Rob Reiner

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Armchair Umbrella

Tv & Film, Music, Comedy

4.6 • 68.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2024

⏱️ 125 minutes

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Rob Reiner (God & Country, Spinal Tap, All in the Family) is an actor and filmmaker. Rob joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how he helped the Pittsburgh Pirates win the 1960 World Series, why he prefers directing over acting and writing, and what it was like working with Martin Scorsese. Rob and Dax talk about their time in improv groups, the rise of All in the Family, and how fascinated they both are with Russia. Rob explains how much he looked up to and wanted to be like his father, why Christian Nationalism is a danger to the country and Christianity, and Dax tells him how much he sounds like best boy, Jimmy Kimmel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome, welcome to armchair expert experts on expert. I'm Dan Rather and I'm joined by Lily Padman.
0:07.0	Good morning time.
0:08.0	We have a legend today as our expert.
0:11.0	Yes.
0:12.0	Rob Reiner. He's an award-winning actor and filmmaker. Of course as an actor all in the family.
0:17.0	Meathead.
0:18.0	Geez, least.
0:20.0	Textbook 70s 80s TV. 70s, I guess.
0:23.8	But as a director, he's directed like an impossible amount
0:27.2	of incredibly seminal movies that everyone holds dear.
0:31.0	This is Spinal Tap, the first mock. Stand by me when Harry met Sally,
0:35.6	the Princess Bride, one of the greatest most rewatchable movies of all time.
0:40.3	He has a documentary out right now that was very, very good. I watched it and loved it. I would have watched it on my own even if he hadn't been a guest. God and country about the rise in Christian nationalism and we get to it right out of the gates with him but this is a
0:55.2	very pro-Christian this is an anti-Christian this is anti-Christian nationalist so a big
0:59.8	big difference and this is in no way a takedown of Christianity so this is such a treat of an
1:05.7	episode we get some really fun stories out of Rob it's a very Hollywood episode in a fun, fun way.
1:14.0	Very fun. Yeah.
1:15.0	Please enjoy Rob Reiner.
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1:27.0	You got to get to the drawing board early, you got to put in the time to have a spectacular trip.
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