we have a big celebrity guest with us
today Jeremy Piven is here today of
course known from Entourage wisdom of
the crowd or mr. Selfridge this is so
cool that you're in town and it's
because you've got a new stand-up comedy
show just morrow night at the Empire
Theatre 8 o'clock come on down it's
going to be it's interesting you were
asking me what can we expect and I've
been so lucky to be on all these
different sets and play these characters
being confused for Ari Gold it gets
awkward strangers yelling at me I'm a
because of you you know I've already
done the wrong thing done the energy
bump it sounds like something from the
80s something something you do if you
were at studio 54 in the bathroom
because as you did the bump in the 70s
with disco right yeah and so now you
call the energy bomb there you have your
first time in San Antonio and so you've
got a day to kind of enjoy so we thought
here you go
this is amazing because you are in and
around some of the best Mexican
restaurants in town
well I act again I had thank you so much
I happen to love Mexican food and I am
Jewish and so it's a Mexico festival
right which also is the name of my tour
okay yeah yes now we just spent it right
we're gonna build the wall we're gonna
feel guilty about it
we're gonna be very cheap to pay for it
or to make other people pay what people
can expect tomorrow night no I'm gonna
be very nervous and viciously mediocre
and it's gonna be
yeah I love a listen it's first of all
that theater is so stunning you guys
have one of the most beautiful leaders
in the world and I I'm very lucky and I
grew up in the theater since I was a
child I come from a theatre family so
this is and I and I've done sketch
comedy and improv and acting my whole
life and this is stand-up is is
something that I've always wanted to do
I did about 250 shows last year and I
just it's like an evening with me and
selfishly it's a way for the audience to
get a sense of who I am as opposed to
these fictional characters that I play I
do go into characters and talk about for
instance you know playing our gold and
running lines as my mother which is very
surreal considering the profanity that
came out of our ago so my mom was a very
professional and she's right there with
me and and telling fun stories about
that and and doing different impressions
and the great thing about stand-up is
there's no faking it you're either
bombing or you're winning because you've
got the immediate response from the
audience yes yeah it's incredible and
listen I've been on sets my whole life
and I didn't get a chance to meet people
so now finally I'm out and I get to kind
of you know come face to face with
people that I've been entertaining for
years so it's a thrill for me people has
actors is it easier to be a good
character a bad character or in this
case then being live I mean you kind of
touched on that just a little bit so
Minoo I've been very lucky and I've been
on the stage my whole life so I know how
to navigate live theater more than even
being in front of a camera because I
just have logged more hours so you you
know so I'm more comfortable
entertaining people live you know that's
my thing and then I had to figure out
okay how do I take that energy and do it
for the camera and in the beginning I
was way too big but it worked for our
gold because I was overacting for eight
seasons and a movie
no it's uh it's just it's it's a great
thrill and each show is completely
different and you're playing off of the
audience and this is really cool for me
because I get to go to a city early get
a sense of it and then be able to talk
about it on stage you know that's why
you're here a day early
yes I'm studying you hey stick around
because straight ahead we have more from
Jeremy Piven and of course he's known
for entourage so who would be in his
celebrity entourage in all different
scenarios and what meal the day he cooks
best
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yes you guys are if you guys are dress
alike so it's just giving away tickets a
pair of tickets to your show but before
we get to that do it we want to play a
quick game with you we're good
who's in your entourage we're gonna give
you a few scenarios and you chose who
you would pick to be in your celebrity
entourage for those situations okay I
love it all right here's the broad James
okay the first one is you have 30
minutes to get ready for the Golden
Globes who's in your entourage well you
know that the reality is is that if you
were to look up who my date has been
it's always been my mother because she's
right as well yeah no she's awesome and
I I've known her my entire life I'm
Captain Obvious no she you know when I
was eight years old I crawled up on
stage and and she's been my teacher the
entire time
so it makes sense I'm also 200 years old
and still single so that's why I bring
my mom and you know people want to know
why I'm still single and the reality is
and I've been married to my work and
then my work decided to see other people
okay just got very sad okay okay you
have a big movie premiere yeah is your
entourage Wow you just want to know
about entourage we get stuck in the
theme you don't come like a color theme
here and we go up it's a big a big movie
premiere well it's interesting I just
went to my sister's husband wrote and
directed vice with Christian Bale oh
really
yeah which is which is a fantastic movie
if you guys haven't seen it it's it's
about Dick Cheney and part of our
history Texas you know George Bush and
in write the history of of all that and
I went with my sister and my nieces and
my niece pearl asked me if I work for
the bus company and I told her that
uncle Jeremy is an actor and she said I
don't think so
so I told her that uncle Jeremy you know
won three Emmys as an actor and she said
that she doesn't know Emmy if I meet
Oscar to give her a call so and by the
way pearl you know pearl because she was
in the landlord with Will Ferrell which
was the first viral video if you
remember this where she's like give me
my money and she's now exactly this
she's thirteen is still the same Michael
Jordan challenges you to a five-on-five
game of basketball who's in your
celebrity entourage oh that's a great
call it has to be people you know in
their peak right sure okay who do you so
yeah well the thing is I would love to
take Scottie Pippen he's gonna take
Scottie Pippen right so so I might I
might take you know this is not gonna be
popular we know what I'm not gonna take
awhile ender I think why because he
deserted our boys but I'll take Danny
Green okay I'll take Danny green cuz
he's a local guy and he got applauded
last night and so he would celebrate I
will take Magic Johnson I'll definitely
take Magic Johnson I'll take Allen
Iverson just because I just think he's
he's a brilliant player but he also will
be very entertaining and Charles Barkley
because what about pumpkin
Tim Duncan yeah and maybe even the
Admiral yeah have them playing together
at the same time it'd be like an a TV
commercial with all the old you know
retired Spurs players together there so
why not yeah and then add JJ Watt I
don't even know why just you know for
defense we've all this food in front of
us yes do you have a favorite meal that
you make or you do you cook you you
microwave like the best of them how does
it how does it work you know what I
I try I try to eat fresh food and this
all looks amazing and incredible I try
not to be the guy that reheats stuff but
I've got to be honest with you the
furthest I get is breakfast in terms of
food I've and every chef that I talked
to they say what this is can he make and
they go breakfast doesn't count include
just one cereal or well I do I do a
little huevos rancheros you know
probably not as good as in this area but
then I kind of tap out so it's kind of
sad so I have no skills I'm not a
saucier if you will but I do appreciate
a good sauce I'm excited to try all the
different you know you've got your show
tomorrow night
yeah at 8 o'clock at the Empire Theatre
and we're gonna be giving away a couple
of tickets those are really good seats
too and look at your names on the
tickets and the name of the show is not
written in but should we write it in it
was called the what show again message
you okay the Mexican show at the Charlie
McComb same it's good it's gonna be
great and it's like you know it's it's
it's 800 people but it's still intimate
and in such and for people that haven't
been to the cedar it's stunning okay and
then afterwards we're gonna take some
pictures and hang out and it's gonna be
great okay and if you feel so inclined
you know a lot of people yell out Lloyd
you know for no reason yes you know and
so so the the heckling is very surreal
it almost sounds like people have
Tourette's so I will say if you need to
speak up just know that I will address
you in the crowd and we're gonna have
some fun but you know it's my job to
make people laugh and I'm honored let's
get into it