killer, allegedly.

[@cbm3]

@@hhistertheosis yes....allegedly....

[@BeeHatGuy]

​@@Skygooose100%. The worst thing in the world is wasted potential

[@jacobcoughlin1822]

The hating on Rogansphere comics side of KZbin has become my guilty pleasure😂 I watch every 2lazy2try and podcast cringe video as soon as they’re uploaded. It is funny though how no one hates on the actual funny comedians like Shane and Mark Normand.

[@ابراهيم_محمد_الازهر]

Same, I used to not like redbar when I first saw him, labeled him as jealous, now I realize dude was ahead of his time.

[@TonyBustaroni]

2lazy2try stinks as much as Joe

[@slartibartfast7921]

Same.

[@MW-3002]

Joey Diaz is funny too.

[@JStack]

Norman a couple years away from having the same videos made about him.

[@HDoug412]

Joe Rogan is a super rich and influential celebrity LARPing as a standup comedian. If he never tried standup comedy he would still be famous for UFC, Fear Factor, and being a podcasting pioneer/mogul. On the contrary, if he never did those things and solely focused on standup comedy nobody would have any clue who he is and he’d just be one of many hacks who failed miserably at standup. The guy is not and has never been funny. The funniest thing he does is yell and make animal noises…. He goes on and on about comedy being his passion yet he absolutely ruined the comedy scene by dragging his equally unfunny pals to stardom based on nothing other than them being buddies. “Comedy Club” should be switched to just “Club” since it’s just a bunch of dudes famous for no reason other than being Rogan’s friends

[@veryunusual126]

Well said, 👏👏👏

[@PseudoFiction]

dunno about all that, other than having never been funny... Joe probably wouldn't have been cast on News Radio is he wasn't in LA doing standup, and then not been hired for Fear Factor if not for News Radio. He certainly got the breaks that better comedians should have

[@veryunusual126]

@@PseudoFiction also true

[@harrydavey9884]

That is absolute nonsense. I'm not a fan of Rogan's comedy in general, he's written some okay jokes, but this is just so untrue. He'd still be successful.

[@Sandybowls_9001]

It's hilarious that ari hated kobe for grape but not any of his friends that were accused of hooking up with minors. He vigorously defended them.

[@Mystery_Meat]

This is the issue with people like that lmao, gotta either stick to your morals or not have them in the first place

[@300thNPC]

Kobe had too much melanin for Ari

[@VladTheInhaler..]

Grape?

[@LordMegatron818]

Cause he's a joo

[@dimebagvinnie644]

Who actually likes ari

[@timtalks6080]

Not gonna claim he’s a good guy, but Jew was funny, so I respect him as a comic

[@Treeezzz]

I definitely find him funny.

[@ilikeRUNE]

If u dont know the amazing racist ur a fruitcake

[@drmantistoboggan2870]

jew was very funny but I dont like any of these guys personally

[@BagBreakerMMA]

Ari might be my least favorite “celebrity”

[@ahss8700]

Joe really diluted comedy

[@TitanfallTeachings]

Really why do you say that?

[@kronickintrovert]

@@TitanfallTeachings This would fly over Bert's head...

[@rauljrlara9994]

​@ShadeofGaz even Joe's jokes are lame. His best joke is the stool fucking

[@ItsY2Kitty]

He’s trying to be what those labels are

[@jimmymoller8640]

All the guys he made are not really good at standup comedy .

[@UriahElroy666]

The one clip where they're all wearing suits and smoking cigars is hilarious, but not in the way they intended. Just a bunch of classy, stool-humping, drink-drugging gentlemen.

[@scottishcelts2040]

Joe ruined American comedy.

[@joshuapowers4623]

For a large swath you could even delete the word comedy & the statement still holds true.

[@Jack908r]

I agree with you. Rogan wants to be a comedian so badly, but plainly isn't, that he uses his money to push himself and other bad comedians to points they would never get to on their own merits. He's driving a car with only a vague idea of how people actually drive cars, but gets excused because he's rich and famous.

[@GeistInTheMachine]

​@@joshuapowers4623You're not wrong.

[@numa2k147]

I'm not American so I'm on the outside looking in. He didn't destroy comedy. Maybe set it back a few years and creating bad stereotypes but you guys have great comics still.

[@Largentina.]

He didn't say he destroyed comedy. He specifically said AMERICAN COMEDY. ​@@numa2k147

[@meiguoren66]

THE worst era in comedy history. Its mostly Joes fault.

[@WosGehtDauneee]

Not the peoples who paying for the shows?

[@meiguoren66]

@@WosGehtDauneee No he promotes terrible comedians. His little clique of idiots.

[@toomanybrews7123]

​@@WosGehtDauneeePeople want to see comedy. If they only have to choose from a pool of mostly shit, you can't be mad when they end up pulling turds sometimes.

[@jasonlevesque6340]

Lol. Once upon a time not long ago Larry The Cable Guy was at the top of comedy. Stand up cannot get lower than that.

[@meiguoren66]

@@jasonlevesque6340 Matt Rife, Bert, Normand...

[@Bones08_02]

Most of these dudes ain't funny

[@douggieharrison6913]

Hot take

[@TitanfallTeachings]

L take.

[@TitanfallTeachings]

You like Hannah Gatsby huh

[@stephengrigg5988]

Tom's an elitist, but his specials are good and I watched YMH for a while before it lost it's energy to me. A similar thing goes for Ari. Bert isn't very good. I can understand why Theo has a following, but he isn't my favorite. Joey Diaz is hilarious, but I don't really have a drive to search his stuff out. Mark is a great guest, but his comedy is just a worse form of Mitch Hedberg to me. Brendan is a hack, and I don't find Brian Callen funny and haven't watched his stuff(same goes for redban). Shane Gillis is my favorite comedian right now, I love his podcast, and he reminds me of a more right leaning and younger version of Louis CK(my all-time favorite). Overall, I don't think there's really a "rogansphere" with any design behind it. They're his friends who are trying to do comedy anyway, and the only people that arguably have gotten a huge undeserved boost from Joe would be Brendan and Bert.

[@Bogeyman19DidNotScareMyAss]

Naw

[@Andysavage24]

Problem is that edgelord comedy is already outsourced by 4chan, reddit, and even KZbin comments section.

[@DavidRFIT]

This is more cringelords realm.

[@Andysavage24]

@@DavidRFIT Why not both?

[@jaytotheareokay]

No bro you don't get it. They're mean to marginalized groups. Things that are different are funny. Plus he makes loud noises and I find that stimulating.

[@735337707]

And at least 4chan has one the greatest moments of internet history to show for

[@DSPHistoricalSociety]

Reddit? 😂🤣

[@andthatswhyidontlike]

Bert and Tom are insufferable

[@alejandrobedolla2106]

Burnt Chrysler is unbearable, Tom is cool. I can’t stand 2 Bears podcast when Burnt is there, but it’s actually entertaining when Tom has a guest host fill in for Burnt.

[@ryanjacobson2508]

​@@alejandrobedolla2106 still a fan of Tom after he roasted poor people even though he grew up with a silver spoon in his mouth (which he never talks about of course)?

[@mjwbulich]

Tom was funny. His first few specials were good.

[@JohnMaxGriffin]

⁠@@ryanjacobson2508 Roasting poor people? How dare he!

[@RyuMai]

​@@mjwbulichhe was never funny

[@Andrew-jb2ib]

Joe Rogan is to comedy what Simon Cowell is to music

[@richardjudethompson6364]

Joe Rogan is to comedy what Simon Cowell is to comedy.

[@kodyeldridge5847]

The difference is Simon Cowell is good at what he does.

[@StrayTato]

​@@kodyeldridge5847Naw. Most of the artists that make it in his shows fall off. Speaking as someone who watched OG American Idol with his family for like the first 8 seasons.

[@numa2k147]

​@@richardjudethompson6364lmaoooo 😂😂😂😂😂

[@markcnut17]

Simon Cowell seems like a down to earth dude. Rogan is clearly happy making himself look an ass way too often

[@MYNAMECHEF_FilthyFrank]

Joe and his friends are quite literally the Kardashian's of comedy

[@chonky2129]

when you don't want that one friend to bring any of his friends along

[@KarenTookTheKids364]

Schaubs special was better than Rogans new one. I'm glad Theo has managed to somewhat distance himself from this group as he is genuinely funny.

[@ابراهيم_محمد_الازهر]

I dont think he has distanced himself from Joe Rogan, he has been branching out and becoming very mainstream in a way that is very positive and legit for him. Just like Tim Dillon, the people Joe puts on that actually have talent and put effort into the exposure JRE gave them, they dont hover around Rogan and become one of his orbiters stinking up the place, but just pop in and out for just long enough so that people and happy to see you there and sad to see you go.

[@KarenTookTheKids364]

@@ابراهيم_محمد_الازهر So they distance themselves relative to the orobiters?

[@christopherdarby1043]

To be fair, that’s a pretty low bar. Schaub’s special is still crap.

[@DoomWar1]

Idk who's worse, Schaub or his bitch.

[@skylerclyne6542]

I forgot Theo was launched from Rogan so he’s done a good job at distancing in my book lol

[@jakeequality8065]

None of them are funny (Joe included)

[@BossHog007]

Joey Diaz is legitimately hilarious if you’ve ever seen him live.

[@GABSTER13B]

I legit just watch a Joe Rogan clip or full show of it’s a cool person like Adam but he even somehow was a complete idiot and he didn’t understand ques about our boy Chris Farley Adam defending and Joe talking about his addiction what an ass hole

[@GasDude1011]

Joe especially

[@JohnMaxGriffin]

Joey Diaz, Ari Shaffir, Shane Gillis, Theo Von, and probably others are all funny. You might not like them but they’re good comedians

[@JesseVenturaHat]

​@@BossHog007but it turns out Joey is a thin skinned pussy

[@jaykay2323]

Unfunny recognize unfunny

[@JoKiaBoBia]

Ari said “he gave me the same amount of money as I woulda got as a headliner but nobody wanted me to headline” so you would’ve gotten NOTHING sir. You get NOTHING.

[@BrandonOfJapan]

Joe got payed a large sum of money at an early age from disney, thus he never had to address his insecurities that are prevalent in his behavior to this day. Since he never had to properly deal with his insecurities, he learned that he can just buy his way into peoples good graces, which is what hes been doing with comedy for the last decade plus. Joe knows hes not funny, joe knows nobody actually likes him, but he doesn't care because he has too much money for it ever to be a real issue.

[@Bthe312]

Payed? 🤦

[@timpoolssentientbeanie5646]

This is why Joe adopted the role of “joke thief police” back in the day. He was trying to get in the good graces of all the comics who make fun of him behind his back. A lot of comedians refer to unfunny comics as the type of guy who humps a stool on stage. Everyone outside the comic store crowd has been using Joe as THE example of a hack since the late 90s haha

[@RagggedTrouseredPhilanthropist]

Oh he cares...😂

[@gcw2007]

He calls it "fuck you money". Gross.

[@w0ven1]

Stool humping sounds hilarious if done right. Tig Notaro had a whole bit about pushing the stool that made me laugh more than anything I've seen. ​@@timpoolssentientbeanie5646

[@kafkaskitchen]

Did ari just forget kobes daughter died with him

[@jaytotheareokay]

Rapists probably shouldn't take their kids on helicopter rides.

[@switherell8]

No, he just doesn’t give a s$!t, only the liberal cancel culture cares about that.

[@the_crypter]

Ehh, If Hitler had died with his kids, would you be mourning ? (before any dumbfuck comes "omg, imagine comparing hitler to kobe", thats not the point) Ari is an idiot, but he wasn't wrong about Kobe. Hell, If Norm had said that, y'all would be on your knees sucking him off.

[@Spacemutha]

Love how in the still photo Bill Burr is leaning slightly away from the rest of the group like “WTF? Don’t take a pic of me with these hacks!”.

[@cococonlin170]

Rogan surrounds himself with unfunny comedians to make himself feel funny.

[@TheGeoffbonn]

Same way Trump surrounds himself with really dumb sycophants who make him feel smart and powerful

[@slartibartfast7921]

This is on point…. And gives them advice… if you can’t do, teach.

[@jaypickett3552]

Rogan is one of the worst stand ups I've ever seen. Mitzi Shore had a reputation for spotting talent but she got it wrong with him.

[@slartibartfast7921]

@@jaypickett3552 Maybe Pauly was particularly bad that night and actually made Rogan seem good.

[@TeamTimeRiders]

Joe opens for Dave Chappelle because Dave knows that after 30 minutes of Joe’s unfunny comedy, people will be begging for Dave to come out.

[@nicholasvallas9802]

Dave sucks too

[@mj.l]

@@nicholasvallas9802 dave got sucked into rogan's desperately unfunny universe of rich guy resentment and weird bigotry. disappointing, but dave made his choices - a bit like bill cosby - and it's his legacy he's shitting on.

[@Cymande82]

@mj.l Even Seinfeld joined the grift circuit, depressing. It’s not like that guy even needs the money.

[@susrev88]

@@mj.l GODDDAMN! is there anybody who doesn't shit on their legacy? early chappelle specials and the chappelle show was top notch. similarly to katt williams. all of the good standup that comes to my mind is from 10-20+ years ago OR some random youtube shorts about guys doing crowd work.

[@splash-qi5kn]

​@@nicholasvallas9802FACTS. So overrated

[@DynamiteProd]

Joey Diaz isn’t funny. He’s a boomer that says motha fucka and all these comedy fans that started watching comedy in 2020 clap their hands like regards.

[@bb-double-yuh]

Uh yeah; you don't know Joey Diaz. I can tell.

[@NA86737]

But if you talk about going to the bathroom Joe Rogan thinks you are hilarious

[@cbrownterry]

​@@bb-double-yuhnah that's Joey Diaz to a T maybe a add a few more stories about various scumbags he knew that go by names like Puerto Rican Pauly or some shit

[@bobsbuurgers3714]

​@@bb-double-yuhdefending celebrities (especially addicts you dont know) will always turn out badly. You don't even know him and he will never read this. Lmao

[@HeynowHeynowheynow]

@@bb-double-yuhhe sucks like all roganites

[@Alex-od7nl]

It was inevitable that the internet would destroy commercial creativity. We have just finally arrived at that time. Not just comedy, but film, music, writing---everything.

[@SteelKicker01]

EVERY job I've ever worked at has had at least someone funnier than all these people. They are SUCH imposter comedians.

[@aakkoin]

I've thought the same thing, any construction site or a warehouse has some really funny guys, and these "professional master comedians" are NEVER FUNNY?!

[@slicklol]

Yeah, there’s a big difference in being funny in your friend group and being professionally funny. There’s a reason the funny guy you know isn’t a comic. Because he’ll shit his pants in front of a crowd.

[@JesseVenturaHat]

​@@slicklol and all of these thin skinned hollywood dbag "comedians" can't even take the jokes that they dish out let alone criticism

[@robertnewell4054]

As Gen•Xr who grew up on George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Cheech & Chong, etc the closest these poltroons would’ve reached the Stage is as the Clean Up Crew, Environmental Technicians. Shmucks

[@deitrichhenderson2078]

All of those people suck. They're not funny

[@donmiller2908]

@@deitrichhenderson2078 Comedy is art and all art is subjective. A painting, a piece of music or a sculpture that elicits strong emotion from you makes the next guy wonder why that trash is even being shown to the public. I love Bill Burr, Anthony Jeselnik and Christopher TItus. No one else among my family or friends like them. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@JohnMaxGriffin]

If the “good ole days” are Carlin and Cheech & Chong, we’re doing pretty well lol

[@ryanbowen9718]

Carlin sucks eggs out of my ass

[@brendanmccormack8374]

@AlanHinsonLMFAO

[@toastbuster9050]

Theo, Tim, Shane and Mark are great. Several others have "funny guy at work" vibes at best

[@arthurrimbaud7287]

Rogan has nothing to do with Theo’s and Shane’s success. Theo was already becoming a hot commodity before he ever did the pod. And getting fired from SNL is what put Shane on the map. He caught fire shortly after.

[@cjnv48]

Normand is a like a bad 90s comic or if norm Macdonald was unfunny

[@alexe3354]

Not Tim but 3/4 ain't bad

[@brandoasan5639]

Those two are self made not Rogan made

[@priyogopalsingha3487]

​@@cjnv48 You are in a miniority of people who thinks he is not funny. Anyone who has watched a single interview of him would disagree or someone with a sense of humor. No one currently matches with him in podcasting.

[@mzhapa]

Ari is gross

[@THEPINAPPLEABLE]

(())

[@anall3l3]

He's a creep too

[@vTheHeroicIdeal]

And Jewish

[@Jerrycourtney]

@@vTheHeroicIdealoy vey

[@airsir9559]

@@Jerrycourtneythat’s not very kosher.

[@eMysterium]

The Roganverse also includes these male gossip KZbin channels.

[@ex0ja]

I dont listen to Rogan anymore but i am addicted to these channels haha

[@westsidecater]

Has Joe finally joined the ranks of the unfunny in the public mind after “Burn The Boats?”

[@mj.l]

the "public mind" is exceptionally dumb (especially the american part) so i wouldnt care too much about what they think. rogan's comedy career is definitely over though - no way in hell his ego (or management) would let him attempt that again in public. he'll become one of those guys who does "elite" standup specials to his "close friends" in private, and they'll all come on his boomer podcast and gloat about how funny their friend joe is

[@pakito546]

I just want Joe to come out the closet already, he’d be much happier.

[@jonq8714]

I love that Rogan stole material from Gringo Papi in his most recent "special", lol, what a clown.

[@pakito546]

Someone should Carlos mencia him

[@CapraObscura]

I still can't believe how much of a tw@ he is

[@webcityguy]

It’s like reaching into a toilet to reuse a piece of paper that wasn’t flushed from the guy before.

[@thetruthfromthefuture]

I don't want to be a hater, but goodness gracious, Rogans special was paaaaaainful. I'm actually embarrassed for him because it was pretty close Gringo Papi status.

[@itcouldbelupus2842]

It is very embarrassing

[@mynamejeffbigguy4u]

Meanwhile Theo Von just interviewed Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump

[@JStack]

The fact that’s what you’re referencing for a comedy podcast is wild lol

[@testing52009]

I was always puzzled by popularity of a guy taking a shirt off Bert Kreischer, it's like one joke told ten thousand times

[@izzytizzy1153]

Protect Our Parks should be Shane, Mark, Dan Soder and Sam Morril. Let Joe just produce it and have Ari work the door at the Mothership

[@raddastronaut]

Bill Burr looks so out of place. 9:50. He knows he’s the only one in that room who has ever and can work.

[@300thNPC]

Bill looking like he showed up for a contractual obligation 😂

[@condemnedpotbelly8491]

How.. How did we let Comedy get this unfunny...

[@drmantistoboggan2870]

another youtuber tackles the subject of the rogansphere 🎉

[@secard4202]

I feel like their success is all on the graves of Patrice O'neil, Greg Geraldo, etc, the O&A show. So many good comics gone, leaving a vacuum for the true sucky comics to shine brighter.

[@xanderhamilton4450]

Ari's Kobe joke was shocking, not funny

[@SombraCheeks]

yeah was not a joke, just mocking death and death of children. he is not funny

[@douggieharrison6913]

​@@SombraCheeksdudes like Louis CK joke about these things. It was just a shit joke

[@VIi726]

​@@SombraCheeks it hadn't even been announced that kids were on the helicopter when he did that, to be fair

[@ilikeRUNE]

Awww boohoo maggots

[@jaydaniels6172]

Ari definitely doesn't know the difference between shocking and funny.

[@harrydavey9884]

We're living in an era where people will outright defend the statement "Dave Chappelle is the greatest comedian of all time" despite he's had like 5 absolutely shockingly bad specials in a row. Killing Them Softly was amazing, but Dave SUCKS in general.

[@JohnnySplendid]

He gave up on writing jokes once he signed his Netflix deal. Now he just leans into the truth-teller shtick for the internet's dumbest reactionaries.

[@hachimachi3093]

Yeah Dave has been mediocre at best, downright diabolical at worst in the latter half of his career, but the early work he did was actually pretty decent whether you like him or not

[@teekandy]

Thank you ... joe talkin about comedy is as bad as someone saying chapelle is the best comedian ever and the goat

[@300thNPC]

Nah he still has crazy stage presence. He can captivate a crowd with ease.

[@thecanadakid7622]

@@hachimachi3093 I actually think the opposite, his stuff only got better, it's a different type of comedy his newer stuff is more toned down and mature,

[@ImportedAwesomeness]

2:00 Is joe rogan wearing eyeliner in that fear factor picture? 😂😂😂

[@PoeInTheDitch]

That's where JD Vance got it from

[@michaellaidler7143]

They all wear make up on TV

[@garrgravarr]

I'm Australian and had no idea what was going on over there. I kinda just thought that Americans had suddenly and inexplicably developed really bad taste...

[@tawandaJerry]

Joe has to admit that Ari is not funny at all

[@goldsteinism]

lol cope

[@timecode37]

His 'Jew' special is hilarious while not relying on edginess

[@BlanBonco]

I find him funny and i don't like Joe much. Never seen the Bryant clip 🤮 but he always seems mildly traumatized

[@satchelito1514]

You have to admit you’ve never watched his standup

[@the_crypter]

@@satchelito1514 Hes 'Jew' is good but for someone who is doing this for decades, thats not a very high bar is it. And stop defending Millionaire pieces of shit buddy, After 16, it's embarrasing. If you saw him the first thing he would do is probably spike your drink lmao

[@restlesscow2137]

That honest conversation joe had with Brendan. Someone needs to do that for Joe about his stand up

[@man8774]

JRE is literally Logan Paul's Impaulsive podcast but for middle-aged men with male pattern baldness.

[@Big_Dip1]

One of the few barometers for how sane someone is that i have is if they think Joe Rogan is funny lol

[@TIENxSHINHAN]

I don't know if it was intentional or not but around 9:40 you slipped into a subtle Southern accent before you started talking about Theo Von and that made me giggle

[@DynamiteProd]

Redbar is watching

[@Duketheuntouchable]

Don't say his name 😳

[@B77548]

People still make this comment eh

[@Coloradiohead]

The list of fools grows every day

[@gregkis]

@@DynamiteProd you're so gay. I love redbar but would never type this retarded comment

[@Bogeyman19DidNotScareMyAss]

@@B77548of course cause Redbar rules

[@eyork916]

Theo and Shane are legit funny that’s all.

[@silas6740]

tony imo too

[@kevinmccarty4242]

Now I know why there are so many unfunny yet still famous comedians out there.

[@evanstucke4827]

interesting thing to note: when danny brown was on jre, joe rogan was pressuring him to do stand up the same day of recording pretty much the whole podcast. Interesting to think that danny could have possibly been aware of the joe rogan effect

[@wizzelhoart]

He diluted rational thinking too

[@jaytotheareokay]

Now all you need is incredulity and a meme to make an argument.

[@mj.l]

diluted? he shat on the entire concept by infecting his audience with magical conspiracy theorist confirmation bias. the LAST thing rogan teaches his fans is media literacy or critical thinking skills - it's the exact opposite. "listen to this rich 'expert' drone on for hours about nothing to make you feel less alone and isolated" is not how people learn or improve themselves.

[@TheMusicRoomWA]

Theo and Shane are the funniest by far

[@puckerings]

Low fucking bar.

[@nicholasvallas9802]

Both terrible

[@TheMusicRoomWA]

@@nicholasvallas9802 who do you like?

[@teekandy]

​@@nicholasvallas9802 if u think shane is not funny you retarded

[@danke1150]

@@nicholasvallas9802 Gillis is funny.

[@mitchfletch]

It's so fuckin annoying when Theo is doing a bit and Joe just does not understand it

[@darraghtate440]

What's particularly funny is that Berts story at 04:57 actually sounds like living the dream, and I was shocked that it was viewed as a negative

[@dlc435]

Dave Smith. His comedy is literally him stating his political views with a laughline.

[@private755]

Spiking someone’s drink with Molly is so fked.

[@spaffron4285]

Not acid or anything that can go south on you or last forever. No one has ever had a bad experience on it other than maybe wanting more in a few hours I don't see the problem

[@neilkenobi]

“Put your toe holds on…” 😂😂😂

[@hdrjunkie]

I don’t look at Rogan as a comedian, I see him more of a pod cast king and an entertainer.

[@donaldshotts4429]

Podcast is usually good and it's hilarious when he talks about bears, chimps etc attacking people, but he's not a comedian

[@eldenfindley186]

Used to be. JRE went downhill

[@CableReadyTechnoSIut]

Shane is actually a legit comic. Theo isn’t a comic, but he’s a seemingly genuine and funny entertainer. Ditto Joey Diaz or he wouldn’t have had previous Hollywood work imo. The rest are pretty much insufferable.

[@needfoolthings]

12:00 This shows how dumb Rogan really is. It shocks me every time I see it.

[@doctorcrumb]

? He was not joking... lol

[@butter_nut1817]

Tbh, I think Callen needed to hear that. He was exaggerating for the bit but there's numerous clips of him trying to be a tough guy

[@sammihaka2056]

Ari spiking Bert with a Mollie; how very Roman Polanski of him. Somebody else may need an S.A. exam kit.

[@numa2k147]

Really ironic

[@johns1625]

Joey Diaz is astonishingly unfunny. He doesn't ever say anything interesting beyong "ey I'm stoned like a motha fucka gotta take a fat shIt eyy." He's also been described as "The Harvey Weinstein of the Comedy Store" by both Joe and Ari.

[@gcw2007]

I did enjoy his story about the nun. Maybe that says more about me. 😂

[@mackjones8409]

Joey seems to get a pass, I think him and Bert are 1 & 1A as far as the worst

[@soccorsimon69]

He has interesting stories and tells them in a way that is funny and unique to most people unfamiliar with that style, leagues ahead of Bert, segura, callen etc

[@StewartLucrative]

He's only funny to people that are not from the northeast have never been around people from the Northeast before. A close friend of mine was from New York growing up, he had about five uncles that were exactly like Joey diaz.

[@x316RiotMakerx]

3:13 isn’t Ari the amazing racist from many years ago?

[@DedrickLamar]

Yes

[@TheYellowSnoman]

Joe is a good honest guy.... Nobody deserves more success Even if i don't find him funny, i find him genuine and sincere which is rare in today's world

[@itheuserfirst3186]

You beautiful summer child. 😆

[@Ethanoneverythingstwin]

I laugh more when Joe has comedians on his podcast than watching most Netflix comedy specials

[@DrSpoculus]

Rogan, the arbiter of funny. 😂

[@spaffron4285]

Norm Macdonald wasn't even funny he was never on JRE

[@DrSpoculus]

@spaffron4285 exactly 💯

[@jeffodabear]

I genuinely don't find Ari funny. I can get down with shock comedy, but there needs to be a humorous aspect of it. Ari doesn't say funny things, he just says or does the most jarring thing he can think of. He's an edge lord by profession. The dude just sucks. I've watched all of his specials, and only laughed a time or 2 in each. He's also always the worst part of Protect Our Parks. I'd rather Bert was a part of it instead.

[@stephengrigg5988]

Have you seen his special "Jew"? I feel like it's hard hard to be objective without saying that's a well constructed special, but if you watched it and still think the guy is a talentless comedian than more power to you

[@timmysvensson4902]

​@@stephengrigg5988yeah he isnt that good podcast guest or sketch comedy guy, neither is he a great personality. But alas his stand up comedy is usually funny, jew was really cool special

[@stephengrigg5988]

@@timmysvensson4902 he actually kinda surprises me as a guest a lot of the time. It's probably just because he portrays such a brash obnoxious douche, that it's surprising when he gives genuinely thoughtful and empathetic answers or perspectives. When he's not trying so hard to play a character, I think he's interesting.

[@jeffmccloud905]

His special "Jew" is shockingly good. His others are mid at best, but I couldn't believe how good "Jew" was. I've watched it a half dozen times.

[@bunnyluver2176]

I'd rather not see Ari or Bort in the public eye ever again

[@paullebon323]

Joe used to put Ari and Joey Diaz up in the same hotels that he stayed at, and take them to the five star steak houses where he ate. NO ONE does that for an opener or a middle.

[@Ok_Thanks]

Nobody is saying he’s a cheap person. As a matter of fact, they address it early on in saying that Joe takes care of his friends. The problem is everything else.

[@paullebon323]

@@Ok_Thanks There is no problem with Joe, woketard.

[@JStack]

1:10 whatever stat tracker that was is incorrect. Ari has been on several fight companions

[@wakkawakkagaming3710]

If Katt Williams said I’d never been funny after years of trying in comedy, idk I might become an accountant

[@teekandy]

God bless for katt saying this .. i wish he would have said more

[@andymore62]

Joey Diaz is not funny. He just screams in his big East Coast Goomba voice, and people lose their mind over it.

[@tekkaman65535]

Testicle Testaments is a great listen

[@diegomagellan]

He’s Cuban though

[@andymore62]

@@diegomagellan He’s a fat guy from New Jersey. They all sound the same.

[@BB-848-VAC]

blue cheese with wings or go fuck your mother. matter fact leave the blue cheese

[@feliloki7]

ari's peace through superior firepower uzi shirt is actually revolting, especially in light of the current circumstances

[@Alex-cw3rz]

Shock humour is the easiest and only appeals to teenagers and people with minds of teenagers.

[@priyogopalsingha3487]

You wouldn't then like any legendary comedians like burr, Jeselnik, etc.

[@teekandy]

Ari shaffir whole act

[@Samsgarden]

Peterson, Rogan, Shapiro, Friedman, Harris...we're all being gaslit.

[@rhidiandavies1991]

On the Callan bit where he was pretending to be an over-the-top tough guy - I think Joe really struggles with self depricating humour because he takes himself so seriously. Even when he talks about comedy, a famously silly industry, he calls it "art", "the craft", and refers to himself as a "comic" rather than a "comedian". I'm not saying comedy isn't an artform, but Joe is more concerned with being taken seriously as an artist than making people laugh. Callan's bit required him to exaggerate a persona that he knew was in direct conflict with his image and ability to fight, i.e. it reuired that he had a degree of self-awareness and humility, but Joe has neither trait and can't seem to pick up on that kind of humour.

[@opegamin]

Having Shane and Mark in this is some next level dumb shit

[@itsnotme987]

They suck too lol

[@NA86737]

Mark Normand is basically put words together and lay on the autistic

[@microppgaming6971]

@@itsnotme987>My toddler came out as trans

[@Shredddddy]

theyre all hacks

[@ANTIStraussian]

​@@itsnotme987mark and Shane are good.

[@bb-double-yuh]

At least Shane Gillis and Joey Diaz is funny (the latter has been doing comedy and acting a long time, but absolutely blew up on JRE).

[@DynamiteProd]

Joey Diaz isn’t funny. He makes low iq people laugh by telling stories of raping chicks and saying motha fucka

[@SkepticalMantisCHANNEL10]

REDBAR'S WATCHING

[@bb-double-yuh]

​@@SkepticalMantisCHANNEL10 Redban, Tony Hinchcliffe, Mark Normand, etc. There's a lot more comedians Joe promotes who are funny than we realize.

[@alexkruse36]

Diaz is a rapist

[@anon2427]

@@bb-double-yuhEveryone in Tony’s show is funnier than him

[@apuapustaja4444]

Dude, Joey Diaz is NOT funny lol. That's crazy. He just tells stories where he yells and says the f-word a lot.

[@James_St._James]

That's New Jersey comedy. You have to laugh at their jokes or else they do something violent to you.

[@thesnagglewolf]

Joe being a "comedian" and not understanding when one of his own friends is doing a bit really sums him up.

[@MRblazedBEANS]

Funny thing is burt said the machine story first on Dr. Drews show he used to have. Drew even said he need to tell that story on stage its literally recorded like 6 months befoe he told it on rogan, and rogan told him to do it on stage. So truth me told Dr. Drew made burt who he is today....

[@nicholasvallas9802]

Ok. Dr drew sucks too. They all need to disappear.