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When actor and comedian Jon Lovitz He worked with Joe Rogan in a comedy of the 1990s, he could say that the current podcast giant had the potential to be massive one day.
In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, Lovitz remembered to work with Rogan in the “Newsradio” set of NBC, saying that at that time, I could tell the young fans of UFC and the small screen actor had a serious talent and impulse that They would make the day makes it the best podcaster.
“I knew him 20 years ago. It’s like a genius, you know, it’s very, very intelligent. And it’s also very, very stubborn. But his opinions are, you know, very informed.” Lovitz praised Rogan as “very articulated and … very honest.”
The former member of the “SNL” cast, Jon Lovitz, and Podcast Joe Rogan host were once cast partners in the NBC comedy “Newsradio” at the end of the 90s. (Chris unger / collaborator | Let Zanni / Collaborator)
Decades before “the experience Joe Rogan” was the Podcast number one In the world and one of, if not, the most influential platforms in the media, Rogan was a promising actor who played Joe Garrelli in “Newsradio”, which was broadcast for five seasons between 1995 and 1999.
The character is a maintenance/electrician staff who often occurs to him his own homemade devices and is seen wearing conspiracy theories to his fictional co -workers at the WNYX Radio station, the scenario of the situation comedy.
The legendary comedian and actor, Phil Hartman, also starred in the program, which was his first important role in television after his period in “Saturday Night Live”. Hartman played the anchor in the air of the fictitious station, Bill Mcneal, for the first four seasons of the program to the actor was killed in 1998.
Hartman’s “SNL” colleague, Lovitz, joined the cast “Newsradio” after the actor’s death, replacing the McNeal character as the new presenter in the air of the fictional program, Max Lewis. During the fifth and final season of the program, Lovitz met Rogan, telling Fox News Digital that the actor had the talent and budding interests that made him the family name he is today.
Joe Rogan and Jon Lovitz along with other cast members of the NBC situation comedy “Newsradio” in 1998. (NBC / Collaborator)
Lovitz, coanfrerion of his own comedy podcast with actress Charlotte McKinney, titled “What do they know?“He acknowledged that Rogan has the” biggest “podcast today and explained why he thinks he has earned it.
“He reads a lot and looks at everything, and is a very interesting guy,” said the comedian, and also mentioned that he observed Rogan’s fascination with UFC takeoff.
The podcast host began Working at the UFC As a backstage interviewer in 1997, while starring “Newsradio”. Over the years, he became co-commentator of the League and remains like this today.
“And so he began to make his podcast, and I think at the same time he began to make the UFC They beg to do what the comedian thought it was an intelligent commercial company.
However, Rogan told him that it was not a commercial movement as calculated as he simply bowed to one of his favorite hobbies.
“And he says: ‘No, I only’, the UFC was not huge when he began to make his podcast, he says: ‘I only did it and then happened a bit'”.
“And I think that is one of the reasons why his thing is doing So good. Don’t stop, you know? He says what he really thinks, “Lovitz added.
The comedian, who began to make standup after his period in “SNL” at the end of the 80s, said that this type of honesty is the key to the connection between an audience and a foot comic.
“And so, even in the comedy standing, that also happens. If you say how you really feel about something, suddenly the audience is laughing and you realize, ‘Oh, they also feel like that. I’m not just me. “
