Hour 3: Joe Burrow “Pressure” Debate, Marv Albert Talks Knicks, plus Henry Winkler In-Studio

24:28Rich Eisen:Is there anything? because you know he's he's rehabbing a knee injury is there anything we have ice we have ice and uh i will pack him i'll pack his knee what about chicken soup the jewish penicillin does you know what it is true though do you think chicken soup really really works but uh i think this is beyond that and i only wish him well well here's the thing uh do we have the schedules of the Rams and the Chargers that we could show Henry Winkler? Oh, here's the Chiefs schedule. Look at this. They are at the Los Angeles Chargers right at the top of next year, June, January 2nd or 3rd. That's in week 17.

25:09Rich Eisen:I will be here. But look at this. What? Week 13. It says Henry? No. No, no. Week 13, they're at the Rams. There's two trips to Los Angeles. Hello? Two. Two. Top of December, top of January. Yeah. Are you around? Do you know what you're saying? You know what? I'll make myself around. I am not kidding. I will make myself square if that's what it takes. You love him still that much. I do. He is wonderful. I am so sorry he got hurt. I want to tell you something. I know that the man was never bar mitzvahed because, honestly, anybody else being that hurt, playing that hard, I cannot imagine it. I would just fall to the turf and cry.

25:56I would. Yeah, I never met Mr. Kelsey. Okay, so we got to get that done for you. Well, now it's probably out of my...

26:07Rich Eisen:No, no, no, no, that's not, no, no, no, no, no. Henry Winkler. He gave me a t-shirt though. He did. It said, what, it said Faith Football and Fonzie, didn't it? Yeah, it was the football family. Yeah, the football family Fonzie t-shirt. So, yeah, he's not out of... First of all, nobody's out of your house. Max directed him. In what? In a thing with Nicey Nash. I forget what that was called. The TV show? Huh? The TV show, yeah. He was wonderful. He was so natural. That's what he wants to do, I think, when it's over. Yeah, but you know what? I'm not kidding. He has the thing in him. Okay. We have, by the way, hazardous history.

26:50Rich Eisen:Henry Winkler is here on The Rich Eisen Show. It's Sunday nights, 9 p.m. Eastern on the History Channel. And again, it's a series going down things that we used to do for fun or out of plain boredom that you can't do anymore. Hopefully not. Well, because some of it's dangerous. You're talking about sports. Do you know that a catcher for baseball in the beginning, they did not have the equipment and they used straw between their body and the shirt to stop the ball? I couldn't imagine that would be helpful. Well, it didn't. It didn't help. and didn't at all. We have some instances as well. I don't know if they're on your show or not.

27:26Rich Eisen:Well, they will be. Okay, very good. Here's the first one, the sports edition of Hazardous History. Put it up on the screen here. Barefoot kickers. Yes. Kickers used to be barefoot. Yes. Out on the field. Could you imagine? No. You know? No, because I don't know what they did because you have to kick that thing, and that thing is like a hard pigskin. Right. And you could see on turf, you could scrape a toe. Oh, you could break a nail. Yeah, you know what I mean? So you can't do that anymore. No. You got to put on a shoe. Yeah. Okay. Here's another one for you. You don't do it anymore. Like smoking in the locker room.

28:03Rich Eisen:Yeah. Look at this. This is Len Dawson during the Super Bowl. Right. You know what I mean? Where is he now? The thing is that, no, no, he's a very good player. I'm sure he. But could you imagine they used to smoke during games? Well, you know, you run out of breath. I was a smoker. You were? I was. If I could smoke the entire pack at once, I would have. You mean taking all of them? All 20 at once. Just cut off the bottom of the pack, light them up. When did you smoke? I smoked until 1980-something. Gary Marshall sent a woman to my house for a week. and she wore this metal wooden necklace. And I said, oh my God, I had an Irish set or two growing up.

28:56She said, this is the Maharishi. But that was embarrassing. Yeah. But I stopped smoking then. So that's when it hits you? Like, I need to stop smoking? Well, you know what? My children said, dad, you smell. Oh, got it. And I went, okay. So you would like all throughout happy days, you were a smoker? Yeah. And people would say, don't you, you know, aren't you setting an example? And I thought, I, I smoke. I'm sorry. I tried not to smoke in public, but, um, I can't, uh, take responsibility. I had no idea. Until I stopped.

29:34Rich Eisen:Uh, in the same way that you pointed out that, uh, catchers used to wear straw. Yes. Are you aware that NHL goalies never wore masks? Yes. Yes. And the man got the puck in the face 33 times. He went into the locker room. He got a plastic like a mask over his face. He came out. The manager said, you cannot do that. The audience wants to see your face. He said, I will not go on the ice if I can't wear this because my face hurts. Is this in Hazard Resist? That is in the story. Oh, how about that? We finally found one. Yeah. I thought it was a Jewish mother that said, put on a mask. No. Also, every mother would say put on a mask.

30:17Rich Eisen:Put on a mask. But it's true. Okay. Last one from our sports edition that's no longer happening. Is people water skiing and jumping over shark-infested waters? I did that. I did that. I did all of the water skiing except for the jump. They wouldn't let me do a stunt. Because you're the star. Yeah, and there was no replacement. There was no understudy. But I just want to say, and I've said this a few times, at the end, I let go of the skis. I pulled up on the sand. I walked out of the skis and they freeze frame on my smile. Half that smile is the Fonz going, hey, look at that. I did it. The other half is Henry Winkler going, oh, you did it.

31:07You did. That's the hazardous history. My short German father said to me, tell Gary Marshall that you water ski. I said, I probably am not going to say that. Tell Gary Marshall you water ski. And so finally, after 100 times, I said, Gary, I water ski. And boom. There you go. Yeah. The history is now history. Yeah. Nobody's ever done it again. Jump the shark. I've jumped it twice. Once on Arrested Development. Wait a minute. They did that. They made you do that again. Well, not the water skiing. I jumped over a shark on the dock.

31:43Rich Eisen:I love that show. Yeah. Thank you. My daughter, my 12-year-old daughter, has watched every episode of Arrested Development. I love her. We don't stop her, even though some of that stuff's not terribly appropriate. No, but she's going to hear it anyway. But it's not just that. But all of my kids have watched them. And one time we ran into you a few months ago. Yes. My family was there. you may recall when we just said hello is in the is it a tennis club yes and we were at a memorial i know and my wife was actually on the court uh right around the corner screaming about a a ball that she should have hit better but you know what i could that's life happens well it's also said a little this a little that sounds like she was part of the mourners group is what i basically told her but my daughter said dad that's barry zucker corn and i'm like oh my god i like this woman you know That's what she said because she loves your character.

32:37What is her name? Her name is Taylor. Taylor, have the greatest summer, Taylor. She's so great.

32:44Rich Eisen:She's like, oh, dad, that's Barry Suckercorn. What did you like about doing Arrested Development? What did you like about that? First of all, the cast was amazing. Second of all, I was hired for like two episodes and I stayed for five years. Third of all, it was written so incredibly well. Mitch Hurwitz, the creator, had a feed in his office of what we were doing on the soundstage. He could see every angle of the cameras. And you were about to say something so funny you couldn't believe it. And he came running in, no, no, no, say this, say this. and it was funnier than one of the funniest things I was ever going to say that he had already written.

33:32I am not kidding. It was an amazement.

33:34Rich Eisen:What's your favorite scene that you did that you loved? I don't have a favorite. Okay. I have a favorite child, but I can't tell you. Okay. But, you know, because I have to live with them, but I don't have a favorite. I enjoy my job. I love my job every day. Yeah. and you know I just again your character was in so many positions that I would never think Henry Winkler would ever be in but that is my job you know my job is to just create life in order to hold a mirror up to society yes because hopefully we know everybody we're seeing if it's written well I just didn't want to pause a couple times because pausing a television show to a child is a provocative act.

34:22Rich Eisen:They want to watch it, right? You've got grandchildren, you've got kids. So there's a scene, one of the scenes, I don't recall which one, where you are playing your character and it's led into by a voiceover from Ron Howard. And I wanted to pause and say, do you understand, she doesn't clearly, understand that Ron Howard and Henry Winkler together as part of a cast is one of the most iconic television shows ever. Did that ever hit you? He is still my, like my relative. Can you hear my stomach talking? No, I cannot. Can the audience hear? No, I cannot. I'm going to have breakfast right after this.

35:07Ron, okay, this is great. Ron comes from a family that left the farm in Oklahoma. They went to New York. This was before Ron and his brother Clint were born. And they went to New York and they were on Broadway. Rance and his mom. They drove across the country. The children are born. Ron starts at three. I meet him when he is 18. I am 27. I am from parents that escaped the Holocaust in Germany. Living in New York City. He is from farmers in Oklahoma. we were like touched by the universe there was a string between us i didn't have to tell him what i was going to do he didn't tell me what he was going to do we just were in the same space at the

36:04Rich Eisen:same moment it it's rare you're talking about on the happy days on happy days and in life and in life yeah right and clearly he was doing voiceovers you were acting in arrested development right and who was producing. It was his company. That's right. It's not lost on me whenever that happens. It's pretty cool. It is so cool that I'm still at the table. It's so cool. Very much so. Not just a small part of the table. You were at the table, sir. No doubt about that. It is a wonderful thing. Do you have any memorabilia in your house? You know what? I saved one thing. What'd you say? There was a shelf of plywood.

36:43You cannot hear my stomach. My stomach is telling a story at the same time. There was a shelf of plywood right outside Arnold's where we would put our water bottle or our cup of coffee down before we made an entrance during a rehearsal. And I wrote on that piece of plywood. Today, we're starting the sixth year. Ron Howard just had a redheaded daughter. A few months later, I had a redheaded daughter. you know he he said to Stacy and I my wife he said we're gonna move from California across the country we think it's better to bring up children in the east would you take the children if anything happens to us oh my goodness and I said absolutely he said there will be money to take care of each one.

37:35So we were going to, we're in charge. And yeah, Bryce Dallas Howard is an unbelievable actress and director, is our godchild.

37:46Rich Eisen:Wow. And everybody's doing well. The money's in the banana stand, right? Yes. Unbelievable. The Bluth family. It's always there. That's what I've heard. That's great. You're the best, Henry. Thank you for coming here. I'm so happy I got to be here. Can I get you something to eat? You know what? I'm going to have something on the way out. I just want to say J.J. Redick, you know, he and his family are part of our family circle. I didn't know that. And I just wanted to say next year is your year. Okay. Do you have a prediction? It sounds like LeBron is re-signing here in Los Angeles. Is that true?

38:19Rich Eisen:That's the word that he's talking contract with the Lakers. Yes, sir. You know what? The fact is he is great. Wherever he goes is great. We are great that we had him for a little while. Maybe he'll be back. he's very tall. How about getting, how about he gets the chicken dish too? If LeBron, if Mr. James, if King James wanted to come to my house for a chicken dinner, he could bring the family. Maybe the Lakers should throw that in and that'll be the finisher. That'll close it. Absolutely knock it right off the edge. That'll close it. Great to see you. Thank you. Henry Winkler, everybody. New episodes of Hazardous History with Henry Winkler every Sunday night through September 6th.

39:02Rich Eisen:on the History Channel. We're back to wrap up this show in just a moment. Yay!

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41:47Rich Eisen:Billy Joel. All right, hit it. Is there any added level of pressure that comes with understanding what you have here? I hope so. I hope so. I think that's great. You know, put pressure on guys. I love it. I thrive in it. We'll find out who else does. I know that we have the kind of people that want to be in that spot. I want everybody talking about the Bengals. I want everybody talking about what I'm saying in my press conferences. You go back and watch what I said before. 2019 season at LSU, I feel very similarly about this team. I'm so excited to get started and get moving. I wish we would ramp this right into training camp so we can continue to improve because I feel like there's so much greatness that we're going to be able to achieve this year.

42:49I'm just excited to get going.

42:50Rich Eisen:Man, that is the most antsy I've ever seen. He can't sit still. Normally, he's just like, you know, Joe Cool. I'm like, okay, yeah. Let's go. He makes diamonds, whatever he wanted to say. He's fired up. Joe Burrow, MVP. He couldn't sit still. I'm serious. Nine to one. I've never seen him like that. Hey, Joe, you want people talking about it? He said, put all of the pressure on me. I want everybody talking about it. He would put pressure on other people. Let's go. He wants the pressure. He wants that smoke. All the smoke. He's talking to Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen, Justin Herbert, Trevor Lawrence, all these other AFC quarterbacks that haven't done Jack.

43:30Rich Eisen:So it's not me. It's you. I'm not feeling pressure. You should feel pressure. He's talking about the other people on his team. That's what he's talking about. Not like take it out on my colleagues. this guy over here. I mean, that's what you wanted him to say. I know. That was what I heard. No, because you want to already... Write it down. We'll do it for you tomorrow. Quarterback under the most pressure. Come on, man. Oh, we'll do it. Write it down for tomorrow. He probably already has his pre-rig. I'm talking to him. Why don't you power rank him tomorrow? What are we doing? He wrote this a month ago.

44:03Rich Eisen:I got 20... That's right. 31 of them. Okay. Okay. Let's do that. Jack in Columbus, Ohio wants to chime in. Perfect. Perfect. Jack, what's up, Jack? Hey, Rich. How you doing? Congrats on the Knicks win. Thank you. I had a lot to do with it. Yes. Well, my dad's a longtime Knicks fan, so I'm happy to see him win in all of New York, too. Jack, I've only got a couple minutes left for you, brother. So what do you want to do? Do you want to do what you told Adam, our call screener, you want to do? Yeah, I would love to do the win-loss game for the Bengals. There you go. Joe, okay, you just heard Joe had to say.

44:39Rich Eisen:He wants all the added pressure. He wants all the smoke. What happens when Baker Mayfield pays a week one visit? You know, we don't start off very strong, but I think we're going to change that. It's going to be a win. 1-0 at the Texans. That defense is tough. That's going to be a loss. 1-1 at the Steelers. Mr. Rogers, Aaron Rogers, Los Angeles Dodgers, we're sweeping the Steelers. My goodness. All right, Jaguars at Cincinnati. What happens? That's a win. You're at the Dolphins at 3-1. Easy win. You're at the Ravens, 4-1. We're going to split with the Ravens, so at there I'm going to take a loss.

45:15Rich Eisen:4-2, home for the Titans. 4-2, that's going to be a win. Okay, you're hooked on Phonics in Madrid against the Falcons. I don't like the international game. Falcons have a good offense. I'm going to take a loss. 5-3, home for the Steelers on Sunday night football. I already know that's a win. 6-3 at the Commanders on a Monday night. That's a win. taking the Monday Night Curse away. 7-3 hosting the Saints. Win. 8-3 at the Browns. No more Garrett. Don't have to worry about it. That's a win. Which Garrett? Is that Miles? 9-3. Chiefs at the Bengals. We dominated Chiefs in the regular season. That's a win.

45:56Rich Eisen:10-3 at the Panthers. Sneaky game, but I think we see it out. That's a win. 11-3 at the Colts. That's a win. 12-3, home for the Ravens on a Thursday night. I'm going to say a win on Thursday. All right, 13-3, home for the Browns. Yeah, another win. 14-3, says Jack in Columbus. Rich, can I ask one more question real quick? Real quick. Do you know how many days it's been since November 29, 2025? Just curious. Jack, I have to hang up on you now. Thanks, Rich. Appreciate it. That was pretty funny. I don't know the days, Jack. That's the second 14-3 we've gotten. We've gotten the 13-4 and two 14-3s for the Bengals.

46:45Rich Eisen:Joe Burrow is antsy. Joe Burrow wants to welcome in the Buccaneers for week one tomorrow. He wants it yesterday. I love that sound by Joe. We're going to talk about your press conferences because you want that added pressure. So do we. So do we. So do we. Thanks for listening to the Rich Eisen Show podcast. You can watch and listen to The Rich Eisen Show live weekdays from noon to 3 Eastern on ESPN Radio, Disney Plus, and on the ESPN app. The Rich Eisen Show, the podcast.

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