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-Here's how the game works.
-Matthew and Johnny, here you go.
Here's yours. -There's yours.
Matthew, for you. Johnny.
-Johnny, there's yours.
-Don't embarrass me.
-We'll try. -This is national television.
-It's hard not to. -This is for you right here.
-I'm going to read you a question about your dad,
and I want you to write down what you think the answer is.
Rob, you'll write down the real answer.
-All right. -Okay.
Then, you'll reveal your answers
to see which son is really
the Best Son. Here we go. [ Laughter ]
First question is, "If Rob could only watch one movie
for the rest of his life, what would it be?"
I'm not looking. I want to be surprised.
[ Drums playing softly ]
Don't look Matthew. Don't look.
[ Laughter ]
-Was he peeking? -Matthew was peeking, I think.
-So, he should... -No, it's all right, we'll see.
We'll see what happens. Here we go.
You ready? Matthew, have you written it?
-Yeah, yeah. -All right, here we go.
Matthew, reveal, what movie would it be?
[ Drumroll] "Goodfellas."
Very interesting, okay. John Owen?
"Goodfellas"?
Rob Lowe?
[ Loud drumroll ]
Wow!
[ Cheers and applause ] [ Music plays ]
[ As Ray Liotta ] Karen! -Karen!
Karen! -You know what kind of people
go to j-- [ laughs ] -That's the best.
-Best movie. -I think we watched that
when we were probably a little too young.
-Yeah. -All right, yeah yeah yeah.
Let's not get into details about when you watched that.
That's great. I love that movie.
-Best movie ever! -It's so good.
-All right, next question is,
"If a genie gave Rob one wish,
what would he wish for?"
-Johnny's laughing. [ Drums playing softly ]
He's laughing. He already is writing something.
Matthew's stumped.
He's not sure what it is. -One wish?
-"If a genie gave Rob one wish, what would he wish for?"
[ Drums playing softly ]
-That's so esoteric!
-Hey man, it's 2017. -Okay, um...
[ Laughter ]
-Genies give one wish now.
[ Drums playing softly ]
All right, here we go. Everyone's still writing.
No drawing pictures, either.
Ready? Matthew, still writing.
What did you write down?
-"Live to be 100." [ Drumroll ]
-"Live to be 100!"
Interesting.
What did you say, Johnny? -"More wishes."
-Ah, "More wishes!" [ Laughter ]
That's a good secret one.
-I'm going with Matthew Lowe, "Eternal life"!
-Wow, "Eternal life"!
[ Cheers and applause ] [ Music plays ]
Matthew, eternal life! [ Laughs ]
-I should -- But John Owen's smarter
than all of us, and he picks the one
you should pick. -That's like cheating, though.
-Maybe the loophole wasn't the way to go.
-Yeah, but it's good! -No, you went with the loophole.
What were you about to... -I was going to say --
I questioned it at first. I thought maybe this is immoral,
but I think that it's allowed. -Matthew's in the lead.
Matthew's in the lead for being Best Son.
Here we go. [ Laughter ]
-Damn it!
-Next question.
"What makes Rob laugh the hardest?"
[ Laughter ]
[ Laughing ] "What makes Rob laugh the hardest?"
All right, guys.
[ Drums playing softly ]
What makes Dad laugh the hardest?
-Oh, my gosh.
-Like, think more of a giggle,
closer to a guffaw, maybe.
[ Laughter ]
-I don't think he even knows.
-Like a... [ laughs ]
That type of fun laugh where... -Uh...
...it's, like, out-of-breath laughing like, "Wow."
-Okay. -Crying, tears are coming out.
-Like, "That makes me laugh so hard, oh, man.
That was really funny."
Could be a comedy, could be something physical,
could be an impression, could be anything, really.
Matthew, you're good? -Yeah, I think.
We'll see. -All right, that's good.
Matthew, don't look at your brother's thing!
-I'm already done.
-All right. -Is he cheating?
-All right, ready? Here we go.
Matthew, what did you write down?
-"Funny animals." -"Funny animals"!
-He's going the safe route. -Okay, "Funny animals."
[ Drumroll ]
-"My friends."
-Your friends? -Yeah.
He's always laughing at my friends.
-I do, that is true. -His friends are funny?
Okay, but what did you say?
Is it not his friends?
[ Loud drumroll ]
-Doctor -- Okay, but I showed you that
so I should maybe get a point for this.
-"Steve Brule"? -Steve Brule!
Are we talking about John... -Right?
-I showed how funny he is. -Dead silence in the audience.
-John C. Reilly... [ Laughter ]
-Dead silence. Everyone like, "We don't know
John C. Reilly." -John C. Reilly is
Dr. Steve Brule. -The best thing ever.
-It might be one of the funniest things
I've ever seen. -I'm not crazy, right?
-Yeah, Tim and Eric. Yeah, absolutely it's great.
-Yes. -Okay, good, all right.
-But in fairness, who showed you that?
-They turned me onto it.
-Well, they? -They're my barometers
of anything that's actually... -Who in particular showed you?
-Which one specifically? -Matthew and Johnny.
-No, it was me!
[ Laughter ]
-That's shady. -Yeah, it's a little shady.
But we talked to the judge, and we're going to give Johnny
one point for that, so it's a tie game.
-Yay! [ Music plays ]
-This is the last -- the last question.
-All right. -The last question.
This is to see who is the Best Son.
This is worth 1,000 points.
[ Laughter ]
-1,000? -This one's worth 1,000 points.
-Worth 1,000? -Whoever wins this one wins.
-Well, do you want to try for it, too?
-I -- Yeah, I'll guess. -Yeah, get in on this.
-I'll get in on this one.
-Get in on this. I mean, this is just
riveting stuff. You've gotta be --
-If you win, we're kicked out of our house, though.
-That's the problem. -Last question.
[ Laughter ]
"What is Rob's hidden talent that not too many people
know about?" -Ooh!
[ Soft drum plays ]
[ Laughter ]
-And you can't say -- We all know he's a great actor.
Can you sing? I forget if you can sing.
Maybe you're very athletic?
No, I feel like maybe there's and artsy -- You know what?
I'm just going to take a wild guess.
[ Laughter ]
All right, here we go.
Uh, Matthew?
[ Drumroll ] Wait, "Impressions"?
I was going to say impressions!
-That's a good one, damn it.
-Johnny?
"History buff"!
-He knows his history. -Rob Lowe?
-Surfing! [ Laughter ]
-They're all good!
-I was going to say impressions,
too, 'cause he is a great impressionist.
I thought maybe you paint.
Do you paint? [ Laughter ]
[ Music plays ] [ Laughter ]
Do you paint? -I don't paint.
-[ Laughs ]
You're such a loser! Why don't you paint?
-What are you good at?
-Guys, we have a tie.
You're both the Best Son. -Aww!
I like that. I love the way that works out.
[ Cheers and applause ] [ Music plays ]
-Matthew and John Owen Lowe, everybody!
Check out "The Lowe Files" on the A&E!