Name: Marlon "Chito" Vera on His "Awkward" Tattoo, Getting Tattooed by Mister Cartoon
Uploaded: 2021-12-15T18:53:54.000Z
Description: Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Marlon "Chito" Vera on His "Awkward" Tattoo, Getting Tattooed by Mister Cartoon' from PowerfulJRE on Comedy Buff. Published 2021-12-15. Transcript available.

Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Marlon "Chito" Vera on His "Awkward" Tattoo, Getting Tattooed by Mister Cartoon' from PowerfulJRE on Comedy Buff. Published 2021-12-15. Transcript available.

The Joe Rogan Experience
Legends of tattooing. He's one of the biggest.
Yeah. We did one sit and that was painful.
That kicked my ass.
Is the back more painful than the arms?
Oh yeah.
Really?
The arms are easy.
Yeah, the arms are pretty easy.
I basically, you feel it, but you're not crying on my back.
You were crying?
Not crying, but about to.
There were points that my arm were shaking.
Really?
Without me moving it.
Wow.
See, it's weird what parts hurt, because the elbow hurts a lot.
Like the inside of the elbow, that shit hurts a lot.
I was like, I thought that was numb.
Because you think about how many times you hit things with your elbows, it
doesn't hurt at all.
I crack heads with elbows, but the little ink, it will make you pay.
It's crazy.
It's weird.
I have my full leg, a dragon, top to bottom of my leg.
That's also awful.
Really?
Leg is awful?
Like some parts, like some parts in the tide where the sun don't goes.
Where the sun doesn't go.
You know what's funny about my leg tattoo?
When this guy was tattooing my inner tide, he was pushing my balls aside so he
can ink.
Right.
And I was like...
He's touching your balls.
Kind of.
He was pushing them away.
Well, he's touching them.
A little bit.
And this is, you know what's the crazy part?
When I was there, I was just like, because normally I get tattooed right after
a fight, because that's my rest time.
And I was just thinking, this is painful.
This is awkward.
I was just like thinking about like, what's worse?
The guy pushing my dick away or the pain right there, because it was so painful
that I was like, wow, I'm hurting.
Well, the guy pushing your dick away is just weird.
No, but...
That's not painful, right?
It's not painful, but it's very weird.
It's painful in a way.
It's weird.
It's weird as if it feels good.
You're like, damn, this is enjoyable.
Yeah.
You just start going like...
You don't want that.
That would be a problem.
Or maybe you do.
Maybe you do.
No, it doesn't happen.
Not for you, but for some people.
Happens.
Yeah.
But I was like, that, it was painful and awkward.
That was hard.
It was hard too.
I was just like, please finish that part quick.
So, who did your leg?
This guy called Mark Nava.
Yeah.
He's really good in Japanese style.
And he's like a mile from my house.
Oh, wow.
In Costa Mesa.
Oh, well, Costa Mesa, that whole...
Los Angeles, that whole Southern California area is amazing for tattoos.
Yeah.
And I've been lucky most of my tattoos.
You know, some people got some tattoos that they're like, they just get it
because they want tattoos.
Right.
They're shit.
Yeah.
I'm lucky.
Even with everything I got in Ecuador, it's just clean.
And it's all what I want.
How much of it did you get in Ecuador?
I get basically all this arm.
Mark Nava did just the snake and the spider in the back.
Then the rest is all in Ecuador.
All this arm is in Ecuador, besides the hand.
This is Sean Tupper, another good guy around in Costa Mesa area.
Then my back, Mr. Cartoon.
Having a back piece like your back piece, we just filmed it.
We just took a video of it before the podcast.
But Mr. Cartoon, that guy's a legend.
Of all my tattoos, that's number one.
How hard was it to get in with him?
Well, every time, he's kind of like he works with Ruka, with the brand.
Oh, okay.
So he comes visit Pat all the time.
So every time he comes around, I'm like, come on, dude.
Come on, dude.
Get me in.
And he's like, he's pretty chill, you know.
Is he?
And yeah, he's pretty cool.
And then he's like, okay, talk to my assistant.
And I just harass the fuck out of this guy.
I'm like, yo, get me in.
And basically, he wasn't tattooing during the pandemic.
He wasn't doing nothing.
Really?
And that was his first tattoo back.
Oh, wow.
So he's just chilling?
He's just chilling.
Wow.
I guess he can chill at this point, right?
Oh, yeah.
He's a bad motherfucker.
He's a bad motherfucker.
He don't need to tattoo more people.
No.
So I'm glad he tattooed me.
That's amazing that he did.
Yeah.
When you get a guy like that, I mean, God, he's just a legend.
He's a legend.
And I'm going to keep finishing my back because I got spots in the sides.
I'm going to finish with him.
Did you do it at his studio?
Yeah, in Santa Monica.
Does he have pictures on his walls of all the people that he's tattooed?
Dude, when I was there, I was tripping.
There's like Eminem in one side.
There's all the art they have.
They have like a barber shop that he owns next, like literally next door.
And the seats are like from the 80s, like original, paint by him.
I was like, wow, this guy's tattooing me.
Wow.
So when I get to the shop, he's like, you want to smoke?
I'm like, fuck yeah.
He give me a joint of this.
I don't know why he's smoking.
And I was like, bro, this is a strong.
It's pure gasoline, brother.
Pure gasoline.
When he started tattooing me, I was just like, I was way too high.
I was way too high.
It's sensitive when you're high, right?
Do you feel it more?
Oh, I was, that's why I was freaking out.
Yeah.
When I'm drinking though, drinking, you know, barely feel shit.
I never drink doing tattoo.
Really?
Ever.
I have.
I might start doing that now.
Yeah, it's a good move.
Because it dulls the pain quite a bit.
I definitely smoke all the time I get a tattoo.
I think that would hurt.
Oh, it hurt.
More.
Yeah.
Because you're like, you're super sensitive when you're high.
You're sensitive and then you're like, you feel your heart going up.
Yeah.
And then the pain hurts.
And then, because sometimes when I'm sober, my heart goes high because your
body's going
through some shit.
Yeah, man.
Your body's also like, hey, bitch, run away from this pain.
Why are you sitting still?
When I get my neck done, that was when I was like, I need to get the fuck out
of here.
How is the neck the most painful?
The throat is pretty fucked up.
Every time you swallow, good luck.
Yeah.
Right?
And they're getting in there.
And then my head was falling from the fucking table.
Oh, because you have to lean back.
Yeah.
Right?
Oh, my goodness.
Yeah.
So I was like, I won't do my neck anymore.
Thank God it's done.
Neck pain is weird pain.
Because your body's like, this is a bad place to have pain.
You shouldn't have any pain around here.
This is vulnerable as fuck.
I know.
I know.
Sean Shelby, when he saw my first tattoo, you a fucking idiot.
Sean Shelby said that?
Yeah.
He's like, you won't be able to get a job.
I'm like, I don't need a job.
You won't be able to get a job.
You give me a job.
I was like, you give me a job.
He was motivating me to don't be an idiot.
I was like, hey, I'm going to be in the UFC for a long time.
That's such a silly thing to say.
Sean Shelby, you silly goose.
We were laughing about it after the Frankie fight.
He told me like, hey, you're good.
I'm like, I told you.
I'm an idiot, but I told you.
That's so silly.
He was laughing about it.
I'm like, I'm going to be in the UFC for a long time.
I'm like, I'm going to be in the UFC for a long time.
I'm going to be in the UFC for a long time.
I'm going to be in the UFC for a long time.
I'm going to be in the UFC for a long time.
I'm going to be in the UFC for a long time.
I'm going to be in the UFC for a long time.
I'm going to be in the UFC for a long time.