![]() ![]() Speaking about his time balancing his military duties with his role on The Daily Show, Riggle took listeners behind the scenes of his complicated and exhausting schedule during his early years on the show. As a member of the United States Marine Corps Reserve, Riggle retired in 2013. Rob Riggle's military career began in 1990. Riggle obviously did not perform as poorly as he felt he did, because he ended up getting the part. Many times, they did not think they did well, as Rob Riggle described in his interview on the podcast, Pardon My Take. It is always interesting to hear an actor share their perspective on the audition that got them their breakthrough part. That's probably why I ended up staying in as long as I did, but if you're gonna stay in it, you gotta do it.Īs life would have it, or rather, The Daily Show would, Rob Riggle ended up with his Plan A working out. Don't worry about it.' So, I think that fatalist mentality, I've always had a Plan B or another option. I'm gonna take care of you.' It was 2006. Retired in 2013 as a lieutenant colonel, Riggle has served in Liberia, Kosovo, Albania, and Afghanistan. ![]() I called my wife and said, 'I think I pissed it away, but don't worry, we're not gonna starve. His two-decade-long entertainment career began while he was serving 14 years in the United States Marine Corps Reserve, following his 9 years of active duty service in the U.S. It was this or I had to go back on active duty. So, I went and called my wife and we were low on cash. I remember I thought I screwed up the audition, I thought I just pissed it away. They were replacing Ed Helms and Rob Corddry (who) left the show. I remember when I auditioned for The Daily Show, it was such a poor audition, it was down to like three of us for that spot. If all else fails, I'll go back on active duty.' I stayed in for a lot of that reason. You’re not taking ironing boards or anything.I'm such a fatalist that I always assumed the acting gig was going to end. Before you were on the payroll of Holiday Inn Express, did you ever take anything home with you from hotels?īack in my college days, when times were lean, if I found myself in a hotel, there’s a good chance the shampoo left with me. Now let’s talk hotels! For one question at least. Riggles been golfing for over twenty years and, in addition to hosting his new show, he produces an annual InVETational golf classic, raising money for Semper. Did you ever see Princess Bride? Remember when the Dread Pirate Roberts jumped on Andre the Giant‘s back? I could see that happening in this particular scenario. OK, I think you’re going to take this guy: Aziz Ansari.ĭon’t underestimate Aziz. You know like Rocky beat on that slab of meat? That would be me. He would punch me once and he would probably knock my head physically off my body.Ĭhanning Tatum, he’s also a pretty buff dude.Ĭhanning is a fantastic athlete. Yeah, that would be over incredibly fast. Mark Wahlberg, he’s smaller than you but he’s pretty ripped. ![]() Then I’d pounce on him like a mountain lion on a wounded jogger.įerrell preparing for battle in “Step Brothers” But as we got to the later rounds, I think he’d get winded. How about Will Ferrell, who’s probably about your size, although a bit older a bit fatter? I’m going to throw some of your former co-stars your way and you tell me how you would have done in the cage against them. OK, I just wanted to ask you that to tee up my next questions. When I was in flight school, we had to go through boxing as well. Yeah, it’s called MCMAP, the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program, and everyone has to go through it. You have some hand-to-hand combat training of your own from when you were in Marines, right? How he does against Mayweather will be fascinating to see but I don’t think it’s going to be that close of a fight. When he’s in the Octagon, he can use all his resources. Conor is, I don’t know him as a standup boxer, I know him as a UFC fighter. Mayweather is undefeated and his defense is incredible. I don’t know how satisfying the actual fight will be. I think it’ll have all the pomp and circumstance and all the hype. I think it’s definitely what the people want. I know you’re a big sports fan, and a UFC fan in particular, what’s your take on the biggest sports story in the land: Mayweather vs. So I started screaming “pow!” at one point just because it was making Will laugh if I punctuated everything Adam said with a “pow!” That’s the great thing about working with Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, you get to improvise and that’s how I came up, doing improv. ![]() If you get the DVD you can see the original scene in the deleted scenes, where I have a heart attack. Let’s talk about the introduction of the Catalina Wine Mixer scene and your famous “pow!” line. ![]()
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