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Coming up, two-time Emmy Award winning actor Tony Hale. And now, it's Rich Eisen. Our number three of the Rich Eisen Show is on the air.

We're rocking and rolling, or in the case of our last guest, I'm a little bit rock and roll, he's a little bit country. That's a very old Donny and Marie reference that goes way over your head. Thank you, Mike.

Thanks for saying you know. You know what I love about you, Rich. And TJ knows he just wanted to knit it because he doesn't want to show his age. You always screw younger.

I love that about you. You remember the Donny and Marie Show, don't you, TJ? TJ, definitely. I do remember the Osmonds. You don't remember the Osmonds.

That guy over there, Chris doesn't even know what the hell we're talking about. They were like the Mormon version of the Jacksons, if you will. The Mormon version of the Jacksons.

Minus three, right? Or no, there were a lot of Osmonds. Donny and Marie were just the ones who got the TV show. Donny and Marie were kind of like Michael and Janet. Who had to tell the rest of the Osmonds you're not getting the show? Not quite Michael and Janet, but you know, their version.

You're not on. At any rate, Bobby Bones was just here. Great job, guys. Bruce Feldman and Bobby Bones in the same hour, one that we expected and one that just flew on in.

Literally and figuratively. I love it. I love it.

I love it. Great chat in the back with Tony Hale, and I can't wait to bring him out in advance of his show exclusively on Netflix, available for streaming right now, The Cameron, and it premiered a couple of weeks ago. And we'll chat with Tony Hale. Maybe we'll ask him what Olympic sport he would medal in, what sport he would medal in as well. So looking at synchronized swimming on E exclamation point right now.

So, yeah, you can't just say it's E. It's E. Sort of like, you know, I read it on Yahoo. Mike, why'd you switch it? We got water polo. Mike's on the bronze zone. Exactly. We don't go to the whatever- That's the problem. The bronze zone will never work with you, Mike, because if you're in charge of the remote, you know, like- Sometimes there we go. See, I went to something that- Sometimes this guy.

Sometimes there we go is a way to describe the bronze zone. I'm a hockey. I'm a hockey.

I think I said this four years ago when we talked about the Olympics, but you know what I would gold medal in if it were an Olympic competition? Okay. Sending GIFs as text messages.

I am one. I might be the best in the world at picking just the right GIF. For a text message.

For a text message. I am outstanding. That's all opinion.

That's opinion, man. Now, that's a judge-related- That would be a judge-related situation. I'm ready to go stand in front of the judges with it. We would- I'm telling you, I'm exceptional at that.

You'd be a gold medalist at that. Picking the right GIF. Picking the right song to go in an Instagram story, too.

Oh, okay. There's no one better than me. That I will give you. My knowledge of music runs so deep that I can pick- I give that to TJ.

Just the right thing. He does pick three other- And you would medal at being able- I would medal texting and having people just not want to text me. No, no, no, no. You would medal in having the- You're like the perfect archer of hitting the bullseye of the same number of likes on every single Instagram photo you post. Not anymore. It's like- What do you mean? Because you- You're not going to be able to see my likes anymore. You blocked the likes. Why?

See? Because you guys shamed me into doing it and now they're blocked by it. Well, because you bought followers, bro.

Like, what do you mean? I didn't buy followers. Yes, you did. No, I did not.

This is true. No, I did not. Okay, some people have been hanging on for some time. Let's go to Jordan in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Hey, Bucks County.

Here on the Rich housing show. Bucks County, PA. What's going on, Jordan? Hey, Chris, thanks for taking my call.

You got it. What's up, Chris, TJ, Mike. What's up, brother?

Hey. Bucks County. Bucks County. We're exactly in Bucks County, Jordan.

What's that? We're in Bucks County. Exactly. Right now, I'm living in Yardley.

Okay. So, right across the Delaware. That's East Coast. Yeah, East Coast. Oh, yeah.

That's North Philadelphia. Okay, very good. All right, Jordan, what do you want to talk about? So, I graduated from Penn State.

I got to see Saquon play live. That was amazing. Okay. Now, coming back to the Eagles.

Man, that's going to be exciting every week to see. Okay. For sure. I'm with you. And I want to play the win-loss game for the birds. All right.

All right. Boy, you got right in there. I mean, it's the home of NFL films, practically. Exactly. I mean, this is where John Fessenda did the news. Could you imagine turning on the TV?

It's a little cold in here. And now is Harry Callas with the sports. All right, here we go. Live, local, late-breaking. The Philadelphia Eagles win-loss game.

This is only the third I've got of these. By the way, one month from today. 30 days from today. One month from today. 30 days from today. All right.

This is the fourth total, I think. Packers in Brazil. What do you got? That's going to be a tough one. Viva birds. That's a win. Home for the Falcons on a Monday night. I think we take that one, too.

You're in New Orleans week three. That's a win. 3-0 at the Bucks.

I think we start hot and we keep going. That's a playoff loss. That's a playoff loss avenged. Coming off the bye week 4-0 home for Cleveland. I think that's a win also, Rich.

Oh, man. I guess would Quinon Mitchell be on Brandon Aiyuk? Something will happen? At the Giants, Saquon's back in MetLife. You know, I'm thinking of taking the training in MetLife, the caucus, to see that game.

300 yards from Saquon. That's a win. 6-0 at the Bengals.

That, I think, is going to be our first flip-off. I think Burrow gets us. Home for the Jaguars, 6-1. That's a win as well. 7-1 at the Cowboys.

I don't think they're all in. I think the Eagles are all in, so that's a win. 8-1 home for the Commanders on a Thursday night. That's a win too. 9-1 out here in Los Angeles at the Rams on a Sunday night. I think that's a loss. I think we flip up.

I think Cupp and Pukka give us the work. 9-2 at the Ravens. I think we're going to lose that one too. 9-3 home for the Panthers. That's a win.

10-3 home for the Steelers. That's a win as well. I don't care if it's Russ or Justin. So is that Joey Porter Jr. covers, Ayuk, in that one? No, no, wait a minute.

That's not who that is. I'm mixing up my team. Quinon on Ayuk there.

Okay. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-3 at the Commanders. I think that's a win as well. We're going to finish the year strong. 12-3 home for the Cowboys. I think we sweep the Cowboys easily this year.

Wow. Easily. 12-3 home for the G-Men. And depending on whether we need that last week or not, I'm still going to give a win, but we might be sitting. 14-3 Jordan and Bucks County, PA. I don't think they're being talked about enough. They were just in the Super Bowl two years ago. We had a flip up. Let's go, Birds.

Thanks very much. They were certainly talked quite a bit a lot in ESPN.com today. Yes, sir. Deep Dive.

It's Sirianni and Hertz had a quote unquote fractured relationship. Yeah. I like that. This is some story. Everybody seek that out.

I have not really read very much. I can't wait to Deep Dive as soon as we're done. I'll talk more about it tomorrow.

Look forward to that. That's a shit. That didn't sound like Seinfeld. Too bad. I hate it. I hate to hear of teams in my division getting in the training camp fights and and, you know, shattered relationships between the head coach and the quarterback while we stay all in.

I just wait. I hate to see these things start start bench, cut the other NFC East teams that I. OK, easy. I have all the teams I dislike. I like the Giants the most.

Wow. OK, so I'll start them and then I'll. This is in terms of who you like or what?

What's the what you mean? Let's just start much kind of like who you who you hate the least, I guess, because you hate all of them. I hate all of them, but I hate the Giants of all the teams I hate. I like the Giants the most.

That's because of what you've had two miracles in the Meadowlands against them. Is that what it is? No, you know what?

Quiet is kept. It's funny. Meryl Reese. Meryl Reese, the voice of the longtime voice of the Eagles, got the Rosella award at the Jacket Dinner this year, and he called both miracles in the Meadowlands. Yeah, I mean, that's the Passarchic handoff Jackson and the Deshaun Jackson punt return. That was the Jackson. So I'm like, it's a Giants start. And then I know it's Brents, the Washington football team, the Dirty Birds. Yeah, it calls him the Washington football team.

The same way that Michigan fans refer to the Buckeyes as Ohio. Steam up north. Dig them a little bit.

Pigeons. Guys, I've got a power rankings. Oh, come on, baby. I've got a power rankings.

Of what? It is the power rankings of quarterbacks you want to have with the game on the line. Oh, Dak number one. Let's go. Going into the 2024 season. You already know.

Hit it. Number two. Power rankings.

There are many like it, but this one is mine. Power rankings. All right. I've got a power rankings. I've got a power rankings of quarterbacks with the game on the line in 2024.

The guys you want. And it's a mixture of gut feel numbers, history, recent and long. OK, number 10 on the list is Jalen Hurts. Career game winning drives. Four of them came last year.

We're all remembering how it all felt went to crap. So those four were in the 11 games, right? Well, it came last year in Kansas City in the ring and at home against Buffalo. And when the Bills looked like they were trying to not man, they were looked like they were turning page and and and it all went downhill after that. They won just one game on Christmas against the Giants. But Jalen hurts four of his eight career game winning drives of last year.

And I just think that this year with Kellen Moore and hopefully the fractured, according to ESPN dot com, relationship between coach and quarterback, they're in a better place. I would take him as 10. Number nine. This guy's got 14 game winning drives already. It is tied for 14th most all time with Marcus Mariota. But that said, it's Justin Herbert. I'll take him with a game on the line. I kind of dig his abilities and I can only hope that whatever planta fascia that he's doing, the roll it, roll it out on a softball. Mike Del Tufo home remedy baseball rich guy.

I'm sorry, I should get it right. Rockwood's got one taking Justin Herbert here. Number eight on the list. Sixteen career game winning drives. Tied with Patrick Mahomes, by the way. Three last year he had, including the season opening win against Mahomes in Kansas City.

I'm going Jared Goff. Oh, wow. Are they at home in this game? Maybe so. But I you know what? I'm sick and tired of golf.

The golf slander. I'm sick and tired of it. The guy is the guy is better than ever before. And he's got the weapons.

And I love the OC. And again, in twenty twenty four game on the line. Who do you want to have out there? I'm taking golf eight overall on my list.

Here's thing number seven on the list is a newbie. But let me tell you what he showed last year. Three game winning drives. I'm putting C.J.

Stroud here. He showed some gumption, man, in some really tight situations when the throat was supposed to tighten. And I don't mean Tennessee.

I'm talking about what this guy is doing and expected to have done. I don't think he's he's going to be any normal second year player either. I'll take him. C.J. Stroud entering this season, I'll put him on a list. Number six, thirty one all time, which is fourth all time. Let's not forget what Aaron Rodgers can do. And I know he didn't do it in the playoffs, all this sort of stuff. Come on now. Come on now.

Neck up, step into the stepping up to the to the line and seeing what a defense is trying to do to confuse you and the pressure. You think he's going to feel pressure? No, no. He is got he's going to show up with a game on the line with a fury of a thousand Egyptian suns.

That's hot, baby. Number five on this list. I'm and this is out of the respect of winning his second MVP, because when you look at he's got 10 career comeback wins.

I'm putting Lamar here. Only one for you to have a comeback win last year because he played from ahead so much game winning drives. But only one fourth quarter comeback last year was required of him. And he did it against the Rams. Just go look at some of the throws. And it just didn't look like the Ravens day on defense from jump.

Right. But again, his ability to try and put a drive together completely soup to nuts game on the line. I don't want to say the jury's still out. I just need to see more evidence to get him any higher. But he's top five here because he's he's the MVP of the league reigning. And I'll put him there. Number four is Joe Burrow.

I still believe in a man. And and I say that because a lot of people think that he's injury prone and and and you forget what he can do with a game on the line. I believe seven career comeback wins. But just to two in the playoffs in 2021, the beating he took in Tennessee and came up with that game winning drive. And then at Kansas City, only active quarterback to say, I've beaten Patrick Mahomes in a playoff game. Joe Burrows for number three on my quarterback power rankings of quarterbacks to choose with a game on the line in 2024 is the current leader in game winning drives active in the National Football League. And his name is Matthew Stafford. I'm putting Stafford here, man. I'm putting a guy that came up with that game winning drive for the Super Bowl. I'm putting this guy who is just spotting dimes and throwing dimes, man. Forty four, that's seventh all time, but best in terms of active quarterbacks in the National Football League.

Side arm, no look. I don't know, man. I'm putting him three on this list. Number two on this list. Yeah, baby, I'm doing it. I don't care. People think he's overrated.

You're out of your friggin mind. Game on the line. Give me Josh Allen.

Give him to me. Nineteen career game winning drives, including four last year, would have been five if not for Chris Jones throwing his protection in his lap. This guy, I thought he had the Chiefs dead to rights, man. I thought he had him dead to rights and he had Shakir open in the end zone and when he's locked in and he is just avoiding the rush and he beat you with his arms and his legs and his heart. I know he sometimes does too damn much, and that's to his detriment sometimes.

But give me Josh Allen with a game on the line unless you can give me Patrick Mahomes. And you knew he'd be number one on the list. Do I even need to say, I mean, you don't even need to say it. Do you watch football? Yes, you know why he's number one. Patrick Mahomes, he's number one in every friggin metric, I think. His peers may think, you know, back in November, December, when most of his votes came in that it isn't, but he's number one quarterback of the game on the line.

That's my power rankings entering 2024 of all the quarterbacks out there at the game on the line. I know I'm missing a few. Yeah. You can only have 10. That's my power. I'm waiting for the one more.

He'll get handled when it gets handled. I can't put Dak there, brother. I can't do it in there. OK. But you put Herbert in there?

Yeah, I did. OK. That's interesting. Where's Tom Brady? He's not active. He's not. What do you mean? He's not active. How do you know?

I don't. Has he filed retirement papers? Not yet.

Dude, he's taking selfies at the Olympics. He's out. He's done.

He's going to start playing tomorrow. He's out. And be top five quarterback in the league.

And he's the greatest quarterback of all time. I'm not going to sit here and push back on your saying that. I'm just saying he's done. He's not walking through that door, pal. It's over. It's over.

Here, coach. Half the teams in the league would call him if they had a quarterback injury. They would. He would say no. I'm not saying no to that either. But he's not active.

And I'm not. I'm putting him on the list. If I gave you a list of all time quarterbacks you want with the game on the line, he'll be number one.

And there's no other. The only question is, where would you put Mahomes? Would you put him above Elway? Would you put him above?

Anybody in that regard? Game on the line. Elway's up there, man. Elway's definitely up there.

Seriously, though, serious question. No Brock Purdy? Not yet?

I did love what I saw out of him in the playoffs in the Super Bowl. But I mean, not yet. You got the guy he beat on the list. I understand that. I understand that.

I'm talking about experience as well. And I know that there's holes you can poke. I'm sure people are saying, where's Tua? Yeah. Yeah. But this is my list. I put Strout on the list. I put a second-year player on the list. No, Strout's nice.

Strout showed you stuff, man, last year. Jordan Love? I mean, who would you take off for Jordan Love? Hurts, Herbert, Goff, those are the ones at the bottom.

Rogers, I'm sure you'd take him off, right? Yeah. I'm sorry.

Okay. Too many playoff losses. Too many home playoff losses. Let's not forget. Can't wait. Let's not forget. Can't wait.

He won a Super Bowl 13 years ago. Let's not forget. I get it. Okay. All right, let's take a break. Mr. Tony Hale himself is here on the Rich Eisen Show. When we come back, we'll talk about his current show, the Decameron, and everything else.

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Call 1-800-GRAINGER, click Grainger.com, or just stop by one of their local branches. Back on our radio show, Tony Hale is here. He's in the Decameron on Netflix, wearing a wonderful wig. Wonderful wig. And the Italians told you that you should wear every single wig. Constantly. Where'd you shoot? Did you shoot this in Rome? In Rome. You were in Rome. I think we had dinner right before we left.

Right before. That's right. Yeah, for six months I was there. Six months in Rome. Yeah.

Boy, twist your arm, huh? It was beautiful. I went to like, man, just the Colosseum and the Forum. It's like you go there like it's Target. I did all these YouTube spirals of Roman Empire. It was just awesome.

It was awesome. It's like you're going to Target, so you get like t-shirts, is what you get. You can get a t-shirt outside of the Colosseum, actually.

You can. It's just a history. Like you're walking by a building that's 2,000 years old and there's like a McDonald's in the building.

Yeah. It's just like... Susie and I went to Rome on our honeymoon. She had been there before.

I'd never. And for some reason, I always thought that the ruins would be just in a museum behind glass. I know. And then you were like, oh, no, it's a living, breathing part of the actual city.

It really is so accessible. And sometimes you just... This is dark, but I just found myself like staring at like a stone thinking like, wow, how long has this been here? And then I started getting crazy. And who got killed to put it there?

I know. What sort of brutal moment happened when this stone was placed in? Yeah, but like you'd go to the Colosseum and they'd have a model of what it looked like before and just what it looks like now. And they just stripped it of its gold and all its metal and just the whole arc of the thing. It was just wild. And all the stuff that went down there. Nothing went down there, right? Crazy. Nothing went down there. Nothing to see here.

It's so peaceful. My friend, Clint, was excited I was coming on the show and he said that you guys all have his dream job. Is that right? He did not mention either. Who is this Clint of which you speak, Tony? It's strange. He really... He was already envious of you guys did not mention your name. No, he didn't mean that at all.

So I'm sorry about that. He could go either way. It could go either way. I don't know. It just didn't come up. Why does he think they'll have their dream job?

I don't know, man, but watch your back if he's ready. Which his name did not come up. It was strange. Isn't that interesting? It's called the other guy's show on the Roku channel. Isn't that interesting? Maybe there needs to be a new title.

It's the Roku Joe actor. So I know you were telling me about this before you did it, but I give you the floor on that to Cameron. What do you want people to know about this? Man, well, it was created by Kathleen Jordan and she wrote it during the pandemic as kind of a way to process all the anxiety and uncertainty we're going through. And it's a dark comedy about the black plague. And if you're thinking of kind of like Downton Abbey, this is a much darker Downton Abbey, but I'm kind of like the Carson.

I'm like the head of downstairs. And it's so quirky and fun and really sweet moments. It's just a beautiful story and just like a really hard time. And just kind of like the class systems and it's really a really fun watch.

And you play the steward of it. It's on Netflix. You guys heard of it? It's a little startup company. It's really, it's doing okay.

Available here on the Roku portal. I mean, not to nitpick, but isn't it totally goes without saying to call a comedy that takes place in the black plague, a dark comedy, doesn't that go without saying? You're absolutely right. It's light fare. Maybe I don't need that dark anymore.

I'm like this hilarious comedy in the black. Yeah. I should probably stop doing that.

Cause that's pretty obvious. Yeah. Like the dark for your future. Thank you.

Leaving you in a better spot than what you're finding. I don't know why you didn't mention your name. What's with Clint? Clint. Clint. Clint. You bastard. I apologize to Clint and I will have a talk.

I mean a call. Clint Rich really is good at what he does, contrary to popular belief. Oh man. So everybody check that out. Available on Netflix.

Oh, actually the notes I have here. It's called a satirical dramedy. Ah, dramedy. That's what I've got here.

That's what I was looking for. It's a dramedy. That's the word. Yeah. The drama part is the plague. Yes. And the surrounding satire is the comedy. It's the same.

It's like, you know, the quirky emasculated Tony Hale that steps into the scene. Oh my gosh. Yeah. It was really fun though. Fantastic. Really fun. Well, how did, how did Arrested Development wind up in your life? Tony Hale. How did that happen?

Man. When did that happen? I went, well, I was doing commercials in New York and it might be shocking, but my type in commercial was the guy who was not all there.

And that has continued for about 25 years. And then this casting director, Marcia Debonis, who cast commercials, she was also casting Arrested Development. And she, she saw the character Buster and thought, I know a guy who's checked out and not all there. And I came in and he, it was, he was described as a kind of a mama's boy man child. And I remember in the, in the description, it said that he massages, he likes to give people massages. And so they were in the scene, I'm giving a person massage and I'm rubbing my knees, but the camera stopped above my knees. And so you didn't really know what I was doing down there. And Mitch, Mitch Hurwitz said he saw it and went, what's happening? And I guess that piqued his interest. And he brought me in. Sold.

Sold. There's a guy who's checked out and I don't know what's going on down there. Thus Buster Bluth was born. Buster Bluth was born. And he was a panic stricken, sweet character who also had his hand eaten off by a seal.

He had a hard life, man. By the way, that is one of my favorite scenes in the history of Arrested Development. The doctor coming out of the emergency room. So good. And saying that you're going to be all right. Yeah. But did I tell you this story?

What is it? So it's 15, 15 years after that, I shot that scene. I was doing a podcast in front of an audience and I was telling people that that was my favorite scene. And I said that the doctor came out and said, he's going to be okay, but he's, his hand has been eaten off by a seal, ha ha ha. Somebody in the audience rose their hand and said, no, no, no. He said, he's going to be all right.

Meaning he just has a right arm. And it was 15 years after shooting that scene that I got the joke that an audience member told me the joke of a show that I was in. And this happens, this happens so often. I miss so many jokes. But that's the whole joke is that the doctor says you're going to be all right. All right, that I only have a right arm. And your family's like relieved and they're like, no, no, no, no. And the doctor, it's so funny. He's just like, that's odd because I wouldn't have taken it as well as you're taking it.

Like, what do you mean? No, he's lost his left hand. He's only going to be all right. 15 years after the show is when I got the joke. And another one of my favorite jokes, which I did get thankfully on the day, was when Tobias joins the Blue Man Group thinking it's a support group for depressed men. That is just great writing.

Mitch Hurwitz, man. Great writing. Which script did you get for Buster Bluth where you were like, okay, this may be a bridge too far, but I got it.

I'm going to get it. I don't know if there was, I just remember thinking the extremes they were putting. Well, I will say, I mean, I was definitely shocked about the hand coming off. I remember going up to Mitch and saying like, hey, I think I had an idea of like, what if Buster was on Dancing with the Stars or something? And he was like, yeah, I'm thinking about a seal biting off your hand. And I was like, okay, all right.

Cause that's, those are too, those are too far. I remember shooting scenes months before and there was little signs of like, I would cover alarm or somebody would say, arm off. And there's all these, I had a hand chair and all these arm to hands references.

And I'm like, what's going on with all the hand references cut to my hands cut off. And then the same doctor came out and said that, that it looks like you're dead or something like that. Looks like he's dead. It looks like he's dead.

And then, I mean, my gosh, it's so good. Jason Bateman was just so perfect. Jason Bateman is the perfect straight man where he's just like, I need to say like, are you saying he's dead? Or it just looks like he's dead. And the doctor says, no, it looks like he's dead.

He's alive. That's so good. And he had so much chaos around him, Jason Bateman, and just bounced off with that straight dry humor. That was just so good. Every time. So good. Who was the easiest to break up, that just crack up on the set?

I definitely broke a lot. Will and I, there's a blooper where I lose it with Will Arnett. I think Liza Minnelli was in the scene. And, well, Liza Minnelli played my girlfriend. And did I ever tell you the story she sang for us in the backseat of our car? No. I think I did.

Can I tell you that? So, yeah, she took my wife and I out for lunch, and I'm talking about her, anyway, we're just meeting. And I said, oh, what have you been up to? And she said, I just did this show at Radio City Music Hall. And I was like, oh, and I didn't know her music.

And I said, what songs did she sing? She was saying, she said, oh, there's one called Liza with a Z. And I was like, oh, she breaks out Liza with a Z in the backseat of my car. And she'd done it so many times that you could hear the orchestrate, she could hear it in her head.

And she'd go, Liza with a Z, ba-da-ba-ba-bam! And while she's just chain smoking in the backseat of my car, just lighten up. And I was like, hun, keep going. Just keep going.

Roll down the windows and let loose. Isn't that great? Wow. By the way, isn't that great? I would make her redo that and make it like her ringtone, right? Oh, man.

Every time she calls your phone. Yeah. And she actually, my brother, this is years ago when my brother had his third kid or maybe it was a second kid, I was with Liza and I said, Liza, my, my brother just, and she left him a voicemail congratulating, he's like, this is Liza, welcome, you know, congratulations.

And I think my brother deleted it or something, yes, and I was like, come on, man. What a rookie mistake. Rookie mistake.

Wow. So to this day, and I, you know. What a day that must've been when you go to work, we're like, we're going to give you a girlfriend. Who's playing her? Liza Vanelli.

Liza Vanelli. And that's, that was the thing about the show. You just roll with it. You're like, well, yeah, of course. I mean that, of course.

I mean. And she also did her own stunts. There was one time she did like a back somersault. Yeah. She did like a back somersault in her like, you know, black dance stretch pants. And we were just like, but then she just went through and she just popped up just ready to go.

Yeah. Full of life, man. So sweet. And the thing is when you're dealing with that kind of an iconic act, you know, talent, you're like, I don't know which way it's going to go. She was so lovely.

So kind. It was great. I don't know how you would even get through a scene. You and Will Arnett doing the dancing, what, at the funeral where you were dressed as, you were dressed in some sort of. Yeah. To the final countdown, right? Yeah. I think we were dressed in the final countdown.

Yeah. And then I fell in the grave. It's some sort of weird get up. The two of you were dancing. Weird get up. I was dressed as an army stripper. I think I was dressed as an army stripper or something like that.

How do you keep a straight face? Oh, I didn't. By the way, that's final countdown is one of the most popular like sports themes of all time when you're ready to get the tip off or ready to get going.

Do you know what? You'd be proud of me for I was, you know, I did Inside Out 2 this summer. By the way, congratulations.

Thank you so much. I just wanted to bring it back to me. No, I. As you play fear. Nobody plays fear like you, man. Thank you.

So there's the theme. But I was doing I need to be proud of me because I threw out two first pitches for the Texas Rangers and the Phillies. And I was obviously petrified. I was in character and I'm walking off the Texas Rangers field and I saw a guy who worked for the Rangers or something goes, well, it wasn't our worst. And I was like, man, is encouragement your middle name?

Because I don't need to hear that. Right after I did it, well, it wasn't our worst. What are you supposed to do with that? I didn't even know what I said. I was like, thanks.

OK, so I got second worst. Oh, my God. I know. But I I was thankful that you could stand in front of the mound. I heard you stand on the mound. It gets really wonky.

Yes. Because you if you stand on the mound, you feel like you have to throw it down and that's how you spike it. That's the problem.

That is the ultimate problem. I'm convinced there is a guy who went out before me, who threw it kind of poorly. And I think he might have worked for the team. And I'm wondering if he does that to show us, like, you know, hey, don't be like me that bad and that. And then he comes off and they tell them, well, that was our worst.

So maybe that's the guy that gets the worst. So funny. I know what we've been asking our guests recently. What Olympic sport do you think or what or what do you think you would meddle in? Like what would you I was thinking about this. And mine is feeling other people's feelings that aren't my responsibility. I think I can get to someone's trauma in a good 10 minutes. You could.

And it's not your response. And then we're the way to the feel it. And I would it would bother me. My wife says when we go to restaurants, she's like, you will know the issues of whoever is sitting next to us and not even focus on me. I'll be like, OK, they're breaking up. That's their first date.

That person had a rough day. Like it's like this weird it's I mean, it's codependency. It's like the poster child for codependency. But I have this thing. I'm like, yeah, I got it. So, guys, if you want to get 10 minutes, I can get there so you can get there and get to your trauma and wear it and then I'll be free. I'll be free therapy. Oh, you want to guess Mike's when I need 10 minutes. We're out of time.

Mike is like, we're not going there. Oh, my gosh. My sport would be to bounce tennis. Give me a second bounce at it. Oh, that's nice.

I would kill it. And you wonder if that second bounce just kind of gives you that freedom of like, oh, takes the pressure off. Yeah, I could get there. Yeah. You know what I mean?

Like I can get there. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Takes the pressure off. Yeah.

You know, I would meddle in that. I feel like I just got into pickleball like the rest of the world. Yes. And I feel like there's less pressure. Tennis folks, teams just take it really seriously.

Yeah. I think pickleball feels like there's less pressure because it's a smaller court. You think it kind of feels like ping pong standing up a little bit.

You know, it's just kind of like a nice it doesn't feel as serious. You know, wondering the other day, would we be able to get a single point off of any of these Olympic ping pong players? Oh, hell no. Not even a single point. I don't even see how those batters hit that. Those pitches like it is coming so no, I'm talking about the ping pong.

No, I know, I know, but it's like how just the kind of right, I don't know what the skill that it takes. I see some of them serve with the ping pong flat. Yeah. With the racket flat. Put like weird backspin on it. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

No, no idea. And then they immediately hit it as hard as they can. I'm wondering if it's the same rules in tennis, though, because I think I can get a point off of Carlos Alcaraz. I think one point. Yes. Yeah. By the way, that's your reaction is the general reaction I'm receiving from every other human being. I care a lot about you. I can't. I can't give you that. You can't get behind me.

I'm so sorry. But you watch those ping pong players. Yeah. There is like a dance that happens. Like there's a rhythm that they get into.

There is no question about it. The rule, though, in tennis is that if you hit your opponent on the fly with your serve, same thing in pickleball. Like hit their bodies? Yes. Yes. On the fly with a serve.

It's your point. I'm thinking if I get Alcaraz moving up, moving up, moving up, moving up, and then I take my one shot at glory while trying to hit him on the fly with a line drive serve. I've got him. My favorite, though, is the happiness you would feel when you did that. And then the return he would have back to you. I wouldn't want. All right. No, no, no.

I'd be all the way back. He can't get me. My wife is a big tennis player. You watch that guy is in credit. Yes. And I would not.

It would have to happen on a hard court because I don't want it on grass or clay where he can use a slide. I thought this is well thought out. OK. All right. You sure he's up for this?

All in here. OK. Got it. Got it, man. You know. Wow.

That's that's some demands. I know. I know. I know your friend Clint doesn't think of me very well.

But Clint is going to hear this and be like, Tony Hale, what the he's a huge fan. OK, good. Well, we're going to get thank you for those last two that addendum.

I appreciate that addendum task. What sketch sketches a film that you're a world premiere coming up? Yes. My buddy Seth Worley directed this movie that we've been trying to get made for seven years. Wow. And it's just it's going to the Toronto Film Festival. Hey. And we're so stoked. It's about a little girl who has her mom passed away and she starts drawing these really dark pictures and they come to life.

And it's just a beautiful, beautiful story. OK. Yeah. And that's making its world premiere in Toronto, which is next month, right?

Which is next month. Yeah. So you're going to Canada.

I'm going to Canada. Fantastic. I know they're excited. It's coming.

Well, yes. Tony Hale's come in with his first pitch ability and all that business. Look out, Blue Jays. He's coming. Oh, Lord. It's going to return on Netflix, available right here on Roku, the series premiered two weeks ago.

It's a satirical dramedy and it's available for streaming right now. Very good. Three time Emmy Award winner.

Tony Hale. Look at that wig. Look at that wig. I can't even tell that that's fake.

I can't even tell. That is really kind of you. That's very.

You know what? Really kind. That's my. That's just. The beard's real. The beard's totally real. Attaboy.

Fantastic. Is that beard? That is my beard. Look at that. That's a good look, too. It doesn't grow as much on top.

But beard works. Tell me. I know all about it. I know all about that.

Yeah. But you're very loved, Rich. Thank you. Very loved. At Mr. Tony Hale on Instagram.

Check him out right here on the Rich Eisen Show on Roku, where you can find the Cameron. Tony Hale, you're the best man. You are the best. All of you are the best.

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Shopify.com slash WestwoodOne. My favorite guests, and I'm not just saying that because you're sitting right here. I think you are. What are you on steroids or something? I am actually on steroids, Bryan Cranston.

It's flag flying in select theaters now. We're going to have to disqualify this show because of your steroid use. You know what? I thought about that before taking that steroid. Now wouldn't it be disheartening if you took the steroid and you had the best show ever. Then you'd go, oh my God, I have to take more steroids.

How can you go off the steroids? Since you and I last spoke here on the show, your Dodgers went to the World Series. There was that five hour game that went in. That was insane. It was insane. I am proud to say I stuck around to extra innings for that night.

I did see some people in this town, people that you would know, people that we have all seen on television. Call them out. I can't do it. Do it. I can't. You're on steroids. What the hell do you care?

I do have that as a fallback position. Do I not? But I would never do that to you. It is. My honor, I was on steroids at the time when I made that comment. When somebody from Arrested Development got up.

Yes. Oh, Jason Bateman, you've been had in your face, Jason. There's a lot of people. I'm disappointed. Will Arnett. Wow.

But it wasn't. It just amazes me seeing in Better Call Saul, the number of characters whose demise eventually is met because of your character. Who?

Me? I know. Exactly.

It is remarkable. I unfortunately have that association. If I spend any amount of time with someone, they end up dying surprisingly. So I would suggest you get life insurance. You want to protect your family and everything.

Everything you do that. Okay. Sorry. The great Bryan Cranston, all his appearances on our YouTube channel back here on the Rich Eisen Show radio network, sitting at the Rich Eisen Show desk, furnished by Grainger with supplies and solutions for every industry. Grainger has the right product for you.

Call clickgranger.com or just stop by. Are you as well versed in Arrested Development as I am? I'm not.

I'm not. You got to see it. One of the funniest shows of all time, hands down. And their comedy hit rate is right there with a modern family where every episode is just as funny as the previous and the next. And the cast is spectacular. You got to see it.

I've seen here and there. The whole thing. Soup to nuts. Oh, my gosh. Let's go to Dale in Pensacola, Florida, right here on the Rich Eisen Show. What's up, Dale?

He's up. Hello? Yes, Dale.

You're on, Dale. Hey, yes, sir. How y'all doing? What's going on? Not much.

Not much. Just want to call in. Heard you had Bobby Bones on earlier. We did indeed. The great Bobby Bones. He's one of our favorites here.

Good people. A few years ago, I actually got on his radio show, too. I called in, left the voicemail, and they called me back and had a whole segment about Tim McGraw. Oh, fantastic. That's great. Awesome. I figured it was an omen I'd call in here.

It only took me 140 calls to get through, though. Okay. Well, I'm glad that you got through to us. Very good.

What's on your mind? I was wanting to do a commanders win love game. Okay. Or a rest game.

Am I allowed to say a rest game on the show? No. The commanders, Dale. They're called the commanders. Are you ready to roll here?

When you are, I am. Okay, here we go. At the Buccaneers, what happens? At the Buccaneers, we're going to get a dub. Home for the Giants. We're going to win at home against the Giants.

At the Bengals on a Monday night. We lost. Two and one at the Cardinals. That's a win. Three and one home for the Browns. That's a win also. Four and one at the Ravens.

Oh, that's a loss. Battle of Beltway. We're going to lose that. Four and two home for the Panthers. We're going to win that one. Five and two home for the Bears. Oh, Bears rookie showdown.

We're going to take that dub, too. Six and two at the Giants. The Giants, they're going to get that at home.

That's a loss. Six and three home for the Steelers. My wife is a Steelers fan, so I'm going to say we're going to win that game, too. Uh-oh. Okay, I thought you'd go the other way around.

That honey-do list is going to get a little longer. Seven and three at the Eagles. We've been driving a creepy kid, so the Eagles are going to win. At the Thursday night at the Eagles. You know, I was going to say we're going to split the Eagles, but I heard the call earlier that they're going to sweep us, so I'm going to go, we're going to sweep them this year.

Okay. Eight and three home for the Cowboys. That's a loss at home. Eight and four home for the Titans. Titans are going to pull out a surprise win against us.

We're going to lose that. Whoa. Whoa. Wait a minute. How about that? Okay.

Okay. I'm a realist. Eight and five.

I'm a realist. Eight and one, two, three, four, five at the Saints. Oh, I'm going to that game.

I'm down here in Pensacola. I'm going to go to that one. We're winning that. Nine and five home for the Eagles. You said you're going to sweep, huh?

Oh, we're sweeping them. Ten and five home for the Falcons. Oh, Kurt Cousins back, back to Washington. Oh, we're going to take Kurt down. And 11 and five at the Cowboys. Oh yeah, we're going to split Cowboys. We're going to get the double on that one too.

Twelve and five. Oh, what is happening? Baby. Says Dale. It's a good season. It's going to be a good season. Jamie Daniels is going to come out there and hide it up.

Just like RG3 without the injuries. Okay. That's Dale in Pensacola, Florida.

Good luck, brother. Twelve and five. Home of the tribal chiefs. Gentlemen, Dale in Pensacola is, in fact, the first person in the months since the schedule came out and we played the win loss game, Dale in Pensacola, Florida is the first one to give the Tennessee Titans a win against his team, leaving the Patriots and the Panthers as the remaining teams to be winless in the win loss game by somebody else talking about their team versus them. Obviously, we've had Panther fans and Patriots fans give them wins in their versions of the win loss game. That's a first though. You could hear how shocked we were. I almost wrote the W down first. Muscle memory.

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My top. Tony Hale, man. I got my power rankings out today. Very happy about that. Also on today's show, Dan Quinn of the Washington Commanders.

I want to thank him, Bruce Feldman in studio, Bobby Bones showing up straight from the airport. Here it comes. Boom! What's going on? Breaking news.

According to Diana Rossini, the Pittsburgh Steelers are in communication, still negotiating with the 49ers for Brandon Iacocca. No deal is done. Okay.

Black and gold. Here we go. Not yet. Close.

Maybe. Okay. Excellent update as we go out the door that there's nothing going on. Exactly. Well, there's something going on, but nothing's resolved. There's something we don't know yet and we can't really talk about it yet. Okay.

So that'll be on Thursday's show where that'll probably still be the case. Former Navy Seal, Sean Ryan shares real stories from real people from all walks of life on the Sean Ryan Show. Tucker Carlson, what is it that you think that people gravitate towards? I'm not self-aware. I refuse to be self-aware.

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