Shane Gillis Wants to Buy Nazi Memorabilia

In an episode of Joe Rogan’s podcast released today, Shane Gillis, who counts two Holocaust deniers as his close friends, said he’s been considering buying Nazi memorabilia, specifically Hitler’s autograph. Not because he admires the man—no, Hitler is “the biggest f—ot that’s ever lived"—but because he thinks the signature might be an important historical memento that he can pass down to his children:

Ari Shaffir: Somebody gave me some Nazi money. I have a wall for my “You Be Trippin’” podcast and I put money up there from different countries. Somebody’s like, “Want some Nazi money?” I’m like, “Yeah, I want it, for sure.”

Gillis: I was thinking about buying a fucking Adolf Hitler autograph.

Mark Normand: You might as well.

Gillis: I don't know what's that—

Rogan: Get it from Kanye. He'll sell you one.

Gillis: Yeah, but you can buy—

Shaffir: You can buy 'em.

Gillis: They're really expensive, but you can buy an Adolf Hitler autograph, a signature.

Normand: Yeah. I mean, it's gotta be worth a ton of money.

Gillis: Yeah, no. And then I figure maybe when I'm... If I have grandkids or something—

Normand: You can give it to your kid.

Gillis: —I can go, "This is going to be worth a billion dollars."

Shaffir: The most evil man.

Rogan: Maybe someday it'll be like Genghis Khan's autograph. 

Gillis: Exactly. 

Rogan: It won't be forbidden anymore, after like a thousand years. 

Shaffir: You're not revering him. Just, he was notable—

Normand: He's the most famous guy ever. 

Shaffir: There's somebody who was like, "I was reading Mein Kampf, just to read it," but she was reading it on the bus, so she had to go... [Shakes his head disapprovingly.] So people didn't think she was agreeing. She had to hold it—

Rogan: But you can get in trouble just having that. 

Normand: You gotta get a book cover on that thing.

Rogan: [Reading monitor:] A few outstanding very original document letters signed, autographed by Adolf Eichmann.

Shaffir: [Unintelligible] It could be $800, $7,700.

Gillis: That's not bad for a fucking—

Normand: That's a steal.

Rogan: Adolf Eichmann—

Shaffir: Not just on a piece of paper. This is like—

Rogan: —it's a Nazi military officer charged by Hitler. He's not Adolf Hitler. 

Shaffir: No. Eichmann—that's right, it's not Adolf. Eichmann's the worst one.

Normand: How much does that Holocaust?

Rogan: I can't believe you can just buy Nazi stuff. 

Gillis: You can.

Shaffir: Dude, it's in thrift stores too. I've seen ‘em. 

Rogan: Whoa, look at that. Look at that, the arm sleeve, officer sleeve eagle. 

Normand: Hell, yeah. 

Rogan: From a guy's fucking uniform. 

Gillis: See what I mean? 

Normand: That guy killed your grandpa. 

Shaffir: 480 bucks.

Gillis: You see how you start going, "I could spend fucking 500 fucking bucks."

Normand: It's history.

Rogan: That's only 480 bucks? That's crazy. 

Shaffir: I have a new version of that. The Chinese—the Chinese made new money to give it up for the workers during Covid. And it's all these scientists on their bills. They made a whole new bill. 

Rogan: Interesting. "These are the people that caused the pandemic."

Gillis: Every time I've brought this up, people get upset. 

Shaffir: He's a polarizing figure. 

Gillis: Of course, he's polarizing, but I'm not like—

Rogan: He did a lot of bad things. 

Shaffir: It's polarizing. 

Gillis: I know, but I'm not like “Hitler's the man.”

Rogan: Because someone just edited that part. 

Gillis: "Hitler's the man." No, it's like he's the worst—

Rogan: Of course. 

Gillis: Edit this part: He's the biggest f—ot that's ever lived. 

Normand: Actually, Mao was worse. 

Shaffir: Wait, that's so funny. I mean, it's a whatever bit. But calling Hitler a f—ot will get you in trouble for the wrong reason. 

Normand: That's true. 

Gillis: But he's top five all time. 

Normand: Top five. 

Gillis: Yeah. Biggest fucking turds on earth. 

Normand: He's the Michael Jordan of f—ots. 

Rogan: Cranked out of his mind the entire time. Like a poster boy for "don't do drugs."

From here the group proceeds to engage in some light Holocaust denial, as Shaffir—the son of a living Holocaust survivor—explains that it was actually Adolf Eichmann’s idea to exterminate the Jews, and Hitler just went along with it to gin up German nationalism: 

Shaffir: It was actually, Eichmann was—drove it more, because Hitler was like, "Whatever you need ..." Eichmann was the one. That's what I think I remember, is him going, "Let's find—we need an Other." He was the smarter one about it. He goes, "We need some Other." And he goes, "Let's do the Jews. They stay to themselves." But he was like, "Well, anyone will do." 

Rogan: Really?

Shaffir: He was the writer of all it. And Adolf was like, "Yeah, that'll help us get nationalism going."

Rogan: He was like the Dick Cheney to George W? 

Shaffir: Yeah. 

Gillis: Adolf was like, "Dude, just let me spit. Tell me who."

Rogan: We found out Dick Cheney's still alive the other day. 

Gillis: Yeah. 

Shaffir: Isn't that interesting?

Rogan: I thought he was—it's like Berenstain Bears, Mandela effect things. I thought he was dead. 

Gillis: No, he endorsed Kamala Harris, and they bragged about it. 

Rogan: Oh, that's right.

Somehow this was not the worst part of the episode. (Nor the only time they ran cover for Nazis—at one point Gillis plugs his Nazi friend Sam Hyde’s new season of Million Dollar Extreme, premiering soon in Austin.) Elsewhere, in a perfect encapsulation of the cruelty and nihilism that animates their school of comedy, the group mocks Greta Thunberg’s pro-Palestine activism, at one point cackling at the suggestion that Israel might kill her: 

Normand: You see Greta Thunberg’s on her way there right now?

Rogan: She's gonna fix it.

Gillis: What is this?

Normand: Thunberg’s on her way to Iran.

Rogan: She's gonna fix Gaza.

Gillis: Oh. she’s on a sailboat.

Rogan: She's taking a sailboat to Gaza.

Gillis: Three years fucking later.

Shaffir: Who is?

Normand: I can't wait for them to meet her.

Rogan: Bro, that little "how dare you" girl? "How dare you." You know the climate change girl? You know the little autistic girl?

Shaffir: Yeah. She's an adult now, nobody cares.

Rogan: Now she's "Free Palestine." She's singing things off her phone. Now she's at the front of a boat like George Washington making its way to Gaza.

Normand: What happened to the environment though? Is the environment done?

Rogan: [Looking at monitor:] Bro, there she is. Just like Leonardo DiCaprio.

Normand: She's got a nice boat. From the river to the rising sea… levels.

Shaffir: Not bad, dude.

Rogan: She's gonna break the Israeli naval blockade. Bro, those IDF guys are gonna turn her into cat food. They will light her up from the fucking shore before she's even close. They don't play no games. They don't play.

Gillis: Everyone's gonna. Both sides are going to blow that boat up when they see it.

Shaffir: They actually maybe come together on who gets to blow it up. Maybe that can bridge the gap here.

Rogan: Could be.

Gillis: She could be sacrificing herself for all of us.

Rogan: Well, she could be just the best person ever.

Normand: Nothing greener than killing yourself.

The second season of Gillis’s series Tires is now streaming on Netflix.