Hour 2: Steelers DT Cam Heyward, plus Hank Azaria In-Studio

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23:58Rich Eisen:Back on ESPN Radio presented by Progressive Insurance. Everybody, Hank Azaria and the E Street Band, a labor of love. EZ Street Band. Pardon me, the EZ Street Band. I'm not the E Street Band. That's the real boss. My bad. Hank Azaria and the EZ Street Band. A labor of love for you, Hank. A lifelong Springsteen fan. And also Brockmire is now on Netflix. Everybody check out Brockmire. Because only you three guys have seen it. So hopefully we'll get a fourth, fifth, and sixth view. That is not true. It's kind of true. And The Artist, the final three episodes of The Artist will release on Christmas, available for free on thenetwork.stream.

24:40Rich Eisen:Hank Azaria is here on the program. It's so great to see you, brother. You too. This is good times. So Pete Alonso is an Oriole. What is happening? Edwin Diaz is a Dodger. Pete Alonso is an Oriole. That's what's happening. An Oriole. What's going on? What's going on with your... I think David Stern seems like he wants to do what he did with Milwaukee, which is sort of young. His own young guys seems to be what he wants to do. So we'll see. I don't know. We lost Nimmo, too. and I kind of loved him. To me, he was like Roy Hobbs. He wore number nine. He was always with the kids and always had time for everyone.

25:19He was the nicest guy ever.

25:20Rich Eisen:He was on a train barnstorming tour striking out the whammer as well. Did he do that? Barbara Hershey shot him. Wow, it's great. The analogies are really eerie. That's unbelievable. Unbelievable, yeah. I didn't know that about Nimmo at all. Yeah, Barbara Hershey shot him. she better not get away with it okay i didn't know that about that okay yeah um and soto uh as a yankee fan i was really enjoying the first two months of the season quite yeah i really knew that wasn't gonna stay that way uh did i he milked it for all it was he was every day i just was like for the love of money it was salty though because he was just mad the mercenary of all mercenaries there's no bigger mercenary in the history of mercenaries rich doesn't like people to see people get paid, apparently.

26:03Rich Eisen:What does that mean? Because you were mad at him for leaving you. Yeah. I can't get any sympathy from this Mets at all. You know what's amazing is, when it came down to one game, you think about it, baseball always does that. And the Marlins, you always knew it would become down to the Marlins. You knew going in. You sound like Joe Bonino over here, but you know it was done. You know it was finished. It was finished with the Marlins. You knew you were done. But you did. I was like, no way. It happened. Used to be the Braves back in the day, but now it's the Marlins. I know. Chipper Jones. I curse his name.

26:38Rich Eisen:I know. Son is named Shea. How about that? That is so disrespectful. It's so brutal. That's how well he hit. That's how well he hit. And that's why he did it. Oh, my God. It's kind of funny. That's great. Really funny. And how many Knicks games have you been attending? I haven't been to one yet. Why? Because of your band? Some of the band. I wrote a one-man show. I'll be putting up off-Broadway next year. What's that? I don't have a title yet. Okay. It might be called Listen, Nevermind, because that's what my mother said a lot. It was Listen, Nevermind. That was a dismissive catchphrase. All in one breath?

27:19Yeah, it was like, you know, if you say, you know, Mom, I'm not hungry. I'm not that hungry. Listen, Nevermind. There's some people starving in the world. Some didn't make any sense. Right. either like um no i'm thinking about twisting my ankle listen never mind it's almost yom kippur

27:35Rich Eisen:didn't make any sense certainly when it was like december you know what i mean like it's not even around yom kippur it just was don't bother me with this uh so it's it's it's about your your about my life about my upbringing about all kinds of serious and not serious things okay all right so that's what you've been doing i've been working on that we did our big reading of it, you know, where you have producers and theaters and backers come see it. Okay. So I'm working on that very hard lately. So you're going to trod the boards? I am going to trod the boards. You're going to go do that once again?

28:04Go trod the boards? Yes, a triumph! It should be a triumph.

28:08Rich Eisen:And the band, how is the band doing, man? The band is great. We got Bruce's seal of approval. Did you hear about that? Did you? Because I've always been wondering about that. Well, I shouldn't claim that. Nobody sue me. Please. Now there may, just so you're where there may or may not have been over certain poker nights in recent months an opportunity that was endeavored to create through chat gpt a cease and desist letter from bruce springsteen to be sent to you too late you missed that window because uh that would have been hilarious that was you know it was like how do we do it what do we do we try to get we try to get some of the lawyers at the game to maybe use their letterhead.

28:51Rich Eisen:We thought that might be a dead giveaway, but he has, he has given a, a, well informally we, we, uh, my son, Hal, but he's school. His dad is a really like the best oral surgeon in New York sky, Jason Deweger and a great guy, big Jets, Mets, Knicks fan as well. And, uh, one day I get, uh, uh, he's a big Springsteen fan and he's come to see a few of our shows. I get a video from him on the text, and it's him at the office. Why is Jason sending me videos of himself from his dentist office? You're a fan of oral surgery? Yeah, no, exactly. And it pans over. It's like, hey, Hank, where are you? And then it's like, Hank, it's Bruce Springsteen.

29:35I have a terrible toothache. But while I have a terrible toothache, I was fabulously entertained by your version of Proven All Night, which I must say, you do a pretty good job of it. And that band is fantastic. So, okay. I cried silently to myself for about three days. It's done. And that is it for me in show business. Okay, so now that is. That's awesome.

30:00Rich Eisen:That could be used potentially if necessary. You know, to sue me? No, no, no. As protection for you can keep. But I'll at least know you guys. Because you guys. Damn it, I ruined it too. If nothing else. But that's pretty cool, brother. I really actually was. I saw the story you told on Seth Meyers' show about the number of times that you have fanboyed Bruce and completely embarrassed yourself. And I thought about how I've done the same with Don Mattingly multiple times. Have you really? Oh, yeah. Multiple times. Just thinking in your head. You said that you had this whole soliloquy that you were going to say to Bruce when you met him.

30:39Rich Eisen:And out came. What did you say? Well, I said it. But it came out like this. You know, Bruce, your music went so much to me, not just your music, but the talks you would give in concerts actually inspired me to be a creative person. I don't think I'd be talking to you backstage at the Schubert Theater if not for you, which is what I said in my mind. What came out was, Bruce, your music. I was a kid, and now I'll sell, and I would be talking to you at the Schubert Theater. Sounded like a goose on acid. And then the second time, I knew not to do that, and I was prepared. And I did it again. I did it again.

31:17High register. Yeah, no, I went up the octaves. You talk about the voice going up.

31:22Rich Eisen:Yes, the high register. You've got to do that to say what you believe. You've got to do that to believe what you're saying. But, yeah, Mattingly, the first time I met him was in college when I drove all the way to Tiger Stadium. And that was when Steinbrenner was threatening to not sign him because he told him to cut his hair. And he's got a free agency approaching. and I was afraid he was going to leave. So I drove down and got to be the first one at the stadium, literally when they unlocked the chain-link fences of the old Tiger Stadium, was the first one belly up to the Yankee dugout. So I could tell him, you know, on behalf of all Yankee fans, don't go.

31:58Rich Eisen:I'm a real Yankee fan. I'm speaking for everybody. Don't worry. We're going to get through this. And all that came out as soon as he came up was, Donnie Batesville, woo! That was it. Woo! And then I did see him years later when I was, the reporter, sideline reporter, doing great journalistic work for the Major League Baseball All-Star Game Celebrity Softball broadcast on ESPN in Seattle in the year 2000. We could forget that Celebrity Softball contest. I kind of remember it. He was there as an honorary captain and he told me that he had seen me now on ESPN and he was a fan of my work and i'm like wow that's unbelievable thank you for saying that and he goes so nice to meet you and i'm like well we have met before and i told him that story and creeped him out again yeah you see you don't it just don't do it no i did it to nomar on a plane once that's right you did that yeah the only thing that came out was we have the same birthday and he's like cool what else could he say yeah i don't know yeah i've done it a few times Hank Azaria and the E Street.

33:09Rich Eisen:EZ Street. Hank Azaria and the EZ Street Band. I'm sorry. It's just I'm used to it. That was quite all right. Visit EZStreetNYC.com for tickets. You're going to, on December 27th, Crested Butte, Colorado. That was your nickname in high school? Was it? Crested Butte, yeah. You're known as Hank Crested Butte's area? Well, it's part of my anatomy that was Donned, Crested Butte. And then Aspen. Aspen the next day. We'll be at Sony Hall in Manhattan here January 11th. Awesome. So those here in New York, we're on ESPN radio here in New York. So make sure January 11th, ezstreetnyc.com for tickets there.

33:49Rich Eisen:Brockmire on Netflix, bro. I'm so excited for you. I know. That is pretty cool. I know. Is Brockmire coming back in any way, shape, or form? In any way, shape, or form? I occasionally, you know, photobomb Dan Levitard. But not really, no. I don't think so. Photobombing Levitard. Pretty good. Is that a band name or what is that? Photobombing Levitard. That's the title of my memoir. Photobombing Levitard. Who's got Clemenza? Where's Clemenza these days? Clemenza's passed away. Oh, gosh. I don't know if you're up for doing this. The whole thing's a deep cut. Hopefully you're up for doing this. I haven't cleared it with you.

34:32Rich Eisen:We always have some fun. We always have some fun. I'd love for you to we printed out some famous rants, coaches rants player rants if you wouldn't mind reading them in a voice that you are famous for doing, we have the famous Mike Gundy, I'm a man, I'm 40 rant, would you mind reading that as Mo Hank's area, I don't think I've ever heard this one you've never heard Mike Gundy he was screaming at reporters who are talking about one of his players, right? Criticizing one of his quarterback, who's young, and he basically is like, you know, these are kids. Don't do this to you. Oh, I did see this. Come after me.

35:15Rich Eisen:This was a few years ago. Oh, this is a long time ago. This is a classic. I just figured that this, we figured that the Mike Gundy rant as Mo might actually work for you. Sure, why not? They're richizing. Okay, thank you. Yeah, this lends itself. This is actually pretty calm for Mo. This is Mo happy. All right, so Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State, he wasn't happy with the local media. You kidding me? Where are we at in society today? Come after me. I'm a man. I'm 40. I'm not a kid. Write something about me or our coaches. Don't write about a kid that does everything right, that's heart's broken, and then said that the coaches said he was scared.

35:59That ain't true. So get your facts straight. That's all I got to say. It makes me want to puke.

36:09Rich Eisen:All right, we got two more. Two more? Yes. Save something. The Dennis Green. I thought it was a marathon. I thought it was a sprint. Has Mo ever sprinted? Two more. The famed Dennis Green, we are who we think the Bears are. That one's burned into my soul. Chief Wiggum. We thought Chief Wiggum would be good for that one, if you don't mind, Hank. Right there. Yeah, Dennis Green. She was with the Cardinals and lots of the Bears on Monday night. And back in 06, Cardinals have been up by 20 at the end of the third quarter. So that made Dennis Green say, the Bears are what we thought they were. They're what we thought they were.

36:48We played them in preseason. What is that? I don't know if we're doing anything. We played them in the third game. Everybody played three quarters. The Bears are who we thought they were. And that's why we took the damn field. Now, if you want to crown them, then crown their ass. But they are who we thought they were. And we let them off the hook. I think the main point of that was they are who we thought they were. Boy, you know, you look back at that, it makes even less sense than at the time. What the hell was he talking about? They are who we thought they were. Well, I remember at the time that, yeah, we were all wondering, are they that good?

37:26And so they were that season.

37:28Rich Eisen:I got one last one for you, Hank, and it's your choice. You choose who should do the Allen Iverson practice rant. Anybody? I think it should be – well, it's tough to choose. You know, these are all – these are people snapping off and losing it right after the game. You know, which I can – as you know, I'm the guy at our poker game who called everybody a bunch of donkeys. Yes, you did. In an absolute fury. And the name of my fantasy team to this day is you donkeys. Doesn't Grant also have one based on this game or something? It was. I think he's now Hank's ghost because you've left the league 12 years ago.

38:08Rich Eisen:Could be. Why was the donkey phrase uttered? What happened? Because we're the donkeys. You couldn't believe he was losing to us. Donkey is a poker term for bad poker. Right, right. Okay. So one point. Go ahead. Without any irony or humor, I was so angry at having lost. Because you were really reading books and you were researching and you were locked into it. And here comes. I was at a little bit of a stressful point in my life. And I was over, I was playing too much poker and getting too obsessed about it. And I was losing like crazy. I was playing in a much higher stakes game that I was losing in that too.

38:42But at least that felt like I should. And then I was playing in our game and I was so furious after a beat that I just was like, I can't believe I'm losing in this game. To you donkeys. This game. You said that to us. You did? These are my friends. All sitting there like this, like this.

39:04Trying not to laugh, because they knew that would be super infuriating. And feeling bad for me, but also like, what? So look, I very deservedly show. They've never let me. In fact, they've named their fantasy team. You donkeys is the name of my fantasy team. I'm in a Godfather-themed fantasy league. Oh, is that right? Do you know what the name of my team is? What is it?

39:23Rich Eisen:What is it? It was an abortion, Michael. Oh, my God. is the name of... Wow. That's a deep cut. That's my fantasy team. I thought you'd don't talk to a man like Mo Green. I'm smart. I'm smart. There's a lot to choose from. There's a lot of great names. There's going to be some cannoli reference, and that was a certain days like before. All right. All right. I'm going to go with Snake on this. Snake from The Simpsons. Okay. Very good. This is the Allen Iverson practice round. Okay. From O2. Man, that's a while ago. If I can't practice, I can't practice. If I'm hurt, I'm hurt. Simple as that. It's not about that at all, but it's easy to talk about and sum it up.

40:05When you just talk about practice, we are sitting here and I am supposed to be the franchise player. And we're in here talking about practice. I mean, listen, we are talking about practice. Not a game. Not a game. Not a game. We are talking about practice. Not a game. Not the game that I go out there and die for and play every game like it is my last. Not the game. We are talking about practice, man. I mean, how silly is that? We're talking about practice. Thank you, Terry, everybody. God bless you. Most worked up steaks ever gotten.

40:53Rich Eisen:37 years. The Artist's final three episodes releasing on Christmas, available for free on the network. Pardon me. You have to go to the network.stream. You have to type that into your computer, and then you'll find the app for free. I'm apparently I'm only on things that are impossible to find. It's not true. You're on Netflix now. Well, now it took 12 years. That's right. And you play 12 years. You'll see it on Netflix. You play the role of Thomas Edison. Yes. And the, yes. You know, the voice I use is this one right here, which is superintendent Chalmers. That's all this is. He got to play Thomas Edison, his lifelong dream.

41:32Rich Eisen:And of course, Hank Azaria and the easy street band. Yeah. Visit easy street, NYC.com to see him. Or just easystreet.com. Either way, you'll find it. That one's easy to find. Easy. Sorry, Rich. I'm stepping all over you. Oh, good. I'm just trying to get the ticket sales up for Crested Butte. Crested Butte, Aspen, and Sony Hall in New York. Ladies and gentlemen, Hank Azari. Yes, sir. Great. Best. Love this man. I love this man as well. Your favorite donkey. The Rich Donkey Show. We'll be right back. The Rich Eisen Show. The podcast.

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43:40Rich Eisen:Sounds like you're in the stadium with the Sonos. I love it. You will as well. Discover how easy it is to bring every room to life with incredible sound. Explore Sonos speakers, soundbars, and more at Sonos.com. I mean, he is amazing. Hank Azarian? He's amazing. That's so funny. It's so funny. So you said you met, but how exactly did you meet? Hank? Yeah. When Susie and I were dating long distance, I would fly into L.A. I don't know how or why I wound up at the whole nine yards premiere of the movie. Oh, yeah. And Hank was sitting at the post screening, the post premiere. Yep. 2000. Was it 2000?

44:28Rich Eisen:Yeah. with Matthew Perry. And I just walked up to him and just said, I'm a fan, and they watched me on SportsCenter. And, you know, that's when one of the first times, even though it had been just like two, three years of working with Stewart at that point in time, I hadn't really gotten out and about. You know, I just was working all the time. And certainly not on the left coast, because Susie was out in L.A. working for Fox, you know, getting her on-air career started. by the way covering you know she covered it was amazing she covered the shaq kobe lakers the pete carroll usc trojans the uh tim salmon darren erstad um mike socia angels they all won rich we were working thousands i was working with suz and it was yeah it was amazing to be in that position in la with those teams covering all of it was and suzy well at any rate so i would go out there and you know while she was working i would do something and i i went to that movie premiere and I saw them and they were both like, you know, Hey, you're on around 10 o 'clock out here, 11 o 'clock.

45:29Rich Eisen:And we, we watched that sports center every night. Yeah. And so we kind of hit it off and just stayed in touch with Hank more than I did Matthew until I moved out to LA. And, and Hank was the first ever celebrity picker on NFL total access. Yes. I reached out to him. I'm like, how'd you like to do that? and he did and he came in and before we started taping he goes do you play poker and i'm like yeah i i do and he goes well i'm having a poker night like do you want to are you free so i called suz up and she's just like absolutely you should do that like go for it because you need a new set of friends out here yep she'll spend all her time with you now now hank's gone that's true jay hank's gone.

46:15Rich Eisen:He's been here and the poker game is still going. Same guys, same donkeys. I can see Hank reading the books, having coaches. He would take little notes. He had these spiral notebooks where he would just write down hands and what the results were. Oh, he was really into it. And then he just got really angry at us calling us all donkeys. Was that his last game? Sorry? Was that the last game? No. It was the last game in which we weren't using that against him. And I renamed my fantasy team You Donkeys, and that is the name of it to this day. I love it, Rich. Donkey! I'm playing with You Donkeys. And the other one was this game.

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