Rob Lowe

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q296505: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Holiday in the Wild, which Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber credits them on.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: St. Elmo's Fire (1985); Wayne's World (1992); Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999); Behind the Candelabra (2013); About Last Night (2014); Holiday in the Wild (2019); Bad Influence; Masquerade; Square Dance; Young Blood; Youngblood.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997): 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999), which they acted in: Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery ⇒ Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (the host's read). Mini-Me/Scott Evil fight calls back to the toilet sequence in the first movie.
    “Great callback to the toilet sequence in the in the 1st movie”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me’ With Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:25:51 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. industry (franchise decline) · through Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999), which they acted in: Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery ⇒ Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (the host's read). The sequels try to top themselves and Austin stops being funny once he figures himself out at the end of the first film.
    “The 2nd and thirds are just trying to top themselves.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 1:32:19 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Dr. No (1962): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999), which they acted in: Dr. No ⇒ Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (the host's read). Bond is the blueprint for Austin Powers; Dr. Evil is Blofeld.
    “Dr. Evil being Blofeld and all that stuff, it's just kind of lost on the audience and it still works.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me’ With Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:09:48 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Michael Caine: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999), which they acted in: Michael Caine ⇒ Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (the host's read). Clearly based in part on a bunch of Michael Caine movies.
    “There's a bunch of Michael Kane movies that it's clearly based on.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me’ With Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:07:12 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Our Man Flint: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999), which they acted in: Our Man Flint ⇒ Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (the host's read). Austin Powers draws on 60s spy movies like Our Man Flint and Michael Caine films.
    “a couple of other movies like Armand Flint, the James Coburn movie from the 60s”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me’ With Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:07:08 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Sexual Perversity in Chicago: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through About Last Night (2014), which they acted in: Sexual Perversity in Chicago ⇒ About Last Night (the host's read). About Last Night is a remake of an earlier version drawn from a Chicago play.
    “About last night is a remake of the actual version of sexual perverses in Chicago.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · RoboCop (2014) · 1:58:51 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

The Doors (1991): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Wayne's World (1992), which they acted in: The Doors ⇒ Wayne's World (the host's read). Wayne's World 2 depends on knowing Oliver Stone's The Doors, as Weird Science depends on knowing The Road Warrior.
    “We talked a lot about Wayne's World 2 and we're like, it's very, very dependent on knowing Oliver Stone's the Doors movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 1:07:39 · Kyle Brandt (0.60 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Kevin Hart remake of About Last Night: 1 line

  1. programming (programming) · through About Last Night (2014), which they acted in: About Last Night ⇒ Kevin Hart remake of About Last Night (the host's read). About Last Night was remade with Kevin Hart.
    “They remade it with Kevin Hart and Michael Healey.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 2:14:23 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

When Harry Met Sally (1989): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through About Last Night (2014), which they acted in: About Last Night ⇒ When Harry Met Sally (the host's read). About Last Night paved the way for When Harry Met Sally and other R-rated rom-coms.
    “which I don't think it's enough credit for 80s kind of paving the way for when Harry Met Sally and some of these other ones.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 2:14:05 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (14) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career): Rob Lowe → Wayne's World. Lowe and Myers had history from Wayne's World.
    “they also have an amazing you know, history together from Wayne's World.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me’ With Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:40:33 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Rob Lowe → St. Elmo's Fire. Lowe was a huge 80s star: St. Elmo's Fire, About Last Night, then reinvented via SNL and Wayne's World.
    “St. Elmo's fires probably.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me’ With Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:58:36 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Young Blood → Rob Lowe. The opposite case: Rob Lowe was taught to skate for the movie and is actually pretty good.
    “One of the best ones for this was they taught Rob Lowe to skate for Young Bud.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:17:56 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): Rob Lowe → Robert Wagner. Lowe got Number Two by doing a Robert Wagner impression on the golf course.
    “Rob Lo got this part because he did a Robert Wagner impersonation for Mike Myers”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me’ With Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:39:58 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

programming (1)

  1. programming (programming): About Last Night → Rob Lowe. Recommended homework for Craig: a rom-com dramedy set in Chicago.
    “I'd be interested if you and Liz saw that one.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me’ With Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:58:45 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Rob Lowe: Got Number Two through a Robert Wagner impression while golfing with Myers.
    “he did a Robert Wagner impersonation for Mike Myers one day when they were golfing”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me’ With Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:39:58 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)