Jeff Ross | Club Random with Bill Maher
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Why do Jeff and Bill start the episode talking about drinks and the early‑morning vibe?
I have such great memories of our time in Hawaii and we're gonna do it again. It's uh awesome. You're you're the first two timer on my tour. That's gonna be great. Brought back by Populous Demand. What do you drink? I usually drink a little tequila on the rock. Great, I have it right here. Um Are you gonna drink? Of course. It's only five o'clock somewhere. It's Actually five o'clock here. Because we tape Tape like we're a show. At uh the traditional talk show hour. I'm sure when you first did your first Tenager or whatever. There is something about us who are always working at night. Right. And now we show up and it's California. So it's like blazing hot sun. There's something It's off. I'm not funny in daylight. You're you're j you are.
I remember you're from Hawaii, you are. Well of course we were hot. Vacation. But it's outside and it's still light when you're perform you know, in the summer. You're like going at eight o'clock and it's you're outside and it's like Do I have to wear sunblock to do a set? It's something
wrong with it. Yeah, I never I always always like I never understood morning radio people who were like, Yeah, I do uh uh like nothing's funny to me early in the morning. I need coffee and some You know. I need a few hours before What do you want with the tequila? That's good on the rocks. Just straight? Yeah.
Jesus. Fuck what a g what a man. Okay. Well then fill up the glass. Wow. Oh my goodness. Do you drink liquor st you've always done that? What are we in the old west? You just have a glass of whiskey?
Just sip it, I'll sip it. This would take me four days to drink all this. Oh, okay. It looked good, buddy. It's been too long. Yeah.
Well you're always on the road.
Yeah. You were always with your little Crew of Chappelle. This week I'm heading to l Europe with uh Europe. Chappelle and Chris Rock. Do they speak English? They I know. They they learned English from watching American
comedy. I played Europe in twenty fifteen. I did that. Well, you play you certainly cannot play Paris. I have. Paris.
Not you have to play a smaller venue than you would in the States. Paris. That takes balls 'cause they I did Paris in January. Um And not only did they there's a j uh uh uh uh a a language barrier, they're wearing masks and they're snobs. So all of that works against you. This is before COVID, they were wearing masks.
I don't want to say they're snobby, ladies and gentlemen, but
Uh it's like magic. It's like magic. Like you finish the joke and then they clap, like you did a trick. They don't really laugh along. Well you kinda did. Yeah. So How many people were in this venue that you played? In Paris. Yeah. Well it was Chappelle. So we did like five nights in like a thousand seat. Oh, I see. You know, in an English speaking country he'll play arenas. Right. But in a Paris he just wanted to go for Fashion Week. So we did it. Wow. You know.
Humble comics, huh? It's just being parrot fashion week, you know. So we can get some material that everyone in the audience can relate to when we get home. So let's get to some new material. I gotta think about how the ketchup bottle always sticks and then when you run into the same models every fashion week. Remember when Eddie Murphy We
had the Olsen twins and Kanye and all the big designers came to the shows and The Olsen twins? They're big in fashion, so Oh, because I thought certainly not in comedy. They love comedy 'cause Sabah. I know, but I
I don't I was you said it in the same breath as the comics. I'm like, really? And and then there's some special improv we bring up the fucking Olson twins?
They're very good sports. They've been in the comedy store with me
many. Um Uh you want some uh dope? You seem a little low-key. I'll smoke some pot. Or maybe you've had a lot of pot.
Not yet, but well let's take it into this joint. Then I kind of It's not pot, it's a club cigarette. That's not pot. Oh, I see. You know, this we're in California. We're on the air in lots of states. You're one of the first celebrities to talk about the smoking that you smoke pot.
I smoked it on the show, real pot, before it was legal, even in California, one night.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why do Jeff and Bill start the episode talking about drinks and the early‑morning vibe?
0:01–5:45
2
What challenges did Jeff face doing comedy in Paris and how did the language and audience affect his set?
5:45–12:21
3
Why do the Olsen twins matter to the conversation about comedy and fashion week?
12:21–18:46
4
How do Jeff and Bill argue about the need for guns in America and the difficulty of getting one in California?
18:46–25:53
5
What is Bill’s take on the Will Smith Oscar slap and why does he still understand the actor’s reaction?
25:53–33:12
6
Why do the hosts claim the U.S. military is the world’s biggest corporation and how does that tie into the “military‑industrial complex” discussion?
33:12–39:31
7
How does the conversation shift to music, punk rock, and the power of live concerts to bring people together?
39:31–47:22
8
What upcoming tour dates and personal stories do Jeff and Bill share as they wrap up the episode?
47:22–1:07:06