Celebrity True or False: Anthony Michael Hall on Breakfast Club, Vacation & More | Rich Eisen Show

[@johngennace4045]

Anthony Michael Hall -- First ballot Gen-X Hall of Fame.

[@kalnyc1]

1000000000%

[@kamuelalee]

Yes, a Gen-X Prince for sure

[@sherineill6630]

Absolutely

[@mathieuduval7544]

He's definitely in the top 10 of legends of the entertainment from the 80s and 90s

[@kevinwalsh4652]

Bender called him a neo maxi zoom dweebie 🤔

[@randcanape683]

I love this interview. I'm 55. Cmon, the 80s were great.

[@lancemanyon7645]

I am 53 and he was in almost all of my favorite 80’s movies. Some of my buddies and I still quite some of those John Hughes movies much to our wives dismay

[@howardb.6205]

Yep, 52

[@matthewcalabria2442]

I’m 48 and quote all of the mentioned movies. 80’s were the best times for movies, music and television…at least for me anyway.

[@kamuelalee]

55 too. It the Last Great Decade for pop culture. Nothing compares since.

[@jkatsieris1]

Preach.

[@controlledsavage6627]

I met Michael at a modeling agency for a photo shoot. He came to me and said hi I’m Mike. I shook his hands and took a few steps and then turned around dumbfounded and said your Anthony Michael Hall with eyes wide like a deer staring into headlights and he humbly said yes. I said you have no idea what an impact you made in my life growing up as a teenager in the 80’s! He was literally one of my teenage idols and favorite actors at the time and here I am with the same photographer in my early 20’s?! Unreal moment, love this guy and what a great interview!

[@SirVic42]

Talk about name dropping. This dude's memoir will be epic.

[@johnobrien5037]

No doubt. Talk about breaking out at the right time. And hanging out with Tyson...much of that experience was most likely R to X rated and not to be mentioned on air. Lol

[@goodjohnhunting]

Man, no doubt! I was just thinking he needs to get writing one.

[@shaycoiee]

He was too wasted to remember anything

[@RichV20]

90% of the book would be 1982-88

[@PeaceDweller]

I think what is also amazing is considering how much the industry treated a lot of it's young stars in the 80s and 90s it's amazing that AMH has grown up to be such a chill, decent and honorable guy.

[@jeremyorthman1873]

Met Anthony Michael Hall at a con event and hands down one of the most polite, generous and kind celebrities I've met.

[@brooklyn7189]

I totally agree… Met him at a museum in nyc and was a truly nice person

[@JoeBuck207]

I guess you didn't see the TMZ footage of him in the Las Vegas swimming pool going after other patrons ?

[@jeremyorthman1873]

@@JoeBuck207 I can't speak to it one way or the other, I didn't see it. I can only speak to what I saw in person, my interaction.

[@JoeBuck207]

@@jeremyorthman1873 It's on KZbin.

[@EddieHenderson92]

@@JoeBuck207 Hall looked bad in that video but we didn't see how it started.

[@RoeLuv1]

The guy is an 80’s Icon. Up there with MJ, Madonna, Bruce, Prince etc.

[@enriquebruzual1702]

We don't see enough of Anthony Hall, I love to see him in a comedy again.

[@bribriboy]

Absolutely.

[@brettsodrel6456]

Love him too...if I'm being honest I really only started scrolling the comments to see how far I'd have to go before people were calling for his head after his Eddie Murphy "Capricorn" impersonation"... P.S. .might want to hold any/ all comments til the end cuz any of you who are thinking of how you Can take my comment and twist it into your f#@k3d up worldview...so I'd rather not be someone who's ideas you shoehorn into whatever it is that makes your 🧠 work...see so many people pretend they are voting with their brain and the knowledge they have regarding the candidates but we alll know that's not true(for most ar Ieast)... I dont hate or look down on Trump supporters...I just think they put trust in the wrong guy...I'm from Indianapolis...so I half my family are Trump supporters(who am I kidding closer to 80%) As I mentioned I'm from Indianapolis but moved to Miami when I was young so I basically grew up down there... went to k-12...met my first true love and so on...then stayed to go to UF in Gainesville. I've lived with and around tons of different types of people... Look they're are crazies on both the far-left and the far-right...if we start admitting that, maybe we'd actually get some bipartisan legislature passed that can help this country... See the key is admitting something is a good or bad idea based on the idea itself and not who it came from... I'd bet dollars to donuts that if I write a list of quotes or bills or ideas or whatever and asked what 10,000 random people thought...if I told them Trump said it they'd absolutely agree.and if I said it was Biden or Hillary or Obama that said that exact same quote...then they'd think the devil himself planted the seed for that idea to destroy the world... My point is...just be fucking honest... My whole life I've leaned left on most social issues...however I have absolutely no problem telling friends even(hell especially)very left leaning friends how ridiculous things have gotten on the far left and the problem is it's painting the majority of the left in a bad light,which I truly believe are pretty average Americans... I mean as I said I've always supported whatever grown folks want to to with their lives- whether it be who they marry or anything else...however when I (and many others)get called bigots because we want to even have a conversation before allowing kids to take puberty blockers- or hormones or having operations at ages I don't think are old enough to make- let alone the lifelong consequences... No I'm not some Matt Walsh type running around asking "What is a woman"? But I also don't think you're going to get.less pushback if you're going around acting like Woman is a dirty word and that you can snap your fingers like" were gonna call it a birthing person now"..".oh and if you even question if it's fair for a person born a male to compete against a person born a female in sports then you're a transphobe...full stop. I could go on...point being im happy to admit the lunacy on my side...Trump supporters are not...thats the scary part... You can show them in black and white, on video, written on his own social media account...doesn't matter...oh that's fake news... Ok I gotta go before this gets too depressing

[@jamesmyers2087]

@@brettsodrel6456 Dude, you’re literally talking about liberals, not Trump supporters.

[@brettsodrel6456]

@@jamesmyers2087 Yes, I am...I think you missed the point...I'm willing to criticize liberals, even though, as I said, I would consider myself pretty liberal on most social issues...just because I'm probably more aligned with democrats when it comes to policy issues...doesn't mean I don't have a mind of my own and critical thinking skills that allow me to form opinions of my own whether or not they are in line with certain groups who just happen to also call themselves democrats...who I'd argue are a small minority and don't represent the democratic party at large...although I would concede they are a very loud minority... Again, my point is that myself and I think many others are willing to call out the insanity of the "birthing person", or "human with a uterus", "woman is an insulting term" crowd...I could go on... The problem is i don't see this same honesty or willingness to call out obvious bullsh!t when it comes to Trump supporters...my question is why? The republican party is unrecognizable these days...and this isn't coming from some outsider who is just criticizing for the sake of criticizing...I've seen these changes happen right in front of my eyes. My own parents, (who just forvthe record both served for 25+ years before retiring)have literally done complete 180s on sooo many things that its shocking... If I took Trump out of the equation and jumped even just 10 years back in time and told them about some generic republican candidate who had done, said, and just in general stood for everything he does(basically a Trump clone but before everyone was brainwashed)...forget voting for him...they probably would have formed a posse and ran him out of town(or more likely the country) Point is it's honestly scary to see the total lack of anybody willing to even push back on even his craziest statements or ideas(if you can even call them that) let alone put a stop to the more serious dangers that he presents...like refusing to admit defeat and literally getting someone like poor Ashley Babbitt killed(who also served this country)...all because his fuc#!ng ego couldn't accept that he lost a damn election, despite EVERYONE around him and HIS OWN TEAM telling him in no uncertain terms "no Mr. President, I'm sorry but it looks like you lost"..."no Mr President, we can find NO EVIDENCE of any large scale voter fraud"...but nope, he just couldn't find the humility to let the peaceful transfer of power happen, ...forget all the other dumb sh!t like sleeping with porn stars, I couldn'tcare less ...but that girl dying for nothing...that enrages me...and anyone that it doesn't has issues...

[@jamesmyers2087]

@@brettsodrel6456 Dude… again… youre describing your side. Your people and your elected officials. Are you really that blind? Trump isn’t anything you’re describing and neither are his supporters. Look in a mirror.

[@timburnett4671]

I loved growing up in the 80’s great decade!!!

[@jesseortiz5938]

MTV

[@paulh6096]

Agree! Still remember seeing breakfast club at the theater. Got stuck in a front row seat and was looking up the entire time.

[@DM-xt3rl]

Unbelievable……….The 80’s seem like they were yesterday……….Great times!

[@Gerrys-Channel]

Amen!

[@bsaul17]

Unreal. This guy has amazing stories and experiences. Very well spoken and detailed. My only problem with this segment was it wasn’t longer!

[@IPlayOneOnT.V.]

The full interview should be here in another clip and it is.

[@michaelknapp8961]

I could listen to this guy tell stories for a year!!!! What a nice guy he is. Great stories from back in the day.

[@monkeyb1820]

Vacation is one of the greatest films ever. AMH rocked.

[@Imonly2andahalf]

I have to give a lot of credit to Anthony Michael Hall, he had an amazing life early on and he remembers it all with great detail. A very good storyteller. He just spits out names and places and it was all good stuff. Kept me listening!

[@RichV20]

That all happened when he was in his teens, when you have your first life experiences and you remember the details well and wistfully.

[@toddsalkowski448]

So refreshing to see how ultimately cool and down to earth Mr. Hall is. Fantastic guest!!

[@rasserfrasser]

"She's into Malakas, Dino" - funniest scene of the 1980's. Hall was genius at such a young age.

[@FoghornKenhorn]

Oh come on. Weird Science isn’t even that good of a movie let alone to say that scene is the best scene of any 80s movie. You need your head examined!

[@sweetrobertos]

I don't know, the scene shortly after that when the guy asks him if the girl called him on the telephone was pretty epic.

[@rasserfrasser]

@@sweetrobertos It's the same scene, it's absolutely epic. not to mention it was Bill Paxton's first appearance in a movie as "Chet" ...not that good a movie...? okay...

[@matthewcalabria2442]

That’s nasty Wyatt, that’s Chet, Gary

[@rasserfrasser]

@@matthewcalabria2442 LOL, Paxton improvised the lines in that movie using quips from his old man.

[@treeless62]

Huge fan at 62 and I introduced my young kids to the Breakfast Club. Now adults, they still list it as one of their favorite films. FYI they watch it together every few years

[@steveww07]

mine as well

[@CinHotlanta]

That pay phone line with Paul Gleason was also one of my favorite bits from Trading Places

[@Nick-ju7ld]

One of the best Celebrity T or F segments in the history of the RES. In the not quite 100 year history of the RES there have been many Celebrity T or F segments with the likes of Kevin Bacon, Jeff Daniels, David Spade, Rob Lowe and many others, this is one of the best for sure

[@ronleddy5131]

"DAMN MAN!" Is right!! What an amazing story!

[@keefriff99]

Great interview...Hall is funny as hell and tells great stories. The number of people he's met in his career is amazing.

[@yuvgotubekidding]

Dude was in some of the most iconic movies ever.

[@Nerotique]

Sixteen Candles comes to mind.

[@luismendez3747]

He was in almost all my favorite 80s teen movies

[@jimthar17]

Problem was he got too much into his own head. That's why he didn't do Ferris Bueller or Full Metal Jacket (and probably others) He thought he was more important than he was and it kinda ruined his career for the late 80's and most of the 90's.

[@Cyborg_Auto]

​@jimthar17 yep was thinking that when he said he couldn't agree on terms with Kubrick. To work with a director like that you don't argue the terms lol..

[@TheWardBond]

I'm so happy that Anthony seems such a cool grounded guy, he was a huge part of my childhood here in the UK, the blues club scene will never not make me laugh 😆

[@ianlassitter2397]

The 80’s were the best time for entertainment, music and life in general!

[@JeffCogswell]

What a great guy! So laid back and natural. And such great stories!!

[@brianshaner8865]

Weird Science is one of my lifetime nostalgic movies. I watched it during a young age and loved it immediately.

[@hibbo1351]

Paul Gleason is legend. Perfect in Die Hard

[@SomeDudeInTheChat]

The Farmer Ted reference… effing great!

[@mikebradt8080]

Great interview...Anthony Michael hall did a very entertaining job.

[@donhartfield]

Incredible how well he handled being a young celebrity. Had his ups and downs, but still handled it better than many children actors.

[@swooshdave]

I bet it wasn’t as smooth as you think.

[@hbk42581]

Anthony is terrific! I got the chance to meet him at a con years ago and he couldn't have been nicer. Just really friendly and willing to converse. We chatted it up about the Patriots because I was wearing a Pats shirt.

[@cameron1975williams]

This guy's lived life to the max!

[@pancudowny]

There's off-set photo of him & Molly [between shoots] visiting a record store near the school "The Breakfast Club" was filmed at. It turns out to be the famous Chicagoland Rolling Stone Records store. When it popped-up on Facebook, I recognized the cutouts of music celebs in the background, and pointed it out... thereby helping to identify a forgotten & obscure piece of pop culture history.☺

[@deenegron6328]

The party I went to at Anthony Michael Hall's house in Weehawken NJ overlooking NYC 4th of July 1986, was memorable. ❤

[@davewebbtheauthor]

AMH, Molly Ringwald, and Judd Nelson have formed their own clique within the Brat Pack, as all of them turned down making an appearance in Andrew McCarthy's Brats doc. Would have loved to see their take on the whole thing while talking to Andrew.

[@lynnturman8157]

The fact that he snuck onto the set during Beverly D'Angelo's nude scene in Vacation cracks me up.

[@KeystoneCapper]

I mean who wouldn't.

[@steveww07]

smart young man

[@Labyrinth1010]

I get it.

[@KFG721]

He really gives a great interview 👍🏻

[@alexistrebexis3195]

The pay phone scene in Trading Places, omg. I used to have to rewind that about 5 times if we ever watched that movie on vhs back in the day. 😂

[@RaiderX948]

How cool to be involved in those great 80's movies.

[@verbalswagrawkey1932]

Rich Eison’s guests are random and great. RE’s interviewing style is magnetic. The interview rolls along so perfectly that I actually look at the progression bar to see how much time before it all comes to an end.

[@Strategory76]

Amazed by the memory details from such a young age.

[@joshuaburba1048]

This has got to be one of the best interviews I've ever seen. For those too young to understand, we who grew up in the 80's idolized Anthony Michael Hall. I mean the kid was in EVERYTHING. I was a HUGE fan of his, and it is beyond amazing to watch him share these stories about his career. Wow! This was awesome

[@damonsinclair3610]

I love that Anthony Micheal Hall said that he was a stupid kid and made a mistake on losing a role. This is very relatable to the average man, and I appreciate his honesty!

[@almostmade801]

Man, AMH needs to write a book. Love the stories of that time

[@TTM9691]

This whole clip was great, but holy smokes, those Kubrick stories! And with Jack Nicholson! The Mike Tyson stories were pretty great as well!!!

[@miked51]

I'm from Evanston, Il. and we all had bits in Hughes movies. That high school where Breakfast Club shot at and the USFL practiced I think was a shutdown Maine North? It closed a long time ago and we used to party there. Then it was secured, a couple of movies were filmed there. It is now A training facility for the Illinois State Police. I went to school with John and Joanie Cusack. Along with Jeremy Piven. Hall is, and was our hero. Every boy wanted to be him in the 80's.

[@erikferner374]

I could watch this interview go on for 3 hours. AMH must have a treasure chest of great stories

[@AP-ld2qv]

My man was a 80*s legend... True Gem

[@Uncle_Mark2600]

Absolutely love Anthony Michael Hall

[@tdz69]

Awesome interview. AMH is a cinema treasure. He’s such a HUGE part of so many childhoods and gave me so many laughs growing up in the 80s. I remember being at my cousins house and watching these movies followed by going outside and riding bikes and none of the adults cared unless you didn’t come home by dinner time. Such a great time to come up as a kid altogether.

[@werenotclowns3241]

WOW. Everything about this is amazing. What is weird...is that I can sort of picture him as Private Joker.

[@mikemccoy3430]

"Mister, if I can't fix it, it aiint't broke"! Anthony Michael Hall as "Doc" in Six Pack. One of my all time favorite lines from a movie.

[@briangoodie3420]

Not sure why Sixpack don't get talked about as much as his other movies. Great movie, great cast as well.

[@keolakalima1140]

I’m such a huge fan of Anthony Michael Hall!! He is one of my favorites from the brat pack growing up in the 80’s. Would love to meet him!!

[@sirtommy7159]

One of the best kid, teen actors of all time. Weird science will always be a gem.

[@TheColdrush22]

Every answer blew my mind. This was great. I hate sports, but saw Bill Burr and now Anthony Michael Hall clips, and absolutely subbed.

[@cepolt]

If Hall had been in Full Metal Jacket.....his status as an actor would through the roof enough that he'd be in major movies right now

[@haro82]

This guy regularly comes off as just a cool regular guy like the rest of us. That's rare and good to see.

[@Pianoman999]

Crazy. I grew up with this guy. We’re the same age. Cool dude

[@hectorlopez1069]

Anthony acted with paul gleason in the breakfast club and johnny be good. I would watched them a hundred times on VHS of when I was a little child.

[@leeannulrich9874]

I wanted to hear about Dead Zone but this was my happy place today

[@SquawkMonk]

Anthony Michael Hall and Mike Tyson going on a double date to a play should've been a movie. Still should.

[@timking-iy9jw]

Or a reality show.😂

[@julieshelley-fd5kp]

Love Anthony and the 80's!

[@TARugg]

Damn!! -- these Rich Eisen interviews are all masterpieces!

[@mylowround60]

AMH and Paul Gleason collab in Johnny Be Good is seriously underrated!!!

[@livelife365]

This is just as funny as when he was a kid actor. Perfect.

[@LazyParasyte]

I never knew I needed this in my life. Born in the 90s but I’ve had the pleasure of seeing all of his movies and really love all of them especially Weird Science. Only 32 but I feel 60 😂😂

[@mykeyoh1536]

GREAT interview. Was great to see Mr. Hall happily satisfied with his accomplishments. Well deserved. Great interview. Love that Mr. Eisen actually knows how to listen to the answers to his questions before he asks another one. Lost art. Just subscribed. 🤙👏✌🍻

[@colinlam1454]

Love this guy, bummer we didn't see more of him

[@joemedley195]

I saw adult him when he was on Psych a few years back. I didn’t recognize him. It blew my mind when I found it was him. Adult Hall is so different from the guy I remember. Mind blown! More power to you, AMH.

[@Billkwando]

Those 14 minutes flew by. Wow.

[@MichaelSTaylor]

One of my favorite characters from a Stephen King book was Johnny Smith in the Dead Zone, and AMH in the TV series was every bit as good as Christopher Walken was in the movie.

[@dylanmartino7975]

Best interview you ever did rich. 👍👍👍👍

[@philipwheeler864]

MAD respect for AMH, thank you Rich for this. How many "great man, kind person, wonderful human being" stuff comes out! Just wonderful - Farmer Ted is a great character and I can't imagine anyone else coming close to doing what AMH did with that role...

[@philkoboski5201]

Anthony Michael Hall is the best!!

[@frankcross6958]

vacation, 16 candles, weird science, breakfast club, SNL, and even great dramatic roles like six degrees of separation and the dead zone. what a career!!

[@19Hutch89]

Fantastic stories. Could listen to him all day

[@travisinthetrunk]

I’d love to hear a Bill Paxton story.

[@cynthiasmith4130]

The 80's were the best time ever

[@robertriteman3227]

simply put - a guy you want to be your friend . Has a long standing history of being a good person who stands by his friends and helps his friends

[@The.Last.Guitar.Hero.]

loved his 80s films

[@roben9580]

This guy is Great...

[@briansmith3191]

"You can do it on the boat"...Breakfast Club one of the best movies out there

[@DarraghQuinn-d8o]

This guy was a huge movie star to those of us born in the seventies. Weird Science is a classic.

[@kevinmurphy3464]

Great interview…

[@markbastings4451]

Outstanding interview, love all of these T & F segments!!!

[@grogueQ]

I loved his reoccurring role on Community. It was cool to see him work with Chevy again although briefly. I would have loved to see some outtakes of them talking on the set.

[@BradColemanisHere]

Amazing interview. I love how he has such a great perspective on that time and what it all meant. He seems appreciative and heartfelt. I still love his movies. I'll have to check out Trigger Warning.

[@Andrew-r6y8g]

Incredible information and I’m blown away with new gained knowledge! Thank you!

[@camselle]

Met him when I tended bar in Hollywood back in the day. Super chill dude 🍺

[@Bluedolphin53]

Absolutely fascinating!

[@itsnotme07]

Great interview Rich!!

[@staxmantim]

Dayum man! I hear ya Rich. Ali, Tyson, Jack, D’Angelo & LeBrock

[@arrchee8386]

'Damn, man...' great ending for the vid!

[@dougmiller5608]

The library scene smoking weed was hilarious, especially Hall. 🤣

[@foto21]

I'm not jealous of many celebrities, but I am jealous of Hall's young career.

[@Dizzy1980]

Wow, he talks about Stanley Kubrick and Full Metal Jacket. First actual video I've seen of this.

[@timbartos868]

Breakfast club is the best 80s movie ever

[@littleteethkeith]

I love Anthony Michael Hall.

[@finbah5706]

great interview. My friends wife Steffanie went on a date with Anthony when they were teens one summer, on Cape Cod!

[@ST-xg3gy]

Incredible how he tied in sports with this interview. The USFL and Ali! Great Kubrick and Nicholson stories!

[@technickle55]

Beverly D’Angelo got the heavies 😍