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Throwbacks with Matt Leinart & Jerry Ferrara
Mark Wahlberg on Balls Up, Celtics vs. Knicks, Patriots Super Bowl Run, and The Masters
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After the Knicks won last year, they had their parade and all the celebration. Early they realized they still had to play the Pacers and they still had to make it to the finals. But look, you guys are the inner interleague champions. Get that banner up.
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He's such a salty New York.
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No, no, no.
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League championship. Banner up and call it a day. You got the liberty. What's the problem? Everybody just won a title.
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Look how he lights up.
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Just.
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Just going off on new. All right, welcome to another episode of Throwbacks. Matt, you know what? If we were like, a radio show, would we be Ferrara and Linert or Leinert and Ferrara? If it wasn't like throwbacks, it was
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like the only problem.
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The problem.
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Your last name is not easy to say.
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You know what? Ferrara. All the time.
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Yeah. It's not like a. So I would have to say. Or Matt and Jerry. I mean, dude. I mean, Matt and Jerry's.
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So many of those, like, radio dudes use their last name. I don't think we could do it. You're right. Leiner than Ferrari. It's a mouthful.
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And also, Jerry is unique enough. There's not a ton of Jerry's in the world that are. That are, you know, like, dying actors. You're 1980 and Jerry Rice.
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Well, fortunately, we're our throwbacks, so go give us a follow like, and subscribe at throwback show on YouTube. All the Instagram, you know, dude, we've been. Yeah, we've had some bangers on Social recently.
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Shout out to the Social team. It's been a lot of fun. We're making the news lately, dude. I mean, just from Jersey retirements to Entourage. I mean, I don't know, but it's just. We're just making the news.
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Well, our guest this week, he might get asked some Entourage stuff.
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Maybe.
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I don't know when he's doing press, but either way, our guest friend of mine, my former boss, you might say. But all of you know who this person is. It is the Mark Wahlberg joining us on Throwbacks Today. We've been circling each other for, like, a year. Busy guy, not gonna lie. He's got a lot going on. He's got a lot of movies. He's got kids. He's working out at 4am I feel like you're excited to ask him about you. You. I feel like you would be a 4:00am workout guy.
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Dude. I would love. I mean, I'd love to get in on a grind with him in the 4am club. Dude, I'm. I'm I'm trying on all sorts of right now.
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He.
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He's just like, dude, he's one of the hardest working guys, I feel like, in showbiz, but also, like, you know, really kind of leads his private life and does his thing and has his kids and golfs and all that. But, dude, the dude's a legend, man. I'm a huge fan of his. All the way back from, obviously, just Entourage and what you are a part of him, and then all the movies he's done. Dude, he's what a great dude, man.
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Well, after. After our interview with Mark, we're gonna stick around because we're gonna do our favorite Mark Wahlberg movies. And if you go back into the library, by the way, not something you could even easily just fire up, because there's a lot. A lot I'm gonna be.
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I want to be curious of what people say, because you can go from, like, dramatic, intense if you can go all the way back to the day.
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Had the comedic run, dude, he's had
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a great comedic run. You could do sports movies. Like, you could do all sorts of stuff.
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He.
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He's. He's definitely, like, got some action, every kind of lane. I'm be interested to see what your. Your top three are, too, but I
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always get asked, too, you know, what was Mark, especially in the early years of Entourage, like, what was Mark like as a producer? And, like. And look, he was very much, like, around in the beginning. You know, I think Entourage is one of the first things he really produced, and then he's produced a 100 things since. And I always say, like, it was just, like, this amazing resource of, like, an ace in the hole. Like, you know, probably helped out early with the cameos too, because, again, like, I always say, no one knew who we were in the beginning, but I always say, too, the best example was, I think, when we lost Eli and Peyton Manning for the golf episode, right? They were supposed to do it, and then something happened, and then Wahlberg stepped in to play one, you know, to be one of the roles, and he's like, I'll just call Tom. He was like, what? Like, I'll call, see if Brady will do it. He, like, steps outside, like, calls Brady. He's like, tom's in. He be here in two weeks when we shoot. That's, like, the best example of, like, having him as one of your producers. And that's so many people's favorite episode. Okay, it's time for Stay Ready presented by Nitza. One glance at your phone while driving can Cost you a ticket or a crash. Put the phone away or pay. Paid for by nitsa. I always tell this. This story when I was auditioning for the pilot. You know, the final step, Matt, when you get cast is, you know, you test in front of the network, right? And that's a stressful, crazy day. It's like tryouts and guys are getting cut and sent home. And I remember I went in for like my first run, whereas just me. They weren't pairing people up. And it was like, it went okay. And I went outside in the room, there's 40 people. I always remember Kevin Dillon was the only one there for Johnny Drama. Stood up, was like, who else is here for Johnny Drama?
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Everyone's like, played it perfectly.
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You got the part. And then Wahlberg came out and he, like, pointed at me. I'd never met him before at this point. And I'm like, nervous now. I walk over and he kind of throws an arm around me and he's like, listen, what you did in there was fine, but that's not what you've been doing on all your tapes. Like, I've watched your tapes. You know that moment everyone talks about where it's like, this is the time. This is the time. He's like, you need to like, snap up. And this is the moment that people ask for the shot.
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Well, so what would be from a non actor? What were you doing? The tapes is obviously a little less stressful. I get that. And you're kind of like, you're probably free flowing a little bit. What was the difference?
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I think just with that, right? It's like when you go in an environment and different than an audition when you're like in a bright room with, like casting directors. If you go in, it's like a theater. It's like a black box theater. You're on a stage, there's you, you. There's light shining on you. You can't really see who's in the audience, but you know, there's like 15 people in there. It's network executives. So you get past that. I just think the first few. The first run, I was like, low energy, right? I think I was playing it a little safe. Like, let's get through this also. I thought I was gonna get it, but, man, he. It was like the greatest cup of coffee, bro. He like snapped me back in. And I went in for that next one. I think they paired me up with another character, not Connolly for E. And I kind of destroyed this dude. I went in, I was a monster. So that Always sticks out. And then number 10, when I got the part, I got a call from someone in Mark's world who was like, mark wants you. Because we all didn't know each other. He's like. He wants to, like, take you out. So you guys meet. It was Joseph's. Remember Joe? We too young. Remember Joseph's.
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That's where I met. That's where.
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Maybe with Josh Richmond.
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Yeah, Nick. Nick Lachey and our Nick Lachey and mine. Friendship started at Joseph's.
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I just remember, like. And I'm. Dude, I'm 22 years old. I'd been to, like, clubs, but, like, I had no juice. I knew no one. So I just remember, like, yeah, just get there, tell him you're with Mark and all good. So I show up to Joseph's brother. I drove. I, like, parked across the street. I stood across the street for, like, a half hour because there's a line around the block to get in. It was like the big night in LA to go out. I'm like, am I really going to walk up to these giant bouncers and be like, hey, I'm. I'm meeting up with Mark. So I finally got the courage and I went. I went up to the bouncers. I'm like, hey, I said it real low, like, I'm meeting Mark. They're like, what? Like Mark? Like who? Like Wahlberg. Everyone turns around and looks at me, and the ropes just opened up, man. And they took me in. And, you know, he's been a really cool person in my life over the years. Great dude. So we got a great interview coming up with them, and then stick around after that. We're going to talk. We're going to get in deep in the weeds with some Wahlberg. Wahlberg movies. All right, Mark, first of all, it's good to see you. I don't get to see you as much these days. We're all scattered. But good to see you. Thanks for doing this. And I was figuring you might have a tea time, so we're going to get you out of here quick. But let's start real quick with how's the golf game these days?
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Last week, phenomenal. You know, just those peaks and valleys, man. I was like, I'm now kind of. I've been working with this guy, Lucas Wald. I'm now back to trying to hit it. 330, you know, 170 plus ball speed. And it's just, you know, it's a lot. I mean, I go out. I get up this morning at 3. I worked out at 4 new, usually we'd be already pretty probably on 9 by now, because every other day that the first tee time is 8 o', clock, so we like to fly around. Everybody's got their own cart, but. But I don't know. I just. Hopefully I'll. I'll peek because I'm gonna go play some. Some golf this weekend coming up. And, you know, I was. I was playing good, and, you know, it's just golf, man. You know, I'm probably playing at about a five right now.
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Oh, five.
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Five. That's. That's. Five is good. You know, I. I told Matt because Matt's starting to pick it up, and I'm hoping to get. My goal is to, like, get Matt. Like you were saying, even about your son has the bug. I'm trying to get Matt to get the bug, but I always say the few times we've ever played back in the day, I. I've never met, to this day, someone who plays A faster 18 than you. I tell people about this, like, there's no way Wahlberg plays 18 in, like, under three hours. I'm like, I've seen it with my own eyes, guys. Are you still keeping that two hours?
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Yeah, I mean, I. I'm not trying to rush right now because my son's been coming out there with me every day, and, you know, I want him to kind of work on the swing. You know, he usually gets like, anybody. You know, you hit a bad shot, you get frustrated. You know, I just, like, we're not keeping score. We're just playing, you know, hitting shots, you know, trying to get him to. To just focus on what he's got to do to. To put the time in to get better. So, you know. But, yeah, I. Like, in a perfect world, I'll play in an hour and 40 minutes or so. You know, it's usually me and one other person, we got two cards. We just hit it. Ready golf?
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Just ready golf? Yeah.
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And right to the next shot. And, you know, we're not running. We're not rushing. You know, it's funny because I played with people where they're like, no, somebody else, usually, if they have the first tee time or, you know, they. They think they go faster and they're trying to keep up. Then I look behind me. I see guys running from the car to the tee box, running from the green to the cart. I'm like, what is going on here? I got a fast cart, but I just hit it and go. I mean, I. You know, I. I used to. There was A point where I was running on the golf course. Like I'd hit the ball, I throw my club to, to the caddy, I'd sprint down to the shot, hit the next shots. I'm, we'd have two caddies. So he'd be there, give me the number, give me the club. But I was just doing that to try to, you know, lose weight and. But no, I like to play. I don't like to play too long. I don't want to. I did the whole grinding and playing, you know, celebrity tournaments and all that stuff and you know, it's, I don't like six hour rounds walking and all that stuff. I get my exercise before I golf. I like to go out there, kind of get away from everything first thing in the morning. If I got two hours to myself before the phone starts going crazy. It's, it's, it's a great way to kind of, you know, either get away from everything or kind of just, you know, focus on something that I'm passionate about and love.
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How are, how are you? My, my oldest son, I got a 19 year old, he's at SMU playing college ball and kind of fall, you know, kind of following in the footsteps of quarterback. How are you? What's your dynamic like when you're playing with your son? Are you hard on him? Are you talking? Are you just.
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No.
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What's that?
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I mean, you know, I, I think it's going to be in the very near future. He's going to be beating me, he's going to be out driving me and I, I look forward to that. You know, I look forward to it. You know, I don't, I think I used to be a little bit more. I wouldn't say that I was competitive with them, but I would push them a little bit more. And I realized, you know, they got to be into it on their own, you know, and I don't want to spoil the fun of it all.
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Mark. There was a point in my life, my son's like 6 4, he's a big kid. And we were playing in the backyard basketball and I used to always, you know, just old dad strength as you know, and I think he was 16 and I finally like, I couldn't move him and I'm like, oh shit. And I was like, it finally happened. And that's a, that's a sad day.
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But yeah, look, I want my kids to be able to outdo me in everything that they're doing, you know?
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Absolutely.
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And you know, look, they're all kind of into different things. You know, Mikey's training mma, he's doing Jiu jitsu and Muay Thai. And Brennan's been playing a lot of golf. Gracie's an equestrian, Ella's a senior at Clemson. I just, you know, the biggest victory is always when somebody comes up and talks about how nice they are, y. How polite they are, you know, how humble they are, versus, you know, oh, your kid's great at this, or your kid's great at that. Which is fantastic. But no doubt the, the, the ultimate compliment is when people say that they're just really nice young people.
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It's so wild to hear Ella's name because I remember like when you first had her, I remember like, oh, Mark named his daughter Ella. I was like, you're like the first person who was close to my age that had a kid. My kids always ask me because I, I didn't have kids till in my 40s. I literally got my six year old son going, dad, in like five years, are you gonna be able to still play me? Like, he's already on the, like, hey, old man, you better stay in shape. Which I think I, it brings me to like, jokingly we joke around like the 4am stuff and when I used to see you grinding on those workouts, I'd be like, man, that's just so early. I don't think I could ever do that. But now having kids, I'm at the point where that's the, I think that's the only time in the day I can actually get that in. Was that part of it for you? You just were up early, guy.
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No, that was part of it. I was, you know, you're either worn out by the time you get them to bed, right? They're going to be like, okay, now we can have some quality time, you know, you and your spouse, or you're like, well, I'm tired, I've had a long day, let me go get some rest. But yeah, I'm up early. I always. Rest is the most important thing, especially at my age and we're training and trying to recover. So I got to get my eight hours. But, you know, I don't know, I just like getting up, it's quiet. I can kind of call whoever I gotta call on the East Coast, I can call whoever I gotta call in Europe. And, you know, I've got three or four hours. Like today I had four hours. Aside from Gracie leaving for a horse show at 5am I had four hours of, you know, complete quiet and utter silence. So it's Pretty cool.
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That sounds so good. That sounds so good. I'm so far away from that, but I'm gonna start doing.
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Working on my script. And. Yeah, look, the kids now. You know, Easter was yesterday, and normally it would be like kids getting up crazy. They want their Easter basket, they want to do the Easter egg hunt. You know, it was, like, hard to wrangle them to go to brunch at 1 o', clock, you know, waiting for them to come down. Everybody wants to do their own thing, which I completely get.
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So one of my favorite things that always pops up on, like, my Instagram or Twitter or whatever is you on the set of the Other Guys with Will, where you're like, breaking. I love watching you break in a movie and just start laughing on outtakes, bro. I don't know why that one particularly is, like, favorite one. And Matt and I both got to watch Balls up. I looked at. I'm like, are we about to get another movie where Mark is on social media breaking? Because it looked like you guys were throwing heat. Those first two pitch scenes where you guys are pitching your business. You know, I. It's hard to make anyone laugh these days. You guys genuinely had me laughing out loud. I'm like, are we gonna see some outtakes from this one? This looks like a good outtake movie, too.
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There's some good ones with me and Paul and Sasha, Brandon Cohen, you know, it's like. I don't know. It's like I like Will. You know, he's just such a nice guy, and he just. You know, I was. I had never done comedy, like a straight comedy, until I worked with Will. And it was like, you know, there were comedic elements to performances, but usually just playing it straight and the absurdity of the situation would maybe garner a few laughs. But working with him, it was just like. When I met him, it was like, okay, he's just a really sweet guy. He just enjoys making people laugh. And, you know, with. Between him and Adam McKay, it was like, it was hard to keep a straight face because Adam is yelling off camera. That is just so absurd and crazy. But, yeah, and Peter Farrelly, I mean, he's just, you know, yeah.
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Legend.
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A lot of opportunity to. To improvise and play, and it was. It was a lot of fun. I love Paul. I met him a while before we even talked about working together. We became friends, and so I've always. I've always thought he was just so funny. So, yeah, this. This is some good ones in there.
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I was going to ask you how. How Much, I thought, I mean, I was dying. Like, how much is it scripted versus improv? And. And you kind of mentioned it, but do you get a lot of freedom to kind of go where you want? Yeah, yeah.
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I mean, look like Peter, you know, he's also very specific. But you know, you got to have your own kind of take on the character itself, the moment, the individual moments within the scenes. You know, sometimes he kind of reel you back in and sometimes he just lets you go crazy. Like, you know, there's a scene where me and Paul are on the raft and I have this fish and I just kept trying to grab his head and try to bring, you know, and
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there's so much in the movie. It's so funny, man.
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He was. Oh God. He was getting. He was kind of getting upset a little.
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That's when you know you're doing something right though. That's when you know you're. You're pushing it.
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I was like, oh, you're so. You're so sweet. What? I forget what I was saying, but I was just constantly trying to push the envelope. And then of course with Sasha, he always just going crazy. I mean, we kind of do. It was on the page and then it was just like game on from there. So
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What's left? Player and four brothers. Hockey.
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Hockey. That's right.
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That's right, dude.
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Well, you have too many movies. Like, there's like sports always in all your movies. Like, it's.
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I certainly try. I mean, anytime I can, you know, live vicariously through these characters, fulfill my childhood dreams of being a professional athlete, you know, we're gonna jump at the opportunity.
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Well, that's what I was gonna ask. Is there one.
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Do you. What.
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Is there a sport genre that you really haven't hit yet?
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That's the, the sport that I played the most growing up and that I think I probably had the best chance of actually maybe having a career was baseball. You know, I grew up playing baseball. I played, you know, all these traveling teams, played all over the country. Played in Williamsport as a kid.
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Oh, wow.
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So Pete Rose, we're talking about doing Pete Rose right now. You know, there's Pete Rose as he was older. When he became a man, he was back to Cincinnati and he was kind of chasing that record. We've been actively developing that right now. And speaking to filmmaker. So we've got a script and that, you know, that's something else that I would be very excited.
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That would Be insane. I hope that gets done.
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When Pete wress. When Pete was. Because I'm at Fox Mark and Pete was. When he was doing MLB playoffs before we were on the road, it would be our crew with. It was Pete, it was Frank Thomas. This is right when a rod got there. So for me, I was a baseball kid growing up. I'm thinking like, holy shit, dude. This is like. I'm just like a fly on the wall. Pete, God bless him. And Pete would be telling stories and be like, hey, Leiner, this is, this is what, three or four years ago, man? Back in 2001. Remember that game against Fresno State? I had the fucking under on that and you fucking lost me money. He would call out because obviously he was a better. He was a gambler, but he would call out shit from 25 years ago, man. But he was the best. When you did invincible, is it true that you were taking like real hits? Did you do a real training camp?
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Yeah.
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How was that?
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Took a lot of hits. Took a lot of hits. You know, we had ex NFL guys and guys who are currently playing in the Arena League. And you know, no matter how many barbecues I threw after rap or beer parties, we had what you got in between the lines, you know, in order to make it look real, you know, you had to take some licks. And you know, anytime those guys got a chance to hit me, they were definitely taking advantage of that. And I remember every day I would drive home on my, on my scooter from Penn University. I bought a little scooter in Philly and there was no helmet law, so I had to just have ice everywhere. The physios would just wrap me up in ice and I'd just be driving home trying to get a little breeze because we shot in the summer, it was like, you know, 120 on the field, you know, with that turf. But the, the biggest hit I took that kind of when I got ear holed on the sideline. And I remember the coach was like, oh my God. All right, that's it. That's enough. You know what I mean? And I was. He actually fixed my back and my neck because I was all.
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Got an adjustment.
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Yeah.
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Oh my God. But you know, I was like, he was going to let me out. So I was like, okay, we're going to go play golf, you know, at the A Center. You know, we're going to go to cricket club. You know, we're in Philly, where some of the greatest golf so left the rest of that day. They let me off the, they let me off the hook that day. But, yeah, it was, it was fun. And, you know, Vince was there and, you know, so you had to, you had to kind of get out there and, and get into it, but it was, it was a lot of fun.
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Well, you know, you mentioned again, you're saying, go play golf. We got the Masters coming up now. We're, we're still Team Windham. Clark, right? Is Windham still a municipal guy?
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Absolutely. Windham is a municipal guy. We got Kurt Kitayama is, is, is playing fantastic. Patrick Rogers is really starting to get some momentum. So, you know, we gotta, we got a great team, but, yeah, I think
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when was my pick. He's my pick for the man. I, I, I, He's, I got him. He's my pick. And I was gonna pitch to you. If he does get that green jacket, we need some kind of municipal collab with the. Maybe not a green jacket, but something to commemorate, because I think he's got a real shot this weekend.
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Listen, I, I wouldn't count him out, you know, U.S. open winner, but, yeah, we, we'll, we'll, we'll. Sure.
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I know, obviously, you've probably played. Have you played Augusta? Yeah, yeah. Outside of Augusta, is there, like, your top three golf courses that you've ever played or want to play?
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Oh, my God, there's so many. You know, you've got, outside the U.S. i mean, you've got a Dare Manor. You've got, you know, the Green Monkey and Barbados, which I go on holiday and play there. Pine Valley, Cypress, Pebble. I mean, there's so many. So many. I mean, you go, you know, but you go to a place like Boston Golf from a member, you go play that course. It's a Walker only. That'll give you all the, oh, the biggest challenge you've ever had in your golf career, for sure.
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C
Well, we're gonna wrap up and let you get to your tee time, but real quick. I'm still so annoyed at Boston sports. You guys just made the Super Bowl. Now you got Tatum back. Like, is this again?
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Are we back to these peak times on Thursday?
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C
Yes, I know.
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A
I've been talking to my guy Rasheed, every single day. He told me he had guaranteed that the Knicks were going to win 55 games and take the number two seed. That's not happening. No, it's not guaranteed to win against okc. He guaranteed a win against Charlotte, he guaranteed a win against Houston, and he's guaranteeing a win on Thursday.
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C
I mean, I don't like that she.
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A
Listen, after the Knicks. After the Knicks won last year, they had their parade and all the celebration early. They didn't realize they still had to play the Pacers and they still had to make it to the Finals. But look, you guys are the inner Jerry's. Such champions. But get that banner up.
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B
He's such a salty New York.
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C
No, no, no.
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A
League championship banner up and call it a day. You got the Liberty. What's the problem?
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C
This is.
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A
Here's the.
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C
Here's why I take issue to all this. Here's why I take issue to all this. Because I'm 46 years old, right? But, like, I'm such a torture.
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A
Yankees are playing great right now.
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B
They can't beat my Dodgers.
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A
No way.
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C
That's what I got.
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A
Listen, my Otani. Oh, my God. Listen, I got. And the Blue Jays. The Blue Jays are a big problem for the Yankees, too.
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B
Yeah.
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C
Look how he lights up. Just going off on New York Sports.
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A
I got two people that I can root. I'm telling you, Rasheed and I, we talk at least three times a day. And we're talking about the Knicks. We're talking about, you know, he's already pivoted to the Yankees.
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C
Yeah. He's got 160 games left till anything really happens.
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A
I feel like. I just feel like, look. No, actually, you know what? I've got so many friends from New York. If they won, I'd be fine with it. I mean, we've. We've won so much. But look, they're playing. They're playing really good right now. I mean, look, the Patriots back to the super bowl, right? Biggest turnaround. That was so quick. I know. Everybody hated that. And then, look, Celtics are on fire. Yankees. I mean, we. That's the big problem for me. The Yankees, well, yeah, get to playoff
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C
time, but I feel like, too. Like, the Red Sox been getting off to such bad starts, but there's so many games. It's like everyone's freaking out. It's like you start counting, like, April games.
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A
Listen, if not, we just always go back to 04. I mean, it's all good. You just go back to 04.
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C
I watched that documentary, the Comeback on. I made myself sit through it because I'm like, you know what? But here's. Before we let you go, here's why I get so frustrated with the Knick stuff. It's because all these younger Nick fans, even, like, my nephew, who's 18 years old, like, they expect to win. I'm like, guys, we. We cannot. Because they've Been good for five years, right? Like they've been. I'm just happy to make the playoffs still. Like I was beating Boston. It's not a banner, but yes, last year I, it's a successful year.
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A
It was huge deal. I mean, blowing those 20 point leads and then coming back, then winning two in a row in Boston, I was
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C
like, were you at any of that? Did you go to any or.
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A
No, No, I didn't. I went to. Last time I went to a game, I actually went to game one, the finals when we won, when we beat Dallas.
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C
That's a good one to go to.
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A
It's a game one.
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C
Well, buddy, it's good to see you. We're going to let you get to your life.
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B
Coming on, man.
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A
You know what I always tell my friends? I said, look, at the end of the day, as you know, the, the Knicks, the Red Sox, they don't pay your bills. You know, you get a little bit of joy out of it. It's fantastic. A lot of, a lot of fun. Especially between the Boston New York rivalry.
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B
Yeah.
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A
But at the end of the day, you know, we're, you know, we're parents now. We focus on the kids and what's most important.
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C
Well, I blame you for some of this too, because the sport, Boston sports has exploded. Boston movies have exploded. Like you're, you're part of this whole thing that I take offense to what you've done in New York, man. You're part of it.
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A
Well, I apologize, my apologies and my condolences to the Knicks this year in advance.
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B
Yeah, I gotta listen to this every week. Mark with Jerry about New York. So desperate. Thanks for coming on, man.
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C
Thank you, brother. Good luck on the course. I hope your kid doesn't beat you up too much out there.
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A
I hope so.
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C
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B
I that was the that was the best part about the interview is him just completely just ignoring the New York and just saying, you guys basically belittling you guys. That's all he did for like five straight minutes. I love that.
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C
I love it and I do mean it. He is it is rough to be
- [30:55]
B
a New York fan, though, right? I mean, you had a good run, dude. I mean, you had Yankees 20 years ago. You've been. You had a good Giants run for a little bit. That's about it.
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C
But.
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B
But yeah, dude, I mean, but you know, your baby, the New York Knicks, man, you just.
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C
Well, I will say I don't know where I saw this on Twitter, but this is like the best Eli Manning hall of Fame case. Did you see someone released I don't know what their metrics are of how they measured this, but the two hardest paths to winning us the hardest path rankings of super bowl wins and The Giants both seasons 0, 7 and 11 ranked 1 and 2 hardest path to the super bowl and winning the Super Bowl. So that's his hall of Fame case right there. He's just basically say I won the two hardest Super Bowls to to win. Let's not shortchange the victory. I said it in the beginning. Like my Eli dropped out, my Giants quarterback pulled out of the Entourage episode and he calls Brady. So he even made that into a Boston episode. That episode was was good because of the Boston contingent.
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B
I love it, dude. Boston sports fans are nuts. And Wahlberg's no different, which I love.
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C
Something else we're gonna do our we're gonna do our favorite Wahlberg movies now. But something else I forgot to mention to him, he won't remember this too, but after we did the pilot entourage, we had some time off until we got picked up, right? So in an act to make us get to know each other better, there's another moment where I didn't know how to handle this. He invited us to Vegas with him and some friends to an HBO fight on a private plane. Now to this point, Matt, I had only flown whatever the worst airline was at the time, back row coach, cherry
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B
popped on a private.
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C
It might have been like the real E. Like Eric Weinstein. E might have called me to give me like the tail number, which I didn't know what that meant. And again, I drive up to like Burbank Airport. I'm like, where's the big parking lot? They're like, oh no, no, we'll take your car. Like, okay, what's your tail number? I give him the tail number. I'm walking in and then I just see all these private jets everywhere and they escort me and take my bags. And then I, I remember first I, I walk in, I'm first one there, of course. And then someone says, though, you just don't want to sit wherever whoever's paying for the plane, you just don't want to sit in where they want to sit. So I'm like, where I took the word. I went all the way in the back and sat by the bathroom. Like, no one's gonna want to sit by the bathroom or facing rear.
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B
Some, A lot of people don't.
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C
Like, I didn't know that was like an unwritten rule. He or she who pays for the jet gets. Yeah, they have their seat whatever the hell they want. So I learned the lesson. But yeah, that was wild for a 23 year old meathead. All right, favorite Wahlberg movies, Matt, you can go any genre, any generation, any time period, anything you want. We're going to do what. Three is a good number, right?
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B
Yeah, dude, this was hard, man. Because I'm such a Wahlberg fan. I've just, I just, I just, he just, he's. As you heard, he's just a dudes dude. Fucking love sports, does all these great movies. So I didn't narrow it down for me personally. So my, my, my third and he talked about it was invincible and yeah, I am just, I'm, I'm a sucker for the feel good football movie, dude. Like Rudy is one of my favorite movies of all time. Remember the time. I love good football movies. So obviously too based on somewhat, I think a true story. And then he talked about a little bit how he Took some absolute shots in that movie. So then it makes you kind of respect what he did. More so invincible. My second one, which might be a shocker. And no one's going to know this, but. But our age group is fear. I remember fear do. I mean, I know Shout out to our boy Ryan Rosilla. Ryan was still a big fear guy. Reese Witherspoon. There's a couple scenes in that movie like, like the roller coaster scene that stuck out as a Wild horses.
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C
I think was playing the song. Yeah.
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B
Like as like a 15 year old kid in me getting to watch that movie, which I probably wasn't even allowed to watch at the time.
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C
But he still had like the hint of the boss. Me and my bud, my old roommate would always redo the. You know, like he goes up to the door when he's like losing his mind like that.
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B
Yeah.
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C
And he's banging on it and he's talking to the dad, his boss. He's like, could have been different. Mr. Walker. He calls him Mr. Walker.
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B
Yeah. Go. Go watch that movie. And then my number one. Dude, you're probably gonna laugh at me. And I love this movie. Anytime it's on tv, I'll watch the whole thing is Shooter.
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C
Shooter.
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B
I love Shooter. Dude. I love. I love so many Mark movies, but Shooter is the one I've watched probably. I've probably watched Shooter 25 times.
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C
It's a great movie.
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B
It's always on TV. I'm a. I'm a sucker for like sniper movies and that type of stuff. I just love it. And he's great in it.
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A
Dude.
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B
So Shooter is my. Probably my favorite Mark Wahlberg movie. I think I have a lot of comedy in there. He's done some great comedy movies, but
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C
I mean, Other Guys is stellar guys stuff.
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B
Yeah, Other Guys is amazing. Ted was hilarious. But those would be my three. Okay, what do you got?
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C
Well, also too.
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B
I mean, I'm interested in this. I don't know. I don't know which way you're going in this.
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C
So I'm gonna go back number three. I'm gonna bring it back to the early years of Wahlberg Three Kings. Have you ever seen Three Kings? Spike, George Clooney, Ice Cube. Three Kings is a crazy. Again, my favorites. I haven't seen it in a while. I actually might fire that up to rewatch. But I remember back in the DVD generation, I must have rented that thing from the video store when I was younger, like a thousand times. I might have even. That might even been one of those movies. I just didn't return and got billed, like, 200 for. Because I didn't wanna. I didn't wanna do. All right, Number two for me is a selfish one. Now, people might say, oh, you picked it because you're in it. That is not why I'm picking this movie. I just think this is one for me. If it's on. Oh, yeah, I gotta. I'm in Lone Survivor, man. Lone Survivor. Pete Berg directed, who I got. Got a chance to know. Big Giants fan, you know, Pete Bird. But, like, as far you mentioned, you love, like, the sniping stuff, but. And I love, like, military movies. Yeah, but that movie's so damn realistic that it gets me every time. And I was fortunate enough to be in it. And I know Mark probably had a hand in putting in the good word for me there. And, you know, weren't you.
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B
Were you a comms guy? You were on the phone, right?
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C
So I was a comms guy. And I remember that story I had. I got my. My manager, Lev, who also. Also represents Wahlberg, was like, you got to meet Pete Berg. He's doing some good stuff.
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A
Or.
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C
I don't even know if Pete wanted to meet me, but I think maybe they made him meet me. But they were both Giant fans. We kind of hit it off. He puts me in Battleship, right?
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B
That's right.
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C
So I'm in Louisiana, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with Rihanna for like, a month and a half. I have, like, four scenes, right? And I have all the scenes, like, left miss, all that Battleship stuff. But then he starts telling me about Lone Survivor and, like, all the work he put into writing the script. I finally get the script, and I tried hard to go after, like, I think it was, like, Emile Hirsch's role. I really wanted to be one of the guys. And obviously I didn't get it. And Emile Hirsch was great, but Pete offered me something smaller. Is like, got this guy. It's great. I was like, you know what? First time ever, Matt, that. Because actors are so used to taking whatever you are willing to offer. Not that I said no, like a dick, but I'm like, pete, thank you. But what? You know, it's a couple of lines. Like, you know, that feels like someone either give it to, like, a real military guy or maybe someone who, like, needs a SAG card. Yeah, he kind of, like, really? Okay, whatever. And then he comes back to me a few weeks later, like, you know what? I combined a few roles. I dare you to read it now and tell me, like, oh, you don't want to do it? And I read it, and I was a comms guy. But what he combined was, I'm the guy who takes the very fateful phone call when Mike Murphy climbs the ridge.
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B
Yeah.
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C
Sacrifices his. You know, sacrifices his life. So that movie was crime, that set.
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B
It's a great movie, dude.
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C
Everyone's walking around with beards and the opposite of the other guys. Right. So selfishly for me, but again, if you haven't seen Lone Survivor, that movie,
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B
it's another one when it's on tv. You always watch it.
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C
Crazy story. Yeah. Okay. And then look, I mean, that's just number one. It's just a no doubter. I think you might have left this one on the. On the table for me. I appreciate you. No Departed. No Boogie Nights.
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B
Oh, Boogie Nights.
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C
Boogie Nights, man. Come on. That's one of my favorite, like, all time. Not even just Wahlberg movies. All time.
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B
Yeah. It's iconic.
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C
But Mark. Mark does have a lot of those movies. And again, we don't catch anything anymore. Oh, it's on tv. I got to watch it. But Mark's career, like, he has a lot of those movies. If you were just flipping around and it popped on, you're like, oh, I gotta. I'm in for this one. I gotta finish this one up.
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B
Yeah, dude, he's what a legend, man. There's the list goes on and on,
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C
and Balls up is good. R rated. Com. We should do R rated comedies one day. That should be like, our next thrill.
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B
B. Balls up is
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C
you prepared before. Because you watched it before. I did. You prepared.
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B
He described it perfectly. Some of the scenes, like the outtakes, man. I can't wait to watch the outtakes of this. Because some of the scenes and just the context and the content of what it is, it's like, oh, my God, dude. I can imagine sitting in those scenes and just, like, losing it, dude. Oh, it's good.
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C
Well, I guess before, we should address.
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B
Yeah, you made a lot of. It was a lot of a lot of Entourage talk this past week.
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C
Okay. You. You know, you're such a good partner and co host because you're throwing it on me first. Like, I.
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B
So, April, I'm just tired of Entourage reboot talk. Can we just do it or not? Like, what are we waiting on? What are we waiting on, Jerry? People want to know. The fan, clearly the fans want to know because we had the April Fool's joke.
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C
Yeah. I didn't expect that April Fool's joke to go that viral.
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A
Yeah.
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B
And everybody was like in the comments, like, oh, you just ruined My day. Oh, I'm like, can we? Everybody wants it. Let's give the people what they want.
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C
So the one who has to want it the most is the person who's going to pay for the movie or the show. See, I'm also a firm believer if we ever did bring it back, obviously I don't think it should be a movie. I think it should be an extended, like, season again, right? Like, that show always plays well in a show context. I'm not a big fan of the April fool stuff. I've always said it. I. On social media, it annoys me to tears. So I was pitched the idea of doing an entourage April Fool's post and I immediately. You saw it. I was like, ah, I don't want no part of it. But of course it was a good idea. And I repost it. And I did not expect to get 2 million views on Twitter and 2 and a half million views on Instagram and media outlets calling me, asking me if it's true. My guys, check the date. It's April Fools. Like, why is that one the one that you all believe?
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B
Bro, people love it, dude. They want to see it back.
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C
Well, the thing that it made me think of too was like, what? And then everyone's asking me, what would the story lines be? I knew it was bad. Like when my mom was like, wait, is that true? I even got like, my poor mom got fooled. So that wasn't cool. I have. I do think now, as I think about what the movie would be, I think it actually, like, we would have to lean into how old we all are. It has to be a younger generation in it that's like paralleling us.
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B
You know, they just. There would be a great scene where it's just like, Vinnie gets all you guys and you guys just basically, boys, we still got it. And you go somewhere and you're walking around and they're like, it just. You could just see it, dude. The slow mo walk out of the. Out of the.
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C
Well, I always say I have the Johnny Drama storyline. Johnny Drama is like the first legitimate actor getting replaced by AI. Like, he's get his own likeness is replacing him. They're like rebooting Viking Quest and they're replacing him with his AI version of himself. I think an interesting thing though would be because, you know, Vince is the movie star. Like, you know, how hard is it to get people in theaters to see a movie? That would be a really interesting storyline if the. The guys had like a movie that wasn't a Marvel movie. Like, how are we gonna get. And the whole story arc is like, how we got to do something crazy to get these people to the movies. How do we do it?
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B
Let's make it happen, dude.
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C
You hire Timothy Chalamet is what you do. All right, we're back. We got a loaded week coming up, too. We have a little sit down coming, I think next week with maybe Bonzi. Well, so stick around with us, like, and subscribe all that stuff. That's it. Mark Wahlberg, folks.
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B
Peace.