Ep. 492: Fishing and Films with Rob Lowe

Published: 2023-11-06 10:00:00

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Steven Rinella talks to Rob Lowe, Spencer Neuharth, Randall Williams, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.

Topics discussed: The Trivia board game is available at last!; Spearing and fileting mahi; when you have a law degree and a commercial fishing license; being into the technical fishing scene; how Rob’s mom studied under Faulkner; tough-assed feet; filleted squirrel; when picking up live lobster gives you the shivers; the fish grooming the turtle’s head; Rob’s quiz show, “The Floor,” coming in 2024; just how badly Steve wants to be a contestant on Rob’s show; hive mentality; one of the ten sexiest men alive who is not recognized for that sexiness; wilderness movie trivia with Rob Lowe; tapping, slapping, or dinging quickly; seeing “Goldfinger” in the theater; “Jeremiah Johnson” as the most un-Sydney Pollock ever made; when the guy in the movie doesn’t fill his pronghorn quota; writing in a game warden character; when the star of the film is a duck stamp painter; a fluff of down; the invertebrates square; go listen to Rob’s podcast, “Literally!"; and more.

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Referenced Books

The Education of Little Tree

by Asa Earl Carter

Steve discusses how the author of this book wrote under a pseudonym and had also written Wallace's 'Segregation Now, Segregation Forever' speech. The book is mentioned in context of discussing Clint Eastwood's film adaptation work.

Referenced at 00:29:18

The Outlaw Josey Wales

by Asa Earl Carter

Steve mentions this as a novel written by the same pseudonymous author who wrote 'The Education of Little Tree' and Wallace's segregation speech. He discusses Clint Eastwood buying the rights and adapting it into a film.

Referenced at 00:29:32

No Country for Old Men

by Cormac McCarthy

While primarily discussed as a 2007 Coen Brothers film, Steve explicitly references 'Cormac McCarthy' in relation to the story, saying 'I always celebrate Cormac McCarthy for how sure tight, how tight everything is,' indicating awareness of the source novel.

Referenced at 00:31:43

A River Runs Through It

by Norman Maclean

Spencer explicitly describes this as 'What nineteen seventy six novel became a nineteen ninety two movie that heavily featured fly fishing in Montana,' clearly identifying it as a novel before it became a film.

Referenced at 00:38:28

True Grit

by Charles Portis

Steve mentions he was thinking of 'Charles Portis's True Grit' during a trivia question, referencing both the author and the novel (which was adapted into films).

Referenced at 00:38:40