that will do it for tonight. >> from all of us, we appreciate your time. right now . >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live," with guest host, rob lowe. tonight, danny devito, and our new health care hero of the week. and now, rob lowe. >> rob: hello, and welcome to jimmy kimmel live. i'm your guest host, rob lowe. you probably know me from my work as an actor or as your mom's "hall pass." maybe even your dad's "hall pass." it's been a lifelong dream of mine to host a late night talk show. and while there is no audience or band or laughter, it is late at night, and i am talking, on a show. so technically speaking, my dream has come true! but i haven't been doing much during quarantine. i started a podcast "literally with rob lowe." check it out. other than that i've just been glued to the television.

been watching a lot of baseball. i'm a huge dodger fan. have you seen this? because there are no fans, they're letting people pay have cardboard cutouts in the stands. i noticed the other day our cardboard cut outs had vanished. we thought through every possibility. were they stolen? maybe the dodgers had to cover them up, because clayton kershaw was getting lost in my eyes. no. turns out the dodgers had moved us, like garbage. and you know who they replaced us with? and this is, by the way, 100% real.

we did not make this up. i turn on yesterday's game and in my seat was none other than guillermo! dude, what the hell! >> guillermo: i didn't know! >> rob: oh, i'm sure you didn't know. so you get my seat. let me ask you a question. have you been on a network television show every year since 1999? >> guillermo: i don't think so. >> rob: that's what i'm saying. this just isn't cool. in fact, i think this is mlbs. i don't want to be all political, but sometimes you have to take a stand, which is why i'm going to call on everyone within the sound of my voice to right this wrong and tweet at the dodgers, okay? with the #, #lowewasrobbed. yes, there are many other serious things happening in the world right now, and i agree, this isn't one of them. to be clear, i don't want the dodgers to remove guillermo.

it's not his fault. in fact, i would like to be placed next to him. because call me dmnaïve. but i don't want to live in a paper world where cardboard cutouts of me and guillermo cannot sit side by side. so please join me, and together we can finally prove that the greatest game of all is democracy. isn't that right, guillermo? >> guillermo: that's right. >> rob: good! #lowewasrobbed. anyway, enough about my hobbies. let's talk about my acting. in 1983, i got my first big break when francis ford coppola cast me in "the outsiders." that was a ditfferent time. people were allowed to go outside. in so many things i've done in my career, some have been very, very good and some were "dr.

vegas." so i wanted to have a little fun with that and i came up with a game that combines three of my favorite things, movies, trivia and talking about myself. it's time for "title recall"! all right, the way it works sghair mow's going to describe the plot of one of my movies in his own words and i will try to guess the title. what is the first plot? >> guillermo: okay, the first one is, you are on a boat, and it's cool. >> rob: i am on a boat in a school. >> guillermo: yeah. >> rob: boat, school. i know i didn't do a movie called "boat school". they didn't pay me enough. >> guillermo: i'm going to give you another clue. >> rob: please. >> guillermo: it's not a "star

wars" movie. >> rob: boat and i was in a school. group boat and were you in a school, you know where the kids go to school. >> rob: i understand what a school is, guillermo, but how big is the school on this boat? how big could it have been? >> guillermo: listen, i'm going to repeat. you were on a boat and a school. >> rob: at the same time? >> guillermo: yeah, at the same time. it's okay, i don't remember yesterday, don't worry. >> rob: i did a movie where i was on a boat for a lot of the movie and it was called "masquerade", and it didn't have a school in it, but i'm going to go with "masquerade." what is happening? >> guillermo: it's called "oxford blues." i'm going to give you another one, all right? concentrate, all right? >> rob: i am. >> guillermo: in this movie, you

scream "what the hell is that"! >> rob: yeah, okay, i scream, "what the hell's that"! that's right? gi >> guillermo: you want me to give you a clue? >> rob: please. >> guillermo: it did not win an oscar. >> rob: that narrows it down. what the hell is that? what, i'm going to go with "austin powers." no. what? >> guillermo: what's wrong with you today? >> rob: a lot. >> guillermo: look, the name of the movie is called "hostile intent." >> rob: okay. listen. everybody does good movies, and everybody does bad movies. it is really unfair, guillermo, and i am so disappointed in you that you would only go to my bad

movies. would it kill ya to go to some of the hits? would it kill ya? >> guillermo: okay here's a hit. a group of sexy white people complains about their problems. >> rob: all my movies in the '80s. every movie i did in the '80s was sexy white people complaining about problems. that was a whole genre, sexy white people complaining movies. john hughes would be a nobody if that genre didn't exist. i'm going to go with "st. elmo's fire." >> guillermo: yes, you got it, woo-hoo! that's good, congratulations. >> rob: thank you. >> guillermo: because you got one right you got a prize. you won the guillermo mask, okay? >> rob: oh, i love, i'm actually going to wear, and i'm not kidding. this is going to be my mask of record from now on, folks, when you see me at starbucks, this is

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an untamed human named frank, and now-a stray dog in the animated film "the one and only ivan" -- it premieres next friday on disney+, please welcome danny devito. danny! >> thank you, rob, how are you, baby? lookin' good. >> rob: thank you, you too. i was thinking about the first time we ever met. do you remember the first time we ever met? >> i do remember. i remember it, and i can't wait for you to tell the story. >> rob: first of all, i'm relieved you remember the story. it doesn't make you seem as crazy as the version i'm about to tell. >> yeah. >> rob: you had just come off directing "hoffa", which is one of my favorite movies of all time. danny is not only a comedic genius but an a-list director. there is nobody i more wanted to impress than danny devito. i went to a restaurant to meet some low-level flunky writer, and there's danny in the window,

and he looks at me, and he waves me in, like, come in, come in. i'm so excited that i'm going to get a chance meeting with danny devito. he's like sit down, sit down, you want to order something? i'm like, wow, this is turning into something. all of a sudden, were you looking over my shoulder, and the color drains from your face, and you're looking at somebody walk down the street, and i turn around, and it was matt dillon.. and you had mistaken me for matt dillon, and you were like, get out of here punk. >> i remember that like yesterday. it was really, i hope i didn't, you know, you're okay. >> rob: thank you. how are you surviving quarantine? are you holding up okay? >> it's terrible. now we're, i mean, i'm holding up okay. but you know, it's like, you know the thing, you just like locked in a room. you're in a, wherever you're locked. it's not fun. but, you know, friends and this kind of thing, promote, got the

movie coming out, "the one and only ivan." it's on the, you know, i'm very excited about it, so i'm doing a lot of press for it. >> rob: are you doing anything to stay in shape? >> yeah, i do what, you know, pilates and yoga and stuff like that. and i try to cut down on the booze, you know. so i do like, today i'm doing a fast, i'm doing a juice fast. back on the gin tomorrow, don't worry about it. i know you don't drink. >> no, i don't drink, but i drink a lot of juices. i heard somewhere that you were a big trampoline workout fan. >> trampoline, yeah. i started, "taxi",ly to maly t e an entrance one time, and i put the trampoline out so i could make a dive on to the bed. >> okay, louie, if that's how you feel. >> how was that?

>> rob: i love that. >> i did the whole thing, and then from then on, you know, i heard it was good for your lymph system, so if you bounce up and down, even if you don't do tricks on it, i got a little one that i keep around all the time like, for before i go on stage or whatever. and it keeps you, it gets your motor going, it's really cool. >> rob: i learned something, that trampolines are good for your lymph system. don't think this show is not educational, because it is. dr. devito says so. >> thank you, thank you very much. >> rob: again, your career is the kind of career that anybody aspires to. and i mean it. you're truly one of my heroes. you've done anything and everything. i first saw you in "one flew over the cuckoo's nest", and i watched that movie 15 times and carried, snuck my tape recorder into the movie theater and recorded that movie so i could

watch it back. >> ooh, ooh, very dangerous these days. >> rob: when you were working with jack nicholson as a young actor, would you ever dream that you would grow up to direct him in something like "hoffa"? >> no, we're from the same hood in jersey, down the shore. and he's from a neighboring town, i'm from asbury, and i always heard about jack, because he was like a shining star and went to california. and then, you know, got to work with him in cuckoo's nest, and, you know, a really lasting friendship, still my buddy, really good man. >> rob: you could go from a-list director and then pivot so beautifully into flaying a fully-naked man, emerging from the birth canal of a couch full of aim knee otic fluid. can you imagine steven spielburg

doing that? i cannot. you are truly my hero. >> what's coming up next, that's all i got to say. >> rob: your movie on disney plus next friday. you're the best for coming by. truly, when i get to kiss the ring, thanks. >> great talking to you, thank you. stay safe. >> rob: you bet. and we will be right back with our health care hero of the week. (dad vo) life doesn't give you many secobut a subaru can. (dad) you guys ok? (vo) eyesight with pre-collision braking. standard on the subaru ascent. the three-row subaru ascent. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. get 0% apr financing for 63 months on select models during the subaru a lot to love event.

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a busy summer fighting fires and fighting covid-19. please welcome, all the way from station 133 in brownsburg, indiana -- firefighter kevin byron. welcome to the show. >> hey, it's really good to be here, it's good to see you. >> rob: kevin has a wonderful family, his wife becky, and aden who has special needs, i've heard wonderful things about aden, give him my best. >> i will. >> rob: you've been fighting fires and covid, how did you come up with covid? >> i was feeling off one shift, and we had been monitoring it. i was fairly asymptomatic until then. came home, ended up going to the er. my wife drove me down to the er. and about a week, about a week's time after going to that er visit that initial time, i was in the icu and on a ventilator.

>> rob: whoa! that also means you're in a medically-induced coma, doesn't it? >> yeah, absolutely, absolutely. >> rob: what, what is that like? what is, what is being in a coma like? do you have any memories from it? how was that? >> i don't really remember a whole lot. bits and pieces, you know, that whole week before going back to the hospital is a blur. i remember dreaming that i was in a, you know, that there was a, i was kind of in a jason bourne kind of thing where i was being chased by bad guys. >> rob: i've dreamed that i was jason bourne a ton, and i've never gotten that phone call. we have a lot in common. >> sure. i actually woke up in the icu not really knowing where i was at. there was a rebroadcast of the 2004 world series, the final game, and i was with it enough to know that the last thing i remember was march. and the world series is played

in october. and i'm sitting there thinking, good lord, how long have i been out. >> rob: oh. so you literally thought you might have been out for months and months and months. >> i did. >> rob: so what else do you watch? what are your shows that entertain you? if you had to pick your two favorite tv shows, what would they be? >> you know, i really enjoy nathan fillion's work. "firefly" is a huge one. unfortunately, they only did 12 episodes and a movie, but i'm really enjoying and really grooving on "the rookie" nowadays. >> rob: little factoid, the creators of "firefly" created my show. when talking about a firefighter, you're the real hero. i'm a fake hero. you're the real hero, and all heroes have fans, and you, sir, have fans, i have one here tonight who wants to say hello to you.

nathan fillion, are you around? >> as a matter of fact, i am. can you hear me? can you see me? >> i can see you. that's fantastic. i'm a huge fan. >> kevin, i just heard that you're a huge fan. not only have you suffered through covid, now i understand you suffer from excellent taste. i am not a first responder by any means, but i do play one on tv, and i feel that we have to stick together in some way, shape or form. >> absolutely. >> very done the i have set you up with some swag. for some of the guys did at the. and i even got extra copies for ebay, and a lot of celebrities won't go that extra mile. i'm going to do that for you. >> appreciate that, thank you. >> rob: our friends at hims and

hers want to send you $10,000 to spend however you like. they are a telehealth company that connects people to licensed medical providers, and offers a variety of personal care products online. in addition to your gift, they'll also be sending gift packages filled with these products to each of your fellow firefighters at station 133 in brownsburg. so a big, big thank you, to nathan, to you, too. >> i'm speechless, i wish i could say something erudite. >> i would like to match that donation of $10,000 and give that to you as well, kevin, if that's all right with you? >> yeah, i'm not going to say no. i really, that's a lot, and i'm amazed. >> rob: nathan fillion, my hero. >> yours is a fantastic story,

kevin, and we need a little inspiration right now. thank you for being that for us. thank you for being there for the rest of us. we appreciate that. >> rob: we really do. give your brothers and sisters in the firehouse our love, please. >> i will, i absolutely will. thank you, thank you. >> rob: a big thank you to nathan fillion, kevin byron, and hims and hers. we'll be right back. ♪ given my unique lifestyle, that'd be perfect! let me grab a pen and some paper. know what? i'm gonna switch now. just need my desk... my chair... and my phone. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ sprinting past every leak

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♪ >> rob: that's all the time we've got for tonight. i'd like to thank danny devito, kevin, nathan fillion, and my muse jimmy kimmel. if you even remotely enjoyed me hosting tonight, check out my podcast literally with rob lowe. nightline is next. i'll see you tomorrow, same rob time, same rob channel. ♪

this is "nightline." tonight, that's the ticket. the democratic presidential running mates uniting on stage for the first time. >> i am incredibly honored by this responsibility. and i'm ready to get to work. >> joe biden and kamala harris, trying to reach out to a new generation, but how might her past actions as a prosecutor impact the race for the white house. plus, the tribe turning the tide. the navajo nation fighting for its life. >> things that we're doing here on the navajo nation is working. >> once teeming with covid cases, how one community took matters into their own hands to curb a killer. "nightline" starts right now. with byron pitts. >> good