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Literally! With Rob Lowe

Robert Downey Jr: History Class

Literally! With Rob Lowe

Stitcher & Team Coco

Society & Culture

4.812.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

It’s a love-fest when old friends Robert Downey Jr. and Rob Lowe get together! Rob is talking to his former high school classmate and longtime friend: the great Robert Downey Jr. Hear them discuss their shared memories from Santa Monica High School, surviving the 1980s, the genius of Christopher Nolan, and growing from set-backs. Robert’s latest film, “Oppenheimer,” is available now on 4K, Blu-Ray, DVD & Digital. His book, "Cool Food: Erasing Your Carbon Footprint One Bite at a Time" (written with Thomas Kostigen), is out on January 23! Got a question for Rob? Call our voicemail at (323) 570-4551. Your question could get featured on the show!

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0:00.0

My God, what a gift this has been to the audience.

0:04.5

Oh God, they...

0:06.5

So funny. Hey everybody welcome to literally. This is one of the great podcasts that I have had the

0:24.7

pleasure to do when I'm sitting here Robert Downey Jr's palatial estate. I mean it's

0:31.9

it's so downy the whole whole thing is downy. He's got, I don't even know how to describe it because he, at the end of the day, is kind of indescribable. There's only one of him. He is a unique, unique character as you're about to find out happily. I've known him since probably I was 15 and my ongoing relationship with him is one of the great loves of my life.

0:59.4

And it's been a while we were trying to get this to happen to get him on the show and we did it

1:04.4

It's happening. It's happening this podcast. You're probably right.

1:19.2

Because you've taken control of everything we've had lunch. Yep.

1:22.1

at your beautiful compound had a little property tour we had a property tour

1:26.1

we captured a lot of content of us getting ready I thought two guys

1:30.1

who have a lot of history forever, but a lot of our initial forays go back to the 80s,

1:38.0

and I thought, why not do two guys from the 80s get ready for a podcast?

1:41.6

I think it's good. I haven't had this much rouge on since

1:44.3

Studio 54 and it's decline. I saw you at Studio 54 and I stopped in my tracks.

1:49.9

No you did not. Absolutely I did. There was a lot of folks there that night.

1:54.0

Cruz was there, you were there, Madonna was there, Shearer was there, it was a special night,

1:59.6

but I don't know why I came around a corner and you were there. That's Cruz right now.

2:04.0

Or might to me, Madonna.

2:06.0

You got to take it?

2:07.0

Uh, no, this, we don't need to talk to this person.

2:09.0

Would it be great if Rob took a 10 minute call right now.

2:13.4

Hey, I just got to take a call right now.

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