What would “The Last Dance” look like if it was 142 episodes instead of 10? “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” re-imagined ESPN’s Michael Jordan docuseries on Thursday.
The expanded docuseries would “include everything: His shoes, his underwear, his sandwich” and feature interviews with “Mad About You” alum Richard Kind, Mets first baseman Pete Alonso and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.
Kind, a Northwestern University and Second City alum, opined on the greatness of the limited-edition ’90s McJordan sandwich.
“One time I had a layover at O’Hare and I go to the McDonalds, and I took one bite. I went, ‘Wow, this man is the greatest basketball player of all time,'” Kind said.
Alonso weighed in on Jordan’s time with the Birmingham Barons, the White Sox’s Double-A affiliate, while deGrasse Tyson talked “Space Jam.” According to “The Late Show,” ESPN is also planning to air a series about the worst Bulls player, Denny Sinclair, who does crossword puzzles on the sidelines.
The seventh and eighth episodes of “The Last Dance” are scheduled to air at 8 p.m. Sunday on ESPN. “The Late Show” airs at 10:35 p.m. weeknights on WBBM-Ch. 2.
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