Rock I I I remember Chris was in Vegas and I went to see him with Nicholson and Jim Brooks and we were sitting there and Nicholson was laughing his ass off and I had that thought you just had I was just going rock is so cool that people fly an hour like where is he let me go see him they sit back and laugh and I going [ __ ] rock you really are stud man oh yeah the bring the pain days bigger and Blacker and bring the pain to the greatest specials of all time unbelievable flawless flawless yeah yeah he's a badass I I talked to rock yesterday just for like 10 minutes or something and we got really excited about standup again I go you you're right and he goes I kind of am I kind like he can't stop when he was doing his tour he's like I need a break blah blah blah he just did like a year on the road or some [ __ ] and then he's right back to like got some ideas got some [ __ ] think that's a good way to do it take a little break and just refresh your mind so you're not running stale you know cuz he did a live special too his live special was I loved it yeah and it was also like the buildup because of getting slapped by Will Smith and all that crazy [ __ ] yeah I think that was like the best thing that ever happened to him because then he became like wild again like his stand up was like outrageous like it was like the rock of old it that that night was like watching a Super Bowl you were just like what what's it's a live event holy the man he was a badass and I think he had some white [ __ ] on and he looked cool as you waiting for him to talk about it and then he got to it and he got excited well he didn't talk about it for a while on stage like he would tell people if you think I'm going to talk about it I'm not yeah yeah yeah he wanted to be ready and he wanted to really think about what he was going to say and how to say that's because of where we are in life where anything you say is on the internet the next day so he's like I got to be careful and not blow this [ __ ] also they would ruin the bits cuz people would just tell the bits and then it wasn't even ready yet yeah exactly cuz if you have a lifechanging event like getting slapped at the Oscars in this most Preposterous scenario the whole thing was Preposterous I think for him it was also a wakeup call like hey these [ __ ] don't really care about me in that moment yeah yeah they didn't protect me nobody stopped it he went back and sat down and then he got an award afterwards and got a standing ovation what the is going on wasn't weird yeah because you want you always want to be that guy who's hosting the Oscars and who's starring in the big movies and that's what everybody wanted everybody wanted to be the big movie star but then you realize like well these people are you know like what did you do how did you set this up how come nobody tackled him that was a weird moment yeah it like a guy just showing his ass like you just pulled your pants down showed the world your ass like why did you do that he probably does he probably wakes up in the middle middle of the night going why did I do that that whole thing would sucks Beyond it was almost like a guy who doesn't know how normal people act thinking this is what you're supposed to do go smack that guy it got it became just just went to a place that he couldn't get out of yeah and started it and and still there he's still there in in everybody's mind when you see Will Smith oh he slapped Chris Rock that's like immed not I am Legend not Muhammad Ali not insanely good movies guy's an incredible actor absolutely he's been in so many Banger movies he's a Blockbuster movie star and people see him they go oh he slapped Chris Rock that guy sucks God damn it sucks man if yeah it's it follows you around it sucks but uh but my man uh Rock and the the keneson like and the that [ __ ] when you when you spread that happens like one every 8 years or something where somebody becomes this [ __ ] yeah that every now and then someone pops through and it elevates all of us yes everybody that gets to see it they go oh my God I want to be better I want to write more yeah when I used to see Chris at the store yeah whenever Chris would come in um and he' do a set I'd watch and I'd be like oh my God I remember one time I was in in the back of the room and this comic stood in front like while I was watching Chris he's like dude I got to get on your podcast I'm like you got to get the away from me I'm watching Chris Rock why AR you watching Chris Rock he's one of the greats and he's on stage right now and you're talking to me holy [ __ ] get the out of here that's so funny man that guy's never been on my podcast this day like get out of here you ruined a moment get the out of here dude is he he rock is NE never wasted a minute on stage always trying [ __ ] out always either notebook or just trying to remember or whatever never got uh tense with the crowd just was like they're not liking this but I'm liking it so going to keep going well he would do this thing where he would go on stage and he would just have raw premises and he was so comfortable with total silence yes yes yes where it wasn't going well and then he would catch fire and then start killing yeah man and then they like oh it is Chris Rock and then it would go right back he was like using them as like a sounding board and he would tell them like I'm I'm practicing you know the same I remember one time he went on somebody killed and he went on and the first thing he said hold on relax it ain't going to be that funny right right right told them it's not to be that fun Cal down exactly I'm working on some [ __ ] but that's how you develop a a monster hour you have to start off with building a structure and get a foundation yeah you [ __ ] even your first night of the Tour by the last night you go now that's my act now yes the friends who saw you the first two nights you're like wish you would have seen me for right couple weeks later I had I figured out that bit yeah you don't want anybody to see you when you're doing a workout set like get the out of here oh man this is a workout set this could be terrible this could end badly especially when a buddy sees you eat it like that what a feeling yeah there's no Dismount here yeah yeah it's like it's interesting how those guys like like a guy like rock or Kennison or Louie or anybody who's just like really killing it yeah it elevates everybody around you yeah everybody everybody gets a little better because of that because you get inspired I I think Rock was on stage and just killed one time and I remember John Stewart who was probably 24 at the time I I think I was like 18 or or 20 or whatever our age differen is John stew goes I I don't want I I quit I don't want like he's just like God damn that's good man well you know that's what Eric Clapton said when he saw Jimmy Hendricks yeah he saw Jimmy Hendricks he's like what am I doing am I doing you feel like a phony after you see that great [ __ ] yeah for