Name: Joe Rogan Experience #2053 - Danny & Michael Philippou
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Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Joe Rogan Experience #2053 - Danny & Michael Philippou' from PowerfulJRE on Comedy Buff. Published 2023-10-27. Transcript available.

Joe Rogan Experience #2053 - Danny & Michael Philippou

Joe Rogan Podcast, check it out.
The Joe Rogan Experience.
Dream by day, Joe Rogan Podcast by night, all day.
What's up?
Hello, hello, hello.
Pleasure to meet you guys.
Nice to meet you too.
Oh my God, we're live.
Ladies and gentlemen.
Introduce yourselves to everybody.
I'm Danny Filippo.
It's my clone, Michael.
You guys are not clones.
Oh, well.
Yeah, there's a big difference, isn't there?
Danny acts like we look...
Well, we're identical twins.
Mirror Image twins.
Michael's the dumb twin.
The unreliable twin.
Danny's the arrogant twin.
I wouldn't say that.
But ladies and gentlemen, we're here on the Joe Rogan Experience.
I'm so...
Yeah, like a...
It's very surreal.
I'm fanboying, yeah.
We've got young Jamie over there.
We might pull some things up.
And we're going to talk about DMT and elk meat.
Did you guys prepare for this?
No.
Yeah, we were writing last night.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I don't know, yeah.
Michael's like, we're going to be in the Joe Rogan Podcast.
And all of your guests are really smart.
I feel like people will be dumber by listening to us.
There's a lot of dumb ones, too.
Don't worry about it.
Okay.
That'll be the playlist we're in.
So, tell me about you guys, the background.
First of all, how did it come that you made that movie?
Well, we've always wanted to make films ever since we were, like, little kids.
Is that your first, like, real film?
That was our first proper production.
That fucking movie was awesome.
It was so weird that you posted about it.
How did you hear about it?
I was just flipping through, I think I was just flipping through, like, the
current movies
on Apple, on Apple TV.
Yeah.
And I saw, my daughter loves horror movies.
And so we like to watch horror movies together.
And I was like, let's try this one.
And we watched a preview and she was like, oh, it's good.
And then I watched it.
I was like, that is a really good original movie.
Fuck yeah.
It's fucking scary as shit.
Oh, man.
It's crazy.
It wasn't like any other movie.
It wasn't like, oh, this is, like, 28 days later.
Or, oh, this is, like, The Exorcist.
No.
It's, like, very original.
Yeah.
It's something we've been, like, building towards making a movie for forever.
Like, and we've been writing scripts forever as well.
We had a YouTube channel.
So we started off, like, making stuff as little kids.
We've been obsessed since we were seven years old with, like, making stuff.
Even before filming, we'd just draw movie covers and shit like that and pretend
we're,
we'd, like, play, act through a movie and look at the time and, like, act for
90 minutes
and then draw the cover for that.
Like, we were loser kids.
Yeah.
That was, that was, that was, that was, that's creative.
Yeah.
I remember even in primary school, they had to bring my mom in.
They're, like, we're really concerned about Danny because I would draw the most
violent,
fucked up, you know, movie covers or just, just, like, someone getting split in
half
trying to figure out different ways that I could kill these stick figures or,
you know.
Yeah.
Like, it was, like, and then, like, we had a group of friends around the same
age, like,
12, 15 kids, same age in the neighborhood.
Yeah.
And we'd do two things together.
We'd beat the shit out of each other, like, backyard wrestling.
And then we'd do, uh, make movies.
And, like, that's why, if our friends wanted to hang out with us, they had to
do it.
Like, I feel bad for them.
And then, like, they'd come together and we'd just fuck each other up.
And then we'd, like, film movies and stuff.
So you've always been interested in some kind of filming and something.
And so you started off with a YouTube channel?
Yeah.
Well, initially, we were just making stuff with friends.
We made up a TV show.
It was called To Muffy.
96 episodes.
And where was that?
That was just...
It always says it's a TV show.
It was never on TV.
It was on our TV.
It was on our TV.
We would play it for our friend's older sister, Nelly.
And we would just premiere it for her.
And as we got older, all of our friends were growing out of it.
And we're like, why are you still doing this?
It's really immature.
Everyone was growing up, getting jobs, getting girlfriends.
And we were still trying to make movies.
Yeah, we'd organize, like, a big weekend with everyone.
But everyone was 18.
Like, in Australia, you could go out when you're 18.
And we're like, look, guys, we've organized this weekend filming.
Like, trying to organize all these people.
And they're like, oh, no, I'm fucking going out.
Like, I'm fucking doing this shit.
And then, like, yeah, we had to...
We were doing a media course, like, after high school.
Didn't know what...
Like, we're like, oh, let's just pursue this thing.
Even though film industry...
Film isn't a thing in Australia.
So we're just filming stuff.
It's a thing, but it's not...
No one looks at it again.
Like, there's no entertainment scene.
It's not like L.A.
It's not like L.A.
Where you go...
First time we went to L.A.
And everyone's talking about scripts.
You're like, holy fuck, it's like a real...
It feels like a different world, almost.
Or an impossible job.
Yeah.
Because at school, if you're like, oh, I want to be a filmmaker.
Teachers are like, what?
You need to be an electrician.
I remember that was one of our teachers, like, you should be an electrician, or
you've got
to pick a trade.
Because it just seems...
It seems impossible.
You know, as a kid, it seems impossible to...
Yeah.
But I was like, pre-YouTube sort of stuff.
And then, like, we were doing...
Like, I was doing, like, just, like, work experience jobs on movies just to get
experience.
Like, because no one will turn...
No one will ever turn away, like, a free pair of hands.
And I'd always be like, oh, come on set for free.
Just let me...
I just want to, like...
I want to see everything, how things work.
So I worked with all different departments.
And a lot of people that we worked with, we used on our movie.
Because I remember, like, the ones that were, like, there for a reason.
Like, they're, like, excited to be there.
Versus the ones that were, like, you know, like, depressed and, like, don't
really want
to be there.
It's just, like, a paycheck thing.
So, like, I remember, like, certain people, caterers, grips, all from different
departments.
And I was like, I'm going to use these people when we do a movie.
Cultivate the good ones.
Yeah, because, like, on a film set, like, when it's, like, the crew morale is
so big.
Like, if you have, like, everyone clashing and working against each other, it's
most fucked.
Oh, but that being said, I think we did piss off crew a whole bunch of times an
hour.
Maybe.
Because it was supposed to be an eight-week shoot.
It turned to a five.
But anyway, you're skipping ahead, man.
Oi, I'm just saying.
But yeah, so we went to...
Wait, before that, so we had to finish this series that we did.
And no one wanted to do it anymore.
Everyone had grown out of it.
So we started just finding different ways to express ourselves.
We could never get a normal job.
So my only paid job I ever did was, yeah, medical trials, checking into
hospitals and testing out drugs that weren't on the market yet.
Whoa.
Yeah.
You did that?
Yeah, I did that for two years.
What did they test out on you?
I stopped listening.
You know, I was like, whatever.
You just let them try it?
Yeah, yeah.
That would tell me that, like, oh, this could happen, this could happen.
And I was like, just give me whatever.
I don't give a fuck.
Just give me some money.
Danny would have crazy, like, side effects.
Like, it was, like, yellow once.
Yeah, it's like yellow now.
Yeah, yeah.
But he was, like, once he was, like, well, we have ADHD, we have always shaking.
But Danny was, like, once he was, like, this.
Like, I went to visit him, he was doing, like, shaking.
And I was, like, you're right.
I was, like, yeah, side effect of the drug.
Anyway, it was, like, muscle tremors all up through my arms.
So I just couldn't physically.
Yeah, I just couldn't.
What was that drug?
I literally, dude, I did not listen to her.
They would tell me.
They would send all these big pamphlets.
And we'd have to sign a bunch of shit.
But I would never listen.
I would never know what I was there for.
I would never do this, by the way.
Did you have any concern about doing that?
No, I was more excited to get some cash.
How old were you at the time?
18.
Yeah, that's the problem.
Yeah, yeah.
You shouldn't let 18-year-olds make that decision.
Yeah, 18 to 20 is when I did it.
Well, it was a way for you to, like, write and meet, like, people.
Because there's a lot of interesting people that would go through there.
But I just hate injections, so I don't know.
I also did try and get over my fear for injection.
Because once they, like, administer the drug, they have to, like, get your
blood every 15 minutes.
So, like, they'd put the cannulas in their arm, in your arm, and they'd just
keep taking out blood, taking out blood, and just testing whether or not things
would go wrong.
What was the worst side effect you got?
He grew a third eye.
Oh, fuck off.
No, I didn't.
I remember they were administering it with, like, a cannula.
It was a drip.
They were dripping the injection, the drug in.
And it was really fucking hurting.
And usually it doesn't hurt.
Usually I just, like, take it or they would administer it, and I didn't really
feel anything.
But it was painful.
And it was hurting.
It was hurting.
I was like, oh, God.
She's like, are you all right?
I'm like, yeah, yeah, it's okay.
It's okay.
You can keep, yeah.
And I was like, oh, fuck, that really drills.
It was like, felt like someone was punching my arm.
Did they miss the vein?
No, no.
And go into the tissue?
It was like, whatever happened was my whole arm went parallel.
And I was like, dude, I can't feel my hand.
I can't move my hand.
She's like, all right, well, just squeeze my finger.
She put her finger there.
Tell her to try and squeeze it.
And I'm like, oh, I literally can't do it.
So she said that.
They're like, all right, quickly take the drug out.
And they took the drug out.
And I was just sort of sitting there with a paralyzed arm.
And it probably sat there for like an hour.
And once the drug had worn off, I got my feeling back.
And you don't remember what that drug was?
Fuck, I'm so sorry.
I really, I could dig it off my emails probably, but yeah.
How many different drugs are they trying you?
Well, I did it for two, three years.
Over 10 drugs, I'd say, different things I tried.
It was like, you go in there for like, batches of like four.
See, I was doing the work experience and said, mine was free.
So Danny would do the stuff that got the money.
Yeah.
Well, that.
Whatever that was.
The longest time I was in hospital for, it could range from three days in
hospital to two months.
So, oh yeah, one time I was in there for two months.
For what?
For the drugs.
So you just stayed in the hospital for two months while they administered drugs?
Yeah, yeah.
And then they pretty much just wait to see what the side effects are going to
be.
And you have to sleep in the hospital and stay there?
Yeah, you just stay there overnight.
How much do they pay you for something like that?
150 bucks a day, 120 bucks a day.
Between Australia.
So what is that?
100 US or something like that.
Less than that.
Yeah, $90 USD a day.
For months.
Yeah, one to two months.
Wait, wait, wait.
No, it is crazy.
Like, there was that famous case.
I don't know if it was in where it was, but the patients, because they do it
like in a row,
they'll test one person, then half an hour later, test another, then another,
right?
And then people started dying off.
And like, then he was like, going down the line.
Because like, someone died half an hour later, they died.
That was like a freaking...
Imagine being the last guy.
And they go in, they go, look.
Yeah, you're about to fucking die.
Yeah, look, no, there's this side effect.
How many people died?
Well, I don't know what story speci