Bill Simmons' Mansion Makes Mike Francesa Very Unhappy

ESPN.com's Bill Simmons is currently on his book tour (more on that here), but on Monday, he and his Beverly Hills mansion were featured on "Mayne Street."

Kenny Mayne has made a career out of his deadpanned quirkiness. That, along with the fact that Simmons doesn't have much of an acting resume, figured to make for an uncomfortable four or five minutes that included me wincing as Simmons stumbled through his lines while Mayne got all the laughs.

Didn't happen. In fact, Simmons stole the episode. Jenn with two n's, the Doug Christie Clippers jersey, Stacy Keibler calling Mayne "Lenny", business associate Scott -- all hilarious. Well, to everybody but Mike Francesa, who was railing about Simmons' performance on his radio show.

(UPDATE: "Mayne Street" segment, Francesa's comments,and Simmons' response all after the jump.)



Via Hot Clicks' Jimmy Traina's Twitter feed:



Just thinking out loud here, but I'm pretty sure that's not really Simmons' mansion. I thought the 50,000 square feet would be a dead giveaway. Or the two girls in bikinis obsessively offering to make out with each other as Simmons' ordered them to fill up the mud pit and "use the good stuff." Then again, maybe I'm just being naïve.

Whatever, Simmons responded via Twitter:



Or just explain to Francesa that the segment was a joke. You know, because he's a funny blogger.