Something from Nothing with Robby Hoffman

Summary

Podcast Summary: "Good Guys" – Something from Nothing with Robby Hoffman

Release Date: December 8, 2025
Hosts: Josh Peck & Ben Soffer
Guest: Emmy-winning comedian and writer Robby Hoffman

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Overview

This episode welcomes back comedian Robby Hoffman for a deeply funny and insightful discussion about self-belief, growing up with little, family dynamics, career progression, and navigating success. The conversation flows from personal growth and the nature of confidence to humorous takes on Jewish traditions. Robby also shares news about her upcoming Netflix special, dropping the first night of Hanukkah—a genuine "Hanukkah miracle." The hosts and guest maintain their signature warm, witty, and authentic tone throughout.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Personal Growth, Family, and Marriage

• Comfort in Success: Robby and her wife Gabby are both thriving professionally and personally, loving married life without feeling pressured to have kids.
  • “People need to be comfortable saying that their life is great.” – Josh (05:37)
  • “I happen to be living one of the greatest lives I've heard about in recent history... And it happens to be mine.” – Robby (06:50)
• Marriage Dynamics: Robby credits honest communication and “getting the hard stuff out during dating” as secrets to a happy first year of marriage.

2. Slow-and-Steady Career, Inner Confidence

• Self-Belief as Survival: Robby’s self-confidence was forged from necessity, growing up in poverty and developing herself as her only reliable asset.
  • “When I only have me... I think there's something here. I think we can. It's not zero. I had me.” – Robby (15:07)
  • She cites the children's book Something from Nothing as personal inspiration (16:58).
• Not an Overnight Sensation: Her journey in comedy has been gradual, and she credits steady work and commitment over chasing quick fame.
  • “I've never been the overnight success. I've never been the overnight sensation. I've been very slow and steady wins the race.” – Robby (07:42)

3. Navigating Jewish Identity and Family Dynamics

• Religious Upbringing: Details of Robby’s Jewish (and sometimes eccentric) mother, 10 siblings, and the unique pressures of a large household:
  • “My mother had 10 kids and we were on welfare... She loved a cult.” – Robby (19:15)
• Acceptance: Despite religious differences, Robby finds humor and acceptance with her mother, especially regarding queerness and faith:
  • “[Jesus] just loves me so much. And she goes, really? And I go, yeah. I just feel that, like, how could he not love me?” – Robby (20:28)

4. On Manners, Overcompensation, and Social Dynamics

• Learning from Partners: Ben and Robby discuss learning manners and social restraint from their wives, after growing up needing to be loud to get noticed.
  • “You don't have to say... It's not your job. And I always felt like if I was in a rich house, something like, I gotta dance to eat.” – Robby (31:11)
• Self-Refinement: Finding the balance between being “the entertainer” and being present, aided by supportive partners.

5. Navigating Fame and “Fancy Circles”

• Value of People: Robby resists the pressure to “perform” in high-profile circles, insisting on equal value among all:
  • “I just don't think anybody is more valuable than anyone else.” – Robby (32:01)
• Funny Moments: Hilarious recounting of being seated near Tim Cook at the Emmys, but being more worried about being collateral than being starstruck (32:31).
• Inside Baseball: The crew laughs about trying, and failing, to get a table at Peter Luger’s steakhouse, and the “Jewish and Asian” seating conspiracy (34:06).

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Notable Quotes

• “Let's see how far I can take that one little thing. Let's see what I can remember. That Jewish book... Something Out of Nothing.” – Robby (16:58)
• “If Hashem pitched the Earth, like, the committee would be like, it sounds too blue. It’s a lot of green... Too much blue!” – Robby (29:33)
• “We cannot continue to be split up into smaller and smaller micro groups, and then we don't have power in numbers. You're this, you're that, you're poor is the point.” – Robby (54:44)
• “I just don't think anybody is more valuable than anyone else.” – Robby (32:01)

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Memorable Moments & Timestamps

• Body Image and Fashion (02:14–04:31): The trio jokes about body dysmorphia, fashion choices, and the ritual of looking good “for the podcast.”
• DIY Confidence & Early Struggles (14:34–19:27): Robby recounts growing up with little but developing a “something from nothing” mindset.
• Lively, Laugh-Out-Loud Jewish Jokes (19:21–23:27, 47:13–51:35): Robby’s satirical takes on Jewish family, holidays, and customs (e.g., Sukkot stories, candle superstitions).
• Tipping Culture Rant (42:03–46:39): Robby unpacks tipping culture and why it should really be about wages, not customer obligation.
• "What Are You, Nuts?" Segment (52:01–57:14): The hosts and Robby air their amusing daily gripes, from airline gender announcements to people bragging about frequent STD testing.

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Listener Q&A Highlights

• Why Orthodox Jews Ask ‘Are You Jewish’? – (46:43–47:59)
  • Explanation of mitzvahs like tefillin: “They're only asking... They want you to do a blessing, a prayer.” – Robby (47:13)
• Tipping Culture (42:03–46:39):
  • Robby: “It's not tipping, it's wages. Tipping, you should still make $15 an hour... If you want to give a five on top, great. But it should be a tip. It should be extra money.”

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Big News: Netflix Special Announcement

• Special Drops First Night of Hanukkah:
  • “I recorded one of the greatest Netflix specials... they want to put it out for the holidays and we want to give Robbie Hoffman the first day of [Hanukkah].” – Robby (57:20, 58:16)
  • “It's an absolute Hanukkah miracle.” – Josh (59:47)

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Tone & Style

The episode is a masterclass in blending personal vulnerability, sharp humor, Jewish cultural pride, and authentic conversation. Robby’s candor sets a tone both reflective and riotously funny, supported by Josh and Ben’s warmth and curiosity.

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Additional Notable Timestamps

• On Overcompensating Socially: 31:11–31:53
• Jewish Holiday Discussions: 47:13–51:35
• "What Are You, Nuts?" Rants: 52:01–57:14
• Big Netflix Announcement: 57:20–59:47

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Takeaways

• Believe in Yourself, Even When You Have Nothing Else: Robby’s personal journey exemplifies making “something from nothing.”
• Marriage & Success Come in Different Forms: No single path fits all.
• Social Mobility Calls for Self-Refinement: Life partners can teach us as much as we teach ourselves.
• Enjoy Traditions (and Laugh at Them): Relishing in, and poking fun at, Jewish customs and communal traits keeps the culture alive—and joyful.
• Celebrate Wins—Loudly: Whether new babies, happy marriages, or Hanukkah Netflix specials, own your happiness.

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Transcript

[Robbie Hoffman]

The following podcast is a dear media production.

[Ben]

Two Jews, both big and tall. No subject too small for the good guys. A mother's dream. Premium podcast team. Make it your weekly routine. It's a good guys.

[Josh]

And if you don't give us five stars.

[Ben]

What are you nuts?

[Josh]

What are you nuts?

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah.

[Josh]

We're the good guys.

[Ben]

They're not the great guys. We're just the good of. Good of the good guys.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Whoa.

[Josh]

I'm here. I'm here.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah. Ben. Ben is here, but, Ben, you're not here. You're in New York. Ben. You're not even here.

[Josh]

Can you hear me?

[Robbie Hoffman]

Can you hear me? I can hear you, but you're not here. You're there.

[Josh]

I'm here.

[Robbie Hoffman]

To you. You're here. And to us. We're here.

[Josh]

You should be. You should be here.

[Robbie Hoffman]

No, because you do it here. Don't. Where do you guys record?

[Ben]

Typically, he lives in New York, so It's always usually 50 50, but this is. This is the epicenter.

[Josh]

I'm just saying. New York in October. Holy smokes. It's gorgeous. You can no longer smell the trash.

[Ben]

I'm so sorry. We get. Thanks, Olivia.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Regular water. You know what? If I want soda, I'll have, like, sparkling water. Is not water to me.

[Ben]

Really.

[Robbie Hoffman]

It's a type of soda.

[Josh]

I completely agree.

[Robbie Hoffman]

It's a club soda. You call it club soda, so don't call it sparkling water.

[Ben]

Wow.

[Josh]

I also refuse to believe that it hydrates you the same way Claudia will literally drink sparkling water to hydrate herself.

[Robbie Hoffman]

No, no, no. There's no hydration. I think.

Cancels out because there's a little.

[Ben]

There's a little sodium in club soda. Right?

[Robbie Hoffman]

Of course. A lot it sounds. Look at that. You don't want to. You don't want to pour that on a wound.

[Josh]

No, no. It'll bubble up. Or maybe you do. Hydrogen peroxide bubbles up on a wound. Yeah, it's like when I clean my belly button.

[Ben]

Dr. Peck over here.

[Josh]

Peroxide.

[Ben]

Oh, gosh. Olivia. All good.

[Robbie Hoffman]

All right, we are rolling on everything. Take it away. Now, was this the final shot of the wide? Because it. Oh, that one is not. What the.

[Ben]

That's the one.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Because I'm. I'm not. Listen, I'm no Scorsese, but I'm looking at.

I'm looking at the wide here, and I'm going. I got one hand in it. I. Yeah, he's. You know. I mean, beautiful arms, Josh. There's no question.

[Ben]

God bless you. Thank you. You really feel that?

[Robbie Hoffman]

I know that.

[Ben]

Thank you for that.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Do you not? You have body dysmorphia. A bit.

[Josh]

A bit.

[Robbie Hoffman]

You guys have it a lot.

[Ben]

I'm the king. Yeah.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah. It's because you grew up fat.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Robbie Hoffman]

But. But you're fully not fat.

[Ben]

Thank you.

[Robbie Hoffman]

So you feel fat.

[Ben]

I feel. I feel like I ruined myself.

[Robbie Hoffman]

But you've done very well. You've. You fixed yourself. The body is resilient.

[Ben]

I think about you more than one should. First of all, mazel morons. Welcome back to the Good Guys podcast. We're sitting here with my favorite comedian, Emmy winning and nominated.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Thank you.

[Ben]

Genius, Brilliant entertainer.

[Robbie Hoffman]

The only correct intro I've been given in a minute. Yeah. Thank you. I appreciate you. Fellas, listen, these are the guys. These are the guys.

[Josh]

Josh has body dysmorphia where he feels he looks worse than he does. I have body dysmorphia where I think I look better than I do.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah.

[Josh]

So I don't know which one's better, but I. I think I look amazing.

[Robbie Hoffman]

You look unbelievable.

[Ben]

Really good.

[Josh]

Oh, my God. It's this tight knit sweater.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I highly recommend wearing that. You have good taste.

[Josh]

I wore it for you. I usually wear a T shirt. I knew Robbie was coming on. I'm like, I gotta look.

[Robbie Hoffman]

But then if you were jacked like this, you'd be in the tee. There's. There's. There's both.

You're leading with fashion and he's. He's leading biology. Wow.

[Ben]

How about.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Not that you both don't have but a mix of the two of you. You get him. You shop for him.

[Josh]

Yeah.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I mean, he's already married, so what does he care? But I'm just saying. Sure. And then you go to the gym with him.

[Ben]

Love that.

[Josh]

I can't keep up.

[Robbie Hoffman]

This routine now we're creating.

[Josh]

It's too much pressure. It's too much pressure. Robbie, you go to the gym with him. He works out too much. He works out like he's. She's training.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I can't do it. No, I can't do it. See, I'm more like you, Ben. Let's lead with fashion a bit, first of all.

[Josh]

Yeah.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Looking how I look with doing so little. I'm. Thank Baruch Hashem. Thank you, God.

[Ben]

Baruch Hashem.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Because if I had to do what you guys were doing, I just don't have it in me. But I have to start. I got a treadmill. I have to plug it in.

[Ben]

But you have a natural, svelte disposition, if I may say.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I'm skinny, lumpy.

[Ben]

Okay. I get that.

[Josh]

Me, too.

[Robbie Hoffman]

You know, if you've ever seen Lumpy, it really is a skinny. I'm skinny, but Lumpy.

[Ben]

Does your wife not love a giant?

[Robbie Hoffman]

She loves me.

[Ben]

I love a lot.

[Robbie Hoffman]

She loves me. But I'll tell you, she's not Lumpy.

[Ben]

She is not.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I was. I can't even get into it today.

[Ben]

Tell us about your beautiful wife. Newly married. You're in the honeymoon phase.

[Robbie Hoffman]

She's unbelievable. I mean, we're almost married a year. People say the first year is the hardest. We can't believe it. Every day, we're so, so thrilled.

[Josh]

I love hearing that. That's the best.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I think we had our, like, what? We had to figure out her scare. Am I gonna leave? Is she gonna leave? I think we had that the first year of dating.

[Ben]

Yes.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I think our first year dating was the first year of marriage for most people. Maybe straight people, they move in later or what? You know what I mean? Maybe the first year of marriage is the real dating. We were doing all that, but we got it out in the dating. So we're just. Now, like, let's go. We are home, and.

[Josh]

And people need. People need to be comfortable saying that their life is great.

[Ben]

More.

[Josh]

I love that you said that. So many people are so uncomfortable saying, you know what? My marriage is fucking awesome. Because they're afraid of other people. They're going to come and they're going to say, oh, well, my. Like, mine stinks. Like, you're worried about other people's feelings. Like, thank God your marriage is amazing. I hope your marriage only gets better. And I feel similarly. I have a son, and every day, everybody asked me, they're like, how's Ruby doing? I'm like, he's unbelievable. I'm sorry if your experience is different than mine.

[Robbie Hoffman]

And your wife is unbelievable, too. It's worth shouting out.

[Josh]

Thank you.

[Ben]

Shout out.

[Josh]

She is unbelievable. She is unbelievable.

[Ben]

I want to. I'm saying yes, send. I'm yes, sending you. Which is the one thing I will say. Robbie, you and Gabby seem to be first of all, which is rare. Both at a career apex or on the way. Gorgeous.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Right?

[Ben]

You got married. Maybe kids, maybe not.

[Robbie Hoffman]

No, no, no, no, no. No kids. No kids.

[Ben]

Right, Right. Smart. So it's one of those. Because I feel like a lot of people get married, they're figuring out their work stuff. They feel the pressure to, like, get pregnant. It's like you're getting into a harder sort of position where you guys did it right. You kind of met at the right time.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Listen, I happen to be, you know, to Ben's point, I happen to be living one of the greatest lives I've heard about in recent history.

[Ben]

I think so, too.

[Robbie Hoffman]

And it happens to be mine. I never would have guessed that I would say such a thing, but I'm like, I can't believe it, Rob. I look at little me and I'm like, look what we did.

We? Did I not say I had you. Did I not say, little rifky, that I was going to do what the fuck I could to get us where the fuck we needed to be?

[Ben]

You did it.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I was going to do it. But look, now we're enjoying. And the thing with Gab.

And the planning and the kids and whatever, first of all, you know, physically speaking, you know, the science. If we could, it's different for straight people because it can happen naturally. Sometimes it doesn't happen naturally, but for us, it's kind of like. Because we'd have to go very out of our way.

[Josh]

Yeah.

[Robbie Hoffman]

And it's not something. You know what I mean? So it's not something we want to go out of our way for. And it's not even something, even if it was accidental. So we just feel like this is the situation. And. And for me, in terms of the career, you know, I've never been the overnight success. I've never been the overnight sensation. I've been very slow and steady wins the race. I've been working a long time, but steadily chipping and enjoying.

I really enjoy my lifestyle and what I do. I like sleeping in and not waking up for an alarm. I like writing and I like doing stand up and just slowly keeping at it. And for me meeting Gabby, I think she knew, no matter what, whether she's there or not, this is what I do for love or money. Poor. When I'm poor, I was like, even poor, I'm like. But there's nothing else you're going to do. Like for. Thank God if cast of comes of money comes. Thank God because I'm here for love or money. I'm. This is just what I do. So whether she's here or whatever comes in, I'm still doing what the I do.

[Ben]

Yeah, you do.

[Josh]

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[Ben]

What I love about you is you have this, and I don't know if it's slightly, you know, putting it on just because it's great to listen to, but you have a real belief in yourself. So now being at this apex moment right with the Steve Carells and the Gene Smart, these machers, they love you. Sarah Silverman, shouting you out. Marc Maron.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Does it.

[Ben]

Does it feel natural or does it feel foreign and scary?

[Robbie Hoffman]

It feels eventual. It felt. It feels inevitable. Yeah, yeah, inevitable. It to me it feels like. You know what? I used to get flat. I don't know what we talked about last podcast. On this podcast, we always get deep and maybe it's the same subjects because we're obsessed with inner self and stuff like that here. But yeah, and correct. And if I repeat it, I, you know, apologize. And by the way, it's not so bad hearing a second time for me, let's say I repeated by the way. God forbid, by the way, you should hear something great again.

[Ben]

Yeah, Greatest hits.

[Josh]

Can you cut her some slack? If she repeats. It's fine.

[Robbie Hoffman]

It's fine. I was born a 73 year old old man. Like, what do you want from me? So.

I don't know. Like, like it, it. I. I used to, when I started stand up, started doing this, people.

Thought I was like too like it. Like my belief in myself was delusional. No. Yeah, some people thought delusional or some people thought.

They didn't like it. It was annoying or something. But I think when you come from nothing and I didn't have involved parents.

And I think people who come from a lot and I was around these type of people who could maybe pursue comedy and not work or I don't even know their lifestyles, okay.

It was like the audacity to believe in yourself. But when I only have me, like, I went to a school where everybody had lots of stuff, material. They lived in houses, their parents had cars, they, whatever they went to, you know, they went to vacations, whatever that lifestyle is. And even then, even though I had cockroaches and it was just so abysmal, I couldn't really believe how decrepit and abysmal we were living. I still felt like, even as a kid, like, well, I have me. It's not nothing. Like I remember thinking, like, well, Rob, we have me. I know it's not much, but we can. I think there's something here. I think we can. It's not zero. I had me. I know my personality. You know, I became somebody in the group who got everybody the drinks, who. I contributed interestingly to the conversation at the house party, at the rich party, fine. They had the good food and the snacks and the Rice Krispie treats in the box and the whole bit. I came with some topics.

[Ben]

Yeah, you did.

[Robbie Hoffman]

You know what I mean? I held my. I held my own. I was an integral part to the group. In terms of funny, there's, you know, and I don't know, I just developed me. I just thought, well, we don't have nothing. We have one thing, just one thing, and it's me. And let's see. Let's see how far I can take that one little thing. Let's see what I can remember. That Jewish book, it really affected me. Something out of nothing.

[Ben]

No. Should I know this?

[Josh]

I've never read it. I know. I don't know it.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Beautiful Hanukkah book. Maybe it's because I grew up. These are the books I had. Looks up something from nothing.

[Ben]

Something. I like this.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Look it up. I wish you could put it on the TV for him and everybody. Look it up.

[Ben]

Finally, one that, you know, with a. It sounds nice. Happy title.

[Robbie Hoffman]

The Jewish book tends to be depressing. Yeah. This guy, he had, like, nothing. And the quilt got ruined. And the boy is beside himself, is. I don't know who made the quilt. Maybe the guy made the quilt. So they said, we can fix it. We can fix it. They made from it a pillowcase.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Wonderful. The pillow. It's okay. We could fix it. They made a vest by the end of it. It's like they make a yarmulke small. Like, what can we make something from nothing. And I just. Yeah, I just felt that. And I think there's the classism of it. I can only articulate now or see now. It's like, I think when people don't believe in themselves and they have other people who believe in them, their parents. You're the greatest thing that ever happened. You could do this, you could do that. I think that sense of belief in yourself isn't developed. And it's. Then why do I have that and they don't? Why do I have something now? I have one thing. Yes. But still that they don't have it. I can't even have that one thing. You know? And they. They take it personal. It's like, how dare you have something I don't have? I have way more than you all the time. Yeah. So there's different, like, elements like that that I feel. Feel now. Because even though I brought the Hot Topics and it's a thankless job to be such an interesting person in a group. You don't get that. You don't get. You know, I was taken. I felt pillaged from always in a way that was like my thing didn't have a monetary value. And so people stole my ideas or people, you know, I joke.

[Ben]

Stealing early on.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah, Like. Like. Like, no, even, like, whatever. Like art projects or. Or like things that I did that were. Because I was developing self out of necessity. It's really all I had. My mother was so. My mother had 10 kids and we were on welfare and she was always.

[Ben]

She loved a cult.

[Robbie Hoffman]

She was very into, you know, first it was the Machia, and then it was, you know, Jesus. And then.

[Ben]

Is she a Jew for Jesus still?

[Robbie Hoffman]

Well, no, apparently she's on the way out.

[Ben]

Oh, what's next?

[Robbie Hoffman]

I think she. No, I think she didn't like their position on Israel. It's like if you turn on Israel with my mother or if you're not good enough with Israel, like, she's out.

[Ben]

Right.

[Robbie Hoffman]

That's the way my mother is. So it's like she's watching you.

[Ben]

Okay.

[Robbie Hoffman]

She's watching you. What would be.

[Ben]

Let's spitball what might be good. Seventh Day Adventist Church of Christ.

[Josh]

You could do. She could do Juice for Mom. Donnie. She could go there.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I think that would be. Because then she would. She see, she has a very old school.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Blind faith with this. Like, she doesn't. She has her lines. So she's on the way out. You never know what's. You know. Even when she was deep in the Jesus thing, this is something that I had her because I called her because she said, any type of a gay wedding I couldn't do. I said, well, first of all, who's to say you're invited? By the way, we invited nobody.

[Josh]

You got married in Vegas.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I got married in Vegas. Then we did it legally. Now Gabby wants to get married every year and she loves to get married.

[Ben]

That's fun.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah.

[Josh]

Yeah.

[Robbie Hoffman]

So.

But my mother. And I said. I said, you know, Ma, Jesus just loves me so much. And she goes, really? And I go, yeah. I just feel that, like, how could he not love me? Like, he just. That's all he knows is he loves. And she goes, you're right. He does.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Robbie Hoffman]

And he. He has his own. Whatever he's putting me through. We have our own relationship. He loves me. So, like, it's like with God. I don't know if there's a God. Not a God. I feel like God just fucks with me. I feel like he's like, yeah, yeah, she's gay, but what are you going to do? Yeah, I feel like he just likes to kick it with me. I don't know why.

[Josh]

Like, he fucks with. He fucks with you. He 100% fucks with you.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Whatever. Like, okay, you did this gay thing, but, you know, you're doing it good.

[Josh]

Yeah, I think that. I think that he. I think that he fucks with people that love themselves, because that's what it is, right? It's like you're supposed to live life in the image of God. You think God doesn't love himself? I think self confidence is key. It's exactly. You've manifested your entire life. You've manifested your whole life. Whether you realize it or not, you've done it. I get all of my confidence from my wife. I met my wife, a not confident person. My wife is the most confident person in the entire world. Like, you're confident. I don't think there's a more confident person than her. And when I met her, some of her confidence rubbed off on me. And 13 years later, I'm still building it. But you said that when. When people take encouragement from others and they don't have it themselves, they don't learn to have that confidence. But when you watch a conf. Person, which I'm sure you and your wife do to each other, which is why you guys are so killer, all of a sudden. You're just like, yeah, these things are supposed to happen because I made sure that they're supposed to happen.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Like, yeah, there was never.

[Josh]

There was never any other option.

[Robbie Hoffman]

No, I. I don't mean to cut off and there might be a delay here because you're there. There's no delay. I'm just putting my cut on.

Yeah. With the rubbing off on each other. Because, Gabby, I'm like, baby, this is even.

Like, even with traders coming out. I said, babe, you're a pop off. I don't even. There's no one even close.

To me. I'm like, when she took out Danielle, I'm like, babe, just wait for this to come up. I mean, I see already before the world sees. This is. We've never seen anybody like her before. This is like when Kim Kardashian was introduced to the market, they thought famous for being famous. They thought, you know, she's. She's reality. She's Sex tape. She's this. She's the most famous, Richard. You know, she skims some. Everything, even her marriage, her kids. Okay. Gabby went from real. From nurse reality, Bachelor podcast acting that like, she just. It's her. Like, I. I just look at her and I'm like, baby, it's crystal clear to me.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Like, when I see. It's like, these aren't blurry images. This is like, this is it. This is it. Yeah.

[Ben]

My. My Irish Catholic wife has some belief in me too, but it's more like, I believe you can pick up dinner. You know, it's not.

[Robbie Hoffman]

She's not.

[Ben]

She's you know, then she'll say it. My love language is not compliments.

[Josh]

But so it's not. But it's interesting. It's not compliments. Like, I don't want to not to throw. Like, Claudia doesn't compliment me unnecessarily. I wish. Like, my, my love language is that too. But she doesn't. And that's not because she, she compliments me when I deserve a compliment and she, like, she just really. I can't explain it. It's. It's even more helpful for me. Like, if she coddled me the way that I want to be coddled, then I wouldn't. I wouldn't be able to do anything.

[Ben]

You just be a man baby.

[Josh]

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[Ben]

But you guys can speak to this because you, Robbie, have talked a lot about like growing up with 10 or nine siblings that you had to be loud and be heard to like get noticed. And I find what I love about my wife that she's taught me, that I thought I had but didn't really was manners. Because like growing up in this like Yiddish New York vibe. I can't keep my effing mouth shut. And she just taught me what a virtue it is. She'd be like, you don't have to comment, like, and you don't have to have an opinion on this. It's okay. And maybe your take on this isn't the second coming. Maybe it's just yet another opinion and you could just be quiet. And it's really benefited me.

[Robbie Hoffman]

No, no. I could learn from somebody like this, too, because, yeah, it's twofold. It's like, yeah, I didn't just want to have belief and confidence in myself. I would have loved if I had a father who believed in me or saw me or. And my mother did believe in us, and she thought we were very clever. But she would always tell us, you know, I can't do something like that. You know, when I. When I. When I got into university, I remember her saying, well, I can't. I can't help with something like that. You know, I think there was a lot of shame. You know, I said, don't worry, Mom. I'm going to do it. I'm going to do it. I'm going to do it. I'm applying for different things, whatever. But. And she really did think she had clever kids, and she always, you know, supported us. But, yeah, I would have, you know, you overcompensate in some way. So maybe I came out more bombastic. And I'm like, hello, I'm here. I'm telling you. I know it seems like a lot, but it's like, if they pitch the Earth. We've talked about this before. Tell me if they pitch. If Hashem pitched the Earth, like, the committee would be like, it sounds too blue. It's a lot of green.

And it's much too much blue. Yes. Can we. Like, why is it so much blue and then a little green? I'm like, I know it sounds just. You gotta see it. Once you see, it's gonna be the most beautiful. You don't understand. What tree. It's a different. The textured greens. It's not just green.

[Ben]

They'd be like, why Dinosaurs first.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah, exactly. They would be like. And why is it. Now. It's beige over here, but. But it's. It's. It's an essence. You know, you have to. And the blue, it's. It's. It's a fabric. It's. It's. You swim in it.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Robbie Hoffman]

It just. It's movable blue. You've never seen a liquid. You've never seen A material like this. So everything. So that's. I, I, you know, you overcompensate. If I had parents who told me, like, oh, you know, you were the. Like, maybe it would. And I also had some belief in myself. Everything would love. But now I'm just going with this.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Robbie Hoffman]

So I look at little Robin like, you fucking got this. And I give that to Gab, because Gab also. And I like Gab. Like, what I'm saying is, like, out of a lineup, if it was like a, you know, police lineup or whatever, I could be like, that's her. Yeah, like that. That's one. But, yeah, she also. We come, like, we've learned so much about it. Like fashion, I happen to always be into. Just because I was always looking at better and what people had. But I never had it myself to the point that now she's, like, into, like, now I. You know, like, we learn from each other in ways. And the way that you're talking about, like, you don't have to say. She's helped me with that too. Like, in a group, I think I take on a lot of the effort of making the social thing. Like, if it's silent, I'm like, I got to get to work.

[Ben]

Right.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I got to get this vibe going, you know? But she was like, it's not your job. Like, if people are boring and they're like, you could just. So I just let people be boring now. Yeah. But it's like, learning those things, like, what you're talking about. Like, she's like, yeah, you don't. It's not your job. And I always felt like if I was in a rich house, something like, I gotta. I gotta dance to eat. I. I gotta.

[Josh]

Yeah. That's why.

[Robbie Hoffman]

That's why I'm here. That's my role here, is that I bring the fun night.

[Josh]

It's also fun to dance. It's fun to be a dancer. Sometimes you have to be in the mood to do.

[Robbie Hoffman]

It can be too much. It's about refining it.

[Josh]

It can be too much.

[Robbie Hoffman]

We're in a refinement stage, and meeting your other half helps the refinement because they love you for you, and they also want to take some of the load off.

[Ben]

Do you find, like, now being in these fancy circles, like, any pressure to, like, live up to the way people are falling in love with you to be the Robbie they've seen?

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah. I don't even think about that. I just don't think anybody is more valuable than anyone else. Yeah. So when I'm in a room and there's like, the CEO of this. Like, I can. And I'm here.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Robbie Hoffman]

You do that thing and I do this thing. I don't believe that anybody is more than the other. And.

So I don't feel that ever. I don't care. What the hell, you know, I was sitting. I was sitting at the Emmys. I was sitting two seats behind Tim Cook.

[Ben]

Wow. Was he wearing the tux?

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah, he was in a tux. Whatever. And I didn't even want to sit there because I'm like, I got to be. I don't care about the. I'm like, I gotta be in the line of fire. If somebody wants to take out the CEO, I gotta get shrapnel to the head.

[Ben]

Smart.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Because I'm sitting. You know, I'm literally like the shot. I'm one of the four angles you could get him at. So I'm ducking in my seat. This is how I watch this shit. Because I'm like, I could see somebody taking him out. He's right there. There's no security.

[Ben]

Can you imagine? You get friendly with him. How many free iPhones?

[Robbie Hoffman]

I don't care.

[Ben]

You'd never have to upgrade again in your.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Like. I don't want to update.

[Josh]

I think he still charges you for the iPhone.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Should be a month until he still.

[Josh]

Charges you for the iPhones. Josh. They'll always charge you for the iPhones. It's like I'm friends with the owner of Peter Luger's. I can't even get free schlog.

[Robbie Hoffman]

We could. We couldn't go to Peter Luger's. Never mind that. We tried to walk in last minute.

[Ben]

They wouldn't let you in.

[Robbie Hoffman]

This was a. Robbie, Robbie.

[Josh]

You come to me when you need a reservation.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I know. Anyway, I don't like to bother when I'm in New York. And I know you got. You and Claudia are bus. But I should reach out more.

[Josh]

No bother.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I should.

[Josh]

We're not busy. We would love to.

[Ben]

You walk in, what they tell you? Two hours.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah, it was insane. But that's it. We walked in last minute, but I had always heard about Peter Lugers. I've never been. And so I was like, you know, I gotta go.

[Josh]

Oh, my God. And you go upstairs. They know where to put the Jews. It's Jews and Asians upstairs. That's the only people upstairs. Downstairs, you can be non Jewish and non Asian.

[Robbie Hoffman]

So you know what? We got to get Gabby.

Yeah, we lead with Gabby. With me, I lead with Gabby. The problem with that one is I led myself.

[Josh]

Yeah, they were at Jew capacity. You never know they were a capacity on the Jews.

[Ben]

Should we get to a speak pipe?

[Robbie Hoffman]

What's up?

[Josh]

Yeah, let's do it. By the way, quick caveat. I love that you come on and we turn into Jay Shetty. It's my favorite thing. It's the best.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Is that me or who? Him?

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Josh]

No, no, like Jay Shetty. It's like we're like such like a intentional deep podcast. We don't go.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Really? Is that what he's just letting you know?

[Ben]

Oh, yeah. Listen, with those two eyes, that's a.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Good combo with the light eyes. It's crazy to me.

[Ben]

Gorgeous.

[Robbie Hoffman]

So exotic. It's insane. And very rare. You know you have green eyes.

[Josh]

Very.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I have green eyes. We have the rarest eye color.

[Ben]

Do we?

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yes, we do.

[Josh]

Green.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Oh, I couldn't see because you're all the way there. Wow. This is three green eyed. But then I think rarer than that is the green eyed, the blue eyed with the more tan or the darker complexion. That's next level. We think this is.

[Ben]

Oh, look, I feel like I'm in paranormal activity here. Jesus Christ.

[Robbie Hoffman]

All right, you know what? Because of that effort, I consider you here.

[Josh]

Yeah, My knuckles are broken. I put too much weight on my knuckles. I should have gone with the arms. I went just one hand.

[Ben]

What kind of vape are we vaping?

[Robbie Hoffman]

I quit vape for two weeks.

[Ben]

How'd that go? It's going well, I can see.

[Robbie Hoffman]

But then, but then. But then my special. And I thought, well, let me enjoy one last. I'm gonna quit. Right? You know, let me just end the chapter on life. So when this dies, that's it.

[Ben]

Okay.

[Robbie Hoffman]

This is a low dose nicotine vape. It's 2% versus like the Juuls or the ones that you just said. The geek brother. 5%.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Robbie Hoffman]

So I think this is, you know, the equivalent of a pack of cigarettes. And it lasts a month.

[Ben]

You're weaning.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Well, I've only ever done the 2%.

[Ben]

Really?

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yes. I've never done the full nicotine, but.

[Ben]

You'Re a bummer too. Like the way I like.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah, yeah, I'll have it. Oh, you got with this siggy. But I'm not gonna buy a siggy. But I'll with a siggy. A Peter Lugers. He gets me in there. We have this delicious. We have a mashed potato asparagus. If I'm outside, someone's got a pack of excuses.

[Josh]

Oh, my God.

[Ben]

Nice.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Any chance I Can get nothing better.

I don't want to be out of.

[Josh]

Line, especially I love this. Can I pay you? It's a crisp December day, by the.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Way, when I do the pay for cigarettes. I have money on it. I have a one or I have a.

[Ben]

But they never take it.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I've had people take it. No, you know, some people, the kind of people you probably don't talk, you know, I'll go to, you know, the docs or whatever. You know, if it's like one of these warehouse or whatever and they're like, you know, the people who load the stuff, I give him a five. Well, he's carrying something, he's got to get his thing out. I go, I know you smoke, you know, it's at that point, that's when I, I give it. But most people, if you're outside Peter Lugers, you take my five, you take my one. Shame on you. Shame on you.

[Ben]

Can you imagine if we were ripping darts? Let's, let's really fantasize here. I love, we're all, we're like really crushing it, right? They go, you know what? We have a private room for you. You can smoke in there.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I love that.

[Ben]

Smoke while we eat smoke, we're ripping darts. We put it out in the mashed potatoes.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I can't imagine. That's unbelievable. Can you imagine that people did this?

[Ben]

This is living.

[Robbie Hoffman]

This is living.

[Ben]

Oh, man. I like having goals with you guys.

[Josh]

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[Ben]

Speak pipe aka, more on mail People call in. They need our advice.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Of course, of course. People are not living well.

[Ben]

So go to speakpipe.com goodguys leave us a message. I think we've got. I think we've got some special ones here. This one, I will say you've given your hot take on it before, but it's worth again.

[Robbie Hoffman]

You hear something from me, you hear it again. Hey, good guys, Catholic listener here. Love y'. All. But I'm curious what your tipping habits look like. I feel like tipping culture has gotten extremely out of hand these days. And I feel like a bitch when I'm at a coffee shop and they flip the screen around and want me to tip a $2 or $5, and all they did was take my order. Now, Obviously, I'm tipping 20% at a restaurant when I have a wa. She listened to my clip and then she just what do you do? I didn't drink. You or places where you've never had to tip before. Look up Robbie Hoffman tipping and be done. Which she already did, clearly. Unless I have to go up to order, I'm not tipping.

[Josh]

If you can do it, though, if you can do it, I'm with you, by the way. It's frustrating.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yes.

[Josh]

And I still like people, actually.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I can't even tell you the message I get because it would blow up my whole thing. But people. Somebody wrote, I went to one of these fancy Emmy parties. He's at the Chateau or something. Everything's free there. Sure, they're giving you champagne. They're giving you whatever you want. Lady gave me champagne, slipped her a 20. The guy at the bar, I slipped him a 20. I was giving out 20s.

[Ben]

Yeah, nice.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Apparently somebody who works with somebody, like a comic, is friends with one of the bartenders, said not Robbie Hoffman. Not ordering drink, just slipping me at 20. Only tip I got all night.

So I'm telling you now catches you.

[Josh]

Oh, Josh, I forgot to try it at the wedding. I just had a wedding and I wanted to go and tip the waitress with the hors d' oeuvres to see if she would just funnel straight to me, you know, the past hors d'. Oeuvres, My plan. I wanted to give her 100 to see if I didn't have to be the schnar waiting right at the beginning.

[Robbie Hoffman]

And the only reason is I had cash on me from doing spots, stand up spots. We still get paid in cash now. I was thinking in my head, this is such a wonderful night. I'm here honored at the Emmys. This would have cost me anyway, let's say I did eat at such an establishment in this drink, it's at least 150. So whatever bills I had, I gave out.

And but I love just so people are surprised by that.

Obviously I'm also tipping at everywhere because that's more is pay people a living wage. It's more to bring up the conversation that people must be paid appropriately by their employers. The onus is not on the general public to pay wages.

It's the same reason I think that Walmart employees should be given full time work. You know, they'll, they'll cut their hours to just below full time so that they're part time so that they also qualify for welfare. So who's paying their wages now then again, us, the people. Walmart's making plenty money. They don't want to pay them full wages. They want us, they want to double dip. Same thing. Walmart having police officers because of theft, who plays? They can have security. They can private, they can. But they've made it seem, well, because we have theft, we need police officers. No, no, no. Why am I paying for your security? You have such a store. Secure your shit.

[Ben]

Secure your shit. And by the way.

[Robbie Hoffman]

It'S about deconstructing the systems that we take for granted. The tipping, it's not tipping, it's wages. It isn't tipping. Tipping, you should still make $15 an hour. Which by the way we've been talking. $15 is probably $18 an hour, right? Like by the time they do 15, by the time every state does 15, it's already going to be at like it needs to be 22, you know what I mean? Whatever the livable wage is calculated at. And then if you want to give a five on top, great. But it should Be. It should be a tip. It should be extra money. That person going home should use that money. Maybe buy a beer, maybe buy whatever they want. It's a tip. It's money you never had. But the living wage. They should be able to pay their expenses, their bills. A tip should be fun. It should be a gift. It should be Hanukkah Gelt. It should be something you buy yourself, live in dignity. It shouldn't be your wages, it shouldn't be your groceries, it shouldn't be your child care, your healthcare, whatever.

[Ben]

Maybe a nice 2 milligram vape.

[Robbie Hoffman]

It should be, yes. It should be extra.

[Ben]

Yeah, something.

[Robbie Hoffman]

It should be extra. We all deserve a little extra to live in dignity.

[Ben]

Let's see what Simon has to say. This is important, I think.

[Josh]

Hey, good guys. Non Jewish male here. Proud to be a minority within the listeners. I work in New York and as I was heading home, I got stopped by two gentlemen in traditional Orthodox Jewish clothing. They asked me if I was Jewish. I thought maybe they were trying to recruit me. Recruit is definitely the wrong word. Sorry. I politely said that I was not. And they said, good day, sir, and immediately left with no explanation. I'm just so curious now, if I had said yes, what would the follow up have been? Has this ever happened to either of you?

[Robbie Hoffman]

They would have made you do a blessing, a prayer. They're only asking.

[Josh]

Yeah, you would have wrapped filling. That's it. They just want you to wrap tfyllin. They want you to put on a keeper and they want to do. It's a mitzvah for them to get you to do a mitzvah.

[Robbie Hoffman]

A mitzvah is a good deed for you to do a prayer. You know, they want more Jews embracing their faith. But we're not here to convert anyone. You know, our numbers have been historically very low because we don't proselytize and we don't convert people. We're not interested in convincing you. We're just like. But if you already are this horrible thing, do a blessing, help us out. You know, we haven't opened the gates. Like, we can't allow any more people. So the people we have are the ones. Come on, just join in of prayer, something.

[Ben]

Yeah, get high.

[Josh]

Did I tell you? Did I tell you, Josh, that at Erewhon I was in Los Angeles two weeks ago. I leave Erwan and a beautiful Jewish family with a lulav in an Etrog for Sukkot, the holiday of Sukkot. They have their 10 kids with them. They're like, are you Jewish. I'm like, yes. They're like, will you do Lulav and Etrog with me? And I did it outside of the Erwan.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I would.

[Josh]

It was a beautiful. It was a beautiful thing.

[Robbie Hoffman]

It smells.

[Ben]

Shake the reeds. You smell the lemon.

[Robbie Hoffman]

It's a smell of finesse. Rug. And I'd like to be in the sukkah. It's been years. The smell of the sukkah, the bamboo and the sk. What are we doing? That is the greatest.

[Josh]

You should put up a sukkah. It's the best. It's the best.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Did you put one up? You better start doing them with your kids. It's actually really fun.

[Josh]

So my parents.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Exactly put it up.

[Josh]

They put up. They put up a sukkah this year for the first time. My parents, they live in an apartment. They put it illegally on their terrace.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah.

[Josh]

That's sick.

[Ben]

And it.

[Josh]

And it was great. And it was great. And they love doing it. And there's nothing like eating in that hut. It is amazing. You feel like you're connected to the earth.

[Ben]

I met your father calling you Ben. You'll never guess. Benjamin.

We made an illegal sukkah on our patio. The co op board is going to be upset.

[Josh]

It looks like a favela outside.

I wish he cared about the co op board. He called me, he's like, I bought a. He called me, he's like, I bought a sukkah in a box. It's being delivered tomorrow. I said, did you tell anyone you're getting a delivery? Pretend it's furniture. He's like, no, I'm sure they'll let him in. And they did.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Are they gonna take down the sukkah once it's up? I mean, look at. Look at Williamsburg. Look at Crown Heights. That. They're all in the apartments.

[Ben]

Yeah. What about.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah.

[Ben]

And then Purim is Jewish Halloween.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah.

[Ben]

And then.

[Josh]

Yes.

[Ben]

And then we have the majors, the passovers, the hot. Last year was a nice Hanukkah episode. We did.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Remember?

[Ben]

We lit the candles and the menorah and you taught me something that is a little bit of a Jewish, you know.

Superstition. But I didn't. It's not superstition that it's inappropriate to blow out the candles on the menorah.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I did it. Yeah. You don't blow out the candles.

[Ben]

You are not. You are not pleased with me, Robbie.

[Robbie Hoffman]

No. You let. That's not okay. It's like a yard site candle. Just let it go.

[Ben]

Let it go.

[Josh]

I think we have to stop. I think we have to stop blowing out candles in general. I'm not for blowing out candles.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I know somebody. It's like one person had a candle that burned everything down.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Robbie Hoffman]

You never hear of it again.

[Ben]

I think it happens a lot.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Okay, well, I don't know how a candle. Well, how does the candle like. Doesn't it have a little metal stopper at the end?

[Ben]

I think it's more things near a curtain.

[Josh]

It falls over and people are idiots falling.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I'm talking about a stir. Okay, the menorah, fine, but that's what we always had, the menorah. My mother did it on the stove with a tin foil. A lot of tin foil in the house I grew up in. Yeah, Tin foil is like. Just grab some tin foil. Like, there's nothing tin foil can't do. Yeah.

[Josh]

Oh, tinfoil is amazing.

[Robbie Hoffman]

It's a to go box. It's a tray. It's. It. I mean, this. It's a cover. There's nothing it can't do.

[Ben]

I'm a menorah in the sink guy. Is that nice?

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah, yeah. No, that's stupid. I think it's. It's not a great look. It feels like you're washing it down.

[Ben]

Yeah. Or it just kind of looks like I'm hiding it. Because you're supposed to. You're. You're supposed to put it in the window.

[Robbie Hoffman]

In the window?

[Ben]

Yeah, in the window.

[Josh]

That's. Yeah, you're supposed to, they say, publicize the ness or publicize the miracle. That's why everybody's houses are burning down, because you have curtains right over the window. That's what it is. That's what it is. We didn't publicize it and we put it in the sink, we'd have no issues.

[Ben]

Our Woody nuts moment of the week are gripes with people, places and things both big and small. Whatever is sticking in your craw.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Love the picture. We got so good.

[Josh]

I need it. Send me that picture. What are you nuts? Robby, you know what this is, right? You're walking down the street, you see a lady barefoot. You're like, lady, you're in Los Angeles. What are you nuts? So mine. I'll go first. I was recently on a flight back from Los Angeles. It was a beautiful flight. We landed, we are going to get off the plane. The stewardess comes on the microphone and she says, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to New York. You never would have known, but it was two women pilots flying this plane. I'm like. I'm like, what are you nuts? Like, I thought I Thought I never would have given it a second thought. Like, what do you mean you never would have known it was two woman pilots? Like, she was so proud. She was so proud of these two female pilots. It's like, if you really want to. If you really want to, like, get past all of this and move women forward, don't advertise that there's two women pilots flying the plane. It was a great experience. It was a great experience. I don't know who my pilot was. I assumed it could have been a woman. Who knows? What are you nuts?

[Robbie Hoffman]

Like, just, first of all, we're not going to be a woman. And second of all.

We should have never known then. If you. It's like. It's like you never would have known.

[Josh]

That's what I'm saying. That's what I'm saying.

[Robbie Hoffman]

By the way, if we knew, we'd know for bad reason, right?

[Josh]

100%.

[Robbie Hoffman]

You don't know.

[Josh]

I don't need to know who. The ethnicity or the. Or the gender of my pilot. I don't need to know anything. This is autopilot. These people aren't flying planes. You press a button.

[Robbie Hoffman]

It doesn't matter. Anybody can do the autopilot. Of course I want a Captain Gully level skill. I hope they're doing these fire drills that if he's got to take it out on the. On the Hudson, he's able to do it.

[Ben]

But can you imagine if you're in the gully in the plane and you end up in the Hudson and you.

[Josh]

Go, if there's a female pilot up there.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I know, literally. Because then you blame it on the female pilot. This is what happens.

[Josh]

Look, they're trained. I'm happy I got there safely. You don't need to advertise it to me anymore. It was completely nuts.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I think we need to be done with all these differences of people. Yes, they exist and we're getting. But let's move. Let's plow forward. Let's try men and women. Let's try and do this together. Whatever race you are, whatever sexuality are. Okay, yes, this. And we're working. We're trying to progress together. Let's. I understand the differences. There's also. Let's focus on the similarities for a sec. Now we've made our point. The point has been heard. Let's move together. Let's move forward. Let's just try. Because there's other forces at stake. Okay? Let's do the people versus the power and the people. We cannot continue to be split up into the smaller and smaller micro groups, and then we don't have any power in numbers. Let's get together. Let's get together. You're this, you're that. You're poor is the point. Okay? The point is you're fucking poor. So band together. Yeah, and let's take it down.

[Ben]

My winninget. Smoke.

[Josh]

Why the plane? Well, don't take down the plane. But.

[Robbie Hoffman]

No, please don't take down the plane. Guys, if you're feeling anything else, something, reach a hotline. Something.

[Ben]

Yeah, don't.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Don't take everybody down with you. It's like the father who kills the kids and himself after. Please, sir, please don't do it.

[Ben]

But also, crisp and wild.

[Josh]

But also. But also, don't come to us. Yes, don't come to us. We don't want it. I said also, don't come to us. We don't want it. I don't need that.

[Robbie Hoffman]

No, call the helpline. Let's put the helpline. Somebody needs. Why don't you put it here?

[Ben]

It's right here.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Okay, here's the. This is the line. You'll get somebody. Terrific. Don't worry, they're going to save your life.

[Ben]

Thank you, Jasmine. I. My. One of you nuts is. I heard it. I heard it on the podcast. But, you know, people go, oh, you know what I get? I get tested for STDs every. Every three months, you know, and they're really proud of it. I go, it's kind of yucky.

[Robbie Hoffman]

That's a lot of testing. It's a lot. Now you need testing for the testing. How many needles?

[Ben]

I'm also like, you're getting around that.

[Josh]

You're.

[Ben]

You gotta tell.

[Josh]

You're like, why. Why are you testing that often? What's going on?

[Ben]

What are you not. People go like, oh, no, I'm super. I get tested every three months. I'm like, are you an adult?

[Robbie Hoffman]

Also, you're lying. Like, also you're lying. You're not getting. Nobody's getting tested that often.

[Ben]

What do you have a punch card at Quest Diagnostics?

[Josh]

What are you talking about?

[Robbie Hoffman]

Like, literally.

[Josh]

What do you got?

[Robbie Hoffman]

No. That's unbelievable. People lying about being tested and testing so much is insane. I understand single people, but like, yeah. And, you know, maybe. Maybe it's the folks on Grindr. Sure, if you're going. But it's like, yeah, it's not something really to bright. It's like, okay, keep your private life. Like, if that is you, you're regularly getting tested, it's like, okay, like, it's like my little sister Yehuda says, like. Like, you know, if you're a grown up and you like Disney, okay. There's some things you keep to yourself.

There's such thing as a private life. Like if you're a grown up and you're at this problem, there's something. There's a private life.

[Josh]

Yes, yes.

[Robbie Hoffman]

This is. This is. You don't make a party. You don't invite others into this. Sick. Into whatever you're doing as a. As a. You're. You're entitled to your life. You're a grown up, and we all have a private life. Some things you just keep private.

[Ben]

That's imperfect. What are you nuts? Some things we keep private. What are you nuts?

[Robbie Hoffman]

Some. Some. Yeah. Some things you keep private. It's not too much.

[Ben]

Thank you for doing this.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Thank you for having me. As always. I recorded one of the greatest Netflix specials. I really try not to be out of line here. And I would say if it wasn't, it's not because it's mine. I just happen to think. I don't like to lie. I don't. That it is on this level of bringing. Putting special back in special. It's unbelievable.

[Ben]

When's it coming out?

[Robbie Hoffman]

Well, when does this come out?

[Ben]

Whenever you need it to. When do you. I mean, probably in the next couple weeks.

[Robbie Hoffman]

You know what?

[Ben]

You tell us. We'll tee it up.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I'm gonna do a version where I say the date, but only because it's you guys. But nobody knows this.

[Ben]

All right.

[Robbie Hoffman]

And then we'll do a version. If I tell you gotta cut it because the. The. Whatever. Netflix, you know when they want to put it out? First day of Hanukkah.

[Ben]

Wow. Jesus Christ.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Has Netflix ever been so cute in goddamn life?

[Ben]

This. Ted Sarando.

[Josh]

That's beautiful.

[Ben]

Ted Sarando. That's beautiful.

[Robbie Hoffman]

They said not only did we love the special so much, we want to put it out for the holidays and we want to give Robbie Hoffman the first day of. It's very hard to get a date there. I didn't know that this is what they would do. I had no idea. Just a cute. And listen, I'm not religious anymore. It's a nice nod. It's a cutie move, Netflix. We've had such a year. Let's all take the holiday season, light a candle, throw a gift under the tree. Let's. We have. And so I feel so grateful and.

Just unbelievable. Unbelievable. So, yeah, the clean of this is. I mean, we can't even do the clean of this. We'll have to just release this near the special because you guys were the right people to tell that this is the day we did the chanak.

[Josh]

We'll do it near. What's it called? What's it called?

[Robbie Hoffman]

I can't really, I can't release that.

[Ben]

No.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I saved that for the people. But I gave you, I had to give you the Hanukkah miracle here on the pod.

[Josh]

The Riv unnamed special.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Look at this.

[Josh]

Wow. Exactly.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I just thought you don't hear these companies being cute. You can't. You, you hear about pillaging and bad deals and this and then sometimes they can do something cute and you go, you know what? Credit where credit is due.

[Ben]

Yeah. You think Paramount pushed something that cute?

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah, I don't think so.

[Ben]

I don't think so either.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I don't think so.

[Ben]

No way.

[Josh]

No. No, they wouldn't. The great Robbie Hoffman gorgeous special coming out the first day of Hanukkah. It's an absolute Hanukkah miracle. I'm going to be watching it. You're going to be watching. We're all going to be watching it. We love having you on. This is just. We're watching your ascent, but it's just the beginning.

[Robbie Hoffman]

And I'm watching you guys and I' to see good guys truly being good guys. It's unbelievable. These are family men. These are non perverted good guys who sometimes do the S drug. I am Robbie Hoffman on Instagram and everything. Thank you guys so much for having me.

[Ben]

God bless you.

[Josh]

Yes. And folks, this episode is 5 stars. Otherwise, what are you, nuts?

[Robbie Hoffman]

Listen to us.

[Josh]

Wherever you get your podcasts, watch us on YouTube, share our clips. Instagram and TikTok Mondays and Thursdays, folks. We will see you next Thursday time.

[Robbie Hoffman]

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