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26:51And I'm sitting in the bag room like, okay, we need to get out of here before they blow the horns and everybody's trying to get out. Let's go over to Edgewood Lodge. I'm talking to Dylan Dreyer from the Today Show. Nice. And I say, let's get into the lodge. Let's get an espresso martini and get ahead of the group. And in the back, we thought we were the only ones in there. in the back of the room i hear i'm in we're like who's turn around look in the back it's baker mayfield oh baker and i had not had not talked to that point had not really hung out and we'd said like the you know like casual hellos over over the years yeah we went in we had an espresso martini or two and hung out the rest of the week and texting during the season this year like like yeah like We really had a real friendship born out of this dumb moment there where we just wanted to have an espresso martini.

27:50And to me, that story is like what the event is. It's quarterbacks. It's NFL legends, NBA legends, other actors, singers. It's really special. Is that where you became friendly with Rodgers? It is. Through this American Century Championship? My very first one. in fact the day that we met yes was the new was the day this is 2008 the day that farve said i'm not retiring we were sitting next to each other at a blackjack table there are blackjack tables there in lake tao yes sir and he's sitting next to me and i don't know who he is i don't know aaron rogers well i knew sure once he introduced himself like oh you're the cow guy you're 18 years ago.

28:38You're Favre's back. Like I knew who he was, but I didn't recognize him. Yes. He was a fan of The Office and we just started a relationship there. And on the screens they had like, you know, well, a TV show station that was running Sports on Loop. You can figure out which one it is. And they were saying like, Favre is not retiring. What's happening to Aaron Rodgers? And we're literally sitting next to each other on that day. And that's, that is when we became friends. Yeah. Is that right? Yep.

29:13Rich Eisen:So was it an awkward moment or were you just like during the conversation? It was more like I, and, and look with, with all those guys, like to me, the fact that I've gotten to know, so like the last thing I'm ever going to do is like, Hey, what's your game plan this week? Like, I've got, you know, Saquon on fantasy or Briggs Hall on fantasy. Like, what are we going to do? And I'm like, no, that's their business. So I don't ever do, I don't ever engage in that way. But it was very, so I didn't say to him, like, what are you going to do? Like, Favre's not coming back. And it was pretty quick. I might be from it, right?

29:53Or something like that. That looks Rogers young enough right there. That was Rogers. That was, he ended up coming with me. I'm going to forget what it was. I think it was an Emmy party. Okay, cool. A party for the Emmys or maybe the Screen Actors Guild Award or something like that.

30:07Rich Eisen:I literally was going to say to you, you probably bonded over it. Like, he strikes me as an office guy. Like, he would like the office, you know? Yeah, I mean, I don't think this is, I don't think, I think I can say this. I got him on the show. He was on the show. I forgot about that. The second to the last episode. They had it scripted that we read the script for the last, the last or second to the last, I think they ended up putting him in two episodes that kind of took the story. Yes. And they had another athlete scripted. And I knew him. I knew he was a fan. He had come and visited set. And I went to Greg Daniels and I said, so is this name here, this other athlete, is this just a name?

30:48Yes. Or would you be open to Aaron coming? And he was like, if he would do it, totally. And I acted as the casting director. I remember calling, having conversations with Allison Jones where she's like, all right, well, tell him this is the money. And I was like, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. If he wants to do it, he can make a phone call to you. You guys can do it. And I know, I don't think he would be bummed that I said this too. For a while, he never cashed the check. He had it framed.

31:15Rich Eisen:Dude, that makes sense too. I mean, you know, it's not like he's needing it. Well, okay. Yeah. So, but that makes sense. Early days. No, I'm kidding. I'm kidding. I'm kidding. that's that's cool man yeah man so maybe that's why baker was saying hi to you because he thought maybe you could put him in something cast you can get him in something that's true i never thought about that you make kings i never thought about that he didn't really like me he just wanted a job or maybe it was the espresso martinis talking yeah probably that is fun man uh brian bongartner here on the on the rich eisen show i know we we haven't talked about it off because we don't talk about like uh you know your show or back in the day with the office uh but we might have talked about it the last time here when you had your cookbook but the the scene with spilling the beans all over the floor did you how many takes did that take did you did you that was one take that was a one because you knew that was one take well like there was a lot there was a lot of pressure that day and it was there was a lot of whisper because i was there by myself there was There's nobody else, the rest of the cast, they were all gone.

32:23And I remember, I remember Phil Shea, who worked in props and the set decorators kind of coming over to me like back channeling. And they were like, Brian, we have three carpets. And I was like, what are you talking about? We have three carpets. And they had assembled, I mean, in this studio, like carpets that would be bigger than this, that went from the front door around like the reception desk over to where Dwight and Jim's desk was, to Michael's office, because they didn't know exactly how I would spill it, and like me spilling on the real carpet would be an unmitigated disaster. So they had that, so what you're seeing there, that's all carpet on top of carpet.

33:07Yeah. And they were very concerned that if they got, if we didn't get it in three takes, that we would be screwed. And I think there were people who didn't know there were only three. And so they came and obviously it was just about the spill. Thankfully that worked out. And I think, as you can see there, I think we had extra clothes. Oh, you can look at my hands. That was the thing I remember for days. My hands were an orangey. For days? Color. You couldn't wash it off? No. I mean, I remember they had a, you know, sometimes they had a playback thing set up so they could see what they had. And I remember as like wardrobe is peeling the clothes off me.

33:46and I'm looking and I'm like, please say we got it. Please say we got it. Please say we got it. And they were like, okay, we got it. And then like, I've never showered with more people. Just as they're peeling stuff off and trying to get. Yeah. And I had a dinner actually with Oscar Nunez and Angela Kinsey that we had prearranged because of course they had a short day that day at Mastro's in Beverly Hills. And I show up still smelling of chili. Oscar I remember he ordered he makes these grand he's like yes we'll have the seafood tower you know like the raw thing couldn't it was just like I couldn't eat it it was the smell it was

34:28Rich Eisen:hours old chili hours old yes not homemade warm delicious chili I'm sure you get that all the time what is your favorite office episode or scene if you could choose one the one that you're like that's the one yeah it's tough to say uh rich but i that one i never imagined that that would we would still be talking about that one um probably the one that i think back on now um actually i'll be slightly sentimental okay i think a lot of the the scene in the finale where we're all together and Creed plays this song that was an original song that he did, which was the sort of like sentimental moment.

35:17I remember that, but also in terms of, I will never forget me sitting on Carell's lap as he's dressed as Santa and that, the comedy of that and me not being able to not laugh and then feeling bad because I keep having to sit on his lap. It was a whole thing. So how many takes did you get through all that? That one was more like a hundred. It definitely was not. It was not one. And I think that's one, even in the end, that you can still see people laugh. Actually, the one where I never couldn't laugh, Kevin is at the vending machine with Holly. And Holly believes that Kevin has some issues. And he has money in his hand.

36:03He's trying to decide Kevin. Speaking of myself in the third person. Weird. but trying to decide what to get. And she goes through and she says, this is a quarter. And she's telling me what the value of the money I have in my hand. And then she picks up and says, this is a button. And it was something about the kindness in her eyes and her having, and just the joke of her having to explain that this was a button that I might not know. I couldn't not laugh. I couldn't not laugh. And finally I realized that that was gonna cut directly into, I'm totally gonna bang Holly. And so I was like, well, if I could just make this a wry smile and not a full on laugh, I think that'll cut together pretty well.

36:46So that one for me, I never got through that and didn't smile. By the way, just hearing the Kevin voice

36:52Rich Eisen:just come back like that. What do you mean?

36:57Rich Eisen:Yeah, I know. Oh, my gosh. Actually, Baker's wife, when she met me after the espresso martini incident last year, was like, you don't really talk like that? I was like, no, I don't really talk like that. Did your husband go like this around the house? No. Character. That is so funny. All right, in the few minutes we have left here, Brian, you last saw what my swing looked like. Yes. Okay. and uh you were kind you were kind because um i wasn't turning on the ball you weren't turning but you were aware of you not turning correct yes i'm i'm you know and um with some choice words for myself for yourself about turning okay i have uh and that day that day as soon as i got off the course i called my wife and i called suzy and i said to her i have to take lessons i've got to do this and I'm going to I'm going to work it into our schedule and she's just like you have she's basically her answer is like what have I been telling you so so like I'm like I like seriously that day I'm like I cannot keep this I can't show up in Tahoe at the American Century Championship this way so I have taken several lessons Lucas Wald what's up shout out to Lucas I want to show you I want to show you this was my final swing of my last lesson from two days ago oh okay so I want you to see it and i want you to give me your honest assessment if this looks anything like the guy you saw right here 250 with a draw he wants 250 with a draw here we go that's a turn rich there you go it's going to the right a little but it's all right that's okay it's fine it's right it's right down the middle it's yeah it's final you know what they say yes that'll play that'll play right if it's 250 on a screen up in tahoe right probably 330 i'm gonna feel i'm to feel like king kong right yeah but seriously like no it looked did it look be honest it looked different it looked it looked very different stuck i think is the word dude that i would say it was you were stuck dude you were you were a fun round of golf to play with i had a you know if i only you know didn't you know spit up all over myself that day i would have enjoyed it a little bit more but you're you're just you're a great playing partner i will say that here in front of everybody it was a lot of fun i appreciate that yeah you know and we'll do it again and now you've got a new swing i hope i hope it does feel repeatable like i i the first day i actually he's like you you're basically not turning and i'm like what do you mean and he starts showing me and the next day i woke up i'm like why am i sore and it's just don't listen to me at any rate uh when do we when do you find out pairings when does that come out wednesday night or is it or what or they've already figured it out based on?

39:50Rich Eisen:Here's the thing. There are a lot of, there's, um, there's a lot of complainers or, or people who want to offer their insight onto the pairing. Oh, so this is my guess. Have I treaded into some waters here? The Lake Tahoe waters I shouldn't be treading into? No, I think they probably know exactly what time on Friday morning that you'll be teeing off. Oh, I see. I got it. They will not tell you until a time that they won't. Once it's there, it'll be done. Like, it'll be posted. It'll be up. Everybody will know. So you can't be like, hey, actually, I want to play with Brian at 1045 or whatever. Oh, because there are some early.

40:33Rich Eisen:So you're talking about some people who want to go. Time or who they're playing with. I don't care. This is more you get. No, no. I'm not saying you're complaining. No, I'm just going to say, I'm going to be real easy. Just stick me with whoever. I'd love to play with you, but I mean, I'm not in your handicap area. Well, Rich, according to the oddsmakers, they've seen your new swing. What are you talking about? Rich, you have better odds to win than Brian. That's not true. Brian Baumgartner, you are 1 ,000 to 1 right now. Yeah. Rich Eisen, you are 500 to 1. I can. You have a double chance to win.

41:06Rich Eisen:in front of everybody here in the studio watching on the roku channel listening to us on terrestrial and satellite and streaming radio i say to you brian bombgardner yes i am sorry about that okay because there is no way i've played with you i've seen you play multiple times yeah it's that That is, I don't know if I should be saying this because, you know, there's people wager on this stuff, but there's not a chance. There's not real money should not be spent. I will, which you should do as well. Talk about things. Your green room, you've got some nice stuff on the wall. I have betting slips of myself just because I think it's cool.

41:56Just because, like, betting on myself, like, having just whatever I want to bet, whatever that piece of paper is worth. Yeah. That, to me, is worth it. Look, here's the thing. The American Century Championship, there are, what, 10?

42:11Rich Eisen:10 guys that have a shot? Seven. You think? There's about seven guys who have a chance. I don't know. Somebody could catch fire. I mean, the only reason I up that number a little is I would not, before Steph, shout out, Steph, you're the goat, I would not have put him on the list. Like, he got, I mean, my favorite thing that he did when he won two years ago was thank the Lakers for knocking him out of the playoffs. That's right. So he had more time to practice. So I'm sure that there's a couple of guys. Austin Reeves might be kind of a sleeper. Like there. So maybe 10, 12, you know, it's, it's Steph, it's Tony Romo, Smoltz, Annika Sorenstam, Joe Pavelski is really good.

42:53Rich Eisen:I mean, Taylor Twellman, I think it'd be a sneaky pick. Taylor Twellman has got, he's got some game and, and you know, he was not, he came on the show last year. He was top 10 last year. He was pissed with the way he played. Come on, man. Smoltz is serious. He wants to win. He's won all of the other big celebrity events. Isn't that amazing? By the way, this is what golf is, and obviously the American Century Championship will do. Hall of Fame, World Series, the only thing missing for him. He's sports Emmys. He's got sports Emmys based on his next, latest career. The only thing missing is that.

43:36Rich Eisen:And of course, a Michigan State football championship, which will never happen. I love it. Marty Fish, 62. He has a course record at Edgewood at 62 during the tournament. And isn't he playing left-handed and he's not really like he's right-handed dominant or the other way around or something like that? He's a lefty golfer, but I think he's a righty tennis player. He plays tennis right. Yeah. I believe so. He's amazing. He's so good. Didn't he say something like that to us last year? Because he came on after he won. Yeah. Which you will do in a couple of weeks. After this year? Yes. We'll have you back.

44:11The number of hole-in-ones, and I only say that because it's stable for us, so it's weighted, right? It's not just minus two. You get like eight points. Yeah. I would have to have five hole-in-ones, I think. If I had five hole-in-ones and played well. So you're saying I've got a chance. days then i could maybe win charles barkley's at the bottom 7500 to one yeah but see he's playing

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47:03Rich Eisen:Before you leave, I'd like to play a game that we've created here called Start Bench Cut, similar to that, you know, blank Mary kill game that we always used to play as kids. Okay. Did we as kids play that? Well, or as collegiate or adults or last week. Yeah, last week. We call it start bench cuts. You can have to start somebody, bench somebody, and cut somebody, and we have a Game of Thrones theme to it. Yes. All right. What's the first one, Chris Brockman? What do you have for Aaron Rodgers? The first one is your favorite Game of Thrones character. Okay, hold on. So give him the three. Khaleesi, Jon Snow, Jorah Mormont.

47:38Rich Eisen:Start bench cut? You have to start one. Start bench cut. Bench one and cut. I'm starting Khaleesi, Mother of Dragons, Breaker of Chains. Mm-hmm. I am benching Jorah, and I'm cutting John. Cutting John. Wow. You can't have any rivalry. John, he's trying to, you know, that's his aunt, but he's trying to get in there. Oh, my gosh. We got to cut John. Didn't see that. Okay. It's cutthroat. Because we also knew, one of the many times we had conversations, you're a big Jorah fan. I am. I am. And now that he's got the race go out, you know, he's back. So that John Snow's out. And John's out. He could be in.

48:14Okay.

48:17Rich Eisen:I don't think that matters. Yes, Game of Thrones. Give him another one right there. Okay, the nastiest MF-er on Game of Thrones. You have to start one. You have to bench one and cut one. Ramsey Bolton, Walder Frey, Joffrey. If it's nastiest, I mean, you got to start Ramsey. He's the worst. I mean, he is the woke, right? He's the worst of all time. Worst of all time. I'm going to bench Joffrey because he's close. The stuff that he did. I mean, Sansa's put up with all this crap from the men in her life. She needs to pick better men. Exactly. And so I want to base it for a, he's up there, but his death was exciting.

48:54So you cut him.

48:55Rich Eisen:He's out. He's out. Okay. Well, which he actually was, in fact, cut. Right. Literally from all that. Okay. And then we'll just do one more favorite movie. Okay. The three choices are Shawshank Redemption, The Fugitive, You've Got Mail. Start, bench, cut. I'm going to start in The Fugitive. I mean, Tommy Lee and Harrison Ford, fantastic. The best, right? I'm going to bench Shawshank, phenomenal movie as well. And I'm cutting You've Got Mail. He loves You've Got Mail. It's not even the best Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan movie. Exactly. Yeah, but it's modern times. Online and all that stuff. Sleepless in Seattle?

49:35Rich Eisen:That was like a phone call on a radio show. Yeah, but you've got dial-up. You've got dial-up email. Come on now. You guys are wrong. Roger's saying it's not even the best Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan movie. As funny as it gets. And I don't know, Brian Baumgartner here, you can attest. Is Roger the only person in the history of acting to be in both The Office and Game of Thrones? Ooh. Was there anybody else in The Office who wound up on Game of Thrones? Can't imagine. I cannot imagine. There you go. There you go. But if you missed it, you could miss Rodgers if you blinked on Game of Thrones, not on The Office.

50:17Rich Eisen:No, he was there. Yeah, he was there. You put him in there. Yeah, I think that's it. That's got to be it. There's not a lot of stuff other than that. Anyway, that was Rodgers at the Super Bowl that the Eagles beat the Patriots. And You've Got Mail is still a top three movie for you still, Chris? Love that movie. Okay, there you go. It's not even the best Tom Hanks Meg Ryan movie. He's wrong about that. Top three? No, I'm just kidding. I just really like it. He just likes it, and we were... Making fun of me. Yeah, which we do frequently. Why not? Brian Baumgartner finishing up here on the program.

50:51Rich Eisen:We were basically talking about, and I stopped you in the middle of everything to get our commercial break in. I mean, I understand. You've got to pay the bills. I do. So the American Century Championship, you're going to... I think you're going to... I smell top 30 for you. I do. Top 20, top 30. There's 92 in the field. That's top third. I think you're top third. Yeah, I think now, I think that progressively, I mean, I don't want to scare you. There's going to be about 80 ,000 people out there. That I remember, too, that there's people upon people upon people. And there's more people now than there was 21 years ago.

51:26Rich Eisen:There's many more. I don't have a problem performing in front of a crowd. That's never been my issue. No. And I feel, again, I have the tools over the last few weeks of lessons. I've got tools. I've got tools. I understand what I need to do. I've got a clue. Yeah. As opposed to the last time I was out there. I was calling for a light switch for four and a half hours with you. Yeah. I mean, the opening tee shot. That is it. Okay. I'll be fine. That's the tough one. And it's either on one or ten, right? That's it. It's not a shotgun start or anything like that, correct? No. No, no, no. Correct. One or ten.

52:05Right. Yes. But they're right next to each other. One and ten. like you can't tee off at the same time okay and so there's a lot of people congregated okay and it's not about performing in front of the people it's just it's just i mean professionals talk

52:21Rich Eisen:about their first tee shot oh yeah you got you got this rich you got it all right okay thank you you got it greatly appreciate that uh brian bomb gartner thank you for coming on this program you're the man thank you i appreciate you having me i do have to ask because i noticed it of course right away the best dad ever yes sir is that is that a is that a world's best boss is that an ode no no no no nice uh no this is a father's day gift i received i don't know how many years ago i decided you know it was so touching that uh my kids gave this to me with the price tag still on the back uh that i haven't taken it off all these years later no no uh and i just you know accounting for inflation I think my children's love for me has grown since$24.95 oh I mean that's that's a lot for this thing that must be real fake metal real fake metal everybody no it'll be I'm just gonna keep my head down go through my you know we're gonna have a great job checklist and how soon can one get an espresso a martini there oh as soon as you want is that right yeah as soon as you need throwing one back some people and then going to the first or 10th tee some people feel that helps swing oil some swing oil yes nerve calmer okay i don't think that's a thing nerve calmer uh whatever it is yeah you could or wait till after okay either way so um the wednesday night conversation that we have we get we get our marching orders if you will about how we're supposed to play this tournament yes uh thursday i'm in the uh pro-am are you in the program on thursday i i'm i'm playing most of the week okay great i'm there monday rich i'm playing in the i don't work anymore i'm there i'm there monday so and then there's a thursday pro-am and then you're saying sometime thursday night someone's going to tell me what my my time is and maybe wednesday okay maybe wednesday oh and by the way i'm winning the karaoke it's gonna happen i'm judging it great so you you just i'm I'm telling you right now.

54:26Rich Eisen:My confidence level is high. Oh, okay. Oh, yes. You're revealing the song or not? I can tell you what it is right now, sure. Oh, really? I'm going back and forth. It's Sinatra. Okay. Is that a strike against? No. Okay. Oh, the judge is. How many people are in this contest? Whoever signs up. Okay. How many people normally sign up? Probably not many, but probably not many of the athletes are willing to go put themselves out of that lane. I will tell you right now. Yes. With all due, everyone has a chance, obviously. Unlike the American Century Championship, everyone has a chance at karaoke. But if we were handicapping, there are two front runners.

55:06Who are those? Alfonso Ribeiro. I told you. I told you. That's not cool. What else? And Travis Kelsey. Okay. Travis Kelsey, and I will say, with all due respect to Travis, he brings the energy, which is great. also American Century is headquartered in Kansas City oh okay I've got the cards are stacked

55:28Rich Eisen:cards are stacked hour three coming up cards are stacked yeah

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56:18Tell your doctor of newer worsening joint aches and pain or a parasitic infection or asthma. Don't change or stop other treatments without talking to your doctor. Feeling stuck with EOE? Start treating with Dupixent. Talk to your gastroenterologist or allergist today about Dupixent. Learn more at Dupixent.com or call 1-844-DUPIXENT.