If You Ever Get a Call from Peter Falk, It’s Definitely Kevin Pollak | The Rich Eisen Show

[@mattcarberry368]

Kevin Pollack interviews are in a league of their own.... all Rich has to do is say 5 words and Kevin's like "oohhhh that reminds me of a story!" and goes off on a 10 minute gem of a story that you never want to end

[@thejonathandoan]

Kevin Pollak is a national treasure. Always love watching interviews with him!

[@TexasJackdaw]

What a completely underrated actor. Love this guy!

[@thereviewartistrrp5493]

He is so underrated, but the sad truth is looks matter. He doesn't have that leading man look. Tale wise, he's up their with the best. He's like a jack of all trades. The problem is that he has no real lane. People are afraid of stereo types, but stereo types take you to the top. You have to be great at something.

[@TroyConvers5000]

As a Columbo superfan, I find this heartwarming and hilarious. Such a great impersonation!

[@Hexon66]

It's hilarious to think that Pollak would be so committed to the bit that he did the glass eye part of the impersonation *even* over the phone.

[@KairuHakubi]

Maurice LaMarche always does it too even in voiceover. They are amazing performers.

[@StumpyVanLife]

I am willing to bet that Pollak almost has to do the eye trick in order to get into the proper mindset for the impression.

[@patavinity1262]

I like to think he was also chewing on the end of a cheap cigar and wearing a trench coat.

[@TheNaturalPatHarris]

The most underrated impressionist ever

[@carp68]

Sheer brilliance. Kevin Pollak is so talented and smart and such a wonderful story teller.

[@arthouston7361]

That last observation shows that Kevin truly understands the impersonation dynamic. A master!!!

[@KairuHakubi]

I never thought about that before, but that's exactly what that is it's just a creative, talented version of the significantly less impressive yet still effective "just say the names of things people remember"

[@danthedriver44]

His story about calling Alan Arkin was the funniest story ever.

[@robf6105]

I just realized that Paul Reiser and Alan Arkin are the same person.

[@GregMoress]

"Kevin... Can I have my life back please?!?"

[@samuraix73]

I love when he's doing the Carson impersonation, he's doing all of Johnny's mannerisms. It's the little subtleties that make an impersonation great.

[@brutus4013]

Kevin’s William Shatner is the absolute best .

[@chaoscope]

The Johnny Carson's impression... 😮

[@vapsman88]

Kevin is so amazing! Love his Shatner impression.

[@nightrocker9639]

His Christopher Walken going to trader Joe's is hilarious

[@CharlesFonseca-xt8qf]

This was a great conversation with Kevin Pollock thank you Rich Eisen

[@thetr00per30]

he goes from Peter Faulk to Paul Riser seamlessly lol

[@blutobutt9169]

If you think William Shatner is a hammy actor with a stilted, staccato delivery, this is the man to blame for that. His impression of Shatner is so popular, so pervasive, other comedians do their Shatner impression by copying Kevin Pollak. The impression has become the reality.

[@KairuHakubi]

he exaggerates it for sure, but he was honest about the origin of it, that they kept rewriting his lines last-minute so there was a lot of halting and reaching for the next word.

[@MichaelBonner-m6v]

Pollak is the guy who, when you hear him do an impression, you say, "Ohhh, so that's how you do it."

[@KairuHakubi]

@@MichaelBonner-m6v man that just reminds me of a story Jim Cummings tells about when he got to meet Mark Hamill, and he's asking him to do voices and he's just like scientifically observing and fanboying out like "oh so there's no falsetto in Pooh at all, fascinating" and Jim's like "hang on let's get something straight. *You* aren't getting to meet *me,* _I_ am getting to meet _you."_

[@wills2140]

This is a truth. The "comedian" versions of Shatner have made us look at him more closely for the traits the comedians have over exaggerated.

[@lpluva1]

He's one of the great talk show guests, just ask him a question and he'll take it from there.

[@michaelbeckettii3686]

Go CUSE! Brockman that’s for you! Guys I love it when you have Kevin Pollak on. I watch, I rewatch, I rewatch again, I show my friends…both of them, and they watch and rewatch. More please! That is all! GoCUSE!!!

[@stephenlondon3363]

Wow, I’m not sure I’ve ever heard Kevin Pollak tell this story before but since I’ve been watching him on talkshows and doing interviews for decades, I probably did but my spotty memory just doesn’t remember 😂 I also like watching his podcast, and he truly is one of the greatest impressionists in the business, but also a terrific comedic and dramatic actor as well (in fact, my wife and I just watched “A Few Good Men” over the weekend, for like the umpteenth time, and he was a perfect partner/foil for Tom Cruise)

[@karlkarlos3545]

OMG! How he does that thing with the eye is truly frightening.

[@artfulcoyote]

Pollack is a legend IMHO...

[@jaybyrdcybertruck1082]

My first encounter with Kevin was in The Usual Suspects, loved him in that movie! He is a great actor and funny as hell!

[@clinthowe7629]

Johnny loved the eyeball thing. 😂😂😂 “do Falk again!” That’s a pretty good endorsement from Johnny Carson.

[@SuperEgo19]

I remember seeing Kevin in Mack and Jamie’s Half Hour Comedy Hour. He was a bit player in that show and to see him ascend the way he did into serious acting was impressive.

[@MikeBaxter-n6m]

Always loved Kevin Pollack whether serious or comedy damn good actor

[@frankgerace5997]

Funny..Pollak should have asked Reiser “one more thing, sir..am I bothering you?”

[@williammoseley17]

Pollack is a classic

[@Vanexel007]

Kevin Pollack is 10x better than Carvey and I love Carvey.

[@thefrontpage]

What Kevin's referring to regarding the ",off-camera" line readings us this: When two actors are doing a scene and it's a "two-shot," or a scene with two people talking with each other, sometimes one of the actors will just be filmed saying just their own lines, without the urger actor reading their lines. However, many directors and actors don't like this, and many directors and actors will insist on filming the scene with both actors talking to each other----which is how it should be done.

[@Thunderer0872]

As soon as he does the eyes 'which is wrong in a way' I just lose it, so efin funny.

[@kiowa1508]

The eyes 🤣🤣

[@sotheresthat7882]

One of my favorite stories; I got to see him do it live.

[@gsmith207]

thanks RE and guys He is always just Gold! love sports talk but we gotta laugh too. thanks

[@patobrien588]

Loved Kevin P's "Talkin' Walkin'" podcast years ago where he would do Chris Walken without breaking the whole time (still available on Apple)

[@sheldonduffy9442]

I literally could not tell he wasn’t Paul Reiser or Peter Falk… O did not know he did impressions!!!

[@RayW....]

One of the best Walken impressions also...

[@dannygonzalezskate]

I met him once and yelled out WILLOW, I loved you in WILLOW! And he yelled back at me… FVCK YOU!!!

[@Mr_Flerb]

Um. But why?

[@tnolddawg]

My favorite story from Kevin Pollak is about him actually meeting Peter Faulk and Faulk telling him "I understand ME doing that thing with the eye...my glass eye sometimes gets misaligned and has a mind of it's own...but how DO YOU do it with 2 GOOD eyes...I just don't understand that" 😂🤣😂🤣

[@theathjr]

This is so great.

[@agirlyman]

I've been feeling like crap this made me laugh feel better thank you😅

[@ThunderPants13]

"If I can think of someone you like and I can recreate them in front of you, I'll steal the affection you have for the actual person." I've never thought of it that way before, but he's right.

[@GuidoGrasso]

I met Kevin 2 times once while he was shooting whole nine yards at the wrap party and we chatted aboit jack Lemmon and Kevin was cool with me. Second time was at joes pizza in santa monica he was cool again. 👌

[@antibrevity]

So... Kevin's memory is that of a normal human being as that's not exactly how his first interview with Johnny went, but it's true that he did Falk and that Johnny loved it. Kevin's version does make for a better story however and that's what actors and comedians like to do.

[@shimonsieskel8487]

Peter Falk died a few years ago. If he calls today its a call from beyond....

[@eddiewinehosen6665]

And since there's no beyond it for sure is Kevin Pollak.

[@BrianStorey-j5n]

Great story,, i Love doing my Peter Falk impression ,,,we Must get together and drive folks insane doing, Peter Falk. (This i would tell him if we actually were talking)

[@Guns7469]

Now that's sereal.

[@joeterra.t]

I'm having a burrito

[@DanJanTube]

He's actually starting to _look_ like Alan Arkin.

[@didsomebodysaydmt8193]

If yall haven't seen Peter Faulk on the Frank Sinatra roast, look it up!!

[@WintersWar]

Eisen has his desk up on a hill like he's king faroouk.

[@JohnLeePedimore]

"Just one more thing......"

[@mikeWDW]

I must be watching the wrong clip. Where’s the part where he actually sounds like Peter Falk?

[@Mr_Flerb]

The weirdest part of this is that he seems to be out of practice doing Falk. Nobody does him as well as Kevin, but he’s not quite on it here for some reason.

[@TrayDyer38]

And why do we know that he couldn’t get through to Johnny Carson by phone? because we’ve all watched the king of comedy.

[@thor6580]

"Frankenstein never scared me"

[@TheFremenBlue]

"Marsupials do. Because they're fast!"

[@thor6580]

@TheFremenBlue Was hoping someone would get it. :)

[@TheFremenBlue]

@@thor6580 lol, my head is full of useless trivia. Love Pollak!

[@VIRACYTV]

His impression sounds like the old man character on crank Yankers that Jimmy Kimmel does.

[@EmpyrionBlackthorn]

Did you know Kevin is actually an ancient alchemist?

[@flamabl1]

Underutilized in Hollywood.

[@ManuTheGreat79]

LOL

[@richr7315]

that sounds like peter falk?

[@cheyennealvis8284]

This is so crazy cuz I have no idea who Any of these people are

[@mrwest5552]

Kevin your daughter Anna Faris has been trying to get ahold of you for weeks.

[@Rhonda1969]

Hahahaha

[@johnmc3862]

If Gene Wilder was a comedian.

[@robertpearson8798]

My first thought is what was a ten year old doing up late enough to watch The Tonight Show?

[@atticstattic]

_Everybody_ watched Carson then😊

[@brutus4013]

Of course it’s Kevin because Peter Falk died almost 14 years ago .

[@ralphromeo7066]

"Willow" was forgettable. Kevin is not.

[@Bloodywasher]

Alllan arkennn

[@arlichar11]

It’s not as funny as him leaving a message for Alan Arkin as Alan arkin

[@mythgreatbritain5634]

It would be, as he is dead.

[@victormaslo3830]

doesn't sound At all like him.

[@AstonishingSodApe]

Why is he wearing a table towel?

[@ppuh6tfrz646]

Imitating his voice is fine. Imitating his glass eye isn't.

[@buddyalbert5808]

I found it hilarious and I like Peter Falks work. To each their own.

[@ppuh6tfrz646]

@@buddyalbert5808 I like Peter Falk's work as well but mimicking someone's disability doesn't sit well with me.

[@SquabbleBoxHQ]

@@ppuh6tfrz646 Bull. No one but the perma-offended care. It's an impression born out of love for Falk as all impressions are. The man himself wouldn't care one bit is my wager, he was open about it.

[@ppuh6tfrz646]

@@SquabbleBoxHQ Just because he was open about his disability doesn't entitle other people to needlessly mimic it.

[@GraipVine]

I see the PC guardians are out and about...

[@nigel900]

Fascinating. 🫡👍🏻

[@davidlomax4028]

When is he gonna do Peter Falk?

[@paulwilliams1634]

Love kevin