Action Bronson Joins Pat McAfee & It Goes Exactly How You Would Expect

0:00 Ladies and gentlemen,

0:00 a man joining us now has another album released today called Planet Frog.

0:05 One of the greatest brains that I've ever encountered.

0:07 I know him from hosting shows.

0:10 __] that's delicious.

0:12 Watchalong of Ancient Aliens amongst many workout stuff amongst many.

0:17 Also rapper, obviously album released today.

0:21 Yep.

0:20 Actor, massive New York Knicks fan.

0:23 Ladies and gentlemen, legend Action Bronson.

0:26 Yeah, action.

0:28 What's up, Chef?

0:28 What's up, fellas?

0:29 How are you guys?

0:30 Hey, life is good for the Knicks right now, huh?

0:32 Looks like you guys are really going to go on a run.

0:34 You got an album released.

0:35 The Knicks don't look like ass.

0:36 This is a good time for Action Bronson, I would assume.

0:40 Oh, no.

0:40 He's gone.

0:41 Oh,

0:42 gone.

0:43 Jeez.

0:43 That's Action Bronson football right there, by the way.

0:44 Exactly.

0:48 Yeah.

0:48 That's a Matt McConn movie right there.

0:49 Inception.

0:50 Oh, good.

0:50 Is that Matt McConn?

0:51 No.

0:52 Yeah, that's McConn.

0:53 Okay.

0:53 So,

0:56 no.

0:56 No, it's not.

0:57 That's Leo in it.

0:57 Oh, I thought you said interstellar.

0:59 Inception.

1:00 Interstellar.

1:00 I'm thinking interstellar.

1:02 Inception is the uh the top.

1:05 Yeah.

1:05 Leo with a little top.

1:06 Dream inside a dream.

1:06 Inside a dream.

1:08 Yeah, that's right.

1:08 What is severance?

1:09 Is severance a dream?

1:10 No.

1:10 Severance?

1:10 No.

1:11 Severance is a choice.

1:12 It's an operation itself.

1:13 But is that what you are when you dream?

1:15 Ladies and gentlemen, join us now.

1:17 Fresh out of the

1:19 action bronze.

1:22 Oh, some[ __] called me just now and broke it all up from Portugal.

1:25 I'm sorry.

1:26 No.

1:26 Hey, no problem.

1:27 Anytime you're getting calls from Portto, we know that's a good thing.

1:29 You know, Action Bronson's cooking up all over the world.

1:32 You got to do what you have to do.

1:33 Can you tell me about life right now for you?

1:35 Other than getting Portugal calls in the middle of a conversation, album drop.

1:39 Knicks are for real.

1:40 How's life for action right now?

1:42 I feel great, man.

1:43 Inside I'm battling demons, but on the outside, I'm happy.

1:47 Well, at least you got music to kind of let the demons speak for themselves.

1:50 Uh, obviously Triceratops.

1:52 I just started taking GH.

1:54 You did?

1:56 I want to.

1:57 Well, hold on.

1:58 So, what are you going to get?

1:58 Jacked cuz you do have moments where you get super jacked up,

2:02 especially with the working out.

2:03 Fully jacked.

2:05 Bam.

2:05 Properly jacked.

2:06 Look at this[ __] thing.

2:07 Yeah.

2:07 I mean, go full screen on that thing so we can see.

2:10 Go ahead.

2:10 Let me get up in the in the screen a little bit.

2:12 We didn't get to see the full thing.

2:13 Nah, wait until wait until I You'll know when I'm on the G.

2:16 You'll know when I'm on it.

2:17 Not yet.

2:18 What is your head going?

2:18 What do you think will go most?

2:20 The head's going to be gigantic.

2:21 Harry Bonds, I'm going to I'm going to hit 75 home runs.

2:25 Tell me about this Knicks team this year action.

2:27 You think you can actually win at all with this squad or no?

2:30 I like the way they look.

2:31 We have a deep bench.

2:32 I'm telling you, the guys got heart.

2:33 They want to win.

2:35 I I mean, we have a path.

2:37 It's going to be a rough one, but I'm Every year.

2:41 When is it ever easy for us?

2:42 It's never easy.

2:43 Well, I think the tournament's not easy for anybody.

2:46 You know, it's the best teams out there.

2:47 Action.

2:48 Sounds a little dramatic.

2:49 The New Yorkers saying, you know,

2:51 Knicks fans saying it's always going to be you're you're guarded.

2:54 people say the hardest place to play or best place to play.

2:57 How do you feel about the Mecca and why is it viewed that way?

3:00 You think Mecca is it's it's intimidating to people because you know some some

3:05 of the the the greatest sports ventures

3:09 ever have ever happened in their classic fights.

3:12 The[ __] Wringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus pulls up.

3:16 you know, house shows, WWF 1987, Wrestlemania 10, things happen at the Garden.

3:25 One of my favorite things that I've ever watched

3:27 was Justin Gatey and and Michael Chandler was one

3:30 of the craziest[ __] I can't even believe

3:32 that that was the one of the loudest times ever.

3:35 It's just an intimidating place, but it is the most electric arena there is.

3:40 And and I think that's been on display every single NBA playoffs.

3:43 The Knicks inevitably break the hearts at the end.

3:46 Is this the year that Brunson goes absolutely crazy?

3:48 Tell me about the album release action.

3:50 So, what is today?

3:51 Doing a lot of chat about the album, bouncing around,

3:54 letting it just kind of hit send and let the world kind of deal with it.

3:57 What is life on?

3:58 Yeah, that's I just I let I let it hit send, let let everyone deal with it.

4:02 I'm just talking to you.

4:03 I only have capacity for one.

4:06 Tell me about your life.

4:07 It seems like you pick and choose to do

4:08 whatever the hell you want at this stage.

4:09 How long has it been like this?

4:10 That's how I feel.

4:11 Now, this is the way it is, you know,

4:13 like I broke my leg and stopped, you know, like something unlocked.

4:16 It was like DMT straight to my neck.

4:19 Like nuke Robocop 2, you know, like bar.

4:26 Straight up.

4:27 It's like it was inserted and then I' haven't stopped since.

4:30 I just feel great.

4:32 I'm ready.

4:32 I'm just ready.

4:33 I'm ready to run through a wall right now to be honest.

4:36 Well, you look fantastic.

4:37 We've been reading through some of your lyrics

4:38 and uh the way your brain pieces words together.

4:42 Absolutely love.

4:43 Can you tell me about the alien files being released?

4:45 I watch some ancient aliens alongside you

4:47 and your friends uh plenty of nights on my life.

4:50 How do you feel about the files getting out there?

4:52 How do we feel about it?

4:54 I don't know.

4:54 I don't I don't like to read files, you know.

4:56 I like to see substance.

4:57 I like to see things.

4:59 Yes.

4:59 Yes.

4:59 At the end of the day, I like I've been places.

5:02 I was just in Teotiwa, you know.

5:05 I was at the temple of the sun giving praise.

5:08 I was at the temple of the moon giving praise.

5:11 Like literally, this was I I've seen I've been I've

5:15 been to the other side too many times to not believe.

5:18 You see behind me?

5:19 You see that?

5:20 Hold on.

5:20 Let me get that[ __] right.

5:21 I can't even get it nice.

5:23 There's a frog there.

5:24 There's five frogs.

5:28 Yeah.

5:27 That's like the five That's like the five Italian families.

5:31 Yes.

5:32 Okay.

5:32 You know those five frogs.

5:34 Five MEO.

5:35 Okay, I like that.

5:37 Lucazi, what?

5:39 Gambino, what?

5:41 Banano, what?

5:42 You know what I mean?

5:46 Genevi, what?

5:50 I just smoked some crazy hash.

5:54 Boring.

5:54 Boring.

5:55 Chem.

5:56 Okay.

5:56 God, we nailed him.

5:57 As soon as we started the watch, you knew you had to finish it.

5:59 You didn't know when you were going to be able to get there.

6:00 I respect the moment.

6:01 I respect what just happened there.

6:02 I'm with my man Connie Gorgeous right now.

6:05 We used to drive uptown to 172 in Autobond six times a day with 10 on it.

6:12 Shout out Connie.

6:13 You guys made it.

6:14 You guys made it.

6:14 Connie, you guys made it.

6:16 Too crazy.

6:17 Any car we could find.

6:19 Now we're here.

6:20 Now we're here, baby.

6:21 Look at you.

6:22 Five frogs smoking head.

6:28 Releasing.

6:26 D two G99 M5s, one sedan, one touring.

6:30 You're the best action.

6:31 Connor has the last question for you, sir.

6:33 Yeah, action.

6:34 It's incredible talking to me.

6:35 I'm going to be at UFC on Saturday.

6:37 Yes.

6:39 Okay.

6:40 Boom.

6:40 Any other any other scheduling?

6:42 I'm at Yes.

6:44 Okay.

6:44 Sounds good.

6:45 Good to know.

6:45 That's who we'll bet on.

6:46 Everything you say sounds like a lyric.

6:48 It's probably the coolest thing I've ever heard in my life.

6:50 Uh, is it hard for you to stay locked in on one

6:52 thing because you can basically do so many other things?

6:57 Yes, obviously.

6:58 That's an obvious[ __] thing.

7:00 Yes.

7:00 So, how do you how do you handle that when when you can do so many things,

7:04 but you have to kind of lock in on one.

7:08 You sit and do nothing.

7:10 You just let it settle for a second.

7:13 You just take patience.

7:14 It's like Lama.

7:16 You just have to breathe through it.

7:18 Have a good Lamas class.

7:20 You know, like every good sniper should take Lama classes.

7:25 Control the heart rate.

7:27 You know this.

7:28 Control the body.

7:30 You know this.

7:31 Do you want to do a Lamar's class right now?

7:33 Maybe.

7:33 Do you want to lead us in a little breathing exercise?

7:35 I just did Taibo with Billy Blanks.

7:37 You remember Last Boy Scout?

7:39 Yeah, I remember being in the Last Boy Scout.

7:43 Yeah, that's all I cared about.

7:44 I was just like, yo, I was[ __] bugging out cuz I watched him and Bruce Willis

7:48 Damon Waynees every day.

7:49 I love that movie.

7:50 I got it on VHS.

7:51 Did you do double?

7:55 Yo, I have 2,000 VHS tapes.

7:57 That was my uh that was my inheritance from my grandfather.

8:01 Shout out rest in peace by the way to the legend grand list.

8:05 __] Robocop 123.

8:08 Walt Disney like the king and I.

8:12 Yeah.

8:12 American me.

8:13 Home Alone for sure.

8:14 VR still.

8:15 You got

8:16 Home Alone.

8:16 I mean you kidding me?

8:17 Like let me think about what else.

8:19 Every Lethal Weapon.

8:22 Duh.

8:22 Die Hard.

8:23 Three Ninjas.

8:24 Die Hard.

8:24 Cyborg.

8:26 Yeah.

8:26 in the Matrix.

8:27 The Presso.

8:28 The Preto.

8:30 Heavyweights.

8:30 You got 2000.

8:31 We're going to be here for a while.

8:32 Crazy.

8:32 I I told Ben Stiller I needed to be in heavyweights, too.

8:36 He a lot of traction about this.

8:38 We talked to him yesterday.

8:38 He said he'd be interested in having heavyweights, too.

8:41 I think you'd be great in it.

8:42 Obviously.

8:43 I mean, bro, I lived it, man.

8:44 I could[ __] I could get candy anywhere.

8:47 Are we going to I thought we were going

8:48 to potentially go through your 2,000 VHS is right there.

8:51 I thought we were gonna potentially We can I mean I I know the whole top row

8:54 of my mother's dresser right now that you got on my

8:57 You're the greatest.

8:58 Okay.

8:58 It's like it's like showboat beaches.

9:03 Mhm.

9:03 There's a lot of B.

9:04 Midler.

9:04 Beach is a good Yeah.

9:05 B.

9:05 Midler legend by the way back in the day.

9:07 Obviously VHS.

9:08 Serious.

9:08 Serious.

9:09 Imagine dropping into the VHS era and telling them about what we have now.

9:13 Now on that note, one thing that you crushed

9:16 rock zone.

9:16 By the way,[ __] Gary Buucy, Wesley Snipes, baby.

9:20 That was right next to Beaches.

9:22 Okay.

9:22 Gary Buucy been through it.

9:24 You know, Gary Buucy's been living certainly in some great movies.

9:27 He was also great in Under Siege 2.

9:29 Oh yeah, he was underrated.

9:31 Tommy Lee

9:32 underrated there.

9:33 Under when you watch

9:34 That's a huge one.

9:35 When you watch the VHS, is that in 360 like 380?

9:38 How's the quality?

9:40 It's on It's It's on a The TV's on a stand

9:44 and then the VCR is set up underneath it.

9:46 It's like a little metal thing and then I have a rewinder next to it.

9:49 Yeah,

9:50 it's like one of those pieces of[ __] that they used to roll into the classroom.

9:53 Yeah, I got you.

9:53 Yeah, the project.

9:54 Yeah, I got those good days.

9:55 Substitute teacher days.

9:56 Okay, let's talk about something.

9:58 I'm not trying to mess around with it because these are precious pieces of film.

10:01 That's right.

10:02 They are precious pieces of film.

10:03 That was back when they were filmed actually,

10:04 you know, as opposed to digital[ __]

10:06 I mean, it's on actual tape.

10:08 It's on It's on tape.

10:09 That's cuz you respect the art, obviously.

10:13 I really do.

10:13 I'm of the arts.

10:15 I'm of the land and of nature.

10:17 Hell yeah.

10:17 End of the sea.

10:19 I mean, you really are.

10:20 I think that is something we would all

10:22 I mean, I'm a seaman.

10:23 If there's anything I am.

10:25 Yeah.

10:25 Cox.

10:26 I am a seaman.

10:27 Yeah.

10:27 You certainly are.

10:29 Coxman.

10:29 Seaman.

10:31 Mhm.

10:31 We're all seaman.

10:32 Well, at one point,

10:33 but I'm truly a waterman.

10:36 Okay.

10:36 Out there in the in the lakes or the rivers?

10:39 No.

10:39 On ocean.

10:40 In ocean.

10:41 I need lots of waves.

10:42 I need I need sets from Tibet.

10:44 Of course, I need to be out.

10:46 I need to be out during the hurricane when it's 18 degrees with wet suit on.

10:50 Are you going belly up or belly down?

10:52 No.

10:53 No.

10:53 Me I only boogie.

10:55 I'm a sponger.

10:56 I'm a dick dragger.

11:00 Y

11:00 I ride I ride I ride a boogie board aka a body board.

11:05 Yep.

11:04 I'm head first like a crocodile only.

11:07 See now why[ __] around?

11:09 Who the hell is this?

11:10 Say Portugal.

11:11 Is that a call from Portugal?

11:12 This is the second I I didn't Hold on.

11:14 N this.

11:15 All right.

11:15 Let me hold on.

11:16 There it is.

11:16 All right.

11:17 Boom.

11:18 All right.

11:18 Boom.

11:19 We We made it good though.

11:20 Someone's They're always trying to catch me.

11:23 Never.

11:23 No one calls me when I'm not doing anything

11:24 and then when I'm doing something, this what happens.

11:27 Okay.

11:27 We got about a minute and a half to a heart out.

11:28 You are a chef uh as well, which I assume people picked up through

11:32 this conversation we've had here thus far.

11:34 Tone has the last question for you here.

11:35 Yeah, you are action.

11:36 And we t we talk about You think they would have picked that up from this?

11:39 Yes, definitely.

11:40 Cuz you're a man of culture.

11:41 You're a man of the world.

11:42 You do everything action.

11:44 We always talk about, hey, which country has the best food?

11:46 Who has the best cuisine?

11:50 Uh, why is it Italy?

11:51 Recently, I've been recently I've been chasing the Silk Road.

11:55 A lot of the stands, Tajikistan, Beckistan, Pakistan.

12:02 Sure.

12:03 Beckistan.

12:03 Good stuff.

12:05 Kazak.

12:05 Some of my favorite kebab.

12:07 Just interesting animals under the ground.

12:10 Some of my favorite stuff.

12:12 Okay, last question here.

12:13 Connor has it for you.

12:15 Yeah, action.

12:15 I have to ask.

12:16 What are your thoughts on artificial intelligence?

12:18 It feels like it is something that you would have

12:20 some sort of uh take on that you've thought about deeply.

12:24 I mean, there's really not that much of a deep thought.

12:27 Like, just think about this.

12:28 Like, what the[ __] are we doing right now?

12:31 Well said.

12:32 That's all you really need to think about

12:34 and then think about all this[ __] is ridiculous.

12:37 It's all silly.

12:38 It is.

12:39 It is.

12:40 Everything's silly.

12:41 You got it.

12:41 You have to adapt to life.

12:42 This is where we're at.

12:44 You either fight for your right or you lay down and die.

12:47 See you on Monday.

12:48 Goodbye.

12:49 Be good, baby.

12:50 Hey, THAT WAS A PERFECT WRAP UP THERE.

12:52 You're the man.

12:52 Action, baby.

12:53 Action.

12:54 You're the man.

12:56 He was amazing.

12:59 I should have expected that.

13:00 I No, I did not put much thought into what that segment was going to be like.

13:04 I just thought, man, I know action pretty good.

13:06 I feel like we should be able to bop this thing around.

13:09 I should have known he was coming in here brain wide open.

13:11 Did we know that he made the not my chair, not my problem video?

13:14 Yeah, it could have been him.

13:15 That's his voice tying knots.

13:17 And that's his brain.

13:18 I promise you that's him

13:19 hanging on to every word.

13:21 That's all I could think about the entire time.

13:23 Unbelievable.

13:24 Not my

13:25 sidewalks.

13:26 Yeah,

13:26 that's him.

13:26 Oh, Mr.

13:27 Walk down me.

13:29 Mr.

13:29 Walk down me.

13:29 I'll lead you to

13:31 think about how he just talked.

13:32 His voice, his brain, and that video.

13:35 How about Connie, too?

13:36 Back beside the behind the camera.

13:37 They used to drive that thing upstate.

13:39 __] whatever.

13:40 Whoever can get it.

13:41 That says from Tibet.

13:44 I loved you asking.

13:45 You have problem you got any issues sticking to one thing?

13:49 Yeah, obviously.

13:50 Is anybody watching this?

13:52 Yeah.

13:53 Hey, I feel like people could pick up that you were a chef.

13:55 You think they could pick that up from this?

13:58 Yeah.

13:59 No.

13:58 That's a valid question from him.

14:01 Got over 2,000 VHS's.

14:03 I thought he was going to list them all.

14:05 Hipped from my grandfather.

14:06 I inherited.

14:10 Yeah.

14:09 Rest in peace to the grandfather.

14:12 I knew my mom's entire top row.

14:14 She[ __] loved B.

14:15 Midler, Gary Buucy.

14:17 God, I can't wait to relive that.

14:19 That was incredible.