At Some Point Aaron Rodgers Will Be A Member Of The Pittsburgh Steelers

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I'm not sure yet. For some reason, if Rogers decides to not play football or the Steelers decide to hedge a bet, there's really only one option remaining. You like that? Earlier on the show, ESPN NBA insider Brian Wenthorst. Still to come, actor and producer Elizabeth Banks. Actor and comedian Jeff Garland. And now, it's Rich Eisen. Oh, yeah.

Everybody. Fun stuff coming up this hour. Elizabeth Banks is here in studio. Her new show along with Jessica Biel and Corey Stola was here earlier this month on May 2nd.

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We've reached the portion where others have to answer questions about. Where is A.A. Ron right now? Well, last we saw him, he was taking questions at a Mike Studd concert in Austin, Texas. And also he was on the Joe Rogan pod and dropping hints that he's going to play for the Steelers. But the Steelers are holding minicamp. They're holding OTAs right now and he's not there. So we've now reached the portion of the waiting for Aaron Rodgers part of the calendar in which others must answer questions about his imminent arrival or his presence not being present.

And that's going to piss off some people. Not Mason Rudolph, though. No, Mason's taken the high road. And he he's looking all Uncle Rico showing up, you know, showing off his arm. Right.

Like the like Uncle Rico. Yeah. Back in the day. Pre pre pre White Lotus and yeah, same actor, by the way. And by the way, also played Sean and Martin, if you remember. Yes. OK, Martin.

Interesting filmography conversation at the radio. No relation to Mason Rudolph. He just looks like him right now. Mason Rudolph, who's been through it. Man, has he been through it? I remember backing up Ben Loftus. He's he's had he's been in media scrums before.

Right. Miles Garrett related. And, you know, also taken over for Mitchell Trubisky related and playing starting a playoff game for the Steelers related.

So, you know. He's been through it now. It's the hey, you're back with the Steelers and what do you think about Aaron Rodgers coming to take your job? And many Steelers fans on pins and needles to know, is he coming? Because maybe some people don't trust you, Mason, to do the job. I mean, these are all it's just it's just not great for Mason Rudolph to be in this position, but he handled it very well.

This is what he had to say about him. That's nothing new to me. I've I've there's been constant noise that that is the nature of the NFL. So I am been used to that for a long time now.

I do nothing but, you know, be the best I can be and help our team, help our team get better this spring. Have you been in touch with Aaron at all? I have not.

No, I have not. Yeah. Hey, man. Hey, so when are you coming? No, no, no.

It's like, no, you ask about any retreats, you know, you want to go see some pyramids. Is it dark where you're at? How's Austin? It's just, you know, and everyone's going to be asked about it. Everyone's going to be asked about it. And that includes those who may not take the high road because they're out of F's to give, which is where the good folks in Pittsburgh, P.A.

are on one of three point seven. The buzz, the buzz found Terry Bradshaw, a man with zero F's left in the tank and has had things to say about Aaron Rodgers in the past. So you know where this comment is coming from? Terry was asked about the Steelers.

Listen, it's very unstealers like thing. We've mentioned him over and over again where they're just waiting for one guy to say, I will play for you. Remember Cameron Hayward on his pod basically said, we're the Pittsburgh Steelers. Then we had him on our show and we're like, you sound pissed off. He's like, I am not pissed off. I'm like, no, no, you sound pissed off about it. I am not. He swore he wasn't.

He's just basically saying, hey, we're you know, we don't have to recruit. Yeah, we're the Pittsburgh Steelers. You'd be lucky to be the starting quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers. And the Steelers are basically like saving the spot. Like, you know, Mason Rudolph showing up in in grade school asking, is this seat taken?

Like, yeah, by who? Somebody who's not here. And you're like, wait a minute. I can't sit in this seat. No, I'm saving it for my BFF.

Where's your BFF? Not here. They're coming. Like this doesn't sound like the Pittsburgh Steelers. And that's why some people might be pissed off waiting for Aaron Rodgers. And that includes Terry Bradshaw.

What do you think about possibly Aaron Rodgers being the quarterback? That's a joke. He shouldn't.

That is just to me is a joke. What are you going to bring him in for one year? Are you kidding me? I mean, that's not the Steelers way, right? No, man. That guy needs to stay in California and go somewhere and chew on bark.

A hundred percent. I had to go over and introduce myself to him. He he's not I had to go. Hey, hey, Aaron, I'm Terry Bradshaw.

I know he knows me, but I just felt like I better tell him who I am. Yeah. And not, you know, walk in there and you get in his presence and you feel like it's going to start snowing.

All right. So you're you speak Bradshaw, right? Mike, I imagine 100 percent. If he says it starts snowing, does that mean that it's a chilly reception? Is that what that means?

Yes. Chew on bark. Thank you. Where and chew on bark. That's our new draw.

OK, guys, I think if you disagree with anybody here, just turn to Dell to phone, ask him to hit the new. Thank you. Where and chew on bark. That's it. Like when I keep bringing up Soto, you know what I mean?

Hey, Mike, thank you. Where and chew on bark. There you go.

I may eat some bark today. That's the whole point. Just first, let me just defend Aaron Rodgers for a quick second. Oh, yeah. You know, and I would say this to Terry here. He spends a lot of time in California. Do you know anybody who does, in fact, chew on bark? I have not.

I've been here almost 16 years. I have not met a single person who eats bark. I don't. Have you met anybody who chews on bark? Squirrels like it. Well, I mean, you're the only lunatic I know that hand feeds a squirrel. You know, you're the only guy I've ever worked with wondering if you're up to your rabies shots. Have you met anybody who chews on bark here in California?

Not in California. So around the world, you've met a bark chewer. There is bark that you can't chew on.

Chew on bark. That's where it comes from. You know, we at the Rich Eyes and Show, we have found the reason why Terry is using this this this phrase. I think he's promoting his new one man show in Branson, Missouri. Live in Branson, Terry Bradshaw's Go Chew Bark. There it is. Get your tickets now. A smitch special.

And straight from Smitchers computer. Thank you. Where and chew on bark.

Go chew bark in Branson, Missouri. I think it's a one night only thing. I think you've got to get your tickets now. So I'm selling fast here.

It is dark. Go choose to bark and whisper with the gods, says Terry Bradshaw. Now, you know how we handle these things on this program. Let's fight. No trash. No, we don't you bark either, even though apparently that's what we do here in California.

The kendo stick. No, we always sit here and wonder how will this manifest itself in the playing season? How will it manifest itself? What does this mean for when the Pittsburgh Steelers put toe to football to kick their season off in of all places? Met Life Stadium against the Jets, meaning the NFL believes the Steelers are going to have Aaron Rodgers as their starting quarterback. Otherwise, there are many other choices for the league to place in front of all of us to put the Pittsburgh Steelers in to start the season.

Many spots at home. As you know, the NFC North is on their schedule. As you know, they also play the rest of the AFC East. That includes Buffalo. There's all of the Steelers dynamite games in division. They chose the Jets. The NFL believes Aaron Rodgers is going to, once he's done bark chewing and God whispering, show up to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Not an accident. And until he does, he will hear from old school Steelers and old school Steelers fans alike saying, we don't want you, we don't need you if you're not here sweating with us in late May. And that's the thing potentially that he may have to be dealing with. Come training camp, if he shows up and are some of these veterans not going to be welcoming him with open arms? I would proffer to say they will when he shows that at some point he will show and they will look at him and say, welcome to the Steelers and see how he handles things from that point forward.

That's it. And will the fact that he's not throwing and Mason Rudolph is throwing in these voluntary workouts, going to be the difference in week one, say in New Jersey, of him connecting with DK Metcalf or say Roman Wilson, if he is in fact healthy enough to go, you see where I'm going with this. At some point, he's going to show up. I'm telling you guys. He's dropping too many breadcrumbs. I do not know why he's not there yet. I don't know. The only thing that I know right now, two things. The NFL and the Steelers believe he's showing and his latest breadcrumbs certainly prove that point.

And two, we have a new great drop. Thank you. That's it. Those aren't breadcrumbs.

Those are bark shavings. That's it. Honestly, honestly. And and and we're we're going to talk about it because at some point someone else is going to pop off. Or, you know, we'll hear from Tomlin and I'll be like, I'm only talking about the guys that are here. Mason Rudolph's doing great.

You know, Mason handled it. It's next point. He's going to be speaking.

What will Cameron Hayward say when there is a microphone in front of his face? It's July 26. That's the date.

It's training camp. Yeah, it'll happen before that. Or it'll be a great moment, the American Century Championship, when Rogers is out there in his golf clothes playing golf. And I'll be like, what are you doing? Maybe maybe I'll just drop it to some local reporter who he likes. I don't know, but it's going to happen until then, though. Man, chew on bark and tickets available, apparently for his one man show to go in Branson, Missouri, one night only, one night only.

Terry Bradshaw's go to bark. And I guess there's Rogers. Maybe that's where he'll show up. Maybe I'll make that announcement sitting in, you know, crisscross applesauce. All right. Let's take a break. Let's have some fun. Elizabeth Banks is here. Let's talk about the better sister available on Prime Video starting tomorrow right here on Roku and a great celebrity.

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Elizabeth Banks called it bingeable. And also, you know, let us in on how something happens to his character. Yes. And everybody is suspect.

That's right. And I imagine we just saw on that clip. I mean, I'm on the stand. People are suspect.

That's what we're seeing right there. Everybody is a suspect. I love a great whodunit. There's a dead body in minute five. Yes. And at the end of the eight episodes, you know whodunit.

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There's no strategy happening. Right. Yeah. And she said, I brought the canned wine in the cooler for the moms on the sideline. And this is our favorite game we've ever been to. And I thought, we can sell this wine. It can be sold to the parents needing a little kick, a little edge to their... The kick. It was like, what's in the cooler for the moms on the sideline of the games?

And it really rang true to me. You know, I was always wondering, what would pair well with an AYSO? There you go. There's a Savvy B. This is Savvy B. A Savvy B.

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We got no added sugar. I could speak about this all day, but we're here to talk about many things. We talk about absolutely many things. You're also, Press Your Luck is coming back. Yeah. July 10th. Coming July 10th on ABC. Summer fun and games.

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I love Peter Tamarkin. And actually when I did the... I got a message from his daughter. Because he's passed. After we started.

Yes, he passed away. Right. Saying he would really like the... Oh, cool. And I was so touched. That's nice. I was touching it. Yeah. Fantastic. To hear from her. There's so many things to talk with you about. One of the first things I want to bring up. Again, the Better Sister premieres tomorrow exclusively on Prime Video.

All eight episodes you can see right here through the Roku portal through Prime Video as I mentioned. We had four Green Bay Packers here years ago. And I think you know where I'm going with this and who these individuals are. For Pitch Perfect 2, your directorial debut, and I might add a record setter as well in the amount of cash that was brought in by Pitch Perfect 2. Most ever by a director in his or her first run at it. How did Clay Matthews and the rest of those guys wind up in Pitch Perfect 2?

Elizabeth Banks. Well, we heard a rumor. So the movies are sports movies, right?

It's Bad News Bears. But instead of playing baseball, they're singing acapella. But it really is just that formula, right? Like get a gang together, make them work out, you know, train and right, like it's Rocky, it's whatever.

It's a great sports formula. We just did it with the musical stuff. And we heard a rumor that the Green Bay Packers offensive line, mostly, were doing their workouts to our soundtrack. Like they tweeted it or something. The original Pitch Perfect, obviously.

The first one. Yes. So when we were putting together the second movie and I was looking to make this crazy riff off in David Cross's basement happen, right? And we were looking for groups that could, that would be like maybe come and be acapella groups. We thought, what if, wouldn't it be insane if these guys came and did a little bit as if they were, as if they were acapella singers? And reached out and these guys made, they made it happen.

Max Handelman, the husband and partner. There they are. When they were on all those years ago. Look at them. Look at David. Yeah. No, David being Bakhtiari, he made it seem like he thought you were the one literally sliding into his DMs to get this thing rolling.

So my husband followed him, saw this and DMed him from my account and said, hey. Bakhtiari really put it all together. He really did. He was, I mean, he was excited to come and, and be a part of it and, and then got those guys all to come and they, but they weren't there for like a minute. They were there for a couple of days. Our crew was so excited that they were there and then the nights out with the, I did not participate in them because I am, I am a professional director and I did not want to get it on with all these guys till, I mean, they went hard. We were in Louisiana, they went hard. You can drink it all hours. They have drive-throughs there for margaritas.

Okay. It was bananas what was happening while they were there that week shooting and then coming in and learning choreography and taping their solos and like doing all the music. It's really them doing it all. And it really is their voices, right? It's them. It's them. And Green Bay Packers and Pitch Perfect too was one of those moments when I'm just watching it. I'm like, wait a minute.

That's really them. We wanted to level it up. And we also felt like we also heard again, there were a lot of men loved the movie again. They see the sports analogy in it. And they, you know, so we knew we could kind of expand that audience a little bit and that the Green Bay Packers were going to kind of help us do that. And then we had an ad in the Super Bowl that year.

Unbelievable. That also featured them a little bit, which was fun. Was that the Super Bowl you went to, the Patriots and the Eagles? It sure was.

Okay. Now you're from Massachusetts, right? No, it was Seahawks, wasn't it? It was the Seahawks. And the Patriots. Yes. Well, now that's a different one than the Eagles and the Patriots.

Yes, it was. You should have given it to Marshawn. Marshawn.

That's right. Marshawn. You should have given it to Marshawn Lynch. That would have been a different story.

You should have given it to Marshawn. As you know, Christopher. All right. Is it true you and John Michael Higgins, you shot your scenes with him in a day? Is that true?

Which movie? Yes. It's happened. Yeah. Probably we did it all. The original. The original we did maybe in two days, but I mean, yes. The original we did. No, we did a couple because we were in different locations.

Okay. And what I realized was once we were in a booth and you could just put a backdrop behind us, we could just change the backdrop, right? So like once we're in a booth and we're not kind of out in the world, but no pitch too, because we went to worlds out in the field with all that crazy production design behind us.

I did make him come to Louisiana 110 degrees and we sat out there and we did like an international booth situation on the field in Louisiana. Starring in part, the future Mrs. Josh Allen. Who knew? That's right. How about that?

So maybe if there's another sequel, we can get the Buffalo Bills involved. Now we're talking. You're giving me all kinds of ideas. Just trying to workshop it.

You're giving me all kinds of ideas. All right. Elizabeth Banks. We have a game called Celebrity True or False that we play on the show. And boy, do you have a ton of stuff to talk about from your vast, awesome filmography and TV shows.

Oh, I can't wait to see what you've dug up. All right. Here we go. Elizabeth Banks. Hit it, please.

Celebrity True or False. You can't handle the truth. That's our production value. You guys, you know, they have AI now.

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It's old school. Okay. All right. First up, true or false, Elizabeth Banks.

The reason you turned to acting was that you broke your leg playing softball and finally had time to be in a school play. Is that true or false? That is true.

That is 100% true. And actually, I just was home for the weekend visiting my parents and my dad was like, make a right down this street. I go, dad, you know, I never drive down this street because this is the street the field is on where I broke my leg, this traumatic experience.

And he goes, oh, come on. And we drove past the field literally last weekend. I drove past that field where I slid into third base, snapped my leg, spiral fracture, both my tibia and fibula. Jeez.

Yeah, it was bad. It was surgery, like the whole nine yards. And I ended up, I sang in like the choir a little and the music teacher said, you know, I'm going to do Jesus Christ Superstar. And you could wear, she didn't want me to be Mary Magdalene by the way. She said, you could wear a long robe over your walking cast, which I was going to have in the following spring because that's how long it was like summer all the way to spring in a full cast. And then I finally was getting in the walking cast and she said, you can wear a robe over it and play Pontius Pilate. And that was it. I got bit by the bug. Then I was a latchkey kids. My mom and dad were like, you got to do something after school. You can't just hang about. Sure.

And so that was what I ended up doing because I couldn't play sports anymore. But even to this day, I mean, but to this day though, I mean, if it wasn't for that moment, who knows? Right.

I mean, like some, maybe we should start driving down that street, you know what I mean? I don't want to think I can literally still hear the sound of my, like the twigs branches. Like I have the, the, the trauma is like internal. Like I can sense it still. So I don't wish it on anybody.

And yet it did change my life for the better. Okay. So that's true. Yeah. Next up. True or false.

The owners of Camp Towanda where Wet Hot American Summer was filmed, we're told that this was going to be a family comedy and were mortified when they saw the final cut of the movie. I don't know the answer to this. Okay.

Okay. What I can tell you is we desecrated that place. I mean, camp, poor Camp Towanda. It was like, we had to shoot, first of all, that, yeah, there's me in red. We had to shoot pre camp, which is I, in the East coast, April showers, bring my flowers.

It rained all the way through the shoot. We were shooting. They were like, we're going to open the camp in the summer. We're not closing down the camp for you.

So we have, we had to shoot pre summer camp. So it was freezing and it was raining almost the entire time we were there. So we lived in the mud and we tracked mud everywhere. Janine Garofalo brought her dogs to set. They were muddy. They would come into the room, shake out mud everywhere. I mean, I felt so badly. And then they saw the movie that we made.

I don't know. I don't really, I couldn't tell you how they actually felt about it. Look out because I mean, but when you look at the cast though, now, we made summer camp seem cool. I'm sure, I'm sure the summer camp, you know, your kids go, my kids go, I feel like summer camp didn't suffer from American summer.

No, not at all. But I mean, just when you look back again at the cast and what you guys have become at the time, you know, like it was a camp in its own right. You know what I mean? For you guys to actually. Oh, it was, we were, it was like we were adults at camp, but you desecrated the place is what you're saying. Okay.

It didn't, it was bad. Good to know. Next up, true or false. You got the gig and 40 year old version cause you crushed improv with Steve Carell during your audition. I think that's correct.

So I think that's true. So I, I had done Seabiscuit and this merchant ivory, I was very serious. I went to drama school and I felt, I got into the industry and I was like, yeah, but I'm also funny.

And I feel like no one, it was, you get put in a box really easily. And you kind of like, you know, you're going to do the things like someone was like, you're very, you're a lot like Jennifer Connelly. And I was like, I don't know, I feel like, I mean, she's incredible, but I feel like I'm a goof, you know? And so I was the last, I really think I was the last person to audition for that role in 40 year old version.

And they were very far into the process and they weren't finding this character, Beth. And so I came in and I ended up improving with Steve and I basically did a lap dance like with him. He's the nicest man in the world and he's so uncomfortable. But my character's whole thing is she makes him completely sexually uncomfortable. The entire film.

And she's totally open about it and she's like up for anything and super wild. So I was just like, I'm just going to do that while we're there. And the whole, the film is a lot of improv anyway. So that scene that you just showed was the do it yourself line. There was, we were shooting in a real bookstore and there was a DIY section of the bookstore and I literally saw the sign across the way and came up. That's where that line came from. So that was not in the film. That was not, no, that's all, that's mostly improv. That section of that, that scene, that interaction between us. Yes. Do you like to do it yourself? Was literally me seeing a sign across the way.

Well I guess it's glad that it wasn't like some sort of science book or whatever that's on the wall. Like you actually have that. They're all geniuses at improv. Although John Michael Higgins, I give it up to him.

He's my all time, he's the all time greatest. Again, those scenes with you and he in pitch perfect films, hilarious. He's an incredible improv artist.

I know all that stuff. You know, he did all the Christopher Gaston movies. My God. He's incredible. He is great. And also a game show host in his own right.

Yes he is. If I'm not mistaken. Next up, true or false? Elizabeth Banks. There was a swear jar on the set of the Hunger Games and the one who contributed the most money was Jennifer Lawrence. She, I don't recall the swear jar. I feel like there was something, but let me, I will confirm true, true, true sailor.

She has the vocabulary of a sailor. Is that right? Yeah. Okay. In the best way.

Okay. And one of the reasons why everybody loves her. Right? She just, this bleh. So then if there was a swear jar, she would have contributed the most money.

She would have absolutely owed it the most. In what? In what? Just like blowing a line and saying something or any?

Or everyday conversation or whatever. Yeah. Uh huh. She loves us. Yeah. She likes a swear word.

Okay. She did. I mean, you know, she's a mother now. Well, what she's, have you, have you shown your boys a hugger games yet or not yet? I just confirmed that they watched it when I was not around.

So I, how did it him, you know, being hunted, I get no love for any of it, rich. I don't get like props for any of it. I mean, they're like, yeah, okay. We saw that.

Like that's about what I get. Okay. Yeah. Makes sense. Well, you could, somebody's got to keep you humble in this business, rich.

I understand that. Might as well be a 13 year old. Well, I wasn't asking them about them, um, uh, giving you, uh, tips on, on, no, but about children being hunted for game is what I'm saying. How did that hit a child? Have you met the world we're living in right now? I haven't. This is child's play at this point. Child's play, everybody. All right.

A couple more left for you. Elizabeth Banks. True or false? While making Oliver Stone's W in Louisiana. Yes. Val Kilmer.

Val Kilmer and 50 Cent rolled up to the set one day in a convertible Bentley to tell you they rented out a local theater and that's where you watch the doors with the cast and crew. That is true. Isn't that crazy? What the hell?

What do you like? All right. What's the meat on these bones? That was true. I honestly don't. Look, there they are. Yeah. I honestly don't know. I don't know how their friendship came together.

I believe that 50 gifted Val that car. I'm pretty sure. Okay. I don't know.

I don't know. I literally was like texting with Josh Brolin like, I remember this, right? Like these guys came down here. It was crazy.

Brolin's knew Val much better than I did. But yeah, they came down and we got to watch the doors and he and Oliver Stone, they had made the doors together then sort of like they sat in the back. They were giggling, delighting in watching it with us. I have a feeling they weren't sober and that they, and it was freaking, it was this one of those like super surreal, like pinch me.

How did I get here? Moments. Right. And we had the cast and crew with us and we were watching the movie and then they kind of talked to us about making the movie and they had fought while making the movie. But that they, you know, they just sounded so, it was just a little piece of history that was great to be a part of. And I so enjoyed meeting him and he, they, their presence was like a little bit of magic. That's pretty cool. Yeah, it was. I mean, to be able to just like, oh, that's Fiddy and that's a Bentley convertible and that's Val Kilmer. Oh, and we're going to go see a movie together.

Yeah. We're all going to... That's kind of nuts. It was nuts.

That is pretty, certainly if there was alcohol involved. There's always, you know, it's every once in a while people, I remember David Blaine came to the set of Hunger Games and just started doing magic for everybody. Somebody invited, I think Woody invited him, Woody Harrelson. And next thing I knew, we used to play Settlers of Catan in Woody's bus and we would have to take, everyone accused everyone else of cheating.

So there would be, if we had to go to set while playing, we would take photos of the board and everybody's stuff so nobody could build a road longer, add pieces or anything. And David came and played with us. And I feel like, I don't want to say he was like, I can't accuse anyone of anything, but magically I feel like he won everything.

So I just say to say, like every once in a while there's a set visit that just feels so magical and somebody kind of comes in from the outside that just blesses the set with, I don't know, like some great, you know, mojo. Well, David Blaine sounds like exactly that type of guy. Nobody got any work done. All right. Last one for you. True.

The day Val was there. True or false, Elizabeth Banks, you keep the cocaine bear's head at home in your office. True or false? That is true.

That is true. And I'm actually- Let me put this out here for this part of the conversation. Wow. The hat we gifted you. The hat.

Yes. We love this hat. Cocaine bear. The cocaine bear hat.

That is true. So we had a bear hat made that is an exact replica of a black bear. I mean, it is a black bear.

And it was for, we on set, you need it to look at lighting and as a reference. And so the crew there, that is it. That is the bear.

Oh my God. And that is in my home. And yeah, it's in my office.

And actually I need to put it under some Lucite casing or something. It's a she, by the way. Oh, I did not know. The cocaine bear is female. In real life? In real life, the cocaine bear, as you may recall, has two cubs and defends her cubs in the third act of the movie against the incredible Ray Liotta. Well, the mother child story kind of gets lost amongst the haze of all the cocaine that is consumed.

It does. One of the reasons I made the film was to really the mother's story. Yeah. I felt strongly that I wanted to correct the record.

The cocaine bear was female. Was there anything you shot as the director of this film where you thought too much and we can't do this? Yes, there is there on the cutting room floor is some very gory, bloody, I mean, we have some we have a hole in the head. We've got a lot of stuff going on, like double that up. And we had to take that out as they're being in our people that were like, sure, that make that's making me sick to my stomach. Even too much. A little bit too much for this film. Yeah.

Have there been in our crazy nutty world suggestions to you? Let's do another one. But just cocaine with a different animal.

Of course. Different species. People love this genre now. It's like its own genre, but also it's all real life. Like the sharks are eating cocaine in the ocean because it's getting dumped, you know, in the ocean. Right. Like the rats are eating cocaine on the streets of New York.

I mean, these are real things that they're finding out. And so so maybe there'll be another. Are you animal? Hi.

Hi, animal. I don't know. The bear story, you know, was so that also came from real life. So it's really to me, just will we have a real life touchstone that we can expand upon? OK. In this genre.

That would be great. Top the bear. I don't know. I don't know.

I mean, you kind of stuck the landing, Liz, on that one. It's pretty great. I know. It feels complete. So you do have the head. I do. I have the head if we ever go again. OK. That's fantastic. Yeah. Don't rob me. Let's not do that.

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All kinds of places. Awesome. Yeah. All right.

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And Press Your Luck starts Thursday, July 10th on ABC and available the next day on Hulu right here on Roku. It is great to see you. I love you. This has been a long time in hoping and getting you here, and I appreciate you taking the time to watch.

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It's not just for celebrities. So do like I did and have one of your assistants assistants switch you to Mint Mobile today. I'm told it's super easy to do at mintmobile.com slash switch upfront payment of $45 for three month plan equivalent to $15 per month required intro rate first three months only then full price plan options available taxes and fees extra default terms at mintmobile.com I did not approve this but you know that's that's part of me delegating to you our social media Grand Maester you put out on Instagram a photograph it says Breaking Bears trading for Russell Wilson and what's today's date? What's today's date? It is April 1st Rich.

And that is what? It is April Fool's Day. So it's five minutes to air and I have my phone's on the desk and it's buzzing and yeah and I see it is you know it's it's it's Jeff Garland and of course you know well I connect with Jeff and he's very he's very upset. He's definitely one of the the biggest bears fans that I know and he's always been very kind to show up on this show. I think he's very pissed off as a matter of fact I think he's not only so very pissed off that he cursed on our Instagram page in response yep yep we have to we have to we have to black it out right there go fill in the blank yourself.

I will have my revenge. Is the caller there is the caller there on the rich guy Jeff from Chicago. That's funny about it nothing's funny about it. Nothing is funny about it.

Not a thing. Let me tell you something I want to make this clear yes today is a beautiful wonderful day. I had a delightful day filming Curb Your Enthusiasm. I am in a great mood and then our friend Doug Robinson texts me the capital letter Russell Wilson. He says you know Rich doesn't usually get the scoops Adam Jester should be on this. Well that should have made me suspicious but no I have so much respect for the Rich Eisen show that I know that they have connections that nobody else has.

Well you know what Rich I'm not gonna swear but I gotta tell you your little social media boy he's gonna get his. TJ you traded off our gravitas our brand of being a trusted name in news. By the way you're saying that kind of joke to me but the reality is your show gets respect. Thank you. Thank you. TJ do you have anything to say to Jeff Garland?

Yeah happy April Fools Day. All right hey TJ you don't know what you've brought down on yourself you don't even have a clue. I'm ready for it. You know the powers that I have especially in practical jokes and I'm gonna nail you so hard. Pause. You know what I hope you enjoy your testicles right now because they're gonna disappear.

No but I need them. And Jeff Garland's apparently entering our studio space very shortly he's gonna be here in hour number three it's been a while since we've connected with Jeff. Oh just been told he just strolled into our green room.

Okay hey okay as LD might say okay. By the way it kind of worked out that you were just April fooling could you imagine if Russell Wilson did go to the Bears at that point in time? They might have three Super Bowls by now. Great point TJ you never know. What? They might. Russell Wilson in 2021 they might be.

22, 23 we don't know. Yeah. Is this a bit? Are you doing a bit? No you don't know how good.

No Brockman's doing a bit. Let him finish the bit. Let him finish the bit. Finish the bit.

You don't know what would have happened. Look all the Denver stuff doesn't happen. And scene. Carlos in great Victorville California. What's going on Carlos? You've been hanging on a while what's on?

Hey Rich how's it going man I'm excited to be talking to you. Thank you. Right back at you what's going on?

What do I mean? So I was listening to the Overreaction podcast on Monday. Well done. And Brockman had told you that it wasn't that you didn't need to be a Jets fan or it wasn't too late to change your mind about being a Jets fan. Right.

And so you kind of acknowledged that comment. So I got to thinking if Rich had to choose a new team and if the boys had to pick a new team like TJ what team would you pick to shoot for? Easy. A snap choice. The Los Angeles Rams. Same. The LA Rams.

I love it. Well run, well owned, well coached, local, bunch of guys you can root for sitting right here in Los Angeles California. And they already get a lot of my money. They already do.

Yeah we already do. Trust me. What about you TJ? I could have bought a house. I mean if you finally sign this piece of paper right here. Burn that thing. You said this before though.

You know the team might not have a quarterback. We've created too many of these pieces of paper for Billy and Cleveland. We already know where I'm going. We're on a damn act together.

Yeah okay. If you signed this release of fandom right there TJ Jefferson. If I were to ever sign that piece of paper before I burned it. What would you wait for? You wouldn't, as I've said many times, this will be determined by where Archibald Jay Manning lands.

Oh I thought you were going to pick the Steelers. First of all. Is that his middle name is Jay? No but I'd like to think everybody's middle name is Jefferson. Like Elmer Jay Fudd? Yeah just something millionaire. So I'm Michael Jefferson Del Tufar? There you go. Archibald Jay Manning will also own a mansion and a yacht.

Archibald Jay Fudd. Seriously who would you root for? Chris am I joking? No he's serious. Yeah but you said that about when me.

Yeah but you know I mean this with Arch. Here's the deal, I'm not going anywhere anyway. So I'm so weird that I would pick the freaking Chargers instead of the Lakers.

Wow. I mean hey listen Jim's the guy to root for. I thought for sure you'd take this team. Jim wants us to work out with him.

I'd live here now so. When are we going to start that? When are we going to start that? Thanks for the call Carlos. Thanks Los. When are you going to start training?

With the Chargers. I mean I'm ready to go every day after the show down the street to work out with you. I got to figure out when's a good time to start this thing.

Okay great. I'm going to run until next April. And by the way all you have to do is I ain't peaking too soon. I don't want to start peaking too soon.

I don't think that's going to be a problem. You said peek too soon. You don't want to what? Peek too soon.

How's that going to be possible? Do you want to talk slower? Peek too soon. I don't want to peek too soon. You need to think about just peeking anytime. So you're talking like the middle of June it's over?

Go somewhere and you won't bark. You're saying I should just focus on the peeking and not the time peeking. Exactly. Just get to the peak. Just peek at any point in time.

Any point in time over the next 10 months. Don't worry about the timing. No. No. Timing will take care of itself.

Yeah I can't do that. Jeff Garland's going to join us in Studio Hour 3. We're just right down the street. I'm looking out for you. It's close.

That's a good question. What about a baseball team if you had to root for another baseball team? Oh the Dodgers. Good job TJ. See?

That's easy though. What about you Chris? What about you? I mean I have no choice. I'd root for the Braves. Okay. What a cop out.

I'm not saying I'm going to root for the Red Sox. Yeah you wouldn't say that. Rich where would you go?

By the way where would I go? I don't know. It would probably. I don't know. The Dodgers do have a lot of players I like.

Exactly. Tigers maybe. State of Michigan they're really good. They have cool hats. They're good. They only have the best record of baseball. That's interesting. Speaking of the Braves, Braves are not very popular in the city of Philadelphia right now.

Were they ever? They're talking about, there could be an old fashioned retaliation bean brawl coming tonight. Oh I don't think you had to do it. He hit Bryce Harper right in the elbow. There's open talk in Philadelphia of some old school one in the chin. Woo.

Today. You think Strider meant to do it? I didn't think so. I don't think so either but he said he didn't. He said he didn't. You don't want Philly after you.

Yeah I'm telling you one thing you don't want. And in. I don't know nobody from Philly that can't fight. Like first batter of the game? No on Bryce Harper. Hit him right in the elbow.

No I understand. I'm talking about. Damn near knocked him out for a while. Are they retaliating against Cunha right off the bat? I have no idea.

Speaking of Cunha right off the bat we didn't talk about that either. First pitch. Back from his knee injury. Oh my god.

Cause like last week you asked me when he was coming back. He hit a country ass mile. Oh my god Sarah started crying.

Was it 470 feet or something like that? Such a bomb. And then he threw somebody out from the outfield too in the same game. God he's amazing. He's amazing. So glad that he's back. His brother too.

Yeah. Hitting better than Soto. Another one of the Mets hitting better than Juan Soto. See you could have saved 760 million bucks. You could have stuck it to the Yankees. Just let him stay in New York. We wouldn't be having Goldschmidt. You know what would you be doing when he's hitting 230 on your team? It wouldn't happen because he would have stayed right in his comfort zone.

Not like go all the way to Queens where it's like out of the Bronx bro. Oh my goodness it's like this whole new tax bracket he's in cause he wasn't this rich before. Let's not even.

Let's not discount that though. The greatest rapper of all time once said Mo money equals Mo problems. We don't know what's going on in his life man. He's got a bag now.

He's probably got relatives coming. Trying to get some money. There's a bunch of stuff. You all know.

Mortgages. Was that what was in the photograph? Listen. Was that the bag? You're shaping all of us. Stop it.

He's throwing his Rollie in the air. Sweet. Great name. All it took was a sweet conversation. You couldn't have him. You couldn't have him.

That's it. You couldn't have him for a sweet. Spurn. Spurn lover. He didn't want you Rich. Spurn lover.

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