-Look at you. -Man.
-A star. A shining star. -You know.
-Look at you. Okay. Okay. -You know.
-Work it. -I'm returning this suit
in about half an hour, but you know what?
[ Laughter ] -Work it girl.
-It's mine right now. -I'm so excited you're here.
-Thanks for having me. -Of course. Are you kidding me?
Such a good guest. [ Cheers and applause ]
-Aww, thank you.
-Over the last few years, you've done so many amazing things.
You've worked with so many amazing people.
You've even got, check this out,
Tom Hanks to record your voicemail.
[ Cheers and applause ] How did this go down?
How did this go down? -Yeah,
so I think this was two years ago.
-Mm-hmm. -I interviewed him on my podcast
called "Sooo Many White Guys." [ Cheers and applause ]
And he was, like, the token white guy for the season,
which was really amazing that I got him,
and we had such a great time.
And I told him about this theory on Twitter that when, he,
you know, tans, he kind of looks like a light-skinned black guy.
[ Laughter ] You know what I'm saying?
And there are these pictures of him, like,
next to Langston Hughes or whatever.
So, I told him, I was like, "Well, you know, my dad's
also a light-skinned black guy.
You can play him in a biopic or whatever.
[ Laughter ] And we had such a great time,
and I was like, "Before we go, I know this is not profesh,
but before you go, can you record the outgoing message
on my voicemail, and he did it in two takes.
He gave me options.
[ Cheers and applause ] -Oh, my God.
-Yeah. He was so sweet. -That is so sweet.
-Yeah. -And that's amazing.
-It's awesome. Yeah. -That's incredible.
So, I mean, you've had such a crazy last few years
with the writing and the podcast.
Girl is killing it out here. [ Cheers and applause ]
Killing it. So, I have to ask -- -Yes.
-About the bags. I have to ask about the bags real quick.
-Okay. -What was your first
big splurge? -Okay, so I have two.
-Okay. -So, the first one is,
I went to college as a lot of us do.
[ Cheers ] -Yes! Student loan debt!
[ Laughter ] And I had so much of it
that my -- once I got my writing job with "Portlandia,"
I just sent all my paychecks from that job to Sallie Mae.
So, I paid off all my student loans.
-Yes! -This is very --
[ Cheers and applause ] -Yes!
-Very exciting. -I love that.
-And then my second splurge, once I got, like, another check,
'cause I was like, "Now, I don't have money."
[ Laughter ]
I got this Stella McCartney purse,
and that was like my favorite purse.
-Okay. -It's black.
It's like New York black,
and I was like, I would just walk around.
I was like, "I'm so cool." -Speaking of New York,
you moved into a new apartment in Brooklyn recently.
Is that right? -Yeah, okay.
Yes. -How did you find decorating it?
Are you a person who's really into that life or you...
-Yes. -...let someone else handle it?
-So, I'm into it, but my best friend from college,
Karen Asprea, she has a design studio.
So, she designed my entire apartment.
I got like a nice discount from her.
-Nice! -And it was really great.
I think, like, the main thing -- So, my boyfriend is British
and he's very sweet. -Whoo!
-Thank you for the support. He's a colonizer.
[ Laughter ] And he's really sweet,
but I'm obsessed with U2. It's like my favorite thing.
-You're obsessed with? -U2, the band.
[ Cheers and applause ] Yeah.
-I was not expecting that. I was not expecting that.
-It's me and this white lady, we're both obsessed.
[ Laughter ] And you know,
and my boyfriend was like, "I'm so happy to live together,
but we cannot have any pictures of U2 in the bedroom
because I am not going to want to have sex if I, like,
see Bono's face. [ Laughter ]
So that's the main rule. -Okay.
Well, speaking of your boyfriend you live together.
-Yes, we do. -Correct?
And you get along for the most part.
-Yes. -But I've head that there's
something that you disagree on often.
-Well, I think -- -It's about artwork.
-Yeah. So, he kind of roasted me a little bit,
'cause I -- I bought this apartment.
This is the first time I bought any sort of like property
or whatever, and I was like, I feel like I should do
something a little fancy, and I was like,
"I want to get a bust." And he was like, "A bust?"
-Wait, a what? -A bust.
-What the hell's a bust? -You know, like,
back in the day, like, you go to like the museum,
they have like busts of, like, I don't know,
Michelangelo or, like whatever or -- so I just wanted to have
like a cool bust of -- -Oh, the --
-Yeah. -Oh, okay.
-You thought I meant [bleep] -I thought you meant [bleep]
-I did not mean [bleep] -I was like, bust?
[ Laughter, cheers, and applause ]
What you mean? You want Michelangelo's [bleep]?
-I just -- we just have these A-cups in my apartment.
[ Laughter ] It's great. It's great.
I'm making it work. But he was just like,
"What are you talking about?" And I was like,
"I feel like that's what fancy people do."
And so I got a bust from CB2, and he was like...
[ Laughter ] He was like,
"That is not what fancy people do."
-Well, who was it of? -I don't know,
some white person. I have no idea.
-Just a random bust? -Just a random white person.
Yeah. -I love this.
-So it's in our office. -Okay, well,
so not only do you collect artwork,
but you also collect wigs. -Yes, I do.
-To the point where... [ Cheers and applause ]
...you even name some of your wigs.
-Yes. -Is that correct?
Tell me about your wig collection.
-So I have a bone-straight one that's super long
that's Naomi for Naomi Campbell. [ Cheers and applause ]
I have Chaka Khan because I have nice big, curly afro.
I have a Toni Braxton one. You know, I got a lot going on.
I liked all the icons. Yeah.
-So how do you decide what you're feeling for a day?
-I think it's really just like on my mood,
because I feel like black hair is so stressful.
Like, black -- Yes, exactly. -Girl, yes!
[ Laughter ] The one black woman was like,
"Yes, exactly!" But there's just so much,
I really want to have fun with it.
-Right. -So, just whatever like this.
I'm doing fun braids today. -Yes!
-You know, it just feels good. -I like it.
-Yeah. -I love it so much.
[ Cheers and applause ] Phoebe, we got to congratulate
you on your new Comedy Central series
"How To Be a Person with Phoebe Robinson."
Congratulations. [ Cheers and applause ]
-Thank you so much.
-What can you tell me about it, sis?
-Okay, so the basic premise is I am a workaholic.
As a result, I have no life experiences and I don't --
-Relatable. -I don't do anything.
[ Laughter ] -Mm-hmm.
-So, like, I don't know how to swim.
I can't ride a bike. I don't know how to drive.
-Like, for real. -Like, for real.
Like, I truly am trash. And so --
[ Laughter ]
I, like, wanted a tattoo for 10 years.
I never got around to doing it.
So on the show, each episode, I interview a celeb guest
and we sort of go through the experience together.
Either something they haven't done either
or something I haven't done.
And hopefully I come out
with some, you know, cool stories.
Yeah. [ Cheers and applause ]
-Are you scared? -I am.
Yeah. I don't know. It'll be fun.
-Well, I only ask that because I saw -- I saw this video
that you posted of you doing something
which seems extreme for you. -Yeah.
-It's you going on a hike. -Yes.
[ Laughter ] -I want to show this video
really quick. -Yeah.
[ Laughter ]
-Keep going. [ Laughter ]
Just remember, just walk that whole thing backwards.
[ Laughter ]
-Hiking. [ Cheers and applause ]
-I got to say -- -Yeah.
-It didn't look that steep. -It felt so steep,
and he was like... [ Laughter ]
He was like, "are you sure you want to wear
a fringe fanny pack?" [ Laughter ]
And I was like, "isn't that how everyone hikes?"
And he was like, "No." But I got through.
But rocks. I'm like, "Who knew?"
[ Laughter ] -Who knew there was rocks?
-Well, I just -- it's like, "Get these rocks out of here.
I just want to walk unobstructed.
-Right. -I don't want these inclines.
I just want it flat. And he's like,
"Do you just want to stay in the apartment?
Like, what are you talking about?"
[ Laughter ] -Yeah. The inclines.
-Yes. -I'm not down with that either.
-Yeah, no. -Not down.
-It's terrible.
-Hiking should be just very straightforward.
-Yeah, to a fridge. Done. -100%. 100%.