Hour 1: The Masters Day 1 Reactions, plus Actress Olivia Munn In-Studio

0:00Rich Eisen:K-pop Demon Hunters, Saja Boys Breakfast Meal and Huntrix Meal have just dropped at McDonald's. They're calling this a battle for the fans. What do you say to that, Rumi? It's not a battle. So glad the Saja Boys could take breakfast and give our meal the rest of the day. It is an honor to share. No, it's our honor. It is our larger honor. No, really. Stop. You can really feel the respect in this battle. Pick a meal to pick a side. And participate in McDonald's while supplies last. It's Deck Days at Lowe's and the savings are stacked. Right now, pros get 15 % off all in-stock composite decking from top brands like Trex, TimberTech and Decorators.

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1:27Rich Eisen:Now, on with the show. This is The Rich Eisen Show. From his footprint, he looks like a big fella. Live from The Rich Eisen Show's studio in Los Angeles. Mendoza, let him sit down. No, let's be a leader. Throw him out there. The Rich Eisen Show. Let us see what he's got. Today's guests, actor Olivia Munn, NFL Network insider Tom Pelissero, former NFL general manager Mike Mayock. And now, it's Rich Eisen. All right, everybody. Hour number one of our final show of this week. In other words, it's a Friday show. Right here on the Rich Eisen Show is on the air, and we're on the air on ESPN2 today, as well as Disney Plus and ESPN, the app.

2:15Rich Eisen:That's our usual home between 12 and 3 Eastern time. We say hello to our ESPN radio audience, Sirius XM Channel 80 listeners as well. We're all over the place, and we're psyched to have you here on this Masters Friday on the program. Olivia Munn is in our green room. Your Friends and Neighbors airs Fridays on Apple TV. And it's an outstanding show. And I guess this is a perfect time to tell you, Chris Brockman, and you, Jay Feli, and also, TJ, I'll also let you know. I mean, since I'm here. That when you're not home, I'm robbing your house. Oh, my gosh. Oh, because you didn't initially, because you say I'm always at home.

2:56Rich Eisen:Well, I mean, I know when you're not home because people send up a flare. We were wondering if you're okay, you know. But, yeah, I'm in your house taking your belongings, rummaging through your things. Makes sense. Just like Jon Hamm. Got it. In that awesome show that you should all watch on Apple TV. My watch game is not that strong. Oh, is that right? Mine either. Rock window on the other hand? Okay. You've got a ping pong table. I have a good pen game if you've seen season two. It's interesting that I saw you've got a bag. You're heading out this weekend. I am. So I am. Right. I would be all over your spot if I wasn't leaving also.

3:37Rich Eisen:You know, I'm heading off to the East Coast. I planned that. Running my 40-yard dash on the campus of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital on Saturday and then going to host SportsCenter on midnight Sunday. Then we're going to be in New York next week. Fantastic. Good times. Good times all. But Olivia Munn is in our green room and we'll bring her out shortly. Talk about that again. Awesome. Show your friends and neighbors on Apple TV. New episode dropping, as the kids might say, tonight. And then Tom Pellicero in his usual spot, the NFL draft, right around the corner. And so Mike Mayock will be in our number three to give us his thoughts on his draft board as the D.C.'s fit.

4:15Rich Eisen:Meanwhile, it's the second round of the Masters going on, going down right now. You're wearing your Masters hat today, Chris. I am. Well, it's also just convenience because I literally have to take off as soon as the show ends. But yes. So what does that mean? So that's me. And I just went with the hat. Less, you know, less cleanup after the show. Oh, is that what it is? Well, I got wearing a hat so you don't have to take a wipe and just do this three times. It's literally just you really have to run. You can't do that while leaving for the airport. Well, you know, time is money, Rich. You get it.

4:46Rich Eisen:You know, I mean, sweaters. I don't mean to I don't mean to mess with your process. Thank you. So once again, I guess, do we get the music going here? We chose the the tune called Springtime Romance. That's great. Over some unfortunately titled song called Porpoise Mouth. The other choice yesterday. Fan favorite. All right. So hit the music, please. Chris Brockman, give us an update on what's going on in round two of the Masters to lead off our Friday show. Rich Eisen, the course is biting back today. Weather expected to be a factor. It's hot and it's dry down in Augusta. Sam Burns and Roy McIlroy still five under.

5:27Rich Eisen:You're leaders. They don't tee off for about another hour or so. Sam Burns in 30 minutes. Rory at 144. Okay, so then the back end of hour two is when Rory is going to step out on the course. Yeah, your low man on the course today, Tyrell Hatton, is three under through eight. Okay. That puts him at one under for the tournament. tournament uh scotty scheffler struggling today oh he's plus two all the way overall to even par plus two in the day okay through six right uh john rom uh a tough 78 to open the masters he's two under through eight today projected cut line of plus three he is one back of that so keep an eye on john rom today well keeping an eye on all the live golfers right um with dechambeau getting out there he's he's starting four over today right um and rom had a brutal day yesterday and everyone's talking about how the live golfers are um let's let's call it the way it is you can now turn the music down because i'm going to say the word soft which is what the music um yeah six six golfers in the field this year not a single one was under par uh john rom like i said 78 yesterday even though he's having a nice day so far.

6:43Rich Eisen:That's good. Charles Swartzel, a former winner, he was three over. Bubba Watson, two-time winner, he's four over. Bryson, obviously, with the triple on 11 yesterday, he finished four over. Had a weird interaction with a reporter after the round yesterday because, you know, he's got these special 3-D irons that he designed himself. And his trouble at Augusta in recent years has been with iron play. Yes. And it's just, Bryson, come on, bro. So he's like printing out his own clubs. Is that what's happening? He is designing and 3D printing his own golf clubs. Of course, he has to get those approved by the USGA and the Masters.

7:20Rich Eisen:But he does that. He follows all the steps. But yeah, iron play, but a huge issue for Bryson. And then taking issue with people asking him about it. Well, the issue again is, and having Alan Shipnuck on Wednesday talking about how the Live Tour is clearly a second-tier tour and that at the end of the day may not even be tour number two compared to how the PGA Tour has coalesced and moved forward. That is the way that they play, the tournament setup that they have, does it allow these guys to be as sharp as they can when it's time to compete like this, on this level, with four rounds, and we didn't see that in the early parts of the Live Tour existing.

8:15Rich Eisen:That wasn't an issue. And now the issue is, on this first day, front and center, about if these guys are tournament tested enough to show up at a spot like the Masters and perform? And Thursday, the answer was an emphatic no. And then Koepka, as you can see, he's the one that took the amnesty. And he's performing well so far in the first round and a half or round and a quarter for him at the Masters. Yeah, he was even yesterday, kind of an up and down round, but did manage to stay at level par, one under today through seven. But he's been grinding. He's been playing basically every week on tour this year, has performed well.

9:04Rich Eisen:The putter has kind of been the main issue for him, but he's been awesome off the tee, awesome approach. And, you know, you can see that because the last couple of years on Live, he was virtually uncompetitive. So there's no question, you know, where the most competitive reps come in the golf world that's on the PGA Tour. And you're seeing that play out, you know, despite, hey, hey, Bryson had won two live events coming in. Yeah, well, he shot four over yesterday. So what kind of reps has he really been getting? Yeah, Fred just had a drop on the famed 12th hole. He was one under today. I know.

9:34Rich Eisen:I know. He's trying to make that cut. Yeah, he had a terrible blow up at the end. He had a nine on 15. Jeez. And then, you know, a couple of bogeys thereafter to kind of, you know, he had a nice two under round going and then quickly went to plus six. Can I just, I'll say something here about the Masters and how it's so special in the fact that every other major in golf, as we know, goes from place to place to place to place. It rotates. And this is the only one that just stays put. It's the course. And the course itself is a star. and the way it looks the way it sounds is just pops off the screen makes you want to more than any other tournament go out and grab sticks and play golf which is exactly what you want right you want people to get more involved in the sport and and want to play and um any lead that you have is not safe and any deficit that you have is not uh out of the realm to overcome that's because the the setup of the course and it's just it's just amazing and and you just you know as a fan of it which hole is which and which hole has a history to it and which players have performed well on them and we're not yeah the iconic shots on each of those holes throughout the years yeah but for to me as this event keeps getting better and the improvement that it makes every year to its digital component the way that you can follow it and the app is amazing it's just maybe one of the best sports apps around it's awesome um and they're they're terrific at putting this event on and and just you know the azaleas in the foreground and things of that nature want you make you want to go they just started this thing too called the vault you can go back and find every shot that's ever been taken to a certain year but in master's history like 50 years and oh what was the second shot on 12 in 1980 you can watch all of those right it's incredible i'm and it's it's great so you're a fan you can follow it and if you're a fan that's following it you want to go to it and if you're you're there um you'll understand why i'm just saying what i'm about to say about what makes the masters great and this may be the greatest thing about it and i know i'm going to sound like somebody yelling at someone on their lawn but they they take everyone's cell phones away they take your phones away and if you have the temerity to actually bring it you better you better not take it yeah take a look at this photograph here what do you notice no one's on their phones everyone's looking at the player they're not also if they're not looking at the player taking a selfie or having a selfie video or living the moment through their phones nobody is doing that because the masters take your phones away i saw i don't know by the way on my phone scrolling okay no i saw this to make my point i'm talking about something i saw on my phone which is a 21st century thing for sure i get it um i saw has this shown up on any of your timelines an ai video of the 2026 version of friends have you seen this i've seen this a couple times over the last two days it is friends obviously ai and every scene that they're in whether it's in the coffee shop or they're in their apartment looking out the window at the naked guy across the way you remember all these scenes and friends they're in their apartments um you know joey and chandler are in their chairs every single shot they're on their phones 2026 friends they're not talking to each other they're not interacting with each other they're just sitting there scrolling to the music of the opening of friends and they're you know they're sitting you know on around that they're in the opening around that fountain on their phones.

14:04Rich Eisen:And it's amazing that again, the masters is able to utilize their exclusive nature of their event to tell the patrons, if you're coming, this is how it is. This is how it is. I've got friends, people who are telling me, you know, Hey, I'm going to the masters. Just congrats. They're like, but if you need me. I'm out. You can't get me. Right. Eight to ten hours. Yeah. Yeah.

14:39Rich Eisen:I'm incommunicado. And that's like a throwback, too. Again, I kind of wanted to say that. Even during the practice rounds, you're allowed to have a camera, but only on Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday. Because they don't want the shutter noise? Yeah, you can't even bring a camera to the round on Thursday, Friday, and over the weekend. I know people were kind of complaining golf purists about Jason Kelsey and Kevin Hart being at the par three. But the Masters is really kind of influencer-free, which is maybe the last place on earth that is such. But I mean, Kelsey going at the par three is just, what's the big deal?

15:18Rich Eisen:That one I didn't understand. So Kevin Hart has taken a swing. What is that? He was like Bryson's caddy, too. It's just like, who cares? Exactly. It's called buzz. It's called buzz. And I understand what I just said was I kind of like the throwback aspect of it. But still, it's the 21st century in this day and age. There is some relevancy and some some eyeballs that you do want to have on your broadcast. And if you if if if you pizzazz up the par three like that, who cares? Who cares? I'm kind of with you on that, too. But I do. Plus, if there's I will not stand for any Kelsey slander involving any Kelsey.

15:50Rich Eisen:You know, but those photographs that you see of all of these folks who are there at the Masters, they are not lost in their algorithms. They're lost in the player and they're not watching it through their phone and they're not. They're paying attention and they're seeing these moments and they're locked in. You know what? Oh, the roar of the masters, the echoes, a little bit less. You know why? Because somebody's on threads. That doesn't happen. I just kind of wanted to point that out. All right. Now the kids can come back on the lawn. 844-204-RICH, number to dial. Olivia Munn is in our green room, but we're about to end that.

16:44Rich Eisen:She's coming on out. We're going to talk about your friends and neighbors. and I go back in the day with Olivia Munn. So does this show. We'll be talking about all of that when we come back. The Rich Eisen Show Podcast.

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20:04Rich Eisen:Jay, do you want to come here with a professional microphone? I'll come fix it. This is great. So for those on the radio, listen, Olivia Munn is here. Our usual chair was not comfortable. It's a bit deep for a half-aging girl. I look taller than I am. People are always surprised. So what we've done is we've changed chairs on the fly. You can probably lower the seat a little bit. You can lower the seat. You can lower the seat a little, which is the thing on the right side. Right side. There we go. There we go. There you go. We're good. We've adjusted. Is that fine for you? I feel great. Yes. This is awesome.

20:43Thanks, guys.

20:44Rich Eisen:I'm not that comfortable. What are you? He's on his knees. Yeah, I'm on your knees. Slide him that chair over behind you. Yeah, slide the chair over. See, I'm one of those types. He was on his knees. I was just telling you. I've got to make everyone comfortable to make sure. And now you've got your chair. All right. We're all good. Okay. All right. Let's start from the scratch. We're back. All right. I'm so comfortable. I'll expose every secret of mine. This is just how this is it. Your friends and neighbors is on Apple TV. Season two, Olivia Munn is here. All nice and cozy and comfortable. I love it.

21:16Thank you so much.

21:17Rich Eisen:You know what? I want to make sure you're happy because you've been so kind to this show. Put up the photograph, Mike Hoskins. This was back in Super Bowl. Bye bye. We just did Super Bowl 60. And this is Super Bowl 47. in New Orleans. Look at us. That's when I was on the newsroom. That's right. I believe you were coming on NFL Network to promote the newsroom. Yeah, I know. It was an exciting Super Bowl. That was the night the lights went out. Yes. I was walking around. It was just such a cool night. I mean, that was one of those moments where you're just like, holy crap, the lights just went out in the middle of the Super Bowl.

21:59Rich Eisen:But that was 13 years ago. One of us looks exactly the same and it's not that guy. I think we both look like we're doing okay. We're doing all right. And then this show was born out of a podcast, which you were also kind enough. Come on. And back in the day, a year before that, it was like a little booth. Like there it is. Oh yeah. Oh, and that outfit I loved. I thought it was awesome. right. No, that sweater does look good. I mean, Oh no, I'm sorry. It's not my vibe anymore. Okay. But it was a go-to. Were you comfortable in that chair? It doesn't look like neither of us were very comfortable in our chairs in that little booth that we were in.

22:41At that time in my life, I probably wasn't confident enough to be like, can I get another chair? Although I didn't ask for another chair this time, but I wanted to just purchase.

22:49Rich Eisen:I did offer the chair. This time. Today. Yes, I know. It was very nice of you. It's all good. Yeah, I know. But I just remember we were talking back then as well about how, as always in my life, you'd known my wife before you and I had met. Because you worked at Fox Sports, correct? I was an intern at Fox Sports. Okay. The first or second year that it was even created. Yeah. And it was on the Fox lot. It was like, when you go in, it's probably still the— Yeah, the Pico Boulevard, right? Yeah, the right building. Right. And so I applied for an internship. Right. And I didn't get it. And I was told by somebody, just go to California.

23:31Just get there and call them and say, I've made it all the way here from Oklahoma. Can you just at least see me?

23:36Rich Eisen:Damn. Yeah. So I got in my car and I just drove all the way. I was in college at this point. And I drove there and I was staying with some cousins in Altadena. Right. And I said, I called and it was the woman who's in charge of all the internships. And I said, look, I drove all the way out here. Can you just give me a meeting? So she said, okay. And I went in and then she ended up hiring me to log hockey tape. Yes. It might've been the most, I was like, I don't know hockey. And I, and it was like, and following hockey is like this. I don't know where the puck is. I'm like, where is it? Yeah. That's why Fox made it glow.

24:12Oh yeah.

24:13Rich Eisen:You know, back in the day. That's right. But not from logging tape, not from logging tape, not the tape, the tape did not glow. So but then and at that same time, I also my job was also to bring coffee to different on air personalities. And so there would be coffee or whatever the person's like drink of choice was ordered in. And I would bring Susie her coffee. Yeah. And she was always very nice. Well, that's good to know. Yeah. Always very nice. She's a big coffee drinker. Yeah. And it's a bit of a coffee snob a little bit. So I'm sure that, you know, you got to get that right. When I really do that.

24:47Rich Eisen:That's I did. When I was there, I was like, at the time I wanted to be like, I didn't know a lot about sports, but the University of Oklahoma at that time, if you remember the Sooners were like in back to back championships with Josh Heifel at the helm. Right. Right. Sure. Like it just, it was like Bob Stoops, right. That whole era. Yeah. And so ESPN game day was there a lot and everybody was there. And so I wanted to be a journalist, but it was so difficult to get any internships at the news stations because like so many girls wanted to be in the news. The local stations you're talking about.

25:20The local stations where you could get the internships or work at the school paper. Right. So I was like, I'm going to pivot to sports because I think I'll have an easier shot because I might be the only girl like at that time, like applying. And sure enough, it worked. I was working at Sooners Illustrated, the magazine, and I got the job at the school paper and I got an internship at the CBS affiliate there. And so that was my goal. I was like, I want to be a sports journalist as well as an actor. I thought I could, you know, swing both. When I was at Fox sports, that's what I told them I wanted to do.

25:49And eventually they let me go out with like the pro summer league tour for the NBA, you know, when they, you know, making the draft. So I was able to go out and off, off camera, I do all of the interviews and stuff.

25:59Rich Eisen:No kidding. Yeah. Did you ever do sideline reporting? Did you ever do that? I did not. Did you, is that, is that something you were? Yeah, Melissa Stark was a big, like, inspiration. I really wanted to, yeah. I really wanted to do that. I thought that at the time I could do college football sideline reporting and then in the offseason be on General Hospital. That was my goal. That was, like, the ultimate goal. I think there's still time. I mean, neither have asked me to do the job. But I really did. I was, like, I really was so excited when they offered me to do the Pro Summer League Tour. But GH, that was the initial goal?