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I will stop talking this way. We've got three hours to hang out on this Thursday program. Just had a very nice chat with Taran Killam in our green room, fresh back from the SNL 50th.
Cannot wait to ask him a million questions about all of that. He's also wearing his Rams gear, so we'll find out whose house it is. Rams house. Or Jimmy Garoppolo's. You know, I doubt that. Jackson Dart's house.
Oh my gosh. I highly doubt all that. We've got Trevor Sikkema of Pro Football Focus joining us. He's got a mock draft, and I'm holding it in my hands. And for the radio audience who might not see it, this is not a real draft. This is mock. Okay, he's just making it up. The real draft is coming up at the end of April.
So we've got some time, but we love talking about it, so we will. Eric Winter of ABC's The Rookie will be in studio now at number three. Very handsome man. A lot of people follow him on social media. He's a talented guy, and he's a diehard Los Angeles sports fan, which means he will come in red hot pissed off that Austin Reeves got ejected last night. That's how we start the NBA second half of the season. Austin Reeves fans denied by the officials last night.
And the Charlotte Hornets come back from double digits down to beat the Lakers. Oh, that's a shame. And so there's that to talk about as well. The polar bear just took a baseball off his face. Yeah, scary. And the Yankees have extended Aaron Boone, and we'll talk about all that on this program. And keep an eye on the news wires, if you will.
I've got a top five of the most fascinating storylines for the second half, if you will, quote unquote, of the NBA season that's still to come. 844-204-Rich. Number to dial on all of these fronts. Good to see you over there, Chris Brock. Hey, Rich.
Hey, Rich. Don't forget the four nations tonight. Oh, that's right.
USA, Canada. Let's go. That's right. Can't wait for that. As I mentioned, the NHL has cracked the code. They figured out what to do with their All-Star break and the finals tonight in Boston, Massachusetts.
TD Garden. That'll be a fun watch. Good to see you over there, Jay Felley.
How are you? How are you going to do that hockey? We're going to do that hockey later on tonight. And tomorrow, Al Michaels in studio for the entire third hour.
Love it. Because Saturday is the 45th anniversary of the Miracle on Ice. And Al's coming in. He is fired up to talk about four nations. I mean, hockey at its finest is what he texted me with multiple exclamation points. Oh, really?
Yes. That's going to be awesome. I'm a longtime King's season ticket holder. And we've got some surprises in store for Al when he comes in to stroll down Lake Placid memory lane tomorrow. Good to see you, TJ Jefferson. How are you? What's up, fellas?
Candles lit. Any chance we get Al to just take a small bite of broccoli? That is never going to happen. Like, as a matter of fact, don't say it anymore because he might not come now just for fear that we might actually be demanding such a thing.
The only green that will be around will be of the putting surface in front of you and whatever's in his wallet. That'll be on a lot of that on Friday's program. But let's get to today's. One week from today, I will be at the scouting combine. We will be watching players work out. And the combine begins one week from today. And my ear will be to the ground on all the rumors, the hot rumors, all of the things going on. And the number one story, I think, going into that combine and coming out of it will be what about this free agent class for quarterbacks and who will be in it?
We don't know who's going to be in it. Is Aaron Rodgers going to stick around to be in the free agent pool? Is there something up with Matthew Stafford and the Rams?
The answer is yes. He's not going to play for twenty two million dollars next year. The question is, what is the number that the Rams are willing to have him play for? And does does it include any guaranteed dollars beyond this year, which would then predicate the Rams and Stafford finishing out Stafford's career together?
Potentially. And how many guaranteed years will that be in if he doesn't hear those numbers? Does he dare force the situation prior to the new league year opening up? Because that's the only way Matthew Stafford is of significance in the free agency period is if he pulls a Miles Garrett, because he and the Rams don't see eye to eye already quickly enough. And the Rams may decide to move on from him earlier than expected, which is an M.O. of their front office with players.
Maybe even Cooper Cupp is that example this time around. But for me, the linchpin is Sam Darnold and my ear will be to the ear to the ground on Sam Darnold when I get to the combine. Because, as you know, I always report back what I hear of rumors.
I turn into an annual monger on that front. And I'm always accurate when it comes to Vikings quarterbacks, as last year. Number four on my list of rumors is that Plan B for the Vikings and quarterback, if Kirk Cousins doesn't return, it's Trey Lance.
So I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm very accurate. Just so everyone understands my my number one rumor involved that the Giants were done with Daniel Jones and number two is that the Cowboys sense of all in was to do nothing to their roster. And guess what?
I was right about those. Who wants Sam Darnold? Who's going to pay him?
What does he want? In terms of market value, does he lower the bar, which is 60 mil? Does anybody give him DAX number? Does anybody approach DAX number? Does anyone approach to his number?
Does anyone approach Jared Goffs or Trevor Lawrence's number with this guy? What does he want? What is he going to force? What will the market tell him he's worth? And who's the one to set that market?
These are the major questions. Are the Vikings involved? Do they dare even franchise tag him over the next few weeks? What does that read into their situation with JJ McCarthy? As you know, JJ came on the Tuesday of Super Bowl week and said he has been told essentially nothing.
Other than the fact that they love him and that he is part of their future. Is it now? Is he ready to have it now? He says he's ahead of schedule. What does Sam Darnold do is the most important question. And how does that fit into the draft? Because again, the teams that are looking for quarterbacks right now, you look at the top 10 of the NFL draft order and you see the Titans sitting at number one.
Are they in the market? Would Sam Darnold be the guy there? Could he be the guy there? Could they basically say, we're going to sign Sam Darnold? Sorry Will Levis, we're kind of done here. Or Sam is willing to come here for three years and we'll see if Will Levis can marinate. And Sam Darnold thrives in the Brian Callahan offense and they go ahead and draft Abdul Carter or Travis Hunter or sell the draft choice. Do the Cleveland Browns say, Sam, you're the guy here.
You come here. You know, you were the second quarterback taken in the draft. We were the ones who made you the second quarterback taken in the draft because we took Baker Mayfield first and we should have held on to him.
And look where we are now. How about you come in here, Sam? And then they go ahead and draft someone else. Unless the Titans and the Browns fall in love with Cam Ward or Shadore Sanders over the next few weeks and then they'll just draft one of those and the Giants are sitting there at three. Do the Giants just say, you know what? Cam Ward ain't it?
Shadore Sanders ain't it? Or we're not feeling it about wanting to trade up for him? So how would you like to come back to MetLife and be a giant, Sam Darnold?
You see where I'm going with all of this? Then the Raiders are sitting there at six. What does Tom Brady think? What does Chip Kelly think? What does Pete Carroll think?
Obviously not in that order. I'm just taking the Jets off the board. I just imagine that any number from the Jets front office has been blocked in Sam Darnold's phone for five years. You know what I mean? He's got that half moon do not disturb button hit.
All notifications from Florham Park, New Jersey are flushed into the nether world. I'll just say that. So Sam Darnold's the linchpin of all this, guys. I think. Is there anybody?
That's just the top 10. Is there any other team that you could think of that might be interested in Sam Darnold? And it would surprise you.
I don't see another one. I don't see Seattle swapping out Geno for Sam. Is it Pittsburgh? Could Pittsburgh go Sam Darnold? Could the Rams go Sam Darnold? That's the one for me that's the most interesting.
And I don't know why it wouldn't work. You've got the actual guy, Sean McVay. Kevin O'Connell, McVay, disciple. You've still got a lot of great players here. Young up and coming team. You swap out a 37 year old quarterback for a 27 year old quarterback. And I know I've been critical of Sam Darnold in the past, the way he finished this past season. But I think the blueprint is there for what makes him a successful quarterback.
Who better than Sean McVay? Well, I mean, it's their defense that also helped expose Sam Darnold to criticisms like the ones you have delivered. And so if there's anybody who knows how potentially unworkable Sam Darnold is, it's the Los Angeles Rams front office and coaching staff.
That said, they also know maybe how they could have attacked him and think they can coach him up to get better than that. I just can't imagine the way Stafford is slinging it. That the Rams would put themselves into this mosh pit. That if I'm in quarterback hungry mode, I want no part of it. There's no surefire thing here. And I understand that you can't always look for the surefire thing because two years ago, the surefire thing for the Jets was to get Aaron Rodgers. And they went from surefired to sure. Everyone's fired. And that's why you go with the guy you know. And Stafford is just absolutely at the top of his game. And I don't know how much he would want to change addresses and maybe he likes looking at the Pacific Ocean with his wife and his beautiful children.
And his beautiful children love looking at the Pacific Ocean too and living out here. I don't know what the internal personal is. I just would think that making it work over the next two to three years and, you know, grabbing hands and hoping that when they floor the car, there's no cliff in front of them. And there's nothing but roadway to another title together, which would put, I would think, everybody involved in the process in a Canton conversation one year. And so every team that I just mentioned about what would be great for for Darnold, would Stafford want to jump into any of those?
I don't know. This is where it would be great to stay where you are. Like with Stafford, would Pittsburgh be a better spot for him to go ahead and win a title? The Giants and the Browns and the Jets and the Raiders are all far behind, potentially light years behind what the Rams are building right now. Well, you can make the case. The team that played the Eagles the best in the playoffs was the Rams.
You don't have to make a case. They were. Period. In the snow. Coming back after Saquon ran all over him again. Yeah.
I mean, ball was in the air to potentially tie that. I mean, so the Rams are a perfect spot. Like if I'm Sam Darnold and you know the Vikings are moving on, I would tell my agents, can you get me to Los Angeles?
That's where I would be. And then, you know, after the Sam Domino falls and then what about Rogers and Russ and. Cousins, because I don't think the Falcons are going to have a 40 million dollar a year backup.
They can avoid it. And the 40 million dollar quarterback doesn't want to be a backup. Fascinating free agent class. And my ear will be to the ground to say the least one week from today when we're at the combine. And that's the royal we because you guys are going to be here as soon as you'll be in the chair.
You know, that's OK. You won't miss it. Hello. This thing on. What? OK. All right.
Hello. Eric Winter of ABC's The Rookie will be in studio in hour number three. We'll ask Trevor Sikkema what he thinks about all this. He's got some interesting comps for some of the players that are available in this year's draft. And that will be starring at the combine should they actually work out.
We hope they do it in a film network. But let's take a break. Diehard Rams fan and fresh back from New York City, where he was part of the 50th anniversary celebration of Saturday Night Live. Taron Killam is here. Whose house?
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Learn more at American Express dot com slash Amex Business. Back here on The Rich Eisen Show, all of us on the Roku channel radio audience will return. But also back on the program, one of our favorites, Taran Killam, back here on the program. Thank you for having me. Happy to be here. Thank you for having me.
I like the sort of old school, new school. Thank you. Thank you.
This is this is like Matthew Stafford during a two minute drill. All of my former Rams gear was on fire. Oh, gosh. So I lost my collection. You got to have fun.
You got to laugh. No, all good. Thank you.
We're OK. OK. But I do want to say a special shout out to Dan August of the Rams franchise. And and Carcs, I believe, was her name who dropped off two bags of Rams gear. That's awesome.
Two days later. The best of the best. That's my Rams.
That is taking care of fans and season ticket holder. And it meant a lot. Yeah. Oh, that's cool. Yeah, man.
Well, and so, yeah, I mean, I thought they were going to beat the Eagles. So close in the snow, too. Right. And I love and I love him so much. He's such a good runner. But literally, it's the it's the league of your league of their own. You're missing the cutoff, man. It's like, Byron, you're still dropping the ball against the Eagles.
That's something I'd like you to work on before next season. That's right. It happened in the first series in the regular season and at a very inopportune moment. Yes. After the Rams held defensively. Yeah.
On on Philly, right at midfield. Cold Miser was against us. But even with that, though, Taron, like even with one, we were one catch away. I know. I know. And I'll say for all all the the Stafford hullabaloo and like the breadcrumbs that Kelly Stafford, Matt's real agent is putting out there. You know, I have been arms crossed about Stafford for a while because I want it on the record that I never fell out of love with golf. Right.
I love golf. And he did so much good for us. But it's just undeniable what Stafford has done for the city. And there's just a different gear he has of pressures on. He always rises to the challenge.
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There does not seem to be any sort of defraying. Yeah. And he at the end of that game, if if they only had the protection up front, I think he would have he would have scored again in the snow. And when you look back at the playoffs and the Super Bowl, the team that came closest to derailing the Eagles were the Rams. Still with Saquon running all over us for the second time in a season. After Saquon ran and busted that one with a slap in his helmet in the snow running it in. I know. And Stafford now has busted ribs, which is like it's it's his Popeye's spinach is to have something broken internally.
And then he like that. And suddenly he's just he's just incredible. And I think I think from what I've witnessed as a superfan, he and McVeigh's connection feels like it's on a deeper level. And nobody, in my opinion, and I'm very biased, I know in the NFL has proven that they have a better, better instincts on underrated talent than the Rams franchise, especially McVeigh and Les Snead. And what they've done with Jared verse, with Brandon Fisk, Kobe Turner, like they're just finding young talent and FSU as our farm team. Right now, their top two prospects are offensive linesmen, which bodes well for keeping Stafford in L.A. and keeping him protected.
So, yeah, I'm hope I'm heartbroken. Cooper Cup was just also like, you know, MVP, a wide receiver, MVP, a triple crown winning MVP wide receiver. And that shouldn't be overlooked or forgotten. But Demarcus Robinson was just playing real good this season.
He was. And, you know, that famous game and F, marry, kill. That's what they can do to all the picks. Exactly. You know what I mean? Like they can F them and then they can marry them and they can kill with them. I mean, like that's what they're.
Yeah. That's what Les Snead has been doing and able to hand these guys off to the coaching staff. And yeah, that's why I think Stafford will just look over the landscape and if they can find that number. It's a big F where it's not going to. He he's got to see what's going on in this roster and know that whatever else he might try to force his way into to get the payday.
He he and his family are looking for if that's what it is. Well, Rams are also so good at restructuring. I mean, they did it with they did with Donald. They've done it, you know, over and over and over again. So that's what I'm hopeful for.
However, devil's advocate. Yes. You want to see what you want to see if they can find their puka at the QB position, right?
Like, don't you a little bit, don't you? Like, no, but nobody was saying puka pre draft. And now everybody's saying puka, you know. So if they can find that young talent QB, that's exciting, too. But it doesn't have to be this season.
That's the other thing I think could be you could draft that guy now and train exactly and have Stafford finish his career. That's the best of both worlds, without a doubt. Taryn Killam here on the Rich Eisen Show. Fresh back from Saturday Live's fiftieth anniversary celebration. Yes. I'll just give you the floor.
Sure. I almost did a bit where I just was like sunglasses on, hood up, still hungover. But I will say, you know, I'm forty two.
I don't I don't rebound as quickly as I once did. So I paced myself wisely and I'm glad I did because it was the best weekend. It was joyful. It was amazing. There were like everywhere you looked was a hero or, you know, or a peer that you loved. And, you know, everybody's talking about the fiftieth special, which was incredible and amazing.
I was very, very, very, very lucky to be a small part of it. But the Friday night concert at Radio City Music Hall, which was streaming on Peacock. They learned so many good lessons from the fortieth anniversary, I feel.
And by they, I mean like, you know, the brass at SNL and NBC. That concert was insane. Lauryn Hill and Wyclef came out like as a surprise guest.
The surviving members of Nirvana, led by Post Malone, performs Smells Like Teen Spirit. Cher in the bodysuit in front of a digital battleship saying turn back time. It was like it didn't stop. It kept building. It was amazing. And it felt like more so than the fortieth, the fortieth was like a celebration of success and stature. And this one to me, at least in my experience, was a celebration of the show itself. Like every cast member was there. Every writer was there seeing all the crew. You know, I think this was a last hurrah for a lot of people behind the scenes. Like an example is Betsy Torres, who's been the standards and practices representative for SNL for so many years. This was her final show. Was it really?
It was her last chance to say, you can't say douche rag on the air. You know, imagine that job. Imagine that job. Exactly. Exactly. She's going to be such a bummer at the breakfast table. You can't say cereal. Why?
I don't know. I miss my job. It was insane. I mean, I like like best, you know, I have I have so many pictures and like I posted a lot.
I posted a full story. And it's it's quite honestly, not even a third of the amazing moments I captured. Like, you know, the one that first comes to mind is, you know, Paul Simon started the show. Paul McCartney basically was the last musical performance. And to see those two Pauls talking to each other on the good night stage, just just absolutely legendary. It was just full of legends and it was full of SNL legends. Like the 40th, you had like your George Lucas's, which I was very excited about, your Baz Luhrmann's. But this one was I felt a shift towards. Let's recognize the people who made the show what it is, you know.
And from my perspective, sitting at home watching it with my kids, 16, 14 and 11. Yeah. When Paul Simon and Sabrina Carpenter came out.
Yes. You know, my wife and I were like Paul Simon and my kids were like, yes. And then to have the two of them have the conversation that they had, you know, that Sabrina Carpenter's like, you know, I wasn't alive.
Neither were my parents. Right. After Paul Simon's like, well, here's a song that I sang with George Harrison on the first SNL. And then Paul Simon looks at her and says, well, you know, hopefully your parents will enjoy hearing this for the first time.
Incredible, right? But that is the perfect mix of what this show has become over 50 years. And I'm a 55 year old guy and I don't remember life without SNL. I appreciate you saying that. And then here are my kids watching this sort of clip style, you know, in the 21st century. Understood. Yes. That's how they're because they're not staying up to watch it.
But it is still just as important to them. Yeah. And I found even with my own kids that the clips lead to curiosity, which leads to this would be fun to watch. What a novel thing to stay up till one in the morning watching, you know, the live taping. But it is the brilliance of Lorne, like of the many brilliant things he's accomplished. But he is just so savvy and discerning of keeping it relevant. Right. The relevancy then. And I just it's it's part of his genius.
And and I got to see him Friday night at the concert and shake his hand and thank him for letting me be a part of it. Yeah. It's it's yeah. There's there is nothing like it. There's nothing like it in the way it's produced. But now that it's achieved this milestone of 50 years of relevancy, there's there's nothing like SNL.
So Taron Killam here on the Rich Eyes and show. What was it like backstage as you're getting ready to do so fun? Well, as you as you know, I did get to play Pizza Rat in the New York musical, so we got it right there. You know, I'm putting on an oversized rat costume and talking with Ana Gasteyer and seeing Keenan, who I love so much.
And and talking to Tom Broker, the head of the wardrobe department, now producer on SNL. And it's just like it just was like repeated, repeated reunions filled with love and gratitude and nostalgia. And it was just amazing.
And and and maybe as a fan, my favorite thing was at the 40th. Eddie Murphy was a little Tim. He was a little like they're like, we could do Mr. Robinson's neighborhood. We could do Buckwheat.
We could do. And he was a little timid. And he's now hosted maybe twice since the 40th.
And I think he's like, oh, no, wait, this is fun. So to see him in Scared Straight, to see him in Black Jeopardy, to watch him live was like a thrill as an SNL fan and an alumni. It was it was awesome. It was just that you could just feel everybody go, let's jump back into the joy of what the show is, the best it can be. And I think that that was demonstrated in the special. The the idea of having Eddie Murphy play Tracy Morgan was next level. You know, it was next level. Was there a conversation with you and them about who you would play? Like, how did they land on pizza? I was really lucky. That's that's I think that's that's Mulaney's doing.
Who's just, you know, one of the best. I literally landed Thursday night to a text of like, are you willing to be a rat? For one line of the musical, I was like, of course, because I showed up very much ready to just be an attendee and sort of witness it. And it was wonderful. And probably my personal favorite experience was Saturday day is when they're doing the blocking for each sketch. And this was a beast of a show to produce. I mean, just well, and more than that is like how much talent was in each sketch. How many egos, how many individuals you're trying to serve within a single block sketch.
So they were so efficient. And in the downtime, it was me, Beck Bennett, Kyle Mooney, Alex Moffat and and James Austin Johnson. Sorry, I'm getting a call from oh, it's Lauren. He heard my compliment. I thank you for saying such nice things about me. I love you.
Boopsie horn. That's so weird. But it was just like generations hanging out, swapping war stories and getting to know each other and getting to show appreciation like that was just that was insane. And then in terms of like celebrity sightings for me in my second or third season, I in sort of a fever dream recreated Robin's call your girlfriend video in my hundred square foot office.
And that's gotten some good love online. And Robin performed at the Friday night concert and then was there for the show. And I got to I got a photo with her at the Plaza after party, which which I will say compared to the for the fortieth was madness. The fortieth was like Heim and Taylor Swift started the concert and then Prince finished it, which was insane. And this year there was still cool, like Eddie Vedder, Busta Rhymes was there at the post.
This is the Plaza party post show. It was still cool. But but but a lot of the focus was on, hey, we got to be a part of this.
How incredible. And I've either been a fan of yours or I loved working with you or I've enjoyed watching you since I left the show. And it was just a really good vibe. It was really, really fun. What time did you leave the party?
I was I am proud to say at forty two years old, sir, was still on my feet at five oh two a.m. when they turned the lights on. Wow. Look at that. They turn they turn and they turn like the usual like start time for a post SNL broadcast would start.
That party would start at like two a.m. Right. Yeah, exactly. Right.
Because the show ends at one a.m. Eastern. Normally, yes. Yes. Started even earlier. Yeah.
There's more time to fill before you get to five a.m. Not bad. It's me. I got a photo with me, Mike Myers, Tim, Tim Meadows, Vanessa Bayer and Eddie Vedder hanging out close, close, shutting down the plaza. Thank you very much. Thank you. I'll pick those names I dropped on the way out.
So, yeah, that photo. Can we come? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll send it to you. Send it to me. Yeah, yeah, of course I will. We'll put it in post. Yeah, exactly.
So, wow. Five oh two a.m. lights come on. Get out of the plaza. Michael Chay's there. I'm walking out with Tim Robinson and Zach Cannon and Chay's like, get in my car. He takes us to the after after at like five fifteen.
OK, where's the after after? A place formerly called Johnny Utah's, which was like the Saddle Ranch of New York. Yeah. You know, it's right by Radio City.
It's just south of Radio City. Now it is like a it's like a forest floral themed thing. And that's when the forty two kicked in. You have to go down a long flight of stairs and use the handrail. And I made it. And there's a they put a tree behind the bar.
That doesn't make any sense. So I turned right back around and I walked sixth have just soaking it all soaking in the city. You know, not quite yet. No, no. We're still in winter hours. Last time you've seen the sunrise overnight, like maybe an SNL party. Exactly right. Yeah.
Or the fortieth or something like that. Yeah, maybe. Maybe.
I know normally you don't want to be the last one at a party when the lights go on. Correct. You see any better there. You've got to be like, yeah. And he's like, hey, man, here's some guitar picks.
And it said, oh, yeah. Oh, wow. I never joke about guitar picks.
He knows about me. If there's one thing that's sacred to me, it's Eddie Vedder guitar picks. Yeah, man. It was it was madness. And just seeing, you know, people recognize each other and see each other, you know, and like Kevin Nealon and Chevy Chase hugging it out. And then Cherio Terry with Cecily Strong. Like it just was it was more so than the fortieth, which like I was I was more involved in the fortieth, like production wise. So I could really kind of stand back and soak it in. And it just was like a weekend of appreciation of of all things SNL. It is so great.
And to see Jack Nicholson there. Yeah. How about that? Wow. You know, that was stunning. He introduced he introduced Adam Sandler. That song, right? Yeah.
That's all right. But Sandler doing his thing like that and having Jack Nicholson, by the way, and a Yankee Kangol, which I greatly appreciate. I was very excited to see that. But, you know, honestly, I saw this. And this is just for you.
Jack Nicholson was wearing Wolverine's underwear. What? Sorry, I do joke about that. I do joke about that.
That's your guitar pick. Don't you dare. Like, wait a minute.
Like everything I like. Jack or what? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, gosh. Yeah.
Go blue. Those amazing Samba. I mean, I got a shout out Samberg, the Lonely Island guys. And if you're not listening to their podcast, it is a true joy. But Samberg on the Friday night concert at Radio City did a medley of all his hits. Vetter came out and did the Michael Bolton, Captain Jack Sparrow role. Wow.
It was incredible. Lady Gaga did Timberlake's DNA because I don't know what I can say here, even though I think I already said douche rag once. I like that you abbreviated box, though. Yeah, I don't know. I don't want to offend anybody. I don't want to offend. You know what I mean? It's early morning in a container once 10 a.m. happens. I'll be throwing a box out left and right. Man, you got me off. You got a sock sucker.
This guy was up at dawn on Monday morning. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was amazing. But Samberg, the medley was amazing. And then his video about anxiety. He just he's here, you know, Lonely Island, as beloved as they are, in my opinion, still don't get quite enough credit for restructuring the show. Like no one has had a structural impact on that show since its inception.
I really do believe that. And his anxiety video is just like a chef's kiss of kind of like acknowledging an elephant in the room, but doing it with love. And he did the same thing 10 years ago with with the breaking video.
I did a video on, you know, short about people who laugh on camera. And I just I just think the world of that guy. He's so smart. And yeah.
And that was that was one of my faves of the evening. Anybody you met for the first time from SNL history. Gosh, anybody that. Yeah. Who is my first.
There were lots. God. And of course, I'm blanking.
All right. Anybody that you met for the first time period that night that you're. Vetter.
Vetter was the first meet. That's a great. Yeah, it was a fever dream.
I'm actually thinking SNL wise. I think I'd met almost everybody. That was cool. That was cool.
Yeah. Well, it was it was new cast members that I hadn't gotten to share, like Sarah Sherman. I absolutely love. And she brings me joy whenever she's on camera. So getting to spend some good time with her was incredible. And as I said earlier, James Austin Johnson, we really got to kind of be so that's the S. Yep.
Shoot the yes. And he's just like, I mean, what a what a Swiss Army knife of talent that guy is. So those were really cool for me. But I was I was going like, well, Paul McCartney. No, I'd already met Paul McCartney. And he did say, hello. Good to see you doing some gigs around town. We're down at the Bowery two nights ago.
And all the young kids motion around and they're just blown out of the schools and they know every word. It was really fantastic thing. Yeah, I know, Paul.
That sounds cool. I mean, I watch you play this song two times in a row and weep in front of you. Is that OK? And he was OK with it. Oh, my gosh. You know, obviously, God rest his soul.
And Chris Farley, the Chris Farley, man. McCartney. Yes.
Just friends. Remember, and he sang in the end, the love you make. Is that true when you said the love you make is equal to.
Is that true? Awesome. Chris, I often find that the love you make explains it explains a song. I mean, that's awesome. So good. One of the first Norm was at the 40th. Norm was a big one for me at the 40th because I just I worship that guy. I just worship his confidence, his his joke structure. He just was always a favorite of mine. And so there was the loss of that.
And I was grateful to Sandler for kind of taking the time to call that out, too. Yeah. Yeah. It's yeah. It's it's 50 years, man. 50 years.
And it's just such an iconic touchstone of pop culture. Yeah. And for you to be a part of it. Congratulations on that.
Thanks, buddy. That's why you use the phrase an athlete would say no one can take that away from you. Yes. I don't know. Whatever the player says, no one can take this away from you. Like who's legitimately trying to remove the trophy? Well, that's one of my favorite Norm jokes from the SP.
Yeah, of course. Reggie, Reggie Bush. That's that's Heisman Trophy winner. Some nobody can take away from you unless you murder your wife and the waiter. It wasn't Reggie. Who is it?
Charles Woodson. Don't you ever take that away from you unless you kill your wife and a waiter. And then they showed everybody that I was in the junior did not. Oh, yeah, I was in the audience for that for that SP. And I met Norm the day before. Wow. And I will never forget it. I'd never met him before.
And I was awestruck and starstruck by him because he was the host of the SP. Yes. Yes. And and I just remember Stuart Scott and I were done with the rehearsal and we were leaving.
Part of Radio City Music Hall and out. He popped out of nowhere just to say hi to us. Yeah. And then ask us for gambling advice. He was he was like, hey, so I forget which board it was or which game it was. But I'm thinking of doing this tonight.
Should I do it? And we were both looked at each other like, is this really happening? And Norm liked action. He liked action.
He asked us for gambling advice. So fun. And then when he he he made that joke and it was absolutely a showstopper in many different ways. Yes.
You're right. Like Griffey wasn't happy. And and the thing, though, that really made ESPN management livid that night was when Will Ferrell came out as Harry Carey and said things that they thought they had removed from the prompter in the script. Oh, wow. He made fun of Elway's teeth.
Wow. And Ken Griffey Jr. And that I remember seeing an executive of ESPN that night. I swear we will never have Will Ferrell back two years later. Guess who was back?
Same executive. You know, my kids actually kind of love Elfer. It was a pretty good movie, actually. Pretty good. Will's welcome here.
And how about Will? Like, still as good as ever. He and Ana Gasteyer did the Bob and Bobby and Marty Culp at the concert. It destroyed.
It destroyed. And then him as Robert Goulet. Oh, so exciting.
That's huge for me. Yeah. And then him jumping in the Keenan sketch in The Scared Straight. So good. Again, I had to explain to my kids who Robert Goulet was and who Lawrence Welk was.
You know what I mean? But he was still locked in and it was as relevant to somebody their age as ever. They got the sense of the bigness and the awesomeness and the importance and the significance and the excitement at ages 16, 14 and 11 as I did. So cool.
You know, at a very young 55. They got to love Marcello. They got to love the Domingo sketch and love Marcello. They love all of it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's awesome.
How about Miley and Brittany Howard doing Sinead O'Connor? That's kind of cool. I had to explain that to them too. But hey, listen, it brought the family together in a way and I can't thank you enough for coming in here. It's always a joy.
Thank you for having me. That was a great three hours of television, man. It was. It was amazing. It really was. Like, I came in here Monday and said that I could not believe the amount of, like, I could sit there and tell you who wasn't there.
Right. I can tell you who was, you know. It was just amazing. Yeah, fortunately, like, you know, of those who would have been able to come, they couldn't make it. There were some heavy hitters missed with Dan and Bill and Dana, for sure. And you felt it and you felt it and you wished that for them.
But it was also better than the 40th, I would say, in terms of recognizing the alumni, you know, the depth of the bench, so to speak. Well, it was great. Thanks for coming in, Taron. Thank you, my friend. Let's do this again anytime, anytime. You're one of my favorites.
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Obviously they're having you back all the time now. But if you could just do it again. I have a lot of favorite ones. I love doing the Vincent Price specials. I love Vincent Price.
I love doing Keith Morrison, the Dateline guy. You could just read anything from him and it would just sound creepy. Right? I mean.
Yeah. He also said, he said something that was not this, but it was something like a guy, he says like, Your dad got shot in the face. I must have been one. Like it's so.
It's not right to laugh at it. He's like, I must have been one right in front of you. Where did Vincent Price come from?
I'm just a big Vincent Price fan. So you pitched it around the table? No, no. This guy, Matt Murray and I talked about it.
Right. And we decided to do it. And for Thanksgiving, it was like this weird Thanksgiving special.
I remember right before I came out to do it, Lauren Michaels goes, it was my third or fourth show. I was terrified. And he went, I like this, but why now? Why now do we do Vincent Price?
But but people seem to like it. And that one was fun. Keith Morrison was fun. Vinny Videcci, the Italian talk show host, was fun. What was that born out of? I was in line to see A.I., the movie A.I.
at the Man's Chinese. And there was a guy in front of us talking like that. And he was he was kind of lecherous Italian guy.
And he was hitting on these two, like, you know, 18 year old girls. And he was like, I buy you gelato, gelato, you want gelato? He's like, I want to buy you gelato.
No, no, no, no, no. We watch gelato and then we see robot boy. And so the whole movie, I was making my friends laugh, going like, oh, the little robot boy, it's Vinny.
She breaks him, he break. Teddy Bear, you don't like him no more. And I was just like, I don't want to see Vin. And I was just doing it the whole movie to make my two friends laugh. And then I was like, oh, I should probably. And then when I met manager and she was, well, can you do impressions? And I was like, no, I never really thought about doing impressions of famous people. And she goes, well, do you do a voice anything? I went, what is this guy, this Italian guy?
And she goes, OK, you work with that. And that became my audition. My audition was that guy doing impressions.
Yeah. So it was like Vinny Videcci, the Italian guy was auditioning for SNL. Thank you, Lauren. Oh, this is so amazing. And he was then he would do a bunch of impressions. Bill Hader's multiple appearances. Check it out here on our YouTube channel, youtube.com slash Rich Eisen show over the 10 years plus of this program. We've we've been fortunate to have a whole bunch of folks on talking about SNL. That was great, right? Yeah, that was great.
From someone who was there in the mix. Yeah. He said he was going to let's see if he's texted me the photograph. He said he was going to do that.
Oh, I mean, he just left three seconds. Here it is. Oh, yeah, I'll send it. Wow.
What a photograph at five or three in the morning. Jeez. All right.
Coming your way, Hoskins, we'll pump this on the air. Oh, man, we got bad news about Wimby. OK, that's not great. We'll get to that in a second. Why? Hold on. Hold on. Yeah, wait. Just hang on. I'm I'm waiting. I'm waiting. And I understand those are watching on the Roku channel like, well, I can't get to it now.
I think they can. I mean, it just happened. Back here on the Rich Eisen show radio network here on the Roku channel feed. I was going to use these two minutes to just revel about what we just heard from. Sorry. Yeah.
And I didn't mean to bring the vibe down. Buzzkill. Buzzkill. Yeah. Yeah. Breaking news from Chom's.
Wendy, Victor, women, Yama going to miss the rest of the season. Oh, I don't even ever heard of this before. Deep vein thrombosis in his right shoulder. What?
What I have to. Yeah, I don't know what that is. Imagine some type of shoulder injury, obviously.
But yeah, he's going to be out the rest of the year. Major bummer. Oh, OK. It's a condition where a blood clot forms in the deep vein, usually in the legs. Yeah. Yeah. That does sound like a leg thing. But so I guess up in the shoulders close to the heart.
Twenty year old has a deep vein thrombosis. I don't know. Just when we're going to see, you know, the Aaron Fox and Wimby and Chris Paul and Castle and. Yeah. So the Spurs just posted the condition was discovered when Wimby returned following the All-Star game. Expected the mystery of the season. The team provide updates as appropriate. Obviously, not a doctor, but I'm just reading the causes of this.
Yes. None of this seems to fit him. Prolonged inactivity. Obviously, no surgery or hospitalization.
No injury to the legs. Obesity, smoking. None of these. What the hell? Yeah.
Because usually, again, you need to be careful when you're flying on a plane. Yeah. That's when you're you know, that's when these things happen. I'm trying to remember. You remember?
Is this something similar to what Bruce? He had. Remember that something on a plane?
He had flying had a mini stroke, right? Something. Well, that's what you want to avoid. Right.
Oh, my God. Wimby done for the season. That is significant. The Spurs are just talking the basketball aspect of it. Spurs are what? They're they're 12th right now. They're on the outside looking into the plan right now.
But you hope you make a big deal. You trade for Darren Fox like this. You pair them with one of the obviously one of the best young players in the league. You're hoping you can make a run and sneak in and maybe get an upset or two in the playoffs. But, you know, that's pretty much over right now.
They were three and a half back of the play in. As the NBA picks back up tonight in full. Oh, my God. What a season.
You know, they lose Pop for the season. Still hasn't been back. Right.
And and then and now when Boniyama. Has deep vein thrombosis. He's 20, right? I'm not I'm not wrong and pegging that age. Well, he's very young. I mean, what the hell?
I mean, he's 21. It's saying here it can be, you know, dangerous, of course, treatable if caught early, which hopefully they have done. So and that is just an absolute stunner. To find that one out. Well, I can't catch a break. You know, I am, of course, not making light of this. I'm just putting something out.
The fact that Spurs have won Boniyama. He's going to miss the rest of the year. This obviously derails their playoff hopes.
Yes. Possibly could put them in the lottery. What if you have another situation like that was ninety seven, ninety eight when David Robinson goes out for a year flag and they get Tim Duncan? And now the Spurs, when he's out for a year, they could end up in the lottery and get Cooper flag.
Could you imagine what's happening again? You're going to have a minuscule chance at that. But I mean, obviously a chance.
Well, I mean, there are their odds will improve if they lose more games. But that's not why De'Aaron Fox went to San Antonio. Definitely not. That's not why they got him.
Definitely not. They got him to make a run now and, you know, get up to speed together as a unit now. So they hit the ground running next year. And what we wound up getting only a literal handful of games in which Fox played with one Boniyama. So but you're not wrong that if they they do wind up in that lottery, like, could you imagine it happening again?
Two percent milk chance of getting the number one overall pick and they wind up pairing Cooper flag with Fox, Boniyama and Fox. Yeah, I'm definitely a castle, you know, and so Shan and they got some really good young players. Yeah, they got they're really young.
But for the moment, sending our best to. Yeah, no doubt. Big Crown Vic.
Crown Vic. Right. I gosh.
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