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And now, it's Rich Eisen. That's a fact. I can confirm. It is me. Hey, still looking the same, honestly, than I did in hour two. I see you.
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I'm a fine wine. You know what I mean? Hey, now.
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I don't know why that makes me laugh every time. Anyway, first two hours, great. Chris Mannix at Sports Illustrated just joined us to talk about the latest in the NBA playoffs and everything going on around the association. Hour one.
Cedric the Entertainer and Anthony Anderson together. That was a blast as well. Joining us now is one of our favorites. Not just saying that because he's listening to my introduction, but it's the truth.
Kevin O'Connell, he is the reigning coach of the year of the National Football League, zooming in from Minnesota. Good to see you, Kevin. How are you?
I'm doing well, Rich. I wish I could have the blinds up behind me because it is a beautiful day in the Twin Cities. Yeah. You're missing out. You know what? I'm an indoors person these days.
I don't even know what it looks like outside anymore, man. You know what I mean? I just sit. I just work in and I just keep going. Wouldn't that be weird if I used your time to bitch about my life, Kevin?
That would just be a weird choice of my minutes with you, don't you think? Just know I'm here for you. I'm always just a quick phone caller in this case to zoom away.
You are the man. So what is it like to be in a draft with so few draft choices? Were you just like binging shows or anything like that?
What were you doing sometimes during this draft, Kevin? Well, it was actually good because I could clean up some install tapes for the spring. Spring cleaning.
Spring cleaning, spring install cleaning. I had no idea. We can do a complete playbook revamp, change things just for the sake of changing them, all kinds of time on our hands. No, it was good. You know, I probably watched the draft from the perspective of observation mode a little bit more than active participant for some of those clusters of picks in between ours. But no, it allowed us to kind of really laser our focus and really identify some guys that if they were there, we were going to be very excited to get them. And that's kind of how our draft went with these five selections in addition to trading for Sam Howell. How hot was the phone lines when you're on the clock, 24th overall, Kevin, before you went ahead and stuck and picked? Yeah, I think Kwesi was doing a great job and Rob and our folks in there kind of, we kind of knew we'd be right in the mix there of potentially a team either, you know, wanting to come up and maybe select a quarterback, maybe another position. But we also knew we had kind of identified some players, you know, in a cluster there at certain spots that if one of those guys were there, it was going to take a certain amount of capital via the trade to even be thinking about moving. And we fielded some calls, we had some conversations and some good dialogue and ultimately decided to pull the card and draft Donovan Jackson and he was one of those players that we kind of went into it hoping he would be there and really see a role and a fit for him and our team that we're really excited about. Well, after your team played its last game of last season, nine sacks given up or taken in that game, Kevin, you said we just have to solidify the interior of our line and you went shopping at the free agent store in Indianapolis for a couple of interior linemen and drafted first round an interior lineman. So, I mean, check the box, right?
Check that box. Well, I think it's something that, you know, you really look at the way our league is and it just seems like team after team are being built not only along the line of scrimmage but in the interior of their O line and D lines and the teams that you tend to run into later on in the seasons, into the playoffs. They're going to have a real focal point of trying to affect the quarterback and we feel we have and still feel really great about Christian D'Arisso and Brian O'Neill. Now, what I should have said in the moment in the emotions of losing a game like that is I thought our team battled to overcome losing one of the best left tackles in football for the better part of 10 games there. You know, having no Christian D'Arisso had an impact on all of us, but Cam Robinson comes in and is able to kind of hold it down.
We win nine games. We kind of maybe didn't always see exactly what was going on because the results were coming and Sam was making plays and we were able to move the football, score points and do the things required to win. But when I really took a step back and looked at it, have we really put the emphasis on matching how we want to play, how we want to impact helping the quarterback from a standpoint of all downs and all situations?
Have we really invested in those interior spots? And I think we've had some good players inside there, but we really wanted to go identify guys that were fits with how we want to play from Wolfries to Ryan Kelly to Donovan Jackson. And we still have Blake Brendell coming back who got his first exposure to really starting a lot of games last year as well. But it'll be a welcome sight to get Christian D'Arisso back. He's having a great off season.
And I think Brian O'Neill had one of his best seasons as a pro over on the right side. So a lot to be excited about with the Vikings offensive line, but we got to make it come to life and just got on the grass this week for the first time. And we're pretty dang excited about it. And that's the way I'm going to turn your quarterback since obviously that's a focus of so many in this league and me in particular because I love J.J. McCarthy.
You know that I say it to you every single time I see you, whether it's through a Zoom screen or in person. What's he looking like? Your two cents, Kevin, right now on the grass? Yeah, he's having a great start to his off season program. I just the journey he's been on from the moment that really before the injury, this guy comes in here, you know, incredibly, you know, incredible amount of energy and excitement for him coming here last year. And he was getting better every single day. The growth from day one of rookie minicamp this time last year, coming up this weekend last year, all the way through, you know, his first performance in the preseason game, his growth in practice, playing against a really good defense every day. There was a lot to be excited about as Sam was having a great camp. So was J.J. And that was a really good thing for the Minnesota Vikings at the time. He has the injury, Rich, as you know, nobody was more crushed about that than me.
You know, probably second to J.J. And he really had to deal with what that was like to have the game taken away. I've got to focus solely on my rehab. I want to be out there with my guys.
There's nothing I love more. And he had to really laser his focus and center on, you know, getting healthy. And he did that. He's able to attack the offseason once the season kind of ended and really be in this building every day. He's bigger. He's stronger. I can see it in his arm. I can see it in his movements. I can see just the ownership of playing quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings. He gained a lot from last year, albeit not how we all drew it up. But he's already showing early on here.
Today was our third day of phase two on the grass. But I think all his teammates feel it. I know the coaches do, myself included. Now can we just build and build and build and progress towards when we get our first competitive opportunity come training camp.
And that's the word competitive opportunity. Sam Howell acquired you. You and the Seahawks essentially swapped. Sam, they signed yours.
You acquired theirs. Is Sam Howell in competition with J.J. McCarthy for this gig? Kevin? Well, here's what I would say, Rich, is, you know, right now the rules prohibit even Minnesota Vikings defensive players from lining up across from Minnesota Vikings offensive players. So we would be imagining one heck of an opponent if we said it was us coaches standing out there as a defense or some of the other offensive players forming a defense. That's not what this time of year is about. This is the learning, the teaching phase. So much growth and development can happen during this time when there's really no negative outcomes. There's no, you know, there's no plays that don't go your way and have a real impact on the team. They're all just learning moments right now.
But there's going to come a time where that changes and it's going to come very rapidly and quickly here, Rich. J.J. is going to be in a great position to assume and ascend in our organization. But right now we really don't have any feelings on competition as much as we've got an obligation as coaches to put our players in position to attack that competition phase. Sam will be a part of it, but we've got to get Sam ready to play. We've got to get Brett Ripen ready to play. Brought in a really intriguing, you know, undrafted guy from the University of Minnesota, Max Brosmer, who will arrive this weekend. So excited about our quarterback room and now it's our job to go coach him and hopefully have them playing the best possible ball that they can play. So then let me let me take this swing at what you said a couple of minutes ago about how J.J. McCarthy is owning being a quarterback of the Minnesota Vikings, if not the quarterback of the Minnesota Vikings.
I don't know if that's exactly what you said, but I kind of picked up the spirit of it. How is that looking? How is it manifesting itself? You're standing there. I know everybody is wildly concerned about these reps on here.
Let me put you at peace, Rich. When he is taking snaps, he's taken plenty of snaps from Ryan Kelly, who happens to be a 10-year starting offensive center in this league. So take that for what it's worth. I don't think Vikings fans or any wildly successful nationally renowned broadcasters like yourself should be worried about the amount of reps J.J. is going to get with the ones. We're going to have them ready to go. And by owning playing quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings, that's footwork, that's rhythm, that's timing, that's running the huddle, that's running the show, that's cadence, that's identifying defensive structures that he's got to be responsible for getting us into the right plays.
He's owning it, Rich. Okay. Since you are a keen observer of franchise talent, I appreciate you using the word wildly in conjunction with successful when you refer to me, Kevin. Thank you for that. You're very welcome. I picked up on that. Very good. And speaking of evaluation, did you see Justin Jefferson's attire for the Met Gala, Kevin?
Have you seen this? I may or may not have already texted him and asked him because I've never seen him wear the same thing twice. So I figured that's just going to find a nice place in his closet. I said, when can I borrow the fit, is what I asked him. And I'm a little taller than Justin, so hopefully we can take some of the air out of that thing.
I like a little bit more of a slim fit, but apparently that's not in anymore. We got to catch up with the times. What a group right there.
What a good looking group right there. I agree. It does appear, though, you are taller than him, but it does appear that there is room, you know, that we don't have to let anything out. So and again, your evaluation here, we were wondering who would be faster in a 40 yard dash, me in my dress suit or Justin even in that suit, if I asked Justin and I will. This is going to happen, that he participates in my St. Jude charity run next year where I'm in my suit. He's in that suit.
Handicap it for me. What do you think? Would he even be faster than me in that suit?
Kevin, what do you think? Well, I can confirm he would be faster, but I will say this to you with 100 percent certainty. I think he would look better. I guarantee nothing against what my guy wore. And I want to borrow the fit just for the sheer entertainment, maybe in a team meeting coming up, coming to a theater near you. But what I would say is I've seen you. The silhouette running is right off to the side right there. And I've always just admired your ability to have swagger style.
Thank you. And your form has gotten so much better, too. So Justin better be on his game. He better be running. But I do imagine that parachute like suit that he was wearing would at least make it competitive.
Absolutely be competitive. That's impressive. Honestly, he's as we all know. What's the name of the place you call for him? The Freak plays or something like that, right? Oh, yeah. We changed all those names, though, during the draft because we had so much time. Touché, man.
Touché. Yeah, I'm just thinking you're sitting there just like just staring at the walls. No, but I mean, at some point, though, during the draft, you must have been like, you know, man, we're just we're just waiting for for something to happen, you know, for you guys to get on the clock again. But congrats on everything going on with you, brother. Congrats on your on your contract and your long roadway there and everything that's happening. I appreciate the time, as always.
Yeah. Always enjoy it. Huge fan of yours and look forward to seeing you soon. Thanks, pal.
Right back at you. That's Kevin O'Connell, the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings, getting ready to borrow the fit from from Justin Jeffers. He should rock that the first day of training camp. Oh, my God. Just come out. Here comes coach in Justin's suit.
That'd be great. Come on out. Come on out, coach. And then he'll just go, what? And not even acknowledge it. You know what I mean? Like what? What do you mean? 844204 Rich number to dial. Back with more right here on the Rich Eisen Show.
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My man. What's up, gentlemen? What's up, dude? What's up? What's on your mind? So I want to talk about the Steelers again.
You know, that's my team of choice. Now, so, you know, I know, Rich, you're big on Tomlin. I am. And most people, right? Most people are. And why else?
You know, I can see why. You know, his record is pretty decent. But, you know, I hope what's going on with Rodgers now just shows you that just because of his record and what people think that he is with his team. You know, if there's another coach like Reed or, you know, a Holgrom, someone that has a similar record to Tomlin, I don't think Rodgers would have waited and still waiting this long. Nor do I think that team would have waited for him. Right.
I mean, he has them by the Coolioans. Right. Good word. Now, the teammates, A-word doesn't want him on the team. Okay. I mean, how is he supposed to, you know, work with these players considering he's held them out for a month? Okay.
And Tomlin just doesn't go. Wael, let me just let me just stop in here for you. Okay. Yeah.
First of all, what you just referred to, they're called Halliburton's now. That's number one. Number two. Rodgers holdup has nothing to do, although you can't say what's going on. Right. Nobody knows. Because you all know him. I will say this. Rodgers holdup has nothing to do with his doubts about Mike Tomlin.
I don't know what the holdup is, but it's definitely not like, I don't know if I want to play for Mike Tomlin. I mean, like the two of them, I think, will get along famously well. And Rodgers, everywhere he has been, I'm sure, you know, he's been disliked by some in his locker room, just on the odds of it. But everywhere he's gone, everyone loves him. I mean, he's never done this to any other team.
No, I mean, I don't know. There's some in Green Bay, we'll talk about some drama. And trust me, when everything was going on with Rodgers at the draft, Packers fans, they were all like, you know, hey, not our table anymore. Tell us about that guy. What's what's going on with him? What's going on with Pittsburgh?
Like laughing. But but he's got to come now, JL, YL, and he's going to he's going to he's going to be there. And then I appreciate the call while I know you're not terribly happy about the Pickens trade. I get it. Just hear me out here.
And and this is this is the ultimate question about it, right? You take a look. Let me call up their depth chart, because right now, Mason Rudolph leads the depth chart. He does. Let us put Aaron Rodgers in there. The running back room is Jalen Warren.
And then this fella, Caleb Johnson, that they just picked up from Iowa and they drafted is very talented. Kenneth Gainwell and court Darryl Patterson. OK. Gainwell was nice.
Gainwell's he gained well, sir. He did. Right. And Cordell Patterson, you can't just say he's in the running back room because he's in the wide receiver room and he's also in the special teams room. The guy just include him everywhere.
D.K. Metcalf, Robert Woods, Roman Wilson, Calvin Austin, the third, Scotty Miller, Ben Skaronic. Pat Fryer Muth, Darnell Washington. OK, now that's the that's the the skilled positions for Rodgers compared to what he had with the Jets last year. OK. And he had better with the Jets last year. The line was different.
Maybe the line was different. And you know, it also is different for him between last year and this year that I think is in his favor, because you could sit here and go, well, there's no Breece Hall in that running back room. And D.K., what is he? With Garrett Wilson, are you going to say a wash? Because Garrett Wilson had a better year last year. The D.K.
Metcalf. Oh, that I would I would say there is no doubt. And he didn't have a great season last year.
Nor did any of the Jets. Davante Adams is Davante Adams sitting in that room in Pittsburgh. But here's the benefit, though, is his Achilles is better. It's got to be. It's just got to be. I know it's one year older, but it's also based on how old it is.
It's still in diapers, right? Garrett Wilson was much better than D.K. That's what I'm saying. And so it could be a downgrade in terms of. Talent level, but potentially an upgrade in terms of, with all due respect, competency in the coaching department. An upgrade in terms of stability in the front office and coaching department and the way of how things are done. And in terms of a chance to make the playoffs.
Rogers will be making an upgrade going to Pittsburgh because they make the playoffs every year, albeit don't go very far, which is the reason why people are upset about Tomlin like our caller. Because it's been a while since they have been on par with the rest of the AFC Championship game favorites. It's been a while since Big Ben was rolling out the balls.
You know. Where they be and the rest of that offense going toe to toe with Brady. Or Flacco or or even, you know, the back end of Lamar Peyton Manning. It's been a while, but I'm just saying Roger is going to come. And the question is, is how will he mesh with the guys I just mentioned? Because that's all who's going to be there now that Pickens is gone. But you're already hearing like the amount of headaches they were having with him.
It's going to be addition by subtraction there. And they don't want headaches. They don't want hostages. They don't want any of those ages. So out they go. Headaches, hostages, holdouts. Yeah. They don't want any of those. No.
So my opinion on that front. You know what I did last night, guys? What'd you do? No, no, no, no, no.
That's that's it. I just got let in on what you did last night. OK. Oh, I could put up a photograph on graduation. Oh, this is a lot of fun. I was a guest of Dr. Phil's, who looks a lot like Adam Ray and make up there for Dr. Phil Live at the Comedy Store on Sunset Boulevard.
Awesome. Where he had me on there. There he is with John Stamos. I met him on Sunday, Rich. John Stamos. Nice guy. A couple of other rich eyes and show guests of the past, Kevin Nealon.
There's Eric Andre, who I don't believe I've seen for 10 years. Yeah. And there we were in the back room of the Comedy Store. If only those walls could talk. Oh, yeah. Right. And me being a former stand up comic, being able to get out there on the main stage at the Comedy Store.
I mean, rich. And where you were, Dr. Phil was throwing some curveballs my way, you might imagine. Had me do play by play of some videos that some of Dr. Phil's fans sent in. Oh, goodness.
I asked him for some help on some sports videos or not sports videos. OK. Just, you know, a lot of pratfalls, a lot of stuff. I did my play by play.
Sure. He was working blue. I worked a little bit blue. What a blast, man. He doesn't line around the corner down the street. Oh, yeah. Yeah. By the way.
Down the street, around the corner. That's fun. It was fun. Being in front of a live audience is nothing like it, Matt.
Nothing like it. It was a lot of fun last night. Do my stand up. I appreciate that. That's cool. Yeah.
So funny. Adam had literally just texted me like 10 minutes. What?
What is he texting you about? He said, I think, hold on, let me say, and I quote, he said, Your boy killed it last night. Oh, cool.
Yeah. Adam must have heard from Dr. Phil about it. You know, I asked Dr. Phil to help me out with my issues of being angry with moronic drivers, but still slowing down once I pass them to see what they look like, even though even though I don't think that there's any sort of like standard look for moronic drivers. And then just a stare. And then then he said something very off color and very low brow. And I responded, that's the sort of bi play that was up on the stage.
I might have dropped the word taint on that main stage, which is great. I'm blocked. I'm I'm I'm checking off boxes for myself professionally.
And I'm I'm still checking to see if I'm employed by the national. The same was playing drums. What was he doing? I don't know, because he was on last and I was long gone, pal. Oh, you weren't all up together. No, it was one by one.
Kevin Nealon started. Then I went and then I think I have a photograph of the of the order of the setlist. I might have sent that to you, Hoskins, as I took two pictures last night.
Whatever I sent you earlier this morning, I took a a selfie of yours truly. And Dr. Phil McGraw and as you know, and then the the the guest list, like one by one by one. And it just that probably went on till 11 o'clock at night. Oh, I'm sure I was gone. See you later. Out the door.
844-204 Rich, number to dial on the program. Looks like we got Billy in Cleveland wants to chime in. What's up, Billy? Billy, you're in, you're on.
I think it's over, Rich. I'm 60 years old, lived in Cleveland my whole life. Between the Browns, the Indians and the Cavaliers have just I can't do it anymore.
I I get emotionally involved in these teams. I mean, if it's not Trevor Bauer cutting his hand on a drone and bleeding out in the American League Championship Series in Toronto, it's now the Cavaliers. The guy's got a stubbed toe.
The other guy gets fouled. And, you know, it's over. There's no there's no sense in being a Cleveland fan because this kind of stuff happens every single time. OK, Billy. So I'm glad. Hold on a second.
I need to jump in here and ask a question. When you say it's over, you're talking about your Cleveland fandom. Not like you're the basketball version of Carl on Curb Your Enthusiasm. Larry David's friend was a jet friend. The jet fan. You're not ending it all, Billy, right?
You're just your fandom. I might have to I might have to read a book. I might have to go to a museum. Oh, my God. Walk around an arboretum or listen to the Cleveland Orchestra. Rocking the whole thing.
It's over. Billy, you just enrich your life. You can enrich. Do you want us to make up a certificate for you, Billy, in Cleveland?
That is all encompassing, like includes guardians, calves, browns. Really? Right. You want us to do that? Yes. I would love it.
Any help you can give me. I would love it. Jay Felly is here because he's here to help practice the feud. When Susie joins us to play the feud in a couple of minutes. Jay, can you make up one of these certificates for Billy in Cleveland? Billy, I mean, once this happens, it's binding. Done. Are you going to pick a new team, Billy? What's the future? I can help you pick a new team.
I'm good at that. I'm done. No more sports. You know, hey, Brockman, by the way, are you going to get lucky again where like Halliburton will get hurt like last year in the conference finals? Just walk their way into another championship where they have so many banners. They might need a new arena just to hang another banner. Billy, I'll send you a jersey.
I'll send you a duck boat, my friend. We got the one lone, you know, Lebron banner in the Cleveland arena. It's like an orphan child. There's no other banners up there. There's like New Jersey got retired because he played for the Cavs for like a week and a half. Yeah, it's like Mylon High, right? It's like the Hoosiers.
There's only one banner up there. And Billy, you know, I'm going to let it slide that you're just in grief that you didn't disrespect me, the Knicks fan, by pointing out that the Celtics are going to advance and win it all. You know, then they're down 1-0 after bricking 45 threes, Billy.
The Celtics will get lucky, like, you know, a cat will break an ankle. Don't say what you say. Billy, hold up, Billy.
Walk into another one and everybody's going to come out. Billy's out, Billy's out. Billy's out. Put him on hold because he needs to get on the certificate for Billy.
Billy, where has Billy been for 10 plus years? Great call. Yeah, that was great. He came in full of despair.
Yeah. Despondency. Explained why he was despondent.
Going out the door, just like spitting his last breaths and dropping his direction. Bio and spite in the direction of the Boston sports fan while disrespecting the New York sports fan. That was just a big, like, ocean spray of disrespect by Billy in Cleveland going out the door.
Ocean spray of disrespect. So Jay Felley is here. And it's not just because he's a lead pipe willing profession.
Yes, it's no, it's two things. He wanted the Arby's. He heard that there was some free food from our first hour. That's true. And also, he knew that we're about to get ready and we're start to go through our training camp for our family.
Are these OTAs? What we've decided to do is we've decided to play around two or three of Family Feud every day on this show, up until the time we next week, at the end of next week, go and record the episode on Friday of next week, where we'll all be gone and it'll be a Rich Eisen show takeover by the Women's Sports Now cast and crew. So who better to kick this off to play the Steve Harvey role than Suzy Schuster is going to join us next. Well done, Mike. That's next.
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As soon as Thursday hits, you can see the newest episode. Suzy Schuster is here. Hello.
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How are you? So, listen, there's lots going on around here. And I'm glad that you're here because there's lots to settle in advance of our celebrity Family Feud appearance against the Dan Patrick show. Are you nervous? No. Nice.
As you know, that's what Dan Patrick asked me to haze me. Day one, right? No, not day one.
It was like month one on SportsCenter back in the day. Long story short, though. On the second floor across the skywalk? There's many things that we have to hammer out. You guys were talking about what to wear. Obviously, this is Suze's department. You guys have got to get ready.
She's in her third decade of telling me that doesn't look good on you. I know, but I've been saying we need to come up with some sort of coordination. Everyone kind of color matches on this show.
And you were just kind of like, nah. Because, like, color matches. Like, what's the color? Everyone wear a blue shirt or a purple shirt. You guys should get coordinated. Like what?
Give me a for instance. Because you hate it when I wear rich eyes and show gear. We're not doing that. It's awkward when you walk through airports wearing your own gear. All right, but what if I'm on ABC television?
Celebrity Family Feud wearing rich eyes and show gear. That's weak sauce, isn't it? I think you also go in with the quarter zips. Oh. Quarter zips? Like me? You're not going to convince him to wear quarter zips.
The guy in the corner is not wearing a quarter zip. TJ, what if I get you a really cute quarter zip? Cute. Again, wrong word choice. Yeah.
What do you want to wear? Can you guys focus on what's important? Let's play the feud. Do you want to know a little intel? What do you mean, intel? What do you mean? They're talking about it a lot. I know.
You were listening to Dan every single day. That's because they're scared, Suze. They're scared. Are they scared?
They're scared. They're carrying a big stick. Yeah. Guess what? Ours is bigger. We got a kendo stick.
Oh my God. You know what I'm saying? We got Halliburton. We got Halliburton. Exactly. You know what I mean? We got Halliburton.
We got Halliburton. No. You made it seem like they were talking smack about you, but now on second thought they never were talking smack about you? Yeah. That's not quite how it happened. What do you mean? They had a caller call in and say, well, a year and a half ago, Rich said he would use his team plus a random engineer.
I've never talked about celebrity family feuds. That's what the call was. Ever. Yeah. Okay. So, and you were the random engineer?
Well, a year and a half ago, no, but that's what I was told. Random engineer. What are you doing? You're so far from a random engineer.
And by the way, he didn't ask me. So I'm just saying like, you know, that's a plant. Yeah. Well, you, you and Colleen and Sarah, hold down the mothership to women's sports now Friday takeover next week.
Listen, you guys stop being such a bunch of pansies. Focus. Wow. Get ready. Practice. You guys should be talking to yourselves and like doing random quizzes at home. We've been doing them after the show each day this week. Yeah. I watched last night. A quarter zip.
I think a quarter zip. And then we'll give TJ something special. I know what I'm going to wear. Actually, I don't know what I'm going to wear.
I got mine. Right now, this is not giving off a sign of preparedness. No, we're not. No. It doesn't matter. Wear doesn't mean anything. It's when you win. That's exactly it. It's odd that you would say it doesn't matter what you wear.
Exactly. I wear free stuff. I'll wear all free stuff. I'm going to bring it. Fantastic.
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So we figured as we're getting set to prepare, we need to play this game every single day. And who better to start it with than you to play the role of Steve Harvey? Well, thanks.
Because I do love Steve Harvey. Right on. My favorite is a GIF, right? You say a GIF, right?
It's whatever you like. My favorite GIF or whatever it's called? Sure. Whatever. Is it a GIF? Sure. My favorite is just him looking at the camera like... In disgust. Yeah. Horrified.
I use it maybe seven or eight times a week. And who's my favorite? Who's the favorite of one of us, as Jay Felley has joined the program in advance of preparing for this, who's the one of us that is most likely to provide that Steve Harvey GIF? It's not even a question. You, right?
It's not even a question. And it's Fritz for Dan, right? 100%. Right?
Minus money big on both of those two, being the ones. Okay. Yeah. All right. Where's that money being wagered?
I'm sure you can bet on celebrity families. Oh my God. Do you know what I mean? All right. So you have... Where are you going to slot the guys? Great question. I think it's me one, Brockman two, TJ three, Del two four four, and Jay Felley five. That puts a lot of pressure on Felley. Only if it gets to the tiebreaker. Yeah.
It goes to the tiebreaker. But you can handle the pressure. You... He's good. He's good. He's good. He's good.
You save households from major renovations. Exactly. Yeah. He's a hero. We got it. We got it. He drives the best car in any of us. He really does. So I'm not worried about that.
And TJ brings game show experience. Yep. I got that. That's why I got you in the middle.
I think that's where we go. I mean, I did offer to be the anchor and bring it home. But there's no guarantee you would get the... That's true. That's true. Participate in it.
I got to get your game show experience. That is true. You need that.
And I'm fully focused, man. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
Wow. So you have three family feud topics. So I have three topics, guys. All right. Mike Del Tufo, hit the music. Let's go. Here we go. We have not seen them.
No music. Whoa. Whoa.
Whoa. Top four answers on the board. That's my fourth game show.
Top four answers on the board. Susie. Susie. Before you start, Susie, do we tap? Do we just yell? No, no. I think we're just going around the whole round. Going around the whole round. I just gave the order.
I just gave the order. Top four answers on the board. Name something you did every day in kindergarten that you wish you could do every day now.
Name something that you did every day in kindergarten that you wish you could do every day now. Play. Who goes first?
Which one first, clearly? Play games. Yeah. Rockman, what do you got?
No, no, no. Is it on the board? Oh. Is it on the board? It's on the board. Which is what number? It's the number two. Number two answer.
19 points. Play Toys Recess. Play Toys Recess. I think Stan would have a chance to steal here. He would. Okay. Number one answer is going to be nap. Oh, my God. Number one answer. 64 points for you.
Nicely done. That's why he's the number 10. T.J.?
T.J.? That was mine. Go home early? Oh.
Oh, that's not that bad. Go home early. Show me go home early. Show me go home early.
Mike? Take a nap. Oh, my God. Are you listening? I can't. I can't hear you.
You got to pay attention. So you need to X yourself. I'll X myself. X yourself out. Now, Feli.
Feli. This is what we're talking about. Do we need snacks? Here we go.
There's a lot of pressure. First he took nap. I was going to say snacks or candy. Snacks. Eating. Do I get snacks? Yes.
Hey. I'm listening. Three snacks is four. Number three.
I'm going to go coloring. Number three. Oh, damn. Son of a kindergarten teacher. Yes.
Son of a kindergarten teacher. All right. Hey. All right. So we got all four. We just cleared the board.
We cleared the board. That's tough with only four answers. I got two more. Okay. What do you got?
Okay. Top six answers on the board. Name an occasion where parents force their kids to wear a certain outfit. Name an occasion where parents force their kids to wear.
He says it twice. Going to church or. To wear a certain outfit.
Going to church. That's number four. Okay. Number four. Okay. Number four. Okay.
Can you repeat the question, please? Name an occasion where parents force their kids to wear a certain outfit. Yeah. I was going to say church too. I'm going to say a funeral. How many kids brought to a funeral? There you go.
Nope. How many funerals have you brought your kid to? Come on.
Let's focus. Let's go to a bunch of funerals. TJ?
Halloween trick or treating. Number three. 20 points. Nicely done, TJ. All right. TJ, have you been able to use your other finger? Yeah.
Now I can actually listen to you guys. We're just going to read the question again. I say birthday. Birthday. Yeah. Birthday.
Ex himself again. Oh my God. Tell two folks. That's a good answer. That's a good answer. That's a good answer, Mike. Philly.
Philly. There's a lot of answers on the board. I hope it doesn't overlay with church, but weddings. Weddings. Number one answer. 26 points. Come on.
Easter was number two. No, no, no. We can still go home. Keep going.
He's still up. How many points did we get? Three strikes.
You should try. They're not three strikes? No.
That was only two strikes. Okay. Here we go. I'll go with Easter.
No, you can't go with Easter. All right. So how many answers are left? How many answers are left? Two left. Two left.
Brockman? No, no. Hold on.
I'll go again since obviously she gave away Easter there. Job interview. It's a kid, Rich. It's a kid, Rich. It's a kid, Rich. It's a kid, Rich. It's a kid, Rich. It's a kid, Rich. It's a kid, Rich. It's a kid. It's a kid, Rich.
What do the child labor laws over here? I mean, Rich. I don't know. We're telling you. You've got nothing to say to this, you've got nothing to say to this. Honestly, that's what we're saying to our 16 year old every day.
But we don't force him to wear an outfit, he's wearing like a Taylor Swift sweatshirt. Well, what about the other two? What are the other two?
That's three extras. Number five, Christmas. Do I hear Christmas? Okay. Christmas. All right. Yeah. And then school picture days. School picture days. I've never gotten that.
All right, give me a minute and a half left. Let's roll fast. Name something people might only do once a week. Only do once a week. Top five answers on the board.
Oh my God. Only do once a week. Exercise. That was my answer. All right, exercise. 21 points.
Brap and go. That's what I was gonna say. That was three. Bathe. What? Gross. That's disgusting. You're talking to people at the mall. Oh my God. Grocery shopping. That's easy. It's grocery shopping.
TJ, 25 points has the second answer on the board. Nicely done. Oh, you guys are leaving this to me. Oh my God. Yeah, Mike, you're gonna go forth.
You're gonna have a lot left to you. Mike, name something people might only do once a week. Oh my God. Call their mother back in New Jersey.
Call their mother. Oh my God, Mr. Wonderful. No, Mikey. I did that as a joke.
Good Lord. That was a joke. No, go shave.
Shave. Yeah, that should be up there. No.
That's a bunch of dummies. I mean, come on. One answer.
Let's try one more. The number one answer. Number one answer is laundry, guys. 27, followed by grocery shop with 25, exercise 21, go to church 15, mow the yard 12. Mow the lawn.
Mow the lawn. It's a good one. They don't see us. Danny knew anything to get it. Those are good boys. Good luck, guys. You got some work to do. Day one.
Day one. I'm not feeling good right now. I mean, I don't feel at all. Well, you weren't great either. I mean, you wouldn't lighten it up either.
Exactly, Rich. You ain't got a star. This is going down.
I got a star, dude. We need. It's not. This is going great.
Family. No. That's it. We're not doing it.
We'd have some good. Oh, great. This is proud.
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