-Our first guest is a two-time Super Bowl champion
and a Hall of Fame quarterback.
He's also the host and producer of "Manningcast" on ESPN2.
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Peyton Manning!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Peyton, good to see you, bud!
That's what I'm talking about! -Hey, Jimmy.
-Peyton, it's great to see you.
Welcome back.
You had a great cameo on "Saturday Night Live"
during "Weekend Update" this past week.
I loved it.
Colin Jost wanted to have you on to talk about football,
and all you wanted to talk about was "Emily in Paris."
[ Laughter ]
I want to know, have you ever seen
an episode of "Emily in Paris"?
-I've never seen an episode of "Emily in Paris."
Not sure if I'm going to in the future.
I feel like I know so much about it now, Jimmy.
But I think I'm going to be asked to be
in season three, like a big part.
[ Laughter ]
-It was well done. It's so good.
I have to ask you because everyone is talking about this.
And I thought it was insane
kind of because I'm watching the games this weekend.
And they go, "Ugh, we have to announce Tom Brady is retiring."
And then they do a whole documentary, slow motion of
him walking out on the field, and they go,
"And also, he hasn't really decided if he's retiring."
[ Laughter ] "Okay, I'm sorry."
We just watched a whole documentary of how great he was.
What's your lead on this?
Is he retiring? Is he not?
-Yeah, I'm not sure I have the answer.
But I think if Tom's going to retire,
I feel like he'll announce it himself.
That's kind of the process that I went through when I retired.
Jimmy in 2011 when I got injured with the Colts,
there were a lot of rumors whether I was going to
come back and play or not.
Rob Lowe tweeted out that he knew firsthand
that I was about to retire.
And I had to call a press conference to actually say,
"You know, I always thought I would announce my retirement,
not the guy that played Sodapop Curtis in 'The Outsiders.'"
[ Laughter ] -You'd think.
-I feel like Tom is in that same boat a little bit.
Like, I think he'll make the announcement
at the appropriate time.
It might be tomorrow. It might be in April.
It might not be till three years from now, he's playing so well.
So I don't imagine Tom's too happy
with the news this weekend.
But I think he will announce it whenever,
at the appropriate time, on his own terms, as he should.
-Yeah, I agree. Good man.
Peyton, you're one of the greatest quarterbacks
to ever play the game.
And then I saw you throw out a first pitch
at an all-star game.
[ Laughter ]
Should we show the clip?
-No. No clip, please. No clip. [ Cheers and applause ]
Please. [ Drumroll ]
-I'm sorry. Don't look. Cover your eyes.
Cover your eyes for one second.
Let's just take a look real quick.
Here's Peyton Manning throwing out the first pitch here.
-Alright, now, now, it's very hard.
I've done it myself and failed.
It's harder than you think.
-Yeah. It was bad all the way around.
First off, they were supposed to have
two Colorado Rockies players do it.
One got COVID. The other had knee surgery.
So, they bring in the third-string quarterback, right?
The third stringer should not be throwing out the first pitch
at an all-star game, Jimmy. -You're the third-stringer here.
-Yeah. I wasn't mentally prepared.
I had one-day notice. I didn't get a lot of practice.
And I got too much coaching.
Max Scherzer told me to throw it hard.
Ohtani told me just get it over the plate.
I couldn't make my mind up. I'm winding up.
I'm like, "Throw it hard, throw it hard.
No, no, throw it soft." And I'm in between.
And I threw an interception right in the dirt.
[ Laughter ]
I mean, what's the statute of limitations
on when that video stops being played?
Eli I feel like is behind this episode
and making you show that video.
[ Laughter and applause ]
-Eli had a little bit to do with it.
I remember the first time I met you and your brother,
we were in Indianapolis at -- Oh, no.
We were in Kentucky at the Kentucky Derby.
-Kentucky. Kentucky Derby.
-And the Colts were there and you were there with Eli.
And I jumped on stage to sing with the band
or something like that and I was dating my now-wife at the time.
And it came down and all the Colts were there,
and I go, "Where's Nancy? Where's my girlfriend?"
They go, "She's the best, man.
She's so cool." I go, "I know. Where is she?"
They go, "She's partying with the Mannings."
And she was next to you and she was chugging a bottle of vodka.
And I was like, "You don't do that. What are you doing?"
She was like, "These guys are so fun."
-My Colts teammates loved her.
They wanted her to draft her to come back to play for our team.
She is one of us.
[ Laughter ]
-The Manning brothers. It was so fun.
We had the best time.
"Manningcast" can't be funnier, can't be better,
so well-produced, well-done.
It's you and your brother making fun of each other.
But also you're geniuses about football.
-Yeah. I mean Jimmy, it's just something different.
We were real happy that ESPN kind of wanted
to do something different.
Eli and I thought they were joking.
"Wait a minute, you're going to pay us to watch football
with my brother from our house?"
[ Laughter ] Like, I know I went to Tennessee
and Eli went to Ole Miss, but I think we can figure out
this sounds like a lot of fun and a pretty good deal.
We get to be home on the weekends with our kids
and coach their sports and still stay close to the game of
football, talking about it in a fun way.
We had some great guests on this year,
all people that love football.
But it's a lot of fun to do it with my brother, Jimmy.
You know, he's in New York, I'm in Denver.
We don't see each other as much as we used to.
So for he and I have to have this together every Monday
or 10 Mondays in the fall, it's been a lot of fun.
[ Cheers and applause ] -Alright. Quickly, Super Bowl.
Now it's down to Bengals versus Rams.
I don't know if anyone saw this coming.
I didn't. But I have no idea who's going to win.
I don't even know who has the advantage or disadvantage.
-Well, obviously the puppy race tells it all.
It's definitely going to be Bengals, right?
-Ron beat Gary.
Look, I'm so pumped for these quarterbacks, right?
Matthew Stafford, 13 years, right?
You know, he's been taking a lot of heat.
Can he win the big one, all that?
I'm so glad he's there.
And Joe Burrow is just Mr. Cool, right?
I mean, to be in a Super Bowl --
in his first Super Bowl so early in his career.
Both these guys will handle the moment.
You know, obviously one of them is going to come away a winner.
I've been on both sides of it.
There's no feeling like to win it, Jimmy.
It is as disappointing as you think it would be not to win it.
So I'm pulling for both quarterbacks.
It's going to be a great game without a doubt.
-A legend right there. Peyton Manning, everybody.
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