Is this what you want?
Unboxing. Heard of it?
We certainly have. Not quite sure what
it is. I was about to say, this is what
someone who's never heard of unboxing
videos would say.
Okay. I think I get it, but what is it?
Like, you get a product or a toy or
something and you uh- open it on camera
and then talk about what you're- what
you got.
Oh so we're- we're doing it perfectly!
Sort of. We have a twist.
Uh, these are packages from our moms!
Thanks, Karen and Ruth!
-music-
So my mom didn't so much send me this
package as I went to- to Florida to visit
her and she- uh- I said- oh! Can you send
me a package and then she handed me this
gift she had already bought me, and so I
brought it on the airplane.
I'm worried because my mom was like
"How many things is Gaby's mom sending
her?"
She wanted it to be e- even.
And then I just said, "ten."
So, (laughing) this is my mom's- says
Karen Dunn- this is my mom's personal
stationary. Okay, so something is stapled
inside. Okay, it is- a- photo of the actor
George Takei. (laughing)
-It says -what does it say?
It says (laughing) you can pee next to
me. And it's an article that she (laughs)
PRINTED- from the internet.
I'm sorry. Gaby, what was her intention?
Was she going to mail this to you, or
she always was going to hand this to you
in person?
No, she was gonna mail it to me!
It says, "Actor George Takei is the latest
celebrity to come out against North
Carolina's controversial non-
discrimination law HB2."
"Hi, honey. I tried to buy you the
t-shirt through (unintelligible),
but the promotion had closed. I liked the
message, and knew you would too, so I
had to buy a shirt commercially. To our
passions. Love, mom."
Is there only gonna be one thing in your-
thing?
I think so. But also, I love that she
-Why didn't you explain that it was
supposed to be multiple things?
Because she already had it!
God, now it's so weird and embarassing.
For MY mom!
My mom right now is like, uh a lawyer for
Hillary Clinton, so she's like, working
overtime at, like, the democratic, like,
national, like, party, or whatever?
My parents are both very very, like, into
politics and
-MY mom volunteered for League of Women
Voters for years.
Okay. I'm just saying, they're both,
like,
-They're very active in the arts!
I'm just saying, this makes total sense.
My dad's like, posting selfies on
Instagram from, like, the Hillary
phone bank and stuff.
My parents are trying to get
(unintelligible) to come to Broadway.
Okay, so it's a shirt that says, "You Can
Pee Next to Me."
And she had this made up? It's not the
official shirt!
No, it's not the same shirt that actor
George Takei is wearing in this photo.
(laughs)
A KNOCKOFF charity shirt?
Yeah.
So this is a shirt that says, "You
Can Pee Next to Me," which I guess is, uh,
I guess in response to, uh, trans bathroom
rights and gender neutral bathroom...
And so it's like a political shirt in
support of trans rights.
My mother also supports trans rights.
(laughs)
You only have ONE thing in your whole
package?
Uh, I have this LOVELY photo of George
Takei! (laughs)
If you guys are wondering what- where I
come from, I think this just- really just
explains it.
Also, hers is in this bag, mine's
in this, like, (lifts box).
I think everything is making sense to
everybody right now. (laughs)
Ooh! Mine's also on Ruth Raskin
stationary! (laughs)
Where are these moms getting this hip
stationary?!
"Hi, Allison. I stopped in a random store
yesterday on Madison Avenue on my way
to the Mets.
Wow!
Cultured.
I found this whole section of
fun/necessary items that reminded me of
you. Some are to help you write, some
are to help you remember where you came
from (I <3 NY), and some are to make you
laugh. Enjoy!"
I'm gonna cry. (laughs)
I feel like I'm at summer camp again,
this is so beautiful.
Ooooooh!
A Magic 8 Ball! This is so fun!
My mom used to send me those when I
went to summer camp every year.
Cause you lost it every year?
Will we be together forever?
Well, it seems to be stuck.
"My reply is no."
(gasp)
Will we be friends forever?
(Maybe it doesn't understand, like,
our type of relationship.)
Oh, okay, yeah, this is a really
hetero-normative Magic 8 Ball.
"Very Doubtful."
All right, we'll move on!
Ohh yeaaah! Head Massager!
Are you kidding me, mom? This is the
best!
I'm gonna tell her that we're gonna
film another one of these, but we won't.
And I'll just-
(shocked into silence by the feeling of
the head massager)
That's good right?
(mouths) That's amazing!
People have had this forever and I
didn't know?
Yeah!
I also feel like that's how I'd feel after
like, doing a hard drug for the first
time!
(laughs)
"This has been around this whole time?!"
(laughs)
Drum Pen!
Do you play the drums?
No, it- oh, I see what it is!
Okayy...
It's like, it's like, fake.
So this is like, okay, so this is
like if you're a drummer who, like
and then has to, like, take notes.
But you're not a drummer.
One, two, three!
Anyone can be a drummer with the
drum pen!
(drum sounds) Hey!
Oh, what's that? Remember to buy
milk.
Oh hoh!! (laughs)
Fake teeth!
Hello! Im an international man of mystery!
It's hard cause you have to- adjust to
keep your bottom- it's almost
ventriloquism.
I did it wrong- I did it- ow, ow.
I did it wrong.
Okay.
This way?
It's sort of classist.
Why?
Anybody could have bad teeth!
Oh, I'm going to have so much fun
alone later.
(gasp)
This might be the winner, you guys. This
is- cartoon notepad dogs, all New Yorker
cartoons about dogs!
Oooh.
Excuse me while I read it in its
entirety.
Kay, final one, final one!
Ohh, a journaaaall!
Awwww!
A New York journal.
I miss my mom.
I know.
We love you, mom!
We love you mom!
A ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR!
(drum noises)
And then I can draw on you.
NO!!
You always try to draw on me.
I love it.
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