Name: Bobcat Goldthwait Sets The Tonight Show on Fire (from Joe Rogan Experience #223)
Uploaded: 2013-06-17T19:51:16.000Z
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Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Bobcat Goldthwait Sets The Tonight Show on Fire (from Joe Rogan Experience #223)' from PowerfulJRE on Comedy Buff. Published 2013-06-17. Transcript available.

The Joe Rogan experience.
So that's the scene.
I actually, you know, when I said, where did you get this?
Johnny Depp actually added a funny line.
He goes, my dentist.
But it was funny because he turns out he's a very funny guy.
But I did say this when I was filming that scene.
And it became in my stand-up.
I hate to be corny and do a story from my stand-up, but it is true.
I didn't really know those guys that well at all.
And I go, is anybody in this scene not on probation?
And Johnny Depp's like, what did you do?
I go, I said, the Tonight Show on fire.
And he's like, yeah, why'd you do that?
I go, I don't know.
I thought it was funny.
And then I'm like, you smashed up that hotel.
He goes, yeah.
I go, were you drunk?
And Johnny Depp is funny.
He goes, in my defense, the hotel room made the first move.
And this is a true story because then I look over at Paul Rubens
and he's just trying to ignore the conversation.
It wasn't like, hey, yeah, I rubbed one out.
That is a weird rock and roll thing to trash the hotel room.
I have accountants pay for it all.
But I've always felt like there was a period where I was trashing television
shows.
And I had the same kind of frustration and rage.
And I thought, well, if I do it at a Holiday Inn, big deal.
Why don't I do it on a TV show?
That's kind of funny, at least.
I know that makes no sense to you.
You're looking at me like, you look like the RCA Victor dog just then staring
at me.
I mean, I kind of see your point.
But I don't, I mean, I don't see the point of doing hotel rooms.
I've never understood it.
I'm just smashing shit and like, what are you doing?
Out of boredom.
Hitting the roof.
But it's so stupid to me.
It's just so childish.
Well, for me, I couldn't do that because I'd be afraid of waking up people next
door.
I'm serious.
Like, I have no problems setting the Tonight Show on fire.
You still want to be rude.
Or, yeah, or smashing up the Arsenio Hall show.
But the idea of, I don't want to put somebody else out.
Did you, you smashed Arsenio Hall shows too?
What did you do there?
Yeah, way crazier than the Tonight Show.
Really?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Because he got fired, you know, because of, they put Chevy Chase on in 70
markets in front of him.
So, Paramount kind of fucked him over.
So, I went out and I said, are you really quitting?
It was like the week or two before.
And he goes, yeah.
And I go, well, let's not make it easy on them, you know.
So, I spray painted Paramount sucks on the backdrop for big letters.
And then I started throwing the couches into the audience and the crowd was
going crazy.
Oh, and then I remember I took a television set monitor and just threw it.
And then put my work boots through the back of it.
Jesus Christ.
Which is way more expensive than anything I did on the Tonight Show.
But, yeah.
So, then they, like, tell Arsenio, like, get him.
And so, he wrestles me down.
And as he's got me on the ground, he goes, thank you, man.
What?
Well, because it was such a colossal fuck you.
And then, like, you know, a week later, Jay had booked me on the Tonight Show,
you know.
And he came in the dressing room and he's like, you know, don't smash up too
much stuff.
You know, because they were hoping that I'd do something fucked up.
No, I'm not blaming them.
I mean, I was an asshole when I said that.
But you felt like that was a bit of the green light?
Oh, yeah.
I mean, I knew that I was on there to do something screwy.
But, you know, what made it arson was that I actually had this lighter, a
barbecue lighter taped to my wrist.
Like, I was like.
That's what made it arson?
Yeah, because it meant that it was.
Predetermined.
Yeah, exactly.
Yeah.
It was like a taxi driver.
You know, the.
Do you didn't worry about doing.
Were you worried when you did that?
About what?
Lighting things on fire?
No, I mean, because I knew it'd burn clean in the lighter fluid and stuff.
And then I also had a buddy.
I said, you know, stand next to this fire extinguisher if it gets out of
control.
But, but, you know, I don't mean to make this my hook because I've talked about
it on other podcasts, but, but I guess it's good to clean, clear the air, you
know?
Right.
But I don't know.
People think like I was banned from the Tonight Show, but they had me on
immediately right after.
It was, you know, it was weird.
It was weird was.
See, it is a lot bigger than I always try to make.
I go.
It's a little fire.
Jesus Christ.
Well, that's because I'm squirting lighter fluid right there.
Why, why, why did you do that?
I love that.
I've, I've listened to this show to get ready.
And this is, you're like speechless twice now.
You're just looking at, why, why?
I love that.