So you did something for your birthday
that sounds very, very cool.
Tell everybody what you did.
So it was my 53rd--
I stopped counting at 50, but it was something beyond 50.
And I went back to where I spent my 18th birthday, which
was the set of The Outsiders in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which is now--
they've turned the house, The Outsiders house, into a museum.
And they have some of my wardrobe.
And I was like, dare I try to put on my 18-year-old shirt?
And I did, and it worked.
So it was the best birthday gift I ever had.
Really?
Wow.
There we are.
That's my youngest son, John Owen.
And I brought John Owen and Matthew.
And that's me and my shirt from the museum
that I wore in the actual movie.
That is awesome you did that.
It was so fun.
That's amazing.
All right, so let's talk about this show
that you're here to talk about, which Portia said that Sheryl
told her all about it.
And I-- you didn't tell me anything about this show.
It was secret.
It was top secret.
Well, Sheryl told Portia.
Well, that's what wives do, right--
tell wives.
All right.
So tell me what it is.
So we are doing an eight part adventure series
where the boys and I get to go all
over the country researching paranormal activity--
freaky, scary urban legends.
That's so good.
And it's like a 12-year-old boy trapped
in a 53 year old's body dream come true to do with his boys.
Yeah.
I can't imagine how fun that is.
OK, so we have a clip of something.
What do you have?
It's called The Lowe Files.
OK.
It's on A&E in July.
So this clip is-- so when I grew up in Malibu,
there was a legend that submarines
could go under Los Angeles via the continental shelf.
That was like the sort of urban myth.
There it is.
That's Google Earth, and that's like legit--
I'm not making it up.
So we got one of the boats that explored
the Titanic to go out and find out
what the hell was down there.
OK, and that's this clip?
That's this clip.
OK.
All right, we're going to take a break.
We'll bring out his two sons.
We'll be back.
Let's talk about things that your dad
does that embarrasses you.
Let's do that first.
Where do we start?
This is so ugly.
This is going to be horrible.
Well, he's just like--
he's a man child.
He is a teenager trapped in a 50-year-old-- or 53,
whatever it is, year-old's-- body.
Right.
He will-- one of the worst things is if I'm in a crowd
and he's anywhere nearby, he will
scream at the top of his lungs my least favorite nicknames.
And they're really embarrassing.
Kwi-kwi!
It works.
I mean, right?
I mean--
That's your nickname?
Kwi-Kwi!
It was my childhood stuffed animal.
Oh, I see.
All right, all right.
And--
It works.
And what else does he do?
For me, the thing that gets me the most is-- and he also,
again, any time we're out, if anyone
will ask to take a picture or if we're
taking a family picture or anything, it's like, no, no,
no.
This can't be done here.
Like, the light is not right.
I'm not at all-- like, let me take it.
I'm like-- it's just-- you know, it's a candid picture, man.
As a father, I like to teach lessons.
If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right.
That's right.
Life is not a movie set.
Life is a movie set.
Oh, you will learn that...
One day.
You will learn that, son.
And so he posts a lot of things on social media,
and you do not approve of those things.
God, no, no, no.
I beg him sometimes, like just let
me run your social media stuff.
I'll do it for free, happily, and yet he
continues to occasionally mortify us.
What does he post that mortifies you?
Well, like-- and Matthew is the first to say this.
Like, he'll have these really insightful posts sometimes.
Like, well, I mean--
He had a great one, like him with Syrian refugees.
Yeah.
The next one--
And powerful--
--is kind of just like--
--and then it's him like in a chair,
and it'll be like "Me eating today hashtag lunch."
So is it me eating in the chair is boring
or is the hashtag is horrible?
Well, look, we got-- oh, we got one.
How is that entertaining at all?
Uh, because it's what I'm doing?
I don't know.
All right, I'll let you start running my Instagram.
He likes selfies, I think, a little too much.
Yeah.
No, there's nothing wrong with those selfies.
People like to look at your dad.
Sorry to break it to you, but--
Thank you.
--he's very handsome and people--
Thank you.
--to look at him.
All right, so I'm very excited about this show.
Because when you mention, like, supernatural--
because Ancient Aliens and all those shows,
I love those shows.
The best, right?
Yeah, love them.
See, Matthew and I watch them 24/7,
and John Owen thinks we're fools.
Are you a skeptic?
You don't think that there are aliens?
Yes, I am definitely the skeptic.
And I think it's healthy, because they
are what I would call, like, comfortably
or appropriately insane.
And that--
No, no, no.
I disagree.
I mean, Matthew, do you think we're insane about our beliefs?
You might be but, at least for me,
I try to approach it from an lens of science.
But hasn't this changed--
I mean, you went to, supposedly, the most haunted
house in America, right?
Yes, we did.
We did.
And when you went there, were there ghosts?
Absolutely.
Eh.
We-- I'm going to go with yeah.
I will definitely admit some weeks I was way more terrified
and couldn't explain stuff.
But they are the type of people that will hear a noise
and be like--
ghost!
Well--
But John Owen, were you or were you not terrified?
Yeah, I was terrified.
OK, well, there you go.
You'll come back another time and explain your theory.
The Lowe Files premieres this summer
on A&E. We'll be right back.
The Lowe family.