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There it is, number 60. From the Rich Eisen Show studio in Los Angeles. Goodbye! Home run for the captain is number 51. Earlier on the show.
NBC Sports Bay Area 49ers reporter Matt Bayoko. NFL network analyst Daniel Jeremiah. Coming up. Actor and comedian Dan Soder. And now, it's Rich Eisen.
Hour number three, the Rich Hisen Show is on the air. It's a higher register Thursday, which means we're about to play the. Highly popular game, at least in our own minds, here on The Rich Eisen Show, where you got to go higher register to save. uh what you're saying and um and believe it uh that's about to that's about to hit and if you want to play along 844-204-rich is the number to dial dan soder just had a very nice chat with dan Dan is once again, he's back on the show, but Chris, he's in the taller than you think. For sure, no doubt.
And I first met him in person on the set of billions when he, as Mafi. and Kelly O'Coyne die hard. Uh Blazers fan. uh as Dollar Bill uh went and uh boxed one another. That's me next to Bob Menery, we called the play-by-play of it.
There's Deontay Wilder, Stipe Miocic. I mean, what a day. That was incredible. And I believe Dan broke Kelly's ribs that day. Lots to talk about with Dan, who's a die-hard Nina fan.
We started the show with Matt Mayoko telling us everything that's going on with injuries, and he mentioned how Ayuk's not. not anywhere near returning. And then at the same time, John Lynch Today, on his radio appearance, he confirmed it, said it was more than just an ACL injury, and it's going to be, he's not anywhere near close to returning. But they're 3-0 taking on the Jaguars this weekend. Nice chat with Daniel Jeremiah.
And again, you at 844-204-RH being the number to dial. Once again, TJ Jefferson, as you know, we're in the mica zone. Because he's showing up on Sunday. Yeah. And once that game's over.
I'm telling you, this thing is to bed. Until later in the season when the Packers will see how far they go. And with each time they go further and if the Cowboys don't make it. We'll be talking about it again, but the whole business of like, why'd you go and what's going on? You know, why why did you know Jerry was asked multiple times this week, why are you being sent packing?
Why'd you send him pack? And and he even came up with the idea of like, we we waited to trade him when it was most opportunistic for the draft choices. Marker. That made no sense to me. Yeah, but Micah spoke earlier to the Associated Press this week, but now he had the whole full-on meet with the media in advance.
And Micah was asked about the reception he might receive. on Sunday night in the Metroplex. You know, I think Dallas loves me. You know, I think they're gonna give me a good round of applause. And, you know, there's no hard feelings there, at least for me.
And I think it's gonna be, like I said, it's gonna be a great atmosphere. Usually, when a player returns to a team they gave so much for, they do like a tribute. Jerry said he wasn't gonna do that for you. Do you find that a little disrespectful? No, you know.
There's a lot of things I can consider disrespectful throughout this process, but I wouldn't say the tribute is one of them. I would say, you know. You know, I just think You know, there's hard feelings maybe there for them, but you know, for me, I'm happy where I'm at. Um, and we got a really good football team, so um, I guess I can live you my tribute and a win. Oh.
Nice.
Okay. Good answer. That's a great answer. That's a great answer. That's a super answer.
Because you know, Jerry this week said. There will not be a tribute video. No tribute video. It's like that line from Caddyshack: Oh, there'll be no tribute video for you. And on your deathbed.
You will receive total consciousness.
So Mike has got it going for it. Which is nice. Which is nice. Oh, there'll be no tribute video for you. I kind of go back and forth on that.
You know, like what skin is it off his nose to basically just say, thank you, Micah, you know, like have just put 30 seconds together because, and again, I know you always think this is trolling, it is not, it is the truth. What are they going to put together? Like, it's not like they made it to the NFC championship game. You know what I mean? Like, what, what.
He had all these. You're looking at me like I'm crazy, but people have done far less of God's videos. Really? It was four years. Really?
He only had. We just got done saying how great, always, how great he was. Highly productive. Highly productive and all that. You could put together like.
Uh if the tribute video had every single one of his sacks, it would last several minutes long. In the postseason, Rich, it would last one second. This is what I'm saying. Brockman. See, this is exactly why I love Brockman.
You know what I mean? He's had one postseason sack.
So four games. It's. It's the truth. He's extremely popular. He's right.
He should get a round of applause. I mean, the guy balled out. Oh, boom. He balled out. They better not boo.
No, they won't boo. What skin is it off the Dallas Cowboys just for 30 seconds to put together a sack here, a sack there, him, you know, with kids in the community where I'm sure he did something of significance over and over again? And put up thank you, Micah, and round of applause. What's the big deal? Uh hard feelings.
What's the hard feelings that You know, you got Kenny Clark and two first-rounders. I thought you're better off. There shouldn't be any hard feelings from the Dallas point of view, unless they feel like. Micah went back on a handshake agreement. And I love how Mike is saying: you know, I could talk about a lot of other things that were disrespectful in this process.
And I guess I'll respect them with a win. Great answer. Great answer. What else is he talking about? Oh, yeah.
I spoke into Jerry Jones. Oh, I think you know the answer to this one. Get it. Nah, I mean I never even heard from Jerry Jones itself when I even got traded. I found out through my agent like I haven't talked to Jerry Jones since like What?
O T A O T A's?
So, you know. Uh It's just like one of those things. OTAs? OTAs? This is not spring.
Yeah. Wow. God. Why did he say, why did he say for Cowboys fans not to lose any sleep when he knew that Cowboys fans didn't want Micah going anywhere? If he wasn't speak Eden's hadn't spoken to him since the spring.
Man, didn't even call him out there. He was pissed.
So I guess there are hard feelings. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, I didn't get a phone call from the guy who basically handed me a cardboard box 22 years ago after I got the box. Baker was still pissed at Steve Wilkes. I did get a call from the ultimate guy in charge, and George Bodenheimer is one of the sweetest individuals you'll ever meet.
And Dick Vital called. What did George say? Oh, just, you know, it it it's it's uh a bummer and it's too bad and You know? And he couldn't have been nicer. We kept in touch all these years, which is Awesome.
Bitch Eisen is awesome, baby, with a I forgot that was DTV, yeah. I forgot. I told you that story, right? We're in a honeymoon and going on the A1. What do we call it?
The freeway, or I don't know, it's a freeway. What do they call it in Italy? I don't know why. Expressway. Oh, yeah.
I don't know. The A1. You're fast on it. Let me tell you, there was some dude in a little fiat that was tailgating me at like 200 kilometers an hour. Yeah.
It's fast. Cell phone goes off, and Suze hands it to me while I'm driving. And I'm like, it must be the president if she's listening. Yeah, the autostrad. Yeah.
And it was Dick Vital. Saying he was bummed that he was not going to be able to toss to me and Stu on Sports Center. Sports Center's next. And I just thought it was awesome. I'm in Italy on my honeymoon in Dick Vital's calling.
That's like, I mean, that's pretty cool. That's a box check. I mean, There's hard feelings. Oh yeah. And it's Sunday night and then and it'll be over.
Maybe. If you're Jerry, shouldn't you seek him out before the game? It's going to happen. He's going to be dead. If I'm Jerry, I'm seeking him out before the game.
To do what? Get in his head. Because clearly Yeah, we haven't spoken, and if I walk up to him with my hand, it gets to him. Yo, that's just gonna make him more pissed. You don't want to do that.
I don't know. Let me explain something to you. In the big scheme of things, Micah is in a better position than he was. He's got more money and he's on a better team with a better chance of winning.
So, in essence, Jerry did him a favor.
Okay, let's just keep it G-Rich. He's in a better spot.
Now, I heard like the tax thing, you know, Wisconsin taxes, Texas, no tax. It ends up to be almost the same amount of money. You know, I'm not math or nothing. I mean, but like, yeah, he's in a better situation right now. His contract on uh and it's in its full cost.
is $44 million more than what Jerry paid for the Cowboys.
So you're right, he's in a greater, better spot. And in the long run, you know. It takes a while for you to realize that something that's happened to you. is better for you in the long run. Um And I'm a personification of that.
Yeah, Rich, because you gotta look at it and say if there was really hard feelings for Jerry, right, Micah could have ended up in a f- Far less favorable spot than Green Bay. He could have got sent. I want to start dissing some of these other teams. He would have gone a lot worse places. He would have been sent there if they had the run stopper.
that they wanted in in a in someone like Kenny Clark. Who, by the way, is On the other side, he's saying this week that he was stunned he got traded. A couple of his His teammates said the same thing. You know.
So it's like everyone's going to be hugging it out with Kenny Clark. No one's paying attention to that, unfortunately. NBC cameras. I don't know. They won't be able to do that.
They're not going to be locked in on Gouda Kuns. Clark watches. When Kenny Clark stops a run. No double box. But when Micah sacks somebody, let's see what the Joneses are up to.
Mike is sacks. Oh, six and a half, right? Isn't that a lot? Seven. The NFL record is seven.
No. Cutaways to Jerry Morgan. I thought you were talking about Saks from Micah Parsons. No, no, no, no. Oh, okay.
I thought you set the line at. Where did you set the line at? I don't know, 38 and a half. No, seriously. Seriously.
We should come up with that number. At least eight. I sway. That's not too many. Double digits.
I don't know. I've said it at five and a half. Five Jones cutaways? Five and a half. Five and a half.
I go with six. That's an over. I know. I would take the over on the six. Always over.
Yeah. That's your philosophy? Yeah, pretty much. Three and a half. Speaking of going higher.
I don't know. All right, it's a Thursday. It's time for our fun segment. that we used to do a lot and we had forgotten about. We've no again, if you've noticed when you're talking to friends, if you talk to friends or family members and somebody, you know.
said something by going higher register. We've noticed around these parts that means they're saying something they don't really believe. And they got to go higher register in order to. Say it like, I don't really mind that you've got a Dodger hat on, Mike. I mean, getting samples.
You've been out here long enough here in Los Angeles that you have every right to, you know. Root for the Dodgers just as they've started to win everything. And you should leave the Yankees behind because they didn't beat the Dodgers. You know, like that's. Higher register.
I don't like that either.
So it's time for all of us to say something about week four that we needed to go higher register to believe. while we predict something that happens this weekend hit it. There's a chance the rich eisen shows that there could be Higher! Register! Take of the week.
All right, Christopher, as always, you start us off with your higher register take of the week for week number four. Shout out to everybody who tailed last week. I absolutely nailed my last week. What was your higher register last week? The Dolphins might keep this close.
That's right. They might make it a game. And they did.
Okay. Against Buffalo. Bears. Raiders, you know, after this game is over, I might be thinking, all right, I'm not worried about Ash and Jenti at all. Oh, really?
Ooh, that was good. Which means, what? What do you think? That he's actually going to. Yeah.
Maybe this is the bust out game, Richard. I think you think he can get 100 yards? What do you think? Could he get 100 yards? He might get involved in the passing game.
Who knows? Wow. And like blocking for the quarterback like Pass Pro? I think he's going to be out there in third down. Oh my god, is that possible?
Yeah. Guys, gotta work on your high register mask. It's a process, bro. It's a process. I think you're getting better at this.
We put this in our eyes for a few years. I had dreams about Kyle McCord last night. Oh my god. I'm done. Were you dreaming something?
Is that a concoction to make your voice go up? What is in there? Is that a little tea? You're having your tea before going high register, or he's almost spit taking. Let him swallow.
All right, here we go. Just tea. It's TJ. TJ. Let's go.
Your high register take for week four is what? What do you want? Listen. Big matchup. Big matchup Saturday afternoon Sunday afternoon.
And look, these two teams. I think everyone in this room had high hopes for them. And the thing is, whoever loses this game is going to have three L's. I think I'm going the same game as you. You know what?
It's only a quarter of the way th through the season, so no matter. Who loses the Ravens Chiefs game? Just there. gonna be fine the rest of the season i'm telling you there's gonna have no Anything to worry about. The loser is gonna be just fine.
Okay. Aye. I couldn't disagree more. I say I really believe that.
Okay. No, you're going to be fine. That's the whole point of high register. I'm going to go the same game, but I'm going to give you something to see just for week four. Yeah, you keep hammering that on me.
I'm sorry, I can't. 0 for 3, TJ. Um And we saw a Chiefs team. On Sunday night football, first half, they looked lost. Even your guy Collinsworth was saying that they looked lost.
Goodbye, Richard. I mean, I can't get it. They don't know what they're doing. I mean, even Mahomes, even that, in a game in which Mahomes was quarterbacking on his air, struck him with the mustache. You see the way he went after that.
It wasn't even like he was playing in the backyard. But the second half. As I said, Rick Daltonchiff, there it was. Right there. And I'm saying is we're going to find out on Sunday against the Ravens.
I think the Chiefs might have turned a corner on it. Just saying, I think the Chiefs turned a corner last week. You know, they came out, they started throwing around. I mean, Taekwondo made a couple catches. You know, now we're hearing um Xavier Worthy's gonna be back.
Right around the corner, here's Rashi Rice. You know who actually scored a touchdown? Kareem Hunt scored a touchdown. You had a rushing touchdown from this team.
So I think the Chiefs turned a corner. On Sunday football. And we're going to see it against the Ravens. He'll get handled when he gets handled. That's right.
That's the higher register take of the week. I think the Chiefs turned a corner last week. Ooh. Can't believe I'm going high register right now on the Kansas City. That's nuts.
I mean, maybe I'll hear from Stone Street. Wife comes at you fast. All right, very good. That's our good job, guys.
Some of us, some of us. We're getting there. What? That was better than the last one. I'm going to start blaming the team now.
I mean, you. When did you hand that one in? About an hour ago. Exactly. Oh, you see, you got to.
What was wrong with it? I need, I want, I want zeroed in. Why don't you just let me do it my way and then for optimal performance? Just one road to WrestlePalooza. That's all he needs.
Start going to his head. I'm just saying my way. That's all he needs. My way. 177,000 total viewers.
Look out now. Look at him now. Look, I don't shine shoes no more, Rich. Oh, right. Say, I got a belt.
I got my own belt. Oh, look at that. It's not a game no more. Yeah. Is that your own belt shit?
Shake out that belt.
Okay, that looks like actor money. And who has the belt? Are they disrespecting you? That's a great point. Why are they disrespecting you, TJ?
By the way, it looks like DAM. Disposable actor money. Yeah, that's kind of what they say. That's what that looks like to me. D-A-M.
That's what it is. That's pretty funny. It's not disposable producer money. Or ADM. Actor Disposable Money.
I like D-A-M. That's kind of a funny fancy name. Damn. Disposable actor money. That's what that looks like to me.
No contest. That's what I'm saying. 84424 Rich Number Down. Dance Soder's here. Let's bring him out of our green room, chat with him, and then finish up the show with some phone calls.
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Back here on the ESPN Radio, presented by Progressive Insurance on our Disney Plus and ESPN app feed, one big happy family, golden retriever of comedy tours, starting time. tonight at the United Theater on Broadway in Los Angeles. If you're in town, go check out. Dan Soder, who's back here on the Rich Isaac Show. Tickets available at Dan Soder.
How you been, man? It's been a while since you've appeared on this page. Yeah, it has. There's been a lot that's happened. I almost.
Last time I was here. Yeah. You had me go through the 49ers season. Yeah, for the win-loss game. And I did better than I've ever done in my life of doing that.
Okay. And the Niners went to the Super Bowl and lost again.
So, you know, what we can do here, we weren't planning on this, but we can do this at the end of the conversation. Sure. They've started 3-0. You could predict it from here on out. I don't.
Here's my thing, and I'm saying this to other 49ers fans. Maybe I don't do that and we just let it go because I will never go to another 49ers Super Bowl. I'm 0-2.
So I have retired. You don't say, no, you don't. You can't say that. I will not go. As a 49er fan, I cannot go to another 49er Super Bowl.
Let me tell you this, though, Dan. Let's be honest here.
Okay. Let's be straight up. Yeah. Okay. Scientific.
You and I have known each other too long. Do you really feel? That the Super Bowl, I guess I'm assuming you went to the one in Miami, right? And the one in Vegas. And the one in Vegas.
Both chief flosses. Do you really feel? That you are the only 49er fan that's went to both of those games. No, but I do feel responsibility. But you are still the out of all of those probably tens of thousands that Venn diagram of those who went to the Vegas.
Those who went to the Miami, and you put them together, I would imagine there's a large amount of people who went to both. You feel you are the only one. Responsible for the Niners losing both of those Super Bowls? No, but I do feel, as a 49er fan, to take the lead and to tell those other 49er fans, stay home. Don't ever go to another Super Bowl with the 49ers are in it again.
Lead by example, and my example is: I will never be at another 49ers Super Bowl. I will be watching at home and I will be on the edge of my seat. And then when they get the sixth Lombardi, maybe we think about it. Two things. Number one, I didn't think of the leadership angle.
My bad. I just, man, you're a friggin leader. I should have remembered that. I care about the red and gold. But that said, last time we just checked it, my coordinating producer, Mike Hoskins, just got in my ear and said, last time you predicted they would go 12 and 5, they went 12 and 5.
That's what I meant. And then they made the Super Bowl. They made the Super Bowl because you nailed the red. Oh, God. Fandom is a wicked witchcraft.
It's just a wicked witchcraft that we do.
Well, I think what that points out is it makes you think, you know, irrationally. I understand that. Yeah, I'm full. I'm mentally ill. That's why I'm a stand-up comedian.
And they mix that with sports fandom, and it's not good. Right. But I just. Felt like, I don't know, man. I was so bummed after the second one.
Right. Because I got to go to the first one because of Katie. Katie Nolan. Katie Nolan, my sweet, sweet fiancé. Make sure you check out Casuals, the podcast.
And she got me a ticket because she was still at ESPN. Yes. And McDaniel was the run game coordinator. 54 McDaniel. Who you know personally, you know, the head coach at the close.
One of my oldest friends in the world since we were at seventh graders at Laredo Middle School. And.
So, I went to that one because of Katie. And so, when the Niners beat the Lions, I get a text in the NFL. I'm talking about the NFC Championship game. I get a text from Michael Che, who's a huge 49ers fan. Oh, we did not know that.
Yeah, okay. In the most Michael Che way possible, he did it because his brother was a Giants fan. He grew up in New York, and he just wanted to be spiteful.
So, he became a 49ers fan. All right. And I love it. But we text every game, and he texts me after the NFC Championship game. He said, I'm going to ask NBC for tickets.
And then we he got him. And he's like, so damn right, he did. Do you want to go to Vegas? And I was like, yeah.
Okay. And then they lost, and it was like. Worse than the first time I watched him lose.
Now, did Che go to the one in Miami? No, he didn't.
Okay, so he's not one of those fans. He's not one.
So he can go. He can go the next one. He's free to go. He's free to go. I will green light Michael Che going to another 49ers Super Bowl.
Let's say the Niners go again this year when no one was expecting it, right? Come on. They go again. All right. And the Super Bowl is in their stadium.
It's at Levi's. You don't go? No? Get out of here. I don't go.
I call a foul on that. I'm fine. The challenge flag, and after further review, there's no way. I don't know. This is almost like a man entrenched in his belief right now.
No, I understand that. But us now, that's like week four. The Jaguars are coming, and no one expected him to 3-0. And it's easy for you to say, is what I'm saying. I'm telling you, if that happened and I went.
And they lost? I would be banned from the Bay Area for the rest of my life. I wouldn't be able to ever eat an It's It again. I would never be able to get around to Sam's hamburger. I would be cast out.
The wall would be shut on me, and I'm deservedly so. I couldn't even go back for a Giants game. I could even go to Oracle to watch the Giants if they turn it around. And hire Bruce Bocey at the end of the season because his contract is up in Texas. I'm just saying.
I do it who do it. Couldn't do it. The Niners don't even play in the city. I know, they play in Santa Clara. I mean, they play in San Jose.
It's, come on. If you want to go to a Niners game, you fly into San Jose. It is much, much more convenient. I go the old way, and I fly into SFO and I wave at the candlestick. Highway side.
That's right, that's right. And then I drive down to Sinclair. That's right. I mean, it used to be like you could. I wonder what.
That's a closing, maybe five minutes away from Candle Cigar. And what I'm saying is, San Jose is San Jose's airport closer to the field of genes. than than San Francisco's airport was Two candlestick. No, I think San Jose's airport is landing. You could have landed in Candlestick.
Yeah, it was dangerous. When you would land at SFO, you would go over. I mean, you could see Candlestick right there. Candlestick was just for a football game. Oh.
Just messed. It was freezing for a baseball game in the middle of summer. I know, but I mean, I just remember the seating for the stadium. It was just weird. It was weird.
They had the KNBR gorilla in the corner. Yes. To try to act like there wasn't a giant, like just dead corner of the stadium. Yeah, right. But it was, I mean, it was built.
There's nothing there anymore. I said this, I did Julian Edelman's podcast, and I said, Yes, they should just build a new stadium on Candlestick Point because there's nothing there right now. I just didn't, I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.
Those are times that go by. I will not go by.
Okay, good for you. I promise. Don't worry, we don't want to hold you to it. Faith, I'll call you. I promise.
And then we can win. And then everyone will be very happy. But you've got to be psyched right now, right? I mean, you know, you didn't see that one coming. All certainly when Brock Purdy goes down after the first game.
Well, as someone that watches every preseason game, Mac Jones has looked incredible all preseason because it's the Kyle Shanahan thing. You bring in a quarterback. It's what Sam Darnold, it's like there's almost like a rehab center for quarterbacks. You come in and you go like, you know, like when a horse gets injured and they send him to a farm. That's what you do at quarterbacks with Kyle.
Is that right? Because I mean, dude, Mac looked unbelievable in preseason. And so when Brock Purdy went down, I wasn't as scared as I was before when he would get injured. Sure. Because you go, I don't know.
We might be all right. And then he looked incredible last week. I mean, 3-0. You are what you are. And what they are is one of the undefeated teams in the NFL.
And if you beat Jacksonville, now you're 4-0. Yeah, but Bosa, that's. I know. That's a tough, that's a tough loss. But you're 4-0, and then you, well, you.
You're not going to be in Los Angeles. No, I won't be there for the Rams game. I won't be at SoFa. I won't be at Levi's South. Dude, Leviself.
I know. Remember how mad Rams fans get because their fans don't show up and 49ers fans get? Ask these guys. I've season tickets. He is selling them to Niners fans.
I'm going. Have you ever? Are you going to the Niner game? I am. And I'm going.
Oh, you are? Yeah. Thursday Night Football.
So don't blame these guys. Thank you. Yeah, we're going to go. Do you guys get mad? Do you guys get mad when that kind of takeover happens?
No. No. No, because you're talking to a Patriot fan, and then you got a guy over here. All right, he just took me on the chin in Atlanta. Where are you from, Mike?
Livingston, New Jersey. New Jersey.
Okay, how long have you been here in Los Angeles? 30 years. 30 years. That counts. Yeah, I'm a Rams fan.
How long have you been a Dodgers fan? I've never found you. No, no, how long have you been a Dodger fan, Mr. Wearing a Dodger fan? What time is it?
Exactly. A year. Oh, that makes me. After the Yakuza. I told my sister to do this mug at you.
I told my sister this mug at you. I've never been so close to physical violence on a show as I've just felt a Dodgers fan for a year? That's right. After they're already the billion-dollar dandy. That's right.
After they're already going and buying everybody up and they're not even fun. Go get your. Was it Otani that did it? It's like loving a girl. No, it was the first game when I watched that first game.
I was done in person. It's like what? It's like what? I was going to say, when a lady gets giant fake boobs, someone jumps on board. And they go, oh, yeah.
Just kind of changes the way you feel about it. Irony is a bit of a damn thing. You absolutely. I just, yeah, growing up hating for Dodgers. As a Giants fan, the last five years, it's just like when they get everybody, they just keep getting Otani's like, yeah, pay me a dollar now.
That's the worst part. Because the Giants matched the offer. Which is what? We'll pay a dollar now. No, they're like the same amount of millions.
And Otani was like, but my dog's name's Dodger. And we were like, oh, we couldn't get Aaron Judge, who was from the Bay. And you're like, we couldn't get. He tried. We got Jung Hoo Lee, though.
Captain Handsome? Captain Handsome. Yeah. That's my guy. And, you know, it didn't work out at the very end of the day here this year.
No, we just got eliminated. That's all right.
So, you know, the Dodgers just can't close anybody. They can't close any games right now.
Well, for our house, for Katie and I's house, last year's World Series was worst case scenario. She's a Red Sox fan. I'm a Giants fan, and we're watching Dodgers Yankees in the World Series. My freshman year in college was Mets Red Sox, and I just wanted the meeting. I was rooting for the meteor.
Yeah, simple. It's a simple. You know, just one second, it's just like, oh, that's great that it's something terrible is happening, but the other people are happy. Yeah. That's what it was.
And she was happy because the Yankees didn't win. And then that made me angry because now I'm seeing her be happy that the Dodgers won. Yeah. I understand. Um well Yeah, he's a fraud.
That's what I just said.
Well, I'm either in. I don't count you. You don't get you're not a Dodgers fan yet. Get out of here. So I don't know if we hit this the last time, but again, when you and I worked together that one day on billions.
Oh, yeah. Back in my boxing days. Yeah, did you broke Kelly O'Coyne's ribs? Did you? You know you're not supposed to.
Yeah, I know. I love Kelly to death, and he Kelly's the man. And he texted me like. A week after he filmed that scene, and he was like, Hey, buddy, I just want to let you know you did, you broke one of my ribs. Right away, though, right?
Like, I think the first take. Because they were like, do a flurry. And I was like, and I just swung and I hit him connected. Who was in your corner? Was it Deontay Wilder was in your corner?
Deontay Wilder was in. I had Stipe Miyotich. And that was awesome. That was like... What was Stipe saying to you?
Oh, nothing. He was like, this is cool. Stepe's a moon. Stepe? I was like, giving you any tips on how to go like cut.
And he'd be like, I don't know. You guys are supposed to look terrible. You're doing a good job. Yeah, he was just kind of like, because we were supposed to look like buffoons.
So it wasn't like, hey, keep your head down. You got to drop your shoulder. He was like, yeah, you guys look like you can't fight. And you're like, then this is exactly what the scene needs. Yeah.
And he was so cool. He was just like, I was just asking him questions as a fan of MMA, just like, when you fought Cormier, you know, like, what happened with this? And he was, he is, he's also like a firefighter and also an MMA champion.
So you're like, keep. He's the coolest guy. And the nicest guy in the world. Yeah. And it was just a blast for me.
That was a fun day. Is there any chance of. Any more billions at all? I don't think so. That's over.
We're done. I think it was fun, and I think we did it. I think that day of filming, you know who was the craziest person I met that day? Because we were all talking, like, we were all hanging out. Me and you and Bob and other people were like talking.
Memory, yeah. You have Bob Memory. And then I'm sitting there talking to this older gentleman, very nice suit. Mm-hmm. And we're just like sitting there talking, and I just think he's like an extra.
And then he walks away, and David Levine, the creator of the show, comes up, one of the creators of the show, him and Brian. David comes up to me and he goes, Do you know who you're just talking to? And I was like, No. And he's like, the guy that shorted Enron and you're like Oh, that guy's like, wow, are you serious? I didn't even know.
And I had so many more questions about it that I was like, oh, because they would get like finance people to come on the show. And I don't know that. I'm an idiot.
So when he walked away, I was like, oh man, I want to talk to that guy. I didn't know that either. Yeah, they had like, there was a pocket of people, and I don't think we were aware of this, but they brought in like a pocket of like finance heavyweights to be in the scenes. I thought that they were legit extras to be dressed up because they're like Bobby Axarod's buddies. That's exactly, but they were real finance people.
The real, real actual movers and checkers in the finance world. And I don't think any of us knew. We're just like, hey, how are you doing? The guy's worth like $7 billion. And he's like, pretty good.
How are you? And you're like, oh, snacks are kind of cold today. And the guy's like, cool, whatever. The guy who shorted En-ROG. Exactly.
Like, his coffee's a little past its expiration, but there you go. Guy's name is Jim Shanos. He was there, huh? And he was one of the guys that was there. It was pretty cool.
What's your favorite scene from Billions that you're ever part of? It wasn't a scene. It was season one.
Okay. I'm not a trained actor. I was learning how to act on the show. That's right. Yeah.
And I was very loud with the other actors. I'm like, I'm a comic, so if I do something stupid, just tell me and I'll try to correct the course. Yes. So, season one, there was a scene from the series finale that was the season finale that was cut. Yes.
And it's me in Bobby Axelrod's office with Wags.
So I'm with Damien and David, and we're filming the scene. And we do a couple takes, and they go to like turn around. And again, I'm a comic, so I'm like. always just trying to make people laugh randomly. And we're in the office and I'm sitting in a seat and I go, hey.
And I lean and I go, paw, and let out a huge fart. And Damien goes, we can't circulate the air because of the sound. And that was when I was like, oh no. And I just had to sit in my own f ⁇ . And Damien and David were cool about it.
But at first they were like, dude, there's no circulation in this room right now. And I was like, I'm so sorry. I'm so. But that was like a memory that sticks in my head from the whole show of just looking at Damien going, pump. And he's behind Bobby Axelrod's desk and he's like, don't.
do that you don't do that either oh my god yeah oh would would it be A good fantasy team named Dutch Ovening Damien Lewis. Yeah, Dutch Oven Damian Lewis. It's very funny. A little long. At least you didn't do it to Paul Giamatti.
Yeah, dude. I would have known. I mean, Giamatti, I didn't know that well. Damien ended up knowing really well, and he was the man. He was the man.
You were in many scenes with Paul Giamatti, I'm imagining, right? One in the whole seven seasons. That's it. It's it. It was in the final season, in like, I think the third to last episode, I finally had a scene, which I'll tell you what, dude.
Watching someone like Paul Giamatti act. Live, like being in a scene with them. is like It's like watching someone solo on a guitar. I felt the same way about Damien. A bunch of actors on that show were incredible.
Costable, Maggie Sift, Asia Kate Dillon, Kelly, our buddy, Kelly O'Coyne. You would watch them, but then, like, when you finally get to do a scene with Paul Giamatti, you're like, oh, damn. You're Paul Giamatti. It's like watching someone wail in person on the guitar. You didn't dare talk to him about his dad, did you?
About a baseball fan? Yeah, and like. Table reads, him and I would talk. And sometimes I'd be like, well, your dad was the commissioner of baseball. I was like, your dad booted Pete Rose.
And he'd be like, he did. That's what I would be like, can we talk more about, but he was so cool. All Giamatti was like, man, I'll tell you what, it makes me love everything he does more because you're just like, he was just a man. I'd fanboy the hell out of him. Yeah.
Which is not professional. And then, like, Damien would answer questions about Band of Brothers and like Homeland and stuff that I had. He would like tell stories about it and where you're just like, oh, my God. Just sit by him and be like, this is awesome. Maggie was also very cool because I had a lot of sons of anarchy questions.
And she was really cool about that.
Well, she was in the first season of Mad Men, too. Oh, yeah. And, you know, she was in the first season credits, the opening credits of Mad Men. She was so sweet. Just that entire cast was like so fun to work with.
We had a very cool thing where it was just like, and they would say that, like, Damien would say that when you were hanging out, he's like, just let you know if you ever act on something this big, it's not usually this cool.
Well, again, hanging out there for that day was something else. Brian David did a great job of creating a really cool atmosphere with like everybody hanging out.
So that was fun. They just reached out to you as a comic saying we just need you on the show. No, I've known Brian and David for a while. I've known Brian for a long time Brian used to do stand-up when I first moved to New York. Brian Coppel.
Yeah. He's going to play the machine in the bear right now. Yeah. He's doing awesome on the bear. And he, we were friends and I met David.
In the computer, pardon me. That's who he is. Yeah, the computer in the bear. But he is rocking that Raiders gear. But he.
That's right. He was like, Hey, we're writing this show about finance or whatever. And he was like, Why don't you come in and audition just because you know us?
So, this might be a thing where you're a little more comfortable in the audition with A.V. Coffin, the casting director. And I went in and just like, I really, really tried. Like, I learned all my lines and I learned like the difference is different winging it and preparing. I mean, I'm a comic.
Everybody that knows comics, we're the laziest pieces of crap. And so I was like, no, I actually tried. And then they liked me, but they were like, well, we got the actor for this other role that we wanted that we were thinking maybe Dan might be right for. And then they called me and they're like, hey, we can't. You can either be like the basketball coach and the pilot.
Or if we go to series. We're going to look to write you in a role in the office. And I was like, oh, you guys are going to go to series.
So I made that choice. And it was the right choice. No doubt. Dan Soder here. Thanks again for coming on.
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Yeah, man. Thanks so much for that. Anytime. You know that. You know that.
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Uh fun show guys. Yeah, yeah. Who wins tonight? I think Seattle takes it. I think Seattle, and I don't think it's going to be very close.
Really? I think Seattle's really good. That defense is not too bad either, but it's really good. You know, who's been dominating? Is Callaeus Campbell?
True. In year 90,000. Right?
So I picked up the Hawks defense question. Would you play Marvin Harrison tonight in fantasy? No. No. That pass where he was wide and just open and he hits and he, you know, he'd.
I guess he tried to body it. I don't know what I was doing. I don't know what's happening. I've never seen it like it. Neither do I.
But tell me, I will tell you this: every single time something like that happens, I'm texting Albert Breer, and he's getting pissed. Yeah, when it comes to fantasy on Thursday, I hate it. You got to have a short thing. Otherwise, I don't care. It doesn't matter when it's played.
It doesn't matter what. Because there's a Thursday night, Friday night, Saturday night, where you're in your head about your team. You have the guy in your head. You play Marvin Harrison tonight and he has like three catches for 30 yards. You're going to be pissed off tonight.
Tomorrow night. It's Saturday. Fantasy is so dumb. You're in eight leagues. That's how dumb it is.
If you don't play him and he finally breaks through, then I can't do it. If you saw it in Saturday, you'll be so happy. Yes, you'll be so happy staring at value. No, when you're up 21, now I can trade him. I can tell you've never won fantasy just by these calls.
No, you're not understanding what I'm saying. If you don't play him and he goes off and you're staring at his number on the bench, you're fine on. Friday exactly. Exactly because you made that conscious decision to do that. Man, I could trade him.
So dumb. All of this is dumb because the points come no matter what. The points come no matter what. They don't all come no matter what. You know, it's kind of like, you know, uh.
Why would you mix this food with that food? It's all going to the same place. What do you care? You know what I mean? Yeah, that's the appetite thing, though.
No, I know. It might not take it, and it doesn't look appetizing to somebody who's watching you eat. What does it matter? Doesn't matter. It all goes to the same place, which is the bottom line.
I don't think that's the same thing. It's all the psychological research. Ridiculousness. And I have one fantasy. I won with him last year.
Move on last year. I made the league you care about. Just, by the way, look up. You'll see me in the best ball.
Okay. That's fine. That's true. You are hot in best ball. Thank you.
But by the way, haven't you also said you don't like playing guys on Thursday? I hate playing guys on the guys. No, I've never said that. I played two guys on Thursday against Colleen Wolfe and won.
Okay. In our league, I put Jordan Love and I put Josh Jacobs in there. Of course, you're playing Josh Jacobs. I chose Jordan Love over Bo Nicks. Yeah, that's a pretty much a solid play there.
Marvin, right now?
Solid play. You play, you can win. I'm sitting Marvin tonight. I don't blame you. You are going to, huh?
Oh, my gosh.
So that, just keep that in your mind's eye. Mm. JSN. How great has he been so far? I mean, I think I'm with him.
I don't know about blowing out. I mean, that's a little disrespectful to the Arizona Cardinals. Maybe 10 points. No, I was going to blow out the ball. They're on the road.
They're in Arizona. You don't think there's going to be Seahawks fans in Arizona tonight? Oh, they travel. Oh, James Conner. Let me tell you something.
I will never forget that time. It was right before Taylor was born. I did a Thursday night game in Arizona. We were in the green room underneath the stadium, and what was on the screen was delayed by a couple seconds because of. you know, we're watching a television feed, we would hear a cheer.
And a good play for the Cardinals would appear on our television set. We heard the stadium rattle. And a good play for the Seahawks appeared. And when Russ showed up post-game, for our uh Thursday night football. Oh yeah.
A conversation. Thousands of twelves were there. Massive.
So I hear you on that. I understand, but the Cardinals are better than you think. And we'll see without James Conner what Trey Benson does tonight. But I'm with you. I think Seattle wins.
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