Hour 3: Live from Super Bowl LX with Charles Woodson, Octavia Spencer & O’Shea Jackson Jr.

23:49Rich Eisen:Let me tell you something. then that's a good quarter. It's a wonderful quarter. Well, I mean, because there's still, even if the game is getting a little bit out of hand, there's still hope. There's still hope. There's still people tuning in. Yes. Third quarter's good. Third quarter is most relaxed. Although I will tell you this, I also work on the NFL Network. And the first NFL Network commercial ever was after the first Super Bowl that we ever covered. And we were so excited about it. We were sitting in front of the television sets because it was right after halftime. Literally, as soon as the halftime show was over, our commercial was first up.

24:27Rich Eisen:And that was the wardrobe malfunction, Super Bowl. Yada, yada, yada. Nobody saw our commercial. So I'm just, for your third quarter, I'm hoping it's just a few minutes in. It's a few minutes in. We have prime real estate. Thank you for saying that. Let's get some football played. Yes. You know, let's get the third quarter, second half kicked off. Yes. Are you going to the game? I am not, but Sophia will be there. Okay. I prefer to be on the couch. Okay. And with my friends and screaming and pacing, and nobody wants to see that. Do you have a rooting interest in this game? You know, I always root for the underdog if my team hasn't made it, so I'm rooting for the Seahawks.

25:09Okay. Okay. Well, listen, you guys, the Patriots, it's not that I ever think, oh, they don't need another championship. I'm not saying that at all. Okay. What I'm saying is, well, maybe I am saying that.

25:29Rich Eisen:I love how you try to keep it classy. Try to be diplomatic. You try to be diplomatic. And despite your excellence at acting, you couldn't pull it off. I couldn't. I couldn't. She just said underdog. You know, the Patriots are the underdog. You guys could never. The Patriots could never be an underdog. I agree. Sorry. They could never be an underdog with that dynasty behind them. That's right, Chris. Don't be so literal about the current Vegas line to Octavia Spencer. sir. You're, you're already, you still have Patriots fatigue from the Brady era. No, I don't have Patriots fatigue. I do. Listen, you know what it is.

26:13People say, um, it means to be, to be nominated and to not win because I won my very first Oscar and to be nominated is what, if two teams play, yes. Okay. To be at the super bowl, you've already won. You've beat your conference. You've won your conference, so you deserve the right to be there. But it's out of your hands, you know. I mean, it's not out of your hands. You have to play. But you've already won. So if you go into it with that mentality, you've already won. I think the other team deserves to have one ring.

26:50Rich Eisen:Yeah, they deserve to have one ring. I mean, you know. You've got a Patriot fan over here. That's who Chris represents. So who is your team? You said you're... Well, I'm from Alabama, so we didn't have a professional team. Here lately, I root... Growing up in Alabama, we rooted for the Falcons and the Cowboys. And then basketball, we were the 76ers and the Lakers. That's all my teams. She said the Clippers, then she almost matched TJ over there. I'm a Cowboy. He's a Cowboy and Sixers. Yeah. Yeah, listen, Dr. J, Maurice Toney, Mochi. I mean, Mo Malone. Hello. Hello, Mo Malone. I remember those games.

27:34So, yeah. So, I'm always excited to see young men and women because I'm a big college football. I mean, that's as we know. Yes. But it's always exciting to see people extend their careers and make it to the pros. But I always like to be at the collegiate level. Sure. You know, because we could we could root for them. Right. We have a team, but we don't we don't have a professional team in my state.

28:02Rich Eisen:Octavia Spencer here on the Rich Eisen show for a few more minutes. Again, courtesy of Behringer, make sure you detect what you need to have detected with the detect the SOS health mission. Talking about making sure that everybody understands what you said, diabetes and type two diabetes. Diabetes and high blood pressure. You need to know what's going on with your kidneys. And the SOS, your kidneys could be sending out a warning that, you know, something's off with your body. What is the movie you get the most when people stop you? Well, it used to be The Help, and then there was a cycle, and then it was Hidden Figures.

28:46And now it's Ma.

28:51So we run the gamut.

28:54Rich Eisen:You do run the gamut. For sure. Why now, Ma? Why is that? I think Ma came out and did it. You know, we made that movie for five million dollars and it made close to 80 in the theater. So it was a financial success. But, you know, usually in the horror genre with Blumhouse, they reinvigorated the genre and people. Those movies make 150 million dollars. So during the pandemic, I think people were able to watch from their homes and more people watched because it was streaming. Well, Hidden Figures is a movie that it's sometimes so difficult to get three kids. My wife and I have three kids to watch anything that they'll agree on watching.

29:38Rich Eisen:But we popped Hidden Figures on and all three of them were locked in. And it's just a beautiful movie. It really is a it's important. It's historic. And it's so well done, was well told and obviously well acted as well. What what what do you what's your recollection of shooting that? Or did you know at the time how important this thing could possibly be when you were putting? I actually I'm glad that you asked that question. The help was a historical fiction, but it was an amalgamation of all these women. Right. And when I heard the concept of what Hidden Figures was, I said, oh, historical fiction.

30:23Because if women really helped during the space program, we would know about that. It would have been taught in our schools. So, yeah, I've done a historical fiction. And then when I learned within that meeting that it was actually true. Because, you know, I try to do my homework when I take meetings. And when I did research, there was like a thumbnail of it. So I thought, well, it can't be that. They made it up. It's wonderful. This is going to be great. When I realized that it actually happened, and it wasn't just black women. It was black and white women who were computers, meaning they computed.

31:02I knew that I had to be a part of that to acknowledge the contributions that the women made to the space program for our nation, but basically also to the world. so I hoped that it would it would resonate with people I'm glad that it did and that it's it

31:19Rich Eisen:withstood the test of time we sure did in our house as well and for so many people who are maybe part of uh you know the audience of a show um talking sports as much as we do Kevin Costner is the king of so many different soliloquies and sports films obviously there's more than just that for him, but his presence in this film as well kind of popped. The whole thing worked. The whole cast sort of worked, if you don't mind me saying. It absolutely did. We had an embarrassment of riches. I mean, Taraji, Janelle, and I, and then you had Jim Parsons, Kevin, Glenn Powell, Kirsten Dunst. I mean, it was just whenever we would do our Q &As, it was like, well, I like these guys.

32:10It was an amazing cast. But Kevin is such an amazing director and actor. And the fact that he understood the importance of that role and he took it because he's a leading man and he mostly only does leading roles. The fact that he knew that he could be supporting and support us was wonderful.

32:29Rich Eisen:Yeah. TJ wants to know more about Janelle, right? You want to linger on that? I didn't want to interrupt the interview. Janelle or Taraji or both? Oh, probably. I mean, I put Taraji first. But look, hey, I don't want to get it. They're amazing. They're amazing women. Octavia, you also spoke about Ma real quick. I think the thing about Ma is like our people generally in horror films don't do very well. You know, like if we're in a house and we hear Get Out, like we're leaving. You keep the security deposit first and last month. Anything we bought, like we're leaving. That movie is five minutes long.

33:03So there's not a lot. Like, I'm not staying in no house where someone's like, get out. Like, we don't do that. So that's why it was fun. Thank you. And, yes, I love that analogy.

33:17Rich Eisen:Well done, TJ. I know my strengths. Yes, you do know your strengths. Two true crime series that you narrate and executive produce soon to return to HBO Max and ID Discovery. The Emmy-nominated Lost Women of Alaska franchise returns on February 25th, right? Am I getting that right? Yes. And feds on March 4th. Yes. Okay. I like a lot of things. And to be a part of the true crime genre, to hopefully bring closure to the families of the women for the Lost Women franchise is important to me. And we get to work with the FBI. our nation's top crime fighters, and we have unfettered access into some of their most dangerous and high-profile cases.

34:08So, you know, we couldn't turn that down.

34:11Rich Eisen:Right. Okay. And so everybody keep an eye out for that. So I'm trying to think of other famous Auburn alums that you might have met. Charles Barkley? I haven't met Charles, but I love Charles. Okay. Bo Jackson, Cam Newton, Lloyd Austin, Tim Cook. I mean, there are a few of us. There you go. Les Snead is also the general manager of the Los Angeles Rams. Rams, yes. Rushing it. Yeah, that's another one right there. Oh, my gosh. Trying to keep in touch with the Auburn people. Thank you. No, thank you for coming here. So you want to give us a score? Give me a score for Super Bowl 60. If it's right, how about this?

34:49Rich Eisen:If it's right, we'll play it over and over again. If it's wrong, it never happened. Give us a final score. I'm going to say 28-25. Okay. Oh, boy. This is great. It's almost the same score as the last Seattle. And Seattle wins it? Seattle wins it. Oh, yeah. And it's going to be a nail-biter all the way down to the last. It's going to be a good, good game. Okay. There you go. Octavia Spencer gave you the final result. And if she's right, we'll talk about it. And if not, this never happened. detect the sos.com thank you for coming thank you for having me yeah you bet anytime that's octavia spencer here on the rich eisen show don't go anywhere we're back to wrap up our first day this is so calm it's cool that's great it's all right it's so calm the rich eisen show the podcast

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38:09Rich Eisen:here on the program. Hello, America. You're an official fifth member of our crew, right? Shea has made it up here because is CM Punk here yet? Is he here in the building yet? He will be here. So no contest wrestling is going to be recorded here. Yeah, from this beautiful backdrop. Awesome. Go get it, boys. How about this? Well done. So you came all the way up here for this interview. Yeah. You are a professional. I'm a professional. You're about no contest wrestling. All day. You are. All day. Oh, you've got the belt. Always. TJ always packs the belt, man. Yeah. What a guy. The belt and the Vince Lombardi trophy.

38:44Rich Eisen:That's the real thing right there, by the way. Vincent, good to see you. That made it through security? The belt? Oh, no. I put that on the truck. Yeah, that. He's not dragging that. No, we sailed through security because he didn't pack a lunch this time. Did you hear the story? No. This guy's a jerk sometimes. All right. Who's a jerk? You sometimes to me. How am I a jerk to you? Because, okay, Shane. No, hold on a second. Tell this story. Okay, I love this. I'll start working by the way. This was, we were going to New York for our New York week. I was hosting the Booyah event for Jimmy V and Stuart Scott and ESPN, and we did our week of shows in New York.

39:21Rich Eisen:So he, you know, we're on the same plane, and he brings a lunch to the airport because he doesn't want to pay airport prices for a sandwich great idea t sounds like a step ahead i'm with you and he showed up and and he he brought the plastic bag because you didn't go paper you went plastic well i can't i don't have any option anymore okay and he and and for some reason what was it turkey what what do we have it was a couple meats but there were enough meats being just jammed in the same sandwich so much so it set off security i and they made him wait and he had to open the sandwich, right? Show them that it was just fit.

40:00Rich Eisen:Oh, no. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But here's the deal. This guy was just like the whole time. I can't believe you're bringing the blah, blah, blah. And then he waited on me. And I was like, just go. Just go. Yeah, just go. He's just standing there just judging me. And then the bag comes out. I wasn't judging. I wasn't judging. You mistook my waiting for judging. Now, I may have taken a moment or five at security to heckle him while we're waiting. You're your boy. You have to do that. To the point where didn't the TSA member look at us and say, are they with you? Yeah, and I was like, I don't know. Make them leave.

40:42Rich Eisen:Created the ruckus. So anyway, yesterday, no sandwich, sailed straight through. Oh, man. Blessings. And then I wound up seeing TJ with the saddest, 100 % saddest pizza I've ever seen. No way. So it was a little personal pan, and it was like 18 bucks, right? So I'm already mad. 18? For like four slices. LAX. I'm already mad, right? I'm already mad, and I'm sitting there, and Rich comes over, and he just stands above me. What do you mean, stand above you? Because I was sitting there. It's not like an attack posture. Well, I was sitting. You were standing. You can't know how you describe this. And he goes.

41:21Rich Eisen:By the way, I don't stand above anybody. That's right, Rich. Hovering. Right, the cameras are on. You were hovering. But this guy, Shane, goes, pizza. I was like, yeah, man, this thing was like 18 bucks. Rich goes, that's crazy. You should have just, like, brought a sandwich with you. I was like, oh. I did say you should have brought a sandwich. At which point you said, I'm thinking of buying a sandwich and chips right now anyway. I then left. I'm sitting there eating this sad pizza. Then a bag of chips comes and lands on my lap. I got him chips. I got him chips. What a guy. Thank you. What a guy.

41:55What a guy. What a guy. That's a lovely story, TJ. It's an awful story. He poor shamed me for bringing food to the airport. And then once I paid these extravagant prices, he mocked my meal and then gave me, you know. Yeah. Bro, it's a hostile work environment. It's part of the charm. You know this. Not everybody knows how hostile it is, but you know.

42:17Rich Eisen:Who paid for the ticket? Disney Plus.

42:24Rich Eisen:Rich Eisen Plus. Rich Eisen Productions paid for the ticket. TJ, they got to be nice to you, man. It's February. That's right. It's Black History Month. And you know what? You know what? The chips were on me. Obvious. Chips were on me. I didn't save the receipt. I'm not going to try and write off. No, that's a write-off. That's a write-off. No, no, it's not. I don't need it to be. It was from my heart to his stomach, man. Nice. Thanks. What a guy that I did. I could have used him when I actually had a sub to eat it with. What a guy. What a guy, man. What a guy. I agree. Thank you for saying that.

42:53Rich Eisen:Thank you, Brother Rich. Appreciate it. So now, when you win an Oscar? Oh, man. I'm jumping the stage. As long as Octavia Spencer, an Oscar winner just got up. We had the biggest party that night. All the energy I can, man. Okay. When the movie you're in next, I can't mention the name. Yeah, Shetheeds. Shetheeds. Yeah. Wins you an Oscar. Oh, no. It will not be that one. It will not be that one. It will not be that one. No, no. But I have gotten a couple of job offerings just from Sundance already. Okay. That's the point. Okay. That's the goal of Sundance. Sundance job offerings. Smells like Oscar to me.

43:34Rich Eisen:Maybe. Who do you think? Ooh. What's going to happen? Number one, obviously, my parents, they had to put up with me the longest. Okay. You know, and you got to go with the agents. Sam Leon, also known as the Sammerhead Shark. Love you, Sam. Sammerhead Shark. Sammerhead Shark. That's my shark, bro. Okay. Brad Slater, you know, the whole team. But I would not go on to heavy speech without thanking the Rich Eisen Show. I'll tell you that. I wasn't searching for that. It's all right. You don't have to search for it. I know. But we have nothing to do with your acting career. We have nothing to do with that.

44:15Rich Eisen:Nothing. I mean, you guys put me through so many ranges of emotion when I'm on this show. Thank you, O'Shea. I get it. It's really crazy. That's just because Luka got traded while you were recording No Contest Wrestling. Now, that wasn't acting. You guys were recording this. Anthony Davis is on his way to the Wizards. How about that? Poor guy. How about let's ask him this question? Poor guy. Poor guy, why? Trey Young's there? That's cool. Let me tell you something. When the Wizards get better, that area is going to be nuts over that team. That is a fan base ready to pop for their basketball team.

44:56Rich Eisen:The DMV, you know, I've shot Swagger out there for years. You know, so listen, I said the NFL draft is in Washington, D.C. next year. 2027. Washington Wizards will be in the playoffs when we're there for the draft. Absolutely not. He said no. I say yes. I say yes, too. What do you say? Oh, man. I don't know, man. I've never in my life thought about the Washington. You have to now. They've acquired Trey Young and Anthony Davis in the span of a couple weeks. Honestly, the GM should get some sort of raise. You know, he's out here doing it. There's a sign of life, man. And it's proof of life. And that's all.

45:39Rich Eisen:The fact that the Washington Wizards pull off these trades on the day the Washington Post folds up shop on the sports section. Only there was a place to react to the trade and report on the news. Jeez. Don't nobody care. What the hell is going on there? But you don't think they make the playoffs? I mean. It's the biggest trade of the day. If everything goes right, you know, every trade works. So it's just like I need Anthony Davis to be upset because this should not happen to a player of his caliber, the way that this has gone down. For him to be traded in the middle of the night, you know, without any word.

46:17It happened today. No, I'm talking about with the Lakers. Oh, okay. That is the wrong way to handle a player like Anthony Davis. We got Luka, so I'm going to shut up. But for the next season, for you to be traded again, like, it's got to hit something in your heart. And I hope he returns to the player that won the championship in 2020. God bless Anthony Davis. I love him to death. I think he's in a – what a world.

46:43Rich Eisen:But I think he's in a good spot. It's the Wizards. I really do think so. What do you think of the Harden trade? I mean, Cleveland is a great team. I really enjoy watching Cleveland. But now a member of my fantasy team is on the Clippers, and I don't like that at all. Yeah, so Darius Garland, bro, I might just, he might go into waivers. You can't do that. You won't do that either. No, it's too much bragging rights. But, like, I don't like having Clippers on my team. Who's in your fantasy league? Oh, it's terrible, Rich. Don't ask me about that. Ask about football. Talk football. Basketball, I realize, takes too much of my time.

47:21Every day, having to look at the waiver and do all that stuff, football is way more under lock for me.

47:28Rich Eisen:Who's winning Super Bowl 60? I really, Bad Bunny. Okay. Right answer. There's your answer. Bad Bunny. I like it. Bad Bunny's going to win it. All right. Thank you to Cam Hayward, Frank Caliendo, Rob Gronkowski, Charles Woodson, and Octavia Spencer for coming on today's show. Thursday, Kurt Warner, CeeDee Lamb, Seth Rollins, Christian McCaffrey, Steve Smith Sr., and Adam Ray will be our Thursday guests here. Adam Ray is a cool dude. Stop by and say hi. And if you're in the area tonight, Chris Berman and I at the Strand Theater, richeisenlive.com for tickets. Every penny goes towards the Jimmy V Foundation.

48:10Rich Eisen:That is a jam-packed Thursday. I don't know how I feel about the whole lineup. And no contest wrestling with CM Punk. 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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