I loved the show NewsRadio. It is probably one of my favorite shows of the past 20 years. More specifically I loved Joe Rogan as Joe Garrelli, the office handyman. He was snarky, dry, and very funny… which is impressive when put up next to Dave Foley and Phil Hartman.

On the flip side, though, I hate Joe Rogan as the host of Fear Factor. The show is ridiculous; it is the basest of reality game shows, and Rogan is trite as he encourages contestants. You can see it written clearly on his visage how silly he thinks the whole thing is.

So, I suppose by the law of averages I am pretty in the middle on Mr. Rogan. Fear Factor cancels out NewsRadio, which is a crying shame. Enter Joe Rogan Live, a 55-minute stand-up comedy routine, a world in which Rogan has over 15 years of experience.

Sadly, experience does not always a hilarious comedy show make. His act is nothing but what feels like an eternity of profanity-laced screaming. Don’t get me wrong; I have no problem with curse words, dirty jokes about sex and drugs, and general debauchery. I can watch Eddie Izzard, Ryan Belleville, and Jim Gaffigan all day. Rogan, though, seems to be doing all of these things only for shock value. Perhaps he has been too influenced by his daytime hosting job.

Joe Rogan is charming when he is telling stories, but when he gets amped up and starts flailing around and hollering, watching it borders on the uncomfortable. There is a bit, which wears on for entirely too long, in which Rogan talks about the beginning of his time hosting Fear Factor. When he first laments the show lasting longer than he ever could have imagined, he reminds you of the guy you've been best friends with for ten years. He is likeable and funny. But when he begins to berate contestants on the show, his face contorts into an ugly snarl, he stomps about the stage, and screams into the microphone. The act loses its humor and becomes quickly stale.

In another missed laugh, Rogan discusses Noah's Ark and the many holes in that particular Biblical story. While the concept of the bit is very funny, he loses this viewer when he begins - again - screaming just for the sake of screaming. It is certainly not that the man is not funny — it is his delivery. Twenty minutes into the whole affair I felt harassed and annoyed and found it hard to watch the rest.

NewsRadio, Fear Factor, and averages aside, I highly recommend skipping this one.