Rich Eisen
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How did Rich describe his stint as a reality TV host and spooky on-location moments?
They showed up to your spot in Stanford a couple weeks ago just after John Cena showed up.
Yeah.
I love that guy.
He's a great guy.
I mean, like 100% for real.
Yeah.
And you're always wondering if the people that you see are really the people that they are. Oh, he's better.
Oh, what's your story? Don't you dare be sour. Clap for Stephanie and feel good.
I had a very short stint being a reality TV show host on TNT for a show called The Great Escape. Yes. I don't know if you remember that. Yes. Years ago. And I thought I would finally hit it. I was going to be a reality TV show host. And it was the people who did the amazing race. And it was amazing. The whole thing, the setup was awesome. But they wanted me to be mysterious. And that's one word I am not. I will never be called mysterious in my entire life. To nobody. I'm mysterious to no one.
You don't say much. You just... No, it's just like... No, it's not mysterious.
I just wanted to mess with all the contestants. And they're like, you gotta try and scare them and be mysterious.
Oh.
Didn't work. Oh. That's not my bag. No. It's not gonna happen.
Yeah. Trying to scare them.
Yeah, because if you remember, they were... blindfolded or, you know, and dropped off in the middle of some creepy or wild location and had to escape from it. One of them was Alcatraz.
Another one was like a... And it wasn't just natural to scare it? Like, weren't you scared in some of these locations?
No, I just wanted to have fun with them and mess with them. Oh. My time being mysterious didn't work. It didn't work. Mm-mm.
Alcatraz didn't have a vibe? Oh, it sure did.
Yeah. It was three in the morning.
Really?
Oh, sure, yeah.
Oh, okay. So my husband shot a commercial for one of our shows, and it was in a prison that's supposedly haunted.
Yeah.
In Ohio, I think.
Okay.
But it's very famous.
Is it the Shawshank Redemption one?
It could be.
Or that could have been shot in Maine. I don't know where they shot that.
Yeah, no, this was, yeah, but different, but like paranormal scientists go there and spend the night and like there have been people, all kinds of crazy stories. And so I was eight months pregnant at the time. I wouldn't go in. I bet not. I was like, uh-uh. I am protecting my baby. No evil spirit is going to try to... No.
Yeah. Your motherly instincts kicked in.
Yes. I mean, I didn't even want to be near it.
We did an episode of the show from a former or an old insane asylum. Oh. It was supposed to be... haunted also and i remember we doing a stand up at two in the morning and i felt something in the middle of the snow like grazed my head but i went through with it and they're like did you feel that i'm like yeah what was that they said it was a bat and they showed me the uh they showed me the video
Well, I think I might feel better that it was an actual bat and not like a ghost.
Not like a ghost. No, it was an actual bat. It was just a bat. It was a rodent that could have given me rabies and put me in the hospital. Minor detail.
But yeah. Better than a ghost, I think. I think better than a ghost still. But we had a bat in our house once. It was very scary. Yeah. Just for the same reason when it's so close in proximity, but it didn't touch me, thank God. Yeah.
Yeah.
And good thing you didn't know what it was.
I didn't. I just went through it. And you're such a pro. I'm a pro. I didn't want to bust the take. Right. That's right. I didn't want to bust the take. It was two in the morning. I wanted to get, everyone wanted to get out of it. So.
What did you think it was?
I had no idea. Right. No idea what it was.
That was odd.
But I got through it. Yeah. I'm living to tell the tale. And what's your story?
Yes, that's right. So I watched our brief interaction on your show back. I had called in.
Yeah, yeah. Long time ago.
What’s it like working in the same industry with your spouse and guest-hosting each other’s shows?
Yeah. It's like five minutes.
Yeah.
On the call, you invite me to come back and it seems like we're going to have a thing. And then.
No, I mean, well. This is it. I didn't. I didn't. When I got the invitation here, I didn't say let's do a home and home because I don't. I don't presume. I don't want to presume anything.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
How did Rich describe his stint as a reality TV host and spooky on-location moments?
0:01–4:16
2
What’s it like working in the same industry with your spouse and guest-hosting each other’s shows?
4:16–13:25
3
What are Rich’s most memorable early on-air disasters from his small-market TV days?
13:25–42:45
4
How did Rich get discovered by ESPN and what happened after joining SportsCenter?
42:45–44:59
5
How does Rich describe building and delegating his podcast team?
44:59–49:05
6
Why did John Cena stay almost two and a half hours on Rich's show?
49:05–52:33
7
What motivated Rich to create NFL Network and how has streaming changed his show?
52:33–1:00:00
8
What life lessons does Rich share about failure, parenting, and respect?
1:00:00–1:32:46