Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood (1978–2014) User Reviews (2)

Very hard to watch

[AlsExGal · 3/10 · 23 April 2020]

This guy, as far as interview skills go, was the anti Robert Osborne. Robert knew how to make the citizens of old Hollywood feel at home, knew how to ask questions to get the conversation going, and he knew how to say nothing while the interviewee just started talking. As a result he got some of the most interesting and revealing information and insights from people like Mickey Rooney and Betty Hutton, who felt at home with Robert and knew they were in friendly territory.

Mr. Lowe acts like these interviews are all about himself, doesn't let the interviewee finish their answer before he hits them with another rapid fire question, and just acts disinterested in general if they do manage to open up. There are some segments of these shows on youtube, and if you watch them you'll see what I mean about his interviews being uncomfortable and difficult to watch.

I give three stars just because he did come up with interesting guests. It's a shame he didn't let them talk about themselves more.

interviews with the footnote's stars

[joshray-36195 · 10/10 · 1 February 2024]

The fact that Skip was able to give an interview to some of the stars of classical Hollywood and the world of music is impressive. I appreciate it very much. At first, I didn't like his style of interrupting people and not asking insightful questions, but he didn't ask any gotcha ones either. He was a comic so watching his show was fun. He just went with the flow, and I came to like that. I think he may be the best interviewer of them all because he actually talked to people like they were real people. He didn't try to make it about their career, or what they had done before. It was just an experience when you watch skip e. As a kid, I found interviewers to be so boring. You could not say that about skip; sure he could've done better with his research and let people speak, he could've done hundreds of things, but he did everything in such a neat way to. This show is unforgettable once you see it. And he even got a character created after him from the show. His own career is worth learning about. He had a starring role in black shampoo and is a hilarious man and wonderful host.