Stand-up comic Bert Kreischer has been telling his story of The Machine for years. In case you aren’t familiar with it, Kreischer was a student at Florida State, and enrolled in a Russian studies program, when his class took a trip to the Motherland. Young Bert fell in with the Russian Mafia, which controls everything over there, and won their respect by nicknaming himself “The Machine” and drinking every alcoholic beverage these tough guys put in front of him. The story has inspired an upcoming 2023 movie titled The Machine, starring Kreischer and Star Wars legend Mark Hamill. And now we are learning that we might have Joe Rogan to thank for the film.
