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Well, hey, everybody, hour number three of the Rich Hodgson Show is on the air. What a show we've had so far. Kenny Chesney in studio, hour number one. That was a delight to chat with him. And then two NFL head coaches last hour: Mike LaFleur of the Arizona Cardinals, his first foray here on this program.
And then we had Todd Bowles of the Buccaneers returning to the show.
Now we've got Ray Romano in our green room coming out to talk about him being the head coach of the LA Waves in the season two. Uh running point. Show that's on Netflix right now for everybody to stream, whenever you darn well please. Ray's back there, and I did just have a very nice chat with Ray and let him know we're going to talk about my stinging defeat at his hands in the. Karaoke competition that was at the American Century Championship in Lake Tahoe last summer.
Still not over it, huh? I'm never going to get over it. Here I am. I'm finally invited back. Two decades' worth.
I'm going to go crush Sinatra in front of You know, the whole crew there in front of the Kelseys and front of, you know. Charles Barkley and everybody, I'm going to go kill it. You know, Jay Demarcus of the Rascal Flats is the one who's up there, you know, performing and then judging. One man judge? I killed it.
One man judge? No, Wriggle 2 or a bunch of them. Hey, Reggie, and then. Then Ray and his sons came up. They wanted it.
What did they sing? Yeah, what did it? They sing MM. Oh, which song? Forget.
Hi. My name is No, I forget what it was, but I'll figure it out. I'll figure it out. Do you like it? Can look it up.
I'm sure it's on the internets. But at any rate, Ray's delight to have back. He's been here before, and I'm psyched that he's back here again. Rich, they just wanted it more than you. Maybe so.
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So, Les Need is on the show tomorrow. I see he's making the rounds today. I did see him.
So he'll be here on Wednesday's show. Nice. And he and Sean McVay are in lockstep. You even heard. Mike LaFlour confirmed, you know, in hour number two, that he and that McVay is.
been having his eye on him for a while. He likes him. They like Ty Simpson there in Los Angeles. And Mr. Grumpy, as Sean McFay referred to himself, and Mike LaFleur used that.
As he showed up in that post-ge post-draft press conference on Thursday, he referred to himself as Mr. Grumpy on Friday. Still, anytime anybody's saying anything about this, we're looking for breadcrumbs. Right. Looking for the breadcrumbs.
The latest thing that has caused this to continue on in its news cycle is Ty Simpson going, was this on local radio here, right? On the SPN seven hundred ten radio, which we're on every single day as well. Um Ty Simpson was on ESPN Radio here in Los Angeles. and uh dropped this nugget about his Time being scouted. if you will, buy the ramps.
know, we tried to keep this, you know, uh under wraps as long as we could. Um you know, it was something to where I I knew they were interested, but you know, they wanted to you know make it private and didn't want people to know that um you know they they were interested.
So, um I I I had s some secret meetings with you know Coach McVay And you know, I just was. trying to be on script and, you know, do what, you know, everybody told me not not to tell anybody. Hold on a minute. At the draft, you're saying I haven't met with McVay, but you're telling me that you guys met for hours and going over a film before the draft? Yeah, it was just, you know, it was something to where, you know, I I didn't want I was told to not say anything.
Um you know because they didn't want anybody to know. But we had one meeting and we kept it private and it was just something to where it it it happened happened that way.
Okay. What else do you want to know? Interesting. Why all the secrets? Various reasons.
Number one, you're not going to be able to do it. You don't want anybody to trade up and beat you to 'em. If you like them that much. Right? If Arizona really knew they were going to use the pick 13th overall on him, because if it came out that Ty Simpson and the Rams were meeting each other and hanging out with McVay and Doing all that sort of stuff, then you're gonna have to get up to 12.
You know, I'll tell you who really would have loved that. You know, what are the Cowboys sitting there at 12? They moved up to 11 with the Miami Dolphins. Miami would have loved that if people had known that the Rams were so in love with Ty Simpson: hey, if you want Ty Simpson, you got to come up to us and you got to pay a massive premium for it. That's one way to do it.
And two is there will never ever be. It's so rare.
So I d I know those two things are are contradictory that it'll never be and it's so rare which means it has happened. That You can't ever properly script an end game of somebody's Quarterback career. You're never going to be able to do it. It's so rare.
Like, name me the quarterbacks who who is end game of their career were scripted by them and And ended With the most successful result possible, Peyton Manning. Right. But even he didn't play well. And even, I understand he didn't, he wasn't the Peyton Man. He wasn't the sheriff in Super Bowl 50, but he still won it.
drank his beer and went off into the sunset. Yeah. Um Elway. Name me others. Every single one of them has been, you know, well, I had to go somewhere else.
And I didn't stay with the team that I wanted to. Or I was with the team that I wanted to for all this time and they turned a page on me. You know, I mean, you just, it's messy, so you keep it quiet. to the point where, you know, One coach plays Mr. Grumpy.
You know, I'm not going to be so effusive because there is a guy that I want to win a Super Bowl with this year, and for as long as he does want to keep playing. And the last thing I'm going to do is antagonize that man at home no matter how much of a heads up we give him. I come across as giddy, like I'm already head over heels in love. Oh, hey, Matt, like. What were we doing before?
Oh, that's right. Trying to win a Super Bowl together. Don't you think all this stuff coming out now is Stafford's got to be like, what the hell? I'm still here. What it means is they love the kid to the point where they're going to get him when they can, and they will keep him where he is until Stafford doesn't want.
to play anymore. As long as Stafford plays at the highest level, that he has been playing. It's that simple. And it's tough. And I understand why it is tough.
And I understand why it is awkward. And I understand why the Rams wanted to keep it quiet. At times, it comes across as comes it comes across as clunky. But it's never easy to do. It just isn't.
It's as simple as this. They got a roster they think they can win a Super Bowl with right now. that the move that they made in the first round that put them over the top. Was Trent McDuffie? To the point where this 13th overall pick that they got, courtesy of the Falcons, is now a bonus pick, cherry on top, for them to do with what they want.
And what they wanted to do was look over the steering wheel and take this kid who they clearly like a heck of a lot. and with whom McVeigh clearly has a taunt in common. as well as less need. And keeping it under wraps was smart because you don't want somebody to. Jump the gun for you.
On you? And you also don't want to antagonize your quarterback needlessly if somebody does jump the gun. And Jump your place in line and you lose them.
Now it's out there that you were looking for somebody else and you didn't even get the kid.
Now that's a mess.
So Okay. Mm. We'll keep talking about it until Tyve Simpson plays, and then when he plays, then we'll start to keep talking about it. Yeah. But I'd rather him be in this position than say the Jets drafting him, and he's got to win now in New York, coming off of 15 starts.
Now he doesn't have to play and he's in Camp McVeigh. For as long as the Current group leader Matthew Stafford will let him stay in camp.
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All right, hey guys, happy Tuesday. Let's get right to it. Thinking about this, and I'm thinking about this team. We talk about this team a lot. I feel like we like them.
Um, this is a sneaky Make-O-Break 49ers season coming up. What's Make or Break? Here's the deal. Let's break. There's all these talks about how fans are complaining about the drafts in recent years.
They're reaching for a lot of players. John Lynch is out there begging someone to make him an offer for Brandon Ayuk. That never goes well. Jawan Jennings, they just let walk. Who is their number one wide receiver?
Brock Purdy. Mike Evans. Mike Evans. Brock Purdy is now paid, so you can't lean on him on the rookie deal stuff.
So that's your windup. What's the pitch? What's the pitch? This is a sneaky make-or-break Niners season for Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch. Yeah.
That's a total overreaction. They just almost made the Playoffs is the ones that they almost won the regular season conference title, if there's such a thing. Can we hang a banner for almost? No, you don't hang banners for that. I understand that.
I understand that at the end of the day, it's about banners. But last year was. I was sitting there thinking: if the Niners beat the Seahawks on that Saturday night. My ballot was still open. I would have voted Kyle Shannon Coach of the Year.
I still made McCaffrey my comeback player of the year, despite the way that that Saturday night went. What an incredible season last year was. Nobody expected the Niners to do jack squat on toast. Not true. They had a really high win total coming into the world.
I don't care what Vegas is.
So, yeah, Vegas was expecting. I understand what Vegas is. What does Jed York expect? When was the last time the 489ers won a Super Bowl?
So, who is. Oh, man, that would be the year before the Cowboys. I got it. Oh. No, no, you're really serving that.
That's a low-hanging fruit for him to get out of the park. Like Chris says, that's a fact.
So, like, Shanahan gets fired? Lynch gets fired? I think we're kind of simmering. The seats are on simmer right now. Overreaction.
I do not agree. I. The c the five minutes You know. Rob Ryan, five-minute thing would be five seconds for Kyle Shannon. And that's fine.
That's fine.
Sometimes a change of scenery is good for you. I'm aware of that. Look at Harbaugh, look at Tomlin. I'm aware of it. I see what you're saying.
I get it. Stack the vision. Not at all. Everyone's getting better around them. How do they get better?
Begging Brian, somebody take Brandon Ayuk. I have no idea what the hell happened there. I don't think that's any bag fumbled at all. I have no idea what the scoop is with Brandon Ayuk at all. And I don't blame him for holding on to him.
I will take anybody who gave me a bag of donuts for him on top of it. I don't have to pay the full salary. I'll hold on to him as long as I possibly can. What else you got over there? I couldn't be more disagreeing on this.
There's also some weird thing they're making players' ligaments weak on that team. Yeah, I mean, they already, whatever. Weird stuff going. What else, Chris? TJ, I talk you up.
But bring it back down. Here you go. George Pickens will not be a cowboy this season. Absurd. What is going on here?
I don't know. I don't know. He's got to sign his tender in order to get traded. If that's what he wants.
So, is he waiting for a deal in place? No, no. Why wouldn't you want to stay put? Dak and he have an incredible connection. And they can actually win a Super Bowl.
But if you're actually winning, but on the flip side, if you're a team. You want to give that guy $130 million? I agree. I understand that. I understand what's going on.
Yeah. But I see it here state like definitively sitting here on the final Tuesday of April that he will not be a cowboy this season is an overreaction. But I understand that there's an iceberg and we're just seeing potentially the tip. But and the tip of the pen has not hit the contract. Franchise tender, yet.
There's still time. It's a ton of time. Don't worry. It's all going to be. Don't worry, B.
Jerry. I just hope he hasn't. I hope they don't have a handshake agreement because that's the way you wind up on the Packers. I'm sure a candle was lit. You know, it was nice.
What else? I hate to pick on one of your sons, Rich. But.
Now that the Bengals have hit the defense, okay, this offseason. Joe Burrow's out of excuses this year. What does that mean? What excuses does he have? Are you an MVP?
Are you one of the best players in the league or not? He is. Can you play a full season? Is it his fault that his toe gave way 'cause he d he they can't protect him? Are you injury prone or not?
Okay. Didn't he already make a Super Bowl? Am I out of excuses? Out of excuses. Does he look like an excuse maker to you?
No, but I feel like the media kind of bends themselves into a pretzel making excuses for Joe Burrow. Yeah, but Joe Burrow already went to the highs. Look, here's the deal: if I'm going to get on Lamar like I get on Lamar about it, that guy's won two MVPs. How many?
Okay? Two MVPs. I said two. I said two MVPs. Two.
Okay? And I know Joe's been to a Super Bowl, but you know what? You know, I'm getting a little older. My memory's a little hazy. That was a while ago.
Let me ask you this question. Wasn't that a long ago? Come on, John. Do our world bangles ever break up? Do you think it will be because the Bengals are like, yeah, he's out of excuses?
Or it's because Burroughs, like, Carson Palmer was right. Tell me how that endgame goes. Joe Burrows. You know, I love choosing. I love playing What's More Likely during Overreaction Monday segment to make my point.
I've been watching a lot of clips this week, and Joe Burroughs preferred Destination, not Cincinnati. They got a quarterback now. That's true.
Okay. They got a quarterback of the future. Yeah. I'll tell you what. What's the quarterback more likely to make sure Ty Simpson doesn't play in Los Angeles?
Matthew Stafford or Joe Burrow? Joe Burrow's out of excuses.
Okay. Got it. Out of excuses. He makes himself available to other teams in the NFL because he's like, I'm not coming back to Cincinnati anymore. We'll see if there's going to be, if suddenly they treat him like Diego Pavia.
Just signed a three-year deal with the Ravens. What else? All right, here's the deal, TJ. We got some basketball games coming up that are kind of interesting. We're gonna get three game sevens in the first round of the playoffs right now.
Three. I don't think that's an overreaction. It's been incredible. Playoffs have been fun. Let's call it Nick's Hawks.
I think that's going seven. Um. Feels like Nugs and Wolves are going seven. Going seven because of who's not playing for because both the big Ragu and Ant's out. And I think Houston forces game seven.
No, no, it would be Cavs Raptors, wouldn't it? I don't know. Cleveland should take care of business. Yeah, they should. I think we just named the three.
I know you're wish casting the Lakers to lose the next two. I really am. I'm sorry. When is O'Shea coming in?
Sorry, really. Tomorrow?
Okay. Oh, okay. Game four. Let's do it. Game four.
Let's bring this up to him. I don't know what he's going to say about that. He's convinced that it's all rigged now, so that's his out. What else, Chris? All right, two more.
News today that the Phillies have a new manager. I'll be Donald Arthur Manningly, one of the greatest human beings to walk the planet. Second hottest team in the AL East right now is your Boston Red Sox. Red Sox and Phillies making the playoffs. All right.
Overreaction. What a total mess. Total mess the Red Sox are, and you know it. You know it, by bear. You know it.
It's an absolute nightmare. The Phillies are much more talented and much more stepping on their you know what right now than the Red Sox are. You know it, I know it, the American people know it. And there's a difference between the American people. Seriously.
And there's a difference between taking somebody from. Triple-A and saying you're our manager. Triple-A.
Okay. And young guys know this. And Donald Arthur Mattingly. Uh Totally different. There, what else, Chris?
Last one, is this the baseball music you're playing right now?
Okay, they got belly. Last one, and it sounds like Crockett Tubs are hopping out of the car. Here you go, me again, they're doing a remake. You know I love talking about pressure. You do.
You do. You know I love talking about pressure. WNBA season starts in a couple weeks. I want to get this out there. Is Caitlin Clark under pressure?
I'm seeing some clips. It's all, it's. Media Day, I'm seeing all the fun everybody's having. Caitlin Clark looks great. But here's the deal, TJ.
It's year three. Yep. There's no single athlete under more pressure this summer than Caitlin Clark. Why? We mean what?
Are you the face of the WNBA or not? Really? Really? She is.
So she's going to win something. Or how about this? I haven't seen her play in. Or how about this? That the WNBA is now chock full of so many stars because of the heightened awareness of the women's game at the collegiate level and the number of super players and super personalities are coming from that level to the WNBA.
She doesn't have to be the face anymore. But the bottom line is she stays healthy. We just watch where she goes and how many people show up. And you come back and ask me if she's still the face of the W. If they don't make the play, they need to make the finals.
Yeah. You need to be in the running for MVP. I've heard for years, TJ, of how great you were, and you're the face of this and the face of that. And you're already on Mount Rushmore of WNBA. Can you play a full season and take this team far?
Are deep in the playoffs? This is what, year three for her? It's year three. Year three. Yeah.
All right. Pressure. The career is short. They have a short shelf life. Pressure.
Let's go. You just don't believe in pressure, bro. I don't believe. No, because I don't look at Keith Clark and say she's like, uh-oh. I'm under pressure around here.
Why not? Everybody on Twitter is telling me every day she's the greatest player of all time. Isn't she now just she's not bringing the ball up, right?
Now she just shoots. I know, right? I don't know, it's on their team. Better start going in because last time we saw her play, they weren't going in. Couldn't be more of an overreaction.
And perhaps it'll be a subject of drop this on Keep. Sarah, drop this on Sarah's plate, and she'll bring it up on to Susie and the rest of the sports now. Keep an eye on that. Let me text Colleen real quick. Keep an eye on that.
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It got the check of approval. I'm just saying. What? You ran that fire for all reaction money on a Tuesday? Just throwing it out there.
Come on.
Okay. I am on here, people. I'm on this. Just I can't wait. RIP did you ever Thursday, 6 p.m.
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You play the head coach of the LA Waves. As Greg Popovich, right? That's the idea. That's the Popovich is the jumping off point. I see.
I just take him as a base and then I bring my own thing to it.
Well, I mean, it's possible, you know, if this happened last year, you could have been in the running for the New York Knicks head coaching job because they were knocking on pretty much everybody's door back in the day. Yeah, I'm a Knicks fan. I'm a New Yorker. You are.
So are you wrapped up in the current series? I'm watching. Yeah, I'm into it. I went to game two. I was in New York.
I was there at game two for that finish. Yeah, that finish was. It was a a big turnaround in the last minute. Yeah, I was right there. I was sitting next to Jimmy Fallon.
We were right in the corner there when, you know, they had the ball with. A chance to win. And then they couldn't even get a shout out. Yeah, yeah.
So, how is Fallon watching a game? You and Fallon are into it? You're yelling at the person. I didn't go with Fallon. I just happened to be sitting next to him.
I went with my son-in-law. He's into it. Yeah, he's a fan. I don't know. He's not an.
Where did he grow up? I don't even know. Isn't he a New Englander? Isn't he from? That's what I thought, but he wasn't.
I thought because of the movie Fever Pitch. I don't know. Yeah, is that why I'm. Yeah, that's what I said. I asked him that question that night.
Is that him calling right now to say? Let me just show you how older I am than you because I know exactly what this is. This is a take-my drugs alarm. I'm not kidding. Do you want to take it?
No, it could work. No, seriously, I don't want to. The last thing I want to be is coming between you and your medication. It's a beta blocker and a lot of importance. Magnesium.
And a whole interview to do it. It could wait. It could work. Alan's from Bay Ridge. He was born in Bay Ridge.
across east from Brooklyn? That's what they're doing. He's across the Verizon. I think he's from Staten Island. New York, yeah.
Oh, but he was into it. Then why wasn't he in on the ferry with Colin Jost and Seth Meyers? Yeah. Yeah, no, but I always thought he was a Boston guy, too, because of the. Oh, okay.
I had no idea. How are you watching a game? You're not on the reps or anything like that, do you? Do you get all the games? No, no, yelling and screaming?
No. No, no, I'm pretty chill out there. And my main sport. Fandom is football and baseball.
Okay. You know, I'm into basketball, but hockey I really don't get into, but I actually went to the Kings game the other night.
Okay. And we sat by the glass, and yeah, that was cool.
So you're not pounding on the glass? No, no, that's our buddy. Was that Moonvez? That's Moonvez. That's right on Johnson.
John Moonvez, yeah. It was his tickets. He's a glass pounder, right? Yeah, but I never saw that side of him. That's what hockey, I think, play off hockey.
You've never seen a lawyer pound the glass before? That's my entertainment. He's very calm, right? And then we're at this hockey, and that one moment, he's like, he pounds the glass. And I was like, looking at him different, you know.
Suddenly. But I guess now you know why you got your legal work done so well.
Now I know why I cashed in on Raymond. I love that. That's funny. What do you think of the Jets? Do you like their draft at all?
Do you think you were you locked in on that, or you're not really a draft Nick sort of thing? I'm not a a draft junkie. I I go to my kids and I say, How did we do? What did they think? They think okay.
They think okay. You know, there wasn't a quarterback, right? I know, but that's not. That wasn't going to happen this year. That's next.
No, I know. That's what I mean. But that's what we need, right? I can agree with that, although Gino's back. Gino's back, yeah, but they had Gino once, right?
And they blew that. That's right. My boys, you know, they're adults now. And You know, they want to be in the business, they don't know quite what. And so I told him, why don't you guys write a script?
And I'll commission it, I'll pay for it, and I'll try to produce it if I like it. And they did it. They wrote a script, the three boys, twins, and it's about. Two Jets podcast. They have a Jet podcast.
They're trying to get off the ground. It's all about what they know, it's about being lifelong. Die hard. Sad Jet fans and how it infiltrates their life. Is it a comedy?
Yeah, it's kind of a comedy.
Okay, yeah.
Well, I mean, that does say a lot. You know, Larry David obviously famously had a friend kill himself over the Jets on Curb Your Enthusiasm. You remember that episode? I think so. Yeah, yeah.
One of his friends just left a note, couldn't handle it anymore. My twins, when I remember, when they turned into Jet fans and they would put the suits on and watch the game, and we were watching a Monday night game, and and they would have little tantrums when they lost. And it was a Monday night game, and I could see they were winning, and I could see it turning around. The game was going to go bad. I could see it.
And I warned them: I said, guys. I don't want any shenanigans if they lose this game. Sure enough, they lose the game. This is at my house, and my wife is my house. And both of them.
They're about 15 now. Both of them hit the floor, face on the floor. Both of them spread out. I go, What did I tell you guys? What did I say about and they're not answering?
They're not answering. And I leave. I go, I can't be in here. I don't even want to yell at them. I leave.
I go do something. I come back 45 minutes later. And they're in the same position. I'm like, they can't be. I go, and I've noticed, and they fell asleep in that position.
Their jet shirts on, yeah. Face plant on the ground.
So they are really. The true You know, if the Jets could ever get it together and do it, I want to see that for them.
Well, face planting on the ground is a metaphor for something potentially with the entire team, right? That's the whole point. Did they make you aware on social media of a kid, like a teenage kid? I saw that kid. You did see him.
Outside the stadium. Yeah, we actually play it for a drop every single day. I hate this team. That's the kid all the time whenever we talk about the Jets. We hear that all the time.
Not giving up. And the thing about me was the sad irony of it is I became a fan right after 69, right after Joe Namath. That's when I became the a fan. And now you're waiting. Yeah.
Now you're waiting. I'm a little older than you.
So I'm not around. I was just. You weren't a fan then. I was not. I had no idea I was going to be afflicted.
I had no idea. But you know, and I did meet your sons many times. I think you brought them to NFL Network once, and I think you brought them here once upon a time as well. And then they also were part of a massive loss that I suffered last summer at the American Century Championship. Yeah, but listen, you're being hard on yourself.
Well, listen, I crushed it, if I may say so. I dream of moments like this. And I crushed it to the point where I thought there's no way I lose this thing. What song did you sing? I sang New York, New York, which is not my usual go-to.
I normally sing That's Life. I might go in that direction this summer. As a bounce back. You know, try to bounce back because you come up on stage right after me.
Well, first of all, you've got to set the stage. It's the people know what we're talking about. It's the Tahoe Golf Celebrity Golf Tournament. Oh, it's the American Century Championship. American Century Championship.
I want to make sure you're invited. I want to make sure I get invited. And it's all it's like about 85 players. All of them are mostly athletes. Yes.
Right. There's about 20 of us from the showbiz world. And they have a karaoke night. And it's not karaoke where you push a button. It's the band.
It's a great band. It's outdoors on a big stage. You pick a song, you don't, they just play any, they can play anything. You give them anything, a heads up, and they'll do it. Right, and the corporate people are all the fans watching outside.
And then they decide at the end By applause, who wins? And there's like a first, second, third place monetary prize. Yes, sir. Yes. A lot on the line, pride as well, you know, for me.
Right. And it's a vol, it's you don't have to, whoever wants to do it does it. Travis Kelsey has won two years in a row. Very popular man. Jason joined him this time around.
They did a very job. That was fun. See, not to take anything away from you. But when I tell the story, I don't say I took Rich Eisen down. I say I took the Kelsey Brothers down.
I understand that, and there's no offense. There's no offense taken. There's no offense taken. All I know is I thought it did a great job. You come up on the stage.
I literally handed you the microphone. Right. And you said to me, I got to follow that. And I thought, well, I got ready in the bag. And then your sons came up, what in their Yankee jerseys?
Yeah, well, what happened was. I don't sing. Listen to this voice. You don't want to hear this voice louder and more. But three years ago, they've been doing this every year.
And it's the same guys that go up: Travis Kelsey, Alfonso Ribeiro, who's very good. He's a ringer. He can't even sing. He's a singer. Yeah, he really sings.
And I thought to myself, you know, I love this tournament. I want to keep getting invited back. Yes. Maybe I should, let me play the game and get up there and do a karaoke, even though I can't sing. But, you know, be part of the entertainment.
So three years ago I did a Rocky Raccoon from the Beatles. A little bit obscure from the Beatles, you guys. It's a deep cut. It's a deep cut. Right.
But it doesn't take a lot of heavy lifting singing-wise.
Somewhere in the Black Mountain Hills of Dakota, they live the young boy named. It's almost talking. I got away with that. Didn't even come close to winning anything, of course. I wasn't expecting to.
Second year, I go, well.
Now, I mean, I remember Jay DeMarcus from Rascal Fettz. He texted me about a month before. He says, You got to do something now. They they really loved you, you know? I go, huh, okay.
So, and I always tell a joke or two before I start. You warm up the crowd. You're your own opening act.
Well, because I know how to tell a joke. I don't know how to sing. But then I did a Chicago song, Dialogue, because the guitarist is. He was. Right.
Dialogue's another obscure song, but it's two people singing.
So it's less work for me, too. I'm always trying to spare people in my voice.
So now of course now I don't I dug myself into this thing where now I got to do it every year. I'm like, what can I do? I don't expect to win anything. I don't even expect to. And I did lose yourself from MM.
Yes. Well, yeah. Lose yourself in the music.
So that's a chorus. But every year, one thing I left out was I have my twins help me. They did background for Rocky Raccoon. They did background for so I said, how can they help me here? And I'll say, let them do the chorus.
I'll do the rap part. You know, arms are sweaty, knees weak, vomit on a sweaty. But then when they come out, lose yourself in the music. And I didn't know that they were This gangster. You're raising gangsters.
But I told them you guys should wear the same shirt.
So they put the Yankee shirt on. And we did rehearse it in the afternoon. And when they came out to do lose yourself in a museum, they just brought it. And they're the ones that won me. And we won first place.
It was weird. It wasn't weird because I went from the high of saying, I got this thing. And then you come up and you're like, I got to follow that act. And I'm like, I got, I got Ray. And then your sons come out.
And as soon as it was over, I'm like, oh my. I don't know. But it's a fluke. It's over. I went from the high, like I was riding high in April, shot down in May.
But it's like, you know, over. But it's like one of those feel-good sports stories because if you have to pick one of the underdogs of all time to win a singing competition, it's me. You're the Buster Douglas. I'm Rudy. But it was, by the way, again, I don't want to.
Take a jab at you, but you You don't feel bad about the way you golfed in that tournament? Oh, pray.
Well, listen, I've been playing in this 20 years. I thought that was your first year. You told me now you did it 20 years ago. And I was so bad at that, I didn't get an invite for two decades. I thought I left so many divots in the ground that they weren't going to invite me.
Well, it wasn't. I bet they didn't even know you wanted to play. But.
What I thought was it was your first year. And anybody who comes to that, they don't realize how, first of all, how not difficult the course is, but the altitude and the walking and the fans. And like Colin Joes, when he came, he got clobbered also the first year, you know? Let me tell you something. I remember teeing off and I, because I've been, I actually practiced, which I don't do for my charity run, but I actually practiced and got some swings in.
And then. I my first T-shot, I thought I crushed it. And then I looked up and everyone's just like you know, hardly saying a word. I'm like, where to go? And they're like, pointed like fifteen yards in front of me right in the right right in the crap.
And I'm like, oh my God, I was so embarrassed. And I then I hit the next one right down the middle and I'm walking down the first fairway with Matt Ryan, who was in the group. And he looked at me, he goes, You feel your hands yet? And I'm like, no, not yet. And he goes, it took me the first year I did this.
It took me till the third T-box, so I could feel my hands. And I'm like, and you played in the Super Bowl. Like, how the hell am I supposed to do it? It's the same, yeah. You know?
Because it's not our thing. Golf, that's the beauty of golf. It's like the great equalizer, you know, because I can get. I could play listen, I'm not that I'm not good, but I couldn't beat one of these MVP all-star athletes on a hole. That's the great thing about golf.
But I've had those years too where it's just I'm I'm I'm Horrible. And then I've had some years at Tahoe where, hey, hey, this is pretty cool. But it's like that where on the first tea, you're like, Okay, the people are watching me and they're thinking, I wonder how good he is. And so that's the nervous. But once they know you suck, then all the nerves go away.
You're free. Yeah. You're free. The suck is free. You're free to suck.
Once you know, yeah. I love it. Can you stay one more segment? You got to get out of here? You can take your pills in the commercial break.
I will.
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I had no clue. I bragged to you, guys, that I know every capital. I memorized every capital of every country. On Earth. On Earth.
Yes. Um and you guys quizzed me on it and I ralled them off. And I I got them all right, so I thought. When I went home, I realized one of my wait a minute, that doesn't sound right. And sure enough, I looked it up.
I got one wrong, and you didn't call me on it. Wow.
So, Chris, you remember you went through the phone? I don't remember the golden paper. All right, so you want to do it again? I guess. But this time, if I'm wrong, you hit me.
You hit me.
Okay, I was just being a buzzer for the night. Just so we know. I don't have that register. Just so we know, I'm not claiming, I'm not bragging like I'm smart.
Okay. I'm the dumbest man who knows every capital in the world. We've established that. The bar is set very low. Yes.
Very good. All right, Chris, you have. Where do I start? I mean, I have a list here. I'm just going to pick it at random.
Okay. How about Senegal? The capital of Senegal. It's um Thou farm. Dakar.
Dakar. Okay. They're good enough. I get credit. Good enough.
I get credit. Enough? Yeah, you got five of the five letters, right? He's going to Africa, right?
Well, you know, just, you know, stepping out of the box. I'm warming up. High heat. High heat is the first pitch. How about Slovenia?
Yes, Slovenia. I don't know how to pronounce these.
Okay. But Slovenia is Eljubaljania. That's correct. Oh, that's correct. I wouldn't have known if you were right or wrong on that one.
I spelt L J, so I don't know. By the way, if somebody asked me what the capital of Slovenia was, I'd have said it exactly that way, just trying to fake my way through it. It's very well done. El Dubljania. Yeah.
Well, that's what's good, is that he knows the right answer.
Okay, good. How about Oman? Oh, mine is Muscat. That is correct.
Okay, that's three for three. Let's go five for five, and we'll call it a day. Let me keep going. Let me keep going. Yeah.
That's a good one. Let's see. I find a weird one. Yeah, I'm looking for it. How about.
How about Vanatoo? Vanatu. Oh, you know what he's picking? Like a small little island down by Fiji. The fact that you know what that is, or you're half the battle, most of the battle, but do you know what that is?
Damn it, man. That's funny. Uh Take a stab. Here we go. Want a foot tape?
Funafuté? Port Port Villa. Wait a wait a m huh? Port Pilville. Port Villa.
But just say yes or no, and then I would give you the second part.
Okay, give two more now. Vote it. That's a mull-to-mulligan. You got a mulligan, unlike the American Century Championship. Latvia.
Riga Okay. All right, we're back. We're back. We're back. Big finish.
Finish up strong. Bulgaria. Yeah, Bulgaria is Sofia. That's easy. That was an easy one to finish with.
All right, do you want a bonus one? Yeah, bonus. Do one of the weird island ones. One of the weird island ones. Do you know.
Don't say Staten Island. That's not cool. I shouldn't have asked for an island one. Those ones are hard. How about the Pitcarian Islands?
Is that a fit cairn? That's not considered a country. Not a considered country.
Okay, great. It's a British overseas territory. Right. Yeah, I shouldn't. He doesn't know British overseas territories.
Who the hell would? I shouldn't. That's my next one. How about Tokelau? Who?
How do you spell it? T-O-K-E-L-A-U No, that's not. If that's a country, it's a new one. They just screened it in five minutes. That happens, though.
That happens. Yeah. All right. There's like 196, 97, but it fluctuates because, you know, really?
Somebody could lose their country status. No, well, yeah. Then Sudan becomes, then all of a sudden there's a South Sudan. Yeah, some of them are territory. Yeah, yeah.
All right. Hold on. I'm trying to find one. I did this during.
Well, that's a terror uh during what? During COVID, like well, before COVID, I I I did this task, try to memorize every country just to just make sure I didn't have Alzheimer's. And my doctor said to me when he found out I knew him, he goes, It just means you don't have it now. That's all it means. I said, oh, well, you're a fear?
Does it make you feel better? You're a breath of fresh air. What about Papua New Guinea? Oh, that's a good one because that's a little freaky one. Port Moresby.
That's correct, ladies and gentlemen. That's the way to walk it off.
Well, by the way, it's not a freaky country. I don't want to anyone from Papua New Guinea watching. It's not a territory of anyone. There goes that Papua New Guinea fan base for you on Running Pupin. That's out the gate.
There it goes. Netflix is going to run against you. Ray Romano here on The Rich Eisen Show to wrap it up, everybody. Watch Running Point on Netflix right now. Thanks for listening to the Rich Eisen Show Podcast.
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