Hollywood! Classic stars from the Golden Age, and up and coming stars from today.
I'd like to meet:
I'd like to meet you! Join my new group "Skip E. Lowe looks at Hollywood" I'm always looking for all kinds of talented folks. If you're talented you're always needed for my television show.
And, if you'd like to get to know a little more about me, here are some articles about me that have appeared in the press:
SKIP E. LOWE IN THE PRESS
From The New York Times:
"Skip E. Lowe is a true TV legend. With nearly 30 years on the air interviewing celebrities on his cable TV show, he is easily one of the most recognizable faces in Hollywood."
From Variety:
"Skip E. Lowe has interviewed hundreds of established celebrities. He's also been responsible for creating more than a few celebrities as well. He has a sincere love of old Hollywood, but he also has a great eye for new talent."
From The Los Angeles Times:
“Skip E. Lowe is a retired stand-up comic who spends 30 to 40 hours a week working on his interview show with established stars such as Stella Stevens, Virginia O'Brien and Milton Berle, and young, up-and-coming stars, including one of the finalists on this season's "America's Got Talent," who Skip discovered last year at his weekly Beverly Hills talent showcase.
“He says he books guests by attending Hollywood parties and chatting up celebrities who happen to have seen his show. ‘I'm a one-man operation,’ Lowe says. ‘I've had many people try to syndicate the show, but they wanted me to sign everything over to them, and I could never do that.’
“Lowe's devotion to his show has earned him untold numbers of devoted fans, along with the unlikely title of Hollywood starmaker.â€
From Publishers Weekly:
“Okay, I'll admit it. I bought Skip E. Lowe's memoir with the idea that it would be a horrendous hack-job full of celebrity ass-kissing and rampant name-dropping. Needless to say, I was floored when The Boy with the Betty Grable Legs turned out to be a compelling autobiography written with panache and a good deal of humility."Lowe's book is difficult to put down. Lowe does well to balance his personal tragedies (Lowe seemed to attract molestation the way flowers attract bees) with his career as an entertainer. While his brief mention of his part in the cult film BLACK SHAMPOO is akin to Orson Welles skipping over CITIZEN KANE, Lowe's book manages to stand tall on its own shapely legs.â€
From Writer’s Digest:
“I picked up Skip E. Lowe's book on the recommendation of a friend, but had no idea that I was in for such an amazing read. In addition to having some unforgettable stories to tell, he is able to share them with complete emotional honesty, which provides surprisingly human insight into this larger-than-life world in which he has lived. I recommend this as a "must read" to all who are interested in learning about the Golden Days of Hollywood, the truly fascinating character once known as Sammy Labella, and the ups and downs of an unconventional life. By relating his madcap adventures and the lessons he has learned, Skippy does the best job I've ever seen at creating a road map for the road less traveled.â€
From The New York Review of Books:
“This book is a great journey of someone's life. Skip E. Lowe is a true show business character--as much a part of the town as the Hollywood Sign. His life is filled with pathos and happiness. From cover to cover the book is a pure joy. You'll find yourself wondering who could possibly play Mr. Lowe in the movie that undoubtedly will come from this fabulous life memoir.â€
From CultureAlert.com:
â€Popular talk show host Skip E. Lowe has met & interviewed them all...the famous, once famous, & the almost famous. ‘Boy With The Betty Grable Legs’ is the memoir of this entertainer who escaped a rough childhood, first as a child actor, then a vaudevillian and then, for the past 29 years, as host of ‘Skip E. Looks at Hollywood.’â€
From L.A. Dining Review:
“Monday evenings are hot, a perfect retreat for burned-out diners looking for a lift while meeting a few new friends or joining some old ones. Skip E. Lowe, author of “The Boy with Betty Grable Legs,†is the MC at the helm, and although he’s already booked the entertainment from 8:00pm, the night attracts others who can showcase with Skip’s permission. The evening is loaded with talent, and like an Italian wedding, it gets happier than joy-gospel. All this without fru-fru, blinking twaddle or glitz. It all happens in the dining room where the decor is sort of theatrical, with harlequin patterned walls that match velvet seating, under whimsical carnival-type ceilings.â€
From Celebrities.com:
“The colorful Skip E. Lowe has hosted a Public-access cable interview show since 1978. It is still on the air. He shows great enthusiasm when chatting with Hollywood pals and veterans. Martin Short based his character Jimmy Glick, in part, on Skip.â€
From The Village Voice:
“Cable host and celebrity interviewer Skip E. Lowe just called me, irked as a wet hen about Martin Short's movie, Jiminy Glick in La La Wood. Glick is the plus-sized interviewer character that Short has done on Comedy Central and elsewhere, and now he's the large, gooey center of that medium-funny feature film. So what's the problem? ‘Everyone knows he's doing me,’ insisted Lowe, ‘and I'm not even getting paid. He never gives credit. He stole my persona!’“Well, The New York Times review did indeed say that Glick originated as a spoof of Lowe. But considering that Glick is ignorant, inept, and klutzy—if amusing and ultimately likable—it's weird that anyone would run around going ‘He's doing me!’ Oh, well. Lowe is currently venting his frustrations by doing a documentary called Meet the Real Jiminy Glick.â€
From The Hollywood Reporter:
TORONTO – “It's not every year that the Toronto International Film Festival finds a closer as ideally suited as Martin Short's ‘Jiminy Glick in La La wood,’ featuring the character that Short based on legendary Hollywood talk show host Skip E. Lowe. While giving Short's fawning, Skip E. Lowe-inspired interviewer the feature-length treatment comes with the hit-and-miss baggage often associated with big-screen extensions of small-screen concepts, whenever the heavily improvised picture hits its mark, it often does so with potent comic accuracy.â€
Movies:
I recently wrapped a co-starring role in the feature film "Pittsburgh," a comedy starring Jeff Goldblum, Illeana Douglas, Alanis Morissette, and Conan O'Brien. "Pittsburgh" recently had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, to rave reviews.
Click HERE to see the film on IMDB
Click HERE to view the trailer
Television:
"Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood," now in its 29th year!
Books:
Click here to see my autobiography on Amazon.com
Heroes:
Anyone who follows their dreams. Never be afraid to dream big!
