Rudd hopped on with Peyton and Eli Manning to discuss his team’s Monday Night Football game against the New Orleans Saints, but his appearance immediately went in the wrong direction at no fault of his own.
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes threw a shocking pick to Saints defensive tackle (and former Kansas City player) Khalen Saunders, and Rudd looked truly devastated as he watched the whole play unfold with the Manning brothers.
What stung even more was Rudd predicted Chiefs wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster would score a touchdown right before the interception. That’s who Mahomes targeted on the play before Saunders picked the quarterback off.
You have to watch Rudd process this lowlight in the moment because it’s just priceless.
Paul Rudd is set to appear in Monday night’s “ManningCast” on ESPN 2 during the #Chiefs’ matchup against the #Saints.
The Kansas City Chiefs are set to welcome the New Orleans Saints to Arrowhead Stadium for an exciting Week 5 matchup on “Monday Night Football.”
With so much hype surrounding the Chiefs’ and their undefeated start to the regular season, many of the team’s high-profile ambassadors are showing their support for the reigning Super Bowl champions, including Kansas City native Paul Rudd.
On Monday, Omaha Productions announced its lineup for the “ManningCast” on ESPN 2, which is set to feature Rudd, former New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, and ex-NFL quarterback Archie Manning, who is the father of Peyton and Eli who host the broadcast.
Rudd, who moved to Lenexa, Kansas when he was 10, has been outspoken about his Chiefs fandom for years, and frequently attends the team’s regular season games. The Anchorman star has also attended each of Kansas City’s four Super Bowl appearances in the Patrick Mahomes era.
Be sure to tune in for Rudd’s appearance on the “ManningCast” later tonight.
The Kansas City Chiefs versus New Orleans Saints matchup in Week 5 will be featured as a “ManningCast” game on ESPN2, scheduled for 7:13 p.m. CT/8:13 p.m. ET. The guest list for this week’s broadcast group makes it worth watching. Peyton and Eli Manning will sit down with theeir father, Saints legend Archie Manning. He’s also the father of Cooper Manning and grandfather of Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning.
Additionally, it will include legendary former New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, and actor Paul Rudd, a Chiefs superfan and the narrator of the 2007 season of “Hard Knocks,” which featured the Chiefs as well.
Having this group together will be an interesting dynamic, as Eli Manning will be able to talk with Belichick about the two Super Bowl victories he had against him. The Manning family will primarily be together on broadcast, and we can get perspective from Rudd about the Chiefs and his fandom as well. The “ManningCast” always has some fun broadcast groups and guests, but this one will be a fun one no doubt.
Kansas City #Chiefs Super Bowl LVIII season, Taylor Swift in ‘America’s Game’ documentary on NFL Network | @EdEastonJr
The Kansas City Chiefs will be featured in a new special that will air on NFL Network on Wednesday, September 4th.
NFL Network is set to air the latest iteration of their “America’s Game” documentary series, which chronicles the reigning Super Bowl champions each year. Narrated by actor and Chiefs fan Paul Rudd, “America’s Game” delves into the Chiefs’ third Super Bowl title in five years. In the hour-long show, Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, Chris Jones, and Andy Reid recount the season in their own words.
This year’s edition of “America’s Game” is the 58th episode of the long-running special celebrating the back-to-back Super Bowl champion Chiefs. The episode features thoughts on Taylor Swift’s attendance at games during the year.
In a clip from the documentary, Mahomes reflected on Swift’s first appearance at Arrowhead Stadium for the Chiefs’ Week 3 victory over the Chicago Bears last year.
“I became aware of her being at the game that week; [Travis Kelce] said she was thinking about coming and being at the game… He’s a guy that is full of life and loves to go out there and enjoy it. That’s why it didn’t surprise anybody on the team; people act like it was a distraction, and I was like, ‘No, this is just Travis; that’s how he always is.'”
If you like tracking celebrity sightings at sporting events, this was an especially busy season to follow the Kansas City Chiefs, who play the San Francisco 49ers in the 2024 Super Bowl on Feb. 11 in Las Vegas.
But it wasn’t the first time that the famous actor celebrated on the field after Kansas City won the Super Bowl. Rudd was also joined by Eric Stonestreet (the actor who played Cameron in Modern Family) when the Chiefs won the Super Bowl in 2020.
Here are some of the other most notable names rooting for Kansas City:
Rudd’s character Andy in Wet Hot American Summer is a legend. And one scene inspired an AEW champion’s whole persona.
All Elite Wrestling, for all its flaws, gets a lot right about pro wrestling. One of those tenets is that the squared circle isn’t solely the property of uber-serious meatheads. There’s room for nuance, characters and comedy within the framework of choreographed fighting.
That’s the nurturing soil from which Orange Cassidy has blossomed into the star. The longtime independent wrestling scene staple — he was Fire Ant in Chikara’s long-running stable The Colony — has emerged as one of AEW’s brightest talents behind a low-effort, too-cool-to-care persona. Cassidy wears denim on denim and aviator sunglasses and generally seems above everything going on around him.
Exactly like Paul Rudd’s character Andy in the seminal American film classic Wet Hot American Summer. And now, thanks to Esquire’s William Mullally, Rudd is finally aware of the pro wrestler modeled after one iconic scene from a cult movie that has persisted in the hearts and souls of a certain brand of nerd for two decades.
“That’s amazing,” Rudd said in the most Paul Rudd way possible after being shown a picture of Cassidy. “How did I not know this? Thank you for telling me.”
“You need to know this,” replied Mullally.
“I do!”
Here’s the scene in question.
Cassidy’s tribute goes beyond the jean jacket and sunglasses. His entrance music on the independent scene was Jefferson Starship’s Jane — the same song that soundtracks the opening sequence and titles of director David Wain’s opus. After flirting with other themes in AEW, namely The Pixies’ Where is My Mind?, AEW president Tony Khan was able to license Jane for weekly broadcasts and gave Cassidy his sprawling rock anthem back.
The current All-Atlantic champion is more than just a gimmick, however. Cassidy’s character wouldn’t work if he wasn’t able to go in the ring. When he flips the switch from “Andy” to “actually caring” you get the full array of dynamic moves and innovative offense you’d expected from a wrestler with nearly two decades of experience.
In short, Orange Cassidy is awesome. So is Paul Rudd. And now that the latter knows about the former, the possibility of double Andys in the wrestling ring is finally in play. Especially when the owner of the company comes from “buy the Jacksonville Jaguars” type money.
NFL Films caught a couple of glimpses of Rudd giving love to Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and defensive end Frank Clark, who both looked elated to see Rudd amidst the confetti.
Since Rudd is one of the most lovable people on the planet, it’s got to be exciting if you’re a Kansas City player for him to be one of your celebrity fans.
Everyone looks so happy! It’s nice to see people being happy!
Isn’t that just the most adorable thing in the world? We love how Jack Rudd sounds exactly like his old man, and how happy they were to take in the major win.
Paul Rudd is one of the easiest people to root for in Hollywood, and we’re glad to now have another Rudd that we can be happy for. We all win when the Rudds win.
The Super Bowl is the biggest American sporting even of the year with all the glitz and glam and celebs of a red carpet appearance, but with football and a big shiny trophy awaiting the game’s winner.
And those celebrities — they’re sports fans just like us! Sure, some of them will show up to the Super Bowl because they’re invited, they’re promoting something or they just kinda feel like it.
But there’s a good number of celebrity fans of both 2023 Super Bowl teams, the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs. And there’s more to Kansas City’s famous fans than Paul Rudd and Eric Stonestreet.
So ahead of Super Bowl 57 on Sunday, Feb. 12, here’s a look at some of the Chiefs’ celebrity fans (and don’t forget to check out our list of the biggest celebrity Eagles fans!)
“You can’t do that on a podcast! It’s a visual joke!”
One of the saddest realizations brought upon by the end of Conan O’Brien’s run on television as a late-night talk show was fact that fans would be losing one of the greatest running gags in media.
You see, every time Paul Rudd would go onto Conan’s show, the Ant-Man actor would somehow get the comedian to believe he was there to show a clip of his latest film. Considering his work spans from Clueless to Avengers: Endgame, how could any host not allow Rudd to show a clip? It’d be malpractice!
In reality, Rudd would only provide a clip from the 1988 film Mac and Me. And every single time, Conan O’Brien would fall for it. No matter how elaborate the set-up for the clip became, no matter how many times Rudd assured him this was for real, Lucy would pull the football away from Charlie Brown at the last second once again.
Now that O’Brien hosts a podcast, Rudd had to get a bit more creative to keep the bit going. Somehow, someway—in audio form!—the actor pulled it off.
In which Paul Rudd goes on Conan O’Brien’s podcast and continues the greatest running bit of all time. pic.twitter.com/U7h7YL3agg
Its absolutely incredible Rudd can continue to expose Conan’s gullibility. Truly an actor at the height of his powers. And just in case you’re a little suspicious over how easily this all comes together, you should know there’s more that happens behind the scenes before Rudd ever reaches this point.
“Every time, for years, I was convinced that I would see the real clip,” Conan told Rudd in June 2021. “Because you are a genuinely a nice person. And you would say, ‘this movie is really important to me’ and ‘I put my own money into this, and I really care about this,’ and then you’d pull that s*** every time.”
Even listeners of Conan’s podcast had to see this coming. It didn’t matter. It never does.
The best news of all, however, is how the prank ends.
