-My next guest is a very funny comedian
and "New York Times" best-selling author.
She has a new show called "Doing the Most with Phoebe Robinson,"
which airs Fridays at 11:00 p.m. on Comedy Central.
Please welcome Phoebe Robinson!
[ Cheers and applause ] Yeah!
Come on now.
Welcome. Welcome.
Thank you for coming back to our show, pal.
I appreciate it. -Thanks for having me.
-Phoebe, this is your third time on our show since the pandemic.
We've seen each other through different stages
of the quarantine.
How are you right now? How are you feeling?
-I'm over it, Jimmy. I want to get out, okay?
-I know. Okay. Yes.
-I want to go to a concert. -Okay.
-Smell some B.O. I don't care who's playing.
Okay, it can Chumbawamba.
I want to be out in these streets.
I'm done. -You're done.
Okay, I got you. Okay, I hear you.
I saw you posted this photo that made me laugh.
You said, "I just want everyone to know that this is what
I'm wearing when it's time to get my vaccine."
-Yeah. Mm-hmm. -That's what I'm talking about.
Ooh, la, la! [ Cheers and applause ]
-Look at those tiny boobies just out and proud.
[ Laughter ] Love it.
-Phoebe, I heard that you got your first shot this weekend.
Congratulations. [ Cheers and applause ]
-Thank you.
-Is this what you ended up wearing?
-No. Jimmy, you know me well enough to know
I did not bring it.
I was looking like a hot-ass mess.
I was in drawstring jeans and mom sneakers.
I didn't have a wig on.
It was a hot mess. Yeah. Yeah.
-Buddy, you're doing so many cool things.
I want to make sure I hit all the bases here.
This first thing I want to talk to you about is
that you have another book coming out this fall,
and you posted the cover here. Yeah, it says,
"Please Don't Sit On My Bed In Your Outside Clothes."
[ Laughter ]
-Yes. Yes. -This is your third book here.
Has the process gotten any easier?
-It has.
I feel like when I wrote my first book, I was --
Every day I was like Claire Danes in "Homeland."
I was just crying. It was ugly.
It was not cute.
But this time it was good.
It was really good, and the title is
a public-service announcement to white people
to not sit on my bed after you've been on a subway.
-Someone is passing out in our audience right now.
[ Laughter ]
I've never heard this sound, but when you said "wh-white,"
someone almost -- -"Wh-White."
-"Wh-White," yes. [ Laughter ]
It's great to hear that laugh. [ Laughter ]
Gosh, I've missed the laughs.
Speaking of the laughs,
you're about to hit a stand-up milestone.
You're getting your own special on HBO.
Phoebe Robinson. [ Cheers and applause ]
-Yes!
-That's a huge deal, bud!
Phoebe. -Thank you.
Thank you. I'm so excited.
I'm so pumped up.
I've been doing stand-up for 13 years.
And I'm glad that I'm finally reaching this milestone.
I'm pinching myself every day.
[ Cheers and applause ] -Good for you bud.
Good for you. I love 'em! So excited for you.
I want to talk about your new show.
This is "Doing the Most with Phoebe Robinson"
on Comedy Central.
You interview celebrities
while also learning a new skill.
-Yeah, so, basically I came up with the show
because I'm a type-A workaholic and I have, like, no skills.
I can't drive. I can't cook. I can't start a fire.
Like, if this was like the movie "A Quiet Place,"
I would just make a bunch of noise so I could get killed
so everyone else can survive. [ Laughter ]
And so with this show,
I just kind of wanted to learn how to do different things,
like baking, some sort of more physical stuff --
riding a horse with Whitney Cummings.
And it's been a lot of fun.
I'm definitely learning a lot of new skills.
-We do that on our show, too.
We play games with celebrities
just so you see a different side.
And you do get in there.
I actually like -- You do a thing called
"Three Big Questions" or three --
-Yes. -BQs.
-Three BQs. Mm-hmm.
-There's something interesting about this interview style
that we've not tried on the show,
but you -- you spoon with your guests.
[ Laughter ]
-I mean, you know what?
Yes, you have to, sometimes as an excuse, to just sort of
be close with a hot gentleman
that I would have no chance with in real life.
[ Laughter ]
But in all seriousness, it's just really great.
When you're, like, being held, like, you let your guard down,
and sometimes you'll be funny
and sometimes you'll be vulnerable.
-What are you talking about? -I think next time --
-No, no, no.
I can't spoon people when they come on the show.
[ Laughter ] No.
-Yes. Yes, you can. -I cannot.
-You can spoon Michelle Obama.
-No, I cannot spoon Michelle Obama on the show!
Absolutely not! You can. -Yes, you can.
-No. You can.
I do want to show a clip.
Here's Phoebe Robinson and Kevin Bacon
in this week's "Doing the Most with Phoebe Robinson."
Take a look at this.
-Okay, so what do I do next?
-So maybe just a little sidestep,
you know, kind of shimmy, start moving.
-But then what do I grab on to?
I'm just holding the rope?
-Yeah. Just hold on to the rope.
And hold on tight -- -No, not the hoop.
-One of my hoops just fell, Kevin!
-Oh, no. 'Cause we got to start again.
-I just want to make a deal that if I fall off this,
I'm not getting back on, and it's fine
because, you know, it's my civil rights.
Martin Luther King Jr. fought so I could say no
to white nonsense whenever I want.
[ Laughter ]
-Unbelievable. You are unbelievable!
I love you. Phoebe Robinson!
"Doing the Most with Phoebe Robinson" airs Fridays
at 11:00 p.m. on Comedy Central.