Gabriel Iglesias: The Merch Master (Re-Release)

22:21Rob Lowe:What? Okay. But do you have a turtle top model? Nice. See? See? I have many. I've never heard of the turtle top model. That's weird. The turtle top? You mean a bug or? No, of the van, the VW van, right? That's what we're talking about. The vans, the old with the sliding door. Split window. Yeah. Yeah. No, because when I was a kid, we had one. And I wanted to get the – the doorstop was just the one that came up. And there was like a little camper compartment on top. The camper top, yeah. So I have one of those, and the rest are just regular cruisers. You know what? I wonder if I can – can I detach?

23:04No, you're fine. I can detach. And you know what? I'm going to take you for a little tour. Oh, yes. I'm going to take you for a little tour. that's that's my buddy Juan right here that's the guy hey man how are you he's addicted to working out you go Juan all right I'm gonna take you outside so you can just take a quick look at

23:19Rob Lowe:this and we'll come back in here where the lighting's good dude I love wherever you are you look like you're at the rock and roll hall of fame it looks unbelievable yes it's my compound so uh take a look at this place what the living are you kidding okay there are more amazing cars that I am looking at right now my mouth is on the dude my mouth is on the floor oh these are fucking amazing. Oh, yeah. Are you kidding me? Volkswagen, car. This is... I'm speechless. I've been doing this podcast a while now. You've rendered me speechless. Please keep going. I'm loving this. Oh, my God. Rob Lowe just said keep going.

23:57Yeah, I'm doing it right. Oh, my God. Yeah, dude. So it just keeps going all the way down. And then here's something really cool. I was on a show called tanked a few years ago and they knew that my love for Volkswagen was real. And it made me fish tanks. No way. Yeah.

24:18Rob Lowe:I'm looking at a Volkswagen, a vintage, two vintage Volkswagens that are completely filled like an aquarium. Unreal. What are the, what are the, okay. What's the most expensive, what's the most valuable one? What's the most valuable VW bus? Oh dude. I don't even know. I mean, They've gone as high as a quarter of a mil for one. Wow. Right now, to get one in really horrible shape, just to say you have one, you can still get about$10 ,000 to$15 ,000 for just a pile of junk. When was the last year that they were made? Like this? Well, there's different models. There's the original one that came out in 1950, and they're about to bring them back again.

25:00I have from 1952 all the way to 1975.

25:05Rob Lowe:whoa since i'm giving you so for here this is my little marvel collection oh there it is no kidding you got everybody up there do you have the guy who sang in the madrigal choir can you pick up iron man and make him sing some latin shit there is he where's he at he's right up he's right there i'm just gonna do the the scary the scary voice scary uh music but it's really good i have my washers and dryers here see the whole idea behind this i collect washers and dryers i was gonna say the whole idea behind this building when i first put it together was i wanted to have my own studio i saw that there was a lot of people doing their own thing uh and they they didn't need hollywood so i says you know what i got the money right now let me buy this building let me make a studio let me have my own makeup area my own wardrobe area my own production area that whole spot where you see all the cars that used to just be space where I would do production.

26:02And little by little, I realized, ah, you know what? Maybe I got into a little too over my head when you wanting to have production because I wasn't doing enough production. Most of the stuff I was able to do just like this without making it bigger than it really needed to be. And I hooked up with Jay Leno and I was telling him about my space and he goes, sounds like you should put some cars in there. And I'm like, what are you talking about? And then I got to hang out at his spot. Jay's the one that got that started. He put me in touch with his car guys. Next thing I knew, I had a Volkswagen.

26:34Then I had two, three, four.

26:36Rob Lowe:I built that collection in under five years. What was it about, you can collect any car in the world. Jay Leno, who is the - First car. He's the king of it. Why did you pick that of all the things you could pick? It was my first car. A 1960 Volkswagen bus was my first car. And so, So to be in love with your first car and to be able to get it back and then just multiply, you know, it seemed fun. I like the car. It's such a fun car. It's so easy and it's just cool and it's so throwback and just it's really, really cool. Seinfeld was known for the Porsches and Jay with those collection of cars. And I have no problem, you know, because Jay goes, it's so boring.

27:16You have the same car over and over and over. I go, dude, I picked the coolest car. And so if people associate me with those, that's that I want. So I'm just I love it. I enjoy it. And they all run. They can all handle the freeway. They can all carry people. They're they're functional.

27:32Rob Lowe:Now, I feel embarrassed at my original question that started us on this thing. It's like I feel like I asked Michael Jordan. So you enjoy the sport of basketball? Am I reading this correctly? That's that's how I feel right now. yeah anytime you want to tour them man yeah we gotta give shop where where where is that this amazing space that you have uh long beach california because you know um i love i love people who i want to get to the point where i can build my own professional compound i've been to oprah's she had a great one in chicago um tyler perry obviously has a crazy one in atlanta i've not seen.

28:16Rob Lowe:But that one, you're right up there, man. You're swimming with the big fish with what I just saw. I mean, that was... The building, it's its own, you know, it's like I said, it's its own little mini museum. And I collect Volkswagens and muscle cars. Some of them you might have seen on the walkout. But, you know, it's also, it's my place of business. So, business gets ran out of here. That's awesome. You know, you and I have something in common. We both worked with Steven Soderbergh. You did the Magic Mike movies, obviously, which were great. Those movies are so fun, right? I mean, there's just...

28:53It's fun because of the people you're working with, because, I mean, you've been on sets, I'm sure, where you've had the best time ever, and you've been on sets where you're like, oh my God, this is not another day. Yes, right? It's all the people that make it good or bad. And working with Stephen was awesome. By the way, that was my first real, real movie. No. And yeah, to get to have your Hollywood thing broken by Soderbergh. That's, you know, first time out, I'm working with Soderbergh, Channing Tatum, McConaughey. I'm like, are you kidding me? And here I go. Like, well, okay, I was just telling jokes last week in Nebraska.

29:25Now I'm here doing a movie. So that for me was mind blowing. It was, it was awesome. How'd you, how'd you end up being in the movie? Channing is a fan of mine and he had called and asked me to, you know, basically be come and read, not even audition, just come and read it and be in the movie. It was, it was that easy. I was just like, wow, okay. And to get there and have so many people already know me, so it was like, it was weird. You know, it's different if you go to a comedy club, you're at a show venue, but to be in a Hollywood, real legit Hollywood environment and be called out, hey, my kids and I would watch you and this and that.

29:58And I'm like, oh my God, I hope I don't screw this up.

30:01Rob Lowe:Oh, that is, what a great opening. You almost kind of go, well, time to quit. I did this with all these guys. I don't really need to do another movie. And it was a hit. Yeah, so I was excited about doing that. And then to get asked to do the second one, I was just like, wow, okay, there's more. This is awesome. And it's a great one. I mean, I think I like the sequel a ton. They're both really great. I just remember every girl, woman in the world who was just so obsessed with that movie. And I remember reading about it going, I don't know about this movie. And then you see it and you're like, oh, yeah, this is so fun.

30:39So let me tell you, promoting the movie Magic Mike is really, really challenging when your whole career and your brand is about family and family environment. And so now you're going to go from that to promoting. Yes, you know, McConaughey had to work out really strenuously for six months to fit in that thong. It was such a shift. It's like, yeah, OK, so you're in what movie? Magic Mike. You know, people would find out I was in that movie. They'd want to meet me. And then they're like, you were not in Magic Mike. You were in Tragic Mike. Look at you. Like, no, no, no, no. I wasn't playing a dancer.

31:13That's not, no. That was a tough one to sell, too. You were in Magic Mike. Really, you. You were in Magic Mike. Yeah, I was in Magic Mike. You'd be like, yeah, man.

31:23Rob Lowe:That's why they called him Magic. CGI. CGI. And see, because since it was your first movie, you probably thought all movies were made the way that Steven Soderbergh makes movies. and the way he makes movies is, I mean, I did a movie with him called Behind the Candelabra and on the last day of shooting, everybody has their champagne. They're going to celebrate the last day of shooting, right? And he says, hey, everybody, we're going to celebrate and I just like 15 minutes and I'll be back and we'll all celebrate. And he leaves and everybody talks and waits for him and he comes back and he's got his laptop and he says, I would just like to let you know that we are not only celebrating the wrap of the movie, but I have also finished my first cut as a director.

32:14Rob Lowe:And they clink glasses. He had cut the movie while we were shooting it. I mean, it's unheard of. He's badass. Did he actually show you guys? He was always, well, he showed me on the days that I worked the scenes that we had shot the day before. The day before. The day before. Shot all day, all day, 12 hours. we're back on the set 12 hours later and he has all the scenes cut as exactly like they're going to go in the movie and the other thing that's great is he operates the camera himself and i always knew that i things were going well when i'd see him sort of his body shaking behind the camera and see that he was he was laughing and they he moves so fast um there's really nobody like him I think we're both really lucky that we got to to work with him and also just to see how how how much you can do and how quickly you can do it without all of the sort of artifice that goes on with with most most movies.

33:19Rob Lowe:Now, you're a big Marvel fan. I assure you those movies are not sure like that. No. Can you imagine, though? Oh, man. What would a Soderbergh Marvel movie be? I OK. I want to start an online. A trillion dollars? Yes. I want to see a Steven Soderbergh Marvel movie. That would be the absolute greatest thing I could possibly imagine. Oh, man. I don't know if he'd agree with you. I know. Why? Yes. We know that. And we'll be right back after this.

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35:26Rob Lowe:I am a big stats accomplishment guy. I also love, here's another one of your great accomplishments. Very few people have sold out both Madison Square Gardens, Staples Center, and wait for it, the Sydney Opera House. Yeah. Dude, tell me about the Sydney Opera House. That's really cool. And you know what I think was funny is that I had, when I did that show in Australia, I want to say there was probably a good thousand Americans that were at that show. I mean, the majority was Australian, but when I said, is there any Americans here? I was like, oh, wow. And I says, I remember saying, I says, who would have ever thought you'd see the day where Americans would go to another country to see a Mexican?

36:16Right? It was a good time. It was a good time. Australia is one of my favorite markets, definitely my favorite country outside of the United States. It's so, so much fun.

36:26Rob Lowe:I feel like I agree with you. If I were going to live anywhere else, I mean, I love the UK. There's a lot about the UK I love too, but there's something about Australia. It reminds me of going back in a time capsule to what California might have been like in a lot of ways. And for somebody like me who loves to be outdoors and surfs and does all that stuff, it's so good. But the thing that's insane is that you are so far away. It is like you have no comprehension to what down under means until you go there and realize you might as well be on another planet in terms of geography. Yeah, and when you think about how they discovered Australia, I mean, you can find it now clearly because we've got technology.

37:12but back then when people would sail you know to sail and get it just right like how do you even know no i i won't get in my car unless i turn on the gps what drive to hawthorne i i don't know how

37:26Rob Lowe:to do it unless i turn on the little you know do you remember were you in la in the days when we had to look at the what was those math guide the thomas guide yeah remember those racking my brain I got an audition. And then you got to get the pages and line up and get the sheet. Yeah. Put a little tape and put on the dash. I got this. I'm telling you, if you didn't drive yourself to an audition using a Thomas Guide, you weren't really in show business. Right? Yeah. You're spoiled. You're spoiled with your little Garmin. Well, I don't even think I think of Garmin. Does this all Garmin? Basically, you use your phone now.

38:04Rob Lowe:Yeah. No, now everybody's like has their own ring light and does a self tape in their, you know, in their, you know, living room. You and I are out there beating the pavement. Getting the traffic. Our Thomas guides or for me getting on the bus. It was like, you know. Cussing out people on the 405. Yeah. Right. Yeah. No, that'll discourage you real quick. If you can't hang on that 405. I got to go where? Are you kidding? The part's not even that big. Have you ever been in a really gnarly wreck in one of your fancy cars? No. I will only drive the cars when the conditions are right. So if it's raining, I'm not taking the cars out.

38:45And if it's a busy time of the day, I try not to take them out. So, you know, I stick to weekends or just in the middle of the day. And that's when I can take them out and about.

38:54Rob Lowe:And what's your favorite drive? drive? I call it the lap because I'll leave my building and I'll just I'll take a small little lap around. I'll either go to Seal Beach, Huntington Beach, just drive down the Pacific Coast Highway. I like to drive it right by the beach. Kind of gives a little extra like a little nostalgia there. And then everybody loves seeing them. So you're just getting thumbs up everywhere like, hey, so they'll see the car and then they'll see the driver and they're like, it'll be like a double like, Hey, yeah, right. But it's, it's a nice drive. I don't need to go very far in them.

39:28You know, I got reliable cars that I can use to drive to San Diego or wherever else I want to go, but the buses, I keep them nearby.

39:35Rob Lowe:What, what do you, what kind of thing have you been concocting during this COVID? Cause I know I've been talking to a bunch of, a bunch of people on the show and a lot of people, some people started writing books that they never thought they would right. Some people are celebrating the fact that they're doing absolutely nothing and living like, like, ah, I, I can be good in my own company. Where, where are you on that spectrum? Uh, well, when, when everything first went down, uh, I'd say the first three weeks was just more so like, what am I doing? What's going on? What's going to happen? It was more just freaking out, not really having a plan or anything.

40:14And, uh, eventually I got to a point where I'm like, you know what, let me, let me try this sleep thing that I haven't had ever. And I started getting a lot of really, really good sleep. I was averaging eight to 10 hours at one point. And so, I mean, I noticed I'd functioned so much better. I'm like, wow, that's what it's like. So I caught up on a lot of rest and I have my own merch company. So like when I go on the road and I do my shows, I sell stuff after the shows. And so I took that and I just, you know, started doing it online and we've been selling stuff here from the building. And people are bored.

40:47They want, they want something. So I've been, I've been selling them and promoting my, uh, my Funko Pop. I made a, uh, yeah, you've seen these, right?

40:56Rob Lowe:Oh yeah. Yeah. The heads. Yeah. The, the, the, the new version of the bobblehead with the, yeah. Basically. So this company, uh, man, every year they kill it at Comic-Con. Uh, you know, everybody wants these. And I said, I'd be cool to have one of myself. And I reached out to the company a few years ago and they're like, well, we don't really know who you are. We don't think that there'd be a demand for you. And so I'm like, no, look, look, I got stats and numbers and I know that I could do well with this. I already sell merch of myself. I know what I can do. And they weren't feeling it. And so we tried again a couple of years later and they said, all right, we'll tell you what, if you order so many units, we won't sell it, but you can sell it.

41:40And I was like, all right. And they're like, really? And they're like, it's going to cost us much. And I said, okay. And they're like, really? Yeah. Next thing you know, here comes a giant truck. They're unloading everything. And this, this, this was that figure. And now we're getting ready to release the second one. But I was very happy because I'm number one, I'm the first comedian, first comedian to have one. So that for me was a big deal. So I'm the first comedian and I have, I got the first one and the second one. And now other comics are jumping on board. Like Jeff Dunham just recently came out with one.

42:11And I know that Joe Coy is going to be producing one very soon as well. Just spoke to Joe Coy.

42:18Rob Lowe:He was very happy to be on the show.

42:26I don't know how he sleeps. He has more energy than anyone I know. He's just got an incredible energy about him and an aura and he just doesn't stop.

42:35Rob Lowe:It's true. Okay. So I'm obsessed with merch. We're starting to do some merch on this show. tell me you're the master. You are the master of merch. Tell me what I need to know about merch. And what I'm thinking is like, whatever you do, don't go down the rabbit hole of coffee mugs. They're very underrated. No one likes them. I mean, is there, what's the counterintuitive merch knowledge that I'm looking for? I sell coffee mugs. I've, you know, it's one of those things you don't know until you try it. And so you just got to grab a whole bunch of ideas, apply your brand to those ideas and throw it out there and see what people like and see what people don't like.

43:18I thought refrigerator magnets were going to kill it. And right now, if you need some magnets, I got you.

43:23Rob Lowe:See, this is exactly what I'm saying is, you know, there's stuff you think is cool. And then it's like, turns out it's crickets. People are like, I don't want refrigerator magnets. I would think that would be a good idea. The merch game is, it might as well be your own personal Vegas. You're gambling. You're gambling on yourself, and you're taking a chance that what you're coming up with might work. You're not going to know, again, what might work for one person might not work for another. I thought it would be a no-brainer for me to sell Hawaiian shirts because I figured I wear Hawaiian shirts.

43:57I have found a company that can make them relatively, you know, for a good price and try to sell them. And, man, I could not move Hawaiian shirts. You would be the big guy that wears Hawaiian shirts, and I couldn't move them. Now, maybe if I would have had another company helping me to do that, maybe that would have been a different case. But me trying to do it solo, it didn't fly. However, me selling a regular T-shirt with just some squiggly lines, my logo, that actually was a hit. And so I built most of this off of those T-shirts. And then, of course, there was other things that we added, like little minifigures, plush dolls.

44:31The Funko was just this year.

44:34Rob Lowe:I was going to ask you what the most successful thing you had was it's the t-shirts and then of course over the years CDs, DVDs sorry if it sounds like a zoo, let them in I got a bunch of dogs here Here's my favorite I have a contest for you how many dogs you got there right now? because I'm going to beat you I got three Oh my god, that is amazing that chihuahua is amazing No way Are you kidding me With that damn thing That is That is all time That dog You know what's crazy She's 15 years old Oh that's really old for a chihuahua Yeah that is ancient Oh my gosh she's amazing And what's her name This is Risa That's like Lisa with an R Risa And for those of you who can't see, her tongue is sticking out permanently.

45:36Rob Lowe:That's amazing. That dog's tongue is sticking out all the time. You can't make it up. She's 80 % anger and the rest is love. But she's still huffing and puffing because we've got people here. And then pass them over on here. By the way, that face should be your logo of something. Yeah. And then I got Vinny. right here. Okay, I don't know which I would be more excited to see if I came to visit you. The VW bugs are these insane dogos that you have going on here. The baby dingoes. I have six dogs here today. Oh, wow. Six. Is that even legal? No, the truth of it is, I should have a kennel license.

46:25Rob Lowe:That's the truth. Once you get above, it's five, you are officially a kennel. Nice. Today I have a kennel, although two of them are visitors. So I'm fine. Just what I need. I already have, you know, four dogs. Why I'm having two visit, I don't know. But that's what's going on here at this house today. Oh, well, it's pretty quiet. So whatever you're doing, man, that's. I'm in a bomb-proof chamber. Anytime I talk, these guys are like, let me in. They have to be in the room. If they're in the room, they're cool. But if they're out of the room, then they're going to just be loud until I open the door.

46:57So I've just learned to accept that I have to, you know.

47:01Rob Lowe:He's very I mean, I can barely concentrate because that dog is extra cute. Since we're talking about animals, it's a perfect segue into I like to ask people. I have a questionnaire thing called the lowdown that I do. And they're just quick fire questions. And I'm going to lead off if you if you're happy to be in the lowdown with me. and I think you're down to clown. Down to clown on the lowdown? Down to clown on the lowdown. Good. Did you think Bugs Bunny was attractive when he dressed up like a woman? No. No? God. I've asked this to a number of people. I am the only one. I wasn't like, hey, he's funny.

47:45Oh, hot. No. Yes. That's what didn't happen.

47:50Rob Lowe:It did for me though. So what's wrong with me, do you think? Hey, absolutely nothing, man. Whatever floats your boat. Somebody, I forget who, I asked that question. He goes, no, but I was attracted when Porky Pig wore high heels, which made me laugh. Okay, yeah. Would you rather see a UFO, a ghost, or Bigfoot? And if you did, would you tell anybody? I think all three would scare me, would terrify me probably. But I think the one that would be the most like, wow, had the most impact would probably be a UFO. So I'm assuming you've never seen one. Unless I was camping. Unless I was camping and then, of course, Bigfoot would win because it's the forest.

48:39But no, no, I've never seen one. I've seen a lot of cars in my neighborhood that I don't recognize. Equally scary. Yeah.

48:49Rob Lowe:Well, the next question is really, really good for you because having just seen the sort of scene you've got set up for yourself, if your house was on fire and you could only grab one thing, what would it be? Dude, you're in a world of trouble over there. I mean, I don't know where. You got your bobblehead. You got 75 ,000 VW buses. What's your most prized possession? These guys. So I would grab them and then head for the hills Because I've asked myself that question Well the most important thing would be Make sure that no one's in here And that my dogs are out Once the people are out and the dogs are out If I had to grab Just one thing I mean all the cars are insured So that's not an issue The building's insured Look this is the first This is the first thing that ever have my name on it.

49:45Oh, look at this. This is a poster. A poster. A comedy night poster from 1997. How did you save it?

49:53Rob Lowe:How did you know to save it? Just because it was the first thing. You were like, I'm going to save this. It was the first thing and I figured, you know what? I might not ever have anything else with my name on it. Because also my name's prominent on it. My name's the biggest one on there. You had a good agent. Did you have an agent then? Or you just were smart enough to go like, hey, make my name bigger. How'd that work out? I think they just figured since the last name was Iglesias, that part's already famous. So they said, well, let's gamble on this guy and see what's up. But yeah, that was a show that I did in Tucson, Arizona.

50:23What was the date? July 9th, 1997. So I was doing comedy for a couple of months and I already had my first road gig. And so they had those posters everywhere. And I grabbed one and I rolled it up and I took really good care of it and got on that flight and came back home and just saved it and put it in a frame.

50:42Rob Lowe:Were you ever tempted as you were new and struggling to pass yourself off as a legitimate Iglesias? Like there's a world in which you just, you're like, look, this is Julio Iglesias's cousin and he kills it. As a comic, right? Yeah. I always had people asking the question. A lot of people would ask the question, Hey, man, are you, you know, are you related to Julio? Forever it was Julio. And then, of course, you know, right around the 90s, it turned into, or I'm sorry, the early 2000s, it was Enrique. But, yeah, it was always a question, you know, but I never thought about this. I don't look anything like the other.

51:23So there was never that. Oh, yeah, I'm so-and-so and you'll get this or you'll get that. But something interesting, I'm trying to find it so I could show you because I think it's like it was really, really cool. uh you know i'll just go to my instagram and pull that up right here about the whole julio iglesias enrique thing uh this had come out and i don't know if you can see it right there oh that's amazing the heading it says julio iglesias has a huge family but is he related to gabriel this is the first time i had ever seen anything in writing where they said is julio related to me versus the other way around.

52:01And when I read that, I was like, I made it. Yes. I reached the top of the Iglesias mountain.

52:10Rob Lowe:Everybody has that moment in their careers where they go, you know what? I never thought I'd live to see the day. That for me would be the mic drop. If I were an Iglesias, that would be the mic drop. That's it right there. All Iglesias have the same story. They say that the story of that last name comes from Spain. Iglesias in Spanish is churches. The story was that there was a kid orphaned left on the doorstep of a church and they didn't know what kind of a last name to give them. So they just gave him church, you know, Iglesias. And so that they say that they all, all Iglesias is from everywhere come from that original one.

52:46That's a story that we've all been told. Wow. And I actually asked, I asked Enrique and he goes, oh yeah, I've heard that story. And I was like, okay, cool. Yeah. So it's, it's, it's everybody. That's, that's clearly that's not the case. And I'm sure if we did a DNA test, uh, I'd probably be more related to a banana in Brazil than, than Enrique, but you never know.

53:05Rob Lowe:That's awesome. Well, this has been great. I love having you on the show. I love getting to meet you finally. You know, I've followed you forever and to have you on this has been great. Thanks for, for taking time out of, of working on the VWs. I know you probably just are like underneath there working on them yourself, right? I mean, or no, I don't know. I'm not like JJ. I give Jay a lot of credit. Jay's hands on, he's getting his hands dirty. He's fixing cars and getting all oil everywhere. Like, man, I spent too much money on manicures. I ain't trying to match those engines. I play a pro who handles it because I love it.

53:37Rob Lowe:And when it comes to making sure it's done right, professional has to do it. That's right. I don't want to be a watchmaker. I just want to have good watches. That's the way I look at it. I'm, I'm, I totally get the vibe. I could not agree more, by the way. All right. Thank you, man. You've been great. Appreciate you. Thank you. Open invite anytime you want to come check this place out. Yeah, I want the 1972. That's what my family had. We had the red and white 1972 VW bus. Sick. Sick. I appreciate it, man. And hey, if Marvel calls, don't say no. Well, if you talk to Marvel, tell them to call me.

54:12I know a guy.

54:13Rob Lowe:I know a guy. All right, brother. Thank you. Thank you again. Much respect. You too. Take care, man. Okay. I want one of those VW bugs so badly. I mean, it's funny. It's not something you think you are going to think is all that cool. And then you see them all lined up and you're like, oh yeah, I want one of those. That was fun. He was, what a wonderful, sweet man. And that dog. I love that dog. I love that dog. All right. I'm going to go play with my dogs. That's inspired me. My kennel that I've got going on here. If you work for the ASPCA or law enforcement, please do not come to my house and arrest me for what you've just learned.

54:55Rob Lowe:All right. It is time for the Lowdown Line. Hello. You've reached literally in our Lowdown Line where you can get the lowdown on all things about me, Rob Lowe. 323-570-4551. So have at it. Here's the beep. Hi, Rob. This is Amelia. I'm 25 from Chicago. So this might sound a little strange, but I was really excited when I learned that you were deaf in one ear because I am too, and I work in TV behind the scenes. And it's super rare that I get to meet someone who's also partially deaf, but especially in this industry. so I was wondering if you have any funny or frustrating stories from a time when you were on set where you either didn't hear something or have to pretend that you heard something thanks for being so open love the podcast oh Amelia welcome to the welcome to the the half deaf club um yeah it's weird isn't it isn't weird having like one ear that works um and it's really weird in in like doing this or when you go on live television and they stick that i am i mfb what the hell is it called people fmb imb whatever the damn thing is that they put in your ear and they talk to you in the control room i can never i can never hear anybody i'm always i always feel like i'm doing a like a live stand-up from mars um it's uh that to me that's the hard part i'll tell you the other hard part, and this is only stuff that is relatable doing what I do, but it's stuff you never really would think of, is like doing stunts.

56:40Like I'll be, you know, we're doing a stunt this

56:45Rob Lowe:week on 9-1-1 Lone Star, and they're going to let a firebomb off. And I can't hear people have, I'm like, so the fire's going to go on action? What? And then everybody has the face masks on, of course. And that's no good. So I, listen, I think it's a great thing that we can only hear in one ear because we can sleep on that ear and we don't have to have earplugs. We put that one ear down on that pillow, man, and we are gonzo. And that's our leg up. I'm telling you, don't ever forget it. It's all good. Thanks for your question. And I will see you next week on Literally with me, Rob Lowe. You have been listening to Literally with Rob Lowe.

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