Sam Morril
American stand-up comedian, writer, actor and co-host of the We Might Be Drunk podcast
Sam Morril (American stand-up comedian, writer, actor and co-host of the We Might Be Drunk podcast) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include Stand-up comedy craft, Incorrect (Netflix special), Artificial intelligence.
In their words
Positions and remarks grouped by topic, each with the exact quote and where it was said.
Stand-up comedy craft
Morril credits Chris Rock's album Roll With the New with getting him into stand-up.
“Yeah, that's the first album that got me into stand-up was... Roll With The New, his album”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2559 - Sam Morril (Sep 29, 2026) · Listen from 1:57:16
Morril explains he improves jokes by doing many sets in quick succession.
“I just have to keep talking until I hate myself to make this joke better”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2559 - Sam Morril (Sep 29, 2026) · Listen from 8:26
Morril says he dreads the period after a special is released because he must rebuild material from scratch.
“I never enjoy when a special comes out. I'm miserable. It's scary. I can't enjoy it”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2559 - Sam Morril (Sep 29, 2026) · Listen from 5:39
Incorrect (Netflix special)
Morril rates his new Netflix special, taped at the Tampa Theatre, as his best or second best.
“It's my best. I'll say it's either my best or my second best, I'll say”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2559 - Sam Morril (Sep 29, 2026) · Listen from 2:43:40
- Prediction · due Jun 2027
Morril says he self-financed a tour mockumentary and sold it to Netflix for release early the following year.
“But I made my own movie, too, that I just sold to Netflix. So that'll be out early next year”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2559 - Sam Morril (Sep 29, 2026) · Listen from 39:58
Other remarks
Morril says a social media manager recommended by Mark Normand stole three years of his Facebook revenue and money from other comics.
“He was a social media manager. I didn't realize he stole my fucking money”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2559 - Sam Morril (Sep 29, 2026) · Listen from 2:40:22
Morril argues Jackie Brown is Tarantino's most emotionally resonant film.
“Because you know what? That movie has more heart than any movie he's ever made”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2559 - Sam Morril (Sep 29, 2026) · Listen from 2:04:14
Artificial intelligence
Morril contends that experiencing rejection is necessary for developing as a person and technology risks eliminating it.
“That's part of building your personality. That's part of handling rejection. That's part of making you a decent human”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2559 - Sam Morril (Sep 29, 2026) · Listen from 56:20
Morril argues AI films lose the human backstory that makes classic films valuable, citing books about making The Godfather and Chinatown.
“the books about the making of those movies are almost as good as the movies”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2559 - Sam Morril (Sep 29, 2026) · Listen from 41:36
Chinatown (1974 film)
Morril suggests the Manson murder of Sharon Tate shaped Polanski's bleak ending of Chinatown.
“Roman Polanski is super fucked in the head after that, obviously. And that's why we probably get the ending of Chinatown that we get because of that”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2559 - Sam Morril (Sep 29, 2026) · Listen from 2:06:07
Predictions
1 pending
- Prediction · due Jun 2027
Morril says he self-financed a tour mockumentary and sold it to Netflix for release early the following year.
“But I made my own movie, too, that I just sold to Netflix. So that'll be out early next year”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2559 - Sam Morril (Sep 29, 2026) · Listen from 39:58 · Incorrect (Netflix special)
Appearances
#2559 - Sam MorrilThe Joe Rogan Experience · Sep 29, 2026 · 2 h 53 min
Joe Rogan and comedian Sam Morril discuss the stand-up grind, AI's threat to art, the JFK assassination, notorious killers, classic films and comedy legends.
Often appears with
- Joe Rogan · 1 shared episode