Name: The Time Jason Momoa Almost Drowned
Uploaded: 2026-01-27T15:30:30.000Z
Description: Watch the stand-up comedy video 'The Time Jason Momoa Almost Drowned' from Theo Von Clips on Comedy Buff. Published 2026-01-27. Transcript available.

Watch the stand-up comedy video 'The Time Jason Momoa Almost Drowned' from Theo Von Clips on Comedy Buff. Published 2026-01-27. Transcript available.

It's so nice over there, dude.
Dude, I even remember one time I was drowning over there,
and I remember being like, where else am I going to drown?
Like, it was so nice.
I remember looking back at the shoreline.
Literally, I was snorkeling, and I wasn't doing well.
I was losing.
And I remember looking back at the shoreline,
and I thought I was going to drown.
And I was like, dude, where else are you going to drown?
You know, are you going to drown in a Hampton Inn pool somewhere?
Like, you know, outside of Jacksonville or something?
No, dude, this is where you do it, you know?
And so there was almost this crazy moment of peace
with just how beautiful it was there, you know?
It's a really special place.
Where were you at when you were drowning, man?
I was off of, I was in Maui.
Was there waves?
Was it just because of deep water?
There were waves, but it was like.
You just got a little too carried away,
and you got too far out, maybe?
Oh, yeah, I went snorkeling, and it was by myself.
And bad idea, huh?
Yeah, it's bad to do anything.
Yeah, go in the water and do that by yourself.
Yeah, and that's what I realized.
It was fun, yeah.
It was kind of fun.
And I remember I got out there a little bit,
and I was like, oh, man.
And then I would see the fish,
but then the water would go down,
and then I would just be like,
almost like trying to not get on the coral or whatever,
like being like that.
Yeah.
And then we'd go back.
It was just like, so it just got super scary,
and then I was further and further out,
and I started getting really, really spooked.
Yeah, well, there's just different rips, too.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah, I caught a bad breath.
I think, yeah, every surfer, you know, everyone drowns.
Have you ever been in a drowning before out there?
Very much so.
No way.
Yeah, I've drowned.
And it's just, I mean, it's a beautiful teacher, man.
The oceans of, I mean, she's the ultimate teacher,
so it sucks.
Driving sucks.
Yeah.
There's no way about it, yeah.
Yeah, RIP, man.
You just see your slow death.
It sucks.
Everything flashes in,
and you can't move your arms anymore,
and you're going down, and you can't breathe.
That's when I used to smoke a lot.
I smoke cigars still,
but it took me a while to get back to it.
But I used to smoke, like, two packs a day.
It was pretty, just love, love, love.
And then I'd try to slow down,
and I'd be like, roll a pouch,
and then I'd burn a pouch in a day.
Just roll it on yourself?
He just loves tobacco.
Damn, I don't even know if I was a damn smoker.
That's inspiring, actually, dude.
You can do anything, people.
And that was a hard one to quit.
I mean, that's a fair share of shit,
but it's like, I think smoking was,
I couldn't stop from my, you know, from my family.
And then when I drowned,
you know, someone took my breath.
I came out of that water, and that thing died.
And I mean, I tried really hard to stop many times,
and I came out,
and if I tried to smoke, I'd vomit.
Like, it might,
that part of me just died,
because it took my breath,
and I had to go through it.
And then the reason I didn't,
I got saved,
is I actually hit the outer reef,
because I was over a half a mile offshore.
It's just, there's two reefs.
It's, I was on the outer reef of Maui,
and it was doing, you know,
some coast pedaling,
and I hit the reef,
and it just touched my toe.
And I just bubbled down,
grabbed the reef,
and just jumped up,
and then hit another wave,
and I just held onto the reef,
and waited.
I was out there for a while.
Dang.
Who rescued you?
I was with Laird.
I was out surfing with Laird,
and...
I saw him once at a Whole Foods.
Yeah.
It sounds on point.
Is that on brand?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
But, yeah,
and Dave Kalama
and my friend Joe Flanagan.
Yeah, but it was,
my leash snapped,
and I was stuck out
in the middle of the ocean,
so, and it was just very windy
and took the board,
and it was gone, so.
And smoking was done for you?
Yeah.
Never, never,
never smoked again.
Damn.
Look at you guys over here.
Just type quick
and get it up.
Boom, boom, boom.
Have you ever been a lifeguard or not?
Yeah, that's why
my whole family are watermen.
Yeah, they're all lifeguards, yeah.
I went to junior lifeguards
my whole life
when I was growing up.
Dang, that's like,
I wish I could be a lifeguard
when I was young.
It's pretty cool
when you save someone's life.
I saved a person's life before.
You did?
In the ocean, yeah.
And it's,
when you do junior lifeguards,
it's really cool
to really take your time,
things slow down.
I'm sure it's probably
like a firefighter,
like I'd panic in a fire,
but I think if I saw
so many of them
and I practiced,
you know,
most people go,
oh shit,
and then they freak out,
whereas the natural calm
kind of comes over you
and you just like
assess the whole situation
so you can both
get out alive,
you understand the rip,
you understand
what the ocean's doing.
And you had to save somebody?
Yeah, yeah.
Was that in Hawaii?
Yeah.
Wow.
But I mean,
it's just,
like I said,
I've been many times
like drowned.
I mean,
you get caught in a rip.
Yes.
It's taking you out.
You're not going to beat the ocean
and you can literally be,
I mean,
I've been at a pipeline,
a leaf snapped,
and I'm literally
eight feet from the shore,
but it's like a river going by
and you're swimming,
trying to get in,
like it's eight feet
and you're just getting burnt out.
Yeah.
And you're like,
there are cameras everywhere.
There are people right there.
I could yell for help
and I look like an idiot.
I'm going to drown
in eight feet of water.
And the current's so,
it's just,
the undertow's just pulling your feet out
and it's going to exhaust you
and it generally,
it's got to go with it.
It's going to take you out to sea
and it'll dump you back in,
but everyone drowns like that.
It's just,
you got to watch out for the rips.
They'll go jumping
into the fucking ocean
and then if you see a sign,
don't go in.
That's why,
I mean,
don't be stupid.
You're like the Yogi Bear
of the ocean kind of.
Remember him?
Oh, I do.
You put out those fires, kid.
Yeah, dude,
put them out.
You know what I'm saying?
I know,
he was so adamant.
He was talking to me the other day,
I built a fire
and I was like,
everything's green around here.
What, Yogi was?
Yeah, in my head
because these guys were psychos.
But I was like,
listen,
I could dump out.
Oh, Smokey the Bear, dude.
Sorry.
Who did I say?
Yogi.
Who's Yogi Bear?
Yogi Bear is the,
Piggy Bastard.
Yeah, Piggy Bastard.
Oh, dude,
he's starting the fires then.
God,
he's probably on Suboxone
or whatever by now.
Oh, yeah,
he's not doing well.
I don't think he was a stepdad
too.
You can tell by his outfit.
You can tell by that outfit.
He was definitely
trying to meet a lady
that already had kids
probably too.
Not like the Bernstein Bear
where he was locked in.
Yeah, yeah.
He was just a dumb dad.
That guy was a family man.
He was, he was.
Yeah,
Bernstein was a family man.
I love me some Bernstein.
God,
they were good.
Especially like the fall issues
always got snuggled down
when I read those ones.
And the,
remember there was
that one scary book
where there was a fire
or whatever
and people were like,
no,
no fires
in the Bernstein Bears
and people flipped out
and shit.
Oh, really?
Yeah, dude.
People just cannot handle
real shit.
Thank you.