10-28-24 Morning Rush - Joe Rogan REACTS To His Interview With Donald Trump & Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe Joke Goes Viral While Beyonce & Bad Bunny Endorse Kamala Harris

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Statistically, at least some of you guys. Went out over the weekend in Halloween costumes. And statistically, at least one of you might have gone as Dave Neal. Could you let me know, did anyone go as me? You know, I hope you could find a better inspiration than that, but maybe you still have paint you're trying to wear off.

from over the weekend that promised it was washable, but it wasn't. I feel your pain. I've been there. Well, on today's episode of the rush, we have a comedian going viral for roasting Puerto Rico at a campaign event, which may have massively backfired. I'll give a very fair and generous take. And also the Yankees and Dodgers had a wild weekend of world series games.

Dodgers up to nothing with the greatest star in the game, getting a shoulder injury. I'll catch you up on all of that and what went down. Plus Timothy Chamele Chamele, Chalamet, Chamele and Snoop Dogg surprise fans in separate and equally wholesome encounters. Also Taylor Swift explains the whole friendship bracelet thing, plus an update on the wild Joe Rogan Trump podcast interview and what this means for mainstream media.

I'll also have what Rogan said about how the interview went down in hindsight. That plus a nostalgic update about RL Stein's Goosebumps book series. And we've got what might be the worst national and. Well, I'll save the anthem story for you, uh, probably towards the end of this episode because there is some swearing.

The singer has a. Complete meltdown during her set. I, look, I've been there. I've bombed before, but not in front of an audience like that. Uh, in other news, Kate Winslet says the Titanic door from the famous scene was actually another piece of the ship. Wasn't even a door. She says, why are we learning this all?

You know what I'm talking about the door that she was leaning on and everyone says there was room for both of them Well, she says it wasn't even a door. She said he's busting he a busting out the titanic question and next he's gonna ask me About the door. I absolutely know it but you know what? I will say that's really interesting is People keep referring to it as a door.

It actually wasn't even a door. It's a piece of banister, like stairway or something that had broken off. Who knows if DiCaprio could have fit on there or not? Honestly, I don't have any insights here that anyone else hasn't already tried to figure out. We still want this man to survive in this family.

Fictitious world of Jack and Rose. Uh, in another speaking of fictitious worlds in the Hollywood world, uh, Los Angeles right now is experiencing a gigantic drought in movies and TV shows. Alarming production drop spurs Gavin Newsom to propose doubling tax credits to Hollywood. The governor wants to increase incentives to film and television up to 750 million a year.

Further changes may be on the way as the migration of production from the state borders on an exodus. Yeah, that's what happens. You know, like there's states like Georgia, which are called a, you know, like a right to work state where they don't have to pay union dues and it's easier to make projects.

That's why Tyler Perry makes like 17 projects a year. And then there's other states that offer incentives and, you know, um, I don't know. It's like, you, you know, as the state, you have to try to entice people to come. But here's the thing with Southern California, it's got the most sunlight out of the country with the least amount of rain.

And if you don't think that's a big deal, you've never tried to do anything outside. That's good news for people who are trying to make projects, you know, on location where they need a lot of daylight and good weather. All right. Well, you know, um, uh, you know, but, but then again, you know, it's, it's. It's also good to get the character of where you're filming a Boston drama is going to feel different than a, uh, Albuquerque, whatever.

You know what I mean? All right in or how about a show in New Orleans? Speaking of New Orleans, a judge has blocked a sweep of homeless camps before New Orleans. Taylor Swift shows temporary restraining order against disturbing on house. People is in effect until November 4th. So a judge in Louisiana temporarily blocked further efforts by state officials to clear homeless encampments in New Orleans, stalling a push that came before three Taylor Swift concerts in the city this weekend.

The effort to relocate 75 people living in tents beneath an overpass near the Superdome began in the days leading up to the pop star's shows, which could draw 150, 000 visitors to the stadium. Judge Lori Jupiter granted the temporary restraining order on Friday. Directing state law enforcement officials to not destroy or dispose of the property.

Okay. Look, I mean, I don't know how I feel about this. I just wish they would spend as much time and energy actually trying to help the homeless. And I understand it's a complicated problem. Uh, but, uh, you know, there, these are people that need help to get back on their feet. They need, uh, medical care in some cases or psychiatric care, or they need rehab.

You know, they need to just get back on their feet and, uh, boy, the amount of money we spend just trying to shuffle and move people around. It's like, let's just address the problem. Well, did you watch the World Series over the weekend? The Yankees are down 2 0 in a best of 7 to the Dodgers. The Dodgers won on a grand slam in the, in extra innings.

First time it's ever happened to walk off a game in the World Series. And they also won, uh, over the weekend, uh, in a less of a nail biter, but also a very close game. Shohei, awesome job. Ohtani, which is considered to be one of the best players ever, if not the best, even better than Babe Ruth, slid into second, was called out and injured his left shoulder, a very wild scene.

Here's ABC World News reporting. Here is an injury to Dodger superstar Shohei Ohtani, one of the best players in baseball. The breaking news tonight about that injury and what it will mean for game three against the New York Yankees. More now from ABC's Morgan Norwood reporting from New York. With the L.

A. Dodgers just Two wins away from winning the World Series tonight, mounting concern over the health of global superstar Shohei Otani ahead of Game three. He's in some pain. Otani injured while sliding into second base late in the game to grab his left arm in pain before heading to the locker room.

Fans anxiously looking on. The Dodgers manager, Dave Roberts, says he suffered a subluxation defined as a minor dislocation of the shoulder and will undergo further testing. All right, so we'll have to see if he's better now. I know plenty of people that they pop their shoulder out and they can pop it back in.

And as painful as it is, it's different than say, tearing your shoulder in high school. I separated my shoulder from the A. C. Joint, which, uh, It was, it was very painful and also doesn't get popped right back in. Even though one of my coaches tried to pop it back in and then the team doctor showed up and yelled at him being like, what are you doing?

You know, you can't pop something in that separated. It's not dislocated, but Hey, these coaches weren't paid enough to be doctors. What do you, what do you want? That's a medical care in Rhode Island for you. So anyway, very interesting and very popular world series. You know, they're not all popular.

Sometimes it's a weird market, you know, that doesn't have a big fan base, but in this case, it's LA V New York, baby. And speaking of popular, Timothy Chalamet is so popular that he, there was a look alike. contest in his honor, and he, uh, actually crashed the event in New York city. And unofficial, uh, Chalamet lookalike contest took place in Washington square park Sunday with a massive crowd coming out to watch the spectacle.

Like I said earlier, If anyone wants to dress their kid up as me for Halloween, you can do that. You can do a Dave Neal lookalike contest and, um, I will send you a, you know what I'll do, I'll send you a koozie. How about that? Uh, don't, you know, whatever it, only if your kid has the hair to pull it off. All right.

Either way, here's the moment. I'm going to play the moment that Timothee Chalamet. Is it Chalamet or Chalamet? I can't tell. Uh, here's the moment he crashed the event. Obviously this is a visual heavy medium in the podcast world, but you'll be able to hear the moment the fans went wild

and there it is. Timothy Chalamet is hugging people that look like him. What a weird moment, but not the weirdest moment here. Uh, in a, in a, in an equally as wholesome story, we've got Snoop Dogg. You know, those, uh, annoying party buses that drive around is. Bunch of people on the inside dressing, you know, dancing around with stripper poles, having fun well.

I guess, I don't know how this happened, Snoop Dogg decided to just walk on to one of them completely unbeknownst to the audience there. He crashed the random party bus and they, they were like, Oh my gosh, it's Snoop Dogg. Like, could you imagine? You know, he's so recognizable, right? And then what does Snoop Dogg do?

Uh, he lights up a blunt, and I'm sure they lost their security deposit over that one. And then they played, uh, some Snoop.

And there, and whoever's controlling the music immediately switches it from whatever song they were playing, like Colby Calais, to playing a little Snoop.

So they're like Snoop, take a jello shot and Snoop's like, play, I'm going to light up a joint. What are you talking about? Jello shots. I'm smoking some weed in the house. All right. Either way. You had to be there. I guess I sure wasn't. All right. I got a lot of content to get into. We're really vibing on a Monday morning.

I don't know about you guys, but I think we're going to be in for a wild week. We'll be more. We'll be back with more right after this. My wife and I have been designing our son's Halloween costume. Uh, I guess I shouldn't give it away, but I'll just say it is, it is someone from the Disney universe, a fictitious character that also is from outer space or has flown through outer space.

How about that? Either way, we have to make a spaceship. So we went to Joanne's fabric. Let me tell you something. I don't know if you've ever been to Michael's or Joanne's fabric, essentially the same place. I kind of feel like Michael and Joanne. We're like a, like a, like they started this fabric company and they, maybe they got divorced or something and then they split off, but it's essentially the same stuff, right?

I don't know the real story. Uh, but when your lady gets into a Joanne's fabric, Oh boy, are you going to be spending a lot of money? We were buying particle board and glitter and glue. I have a, I mean, there was canvases and we have paint supplies and colored duct tape. I mean, it's, trust me when I say.

It's going to, I mean, I'm buying, I got a dry ice guy. Does anyone in Nashville know a dry ice guy? I need more dry ice. Uh, this costume is going to be amazing. Trust me. And then my wife and I, our costumes came in and I put my, I put the mask on, uh, you know, which is, you know, it didn't cover my face. It only covers the head.

You'll see, just wait. And of course my son immediately started crying because he, I was like, oh, he finds me so adorable. He's crying. No, I think I scared him. I think I scarred the kid. It took only six months, but I finally scarred my son by wearing a, uh, a costume from. a yet to be named Pixar movie.

You'll know, you'll know, you can take guesses, uh, but either way, we're excited for Halloween and then after Halloween, it'll be a travel day on Friday for us as we'll be heading to Florida for a few, uh, business and pleasure activities, more on that to come. Well, Matthew Perry, can you believe it's been almost a year since his death?

His home where he died sells for 8. 55 million. Dollars. In a off the market deal this week, uh, it's again, you know, I mean, look, would you, would you buy a home from someone who died? I mean, it's not like it was, um, I hate to say it, but it's not like it was like a Kurt Cobain thing. You know, he died accidentally and, um, sad tragic, of course, but I feel like you got to sage the house either way.

You give the house a good sage, maybe bring in a priest, you know, a little holy water, say a couple of mantras, but you know, homes, homes, whatever you make of it. Uh, but, uh, you know, Either way, I mean, and I, and I don't mean to be morose, but if it would be cool, like you should pay homage to you, you should pay homage to Matthew Perry in one way or another.

I don't know. I don't, and I don't mean, I don't mean this with any disrespect. You know what I mean? Like put it like a little memorial tree up or something. I don't know. Um, yeah. All right, well, we got Taylor Swift. She of course has been back in her eras tour and she explains to her audience what the friendship bracelet thing is all about.

We all know these friendship bracelets. Everyone has, well, here's what she had to say. Anything I've ever done before, you've created traditions, you've like this mass movement of joy every time you play a show and it makes me so proud. It really does.

So then she talks about the friendship bracelet. Because when she played, I think this was in new Orleans where she was over the weekend. They put a giant friendship bracelet outside over the stadium, which is really cool. And I love the way she describes it. A mass movement of joy. We need more of that in life.

You know, you'll find media and so you'll find social media, definitely trying to divide us by fear and trying to get us to just fight with each other. And while that will exist out there, I'm telling you right now, love is. You know, I got called out over the weekend again by that one lawyer who's trying to like leech off of my sort of popularity, uh, because, uh, we of course have exposed his client as a fraudster.

And he said, Oh, Dave Neal is just this angry guy. And I was like, I think you couldn't be further from the truth. We are going to prove this man wrong and continue to spread so much dang love out there that, you know, it's again, trust me. We're going, we're going for the, we're going for the goods folks.

It's going to be good. Trust me. Um, but you know, not everyone's spreading love. I got an interesting story for you. Hallmark is accused of age discrimination against a holiday film star. Here is the Today Show reporting the story. A new lawsuit filed by Penny Perry, a former casting director for the studio, Perry claims that Hallmark programming executive Lisa Hamilton Daly instructed her not to cast old people in roles, saying, our leading ladies are aging out and we need here.

Named in the lawsuit, are two of the network's biggest stars. Merry Christmas. E Holly Robinson. Pete has been with the network for nearly a decade and recently turned 60. Perry alleges that Daly said no one wants Robinson Pete because she's too expensive and getting too old. Lacey Chabert, often called the Queen of Hallmark, has 40 movies under her belt at this point.

42 years old. Penny alleges the executive commented about Chabert. We have to find someone like her to replace her as she gets older in the lawsuit. Perry, who is 79, also claims that she was fired from Hallmark in April because of her own age. In a statement to NBC News, the network writes, Lacey and Holly have a home at Hallmark.

Adding, while we deny these outrageous allegations, we are not going to discuss an employment relationship in the media. All right, so here's my take on this. Like, obviously, ageism exists, and it exists across different industries, and people can generally try to hire younger and cheaper people. But it's interesting in Hollywood because, you know, I mean, yeah, it's, it is.

Ageism absolutely exists. And, and it's like, you, you, you can only play a role that is in the realm of what the, of what, of what the casting calls for. So, you know, rather it's like, it's, it's hard to talk about because I don't want to sound like an a hole, but like, if there's a movie about a girl who came home and hated her job after college, and she's a divorcee with a, you know, a single mom, that story doesn't work for a 60 year old, you know, It might in real life and in different circumstances, but that's a story for like a 35 year old, you know?

So either way, you know, it's, it's really depending on whatever story you're trying to tell, but by all means, just saying someone's getting old, so you got to replace them. It's like, well, yeah. I mean, people age out of. Character types. You know, I'm, I'm no longer going to interview for the, uh, college student.

I can't pull it off. You know, I'm, I'm only going to interview to play Timothee Chalamet's look alike in the off, off, off Broadway version of the, you know, whatever, anyhow, I don't know. That's my take. It's not a great one, but I tried. Um, all right. Well, you got goosebumps. I love goosebumps. I love RL Stein.

Nothing gave. Kids of my generation, more nightmares than an RL Stein goosebumps book. Remember they had the bumps on the cover. Well, here's what he had to say about not even wanting to write the franchise that started 30 years ago. Never wanted to do goose bumps. And my editors, my wife and her partner said, no, one's ever done a series for seven to 11 year olds, scary books.

We have to try it. And I didn't want to do it. That's the kind of businessman I am. Then finally I said, okay, goose bumps. hasn't changed at all in 30 years. The technology has changed. You know, kids aren't walking around with Walkman. That's all changed. The thing about Goosebumps is, I think they could have been written when I was a kid because our fears never change.

We're still afraid of the dark. Afraid something's lurking under the bed. Afraid of getting lost. Afraid of being somewhere we've never been before. More than 300 Goosebumps books later, R. L. Stine has captured the hearts and minds of millions of young readers, including me. The Goosebumps series kept me company while I was at sleepaway camp.

You are such a formative part. of my childhood and so many kids. What does it feel like to have that type of legacy? Well, I never get tired of hearing about people, kids who read under the covers with a flashlight. I love that story. Would that kid and you, that nine year old with the typewriter, What would he think of all this?

He'd be amazed. So fun, I mean, very heartwarming segment there with Jenna Bush Hager. Of course, Jenna Bush, daughter of George W. Bush. Can you imagine, you know, uh, it's like, uh, President Bush, what, uh, books do you have in the White House? Well, I've got the biography of Lincoln and I got R. L. Stine's, uh, Swamp Thing.

Yeah. You know, Hey, what a wild time we live in. And I think there's a goose bumps series coming out. It might already be out and it's going to be starring David Schwimmer. Could you get any cooler? Um, you know, boy, did you think we'd have, uh, both David Schwimmer and Matthew Perry mentioned today? Fun stuff indeed.

All right. Well, I've got your politics and I've got your president, you know, you know, before I go to break, why don't we do this? Why don't we do this? Let's. Play the national anthem clip. It's only 26 seconds long. I'm going to play it unedited. This is the moment a singer botched the national anthem live.

She's an indie artist. I don't even want to say her name because I kind of feel bad because everyone has a bad day at work, but she, um, she was performing at the free and equal elections, presidential debate held between three independent care candidates. So, okay. Not like it was in front of a large audience.

Okay. But if, if this didn't, that's the problem with the national anthem. Is it's only going to go viral if you mess it up. That's it right here. It is. Enjoy this. Please be careful.

Can I go back? Can I go back, please? I got to say though, the notes that she did hit sounded good, but yeah, can I go back? Can I go back? And the guy goes, we're live. All right. We'll be back with more right after this. I have several clips to play regarding the upcoming election. We're only eight days away.

Can you believe it? The first is comedian Tony Hinchcliffe blasted for calling Puerto Rico an island of garbage at Trump's Madison Square Garden rally. Here's what he had to say. It is absolutely wild times. It really, really is. And uh, you know, there's a lot going on. Like, I don't know if you guys know this, but there's literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now.

Yeah, I think it's called Puerto Rico. Okay, all right. Okay, we're getting there. Now again, normally I don't follow the national anthem everybody, uh. So regardless of whether you think the joke's funny, because, you know, comedy is subjective. Some people might find it funny. Some people might not. As a comedian, I've actually been on Tony Hinchcliffe's podcast years ago.

He's one of the most famous and biggest roasters out there. So whether you think comparing Puerto Rico to a floating island of trash is funny or not, what you have to understand is it's not really important what Tony said. It's who let him on stage. That's the important part because what works and what is funny in a comedy club.

I personally don't like to analyze outside of that comedy club because that's where it's meant to be. People that pay to see a comedian, they're kind of operating under those risks, right? It's like going to SeaWorld and sitting in the splash zone. Although I don't condone SeaWorld. So the point is. It's not the heat that he's getting.

It's the fact that like, Oh my gosh, who let this happen? Knowing full well, even if you're making jokes, it's at the expense of a voting class in a voting part of the country. So here's a lot of, you know, tick tockers are sharing their opinion, but I thought this one was very interesting. The thing that really, really actually just baffles me though, is, is that the Trump campaign did this.

Having to know the fact that this would be cut up, this would be put on the internet, this could be potentially run in campaigns, and Florida is very, very much in play right now. And of course, so is Pennsylvania. They said something like 500, 000 Pennsylvanians are Puerto Rican, so again, it'll be interesting to see if that moves the needle.

As that was happening, Kamala Harris Got, uh, endorsed the endorsement of bad bunny. Uh, so, you know, of course, uh, a gigantic, uh, you know, uh, uh, musician pop star with 45 million followers. So we'll have to see what, if that moves the needle now, would it move the needle that Trump went on Joe Rogan? I I've said all along, it's a good idea for.

Any political candidate to go find your audience. It might not be the best thing. Like you're not going to get a grilled and cross examined by Joe Rogan, but if you're a, if you're running for office and you can go on the biggest podcast in the world, uh, Kamala went on caller daddy, which is pretty big.

Uh, and then of course, Trump goes on Joe Rogan. Here was Trump trying to get Joe Rogan to endorse him on the spot. You know, Elon Musk. Yes, he endorsed me, by the way, he gave me the nicest endorsement to this, to tough. He said the country's going to fail. You should do the same thing, Joe, because you cannot be voting for Kamala.

Kamala, you're not a Kamala person. I know you. I've watched you. I know him better than he is. You know what? Without speaking to you, I think I know you maybe almost as well as your wife. I have watched you for so many years. You're not a Kamala person. All right. So anyway, the interview was over three hours long.

There were Funny moments. I mean, Trump said he wanted to be a whale psychiatrist. He, listen, I've said this all along there. He can, he can be really funny. This whole thing where he talks about weaving in and out can be really funny. And yet at the same time, when he was pressed about, uh, you know, why he thought the election was stolen, he didn't really give any answers.

And again, I don't think it's going to move the needle much, but here's what Rogan had to say, uh, afterwards talking to some pals on his podcast the next day about what it was like to interview Trump. Were you at all nervous? for Trump? Uh, I was definitely hyped up. I was excited. Cause I wanted to, there's a lot of questions I need to answer.

Did you feel pressure? No, no, no, not pressure. Pressure being like, make sure you cover everything you want to cover. No, no, no, no. Just like, I knew what was important. Did you prepare for it? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. Did you ask him why he was so pro vaccine? No, I didn't. But I also wanted to be rigid.

Because there was a moment when he brought up the polio vaccine. I was like, ugh, I don't want to correct him. I don't want to show, like, when the Have you ever seen the chart of when polio actually dropped off when the vaccine was introduced? I referenced it at the very end. It's all bullshit. That's a rough one.

That's a, when you look at the actual, like, there's a bunch of them. Measles is another one. I said that. They kind of go into different directions, but he mentions how he was trying to steer Trump in, in the direction to answer some of his questions. I want to know what that. First fucking day is like, and I don't think I really got that answer out of him.

I don't think he remembers. I think he does. What I'm talking about is like this feeling of now you have to appoint 10, 000 people. All right. So, but here's the point, right? Is that on YouTube alone, that episode has 31 million views. It probably has that many on the podcast app. It's probably had 80 million people listen or watch to a three hour conversation.

You cannot buy that kind of airtime. So in fairness, Rogan has invited. Kamala Harris to speak and she has not said yes, and she has not said no But you know a lot of people are early voting like now is the time you you're if you I just i'm just befuddled like no offense, but you know, uh trump Uh, I guess what?

Had a rally in michigan that he was two hours late for because he decided to do a longer episode with rogan That's the type of intuition that is smart because rogan's audience is massive It's not just a bunch of dudes in the manosphere. It's people from the left You'd be shocked. I mean, it's when you have a pocket that big and you're trying to quote unquote, find 10, 000 new votes, you'd be shocked what can come out when 80 million people listen to what you say.

Now, do I think it made Trump look any better? Well, I don't think anyone's changing their votes at this point. Uh, but Trump at least has already defined who he is over the, you know, several different election cycles. It's his third time running for office where Kamala Harris would say what you want about her, but she's only been running for office.

For a few months. So she still has a chance to define herself and not be defined. Will that happened? We'll have to see, but I'm going to be covering it. We have one more week to go and, uh, let's try to keep our cool. Let's double down on compassion, grace, love of our neighbor. Even for people we disagree with, let's try our best not to fight online and smile to strangers.

Maybe that's how we can spread some joy. I'll be back this afternoon. As always, more content. I'm Dave Neal. This is the rush. The rush hour is a twice daily pop culture and entertainment. News Podcast hosted by standup comedian, Dave Neal. Life's too short for a boring ride. So join Dave as he covers the top news stories of the day.

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