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That was terrible. That was crap. That was garbage. That's why it sucks. Overreaction.
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Happy Tuesday. Good to see you guys. Let's get right to it, Rich. Got to talk about what's going on in Pittsburgh. And I think Mike Tomlin He should want to coach somewhere else next season.
He should want the change of scenery. I don't think this is an overreaction. I don't think there's any improper reaction right now to the point where it's run its course, or to the point of you got the culture guy right, and the culture guy is there, and all you got to do is get him a quarterback and a little bit better roster. And who better to continue the culture of the Pittsburgh Steelers than a guy that's been there for 19 years? Or he should look at this roster and go, I need a new quarterback.
Everybody else who I love to coach is getting longer in the tooth. Cap this, cap that, even though they do have a lot of cap room coming up. Things can change quickly. You know, I mean, there's so many different ways to look at it. I don't think there's a single way to look at this.
That's an overreaction improper. You know, uh I'm I'm I There's a great case for that it's run its course. for the team and for the fans and for the coach. And there's a great case to be made that Who better to continue a tradition than this guy? And you get him the right quarterback in a younger roster that's on the up and up?
and off you go.
So Anything you could have said right now, I would have said as a proper reaction. I don't think there's anything to overreact to.
Well, then, how about this idea? Because a shout out to a person on Twitter sent me this: Jay Flan. Great idea. We're talking about what Green Bay should do, what Pittsburgh should do. You know what, TJ?
The Stewarts Packers should just straight up trade coaches one for one. Matt LaFleur goes to Pittsburgh. He gets a change of scenery. He brings Malik Willis with him. He's got a now-franchised quarterback in Pittsburgh with Willis and a veteran defense at DK Metcalf.
Mike Tomlin gets a fresh start, Rich, with what you just said. A young, up-and-coming quarterback caliber, MVP caliber quarterback, and Micah Parsons on defense there. One for one, trade Green Bay in Pittsburgh. Here's who are we giving away? Jay Flann.
Jay Flann. Is he named after the dessert? I hope so. That would be Jay Flan. It's Flan.
Pardon me. Um J Flan. You're you're Missing the opportunity here. It's a creative idea. It's not that creative.
Really? You want creative? I'm a creative because Matt LaFleur has got the gig. He's got one more year left on his contract, and he also deserves to stay.
Okay, let's be honest here. I also want to go all Aaron Rodgers on you, but I just gave you my you-know-what answer, okay? How about this one? How about There's an opening in Baltimore, right? There's an opening in Cleveland, right?
How about we just rotate?
Sort of like a volleyball team. Just AFC North just kind of switches. Stefansky goes to Baltimore. Harbaugh goes to Pittsburgh, and Tomlin goes to Cleveland, or Tomlin goes to. Tomlin goes to Baltimore.
Harbaugh goes to Pittsburgh. Let's just have them switch. I literally said that to commercial. And then Tomlin the Ravens. Right, or they could switch right now.
In division, what is this business of switching coaches? In vision, you want to coach a rival? Yeah, why not? They're not the rival anymore. Yeah.
And then Cleveland. It's just like one coach goes one way, one coach goes the other way, and Cleveland goes, oh, what do you want from me? What do you want from me? You know what I mean? Like the good fellas moment could be memed right here.
Marbo goes to Pittsburgh, Tomlin goes to Baltimore, and Cleveland's like, what do you want from me? Or Cincinnati is like, what? What do you think? No, what coach is that? We're standing, Pat.
Yeah, yeah, we're standing. What other guy, like, wait a minute. Wait a minute. We can actually. Send a coach on and have to pay him for not coaching us?
Meanwhile, that happens in the NFL? Joe Burrows in Los Angeles. He is out here in the if this is true. If I'm Mike T, I'm looking south.
Okay. All right.
Alright, uh how about this one guys? This year has been dominated by the second-year quarterback. All these guys have been so great. Got three of them playing this coming weekend: both Drake May and Caleb Williams. will enter 2026 as top five quarterbacks.
Okay. Okay. Um how's that in that okay? Sure. It's not an overreaction at all.
Really? I thought you might push back on the Caleb Blaine. Why would I? Are you kidding me? I saw this man roll left and throw right and strike a Michael Jordan pose.
Exactly. He's like a 52% completion percentage.
So basically, so putting his hands in his pocket, who's he imitating there? Putting his hands in his pocket, sort of like I've got my shot and I'm walking away.
Sort of like if basketball shorts had pockets, that would be Curry, right? Right? Like, I've got my shot, my hands are in my pockets, that ball's going in. The anti-swaggy P. Right?
And now he's done the Jordan Jumpman. Right. When the grace passes ever.
Okay, so. Caleb, I don't want to make sense of Caleb Williams, not going to be a top five quarterback next year. Drake May is not a top five quarterback next year. He could be a top two quarterback right now. I like where your head's at, but who are we taking off?
Problem is, there's only five. Right. And so you got Alan. Burrow, Lamar. Mahomes, after about weeks.
I think Burrow and Amar, take a step back. That's all I'm saying.
Okay. All right, last one. Matt Ryan being introduced today, talking to the media in Atlanta. What is he, president of football? What a great title.
How do I get that t-shirt? I want that. Matt Ryan is now the Falcons John Elway. He's going to have Atlanta in the Super Bowl this decade. Welcome.
Ha ha ha. Mike Tomlin. They're giving Harbaugh, they're going to be the new coach in Atlanta. You're given a five-year runway, huh? Five-year runway.
Okay. I like it.
So you're saying this decade or for a decade? This decade. Oh, so before 30? 2020s. Gotcha.
I thought you were giving for 10 years. Sure. They're close. Sure. Look at you.
Eliminated in December, still had the best record in the division. Great job giving me something to react to right now that we won't be able to say if I'm right or wrong. For another five years, I appreciate that as well. We'll still be on the air. We can check our work.
Yeah, we got 48 here, right?
So, I'm going to say sure to this because if I say no to this, this could age poorly quickly. For me to say yes to this, I got five years. That's what I'm saying. And guess what? Most people are going to forget in five years.
Yeah, I just made it all about myself. That's weird. I have some other spicy ones, but we have major breaking news.
Okay, very good. And so, Anne Scene, that's overreaction Monday on a Tuesday. Smoke, and Marina. Yeah, I see. Breaking.
News. Is this true? For real? This is happening 100%. It has happened.
End of story. It's over. Yeah, Adam Schefter is reporting Mike Tomlin after 19 seasons with the Steelers. Stepping down, informed his team that he is leaving as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Okay. So two things here. You know how I feel about Mike Tomlin. Most of us know about that. The number of times that I've caped for this man and hearing from Pittsburgh PA that he should be gone, it's time, time has run its course, it's over.
And You've now gotten what you want. Yeah. You've now gotten what you want, and the same thing with Ravens fans. unbelievably that that game Um between the Ravens and the Steelers. Both coaches that we were wondering if they would be back now.
Neither of them are. Harbaugh and Tomlin connected together. But this man, Mike Tomlin, what he has meant to the Pittsburgh Steelers, the organization, the community. The The mantra of what it is to be a Pittsburgh Steeler. Listen, I understand it did not finish well over the years in terms of winning a playoff game.
And fans were absolutely sick and tired of saying, Hey, at least we had a winning record. I understand the results didn't end well. And I understand that You feel it had run its course. The fact that he feels the same way right now, I think, is sad. I do.
And I'm saddened to hear this news. Because I did love His Longevity. It did speak well for the team and the sport and for him. I understand why it is ending. And I do understand why he might have looked around and say, it's done here.
It's time for me to get a fresh start as well. I would find it. Hard to believe that he's leaving right now for A TV job. I think the fact that he didn't have to think too long about it means obviously he has thought about it. And he slept on it.
And we're, I guess, going to find out that he told his team within the last. 10 minutes. We were hearing that there was a players-only meeting happening in Western PA, and sure enough. He just did, in fact, tell his team that he's stepping down as a Steelers head coach. I am sure there are a ton of players in that room who are broken up.
By the news. He is a leader of men of the first variety. He is the type of guy that I would want to hire in two seconds flat. And I've always said he will be without a job for only five minutes if he ever leaves the Pittsburgh Steelers. We'll see if I'm right or I'm wrong.
But all I know is one of the reasons why I imagine he would do this so fast is every single job that is open right now. is something that or some job that is open right now is of interest to him. And we will see if the fact that he is now available. Um causes somebody else who does have a job right now to lose his. And if you are somebody like the Giants, who when you let go of Brian Dable And or you were somebody like the Falcons who let go of Raheem Morris.
And you didn't know who was in the coaching Uh carousel. And it's now both John Harbaugh and Mike Tomlin, the two longest-tenured head coaches in the National Football League, who are now on the same job market. It is what I would term for you a bonanza. You're looking for a culture guy. You're looking for a guy who's been there and done that.
You're looking for a guy who's a molder of men. You're looking for a guy who wants a fresh start. You're looking for a guy who understands continuity. You're looking for that guy.
Well, one of those guys is on the open market right now. And if I'm Mike Tomlin, That had, in my mind, to be... part and parcel of why he made this decision. You know, tea leaves about. What it would take to continue on here, tea leaves, of the way he feels, maybe in the community.
The way he feels about the organization, the way he feels about his own abilities to affect change. All of it. Last Wednesday, we had him on. He says he loves the challenge. I don't think this is a guy who is now going to leave for TV, like that he's going to suddenly show up and be part of the outside noise.
That just doesn't strike me as that guy. He strikes me as a guy who is exactly perfect for any organization that wants. A culture change and doesn't Know how to get it right themselves in a building because they're hiring consultants to tell them who to look for. They're hiring this person to tell them what to do. And he's somebody who's like, I got it.
And in that regard, Who wants to be the next Pittsburgh Steelers head coach? Oh my god, is this a jewel of a gig? Because you know, you know, you've got an ownership group that has one way of doing it. And it is a hands-off, you do your job, and you do it well enough. Go get yourself a 30-year fixed mortgage.
Honestly. That's the truth. Move your family. I think they're going to go with somebody young on the young side, just like they've they've done before. They can't go with anyone in their 50s.
Well, I mean, I mean, they could. You never know. Tomlin was the youngest head coach when he was hired. I'm just going to say this. Who knows what they're thinking of?
Who knows who's in the top right-hand drawer? I don't know if they're going to keep the general manager either. Who knows what the Rooney are going to do? I imagine they will. But um Who knows?
They want to hire somebody to come in. They might want their own GM, they might want their own person. Um But I'll tell you what, guys. I I two things I'm going to say here. You know all the candidates in the pros.
I said before. Uh oh. I know where you're going. That you should go and get this guy. I know where you're going.
I said it before. And he is getting ready. to win a national championship, curb stomping the universe. And he's from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. That part.
Do you think Kurt Signetti ever dreamed in a million years he could be the head coach of the Pittsburgh State? Not in his wildest 1800s. With Pitt in 1983 when he started late. Just. Saying.
Now he's in his early 60s.
So, just throwing that name out there. I don't know if you're going to go to college. I don't know what they're thinking. They haven't done a job search. In a gajillion years.
Real estate's cheaper in Pittsburgh. He's as old as John Harbaugh. 64. I understand it. Does he want to do that?
Again, he sounds it, he looks it, he is that. You want to do that? The fans would, I think, go a little bit nuts. They'll go crazy. Or you want to go young?
Again. You know all the pro candidates, and I know he's already said, you know, I'm sticking around. Not going anywhere, let's run it back. You call Notre Dame's head coach. Mm-hmm.
This is an opportunity that doesn't count. With all due respect to the other franchises in the NFL that have knocked on his door, there's been a revolving door. I don't know if the Ravens have done it either, because there's been no revolving door there either. This is a job that's going to come around once every 10 years. That's it.
This is like a comet flying through the sky. Steelers comet. That's what this is. The Steelers Comet is here.
Okay. Do you want the Steelers comet? Do you see it in your... 'Cause When the Steelers come knocking and say, We're holding a job search for a head coach. Honestly.
Which has happened twice. Twice. In my lifetime. Which is insane. And I'm 56.
Like, come on, this is. This is child. Correct. I'm just throwing two college names out there. Obviously the pro names we all know.
And anyone's going to be interested. And the craziest thing could happen. Oh. Ravens hire Tomlin and the Steelers hire Harbaugh. Let's go.
And the Cleveland and the Cleveland Grounds go, What do you want from me? It's like the goodfellas painting. But, Rich, the the Kurt Signetti thing as a Pittsburgh kid, let's just say Indiana wins that natty. Mission complete. Yeah, I don't know if that's his idea of a complete mission.
His complete mission is to just keep waggoning people for years and years and years. I get that, but when you grow up in Pittsburgh and you have a chance to be the Steelers' head coach, that carries. There that's glory right there, man. I'm not saying he's going to do it, but he's definitely got to think about it. That's a phone call.
I don't think he, in a million years, in his entire life, he thought would ever. Happen. And if I'm the Roonies, you give me a break. Again, the way it goes is: we're sorry to bother you, Coach. That's all you got to lead with.
Excuse me, hi, Mr. Signetti. You know, Coach, we understand you're prepping to try and curb stomp Miami in Miami. I don't think the Roonies approach it. I don't think they have to lead with the sorry, the Rooney.
With Signeti, you have to still, even though I don't want to piss him off, even if you're the Roonies, but it's honestly, it's like you know us, we know you. You know the town. What is it, Ton? You know the town. The town.
All right, I don't want to pull a full. McAfee going downtown. But you know what I mean? That's it. I mean, those are the two that just leapt off the top of my head outside of the realm of all the names that you're going to hear.
But the Steelers are in fact looking for a new head coach. Mike Tomlin has just entered, I would think, the coaching market. I think we're probably five minutes away from somebody in our business tweeting out, posting out, he still wants to coach. I don't think he's going to show up on divisional playoff weekend and start giving you takes. That doesn't sound like that guy to me.
It just doesn't. Mr. I don't hear the outside noise now becomes the outside noise. That would be on par of Sterling Sharp saying nothing to nobody when he's a player and then suddenly showing up. and being part of the paparazzi as terrific as he was at that.
You know? Uh uh I have no particular personal insight on it. It just doesn't strike me as being that. Type of move. I can't give you all the ingredients to the hot dog you might not like.
That guy sounds like he's going to still coach to me. Ian's phrasing was that he plans to step away from coaching. Is that right? That was how Ian phrased his tweet that everyone you know that everyone's art rooney has a statement.
Okay, we're breaking news here. During our meeting today, Coach Tomlin informed me that he's decided to step down. Obviously, I'm extremely grateful to Mike for all the hard work, dedication, and access we've shared over 19 years. It is hard for me to put into words the level of respect and appreciation I have for Coach Tomlin. He guided the franchise towards sixth Super Bowl championship and made the playoffs 13 times during his tenure, including winning the AFC North eight times in his career.
His track record of never having a losing season in 19 years will likely never be duplicated. That's probably true, by the way. My family and I, everyone connected to Steelers' management, are forever grateful for the passion and dedication Mike Tomlin has devoted to Steelers football, as classy as they come, and that is not a surprise. Obviously. You're talking about the Roonies and the Pittsburgh Steelers.
They're now off to a coaching search. And what is Ian's post, his tweet? Read it to me, please. Ian's phrasing said Steelers coach Mike Tomlin has informed the team that he plans to step away from coaching. Meaning one of the greatest to do it will take a break.
Pittsburgh has a covered opening. Maybe so. Maybe so. Uh to me, this sounds like you know, you say it now. Um So you're you're on a market.
Unless he looks around and he goes, None of these jobs interest me. You know, he doesn't need a break. 19 years of this is one thing. I get it. It's a lot.
I understand. Take a vacation.
Okay. Obviously, I'd love to see him on TV, but. The timing just seems to me Like, um He wants to jump into it. But guys, it also seems like there are some decent openings, too. Dude, you know, Giants fans are like, please don't take a break.
Falcons fans, please don't take a break. Good job openings. You know, just for two off the top of my head. Exactly. But to Steeler fans, man, you know, this is what you wanted, and be careful what you wish for, man.
Because you got it. No, this is an organization that I think will turn out all right, and they're going to wind up with a coach that will, I think, continue. I don't think the Steelers are suddenly going to be picking top five year in and year out because they screwed this up. They don't have a quarterback right now, probably.
Well, I mean, you can start from scratch. They don't. And they're going to have to start first. Mike Tomlin is no longer the Pittsburgh Steeler. Head coach that just happened.
I'll be all right, Steelers fans. Don't worry. I know what you're thinking. Stay by the phone, man. I may need to.
Okay, I'll be there for you, coach. All right, we'll take a break. Kevin Nealon's going to join us. We'll chat with him and then hit this in our phone lines before we get out of Dodge here on this wild, crazy coaching carousel Tuesday. Man.
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We're going to get to your phone calls before we get out of Dodge. Big breaking news again that Mike Tomlin has stepped down as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Kevin Nealon is here on the Rich Eisen Show. His Loose in the Crotch special, it's what it's called, is available on January 27th via the 800-pound gorilla on YouTube. And then, of course, there's the tour dates, KevinNealon.com.
And your long-running digital series, Hiking with Kevin, is something that you can also check out on YouTube. I do love watching you hike. You do, yeah. And you get some good stuff out of people. And is it because people think that you're trapped in the forest together?
Yeah, they rely on me to get them out of there. No, I think it's the location you're in. You're not in a studio like this, right? You're outside, and I think they let their guard down a little bit. And they're much more open about things.
And it's fun to watch people trap through the canyon, too. Who have you had on this pod? You've had.
Some very interesting guests that you're talking about. Oh, I've had a lot. I've had a lot over the years. Tom Hanks, Odin O'Brien, Gerald Crowe. I mean, I've done 170.
I'm exhausted. You gotta in your steps. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
But I love doing it. You know, and it's, I'm not like a big hiker. You know, it's like real not challenging. Right. And I get some people that go, well, Like David Spade, for example.
He goes, I'll do it, but I don't want to, it's got to be flat. I was about to say, he doesn't strike me as a hiker. No, no, no. And we'll even be walking. We'll go up like a 1% grade.
He'll be like, are we going uphill? And did you meet Hanks on SNL? Yeah, I met him a long time ago. As one of his million times of hosting special? Yeah.
So I've asked a lot of people that I was friends with the celebrities. Yes. And then once I ran out of them, then I had to start going to publicists and asking them.
So that happened like after three. Then you actually have to go through the official channels. Yeah. As opposed to just dialing for your guests. Exactly.
Tell me about, man, I know about it. And I appreciate you answering the call for you appearing here, Kevin. Yeah, and you should come on my hike sometime. Is it. Ball uphill?
We'll give you a downhill one. We'll have a car waiting at the bottom. Are you just saying that because I brought it up, or you've run out of guests? No, you're like a car.
Well, both, actually. I'm happy to do that. I do need my steps. Certainly this time of year. Oh, no, you'd be great for it.
That's all I do is sit on my ass and talk. I won't be able to go, but you can go and you'll have a good time.
So, why are you calling your new stand-up special Loosen the Crotch, Kevin? I'm calling that Loosen the Crotch because it's based on a little thing I talk about with my. My cat, I had a cat Pierre, his name was, and I loved this cat. And on that day, it was the anniversary of his passing.
So, I mean, he was a better person. And I'm not a cat person. You know what I mean? I don't like cats at all. I wish them well.
I wish them success. I think that's the way cats view humans as well. Don't you think? I just don't want to hang out with them. That's all.
Sure. So, but he was a special cat. I had a pair of jeans at the time. They were really great-fitting jeans. You only find these jeans like once in your life, and they were snug in the hips, tight in the butt, and loosen the crotch most of the time.
And he loved those jeans as much as I did.
So whenever I sat down, he would jump up on my lap. He came out of nowhere. He bumped on my lap. He wouldn't get off.
So when he passed away, I thought, Might be nice to bury him with those jeans.
So I wrapped him up, you know, like a burrito. And I buried him in the jeans. In the jeans. But that cat was, I mean, that was a special cat. I still miss him to this day, but not as much as those jeans.
The jeans were really, I regret putting the jeans in there. Cats are a dime a dozen, but you know, the jeans, you know what I'm saying, Rich. I do know that. Yeah. I do know that.
So that is not the story I was going to expect from asking you. No, you, because you have a filthy mind. Most of the time. You're right. It is about me.
Yeah. And the way I'm coming to this equation right now. Yeah. Pardon me. I do follow you, by the way, on threads.
I'm a threads. Oh, really? Yeah, I'm off the. I'm off the X machine. I'm not sure if I can do it.
I've been hearing a lot about Freds. Yeah. Oh, so you don't even know that you're not? I thought it was a clothing store.
Okay. Very good. I have some of your posts here that I'd love to if you don't mind expounding on where this comes from. Kevin Nealon, put the first one up, Mike Hoskins. Here's one.
When you're invited to somebody's place for dinner, bring nothing, and when they open the door, say, I didn't bring anything. This was your idea. Yeah. Have you done this before?
Well, no, you know how people have birthdays and they say no gifts required? Yes, sir. And so you go there, and everybody else got a gift except for you. Yes, right. And you told me.
You told me not to bring a gift. Yeah, right.
So, what's up with that? That's happened to you, I imagine. Oh, all the time. Even when they want gifts, I don't bring one. I think it's wrong.
To bring a gift when somebody says, don't bring a gift. Yeah. Because if you follow the directions as a good guest, then you are the problem. I think I'm picking that up from you right now. It's like when they say.
No smoking in the bathroom. You're a smoker, you smoke. I did see that at the Golden Globes. People just lighting up heaters inside because they're a lot of those actors smoke. Yeah, right?
The serious ones. Dramatic actors. Sean Penn was, he was like, he was just like a chimney, right? In that thing, pretty much. But he's a good smoker.
Yeah, he's like Jim Leland in the dugout. Yeah, he's a good smoker. He knows how to do it right. You know, he's like this guy from the 40s. Just sneaks in there.
Yeah. Here's another one: I need two pieces of gum at a time. They should just make, well pardon me, they should make just one piece the size of two pieces. Also, remove the air from the top of the chip bag and fill it all the way up. I didn't think those were all two things that you could do at the same time.
Well, I think what I'm saying is we're not getting enough food in the package. You know what I mean? Like, it is true. They put maybe three chips in a potato chip bag. Why not fill it up?
Especially when you're flying, because the bag is already blown up. That's right. When you shake it, it's like there's a little marble in there. That's all it's. And the bubblegum, you know, I don't eat that much bubblegum, but yeah, we don't need the comics in there.
Get rid of the comics. Put more bubblegum in there.
Okay. So it's certainly on a flight, too, right? The bags do. They do. You know, the pressurized cabin will just show you how you're getting cheated on the chip front.
Yeah. And also, I think when you're up in the mountains, you know, I think that's when people have a lot of gas when they're up there because the organs, true, Rich, it's true. Have you ever learned this on your hiking series? Have you learned this? No, we don't go up that high.
It's mostly flat. But yeah, those are some fun posts I put up there every once in a while. Here's another one. Welcome to Threads. I love this.
When you're an hour late to a meeting, walk in with a cake. Place it on the table and leave. That's an interesting choice that you can make. It doesn't work, by the way. Yeah, yeah.
So I would just buy the cake and then eat it yourself. I got one last one for you that I need to see if you've actually done this before. When you go to the movies, pack spaghetti in your back pocket. Don't overthink it. No, you ever go to the movie theater and you're sitting there thinking, I don't want.
The chocolate covers raisins and I don't want popcorn. That spaghetti from last night was pretty good. And you put it in there and you take it with you, you know? And then bring marinara in a jar, you know, on the side. Do you dip?
So much. Oh, you gotta dip. You gotta dip. You gotta dip, man. And then if you do get popcorn, Pour the rest of the popcorn.
Look at that. Look at that. That's a great expression. Will you look at that? Will you look at that?
Yeah. Well, that would be interesting to look at that during a movie or something like that. Yeah. I do actually sneak stuff into the movie theater. Oh, like what?
Oh, like raisinettes? Because I like to put them in my popcorn. By the way. An absolute brilliant Hall of Fame maneuver. Yeah.
That is. No question about it. The popcorn. Yeah, the chocolate in the popcorn of any sort. But raisinettes is an next-level movie.
Yeah, you don't want milk duds. You don't want MMs.
Well, the milk duds, you're picking at your teeth. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. The raisins, I call it a theater salad, Rich. I put it in there, and it's got to be the popcorn's got to be warm. Yeah.
So that when you put the raisinettes in, it kind of melts around a little bit, you know, like balls, popcorn balls with a raisinette in there. Very good, yeah. And you just. And I don't care if I'm hungry or not, I'm reaching now for those raisinettes that slip down to the bottom. And by the end of the movie, I'm like all the way home.
That's a next-level move, but you're also dangerous in a hand. You know, in a movie theater, you're licking your fingers. You never know what's going on. And then you're driving home and it gets all over the steering wheel. The next morning, you're like licking the steering wheel.
You know what I'm saying? Rich. Look at me. I did lose eyesight with you because I'm like, okay, this man's licking his steering wheel. I love it.
Loose in the crotch, the tour, January 16th and 17th, Tempe, Arizona. Then the 23rd and 24th, Tacoma, Washington. Chicago, Illinois, 30th and 31st. And if the Bears are still in the mix. Oh, my God.
That would be a great time to be in Chicago, Illinois, I imagine, right now. You know what's in the mix instead? What's in the mix? Raisinettes. That's it.
Take a break over it. I like it.
Tell me about your art store that you got going on. Yeah, you know, I paint, I think last time I was here, I was showing my book, and I paint caricatures of. Celebrities. Yes. And people are always asking me, where can I get one of these?
I said, well, I just, you know, I have a book out. Let's call I Exaggerate, My Brush is with Fame. Right. And, but I don't really sell the paintings.
So I thought it might be good to put up a store online.
Okay. So, yeah.
So now there's, I have maybe 10 paintings that are available now. Right. For people to purchase if they want to. Fantastic. Yeah.
How long does it take you to do one of those things? Um it depends on the person. Like for you? Yes, sir. Forever.
It would take forever. Oh, I have many features. You actually don't have that many features, right? No, you are very boring-looking. I'm a featureless guy.
I mean, if you were like. Uh You know, a bank robber or something, and the cops want a description of you from a witness. They go. I don't know. Nothing really stood out.
Maybe I should have done that instead. Yeah. I mean, he had a little beard, you know, shaved his head, but other than that, I mean, no features at all. And I could, you might as well just, you know, have a mannequin. Oh, man.
Come see me in the good light. You're the executive producer. Everybody could check this out on Apple TV. What's this one? I'm one of the executive producers.
There's a group of us, and they're all talented people. This is a documentary. It's kind of a love story. It's about this couple in Colorado, a poet laureate, Andrew Gibson, and their partner, Megan Falley. And it kind of.
takes you through their life a little bit. She's diagnosed with a inoperable cancer. But it's not one of those documentaries that you're crying your eyes out. But it's actually really funny. It's really funny.
And it really gets to the heart of this couple. And at the end, it's really exciting because she gets to perform her Stand-up, spoken word again in front of this huge theater. No kidding. She's like the big deal in that whole poetry world. That's on Apple TV.
It's on Apple TV, right? Check that out, right? Yeah, and it won the Sundance Film Festival. And, you know, I think it's going places.
Well, I mean, if it wins the Sundance Film Festival, again, I'm no expert. I think that's a good thing. Yeah, it's a good thing. I mean, that's not a bad thing, for sure. And again, everybody, check out the new stand-up special, Loose in the Crotch on the 27th via 800-pound gorilla on YouTube.
I assume you were at the SNL 50th? I was. You got a good story from that night, who you had a reunion with or anything that you had. Oh, let's see. Good story.
Um You know what? It was so fascinating to be there because everywhere you looked, it was like, there's Eddie Murphy. Right. You know, and there's so and so and so. You didn't overlap with Eddie, right?
He was gone by the time you got there. Yeah, he was earlier.
Okay. But, you know, Keith Richards was there. And I went with my son, and he loves all these guys, like John Senna and, you know, the Aquaman guy. I forget his name. Jimoa.
James Mamoa. James Mamoa. Jesus.
So that was fun. But any, you know, I shook Keith Richards' hand. You know, I don't really, I can't think of anything that was really monumental. I met Meryl Streep because she's dating Marty Short. They are, that's right.
Yeah. Pretty cool.
Now, you and Martin Short, did you work with him? I never worked with him either. No, I've worked with him on weeds for a little bit. Oh, that's right. He was recurring on that show for me.
That's right. Okay. But I did actually just open for Marty and Steve Martin on the road. They do a two-something. Yeah.
And I did about 10 minutes up front, and then I did a moderating thing on stage with them. And that was, you know, that was one of the highlights of my career, besides this. I missed you. I appreciate it. Look at me.
Again, Loose in the Crotch is available January 27th via 800 Pound Guerrilla Media on YouTube. Get your tickets, KevinNealan.com for Loose in the Crotch, the tour. Check me out when I hike with Kevin at some point on his YouTube page, KevinNealanArt, for those who are interested in his artwork. And come see me in the good light. You are one of the executive producers of this documentary.
You can check out on Apple TV. I think I hit the whole schmear right now. Yeah, you did. It's my wife and I, Susan Yagli and Maya, and then a whole bunch of other people. Dr.
Awesome. Thanks for coming on, Kevin Nealon. I greatly appreciate it. Please come back. It's been three plus years.
Let's do this again, Matt. Yeah, we love it. Kevin Nealon, everybody, right here on the Rich Eisen Show, your phone calls and so much more when we come back on the breaking news involving Mike Tomlin. The Rich Eisen Show, the podcast. Here on the Rich Eisen show, sometimes teams take a time out to regroup and call the right play when it comes to your home.
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So, one interesting thing that, again, we didn't mention in our first blush reaction to Mike Tomlin announcing or telling the Steelers that he's. Stepping down as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers because he has done that. As opposed to being fired, let go, because he says, I'm stepping down. The Steelers retain his rights to his coaching. Contract.
Meaning If you want to hire Mike Tomlin, The stealers will require some compensation for that in the same way. The New Orleans Saints required compensation from the Denver Broncos. To hire Sean Payton, and that's after Sean Payton spent time. in the paparazzi at Fox.
So Tomlin it still has Ties to the Steelers organization. by contract. And this is something of interest. That if Tomlin does enter the coaching carousel now, It will require you to go to the Steelers and say, what Do you want for Coach Tomlin, which obviously separates him from the rest of the coaching carousel field. in the fact that you don't owe a darn thing of compensation to anybody But the actual head coach you're hiring Financially.
It doesn't cost you draft choices.
So that does give you an indication that Tom and may want to take a year off. and show up on T V. And that doesn't mean that he's now one step further away from having to be. A coach that requires compensation in order to hire.
So there's that. Keep that in your mind's eye, that it does mean that Tomlin If you want to hire him and if he wants to work for you, you have to go to the Steelers and say, what do you want? Keep that in your mind's eye. But in the meantime, it's still just jarring. to talk about it.
that after 19 years Mike Tomlin's no longer the head coach. In Pittsburgh. In the same way, it was jarring to hear that John Harbaugh is no longer the coach. In Baltimore was a which is something we found out a week ago today.
So that game goes down on Sunday night. two Sundays ago. And Harbaugh gets fired the following Tuesday. And then the following Monday night, The Steelers lose 30 to 6 getting wiped out Tomlin the next morning. says, I don't think I want to do this any more here.
And one week later, we're stunned again. And in terms of the way it feels to hear the news. that Tom one's out. The guy who is the one who made the decision about John Harbaugh. wound up being in the shoes of the rest of everybody else.
when he heard during his press conference which Steve Bashati Rarely does. I think it was his first time meeting with the media in about four years in Baltimore. He was informed during the press conference that Mike Tomlin has stepped down as the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Mike Tomlins stepped down at Pittsburgh. He did?
Is it official? That's what I keep hearing.
So, is he a candidate here? Holy shit, Mike, wouldn't that be awesome? I love this guy. Only if John takes the pits by Tom. Wow, wouldn't that be interesting?
Um I don't know. That that thing last week Maybe disqualified him for my opening after our kicker missed a kick. to let them advance. Good for Mike. I love Steve Basciotti.
That's funny. He's one of my favorite owners in any sport. Really hasn't. I mean, that's a human reaction. Yep.
Wouldn't that be something? Oh S that lobby. Wow. Crazy. By the way, Overreaction Monday on a Tuesday.
Long before we found out that Mike Tomlin was gone, and by that I mean only five minutes. Minutes. Yeah. Jeez.
So again, just it will require you to give something to the Steelers, and it would be interesting to find out what the Steelers value. Um Their willingness to just let Tom and walk. Guess depends who's asking. You better you damn right sure that it it does. Oh, Ravens, first round pick.
Have you Cleveland? First round pick. Atlanta? Yeah. maybe different 'cause it's a different conference.
And maybe. Who would be willing to first of all, you got to kick a tire on Tomlin, then you got to kick a tire on the Steelers before you make any rash move with your own head coach because you want Tomlin in there so badly. Obviously, that's something we're going to be talking about all throughout Wednesday's edition of The Rich Eisen Show. Kurt Warner's on that program. Oh, my goodness.
Who knows what's going to happen next? This league, man. This. League. We'll chat again on Wednesday.
Who knows what's going to happen between now and then, too? 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.
