Robert Wagner: Old School Hollywood

Literally! With Rob Lowe

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Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Rob Lowe's impression of Robert Wagner was so good that Mike Myers included it in “Austin Powers 2!” The legendary Robert Wagner joins Rob Lowe to talk about their decades-long friendship, his bond with Frank Sinatra, his experiences working with Spencer Tracy and Paul Newman, the secret to staying sharp and happy at 95 years old, and much more.

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0:00.0	You know, that man has been sniffing around every one of our daughters.
0:04.7	Ha ha ha ha ha ha.
0:07.0	Hey everybody, it's me.
0:23.4	Blas.
0:25.4	And it's literally, as you know.
0:28.3	So when I was a kid and I was watching television,
0:32.5	other than wanting to be Batman,
0:35.5	I wanted to be Alexander Monday when it takes a thief.
0:40.2	Alexander Monday was played by Robert Wagner.
0:42.7	And as I grew up, heart to heart, switch, pink panther, the towering inferno.
0:53.5	There was nobody quite like Robert Wagner
0:56.0	and then
0:56.6	as life has a way of leading in weird directions
1:00.7	our paths crossed
1:02.5	he became almost like a second dad to me
1:07.2	and then
1:10.8	life had another twist where Mike Myers cast him in the Austin Powers movie and then
1:20.0	cast me playing him as a young man.
1:23.5	So we've been connected for many, many years.
1:26.6	He's seen everything. He's seen everything.
1:27.9	He's done everything.
1:28.9	He's one of the great, original, charming, leading men.
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