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Host of the View and Academy Award winner, Whoopi Goldberg. NFL Network Insider Ian Rappaport. ESPN broadcaster Joe Tessator. ESPN NFL draft analyst Matt Miller. And now, it's Rich Eisen.
Yeah. All right, everybody. Welcome to the Rich Eisen Show Live on Disney Plus, the ESPN app, ESPN Radio Sirius XM Channel Lady. If you're watching us, you can see that we're not in Los Angeles, California. We're in New York City today and Tuesday after I spent the weekend in Memphis, Tennessee, at St.
Jude Children's Research Hospital. Everybody, go to saintjude.org/slash runrich run to start donating to that run that I ran this weekend. I'm in one piece, thankfully, fresh off of a sports center in Bristol, Connecticut. That went down on Sunday night.
Now I'm here with you at 844-204-Riches, the number to dial on the program. As everyone can see, Chris Brockman, good to see you sitting right next to me here in New York. You're not limping. You look pretty sprouted. Good to see you.
I walked in. I'm standing up straight and walking around. I actually ran it twice, too. Oh. Made it through.
Made it through. And so we are here.
Meanwhile, Mike Del Tufo and TJ Jefferson are back in the Los Angeles studios. Good to see you, Mikey Dean. What's going on? And then there's TJ. What's going on, TJ?
Tomato lit. I got to see. I got some new candles yesterday. Of course, left them at home this morning.
So we'll have the candle back tomorrow. Oh, okay. Good to know. And so you're not with us here because you've got no contest wrestling. You've got big no-contest wrestling shows to do there in Los Angeles before you go to WrestleMania this week.
Yeah, we do. What's going on with you? We have a great guest tomorrow. You know, a lot of people consider Ric Flair to be the greatest professional wrestler of all time.
So it's pretty amazing that he has a child who is also considered to be the best at what they do. His daughter, Charlotte Flair, will be joining us tomorrow, and we're really looking forward to having her. All right, Charlotte, the queen. And then you'll be in, you and O'Shea will be at WrestleMania this weekend. And just a few minutes ago, we ran into Joe Tessator in the green room here in the Bob Iger, the Bob Iger building, the Hudson studios of Disney.
Joe Tessit. Joe Tess is going to join us in hour number three. Yeah. He's going to be there. He's going to be busy WrestleMania weekend.
Joe Tess. Yeah. WrestleMania 42. Joe Tess is going to be joining us in hour number three. Matt Miller joining us in hour number three as well as the NFL draft is 10 days away.
Ian Rappaport's making his way to the studio.
So Chris, you and I are going to have a chomping up with Ian for much of hour two. Love that. It's an overreaction Monday, Monday.
So that'll be hour two. But making her way down the hallway from the view set that's right in the basement here.
Some doors and take a look. Whoopee Goldberg's coming here. I know, TJ, you're upset about not being here for Whoopi Stopping by. It's amazing. It's Whoopee Goldberg, man.
She's a legend, but at least someone with locks will be representing on the show today, even if it's not me.
So, okay. Got that going. Locks in L.A. I got to keep the streak alive. It's funny.
When we saw Joe Tess in the green room, it was me and you, Chris, and Sean Mitchell, Rich Eisen, Show Digital, coordinating producer. All of us are bald. I felt like Robert Salbol. Don't worry, we have people with hair on this. Joe Chess walks in with his beautiful black locks.
So let's start this show with the Green Jacket Conversation. Yeah, buddy. And I know you're a Rory guy. And last year, he was the feel-good story, if you will. um trying to win his first green jacket in his sixteenth attempt.
And then, in so doing, would complete a career grand slam, which only a handful of players have ever done. And we all know. He needed every shot, every inch of Augusta National extra holes to actually pull that thing off against Justin Rose, who finished in second place for the third time in his master's career. And um we went off the air on Friday. And you're like.
It looks like Rory is just going to go pretty much wilderness. He got off to a hot start, and then throughout the afternoon, you know, the lead balloons to sixth, and it's the largest midway point master's lead of all time. It looks like this could be an absolute runaway, and the monkey's now off his back, and he's free and clear to just dominate. And then, you know, the course bit back.
Well, and so did everyone else, too, on Saturday, and why it's called moving day at Augusta, and why we keep saying that the best part about Augusta National, in many ways, about the playing. I always love the fact that there's no cell phones there, and people can actually live in the moment and see how things are going around on the course as they're watching some hand-operated school. Like people are learning that way about Augusta. An event that you could watch on an app if you're outside the grounds. But the best part of Augusta National, the playing, is that no lead is safe and also no deficit is too large essentially to overcome.
Exactly. And Going into Saturday, Rory McElroy Had this stat in his favor. 32 of the previous 35 Masters winners were within four shots of the lead going into Saturday. And going into Saturday, no player was in four shots of the lead. Of Rory McElroy, but that doesn't matter when you're Scotty Scheffler, who shot a 65.
Yeah, he was 12 shots back going into the weekend. And Cameron Young, who shot a 65. Two guys shot 65. Rory goes one over, and all of a sudden, with Justin Rose now also doing his thing, and Sam Burns sticking around at the top five. We had ourselves a big fat Sunday of Masters competition.
And sure enough, Rory loses the lead within four holes to start. Yeah, and after he three jacks number four, he's now three down. He was, and Justin Rose was the one who starts filling the void. Then he makes the turn. He has back-to-back bogies on 11 and 12, two of three bogies in the back nine.
Audios. Cameron Young starts to falter himself. He couldn't put. The shots together. Golf is just amazing.
It is. Cameron Young had the hottest putter, maybe on Friday and Saturday. I looked this up on the second nine, Rich Eisen. He had 11 birdies in the first three rounds. On Sunday, nine pars.
And Scheffler became a parring machine as well on Sunday. He went nine or 10 straight holes with a parr until he hit 15. Any birdies? After being in the trees on his tea shot. Correct.
And then 16. He fires one exactly where you need to have it on 16, which is To the right of the flag, about 20 feet and let it roll down. And then jars that birdie. And then you're like, is Scotty going to end up with the best? When 17 happens, and that's one of the toughest holes too, Bertie.
And he has a birdie putt. That just misses the hole. I mean, it looked like Jack Nicholas, the famous yes, sir, coming down the hill, and it was right there. As close as you could possibly get to not going in, and it just didn't drop. And so that way, Rory.
Has everything going in his favor, and all he needs to do is just stay out of the water. Essentially. And on 15 Firethorn, as it's known on the scorecard in Augusta National. And I did not know this about him, but Nance mentioned this, I do believe, either during Friday or Saturday's coverage of. The masters.
CBS. And, well, Paramount Plus and the SPN and Amazon, everywhere.
Okay, so, but on the SPN as well.
So. That I didn't know that Rory started a new production company and calls it Firethorn Productions because 15 has been very, very good to him. Oh, interesting. At Augusta, including the shot of his life in last year's win. And now this year, He's at Fire Thorne.
With a three-shot lead. And he played it safe. He laid up.
Well, he got 100 yards in. I thought he put that one in the water. And I think he did too. You saw he bent down and he was talking to it, and it hit, I think it hit. a foot beyond where it would have bounced back in the creek.
Yeah, and it weirdly, I mean, you hit that shot 100 times, and probably 99 of them have the back spin, and it pulls it back. That one weirdly took a bounce and hopped forward and stayed. And then he nukes his T-shot on 16 beyond the hole. And he's off the green. And then he puts it to basically almost replicate what Tiger is in.
It's unbelievable. To par that. 17. He's got to hit a he hits his approach shot right. He has to chip it, gets it to within a foot.
His short game was unbelievable. Then all he's got to do is just bogey 18, and he hits a drive like I would have done. It was okay. My favorite. I don't know if we've got a Getty image of this or not, a shot of it for our still for our television broadcast, but.
Yeah. The shot of Rory McIlroy. Finding his ball, In the pine straw, needing to get the patrons. By the way, next to the 10th fair. Correct.
And the look that he had on his face, okay, but I'll describe it. The look that he had on his face is the look I have on my face. About 90% of the time when I play golf, which is, I cannot believe. I just did this. I cannot believe.
I am in this place. I am an awful person with bad karma and no talent.
Now, he. can get rid of the No talent part. Because the shot, next shot he hits, he hooks it around the tree and he gets it right into the front. Just what he's trying to do. All he's got to do is basically get it on the green and then two-putton, and that's what he does to win the green jacket.
But it's just amazing how you can go from. Having A career grand slam. Playing with house money all weekend or butler cabin money as we were talking about. all weekend. Then you get to 18.
And you're right there for your second green jacket in a row. But moments before, you are hating yourself underneath a tree, standing on the pine straw. It's just such a golf moment that just again lends more humanity for him as he is. The photograph we're showing here now before his celebration was him realizing he put his hands in his face after he got it right to two inches, and he knew I'm going to tap in for my second green jacket. And he let it, I guess, the realization finally hit him here.
And what he does is Okay. Joins Tiger, Jack, and Nick Faldo as the only back-to-back champions in the history of this amazing event. But he is forever, probably The record holder now of something that I can't imagine would ever be. Beaten. which is The longest stretch.
Of not winning your first of anybody who's won two in a row. That's Unbelievable. He went 16 years without one, and now he's got two in a row. Yeah, more than 10 years without a major at all, and now wins back-to-back masters. I mean, I said it last year.
If you were a Rory McAroy fan, you got the full experience over the weekend. The guy does something no one's ever done before. He has a six-shot lead going into the weekend. You think this is going to be a coronation. He's going to shoot 20 under and win by 10 shots.
He gives the lead away in one day and then finds himself three back after four holes on Sunday and ends up ultimately kind of cruising to the win, albeit the drama on 18 in the last like six holes. We didn't even talk about the incredible T-shot on 12. No one goes after the pin on 12 on Sunday. He hit the most perfect shot to six feet, hits Birdie there, and it kind of felt like it was almost over at that point. And so if there was a sense that you thought.
that him already having won Jacket. In the closet. and a career grand slam completed that that allowed him the freedom to win a second one, and I think he'd agree with it. I thought it was so difficult to win last year because of trying to win the Masters and the Grand Slam and then This year, I realized it's just really difficult to win the Masters. I tried to convince myself it was both, but Yeah, just Incredible.
You know, I obviously did the bulk of my work on Thursday and Friday. And, you know, I. I don't think I would have believed anyone if they said to me, you know, all you have to do is shoot even power for the weekend and you'll win. But yeah, just absolutely delighted to be able to get it done. you know, having a six-shot lead going into the weekend, it would have been a bitter pill to swallow if I wasn't able to get myself over the finish line.
Just again, one to root for, you know, no doubt. And he just had to. And this is the mental part about it. You just can't take your foot off the pedal. You can't keep your hands on 10 and 2 at Augusta because if you're too careful, that's when you're going to get bit.
Yeah, it's almost like a prevent defense in the NFL that prevents you from winning. And so he talked about staying aggressive, which is just remarkable. Again, that this is the mental game that you play, that somebody at his level has to play with himself to try and win a second jacket in a row. Going back to last year, you know, I had that three or four shot cushion going to the. thirteenth T and I started to be a little Defensive.
I hit three wood off the tee, tried to play it as a three shotter. That came back to bite me a little bit.
So Um Today I stayed aggressive, even though I hit three really poor T shots on thirteen the first three days. I just stayed aggressive and finally I made a good swing and hit a good T shot and left myself a neat iron in, which was You know, it could have been a a Um a more routine birdie if I had I had a better second shot, but I was able to put it down there to within eight feet and hold that putt.
So I think staying aggressive and staying committed You know that especially on those two holes, definitely served me this week. If uh you had told me That after Saturday's moving day. And now everybody caught up. That Scotty Scheffler. Would become the first player at the Masters to have a bogeyless weekend Since Byron Nelson did it in nineteen forty-two.
Crazy. I would have thought Rory would lose to Scheffler. Yep. By multiple shots. And he still didn't.
Sheffler for the second. It was right there. Um And you know, Scheffler and Rose and Young and Burns. um just to name four uh are probably the ones who are Walking around today, you know, like going through this shot or whatever. And obviously, the fact that Scheffler has one, he can at least.
be able to get to sleep a little bit sooner. You know. Um It was remarkable. And I just sit here and wonder. Can he go three in a row?
Like, I know that's not fair to even say right now. It's not, but Rich, I'm having the same thoughts. I mean, Fred Couples said it after Friday's round: is this guy ever going to lose here? Again, right? I know.
And now you're wondering, how many more majors is Rory going to win? Is he going to get to like he already tied Phil now at six. Can he get to seven? Can he get to eight? Is he.
Going to threaten double digits. It seems like he's playing as good a golf as he's ever played right now at 37 years old. Did you see just one last one, and then we'll throw it a break. Whoopi Goldberg's making her way to our set right now. Um.
That Scheffler, after a 65, was asked by a member of the media about what he should have or could have done. Like, you should have 65, but you think about what you should have or could have done. And he's just like. He next questioned the guy and then said it was a stupid question. Because could you imagine?
I think this all the time. Shane Lowry, aces six on Sunday, has multiple aces at the Masters now in his career. First guy to do that. Um and I'm thinking to myself, could you imagine having any of these moments for one split second in your life at the Masters, in this setup, in this spot, in front of those patrons, on TV, everybody watching, everybody talking, one shot. And instead, you put a 65 together on a Saturday at the Masters, and somebody's like, Could you have gotten 63, 62?
I would have had the same reason. I do not blame him. At all crowding that reaction. I think, was it last year, the year before, someone asked Brooks Kepka, like, hey, do you think a 59 is possible here? And he goes, so you've never played here before?
No, great. It's stupid because if you're not if you're not If you don't If you throw it in the right spot, you're rewarded. If you don't, you're not. That's simple. And it's you know what I mean?
And I know you could say that about any golf course, but this one in particular, more than any other. And no other golf course and no other event makes me want to go tee it up right away more than the master. We're playing this afternoon, right? We are not. Oh, dang it.
We are not. But we are here on the Rich Eisen Show here in New York City. 844-204-Rich is the number to dial. Joe Tessator and Matt Miller in hour three. Ian Rappaport in hour two to give us everything 10 days out of the draft.
We're going to chop it up with him. I'll talk about my weekend, if much as you're interested. Yeah, buddy. I went to Sports Center last night. I'm working on about three hours sleep.
Yeah, man. Didn't even get to say congrats. That was so cool. I appreciate it. No, that was pretty cool.
So we'll hit on all of that. And thank you. I appreciate that, TJ. I got an LFG text from him just as I went on the air. My phone is buzzing.
I'm like, who's texting me right now?
Well, you went on a little early. I know we did. I know. I know, because inside the NBA tapped out a couple of segments earlier than we thought. But at any rate, it was great to see those guys on ESPN and right before I pop on on Bristol.
But let's take a break. Whoopi Goldberg is going to join us right here on the Rich Eisen Show in New York City. EGOT winner coming in. Uh Uh oh. In a world in need of a hero, one man rises to the challenge in style.
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You just mentioned tennis. I imagine if you had Venus Serena on your show, oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, because I remember when I first started doing SportsCenter.
In the nineties and the early aughts with Stuart Scott, who I know you you You crossed paths with quite a bit back in the day. Which may be the last time I saw you. Might be. that I remember Serena, when she started, it was like, Well, here comes the sister. Can she be any as good as Venus?
And it's like, uh, yeah. You know, I think people had a very interesting feeling. Feeling about them because they couldn't, they couldn't. believe what they were seeing. With the two of them.
They couldn't believe two sisters could be playing the way that they did. But, you know, you think about all the. For me, the black women who play tennis, the ones we never heard about and the ones we did hear about that we don't talk about now, like Althea Gibson. We don't talk about her. She was extraordinary.
I mean, when you think about The women who were out there doing these things. They were at the time for us, they were one-offs.
Now, we know where the women are. We know what they're playing. But when I was a kid, they were really one-offs, you know, and to see Women playing tennis. I know it seems dopey, but Billie Jean was all I knew. Yeah.
You know, really. I mean, you saw the people that she played, but you remembered Billie Jean.
Well, I mean, she created basically women's tennis that we currently know it today. Yeah. And is such a major titan when it comes to sports.
So let's talk about the all-women's sport. Network that you co-founded. Yeah. Why did you feel the need to get something started like that? Because I.
I talked about this with whoever was in charge many years ago at ESPN and said, why? I would like to see this happen. I have some ideas. And they were like, okay. Yeah.
Yeah, good.
Okay, well thank you. Um and They would say people would say things to me at all the networks. They would say things like, oh, well, you know, nobody wants to see women's sports. But I did, and I knew if I wanted to see it, maybe other people did too. And then I started traveling in the world, and I wanted to see what other people were doing.
And so our network is the All Women's Sports Network, and it covers women's sports throughout the world, whatever sport they're playing. And, you know, we've got the wrestlers, we've got the tennis players, we've got the hockey players, we've got the roller derby queens, we've got as many sports as you can name, and some that you've never heard of. Because For lots of women around the world, this is their way that they can be in a group of women doing stuff and not get in a hassle. These are ways of women coming forward and putting themselves forward to do different stuff. And because I always knew, you know, in the old days, you know, you used to be able to, you had to own an NBA team in order to be part of a WNBA team.
I never owned an NBA team. I knew people that owned it, but they weren't looking for me to come in and be part of it.
Now, you know, you see what's happening with the WNBA. And I'm so proud of them because they didn't stop. They didn't stop fighting. And I know it sounds like we... As women are catching a lot about what we're not getting, but when you see, when you see these.
These women play, they are worth They're weight in gold. They are doing the work that their male counterparts are doing. And they're doing that in all of the sports. There's not a sport that's being played that isn't being played equally well by women, except people aren't used to seeing women do. They're not used to seeing women play football.
I love the female football league. I love it. I wish I could play. I wish I could run, you know, but I can't. But there are so many things that, so I wanted to see it.
And suddenly, about a year and a half ago, someone said, oh, I'll help you do that. And I said, really? It's only been 18 years. I've been trying to get this done. He said, no, we'll do it.
So we got with a group called the Jungo Network, and they've put us on around the world. You can find us in lots of different places. I think we probably sent you all the information to put out there. But it's kind of groovy. Yeah, it delivers live coverage, original programming from some of the world's most prestigious.
Sports organizations, FIBA, WNBL, UEFA, Athletes Unlimited, the global TV network that you're talking about right now. And then you just mentioned the WNBA, which is having the draft tonight. I mean, that the everything you just talked about about how they need better pay, need better Um A better arrangement. That's what they were talking about, their collective bargaining or, you know, like they went to the Met. And a little more respect, you know, because it's not like they're sucking lollipops out there.
These girls are kicking butt. They are not fooling. You know, they play like I remember. People playing. You know, they play hard and they don't, you know, they don't need to be like.
Like Oh no, you can't tell Sophie Cunningham that if she's making sure you don't touch Caitlin Clark, for instance. There you go. And they're still teammates and and and and and you know, the the social media aspect of it The burgeoning dollars that are coming in, they are, you know, women's sports, certainly WNBA, softball. We were just, there was softball highlights on Sports Center last night, Texas and Oklahoma. Volleyball is becoming much more significant.
I mean, I could go down the list here of what women's sports are. We cover it.
Well, I know. We cover it at all. And I was telling you about the show Women's Sports show, along with Hello Sunshine and Firefly and Apex. And there's so many different other people coming together for an hour-long show that we've got going on on ESPN Plus and ESPN. Listen, ESPN, I'm saying to you, we should all be doing this together.
Because our point is, you know, women are doing amazing things in sports, and we should all be covering everything. And to be in bed with the preeminent sports network and take y'all, I mean, y'all are worldwide, but. To take you all through the world as we go through would be wonderful. I know that's the wrong thing. I'm not supposed to be saying stuff like that.
Well, because you're not supposed to say, hey, listen, let's get in this bed together. Let's make this bed bigger. I think I'm not supposed to say things like that, but if I don't, no one will know that I want to be in bed with them. I don't know if that sounds as right as I mean it's the bed is the business bed. That's what I'm talking about.
I'm talking about the business bed. Yes, and the large California King size of the world's bed. The world's wide enough. That's right. That's what we'd say in Hamilton.
The world is wide enough for this sort of thing. And you could see, again, tonight is the 30th WNBA draft tonight. Man, it's exciting. I mean, I get choked up, you know, because they're. They're going to be where they need to be.
And I lived long enough to see this happening. You never had a jump shot, ever? Ciao, look. No. No.
Never had a jump. I was a great run. You know what I was? I was a really good runner.
Okay. Because I could go straight. If I was going in a straight line, I was great. If I needed to carry something with me and throw it, not so much. Not so much.
But I could run my little tail on it.
Okay. Very good. If you don't mind, let's take a break. I'd love to come back and talk to you about your acting. Oh.
And your movie career in terms of your life. Oh, that, sure. Yeah, of course. I'll talk to you about anything anytime. I appreciate that.
All right. We're here on The Rich Eisen Show with Whoopi Goldberg live in downtown Manhattan here on Disney Plus and ESPN Radio. We're back in a second. Rich Eisen here. Every time I travel for a major sports moment, whether it's a playoff run or a huge prime time matchup, I see firsthand what happens to a city.
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Alright Lee Auto Parts. The Rich Heisen Show, the podcast. It said they feel that you'll bring people out of the movie. when they see you. Because you were already a common.
Because I was a commodity. And I said, well, but I mean. That doesn't make any sense because when I see Marlon Brando, I see, I think, oh, there's Marlon Brando. I don't spend the whole movie going, why is Marlon Brando in this movie? What is Marlon Brando doing in this movie?
And he said, well, they don't want you. And then they cast the movie. And the person they casted with said to them, How come Whoopi Goldberg isn't doing this movie? No way. Yes, Patrick Swayze.
He said, Well, I don't know if I want to commit to this until we find out if she would do it, because I think I should do it with her. And, you know, he was Jagunda at the time. And so I was shooting a movie in Alabama at the time, and my agent called to the area, who then sent a runner to find me, because we didn't have cell phones.
So, you know, it took 20 minutes to get the call, but the call was: you remember that movie you didn't. I didn't want you for. I said, Yeah. He said, Well, the the actor Says he wants to read with you if you're interested. I said, Yeah, I'm interested, sure.
I said, Who is it? He said, Patrick Swayze. I said, and he wants to read with me? He says, Yeah, does he know where I am? He said, Yeah, they're coming.
They want to come down to where you are.
So, Patrick Swayze and young Mr. Abrams got on the On the plane and came down and we hung out. And it was a match made in, for me, made in heaven because he was extraordinary as you think he might be. He was even better. And we.
created this movie that You know, it lives on. Today, to this day. It stands the test of time. Yeah, it does. It's like an unbreakable movie.
Yeah. It's perfect in almost every way. And your character, and you're awesome, but you've probably heard that before. You're perfect for that role. Um so what when did you know that it was As special as we now know it to be.
We didn't really know until we saw it. Because, you know, you make the movie and you think you're being fabulous and brilliant, and then it comes out and you go, oh, is that what we were doing? It's no, it's the editor. Who helps shape with the director what they want to see. And we hadn't seen, we had only seen what we had done.
And suddenly we got to see the whole movie, and it was just like. Do you remember making this movie? And I was like, no, but this is good. It's a good thing. You know, sure.
What's your favorite scene from it? That you're you're you're you're proud of. Of from ghost. My favorite scene is when He's leaving and he says it's the love. You know, it always gets me because that's what you remember.
That's what you take with you, is the love. Whenever I see it, it just starts the tears rolling. Because that's what I like to think. I think about that. I think about the love of my mom and the love of my big brother.
And that's what I hope that's what they have. With them is all my love for them.
So it's not the comedy parts or your comedic, I guess. I guess your role, the laughs that you brought to an otherwise real serious subject matter?
Well, I think, like life. It rolls the way it's supposed to.
Some of it is funny and some of it is sad. I mean, she's a fake. but is she? You know, and suddenly you are able to do things you didn't know you could do. My favorite thing has to is is probably the one that people always talk about, which is the nun who is trying to get me to let go of of that check.
You're right. You know. And as you know, if somebody hands you a a million dollar check, it is hard to let it go. It's hard to let it go.
So, you know, I had a little tussle, but it was it it was uh It was a wonderful movie to make, you know, and a cast that was. Superb and a superb director and a superb writer. And it was just, it was just, it all came together. Whoopi Goldberg here on the Rich Eisen Show. You mentioned earlier that you didn't own an NBA team, but you coached one.
Yes, I do. Love it. Coach of the New York Knickerbocker, Eddie. Yeah. What's your favorite memory from shooting that film?
Just getting to hang around. with so many of the players. I mean Look at that. I mean, look at that. I mean, that is just look at Big Fox.
Yeah, look at him right there. Mark Jackson. Yep. Oh, my God. Yeah.
Yeah. And where's John Sally in the back there. There he is. Yeah. And Tiny Whiz Tiny.
Where's Nate Archball in there? Nate Tiny's somewhere in there. I don't know. He's so small we can't find him. He's standing there, but we missed him.
But getting to hang out with all of these guys was heaven. Does that include Rodman? As well. Yeah, I like Dennis, you know, because Dennis, to me, Dennis is very much. Like I Was.
He was his own self. He was who he was, and he made no apologies for it. And everybody didn't get it, and that was okay. You know, he got it, and he did the things he wanted to do the way he wanted to do them, and he played hard. You know, he played hard and he was he was present.
You know, and and That's all you can ask of anybody. Did you shoot during Nick Games at any point in time? I don't think we shot. Yeah, I think we recreated, but I tell you, it is still one of my favorite movies. You know, we've been spending all this time trying to get Sister Act remade.
Maybe we should have been spending time trying to get Eddie remade, but they don't need me now, you know. Because they're on their way. Yeah. That's right. Yeah.
It's good. Pretty cool being in Madison Square Garden, right? That you're the coach of the Knicks. Yeah. They might have hired you this past year.
They needed a coach.
Well, you know, I did kind of hint at it, but nobody brought it on. Nobody bid on it. Nobody bid on it. How did you get your start? How did that start?
You? I always wanted to be lots of different things as a little kid. Like, I wanted to go to the moon. I wanted to be. You had to be on Artemis II before there was Artemis I.
You know, I wanted to do all this. I wanted to be a tightrope walker. I wanted to be a circus clown. The more film I watched, the more I realized, oh, I can do all of those things if I can do that. Or if I can be on a stage, I can do that.
And so I started on stage as a little kid, because I just, you know, it seemed like a good thing at the time. And now, really, this is the thing I really love. I mean, I don't mind doing the talking stuff. Sure, of course, yeah. But I'm a really good actor.
And I like it. And I'm I'm proud to say that I have. A very groovy career. It's the career I think I wanted. You know, it didn't always go the way I wanted it to go, but that's life.
But the the role that you have in the view and the show it is, I mean, that Yeah. from it for a bit in order to get back into a movie. Oh, yeah, and I do.
Well, do you, I mean, how much acting are you doing?
Well, let's see. I was gone for almost a month because I got to go to Italy to be part of an Italian soap opera. What? Yeah, it was really cool. It was really cool.
My Italian is questionable, but as is my English.
So it's still, you know, it's still... I like doing things that I've never done before. I like doing things that interest me. And I'm still waiting for a horror movie because I'm desperate to do one. That's the one you want?
That's the one that's missing. Why? I don't know. I think people think I was too nice to be in a horror movie, that you would never suspect me as the. As the monster, and that's why it's the per I'm the perfect monster because I'm the last, I want to be in the movie.
You want to be the person in the horror. Yes, I want to be the horror in the horror movies. Yes.
Okay, maybe we can make this sort of thing. Because I love scary movies. I'm not a slasher fan. I'm not a fan of things that we can actually see happen. I like things that are under the bed and the bed is breathing and you don't know why.
And you're not in the bed with anyone. You like the jump scare? Yes, I do. Wow. Yes, I do.
I would never have guessed that. But I also want to be a race car driver because I love fast.
Okay. Love fast. You might be able to. Mix the two. Wouldn't that be nice?
Well, I once rode in the back of a very fast car with Mario Andretti driving it, and I was horrified. I was screaming. I was jump scared. That was wild. And I'm like.
This is Mario Andretti clearly knows what the hell he's doing.
Well, he, you know, when you're in the bed with the best, you're in the bed with the best. That's what it is. You know, and you are screaming. I was out of my mind. I tried to keep my inner monologue from coming out because there was a camera on me.
I wanted to look like I was staying there. You don't want to cut it. No, but I was screaming.
Well, can I ask you a quick question? Sure, please. What? What. What sport would you have played had you been able to go off and do that?
Baseball. Really? Oh, yeah. Uh when I you know, see Major League Baseball players. Yeah.
They're able to be in their 30s or, you know. For whatever reason, baseball is also the only sport where the coaches and the manager dress like the players. Could you imagine if an NFL coach dressed in a full pad? Oh, yeah, it'd be weird, you know? But.
that they get to put on a uniform every day like they're eight. Yeah. You know? Like a like they could just put a ball in a tee like they're five against. And plus, their money is guaranteed and they get pizzaed.
Yeah. But I would have played baseball. You know, plus I had a Jewish mother, so she would never let me play football. You know, she would never let me, you know, do the tackle thing. Um but yeah, I I would I would take it.
Yankees. Ah yes. Oh yeah. Um yeah. And here's my other dopey question.
Are Are baseball players getting taller? Oh, yeah, everybody is. Everybody's.
Okay, so it's not just. Oh, everybody is.
Okay. I mean, everybody is at the NFL scouting combine every year when all the NFL prospects come in bigger, stronger, faster every year. Really? I don't know what's in the Wheaties. I have no idea.
But yeah, but it's also women's sports too. Yes.
And you're going to see Laura Beth there tonight, 6'7. You know, Cameron Brink, a couple years ago. I saw a picture of her standing next to LeBron. Yeah. I think she's a little taller than LeBron.
You know, it wouldn't surprise me. See, I've always been used to very tall women. Right. I've always known and. You know, the joke used to be, oh, she should be a basketball player.
Well, now she is. That's right. And better than you, too. Yeah. And kicking your behind.
More than likely, for sure.
So this has been an absolute delight. Thank you. Thank you for coming here. Thanks for having us. Of course.
So let's just make sure everyone understands the All Women's Sport Network, world's fastest growing and largest global TV network dedicated exclusively to women's sports, available over 1 billion devices with a B over 65 countries, and it's redefining how you can experience women's sports. Co-founded by you and Jungo TV. Yes.
Okay, great. And then, of course, there's the view just down the hall. Yeah. If you ever want somebody like me to come on and mix it up, I'll just go ahead and do that.
Well, I always want you to come on. But who knows when you're here? I can let you know. All right. I can provide my view.
Okay. I don't know if that, you know, if that's what you're doing.
Well, you know what?
Well, we talk to. Sports folks. Yes.
Okay. I would appreciate talking to you. I'll bring them about sports. I'll do all of that sort of stuff. You know.
And it's in its sixth consecutive season as America's most watched daytime talk show. Really? Oh, okay. You didn't know that. You know, I don't ask questions, I just cast a check.
By the way, you also have a Golden Globe, so it's an E. Triple G Yeah, you're an e-got. I haven't got, got, got, got. It's like a burp. It's like a burp.
That's an e-burp. You got it. That's right. Pretty cool. Thank you for being here.
Thanks for having me. You got it. And I'll do this anytime you'd be up for it anytime I'm in New York.
Okay, cool. That's Whoopi Goldberg right here on The Rich Eyes and Show. The radio audience is going to return for hour number two. We're going to talk about the NFL draft. My NFL Network colleague Ian Rappaport will join us right here on Disney Plus and the ESPN app as well.
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