Hour 3: Mike Tomlin Steps Down Live Reaction, plus Kevin Nealon In-Studio

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26:02Rich Eisen:844-204-RICH is the number to dial. We're going to get to your phone calls before we get out of Dodge. Big breaking news again that Mike Tomlin has stepped down as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Kevin Nealon is here on the Rich Eisen Show. His Loose in the Crotch special, it's what it's called, is available on January 27th via the 800-pound gorilla on YouTube. And then, of course, there's the tour dates, kevinneeland.com. And your long-running digital series, Hiking with Kevin, is something that you can also check out on YouTube. I do love watching you hike. You do, yeah. And you get some good stuff out of people.

26:36Rich Eisen:And is it because people think that you're trapped in the forest together? Yeah, they rely on me to get them out of there. No, I think it's the location you're in. You're not in a studio like this, right? You're outside. And I think they let their guard down a little bit. and they're much more open about things. And it's fun to watch people traipse through the canyon, too. Who have you had on this pod? You've had some very interesting guests that you're traping. Oh, I've had a lot. I've had a lot over the years. Tom Hanks, Conan O 'Brien, Sheryl Crow. I mean, I've done 170 over the last five years.

27:11170? I'm exhausted.

27:13Rich Eisen:You're getting in your steps. Yeah. Yeah. But I love doing it. And I'm not like a big hiker. It's like a real challenging. Right. And I get some people that go, like David Spade, for example. He goes, I'll do it, but I don't want to. It's got to be flat. It's about to say, he doesn't strike me as a hiker. No, no, no. And we'll even be walking. We'll go up like a 1 % grade. He'll go, are we going uphill?

27:39Rich Eisen:And did you meet Hanks on SNL? Yeah, I met him a long time ago. As one of his million times of hosting the special on SNL? Yeah, so I've asked a lot of people that I was friends with the celebrities. Yes. And then once I ran out of them, then I had to start going to publicists and asking them. So that happened like after three. Then you actually have to go through official channels as opposed to just dialing for your guests. Tell me, man, I know about it. And I appreciate you answering the call for you appearing here, Kevin. Yeah, and you should come on my hike sometime. Is it all uphill? We'll give you a downhill one.

28:14Rich Eisen:Is that right? We'll have a car waiting at the bottom. Are you just saying that because I brought it up or you've run out of guests? No, no. Well, both, actually. I'm happy to do that I do need my steps certainly this time of year oh no you'd be great for it that's all I do is sit on my ass and talk I won't be able to go but you can go and you'll have a good time so why are you calling your new stand-up special Loose in the Crotch Kevin I'm calling that Loose in the Crotch because it's based on a little thing I talk about with my cat I had a cat Pierre his name was and I love this cat And on that day, it was the anniversary of his passing.

28:51So, I mean, he was a better, and I'm not a cat person. You know what I mean? I don't like cats at all. I wish them well. I wish them success, you know? I think that's the way cats view humans as well. Yeah. Don't you think? I just don't want to hang out with them. That's all. Sure. So, but he was a special cat. I had a pair of jeans at the time that were really great fitting jeans. You only find these jeans like once in your life. And they were snug in the hips, tight in the butt, and loose in the crotch most of the time. And he loved those jeans as much as I did. So whenever I sat down, he would jump up on my lap.

29:19He came out of nowhere. He'd jump up on my lap. He wouldn't get off. So when he passed away, I thought, it might be nice to bury him with those jeans. So I wrapped him up, you know, like a burrito, and I buried him. In the jeans? In the jeans. But that cat was, I mean, that was a special cat. I still miss him to this day, but not as much as those jeans. The jeans were really, I regret putting the jeans in there. Cats are down a dozen, but, you know, the jeans. You know what I'm saying, Rich?

29:43Rich Eisen:I do know that. Yeah. I do know that. So that is not the story I was going to expect from asking you about that. No, because you have a filthy mind. Most of the time. You're right. It is about me and the way I'm coming to this equation right now. Yeah. Pardon me. I do follow you, by the way, on threads. I'm a threads guy. Oh, really? Yeah, I'm off the X machine. I've been hearing a lot about threads. Yeah. Oh, so you don't even know that you're on threads? I thought it was a clothing store. Okay, very good. I have some of your posts here that I'd love to see if you don't mind expounding on where this comes from.

30:20Rich Eisen:Kevin Nealon. Put the first one up, Mike Hoskins. Here's one. When you're invited to somebody's place for dinner, bring nothing. And when they open the door, say, I didn't bring anything. This was your idea. Yeah. Have you done this before? Well, no. You know how people have birthdays and they say no gifts required? Yes, sir. And so you go there and everybody else got a gift except for you. Yes, right. And you told me. You told me not to bring a gift. Yeah, right. So what's up with that? That's happened to you, I imagine. Oh, all the time. Even when they want gifts, I don't bring one. I think it's wrong to bring a gift when somebody says don't bring a gift.

30:58Rich Eisen:Yeah. Because if you follow the directions as a good guest, then you are the problem. Yeah. I think I'm picking that up from you right now. It's like when they say no smoking in the bathroom. You're a smoker. You smoke. i did see that at the golden globes people just lighten up heaters inside because they're oh a lot of those actors smoke yeah right the serious ones dramatic actors sean penn was he was like uh he was just like a chimney right in that thing pretty much but he's a good smoker yeah he's like jim leland in the dugout yeah he's a good smoker he knows how to do it right you know he's like the guy from the 40s just sneaks in there yeah uh here's another one um i need two pieces of gum at of time, they should just make, pardon me, they should make just one piece the size of two pieces.

31:46Rich Eisen:Also, remove the air from the top of the chip bag and fill it all the way up. I didn't think those were all two things that you could do at the same time. Well, I think what I'm saying is we're not getting enough food in the package. You know what I mean? Like, it is true. They put like maybe three chips in a potato chip bag. Why not fill it up? Especially when you're flying, because the bag is already like blown up. That's right. When you shake it, it's like there's a little marble in there. And the bubble gum, you know, I don't eat that much bubble gum, but yeah, we don't need the comics in there.

32:16We're in the comics, put more bubble gum in there.

32:18Rich Eisen:Okay. So it's certainly on a flight too, right? The bags do. They do. You know, the pressurized cabin will just show you how you're getting cheated on the chip front. Yeah. And also, I think when you're up in the mountains, you know, I think that's when people have a lot of gas when they're up there. Because the organs, it's true. Rich, it's true. Have you learned this on your hiking series? Have you learned this? No, we don't go up that high. It's mostly flat. But yeah, those are some fun posts I put up there every once in a while. Here's another one. Welcome to Threads. I love this. When you're an hour late to a meeting, walk in with a cake, place it on the table and leave.

32:52Rich Eisen:That's an interesting choice. It doesn't work, by the way. Yeah, yeah. So I would just buy the cake and then eat it yourself. I got one last one for you that I need to see if you've actually done this before. when you go to the movies, pack spaghetti in your back pocket. Don't overthink it. No, you ever go to the movie theater and you're sitting there thinking, God, I don't want the chocolate cover's raisins and I don't want popcorn. That spaghetti from last night was pretty good. And you put it in there and you take it with you, you know, and then bring marinara in a jar, you know, on the side.

33:30Do you dip? Oh, you got to dip. You got to dip. You got to dip, man. And then if you do get popcorn, pour the rest of the popcorn. Look at that. Look at that. That's a great expression. Look at that. Will you look at that? Will you look at that? Yeah. Well, I would be interesting to look at that during a movie or something like that. Yeah. I do actually sneak stuff into the movie theater. Like what? Oh, like Raisinets, because I like to put them in my popcorn.

33:54Rich Eisen:By the way, an absolute brilliant Hall of Fame maneuver is that. That is. No question about it. In the popcorn? Yeah, the chocolate in the popcorn of any sort. But Raisinets is a next level move. Yeah, you don't want Milk Duds. You don't want M &Ms. Well, the Milk Duds, you're picking at your teeth. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. The raisins, I call it a theater salad, Rich. I put it in there and it's got to be, the popcorn's got to be warm. Yeah. So that when you put the Raisinets in, it kind of melts around a little bit. You know, like balls, popcorn balls with a Raisinet in the middle. Very good, yeah.

34:27And you just, and I don't care if I'm hungry or not. I'm reaching now for those raisinets that slip down to the bottom. And by the end of the movie, I'm like, all the way home.

34:36Rich Eisen:That's a next level move. But you're also dangerous in a movie theater. You're licking your fingers. You never know what's going on. It doesn't matter, man. And then you're driving home and it gets all over the steering wheel. The next morning, you're like licking the steering wheel. You want to say, Rich, look at me. I did lose eyesight with you because I'm like, okay, this man's licking his steering wheel. I love it. Loose in the Crotch, the tour, January 16th and 17th, Tempe, Arizona. Then the 23rd and 24th, Tacoma, Washington. Chicago, Illinois, 30th and 31st. And if the Bears are still in the mix.

35:11Rich Eisen:Oh, my God. That would be a great time to be in Chicago, Illinois, I'd imagine, right now. You know what's in the mix instead? What's in the mix? Raisinets. That's it. Take a break. We'll be right back. I like it. Tell me about your art store that you got going. Oh, yeah. You know, I paint. I think last time I was here, we were showing my book, and I paint caricatures of celebrities. Yes. And people are always asking me, where can I get one of these? And I said, well, I just, you know, I have a book out. It's called I Exaggerate, My Brushes with Fame. Right. But I don't really sell the paintings.

35:39So I thought it might be good to put up a store online. Okay. So, yeah. So now there's, I have maybe 10 paintings that are available now. Right. Prints for people to purchase if they want. Fantastic. Yeah. How long does it take you to do one of those things? It depends on the person. Like for you? Yes, sir. Forever. It would take forever. Well, I have many features. You actually don't have that many features. Is that right? No, you're very boring looking. I'm a featureless guy? Yeah. I mean, if you were like, you know, a bank robber or something, and the cops want a description of you from a witness, they go, I don't know.

36:17Nothing really stood out. Maybe I should have done that instead. Yeah. I mean, he had a little beard, you know, shaved his head. But other than that, I mean, no features at all that I could, you might as well just, you know, have a mannequin. Oh, man.

36:32Rich Eisen:Come see me in the good light. You're the executive producer. Everybody could check this out on Apple TV. What's this? I'm one of the executive producers. There's a group of us, and they're all really talented people. This is a documentary. It's kind of a love story. It's about this couple in Colorado, a poet laureate, Andrea Gibson, and their partner, Megan Fowley. and it kind of takes you through their life a little bit. She's diagnosed with an inoperable cancer, but it's not one of those documentaries that you're crying your eyes out. But it's actually really funny. It's really funny, and it really gets to the heart of this couple.

37:07And at the end, it's really exciting because she gets to perform her stand-up, Spoken Word Again, in front of this huge theater. No kidding. She's like the big deal in that whole poetry world. That's on Apple TV. It's on Apple TV right now. You can check that out right now. Yeah, and it won the Sundance Film Festival.

37:21Rich Eisen:and you know i think it's going places well there you go i mean if it wins the sundance film festival i i you know again i'm i'm i'm not no expert i think that's a good thing yeah that's a good thing i mean that's not a bad thing for sure yeah um and and again everybody check out the new stand-up special loose in the crotch yeah uh on uh on the 27th via 800 pound gorilla on youtube i assume you were at the uh the snl 50th i was yeah you got a good story from that night who you Were you at a reunion with or anything that you can tell? Let's see, good story. You know what? It was so fascinating to be there because everywhere you looked, it was like there's Eddie Murphy.

37:58Right. And there's so-and-so. You didn't overlap with Eddie, right? He was gone by the time you got there? Yeah, he was earlier. Okay. But, you know, Keith Richards was there. And I went with my son, and he loves all these guys like John Senna and, you know, the Aquaman guy. I forget his name. Jimimoa. Jason Momoa was there. Jason Momoa. That's right. That's right. So that was fun. But any, you know, I shook Keith Richards' hand, you know. I don't really, I can't think of anything that was really monumental. I met Meryl Streep because she's dating Marty Short. They are. That's right. Yeah. Pretty cool.

38:33Now, you and Martin Short, did you? I never worked with him either. Never worked with him either? No. I worked with him on Weeds for a little bit. Oh, that's right. He was recurring on that show for a little bit. That's right.

38:41Rich Eisen:Okay. But I did actually just open for Marty and Steve Martin on the road. They do a two-something. Yeah. And I did about 10 minutes up front, and then I did a moderating thing on stage with them. And that was one of the highlights of my career besides this. I'm a universe. And I appreciate that. Look at me. Again, Loose in the Crotch is available January 27th via 800-pound Gorilla Media on YouTube. Get your tickets, kevinneeland.com, for the loose in the crotch, the tour. Check me out when I hike with Kevin at some point on his YouTube page, Kevin Neeland Art, for those who are interested in his artwork.

39:21Rich Eisen:And come see me in the good light. You are one of the executive producers of this documentary. You can check out on Apple TV. I think I hit the whole schmear right now. Yeah, you did. It's my wife and I, Susan Yeagley, and then a whole bunch of other people. Awesome. Thanks for coming on, Kevin Neeland. I greatly appreciate it. Please come back. It's been three-plus years. Let's do this again, man. Yeah, let's do it. Kevin Nealon, everybody, right here on The Rich Eisen Show. Your phone calls and so much more when we come back on the breaking news involving Mike Tomlin. The Rich Eisen Show, the podcast.

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42:25Rich Eisen:Because he has done that as opposed to being fired, let go, because he says, I'm stepping down. The Steelers retain his rights to his coaching contract, meaning if you want to hire Mike Tomlin, the Steelers will require some compensation for that. In the same way, the New Orleans Saints required compensation from the Denver Broncos to hire Sean Payton. And that's after Sean Payton spent time in the paparazzi at Fox. So Tomlin still has ties to the Steelers organization by contract. And this is something of interest that if Tomlin does enter the coaching carousel now, it will require you to go to the Steelers and say, what do you want for Coach Tomlin?

43:29Rich Eisen:which obviously separates him from the rest of the coaching carousel field in the fact that you don't owe a darn thing of compensation to anybody but the actual head coach you're hiring financially. It doesn't cost you draft choices. So that does give you an indication that Tomlin may want to take a year off and show up on TV. And that doesn't mean that he's now one step further away from having to be a coach that requires compensation in order to hire. So there's that. Keep that in your mind's eye, that it does mean that Tomlin, if you want to hire him and if he wants to work for you, you have to go to the Steelers and say, what do you want?

44:26Rich Eisen:Keep that in your mind's eye. But in the meantime, it's still just jarring to talk about it, that after 19 years, Mike Tomlin's no longer the head coach in Pittsburgh. In the same way, it was jarring to hear that John Harbaugh is no longer the coach in Baltimore, which is something we found out a week ago today. So that game goes down on Sunday night, two Sundays ago, and Harbaugh gets fired the following Tuesday. And then the following Monday night, the Steelers lose 30 to 6 getting wiped out. Tomlin the next morning says, I don't think I want to do this anymore here. And one week later, we're stunned again.

45:12Rich Eisen:And in terms of the way it feels to hear the news that Tomlin's out, the guy who is the one who made the decision about John Harbaugh wound up being in the shoes of the rest of everybody else when he heard during his press conference, which Steve Bishotti rarely does. I think it was his first time meeting with the media in about four years in Baltimore. He was informed during the press conference that Mike Tomlin has stepped down as the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Mike Tomlin stepped down at Pittsburgh? He did? Is it official? That's what I keep hearing. So is he a candidate here? Holy s**t, Mike.

45:51Wouldn't that be awesome? I love this guy.

45:57Only if John takes the Pittsburgh job. Wow. Wouldn't that be interesting? I don't know. That thing last week maybe disqualified him for my opening after our kicker, Mr. Kick, to let them advance. Good for Mike.

46:21Rich Eisen:I love Steve Bishotti. That's funny. He's one of my favorite owners in any sport. He really is. God, I mean, that's a human reaction. Yep. Wouldn't that be something? Oh, that's so wild. Wow. Crazy. By the way, I threw that out there in overreaction Monday on a Tuesday, long before we found out that Mike Tomlin was gone. And by that, I mean only five minutes. Yeah, minutes. things are just changing it's nuts jeez so again just it will require you to give something to the steelers and it would be interesting to find out what the steelers value um their willingness to just let tom and walk guess depends who's asking you better you damn right sure that it does oh Ravens?

47:14Rich Eisen:First round pick. Cleveland? First round pick. Atlanta? Maybe different because it's a different conference. Maybe. Who would be willing to first of all, you've got to kick a tire on Tomlin, then you've got to kick a tire on the Steelers before you make any rash move with your own head coach because you want Tomlin in there so badly. Obviously that's something we're going to be talking about all throughout Wednesday's edition of the Rich Eisenhower. Kurt Warner's on that program. Oh my goodness. Who knows what's going to happen next? This league, man. This league. We'll chat again on Wednesday.

47:52Rich Eisen:Who knows what's going to happen between now and then, too. 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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