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Jaguars running back, Travis Entien Jr. Coming up. Actor and comedian Jeremy Piven. And now, it's Rich Eisen. Uh Hour number three of the Rich Hisen Show on this Friday is on the air.
Week number five of the NFL season is already in the books, and so is the wildcard round of Major League Baseball's playoffs. We've been discussing all of that over the first two hours of this show with all of us here with Travis Etienne of the Jacksonville Jaguars, who's finishing up. The fifth week of this season on Monday night against the Chiefs on ESPN. And also, we chatted with Tom Pellisero in the top of our number one. Since Tom's departure, Chuba Hubbard was ruled.
Ouch. Uh the uh Carolina Panthers game against the Miami Dolphins.
So I immediately. hopped online to see if I could pop uh Rico Dowdle onto my roster and Somebody's got Rico Dowdell on their team. Who would that possibly be who has Rico Dowdell on their fantasy team? You do. Jay?
Oh, good job, Jay. Do you not even know that? No, I didn't. Wow. This is what's wrong with fantasy football.
That. You know, I'm trying to win. I'm trying to be on top of it. And the dude who has just lucked into the starters' reps of a fantasy football weekend. of a running back that doesn't even know he's on the team.
Good to know. Good job, Jay. Good job, Jay. Well done.
Well done.
Can't confirm he's on his team. Hey, look, there he is. Oh, God. With the Rico. Does everyone else have that person in fantasy as well that you're trying to beat?
You're trying your best, and this other person just lucks into that, and you're like, I don't even know who's on my team.
So that's the way you sound, even though you don't sound that way.
Okay. Disney Plus ESPN App. Didn't he beat you last week, too? We're on ESPN Radio, presented by Progressive Insurance. That was two weeks ago.
Yeah, I beat Monaco, our director, who's not here today, so I can put him in your story. Yeah, put him in. Yeah, why don't you do that, Joe? But you have Tanjus on your bench. I got to focus on the show.
It's so great. He's so great at fantasy football. 844-204-RICH, number to dial on the show. We didn't talk about the Rams. going down last night and they fall down 14-0, they come back.
And again. If the Rams played clean sheet football two of the last three weeks, they'd be 5-0. I know if grandmothers had wheels they'd be wagons. I understand that. That's not the analogy that I normally think of.
Um but if they just Yeah. protected On Field goals. And if they just held on to the footballs. Yeah. Yada, yada, yada, they'd be five and oh.
Pukanaku is the best receiver in the National Football League. Did I stutter? You did not. He gets the football and it's just like nine yards every time. Every time.
And you're like, oh, it's going to be a first down. And then Devontae Adams is wide open. And then that means the run game can work as well. The play action game of the Rams is lethal. Lethal.
I mean, Stafford sits back there, and if he gets a second, of time He's just ripping and there's junk plays everywhere. Defensively, Jared Verse is just a monster nightmare. And then the mistakes come. And they lose. I mean, last night, that fumble by Kyron Williams inside the one was a killer.
They do get the ball back at overtime. They do get the opportunity to get the ball second in overtime as. Matthew Stafford deferred at the coin toss and was told you can't do that during overtime. You should start taking the ball first. I don't understand that.
Let's get to this in a second. Because the overtime rules almost cropped up again for a conversation today. Certainly if McVay had gone for the field goal at the end on fourth and short. Yeah. To tie the game and then play defense with timeouts and four minutes remaining on the clock.
The likelihood of getting a tie in that instance for him, playing for the tie there instead of going for it on fourth down, I don't think that was ever a consideration. And as a matter of fact, he confirmed that after the game. while taking the Responsibility and the blame for the loss. The Ford Down call. It's a bad call.
It's a bad call by me. Any thought of kicking the field goal there? No. No. Yeah.
In hindsight, I wish I would have, but uh No, we came in here to try to win the football game. It didn't go down for us, Gary. That wasn't even a thought, but the play selection was very poor. I'm sick right now because I put our players in a sh spot, and I got to live with that.
Okay. Honesty and taking responsibility. Tough to give Kyron the ball there when Stafford was so incredible in the second half and that drive. In overtime. But that's the sort of thing that they normally get that one yard done.
They really do. I saw someone post about this as well. Really, an argument as to why every team should have a tush-push play. That would obviously have given them the first down. You got to choose somebody else, though, right?
You've got to find a tight end if you've got somebody like Stafford. For sure. I mean, they have several of them. I mean, give the ball to Jared Verse. I doubt he's getting tackled for a loss on that play.
The Rams next games, they're going to be at Baltimore, which will still be banged up and starting Cooper Rush. And then I see them a London at Wembley against the Jaguars and then a bye. Then they're home against New Orleans. And then they're on the next two games that are going to be very crucial about winning their division. Go into San Francisco and get this series tie instead of being swept.
Get Seattle coming in. Take care of them in a in a in a home date. Take care of Tampa on a Sunday night. As Baker Mayfield's, I guess, reunion tour continues. Then a ton of winnable games for them.
Not concerned about the Rams. They're still too damn good. I think they're a playoff team with a shot at still winning the division. They do have to win in San Francisco in that week 10 game. That's a must.
If they want to win the division. And if not, they're going to wind up being on the road. They could be on the road at a place like Detroit again. Could you imagine that? And yet another playoff spot for them in Detroit.
Or would they rather stay at home? I mean, who would be the five seed right now? It could be somebody from their division.
Sometimes home isn't even a home game. I know, which is nuts, man. It's crazy. Especially when they're constantly asking whose house it is and it's obvious it's not theirs. I mean, Alan and Herb Street even cracked wise about that last night.
Always a lot of Niner fans. Everywhere.
Now let's just quickly talk about them. the overtime rules again. You're like, why wouldn't you take the ball to start? Take the ball to start. Because you don't.
Want to give your opponent the opportunity to get a fourth down. Go for it situation every single time. You just don't want to give it to them. Even if you score a touchdown, then you know, okay, you know, when you get the ball second. you have to score a touchdown in order to continue the game or go for two and win it.
You're giving the other team the opportunity to just keep going for it on fourth down like they're playing a video game. But to say you score a touchdown, right? You have the opportunity to use as much clock as humanly possible, thus, giving the other team who gets the ball second, they don't have to play hurry-up. They can't just take their sweet ass time going down the field. There's maybe three minutes left or three and a half minutes left.
So, you have to play a quicker game. You get the ball, and you're going to say, here's what we're going to do. We are going to run clock and get a score. Methodically go down the field and score. Maybe that's a best-laid plan, but what if you don't get it?
How do you give your defense a chance to rest? Listen, you're the Rams. You just talked. Yeah. And then you're like, let's give the ball to the 49ers.
Let's play defense. And let's know what we have to do. You want to know what you have to do. If you did what I, I'm. Advocating, which is five more minutes on the back end, a full quarter.
of action. full 15 minutes of action, then you take the football to start. Just like anything else. You're not deferring anything to any second half. You take the football to start.
Because the other team might not go for it on fourth down if you're if you're gonna just if there was another five if that was with eight minutes to go in overtime McVeigh would have kicked the fuel goal. Right there. Yeah, sure. And he would have played defense. I just had more time.
But instead, there's four minutes to go.
So, I'm going to go for it right now. And I think maybe the NFL and the competition committee likes that because you just don't want these guys out there for another five minutes. They want it quick and done. Unfortunately, it's going to lead to a tie. More often than not, I think, even though last night did not.
I mean, the Niners play defense. I just think you tack on another five minutes. Take on another five because had there still been another instance. Right? Let's just say they did pick up that first down.
And now they're chewing more clock. And now it's inside the five-yard line. And the coach has now got a decision to make. Am I going for the tie right here or am I going for the win from the Four-yard line on fourth and goal. Am I going for the tie or am I going for the win?
And I know that's why they get paid the big bucks. And I know that's what we're trying to see these guys being put in that position. I'd rather see five more minutes of overtime. I wonder if, too, if a fix could potentially be, take out the idea of the second, not sudden death, second death, right? Right.
And just play it like a fourth quarter. Where you're playing it to zero. TJ, do you have us anything to say on this subject matter? I know, we've been going back and forth about the college thing, and I know you say you don't. It takes the kicking game straight out.
Yeah, but again, just saying start at the 50, it does not take the kicking game out. What we saw last night, the Niners got the ball in the 40 because Cardi blew the hitting the kicking zone. Do you know who hits the kicking zone every time? The landing zone, pardon me? Your guy.
Yeah. Aubrey.
Well, Cardi's been a great kicker. He just boiled it on that ass. That happens, and that's why you don't take the kicking game out. Like, hey, let's just start with the ball. Aubrey missed it the other day, too.
I don't think so.
Somebody missed it. No, Aubrey's the king of just putting it in the landing zone and making sure you get the ball on the 20. I was saying, in terms of last night, though, and the idea of the Rams taking the ball first, Stafford was on an ultimate heater last night. Why do you want to let him sit now and watch for 20 minutes of real time, six minutes of game time of him just sitting on the sideline? Let him go out there, stay hot, march down the field, score touchdown, put the pressure back on Mac Jones.
I just didn't like it. I didn't think McVay had his best night. And, you know, you kind of saw how the game played out. You heard him say that the call sucked. Which is, you know, what a lot of people say.
When they Watch somebody on their fantasy bench score a bunch of points. Would you have noticed Rico Dattle was sitting there? Man, you're so mad happy. You finally gave me advice. Oh, okay.
Do you know who Rico Dowdle is? He doesn't. What team him back? For who? For who?
What Panthers? Oh, wow. I'm shocked. Did you just look at it? You looked at it.
Just looked at it. Let's go to Matt and Marilyn. You're here on the Rich Isaac Show. Back to line three, Mr. Dowdle.
Matt and Marilyn. Do you there, Matt? Yes, I am. Thank you very much for having me. What's going on?
Well, I want to set a scene here. We got Baker Mayfield. The Browns gave up on him. He went around.
Now he's a superstar. Then you got Sam Darnold, the Jets gave up on him, then he went around, now he's a superstar.
So I got to ask the question and I want to follow it up. Yeah. Part 1. How long until teams should stop losing their patients with quarterbacks and give them time to develop? And two, If you were a GM, how long would you wait?
Well, we've asked Jared Goff this question himself, another one that you're referring to. Being in a spot, and by the way, this coming weekend, the Lions at the Bengals, it'll be the first time that um Goff takes the field having been a lion longer than he was a ram. Uh in terms of games started for the teams.
So he basically said it should be at least four years you give somebody, give somebody at least four years. I just don't know how patient people are going to be in that regard. Certainly, thanks for the call, Matt. things get got so bad in New England It was over for Mac Jones, and it's not his fault. It's not his fault.
No, it's squarely on it. You know what I mean? And. There was no way the Jets were sticking with Zach Wilson for another split second. Right.
Um You know. And it takes a while for a quarterback to figure things out and maturing as well. And again, that will be part and parcel of the Browns' decision if they ever do go to Shadur. Is he mature enough to go? Which is why, you know, the miming stuff doesn't play well for him.
Because that is a conversation that I'm sure one coach will bring up in the room. At one point You know. It's it's you never know. You just have to have a gut and a feel, and you have to go for it. You got to figure it out sooner rather than later, which is why I think Shador is going to get a shot.
Unless Dylan Gabriel is like, screw it, I'm not giving this thing up. And we're talking about Dylan Gabriel being the Browns' savior and bringing the Browns quarterback for a long time to come. that could start and be born in London.
Sort of like America. You know what I mean? Well, I mean, they had to go back to the United States to But it started in London.
Okay, very good. All right, very good. 844-204-Rich is the number to dial. I've got my top five list that'll reveal the other games that I'm looking forward to this week and see if they match up with yours. Jeremy Piven is here, everybody.
We're going to bring him out, stroll down some good fun television memory lane with him, talk a little bit of sports, and then get everyone else on with the rest of their weekend and their Friday. That's how we're rolling into this break here on the Rich Eisen Show on ESPN Radio, presented by Progressive Insurance. Disney Plus and the ESPN app everywhere. Hey, Ryan Reynolds here from Mint Mobile.
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We don't have it. I will leave with that. But how did we do when we threw the first pitch? In my defense, you know, most actors are frustrated athletes. I was a 5'9 Jewish linebacker.
Why is that funny? Why is everyone laughing, Rich? There are none of us in the NFL except for Julian Edelman, who's all of our spirit animals, another undersized Jew. Uh yeah, I listen. All the guys were so great to me.
And, you know, one of the things where we can go wrong in this life is we can overthink things. And all I needed to get out there was just throw it. I was filming my special, my stand-up special at the Vic Theater. I was peeking. I was up there on the mound, you know, doing the thing.
And I've done it before, and I get it, and I don't bounce it. And I had 116 different cues from the guys in my head, and I overthought it and I bounced it. And when you hear an entire stadium groan, It's a problem. That's when you know something went wrong. But you're not YouTube famous bouncing it.
You know, I mean, like bouncing it like 45 cents. Obama 50 cent situation. Yeah, you didn't do that sort of thing. Oh, no. That's the painful part of throwing out a first patch, Jeremy.
The only reason I didn't do that is I understand the moment. Yes. And I'm not filled with hubris. I get like, oh, this isn't my lane. I'm going to go and get a bunch of practices in.
And, you know, I'm hard on myself. And it didn't go as well as I wanted.
Okay. But that's the way life is. And yet you're sitting here and you survived it and you got your stand-up tour. Again, you're going to Sony Hall in New York City in October, followed by some dates in Palm Beach and Dallas, Texas. And then I'm at the Irvine Theater in the beginning of November, back in LA, back here, where they get all the guys to come out.
Okay, if people are real here, or you could just visit jeremy-pivin.com for tickets here on the Rich Eisen show. Let's just jump into a few things from your history. The Larry Sanders show is just one of the most perfect television shows of all time. What was it like working with Gary Shandling on that show, Jeremy? I was right out of college, and I was, I understood immediately that I'm on the bench and I'm witnessing greatness, and I just need to soak it all up.
And they were incredible. He was an absolute genius, and I just was so lucky to be a part of that. I was walking across the parking lot. Mark Hirschfeld, who cast Seinfeld, approached me and said, Would you audition for Seinfeld? I had never seen Seinfeld.
I didn't have a TV. I'm a stage actor from Chicago. I still think I'm broke, even though I'm on a TV show. I'm living in the pool house without a TV. TV.
I had never seen the show. He said, You're going to, would you audition for George? I said, Of course. I'm not even allowed to audition for, I'm on a TV show. Yes, right.
So I auditioned, get. Get the role. do the show. I was on Seinfeld and had never seen the show. Right.
So I was playing George, being directed by Larry David and Jason Alexander, three different incarnations of George, and I'd never seen the show.
So when you, again, you're referring to the show. The show within the show. The show within the show, where you played the Costanza of the show that was being put on about nothing that George and Jerry had sold to NBC, and you played that George being directed by. Technically, well, the real George, Jason Alexander, and then Larry David, who George is a. Apparently, based on, and you had never seen Seinfeld before.
No, never. But I talked to Jason in the parking lot, and so I whipped it. See, I'm still in that journeyman actor mentality right now. Sure.
So, like, if you said we have an audition in the parking lot, I'd go, Yeah, let's go. What are we doing?
So, I just went after it and somehow got lucky and did it. I didn't even understand they were the Beatles because I was just on the show and they were great. I didn't have a TV. So I knew they were a big deal, but I just got to hang with these guys and they were amazing and great. And I had an incredible time.
But you were on the Larry Sanders show at the time that took that game. Larry Sandler playing the head writer. Right. And I played that character as if I thought I was not funny at all, but I was the head writer.
So I played him in this very tragic way, and it was a blast. Who are some of the guest stars on Larry Sanders that you got to meet that were really like. Big for you because it was the real deal that was coming through as the guest stars on that show. Yeah, I mean, we had everyone, and you have to understand, I'm a huge sports fan.
So we had Sugar Ray Leonard, and a lot of people doing the show. And you have to understand, this kicked off original programming at HBO.
So there are people doing the show who thought it was a talk show. They didn't know it was a fiction. No, literally. And it was and it was it was incredible. My job on that show was to not break.
And that was my only point of concentration: I have to get through this scene and look at Jeffrey Tambour and not laugh. That's all I was thinking. Good luck. Yeah, because everyone was a genius on that. That show.
Yeah, everyone was crushing it. And so I just got to learn a lot.
So by the time I was up for Entourage, which is another HBO show. I had, you know, I had been on stage since I was eight years old. I started Second City in Chicago with Chris Farley. That's how old I am. This is the 90s.
Yes. You know what I mean? So I had done, you know, 40 movies before I even started Entourage, so I was ready. All right. I'm going to bite on that one.
So you're doing Second City with Chris Farley? Yeah. What was that?
Well, Chris was uh like no other and you know he you know he he went hard in the paint. You know what I mean? And ever he was all in. In every aspect, um, but those were the days of Dennis Rodman, who another, I don't know why I went there, okay.
Someone else no, because I went, I just thought hard in the paint, and that was a guy. And I said, How do you do it? You would hang out with Rodman until million o'clock, and then he would get 11 minutes' sleep and pull down 19 rebounds, still hammered, you know. And I'm looking at the TV like this, and I'm going, How is he doing that? You've experienced this yourself as well.
I was in the belly of the beast. With him. With Rodman? Correct. At like, you know, Crowbar, which is a gay nightclub until a million o'clock.
Are we on the air right now? I can't tell you what's happening. I'm telling you too much information. But no, I mean, we need an hour segment because I can unpack everything. My first movie was with your guy, Charlie Sheen.
Okay, who was here just yesterday? Yes. And so imagine me. I'm a stage actor from Chicago. I just completed my football career.
Yes. And people laugh. Why is that funny? My jersey number said linebacker. My body said kicker.
But I was doing fine. And then I got to put the pads on again and being Lucas. Charlie Sheen comes to town and that's Hollywood Royalty. I'm a huge fan of Martin Sheen. And on day one of our shoot, and I'm like, oh my God, this is, we get to.
I'm a paid actor and I'm a football player. And he goes, dude, the only thing that's going to get me through this, dude, is if I have a 12-pack and a big fat joint, dude. And I was like, what? You look dedicated? I didn't see that line in Lucas.
The director came over and goes, Charlie, we're going to get on that 12-pack and that joint. He goes, dude, I forgot a mic, dude. That was my first zone on a set. She came out of the womb like that. He came out of the womb just a complete and utter wrecking ball.
Dude, yeah. And this is a question about Chris Farley. Yeah, I know I have a limited amount of time. No, no, no. Come on, dude.
I'm just going. No, Chris was a genius from the jump. Do you remember a second city skit that you wound up being in with him? Do you have any? They separated us because we were both a bit out of our minds.
And so we were in the touring company.
So he went, you know, to the East and I went to the West.
Okay. Yeah. Jeremy Piven here on the recognition. All right. So how you got so you've got entourage.
based off of you you know your HBO time on On Larry Sanders, or that was completely different. I mean, no, Doug Ellen, I think, had watched Larry Sanders and was a fan of that show. My agent was Ari Emmanuel.
So unbeknownst to me, I had been a dramaturg and preparing for this role because that role is Ari Emanuel.
So I was like, oh, I know this guy. I know him inside and out. And so by the time the role came up, I was ready, ready. Like Shakespeare says, the readiness is all. And that was a blast.
And my character was kind of a fringe player. You know, he wasn't, and I had one scene in the pilot. And so you gotta stay ready. And so. When the opportunity arose, I like, you know, I grabbed it.
Dude, it was like every scene, it was a spinning curve in the zone, and you took it to the deep part of the park every time. Single.
Well, thank you, man. You're very welcome. That's incredible. And on the sports analogies, We would have all these incredible athletes that would come to the show.
So, you know, Early LeBron, Tom Brady. And Russell Wilson said to me one time: he said, When you act, is it. Is it preseason, regular season, playoffs, or Super Bowl each take? And it sounds really pretentious, but I was like, it's the Super Bowl. I don't know any other way.
You know what I mean? You've got to go literally all in. And, you know, sometimes that's misunderstood, you know, but that's the way life is. I would rather. Just go all in, then be available to schmooze and do all that.
There's time for that, but I just gotta be locked in because you get one shot. I mean, the number of times on my Instagram algorithm, the scene of yours from Entourage shows up is non-stop. And there was one that popped in the other day of you leaving couples therapy because you just wouldn't. Countenance being attacked in there, and the way you just got out with a sort of a salute and walked off camera was just laugh out loud. Hello, man.
That's all Doug Ellen. Every word of that is written by him, and it was just a gift to be able to say these. But, you know, my character had to be. It's a big compliment that people thought I was improvising because that's all acting is. You take the written word and you're present and it feels improvisational.
So the way I got to play was all the physicality and how I portrayed it. But I had, it was word for word, and it was an honor, and I loved it. And ironically, now we have this whole new generation of these guys in their late teens, early 20s that have binged it since the pandemic.
So there's a whole new audience for it. And they're out there rebooting everything but Entourage. They're literally saved by the bell. There is no bell. What are we doing?
Literally.
Well, you had the movie. We had the movie. I mean, you got the band back together for at least two, you know. But people are clamoring for.
Well, where is Ari Gold now? Where would you say he would be? If you could write your character, let's do this. We're rebooting Entourage. Is he in charge of an agency?
Is he crapped out? Has he burned every bridge? Like, where is it? Is he running the studio? Is he running a studio?
You know, there are so many different ways to go. I think if you're true to that character, what we've been through over the past decade, him navigating that, I think he might have rubbed someone the wrong way. You know what I mean? Maybe a little bit.
So, blamed out Smith. Correct. And then Lloyd would have to be his politically correct consultant who would have to just, let's go, Ari. Let's go. Let's get to pronouns.
Pronouns? Pronouns. Pronouns, your hasn't been. That's your pronoun. No, whatever.
There you go. We just came up with it. Yes. So he would have to probably navigate his way back in. I don't know.
There's so many different ways to go about it. And, you know, I got to work with Mike Tyson and guys, and creatively. Get them into a place where they felt comfortable to do their best work.
So I think, you know, Ari Emmanuel. owns the UFC, he's running a sports management company.
So I think that could we could just take a cue from reality, which is what we did anyway.
So I think he would he could be representing a lot of athletes. Which would be really fun. Um There's a lot of different ways to go, Rich Island. It's fertile ground. I love it.
And before we move on, a couple other things here, Jeremy Pivot on the Rich Isand Show. Your favorite soliloquy, your favorite. Uh Mari Gold scene or soliloquy. You get the script from Doug Allen, and you're like, I am going to just chew this up and I'm going to spit it out and I'm going to stick the landing on this thing. Do you have a.
I mean, every one of them, there was no kind of moment that you take for granted. Every moment was like, okay, there's something here. A moment that you wouldn't have thought of is my character, his son doesn't get into private school. And so he has to go to the actor Dan Castellanetta, who played Homer Simpson. The voice of Homer Simpson is very prolific.
And he's the headmaster. And I have to go to him. And, you know, I think I'm going to strong-arm him to get my son into school. And he goes, it's not your son, it's you. You're yelling.
And so my character gets very emotional. And you suddenly get to see this other side to him. And Doug and I, you know, it was an interesting moment with us. And he's got kids. And I thought he might have felt the emotionality.
Might have not been appropriate for that moment. What we've seen with Arian, I said. You got kids, you get in the way of your kids' education, would that affect you? And he said, absolutely. And that was one of those moments where we all kind of came together and submitted it.
And I won my first of three Emmys for that scene. Jeremy, who's counting me. Who's Carring? Who's counting me? You know, guys, for me, if I could personally, Jeremy, as all these guys know, in the early 2000s, I was, Ashton Kutcher and I were roommates.
I'm sorry about that. It was a very good thing. And, you know, I was trying to describe to my friends in Pittsburgh what my life was like, you know, hanging out on the 70s shows that we're going to movies. And it was hard for them to even understand what my life was like. And then Entourage came out, you know, and I'd be down in the Endeavour offices because he was a client.
So I'd always see Ari down there. And it was, so that gave me a chance to show my friends, like. You know, this is kind of what my life is. Kind of. Pretty much exactly.
That's exactly right. It was like he was Vince, and I was turtle-y and drama all rolled into one. You know, and so for me, entourage was just like my way of showing my boys, like, you know, this is what's up right now out here with me.
Well, thank you. I appreciate that. I think people felt, listen, if we got it wrong, we would have known. We would have known about it. And I think, and I appreciate that, there's an authenticity to that.
And I think people kind of miss that. You know, the number one show last year on Netflix was The Roast of Tom Brady. Yes. You know, and people really kind of. Dropped the gloves for that.
And it was raunchy and funny. And I think people just need to laugh right now more than ever. And the sooner people, everyone gets that. The better for all of us. And that's why, again, you're going around the world and the country on your stand-up tour, jeremy-pivin.com for tickets on that.
Before I let you go, one last one for you here. Heat with Robert De Niro. Yes. Okay. Walk me through.
That scene working with Robert De Niro, where you're the one who's going to be aware of it. I'll walk you through a little bit before that. I'm, again, Journeyman actor. I'm waiting to audition one hour, two hours, and it hit the three-hour mark where you're sitting there. I've got one scene, and you're just running your lines.
And I just kept saying to myself, if you hold it together, you get to post up against Michael Jordan. You know what I mean? That's literally it. And so I held it together, and an actor broke. and he threw the casting assistant up against the wall.
People started losing it because after a couple hours, you know, you start to snap. I got in there. The great Michael Mann was there. And I auditioned for him and got lucky and got the role. And then you.
And you knew it would be playing with De Niro. Yes. Prior to Prior to auditioning for this show. Yes, that's why I said Michael Jordan. You understood.
Yeah, so you know, for me, Being a Chicago actor and with a background in sketch comedy and whatnot, I'm ready the moment there's a pause in the action, the director doesn't yell cut, I'm still going. And so I just start improvising with De Niro. And so that's how I have a career: just kind of keeping it going.
So now I'm improvising with De Niro and having the time of my life. And it was. everything that you could ever imagine and more, and now they're doing the sequel. Yeah. Yes.
So before we get to that, even, I mean, um. What what made it that you you add Lidwood De Niro? Do you remember? Like what actually made the movie? Oh, yeah.
Like everything else I've ever done, if you look at Rush Hour, that entire scene was improvised. Buttercream, buttercream, cracks, skin, buttercream. What's below the waist? Mystery meat. Let's nuance.
Hey, sweetness. That's all improvised. I made $270. For that, wow, for that role, Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan each made 20 million. That's why I'm bitter, guys.
This is why I'm bitter. Um. What made it into the De Niro scene was my daughter gave me that shirt. Everything I said, you know, I just kept improvising. That was not scripted.
No, no, no, no. Because you've got your backstory, and so if they don't yell cut, you just keep talking. You know, that's that's how you know they they all say there are no small roles. Like there aren't. It's your job.
It may be awkward for them. De Niro may be angry in the moment. Why is this kid still talking? But you know what I mean? You never know what's gonna happen.
And what did he say to you when the scene was over?
Well, I can't, you know, we're live, so I can't say some of the things that if you look at that scene, he's just dropping F-bombs on me. Yeah, right. And so that's that's how he went. That's how he plays. And he's the goat.
And you can do one of two things. You can either freeze up or you can just let it go. Nerves are an energy. And then you just start playing. That your daughter gave me.
Okay. Yeah. I love it because that's a line that I remember from the movie. Primitive War is available today on VOD, starring this man, Jeremy Piven, also going to New York back here in Los Angeles. The Vic Theater in Chicago back in June was a stand-up special that's coming soon to a television set near you, the Palm Beach Improv.
And then see him in Dallas next year as well. Jeremy-Piven.com for tickets. Thanks for coming on, brother. Thank you for having me. We just scratched the surface.
Best of luck. May more W's be flown. Yes. In Wrigley Field, if not in Milwaukee. We're up the toll road, but significantly.
I don't know if they'll have me back because last time I did the seventh inning stretch, they said, do your signature catchphrase. And I said, let's hug it out. And it was Father's Day. And the Cubs Evan invited me back.
Well, here we go. Wait a minute. Look at this. Look at that.
Okay. Okay, we're doing something there.
Well, I mean, you're the ball is getting your, like, are you running through the curve? Are you spinning this? Like, what are you doing? You know, I again, that's not bad. You know, it was rocking back.
Listen, I need to make it back to Wrigley. You know, I need to write the wrongs. Let's go. I don't know if the footwear was a great choice. I mean, you don't have any socks.
Do you have any socks on or anything? I've got some socks, man. I'm a bit of a slave to fashion, Rich. I'm not going to lie to you. I wanted the ankles.
I wanted the ankles showing. I think that's what they said. Are you quoting her all this chapman now? Just kidding.
Well, I am like a Cuban baseball player in the way that I'm in total denial of my age. Do you know what I mean? How old is he? Wait, he's been playing for 40 years. He's been playing a long time.
He's got like 6% body fat. Like Ray Lewis. How terrifying would that be? Yeah. And it comes at 104 miles an hour or something like that?
But he's got some time off. Let's go, Yankees. Ladies and gentlemen, chair. With a mic drop, everybody. There we go.
At Jeremy Piven on Instagram. And again, jeremy-piven.com for tickets to see this man. As you see him on the screen, back on the Rich His show to wrap this up in a sec. Sir. The Rich Eisen Show, the podcast.
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My top five matchups of week number five, in other words, presented by Hyundai. High five. One, two, three, four, and five. Bye-bye. All right.
Number five on the list is the Sunday Night Football game. Normally it's a little higher, but I need to see it to believe that this is going to be a tight one. that a lot of people think he could be. 'Cause of the way Drake May has played. The way that the bills could get got.
Maybe the, you know, the bills. could get gone. The Saints gave him a scare in that building last week. And Drake May's walking through that door playing really good football. Really good football.
If they don't turn it over, can they give Josh Allen a run for his money? There you go. There's your cross. I'm talking about it on Sunday Night Football. Patriots Bills is number five on the list.
Number four is just up the road. Jaden Daniels is playing his first, I think he's saying his first career game with a knee brace on, and he doesn't have. Terry McLaurin. He doesn't have Noah Brown. He doesn't have Austin Eckler.
This would have been a return game for him to take on the Chargers, a revenge game for him. He's out. And you know, again. Um, you could sit here and say the commanders are undermanned. Or you could sit here and say this could be a sofi week five.
sort of a narrative. Where Team that's banged up comes in and beats the home team.
So we'll see how the Chargers bounce back against the Commanders after losing to Jackson Dart and the Giants last week. That can't sit well with them. That's a late window game on Fox. Number three is the Monday Nighter. We've been talking about with Xavier Worthy on Thursday and with Travis Etienne in our number two: Chiefs, Jaguars.
Jaguars, three and one. They beat the only team to beat the Niners so far. How about them, Apples? And then the Chiefs turned a corner starting 0-2. They're now 2-2.
They look terrific. They look championship quality last week against the Baltimore Ravens.
Now the Jaguars are going to sell out that stadium, and the whole country is going to be watching Duval go nuts. It's all on and crack. Taylor Swift has her new album out. Xander stayed up late last night to listen to it. And it's all coming up.
Roses, literally. Figuratively.
Okay, very good. Number two on this list is Bucks Seahawks. 3-1 versus 3-1. The NFC.
South leader. taking on the NFC West contender. to try and get a piece. Of the NFC West lead. They wouldn't be in first because, as we know, the Niners did win in week one in Seattle as.
Baker Mayfield and the Buccaneers would like to do coming off of that loss. to the Eagles. They will not have Bucky Irving, however. And we'll see how that goes. Late window on.
PBS. Number one. Number one. The bandwagon has been full for the Denver Broncos, and for them to tell everybody that has been on their bandwagon: smart choice. Handing the Eagles their first loss of the season would be the way to do it.
They do have the horses, if you will, see what I want to say about the Broncos. Come on now. They do have the horses on the back end of the defense to keep A.J. Brown frustrated. Keep that passing game.
Down. Get everybody in the Link Murmuring Dare I say, booing. They have that sort of defense to set things up, the running game to keep Jalen Hurts off the field. I'm giving you the roadmap of there being a p Potential upset. That's my top matchup of week number five.
Here on the Rich Isaac Show. One more. Thank you. I'm gonna do one uh do one for the team here. On NFL Network, first window of football, Vikings Browns.
It's the first career start for Dylan Gabriel against a Vikings defense that loves to blitz. He better be ready. They better have a plan. What's that offense going to look like? And then Carson Wentz.
Carson Wentz, sir, you best have your running shoes on. Because did you hear who is not playing in this game? The starting center, the backup center. Uh the right guard, uh, right tackle and left guard. They're all out.
Oh, no. That's right.
So, the offensive line is going to see the Grim Reaper standing there with Mason Graham. It's going to be an interesting one. Queen Sean Judkins coming downhill at him. He got sacked six times last week.
So, tune in to NFL Network to see what happens. And those are my top five matchups of week number five. Thanks for listening to the Rich Eisen Show Podcast. You can watch and listen to the Rich Eisen Show live weekdays from noon to 3 Eastern on ESPN Radio, Disney Plus, and on the ESPN app. The Rich Eisen Show, the podcast.
