MicroFamous · 2022-04-21 · 13 min
This might be an odd thing for me to talk about. I spend all my time helping entrepreneurs and experts become MicroFamous . So what do I know? Yet there are some really critical lessons we can all take from Rogan’s history. There is no original reporting or investigative journalism or exclusive interview here. But I am going to tie together the 4 big cultural waves that propelled Joe Rogan to being mega-famous. That way we can be on the lookout for similar opportunities in our own world, big or small. Let’s start with a rough timeline. You’ve got Rogan’s childhood scattered, where among other things, he picks up tae kwon do and ends up winning a US Open Championship and doing some martial arts teaching. He gets started in stand up comedy in the late 80s going into the 90s. He moves to LA, gets picked up by Disney on a development deal and ends up on a sitcom called Newsradio. You might remember that as the last thing Phil Hartman did before his unfortunate death. Newsradio runs from 1995-99. This whole time he’s followed the UFC from almost the very first event. The live event UFC 5 takes place about a month after the first episode of Newsradio airs.
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