The guest
Adam Ray: Stand-up comedian, actor and podcaster best known for his Dr. Phil impression on Kill Tony; owns a comedy club and recently filmed a Netflix live special.
What this episode covers
Adam Ray recaps the Kill Tony arena shows at Madison Square Garden, including surprise appearances and his Dr. Phil bit that has become a fan favorite. He and Rogan dig into the modern comedy boom, Andrew Dice Clay's underrated artistry, and the terror and reward of doing live specials. The conversation wanders through pool obsession, Earl Strickland impressions, Adam's documentary about a paralyzed athlete named Doug, and a long riff on fur versus leather. They close with tangents on video games, hurricanes, Florida swingers, Legionnaires' disease, school bullying, and AI parody.
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The Day the Laughter Died
Andrew Dice Clay
“you want to be a real dice fan you listen to the day the laughter died”
“then listen to the day the laughter died you want to be a real dice fan you listen to the day the laughter died it's 2 hours long”— Joe Rogan
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Dice Rules
Andrew Dice Clay
“you got to go oh dice rules you and then listen to the day the laughter died you want to be a real dice fan”— Joe Rogan
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Mortal Kombat
Midway
“my buddy had a Sega and we played Mortal Kombat and I remember just being like what is happening right now”— Adam Ray
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Street Fighter
Capcom
“We went from Street Fighter which is you know throwing uh you know harats and whatnot and then just ripping a guy's stuff off”— Adam Ray
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Quake
id Software
“it's like playing Quake is too awesome it's crazy fastpaced you're shooting rockets at people they're electricution you to death it's nuts”— Joe Rogan
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Halo
Bungie
“I've only played um Halo a handful of times my uh younger brother is pretty obsessed but he's really good”— Adam Ray
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Population One
BigBox VR
“the game he plays that population one so it's a VR shooter so he's running around with VR goggles on”— Joe Rogan
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Red Dead Redemption
Rockstar Games
“what is it red dead Red Dead Redemption right yeah where you can like take someone and tie a noose to their neck and drag them on your horse”— Joe Rogan
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Grand Theft Auto
Rockstar Games
“how much money has Grand Theft Auto generated I mean that has got to be one of the most popular games of all”— Joe Rogan
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Twister
Jan de Bont
“You see Twister no I didn't I didn't see the new I saw the old one I heard the new one's good it's wild”— Joe Rogan
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We've Got Issues
Phil McGraw
“I go chapter 25 if you come too much you're going to lose your ability to see the world so I'm like finding ways to like plug the book”— guest
Big reveals from this episode
- Adam pitched Tony Hinchcliffe on bringing the Dr. Phil advice character to Kill Tony, and Tony immediately agreed.
- Adam brought both Post Malone and Tucker Carlson onto Kill Tony totally impromptu, with no advance plan.
- Adam initially said no to a Netflix live special before talking himself into it because it scared him.
- Adam directed his first documentary, 'Doug,' about a paralyzed lifeguard turned Paralympic world champion, posted free on his YouTube channel.
- Adam plugs Dr. Phil's book on every Kill Tony episode and fans now bring copies to his club dates to be signed.
- Joe describes how working on the TV show News Radio dampened his enthusiasm for stand-up until Dice told him to go on the road.
Worth remembering
- The Kill Tony Garden episode reached 16 million views, dwarfing late-night shows.
- Stephen Colbert leads late-night with about 2.5 million viewers, ahead of Kimmel and Fallon.
- Andrew Dice Clay's 'The Day the Laughter Died' was a two-hour album of him deliberately bombing, produced by Rick Rubin.
- Earl Strickland, a legendary pool player, wears ankle weights on his wrists and shooting goggles while playing.
- Grand Theft Auto has generated over 8.5 billion dollars.
- A 2023 California spa, Zen Day Spa in Contra Costa, was the source of a Legionnaires' disease outbreak that killed two people.
- Legionnaires' disease is named after a 1976 pneumonia outbreak at an American Legion convention in Philadelphia.
- During Hurricane Irma it took up to 56 hours on the road for some Floridians to evacuate.
- Texas Highway 146 dumped 600,000 people into a county of only 70,000 residents during a hurricane evacuation.
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