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| High-powered attorney played by Rob Steinberg was enlisted to foil the FDA lawsuit. |
For the first time in our young and restless lives we watched a full hour of America's No. 1 soap opera today, just hoping to get a glimpse of Rob Steinberg. "The Young and the Restless," introduced in 1973, seemed to us to be mostly commercials, and very little Rob Steinberg, but after selflessly investing an hour in it, we got what we wanted.
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Vintage popular soap.
Lots of commercials. |
The gist seemed to be that the show's shady main character has problems with the FDA and he's hired a high-powered attorney (enter Rob Steinberg) to resolve this. Rob delivered his lines with just the proper blend of competence and subservience that would be expected of a high-end attorney serving a powerful client. He was on camera for a half a minute or so before being dismissed by his client, but we're sure the appearance will put bread on his New Orleans table for a while. And the legal problem is unresolved, so will Attorney Rob be called upon in the future to report back to his oily client? Sadly, we'll never know, because our interest in the "Young and the Restless" probably spiked today.
We'll ask "Restless" regular Lillian, Mom's 94-year-old housemate, to monitor the situation for us.
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Exit stage right.
Will he return? Stay tuned…
if you can.
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So who is Rob Steinberg? Rob Steinberg hopes that one of these days you'll know the answer to that, and he's working on it one bit part at a time. He had a role in the Academy's and the Golden Globe's Best Picture, "12 Years a Slave" and now he hopes to parlay that career boost into more and bigger roles.
But he hasn't quit his day job. He manages his big house in Uptown, renting its two apartments to short-term funseekers or snowbirds like us. We stayed with him this winter, enjoying the New Orleans scene and all the comforts, including the very latest movies, that Rob provides his guests.
Rubbing elbows with a someday, maybe, movie star was just a bonus.
