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TOP 5
‘REMOTE DROP’ MOVIES

1. “The Sting”
2. “The Godfather”
3. “Goodfellas”
4. “Braveheart”
5. “Bull Durham”


TOP 5
NFL NETWORK MOMENTS

1. Running the 40-yard dash at the NFL Scouting Combine in support and in the name of St Jude Children’s Research Hospital. We’ve raised over $200,000 to date.
2. Dec. 29, 2007: The Patriots beat the Giants in old Giants Stadium to finish the 2007 regular season 16-0.
3. Sept. 25, 2006: Hosted “NFL Total Access” from New Orleans prior to the reopening of the Superdome next to New Orleans native Marshall Faulk.
4. Emceed the Pro Football Hall of Fame Induction and Jacket Ceremonies in years NFL Network colleagues and friends Deion Sanders, Marshall Faulk, Michael Irvin, Rod Woodson, Kurt Warner, LaDainian Tomlinson and Terrell Davis all got enshrined. What a thrill.
5. In the first year network management acquiesced to my years-long ask to have me pick games on air, I won the 2016 Picks Pool on “NFL GameDay Morning” over all the aforementioned Hall of Fame analysts and Steve Mariucci. Also, what a thrill.


TOP 5
SPORTS GUESTS

1. Tom Brady. Enough said.
2. Aaron Rodgers talking about the “Game of Thrones” finale. Twice.
3. Brett Favre appeared via satellite from Mississippi to surprise the Farrelly Brothers during their in-studio appearance, and they all hadn’t spoken since “There’s Something About Mary.”
4. Reggie Jackson has appeared multiple times. He’s my childhood idol. The 7-year-old in me gets quite fired up.
5. Joe Namath called in to sing me “Happy Birthday.”


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TOP 5
ALL-TIME COMEDY MOVIES

1. “Midnight Run”
2. “The In-Laws” (the Alan Arkin/Peter Falk version)
3. “Blazing Saddles”
4. “The Producers” (the Zero Mostel/Gene Wilder version)
5. “Trading Places”

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TOP 5
CELEBRITY GUESTS

1. Tom Hanks talking his love of the Raiders and Ken Stabler.
2. Matthew McConaughey recounting the genesis of “Alright, Alright, Alright” is a classic.
3. Breaking down Deflategate with Matt Damon.
4. “Breaking Bad” and “Seinfeld” talk with Bryan Cranston.
5. Ed O’Neill recounting his getting cut by Chuck Noll at Steelers training camp in 1969.
5A. The first guest for a “Rich Eisen Show” Super Bowl Week show was actress Marisa Tomei, fresh off Bill Belichick dropping a “Mona Lisa Vito” reference in a press conference prior to Super Bowl 49.

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