He is especially fluent on Newman, who is the person Rudd’s mind goes to when he thinks of lodestar actors and lodestar men in general: ‘‘He was a guy who never took it too seriously, and he gave more than he received, and he understood the importance of that, and I think he’s the kind of guy who everyone should try and emulate.’’

I had this song on my iPod by this guy named David Geddes who did the song in the '70s called "The Last Game of the Season." It is one of these great storytelling songs from the '70s, where it's half talking, half singing. It would be the example of the one that is: We are going to set out to make you cry. But they haven't earned any of it, and it's ridiculous. And I love it."

He was in Kansas City, Missouri, watching his favorite team, the Kansas City Chiefs, battle the Cincinnati Bengals with a spot in the Super Bowl on the line.