“So, Larry David calls me,” Johnson said.
“Larry, if you guys don’t know, he is so kicker-[averse].
He hates that idea.”
He then attempted an impression of theCurb Your Enthusiasmcreator.
“He goes, ‘Y-You’re going to launch the new league, right?
… What can we do about the kickers?
Do we need the kickers?'”
Johnson, a former football player, continued.
“We had this spirited conversation.
We need the kickers, by the way, because kickers are an amazing component of football.”
Johnson didn’t appear upset by the unsolicited suggestion, though.
“It was the greatest phone call to get,” he said.
“We’d never spoken before and he’s awesome, he’s brilliant.
It felt like [it was] the final episode ofCurb.”
He was into it!"
“That will give me more pleasure than anything.”
There are, however, still field goals and, thus, still kickers.
