Joe Rogan (host) [primary speaker]
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
According to some rooster men, the game fowl or fighting chicken was almost chosen to be the national bird of America.
And it should have, a breeder once told me.
An eagle ain't nothing more than a glorified buzzard.
Eagles are fucking amazing.
They catch salmon with their feet, you fucking retard.
Such game fowl lore and sentiment abound.
George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were devoted rooster fighters.
They were devoted rooster fighters?
Union and Confederate soldiers put aside their differences on Sundays during the Civil War to pit their chickens against one another.
They fought them right on the White House lawn, says David Thurston, president of the United Gamefowl Breeders Association, a national nonprofit dedicated to the birds' preservation.
Let's end on that high note, Sam Talent.
Tell everybody where they can see your special.
And it's called The Toad's Morale.