out of that.
I got to tell you -- 'cause you
know I'm a huge fan
for a long time.
Loved your books and the
stand-up and the whole deal.
I so love -- I guess being a
father now with two boys of my
own -- your relationship with
your sons, and they're funny!
They're witty and they're very
clever on social and the way
you guys sort of gibe
back and forth.
That's very cool to see.
They get that from mom or dad?
>> Well, listen.
>> [ Laughs ]
>> Mom is very funny.
She's very funny,
so I'll give her all the credit,
but I think --
You know, look, they're great
young men.
They're great.
But the fact that they're funny
is great 'cause I love
funny people.
The funnier they are about me,
the more I like it.
It just makes me laugh 'cause,
you know, let's face it.
I'm Boomer dad,
you know what I mean?
So, it's like I can't win.
Can't win.
There's no way to win.
>> No, brother, you're winning.
You're winning heavy.
The podcast literally I think
is top three wherever you can
find podcasts.
It's doing super, super well.
I think one of the reasons
it's doing well is because you
get people to open up in a way
they don't open up
anywhere else.
Would you agree?
>> Yeah, well, that's why I
wanted to do the podcast,
was that I have a 40-year career
of friendships.
>> Mm-hmm.
>> And I know really, really,
really interesting people
in a way that no one else is
gonna know them in the way
that I do.
So everybody feels safe,
and we get into rabbit holes
and weird areas of conversation
that you're just not gonna get,
really, anywhere else.
I've had a blast.
I'm having so much fun.
I lovethese episodes.
I'm so proud of them,
and people seem to dig it,
so I'm having a blast.
>> They are digging it.
And much like your book, too,
you're telling stories I only
tell me friends but now we all
get to sort of hear them, sort
of like your girl,
Gwyneth Paltrow sharing that fun
story that your son was so
quick-witted to come back with
a funny response, which just
sort of perpetuates it all.
So much fun.
Were you shocked when you
originally heard it, or were you
just like, "Oh, this is great."
>> Well, I knew that my wife
and Gwyneth, they knew each
other even before I knew
Gwyneth.
My wife has always been a mentor
for other women and very
supportive of it, so it doesn't
surprise me that she would be
sort of tutoring Gwyneth
on life lessons.
>> [ Laughing ]
>> I did not know that the life
lessons were in the romantic
realm, as well.
>> Yeah.
>> But that's what I love about
my wife.
>> The expression.
>> I love that she's a free
spirit like that.
And their friendship --
Gwyney and Sheryl's --
has just been so sweet and
wonderful to watch and to have
been a part of.
But this is the perfect reason
to do the podcast.
>> Yeah.
>> Because look, let's face it,
Gwyneth Paltrow's been
interviewed hundredsof times.
>> Mm-hmm.
>> Sure.
>> And we've never had an
interview like this from her.
>> Yeah.
>> And that's because I have her
on the podcast.
>> Wait, so, here's the thing,
though, for folks who haven't
heard the podcast yet.
>> She sets up the scene of
meeting your wife or knowing
your wife when she was a makeup
artist doing Gwyneth's mother's
makeup, right?
>> That's right.
Yes, the great Blythe Danner.
Great actor.
>> Your wife at the time
was dating Keanu Reeves?
>> Yes.
That is also true.
>> She's got good taste.
>> The great "Matrix" star.
"John Wick," baby!
>> [ Laughs ] Right!
Okay, so you, of course, knew
that before you, she was dating
Keanu Reeves.
>> Oh, yeah!
You kidding me?!
I'd drive by the house.
I'd be like, "Wait a minute,
that's Keanu's car.
Hang on.
I'd pull over.
I'd be -- knock, knock, knock,
knock -- "Hey, what are you guys
doing in there?!"
[ Laughter ]
"Hey!
Wait, what's with the goblets
of wine on the bearskin rug?
[ Knocking ] Hey! Hi!
>> "What's going on in there?"
>> But my man Rob had a nice
little run...
>> Ah, yeah.
[ Laughs ]
>> Had a nice little run,
though, right there, so...
Brava, bravo, my friend.
But I love hearing these
stories -- again, just like your
book, these funny stories.
I was not familiar that you
auditioned for the role
in "Footloose" that obviously
went to Kevin Bacon later on.
But how far along on
the process --
Were you getting close?
Did you test for it, Rob?
>> I tested for it.
They had a big dance audition.
All the people that they were
thinking about in Los Angeles
had to do a group dance audition
to a Styx song called
"The Best of Times."
Not a great song.
Definitely not a great song
to dance to.
>> That is beyond a
[indistinct].
>> Not a great song to dance.
>> No.
>> No, and I can dance okay.
I'm not a great dancer,
but I really wanted the part.
I knew the movie was gonna be
huge.
At the end of the big dance
number, you had to run across
the floor, hit your knees, and
slide to a stop, and I as I hit
my knees, I exploded my acl.
[ Mario and Scott groan ]
Heard it go pop!
I was taken out of the sound
stage at Paramount for the
"Footloose" dance audition
on a stretcher.
>> Dang.
>> Not surprisingly, did not get
the part.
>> [ Laughs ]
>> My favorite part about it is
as I'm being dragged off and put
into the ambulance, the
producers, who really wanted me
to do -- They were big
supporters of mine -- are like,
"Don't worry. It's okay.
We're not gonna hire an actor
anyway.
No, we're gonna hire a dancer,
not an actor."
And then two weeks later,
the great Kevin Bacon gets
the part.
I'm like, "Hmm. Thanks."
>> Hey, I like the commitment
to the audition, though --
the commitment with the
knee slide.
>> It's a story you will never
forget, and Rob, you actually
recently told another story
about Chris Farley and steak.
It started a real debate
around here.
Don't go anywhere.
>> Did it?
>> We're getting into that next.