#2407 - Billy Bob Thornton
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
The Joe Rogan Experience. Train by day, Joe Rogan Podcast by night, all day.
It's working so far.
Right? Right? I told my wife the other day, I said, if I live to 85, I'm going to go to Long John Silver's every day for lunch. I'm just going to eat shit that like everything that I dream of right now that I can't eat. I'm going to eat all of it. I'm going to drink whiskey all day long and just eat everything I want.
Yeah, fuck it.
You're at the end of the ride. Yeah.
Unless that's the problem is like on your deathbed, they come up with some new shit that fixes everything.
Oh, I know, right? That'll be my luck.
New stem cell stuff that regenerates every cell in your body to a 25-year-old. Exactly. I know. That'd be a real problem, like a 70-year-old brain and a 25-year-old body.
What humorous plans does Billy Bob Thornton have for his later years?
You would have a lot of knowledge. For sure. You'd have a giant advantage.
Oh, yeah. I fantasize about stuff like that. I fantasize about being able to, like I imagine, like my version of heaven, it would be like If I could go back to when I'm 12 years old, live through junior high and high school again, and have the knowledge I have now, and just, I would know exactly how to navigate everything. Yeah.
You know what I mean? Yeah. But that's the fun of growing up and the not so fun of growing up. Sure. Because you don't know what the fuck is going on and you're so confused and then you get older and you go, man, if I could just go back, I'd fucking kill it. I think about it all the time. Yeah. Your lovely co-star, Demi Moore, that movie that she did, The Substance, is fucking crazy. That's a great piece on this whole fear of aging thing. That movie is wild. Oh, yeah. It's so crazy. But it's like, you know how many women would agree to that deal? It was realistic enough where you're watching like, I know a lot of ladies who would agree to that. Right, right. I know a lot of ladies.
Have you seen that South Park episode where they –
What are the implications of new medical advancements on aging?
It was about that type of thing, but it was about how they have all these apps that you can make yourself look better in. You know what I mean? It's like filters that make you look younger and all this kind of stuff. And they have this episode about that where, like, all these girls who aren't, like, the hot girls, but their Instagram stuff – They are. And they actually start to think. And so all the guys start going for these girls, even though when they're in front of them, they're not like that. But that's what they look like on there. And yeah, it's pretty crazy.
It's probably accurate, too. As long as a couple people start doing it, a couple guys start going for those girls, then everybody else will as well.
Yeah.
Which is most of our world. Yeah. Most of our world is some fucking idiot decides bell bottoms look good.
And then we're all like, shit, I got to get bell bottoms. I want to get laid. I want to be cool.
I had bell bottoms when I, you know, because I was playing in bands and stuff. So whatever was trendy, you know, we wore that stuff. I can remember those bell bottoms that were so big you couldn't see your shoes. It just looked like a pair of jeans walking down the street. It was so dumb looking.
It's a crazy thing that lasted for a little while. Like regular jeans. Somebody invented that shit in like the 1800s.
How does Billy Bob Thornton reflect on his childhood and personal growth?
And everybody's like, yeah, you nailed it. It's like a Jeep. A Jeep still looks like a Jeep. They made a Jeep in the 1950s. They made a Jeep in 2026. You can see the difference. It's a little bit more advanced, but that's a Jeep. Jeans, they nailed it. Bell bottoms are like, yeah, yeah, yeah. What the fuck were we doing?
Oh, I mean, I had shirts with, like, bell sleeves with, like, pictures of sailboats and stuff on it. It's like, are you kidding me? I mean, you know, like lime green and orange and shit like that.
Remember the Elvis-style collars?
Oh, for sure. Giant collars.
Like, what happened?
I know.
I have a theory because all that stuff happened after they passed the sweeping psychedelic schedule one act in 1970. And I think they cut everybody off from mushrooms and acid and anything that makes you think.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:58
2
What humorous plans does Billy Bob Thornton have for his later years?
0:58–2:25
3
What are the implications of new medical advancements on aging?
2:25–3:52
4
How does Billy Bob Thornton reflect on his childhood and personal growth?
3:52–12:40
5
What insights does Billy Bob Thornton share about the music industry and his band?
12:40–1:27:04
6
What unique insights does Billy Bob Thornton share about sign language?
1:27:04–1:28:36
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How does Billy Bob Thornton describe his fear of stand-up comedy?
1:28:36–1:31:10
8
What does Billy Bob Thornton reveal about his experience with fame?
1:31:10–2:58:28