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       Stories I Only Tell My Friends - Rob Lowe
       By: ChipRawks Date: August 18, 2011, 4:17 pm
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       Talk about leading a charmed life. I've had my own personal
       run-ins with a lot of celebs in random places over the years
       going all the way back to when I was still in elementary school.
       But hearing Rob's encounters are pretty mind blowing. He decides
       wants to become an actor and finds out that Liza Minnelli is in
       a hotel and all he has to do is ask the desk clerk "what room is
       Mrs. Minnelli staying in?" and next thing he knows he is eating
       chocolate candy with her. Or when he moves to Malibu and
       stumbles across a kid shooting his own war movie with friends,
       which turns out to be Chris Penn and invites him to pal around
       with Sean, Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez. Or when he writes a
       random letter to Aaron Spelling and gets invited to the studio.
       Or when Rob and his brother Chad are getting heckled at a
       Dodgers game for wearing a Yankees cap and are saved from a
       stranger who turns out to be a puppeteer for The Muppets and
       ends up meeting Jim Henson. Or how he is invited to The Tonigh
       Show and ends up meeting his future manager who in turn invites
       him to an SNL VIP party where in comes face to face with John
       Belushi. All of this happens before he even acts in one single
       movie. Sheesh!!
       But if you ever want to say "blessed" when it comes to just
       being like "Forrest Gump" and running into moments that changed
       America (and the World for that matter) by way of movies, than
       nothing tops Rob's Aunt inviting him and Chad down to watch them
       shoot special FX footage for a little movie called Star Wars.
       Remember, Rob isn't even an actor in Hollywood yet, and here he
       is with all these amazing moments. Damn man! Quit hogging it all
       and spread the wealth around!! Sheesh!
       His introduction to Martin Sheen was pretty damn funny. Hahaha.
       But the biggest shock for me reading this book are not all the
       celeb run-ins. It's in how well the book is written. This isn't
       a knock against Rob himself. It's just that I went into this
       book with low expectations with the hopes it would have some
       entertaining moments. But having just read Stories I Only Tell
       My Friends, I came away with a better understanding of the man
       and how smart he really is. He never comes off as full of
       himself in the book like most people do when writing their
       memoirs. And with everything inside the book he has every right
       to brag..but he doesn't.
       A lot of ground is covered on the pages, with the biggest chunk
       dedicated to The Outsiders. If I remember correctly, in all, 5
       Chapters on nothing but said movie and I still wanted more.
       Everything from his humble beginnings to the debacle that was
       the Oscars with Snow White to his time on The West Wing is
       dissected. The one thing that I was curious about before
       reading, was if he would bring up the subject of his Sex Tape
       scandal that derailed his career for a short time. And just as I
       suspected, it only gets maybe half a page mention. That's it.
       And this is the only reason why I don't give the book a perfect
       score. There's more to the story and it will remain a mystery
       from here on out. It just feels incomplete by glossing over the
       subject matter.
       Other than that little oversight, I totally recommend this book
       to anyone, fans and non-fans will enjoy this.. I know that I
       will reread this one again sooner, rather than later.
       Rating: 4 1/2 Stars out 5
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       Re: Stories I Only Tell My Friends - Rob Lowe
       By: ChipRawks Date: August 18, 2011, 4:19 pm
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       [CENTER]Arts: Rob Lowe Wrote a Book (New York Times)
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       Re: Stories I Only Tell My Friends - Rob Lowe
       By: Neumatic Date: April 10, 2014, 8:40 pm
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       You might dig this, Chip... Rob Lowe's Reddit AMA
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       /> I can't help but hear his voice when I read his answers.
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       Re: Stories I Only Tell My Friends - Rob Lowe
       By: Chiprocks1 Date: April 10, 2014, 8:45 pm
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       Thanks for the post Neumatic!! Definitely gonna dig into this.
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