Joe Rogan got his start in the Boston comedy scene in the ‘80s, but he didn’t become a household name until his stint on America’s most disgusting reality show, Fear Factor. Rogan himself admits that he got the job because he could not have cared less about the gig, and cops to the show being ridiculous. Show Fear Factor originally ran from 2001-2006, and had a brief revival in 2011 that did not last long — it was canceled early due to one stunningly disgusting challenge. When the show came back to air on MTV in 2017, Joe Rogan turned it down. In fact, Rogan says he regrets returning to the show in 2011. Why Rogan regrets returning to ‘Fear Factor’When Joe Rogan returned to Fear Factor in 2011, he was not happy with himself. In fact, it sounds as if he wasn’t very happy working on the show to begin with. On an episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, Rogan said, “When I was on like Season 5 of Fear Factor I remember thinking, ‘I don’t know how much longer I can do this.’ It was the same thing over and over again. We did 148 episodes. After a while it was like, Jesus Christ, how many animal d*cks can you serve people. How many times can you throw them off buildings?” One YouTube user commented, “Joe talks about Fear Factor like he was mining coal or something.” Rogan went on to add, “I did come back, in 2011. I came back. But I didn’t have as much money back then and also it was a lot more money than I got the first time. It was a big deal that it was gonna come back, but I immediately regretted it. Like immediately. Like oh my god, I have a job again.” Apparently, Rogan came back because he realized he needed to plenty more money saved up to support his children. He soon realized he was miserable again, however. Rogan said, “Once I started doing it I was like, ‘Oh my god this is a mistake. This is a mistake. I don’t like it.’” When his guest asked if he ever felt any moral pangs about the challenges, Joe Rogan replied, “No, because I would have done it when I was broke. I would have eaten an animal d*ck.” The episode that canceled ‘Fear Factor’https://youtu.be/3KPZWTsMYOA According to Joe Rogan, the revival of Fear Factor also saw an uptick in how wild the challenges became. Rogan said, “They were taking a lot more crazy risks. One one of them you had a set of keys and you had your partner, who was handcuffed to a tree. And they were attached to a bungee cord that was attached to a helicopter, okay, and the cord was taut, and they were flying in the sky above a giant canyon. You get these keys and you’re working these keys, and the idea is the first person to get the key lock open, you unlock the thing, and then boom, they’re shooting into the sky. And I remember seeing them going, what if something snaps, what if something breaks, what if someone falls to their death?” Rogan also revealed that the show was canceled following a horrific challenge in which contestants were required to drink donkey semen and donkey urine. Rogan explained, “They played horseshoes, but they could never win. Even if you made a ringer you’d have to drink one ounce. But if you f*cked up you had to drink 10, 11, 12 ounces. These were jugs, jugs of [semen].” “So hard to imagine that was a real show,” added Rogan. “Well, this was the one that killed it. That episode killed it.” "What I brought to Fear Factor the first time I hope to bring to it again—a background in competitive athletics along with being a standup comedian. This show is tailor-made for me," Rogan said. "Once it was a reality, I got really fired up about it. It seems so strange that a show could be off the air for five years and come back."The entertainment industry can be a brutal beast. There's a reason why there are throngs of folks out there who ultimately decide to give up on their dreams of having their own talk show or becoming a stand-up comic or the world's greatest clown-themed rapper for a job at their dad's practice. That's because getting a decent job in the industry is by no means a done deal. Article continues below advertisement And even if you do manage to land a great gig, keeping it is another story. Countless high-profile pilots are never picked up and further developed even when they have top talent and directors attached to it. And if your show does get picked up, there's no guarantee it's going to last for multiple seasons. But NBC's Fear Factor did, and was one of the network's biggest shows. So why did it get canceled? Why did 'Fear Factor' get canceled?It was the early 2000s, and network television was going big into reality TV and they weren't afraid to dip their toes into the edge-pool in order to secure ratings. The WWE was selling D-Generation X T-shirts with the words "SUCK IT" on them. People hadn't found out Limp Bizkit sucked yet, and movie-theater goers cheered when they watched Anthony Hopkins feed Ray Liotta his own brains. It was a wild time, and Fear Factor embodied that wildness. Article continues below advertisement Source: Getty Images Hosted by the podcast king himself, comedian/UFC commentator/tae kwon do champion Joe Rogan, Fear Factor was, at the time, a surprise success for NBC. The show, which launched in 2001, picked a handful of contestants and put them through a number of hair-rising and disgusting challenges to overcome their fears for the chance to win a ton of money. Article continues below advertisement Folks were dangled from zip lines that were attached to helicopters, ate bugs and boiled genitals of weird animals, and did a whole lot of weird and frightening things for a sweet cash prize. Rogan at the time was mostly known for his recurring role on the popular sitcom News Radio. In a 2015 interview with Art Bell, Rogan said he didn't think there was any way that Fear Factor would stay on air. Source: Getty Images Article continues below advertisement "It was bizarre for me being there, being the host of it, as it was for anyone to watch it. Ninety percent of the time I would show up at work and I’d be shaking my head going, 'I can’t believe this is a real show,'" he said (per Gossip Cop), adding: "I thought it was something completely ridiculous. I’m like, ‘There’s no way this is going to stay on television.’ Then, 148 episodes later…" However, like most shows with zany premises, it seemed as if the allure of Fear Factor began to wear off after multiple seasons. Ratings dwindled from year to year, although they were still fairly strong even up to the end of its sixth season, when it was canceled. The series reportedly earned the network a whopping $600 million in ad revenue for its first run on air. Article continues below advertisement Source: Getty Images While the show was successful, NBC noticed that fans weren't too interested in re-watching episodes of the series, as DVD box-set sales (which were big in the early aughts) of the first season didn't perform well sales-wise. As Gossip Cop notes, some believe that "overexposure" could've contributed to Fear Factor's cancellation and dwindling audience interest, as new episodes were premiering on NBC at the same time that older episodes were airing in syndication. Article continues below advertisement After seeing that the reruns did well on NBC's sister network, Chiller, NBC decided to bring the series back in 2011. However, it didn't fare well due to production pushing the envelope a little too far with some of the challenges. Rogan told Bell, "The second time around we did it for seven more episodes… and then I was worried because there were some episodes… where they really kept upping the ante further and further and there was a few accidents. Nobody got hurt; [it was] nothing serious. But it was like wow. This is more risky than we ever did before."
Article continues below advertisement One episode in particular, where contestants were challenged to drink either donkey semen or urine, ultimately put the kibosh on the series. Although it was never aired, the episode is available for those to watch who are interested. The show was rebooted again in 2017 on MTV with Ludacris as host but was ultimately axed after two seasons. Article continues below advertisement Joe Rogan once fought a contestant on the show.The scuffle occurred after Joe called out a female contestant — who appeared on the series with her husband — for physically assaulting another player. The female contestant's husband eventually charged at Joe. WWE's The Miz ended up breaking up the fight between the husband and Joe, saying, "And then all of a sudden they start going at it and I was like, 'All right I gotta break this up because Joe's gonna kill him.'" The host can be seen keeping the contestant at bay as he fecklessly accosted the tae kwon do champion and BJJ black belt. Seems like fear should've been a factor for that guy, seeing what Rogan's capable of doing to smack-talking average joes. Is Fear Factor coming back 2022?Fear Factory is open for business! With creepy upgrades, classic haunts, fearful photo ops, food trucks, and scares galore, Fear Factory promises to make 2022 the scariest ever!
Will Fear Factor come back?LOS ANGELES — In a television revival sure to thrill, scare, and disgust millions, NBC announced this week that they are renewing Fear Factor, only this time the dangerous stunts will exclusively involve taking health advice from host Joe Rogan.
Who is hosting Fear Factor 2022?MTV is giving viewers the chance to conquer their fears head on with a refresh of the break-through series "Fear Factor." Ludacris will host the new installment, custom-created for a generation that is increasingly empowered, while also more anxious than ever.
Why is Fear Factor Cancelled?However, the show's winning formula fizzled out in 2006 and it was canceled (for the first time) due to sagging ratings, according to The Hollywood Reporter; but it's actually the show's second cancellation that went on to become the stuff of reality TV legend.
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