Liam Neeson on Sportscenter: “Are We Live? Oh, Shit”
Liam Neeson was shuffled through the ESPN car wash Wednesday to promote Taken 2, and on Sportscenter, the actor was immediately asked about the Jets and Tim Tebow because hey, that’s what ESPN does.
Neeson takes a deep breath, gives it some thought, and asks for a mulligan … only to find out they were live. “Oh shit!” he laughs. Then, Neeson went on to tell the host that he doesn’t know football or understand the rules, so those Tim Tebow questions were a waste of time. Here’s the entire, awkward, cringe-worthy interview:
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October 4th, 2012 at 8:52 AM
Liam Neeson has a very particular set of skills. Live television is not among them.
October 4th, 2012 at 9:02 AM
SHUT DOWN SPORTSCENTER!
October 4th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
Good, Lawd. That Lone Ranger movie looks horrific.
October 4th, 2012 at 9:35 AM
He trained both Obi-Wan Kenobi and Bruce Wayne. Who cares if he knows football?
October 4th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
So he’s an Irish Obama? Zinger.
October 4th, 2012 at 9:39 AM
This sounds like it went as well as when he tried to become an improv comic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgKRXOcls3k
October 4th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
Obi-Wan got cut in half and Bruce Wayne had his spine snapped in half.
October 4th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
What the actual fuck does Taken 2 have to do with ESPN, SportsCenter and sports?
God, fuck that network right in its earhole.
October 4th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
Obi-Wan got cut in half and Bruce Wayne had his spine snapped in half. What’s next, Neeson, a triple reverse on third-and-1???
/Cam Cameroned
October 4th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
He is more meant for improvisational comedy.
October 4th, 2012 at 9:41 AM
except that was an internet comedy tv show and not a sports “news” program.
October 4th, 2012 at 9:41 AM
So he’s an Irish Obama? Zinger.
Barry O’Bama.
October 4th, 2012 at 9:41 AM
wait, why did that post twice before I was finished?
October 4th, 2012 at 9:41 AM
Taken 2 – 9% on Rotten Tomatoes.
October 4th, 2012 at 9:43 AM
what if ESPN was a slutty tattooed chick?
October 4th, 2012 at 9:43 AM
I was really not planning on seeing it but now that the pendulum is swinging that far to shit, it might just be the comedy hit of the year.
October 4th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
The daughter in Taken was horrible, she back in this one? Ana Lucia needs to be brought in to shoot her again
October 4th, 2012 at 9:45 AM
A sequel to Taken — that involved more family members being, uh, taken — is the worst idea since Hangover 2.
Hollywood: not every successful movie needs a sequel!
October 4th, 2012 at 9:46 AM
Hangover 2 was the worst idea since Hangover.
October 4th, 2012 at 9:46 AM
The daughter in Taken was horrible, she back in this one? Ana Lucia needs to be brought in to shoot her again
That is just a solid comment. Bravo
/Lost marathon on G4 channel Mondays
//pours one out for greatest show ever
October 4th, 2012 at 9:47 AM
What the actual fuck does Taken 2 have to do with ESPN, SportsCenter and sports?
God, fuck that network right in its earhole.
seconded. i would not be upset in the slightest if that whole damn empire just blew up and went away. i absolutely detest 99% of what espn is and does.
October 4th, 2012 at 9:47 AM
you’re obviously on drugs
October 4th, 2012 at 9:48 AM
Metacritic has it at 47 with 9 reviews…including a 75 from Ebert and the low being a 38 from Slant Magazine.
October 4th, 2012 at 9:48 AM
you’re obviously on drugs
Well I did just take a puff from my inhaler
/pushes up glasses
October 4th, 2012 at 9:49 AM
Maggie Grace – an incredibly fine piece of eyecandy, but yeah, annoying in every acting role I’ve seen from her.
And LOST – /highfive PeerLess
October 4th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
Keyriced. I thought the politics discussion would get ugly.
October 4th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
Liam Neeson is hot.
/all I got.
October 4th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
The Wire.
October 4th, 2012 at 9:51 AM
/highfive PeerLess
//high-five
October 4th, 2012 at 9:51 AM
I’d say thats a stretch. Shes like ‘producers daughter’ hot.
October 4th, 2012 at 9:52 AM
The original Hangover movie was actually a pretty good movie, I thought.
If they really wanted to do a movie with those actors again, I just wish they had a different idea other than another movie where they are drugged and don’t remember what they did. They obviously have good chemistry. I find it hard to believe good writers couldn’t find another comedy vehicle for them.
October 4th, 2012 at 9:52 AM
Would you prefer more Stephen A and Bayless?
I agree though, that network is dead to me with the exception of live sports. Such a shame because I wasted many hours watching Sportscenter back in the day.
October 4th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
LOST – no doubt my fave show of all time. Fun, broad, intelligent, deep characters, and a created world that was never before seen and won’t ever be duplicated. But not the best I’ve ever seen. That’s Breaking Bad.
October 4th, 2012 at 9:55 AM
My preference is to not watch ESPN. And I don’t. But yeah… same boat on watching SC back in the day. Shameful.
October 4th, 2012 at 9:55 AM
Maggie Grace has a head structure akin to Eric Stoltz’s in Mask
October 4th, 2012 at 9:56 AM
I’m not sure what that means, but a cursory Google search I feel proves my previous statement. Incredibly fine piece of eyecandy.
October 4th, 2012 at 9:57 AM
American Pie 2 had more thought put into it. If it had been written by the Hangover 2 writers they would have stuffed the hymen back in Jason Biggs and had another pie fuck it out of him. But this time it would have been a blueberry pie.
October 4th, 2012 at 9:57 AM
Lost was a lot of fun and ambitious as hell. Had the last season not existed it would be an all-timer. But….
October 4th, 2012 at 9:57 AM
I’ve never seen X-Files. Where would you guys rank that on all-time pantheon?
It’s become fashionable to hate on Lost. Fuck that noise. It kept me entertained for 6 years.
WAAAAAAALLLLLLTTTTTTTTT
October 4th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
You know who also was hot on that show? Nikki from Nikki and Paolo fame. I got an instant boner whenever she appeared on screen. I don’t care that their story arc wasn’t popular with the fans. I know a girl in real life that looks like that, too.
October 4th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
The original Hangover movie was actually a pretty good movie
outside of a few lines, that was a douchey stretch of a movie. tried too hard to be funny.
October 4th, 2012 at 10:04 AM
Just off the top of my head… it’s a top 5-7 serialized drama for me. If you want to know my test to gauge interest…
1. Breaking Bad
2. LOST
3. The Wire
4. Mad Men
5. Fringe
6. X-Files
I’ve never seen BSG, Friday Night Lights, Deadwood, West Wing, Dexter, The Shield or Boardwalk Empire, and only parts of The Sopranos and Six Feet Under, and gave up on Heroes early in season 3.
October 4th, 2012 at 10:05 AM
Kiele Sanchez is a smokeshow. I’m totally with you.
October 4th, 2012 at 10:06 AM
Also Der Keiser – you live in Atlanta, right? You gonna hook me up with this chick?
October 4th, 2012 at 10:06 AM
Didn’t the showrunner admit the writers were basically making shit up the past couple of seasons because they ran out of the original story line?
October 4th, 2012 at 10:07 AM
This is among the reasons I no longer watch ESPN outside of live sporting events.
October 4th, 2012 at 10:08 AM
How do they get ratings with stuff like this? Who watches this? No one that I know watches Sportscenter at all. Is it just from all the doctors offices/people that work at home who leave it on all day as background noise?
October 4th, 2012 at 10:08 AM
Interesting, Liam Neeson showing up to SportsCenter and using profanity is something that would get me to watch more often
October 4th, 2012 at 10:10 AM
First caught her on The Glades, which is an entertaining time-killer show, kind of a more lightweight Burn Notice-meets-The Mentalist. She was also in 30 Days of Night: Dark Days.
She can certainly rock a tank top.
October 4th, 2012 at 10:10 AM
No. They had basic ideas that they stretched over six seasons. They were not given an end date by ABC until midway through season 3, therefore allowing them to write for an ending. Like every other showrunner in serialized TV drama history, they wrote the story as they went along with a basic set of guidelines.
This narrative has been completely overblown.
October 4th, 2012 at 10:10 AM
She is married.
Although, if you were banders, that might not be a problem. Allegedly, I think.
October 4th, 2012 at 10:11 AM
In Ireland, they call it “footie” and watch it down at “the pub.”
October 4th, 2012 at 10:12 AM
I think the married chick came onto him, though. And I could be wrong on this part of it, but I believe he didn’t know until afterwards.
October 4th, 2012 at 10:13 AM
Which is why X-Files, in its last two seasons, went from being one of the best shows ever to a shitshow train wreck that wasted the talents of Robert Patrick.
October 4th, 2012 at 10:13 AM
Boardwalk Empire
Mrs Schroeder is in the “people I wish would get killed off immediately” Hall of Fame. What a drain on that show.
Also, SOA stole all of their “gruesome murder” thunder this year. Who gets knocked over by a stream of gasoline? Fat small town cops who are on the take, that’s who.
October 4th, 2012 at 10:15 AM
It would have a paid position on Petrino’s staff.
October 4th, 2012 at 10:16 AM
I know the show changed a lot in those final two seasons, and I might be in the minority, but I enjoyed them. I thought agents Doggett and Reyes spiced up the show.
October 4th, 2012 at 10:17 AM
Maggie the farmer’s daughter from Walking Dead > Maggie Grace
October 4th, 2012 at 10:18 AM
Gemma is there for SOA. LaGuerta is actually being given something to do on Dexter and may have to wait another 5 years to get inducted.
October 4th, 2012 at 10:19 AM
The first couple of post-Mulder episodes were good, then it seemed to just start flailing. Patrick was great as Doggett, though, and if they had centered the show around him and gone in a slightly different direction, I think it would have worked.
October 4th, 2012 at 10:20 AM
Lori from Walking Dead is the all-time leading vote-getter for that HOF, I believe, followed closely by Skylar White.
October 4th, 2012 at 10:21 AM
Lori Grimes is hated because she’s a terribly written character. Skylar White is well-written and that’s why she’s hated. Because she’s a challenge to our (mostly) beloved Walter White.
October 4th, 2012 at 10:25 AM
You don’t write shows on your own bubble. For example, they had to kill off Mr. Eko because the actor didn’t want to live in Hawaii anymore. Even though Lindelof and Cuse had big plans as to what to do with that character. That affects storylines down the road and you are constantly having to change your vision based on actor availability, budget issues etc. Hell, Vince Gilligan has repeatedly said that he and his writing staff constantly write their characters into a corner without first figuring out how they’ll get out of it.
October 4th, 2012 at 10:26 AM
And here I thought it was Anna Gunns deterioration as a human being. Similar to Mary McDonnells transformation to whatever that thing is on TNT.
October 4th, 2012 at 10:26 AM
Maggie the farmer’s daughter from Walking Dead > Maggie Grace
This is just egregious.
October 4th, 2012 at 10:27 AM
Just wish writers could figure out a way to create a well-written female character that wasn’t a wet blanket.
October 4th, 2012 at 10:27 AM
Gemma is there for SOA.
I really get the feeling that Kurt Sutter isn’t allowed to even give her two consecutive scenes off. Katie Sagal is probably that domineering in real life.
But I am so through with that character. “What’s happening to this club?” she bawls. Well, lady, what’s happening is that your whole club is criminals and murderers who murder every week, and mule drugs and guns. So what’s happening is that sometimes you get the bear.
October 4th, 2012 at 10:33 AM
Der Kaiser – your comment about Mr. Eko is exactly the type of things outsiders and assholes who know nothing about the show other than angry Tweets or blog posts don’t understand about TV writing.
October 4th, 2012 at 10:42 AM
I’ve never seen BSG, Friday Night Lights, Deadwood, West Wing, Dexter, The Shield or Boardwalk Empire, and only parts of The Sopranos and Six Feet Under, and gave up on Heroes early in season 3.
Wow NDUB I have a fairly similar list
1. Breaking Bad
2. The Wire
3. Six Feet Under
4. Mad Men
5. Fringe
October 4th, 2012 at 10:42 AM
I was upset to see Opie go but at least Ryan Hurst is free to go act in other things. Probably was pretty hard to get other acting gigs looking like a hobo.
October 4th, 2012 at 10:48 AM
Heroes had a chance. Season 3 started waining and season 4 was tremendously awful
October 4th, 2012 at 10:48 AM
I was upset to see Opie go but at least Ryan Hurst is free to go act in other things.
I will be happy that all the characters get to quit saying “Ope.” And “Piney.”
It such a terrible show. And the Jimmy Smits scenes with Jax are so incongruous. I still don’t buy the guy playing Jax, even for a second, as a biker. And Jimmy Smits is so effortlessly doing his thing.
October 4th, 2012 at 10:53 AM
It’s the shoes. Seriously, I’ve never meet a true 1%er that wears bleach white tennis shoes.
October 4th, 2012 at 10:56 AM
I also keep waiting for a grizzly bear to come in and maul the skinny black guy every time I see him on the screen. “Thats how players become kings” – I hate you Kurt Sutter.
October 4th, 2012 at 11:22 AM
He trained both Obi-Wan Kenobi and Bruce Wayne. Who cares if he knows football?
The host in that segment said he trained Luke Skywalker. Nice clue. He discovered Anniken, but didn’t even train him. Obi Wan did.
Obi-Wan got cut in half and Bruce Wayne had his spine snapped in half.
It was Quaigon played by Neeson that was cut in half. Obi Wan disintegrated when he was killed by Darth Vadar.
October 4th, 2012 at 12:02 PM
Late on this, but, exlcuding shows that haven’t finished their run, I’d rank them like this:
The Wire
Deadwood
West Wing
Homicide: Life on the Street
BSG
The Sopranos
Lost
October 4th, 2012 at 1:19 PM
Nothing more painful than journalists who have done zero preparation for a guest…..
October 4th, 2012 at 2:10 PM
Nothing more painful than journalists who have done zero preparation for a guest…..
He works for ESPN.