The Robby Hoffman

Summary

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Podcast Summary: Long Winded with Gabby Windey

Episode: The Robby Hoffman
Date: December 18, 2025
Host: Gabby Windey
Guest: Robby Hoffman

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Episode Overview

This episode sees Gabby Windey in conversation with her wife, comedian and Emmy-winning writer Robby Hoffman. The conversation is an intimate, witty, and heartfelt deep dive into career milestones, their relationship, creative process, family history, resilience, art in the age of AI, and the joys and struggles of growing up and "making it"—with plenty of self-aware humor and warmth. Central to the episode is the celebration of Robby's new Netflix stand-up special ("Wake Up," directed by John Mulaney, out December 14) and reflections on authenticity, ambition, partnership, and pride.

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Major Topics & Key Discussion Points

1. Introducing Robby & Setting the Tone (03:00–04:15)

• Gabby introduces Robby with a loving, comedic list of credits—Emmy-winning writer, actor on "Hacks," and most importantly, her wife.
• Robby jokes about being nervous recording in Gabby's Colorado hometown, praising the cozy home studio and referencing the cold and altitude.

2. The Realities of Distance & Relationship Dynamics (06:25–08:40)

• Both discuss what it’s like to spend significant time apart due to their careers, including long-distance between Toronto (for Gabby’s Netflix project) and other cities (for Robby’s tour).
• Gabby notes: “The worst part is when you’re not there and I look over and your side of the bed is empty.” (07:37)
• Robby shares the ongoing joke about their dog Nardo filling the gap at home.

3. Coping with Altitude and Vices (08:50–10:30)

• Gabby teases Robby’s obsession with canned oxygen for altitude sickness, calling it “placebo,” while Robby defends it as a cheap, practical hack.
• “I always say I do not trust people without a vice. Whether her vice is the oxygen or the vape, either way…” —Gabby (00:45)

4. Inside Robby’s Netflix Special: “Wake Up” (10:44–26:52)

a. Aesthetic & Creative Choices (10:44–14:10)

• Gabby expresses genuine pride and emotion watching Robby’s special, praising its cinematic intro, careful decisions, and overall “chic” vibe.
  • “I cried at the intro because I’m just like, so proud of you.” —Gabby (10:30)
  • “There’s really nothing that special about it except that it’s just… good.” —Robby (13:55)
• Robby highlights her philosophy: No gimmicks—“just good,” leading with heart and simplicity.

b. Career Journey + Integrity (12:10–26:27)

• Robby reflects on being a “slow and steady wins the race” type; her special felt earned, not rushed.
  • “The special just feels like I’m walking into my apartment. Like I’m walking home.” —Robby (15:41)
• She notes her refusal to cater to late-night TV’s demands for a sanitized five-minute set, holding out for opportunities that allow full honesty and creative integrity.
  • “I got to say it how I got to say it. I can’t be reading off your prompter and doing this.” —Robby (24:30)
• Netflix gave her “no notes,” letting her perform authentically.

c. Reflections on Risk and Artistic Bravery (26:52–29:52)

• Robby recounts the leap from a reliable day job to pursuing stand-up with “nothing to fall back on”—taking creative risks as a necessity and form of self-respect.
  • “You don’t get to just, like, take a risk creatively… I did have a lot to lose.” (28:24)
• Full-circle validation includes not just the Netflix spot but also being invited to late-night couches and being interviewed for her own special without having to “dance for her food.”

5. Artistic Authenticity in the Age of AI (17:24–20:51)

• Discussion on fears surrounding AI and how existential threat could spark a “renaissance” of human-created art.
  • “Some of the last art, as if to say we were here.” —Robby (18:33)
• Both believe that despite technological advances, art needs “heart and soul”—which only humans can create.

6. Family History & Growth (30:13–44:44)

• Robby tells emotional and funny stories from her childhood—sharing cake mishaps, growing up poor, and the deep kindness of her Uncle Eddie, who housed her family during hard times.
  • “We move in on a moment’s notice, middle of the year. Supposed to be temporary. My great uncle ended up dying in that house.” (40:29)
• She reflects regret at childhood rudeness to Uncle Eddie but redeems herself by later caring for him when he was ill.
  • Memorable moment: Robby describing the moment she put ointment on her uncle’s neuropathic feet—choosing to see the human in front of her. (35:07–36:31)
• Parallels drawn between caring for Uncle Eddie and later hand-feeding their dog Nardo when he was sick.

7. Birthday Surprises & Vintage Shopping (46:39–53:06)

• Gabby surprises Robby with a “Bachelor-style” private shopping spree at Robby’s favorite secondhand shop, BSB Consignment.
  • “I remember having a dream... a bike would go by and I could just grab it... That’s what this birthday surprise felt like.” —Robby (47:19)
• Discussion about their dynamic when vintage shopping—how it always starts as “all about Robby” but Gabby inevitably finds treasures for herself too.

8. The Evolution and Power of Vintage & Secondhand (56:07–58:48)

• Robby gets real about growing up shopping at Canadian Goodwill (Value Village), how it once brought her shame but now is a source of pride and self-expression.
  • “Now it’s come full circle where I only—everything I’m wearing is secondhand.” —Robby (57:54)
  • “Poverty is an epidemic and it’s only worsening. And I speak to it now and I don’t have shame.” —Robby (58:11)

9. Friendship, Gossip, and Social Spaces (60:27–63:51)

• Gabby raises the topic of gossip as communal fun and essential female bonding—making a case against shaming women for enjoying it.
  • “The best thing about if you have a 9 to 5, your only saving grace… is talking about the other people stuck there with you.” —Robby (62:11)
• Asserts the importance of “safe space” gossip (not online, not malicious) for well-being.
  • “Keep it. Close the door. Get a bottle of wine. Get cozy on some pillows... This is a safe space.” —Gabby/Robby (63:15–63:32)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “I always say I do not trust people without a vice. Whether her vice is the oxygen or the vape, either way…”
  — Gabby (00:45)

• “I cried at the intro because I’m just like, so proud of you.”
  — Gabby (10:30)

• “I think to just do good is very difficult. Some people rely on gimmicks… But just by leading with heart and simplicity.”
  — Robby (13:24)

• “Some of the last art, as if to say we were here.”
  — Robby (18:33)

• “The worst part is when you’re not there and I look over and your side of the bed is empty.”
  — Gabby (07:37)

• “Poverty is an epidemic and it’s only worsening. And I speak to it now and I don’t have shame. I’m shamed about everybody else… That is what’s shameful. Not the fact that I was born poor.”
  — Robby (58:11)

• “The best thing about if you have a 9 to 5, your only saving grace, your only silver lining, is talking about the other people stuck there with you.”
  — Robby (62:11)

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Important Timestamps

| Timestamp | Segment | Notes/Highlights | |-----------|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------| | 03:00 | Gabby’s playful intro of Robby | Sets intimate, irreverent tone | | 06:25 | Distance + relationship struggles | Tender moments about missing each other | | 08:50 | Canned oxygen anecdote | Humphorous take on vices and wellness trends | | 10:44 | Discussing the new Netflix special | Gabby gets emotional about Robby’s accomplishments | | 13:24 | “Just do good” philosophy | Robby on rejecting gimmicks, leading with heart | | 17:24 | AI/Art Renaissance Segment | Optimistic take on creativity in tech era | | 30:13 | Family stories + Uncle Eddie | Touching and funny reflections on growing up | | 47:19 | Birthday/birthday surprise | Joy of ‘Bachelor’ fantasy shopping comes true | | 56:07 | Vintage shopping: from shame to pride | Robby’s personal and societal evolution | | 60:27 | Female friendship/gossip | Closing playful riff on the essential fun of gossip |

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Concluding Notes

The episode is an engaging blend of humor, vulnerability, creative insight, and mutual admiration. Robby and Gabby’s chemistry as spouses and creative partners makes for a naturally flowing, candid conversation where laughter and depth go hand in hand. They move from industry talk and Netflix specials to stories of family, love, and overcoming shame, always returning to the theme of authenticity—in art, in relationships, in life.

Don’t miss Robby Hoffman’s Netflix special "Wake Up," out December 14, 2025.

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For more: Follow Robby Hoffman (@robbiehoffman) and Gabby Windey (@gabby.windey) on Instagram.

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Transcript

[Commercial Narrator]

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[Robbie Hoffman]

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[Gabby Windy]

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[Robbie Hoffman]

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[Gabby Windy]

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[Robbie Hoffman]

Breathe in from your mouth and breathe out from your nose. See? So I make sure.

[Gabby Windy]

Okay, here's a tutorial. Oh, wait, I forgot to crack my soda. And welcome back to another episode. Oh, babe, I forget. Wait, you should leave and then come back in. I forgot to introduce you.

[Robbie Hoffman]

You. Oh, okay, okay.

[Gabby Windy]

Hold on one sec. Let's commence like you didn't see anything. Today on Long Winded, we have a very special guest. It's the most requested special guest of all time. Not Mark Cuban. Someone better. Someone actually more business minded and maybe richer one day. So here we have an Emmy nominee. Let me start over. An Emmy winner. An Emmy. She's won an Emmy for writing. That's what I'm trying to say. Emmy nominated actor after her only first season of the Renown Acts. What else? Yes, a writer, of course. She's been in writing room. She's writing her own show.

[Robbie Hoffman]

She.

[Gabby Windy]

She sold it in the room at hbo. I don't know if you know that or if you know what it means, but it's a big deal. And. And a standup comedian. And more importantly, my wife, Robbie Hoffman.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Say my new flakes.

[Gabby Windy]

Well, I was gonna wait for you to say that.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Okay.

[Gabby Windy]

Or do you want me to say it? Go back out. Okay. Today we have a special guest. The most requested guest of all time. Please stop dming me to have her on because inevitably I will. We live together. She's an Emmy nominated actor from the renown hacks. She is an Emmy winner from her writing on the children's show Odd score, which is really incredible for what they're doing for children in their small brains. She's incredibly funny. She has a new stand up special, a new Netflix stand up special coming out December 14th. And most importantly, she is my wife. Please welcome Robbie Hoffman. Okay. Do you. Do you want me to do it again?

[Robbie Hoffman]

No. Perfect. And I think you keep. That's it. That's it. We'll keep everything. We'll get comfortable. I'm a little bit nervous.

[Gabby Windy]

Why are you so nervous?

[Robbie Hoffman]

I don't know. The altitude. Also, we are here in my baby's hometown. We're in Colorado. We're at Matthew's studio which she found. Good job. It's very cozy in here in Colorado. It's freezing. He's got the heat on which I appreciate the heat but I really appreciate it enough.

[Gabby Windy]

If you'll notice my jacket.

[Robbie Hoffman]

She needs her fur. But I'm feeling pretty good here.

[Gabby Windy]

No. Yeah. Starting to sweat. But for continuity's sake, I'm gonna keep on.

[Robbie Hoffman]

You were here for Thanksgiving and lots of thanks to give thanks to you for having me here.

[Gabby Windy]

Oh, you're welcome.

[Robbie Hoffman]

For you and your patience during. During, during, you know, shooting my special and everything.

[Gabby Windy]

Of course.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Now what did.

[Gabby Windy]

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[Commercial Narrator]

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[Gabby Windy]

What did. What do you think? Why do you think I needed patience?

[Robbie Hoffman]

Because I've been on tour a bit. I've been. Well, we've been doing distance for the first time. Really. Because you, besides me being. Being Emmy nominated actor, you're becoming. You're coming up the acting ranks yourself shooting a scripted show for. For Netflix also. Can I say that?

[Gabby Windy]

Yeah.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Okay. We're Netflix girlies.

[Gabby Windy]

That's right.

[Robbie Hoffman]

That's what we are.

[Gabby Windy]

That's right. Listen up.

[Robbie Hoffman]

But sometimes I visit you in Toronto. I still have to work. So we're doing work from home. And anyways we get like being away from me, it's horrible.

[Gabby Windy]

It's terrible.

[Robbie Hoffman]

It's terrible. You know, this is. We've been away maybe. I don't. We don't go two weeks. So I think this total stint is going to be eight weeks that we had distance, which people think we do.

[Gabby Windy]

Distance a lot more than I'm away for. Yeah. I guess so far I'm going, yeah.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah. Then you know.

[Gabby Windy]

I know. And it is getting worse as time goes on because I'm such a homebody and I do.

[Robbie Hoffman]

We are together a lot.

[Gabby Windy]

Yeah.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Like people think that we're away a lot, but we come with each other to a lot of our work stuff. Working for ourselves. That's one of the luxuries we.

[Gabby Windy]

The worst part is when you're not there and I look over and your side of the bed is empty.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Terrible. It's really the worst is when you're not there and Nardo the dog is there and he acts like a log. Like he cannot move once he's sleeping. It's insane.

[Gabby Windy]

I hear him in my dreams. I hear him shaking in my dreams. I only hear him. But I see you see in my dreams before I even met you. Oh, I know. And now you're fully embodied.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah.

[Gabby Windy]

Coming to fruition. I know. It is really hard though. I thought it was because I feel like we've talked about this. Like I'm so used to being alone. So then I feel like my mind goes to a place where I'm like, oh, this is fine. You can actually enjoy this. And I kind of like justify it. But then I think I'M suppressing all my feelings. And then when I see you, I could cry.

[Robbie Hoffman]

It's the best. I think we've done well with this. Six to eight weeks of distance. We've been seeing each other every two weeks.

[Gabby Windy]

You've made such an effort. Really. I know. To come to Toronto. It's not an easy flight. There's no. I feel like oxygen in the cabin. I swear, it puts me right to bed. And then I'm all foggy after I land.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Well, there's no oxygen in Colorado.

[Gabby Windy]

There's none? No, not except for in your can.

[Robbie Hoffman]

This is my hack.

[Gabby Windy]

And it's almost out.

[Robbie Hoffman]

It's almost out. I've been huffing this since I landed. The thing is. And I know it's an aerosol, but you can fly with this. I was flying. Nobody ever took it out of my bag. Nothing. So it didn't blow up on the plane, which is good. It was a. And yes, if you're. If you know, if altitude. Altitude used to never affect me. And then now the altitude. I notice it. And this gives you some extra. It's an oxygen booster.

[Gabby Windy]

Is a medication that can help with.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Why medication. When you have. Does that help?

[Gabby Windy]

That's placebo. I've been having that thing in the beginning. I feel no different. It's placebo.

[Robbie Hoffman]

No, no, no. For people who are culturally the marketing, like me.

[Gabby Windy]

So much of your money you're gonna.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Want cheap on Amazon.

[Gabby Windy]

It's not that cheap.

[Robbie Hoffman]

How much was it for? 3.

[Gabby Windy]

How much?

[Robbie Hoffman]

I don't know.

[Gabby Windy]

You bought 20 something.

[Robbie Hoffman]

20 for 3.

[Gabby Windy]

For something that's going to sit or you take counter. Because only come to Colorado maybe once a year. Or take the medication and it helps.

[Robbie Hoffman]

You don't need to have health care to get this. You don't need to pay if you don't have healthcare. And you. Okay, $20 for three cans and all you need is one per trip. Mm.

[Gabby Windy]

Or you could. I mean. Yeah, I know. Yes, you do have to have a doctor. Or you could get one of those online ones that are prescribing Ozempic. If they're doing that, then they'll for sure prescribe you the altitude sickness med. Should we talk more about your special? I've seen it twice. Yes, well, once fully.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Right, well, you've seen it on tour.

[Gabby Windy]

Yeah, no, I've seen it a bunch. But I did the first time she showed me. I'm not even being dramatic. I cried at the intro because I'm just like, so proud of you. And we can. Whatever. Cut. Whatever you want. If you don't like what I'm saying, it's only going to be possible.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Pretty good.

[Gabby Windy]

Yeah, but. And then obviously, just like. I mean, there are a couple of things I think I want to say that makes the special so special. One, the esthetic quality.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Thank you.

[Gabby Windy]

It's so good. Everything you could tell, you made, like, just such minute decisions that all come together and you really cared about it. Much to my dismay, maybe because the stress level was so high, but it's worth it. But I feel like, yeah, I think. Which, what do I know? But sometimes watching comedy special is like, oh, yeah, they just threw that up out there. Or sometimes it can be more campy, but yours is like, I feel like chic. It's really. And the thing about watching something like this that's so aesthetic is like, yeah, I was next to you working on it, so I know how many decisions you made. But watching it as somebody who, like, didn't know that, it's like, subconscious, you know, you're like, whoa, why does this look the. The intro. Incredible cinematic. I'm not even kidding. That's when I first started crying. So I'm like, I cannot believe. I mean, it looks like a movie the way it's shot. You are so comfortable on stage because, you know when you're watching, like, will anyone do stand up or really anything, and you see them being uncomfortable, then it makes you uncomfortable. It's like there was absolutely none of that. What else?

[Robbie Hoffman]

Well, I've never been the overnight success. I've talked about this a little bit with you, but I've never been the overnight. I've always been. Slow and steady wins the race. So by the time I got a special, I don't like to. I don't want to be out of line here, but it did feel natural to me. It's not a reach.

[Gabby Windy]

Ready for it?

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah. It's just. It isn't something. It's just something I can really enjoy. Like, oh, okay, we're doing a special. I got a shout out right now. John Mulaney, who wanted to direct it.

[Gabby Windy]

And a lot of the shot yesterday at the airport on the shuttle to get our rental car, Toyota Tacoma, and somebody was like, oh, I could tell you're a stand up comedian by your hat. Such a good hat.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Shout out to Mulaney. But, yeah, I think for the special, all I've done and all I've done since doing stand up is just do good. I. I know it sounds so easy to say to just good, but. But no gimmicks Just good is harder to achieve than you think. It's about taking away like all of the. Like, stop putting, like. I. I'm not about putting a million things in to hype it up. I'm about clearing it out and just letting it, you know, just like.

[Gabby Windy]

What do you mean putting a million things?

[Robbie Hoffman]

Like, I think to just do good is very difficult. Some people rely on gimmicks and big showstoppers and.

[Gabby Windy]

Yeah.

[Robbie Hoffman]

You know, kind of like an action movie that requires, you know, this is bashing through that wall and then this. And sometimes you see a narrative movie with two people and you're. It moved you more than you could, you know, just. Just by leading with heart and simplicity. So that's, I think, with the standup special. Yeah. When you're saying, oh, it's so good, or it's so like, there's really nothing that special about it except that it's just.

[Gabby Windy]

It's not true.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Good. No, I'm just saying it's like.

[Gabby Windy]

I know.

[Robbie Hoffman]

It's like it feels refreshing almost.

[Gabby Windy]

Well, your art is just good. I mean, when you. When you talk about the way it looks and already how that's so much different than any other special because you can tell you put all of your heart into it.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah.

[Gabby Windy]

But like your actual you as an artist.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah. It's about not loading on my heart. Like, I want to lead with that. That's what's gotten me here. I've never been the overnight. I've never done videos, I've never followed. I mean, I'm just not a stubbornness. But just when video clips and stuff was happening, stand up, change that. You have to put out clips. I just knew I wasn't going to be somebody who spent part of my day making clips. It just wasn't what I did. What I did was stand up, not tech. And I'm not going to. I'm not trying to get there either. I'm just trying to commit to a few very particular pursuits. Stand up writing and acting. Even the advent of acting into adding that into the snowball of what I do. I took slow and steady and I took it very seriously and gave it time. So I just knew, okay, it might be a little slower to get there, but if it's five more people here, five more people here, 10 people here, 20 people here. And we just led with good and didn't compromise on that because that can be hard too. Now shout out to. I have friends who know how to clip and clip and they've become huge Successes from it. And I don't. I'm thrilled for them. Do whatever is you. That you want to do a difference in. It's just. Yeah, it's just. It's so. It's nice when I find. I kind of had a hunch. I said, listen, Rob, it might take us a little longer, but we gotta do it the way that's right for us. And just. Yeah. Slow and steady wins the race. And the special just feels like I'm walking into my apartment. Like I'm walking home. It feels. By the time I got there, it feels like, oh, I turned the lights on and all these people are here.

[Gabby Windy]

And gorgeous lighting is amazing.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah. We had a great DP and everyone. And just. Everyone who. I just wanted everyone to be good at what? You know, nothing. I didn't need a big pitch. We're gonna do this. We're listening. Flags will come down. Let's just do clear. Good.

[Gabby Windy]

Well, it's about even. Like, just watching. It was something else I was going to say. It's like, obviously I was laughing. I've heard these jokes a million times and they still make me laugh.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah, it's like, obviously, you know, a.

[Gabby Windy]

Testament to how good you are.

[Robbie Hoffman]

And it's when Netflix. Also. When Netflix came to me, you know, do you want to do an hour? Oh, yeah.

[Gabby Windy]

Even though I was laughing along, it was also like, almost.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Sorry, I don't know. I've lost your mind.

[Gabby Windy]

Oh, no worries.

[Robbie Hoffman]

How far along did you lose it?

[Gabby Windy]

Just now?

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah. Okay. Great. Great, great, great. I don't know if this came. Sorry about that.

[Gabby Windy]

No, that's okay. Thank God. This always happens to me, especially when I have a new cable or something. Hello? Hello.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Maybe. Okay. You're gonna keep an eye on it, though. Look at this. See, we got mad at. What's the studio called? Ponderosa. Studio. Ponderosa Studio. In Colorado.

[Gabby Windy]

Colorado. Just generally.

[Robbie Hoffman]

No, in Fort. In Fort Collins. Colorado. Ponderosa.

[Gabby Windy]

Wait.

[Robbie Hoffman]

What a cutie he is.

[Gabby Windy]

Go Rams. Okay. I was gonna say sco Buffs, but I know where I am.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Wait, what happened to the Broncos?

[Gabby Windy]

Anko. Broncos.

[Robbie Hoffman]

But college town.

[Gabby Windy]

Yes.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah, we're with a.

[Gabby Windy]

No, no.

[Robbie Hoffman]

No worries.

[Gabby Windy]

Thank you.

[Robbie Hoffman]

He's on his. Just. Good. See, I. I'm not. I'm not asking. You don't need to bend, by the way. Thrilling. When you make an action movie, all that stuff, that can be great, too, but it's also very difficult to just do good. And this goes to the conversation and. And. And, you know, a lot of people are worried about AI and All this stuff. Now I really believe we're on the precipice of some type of Renaissance period with. With the. With. With AI being a threat. I think humans respond sometimes very creatively to an existential threat. AI being a threat. It is. It could be horrible. I'm not. I'm not disputing all that.

[Gabby Windy]

But think about art that came out of war. Also like an existential threat.

[Robbie Hoffman]

No, but literally.

[Gabby Windy]

Right.

[Robbie Hoffman]

That's exactly what to think of, Lovey. And this is another weird new threat that we don't know, but I think a silver lining. In the next five to 10 years, I don't know, maybe shorter, maybe longer, maybe, I don't know, will be just an incredible burst of creative, fantastic, good art. Some of the last human art. We must, you know, some of the last art that. As if to say we were here.

[Gabby Windy]

Right. You know, that people leave your mark.

[Robbie Hoffman]

It's kind of like in a paleo of state of somebody in cancer. The last few days, I heard that my stepmother, and obviously, you know, this being an ICU nurse, but my stepmom, she had a burst of energy. She was bedridden for weeks and weeks. And then like a few days before she died, she suddenly wanted to walk and go do something and they got up and they did it as if to say her last breath. Like, we were here. I feel like some of the art, the return to good human art. It's weird to say that even, but I think we. We're already seeing film and we're seeing some projects and some music. Even Bieber's return to what he wants to do. I just think we're seeing that human spirit burst out.

[Gabby Windy]

Yeah.

[Robbie Hoffman]

And it might overcome. I think. Yeah.

[Gabby Windy]

There's lots of. I mean, I think I will overcome certain industries for sure.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yes.

[Gabby Windy]

Like tech and everything else that I don't know about. Because the only thing I know is tech. I was a nurse and I feel like if. If anything, it will help complement the medical field.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Oh, yeah.

[Gabby Windy]

But as far as, like, artists and creativity, it's like, we know even, like model campaigns using AI. They're like, oh, whatever. You're not.

[Robbie Hoffman]

What do you mean there?

[Gabby Windy]

I saw on Instagram, like, oh, the first AI model campaign. But you don't connect to the campaign and the brand with a nobody. You need a face.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah.

[Gabby Windy]

So as far as, like, kind of this industry you can right now. I mean, maybe as AI gets better, but I don't know, I feel like you can tell when there's heart and soul into it and that's just it about AI. It's not sentient. No, it's like you need a real person with creativity. And where does it come from?

[Robbie Hoffman]

It's like NFTs. A few years ago they said NFTs digital art is going to be bought into NFT a million.

[Gabby Windy]

Just not buying into the real 3 threat. I'm sorry of AI with this, with the creativity, with taking over the movie stuff.

[Robbie Hoffman]

But everybody said NFTs, NFTs, NFTs investment NFTs. Where the are NFTS now?

[Gabby Windy]

Where are you now? Where's all your money now?

[Robbie Hoffman]

Now?

[Gabby Windy]

Where are you now?

[Robbie Hoffman]

They said NFTs, NFTs, NFTs segues. You think I forgot about Segways?

[Gabby Windy]

Where's the segues?

[Robbie Hoffman]

Sidewalks would disappear, that it would be Segways Everybody's shooting down. I still got cracks in my sidewalk in la.

[Gabby Windy]

From what?

[Robbie Hoffman]

From regular sidewalks. They said Segways was going to be everything instead of walking.

[Gabby Windy]

Oh, right.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Everybody was going to have the segue.

[Gabby Windy]

Yeah, like a standing up.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Okay, now there's one lonely cop in some mall in central Florida on the Segway. By the way, Matt, not to be annoying, but my autistic. I don't know if it goes to my eyes, but I can't. When I look at Gabby and I see the stripes there, I can't see her. What stripes?

[Gabby Windy]

But we can't change that.

[Robbie Hoffman]

That's okay. Maybe we can put something in front.

[Gabby Windy]

It's okay, baby.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Okay.

[Gabby Windy]

We'll be okay.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Okay, well, maybe we can switch spots so I can look at the blank wall. Because it's like, you know when you're looking at tile or something and you go cross eyed?

[Gabby Windy]

That's what it feels. But look at me.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I know, but I. But when I'm looking at you, it's like driving. I'm also seeing that. Yeah, that's much better.

[Gabby Windy]

Okay. Okay. Well, we were in Toronto.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Thanks for having me. Do I have lip liner though? No.

[Gabby Windy]

Robbie was being so sweet when she came into bed last night. This is really my. I know. That's when you're the sweetest is right before bed. Especially if I'm REM sleeping. When you walk.

[Robbie Hoffman]

So warm. Her body, it's like she's like a little baby. Like you literally are a newborn baby.

[Gabby Windy]

It feels like checking on my mommy.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Oh.

[Gabby Windy]

Colostrum. Delicious and nutritious. Well, I was gonna say. Is there anything else you want to kind of say about like you're special and stuff?

[Robbie Hoffman]

You were gonna say something. I cut you off on My rent.

[Gabby Windy]

No, I forget. We were talking about AI, which I think is great.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I know, but we knew something else you wanted to say and I said you would get back to. Ugh.

[Gabby Windy]

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[Robbie Hoffman]

The sound of an Etsy holiday, which sounds like this. Woo hoo.

[Gabby Windy]

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[Gabby Windy]

I know. I do have some notes. That's what I was going to get to.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Well, first, I'm just thrilled. Special. They've been very nice to me.

[Gabby Windy]

Subjects.

[Robbie Hoffman]

They've been very nice to me. When Netflix came to me, you know, they said, you know, we want to do a special with you. Do you have an hour? I said, I have three. By the time I, I'm. I always stay ready, people stay ready. I've been ready to the point, like I said, by the time they said, come do the special, it's like, turn on the lights and walking into your apartment. Drop my keys. I'm ready to go.

[Gabby Windy]

Yes, I'm ready to go.

[Robbie Hoffman]

December 14th.

[Gabby Windy]

Stay ready.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Just in time for the holidays to give me a holiday spot too. They've been very nice.

[Gabby Windy]

Say the date again. Sorry, I didn't.

[Robbie Hoffman]

December 14th.

[Gabby Windy]

Say it one more time.

[Robbie Hoffman]

December 14th. Okay. Robbie Hoffman. Wake up.

[Gabby Windy]

Wake up.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Comes out.

[Gabby Windy]

Just wake up.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Also for them to be nice to me, because also people said to me, like, oh, you, you, you've never done late night or anything. You know, you. I've never done like a late night standup spot, which is something that is a big step for a lot of comedians where you do five minutes on late night and then maybe they ask you to sit on the couch or whatever. But whenever they came to me, whenever Fallon or, you know, or Colbert or what are these? Came to me, they would say, oh, does Robbie have five minutes but she. Can she say it like this or can she do it like this? And I said, I don't think I can. I got to say it how I got to say it. I can't be reading off your prompter and doing this. And then. And so that's kind of my risk. Many people, many people will try and get that done. And that's a. By the way, do whatever you need to do. I just felt like I can't guarantee that once you press roll, we're rolling, that I'm going to say what you want me to say. I'm probably going to say what I want to say. So when Netflix came to me to do what I would consider my first late night set, which was my 15 minutes on Netflix, you know, maybe 18 months ago, two years ago, on one of their lineup shows, that was my foray into doing stand up on television, where Netflix gave me no notes. Do whatever you want. That right? I didn't know 10 years ago Netflix would come around and they would let you do whatever you wanted. But I just had a gut feeling like, oh, we're going to do what we're doing, Rob, and let's just take it day by day. And then by the time I'm, I'm ready for a late nights. But, oh, Netflix comes in and says, we have no notes. You do what you say and do whatever the hell you want to do. And we'll be there with the good cush camera. And I appreciate camera.

[Gabby Windy]

Yeah. And you have so much integrity in your work. And I feel like it's a lesson. And like, like you said, there's nothing wrong with, like, nothing wrong. No, not at all. And it's a huge platform. But it's exactly, you know, you do things, like you said, slow and steady. The you want to do them. It's also the thing is, as you know, it's like the second you kind of change yourself for somebody else, other people are going to expect you to do that.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah.

[Gabby Windy]

And it's like, okay, well, you did this for this, this five minute stand up, blah, blah, I'm fine. Well, why can't you do this for us? It's like, but how do you, like, kind of roll it back? But you have. Even watching your special is like, I've seen all of your comedy in person and it's incredible. But just like watching you say it in such a big platform, like, you're so brave.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I love you, baby.

[Gabby Windy]

No, but really. And it's all so funny. And you do, you're, you do this delicate dance with, like, humor and politics and, like, kind of other sensitive subjects, but it doesn't even matter because it's all so funny. But. And like, I don't know. You've taught me so much and just like, going there and always.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah. I mean, not. I don't say always for everyone, but for me, I'm like, go there, like, where possible. Make the decision. Don't split the difference. Now there's. There's real goodness in splitting the difference. Split the difference, you know, politically and. And. And sometimes culturally with people. But on a. On a take or something fun or a bold outfit, make the bold decision. Wear the thing. You know, there are areas that you can have fun and pop off and go to the end level. Obviously, we deal with people. There's, you know, there's avenues for that. And I feel like art is one of those places where you can go there, you know, obviously living in society and whatever. Compromise, compromise, compromise. Definitely try and lean into splitting the difference with people. But then in art, it's a way to pop off what is your unique. Whatever the hell it is. So not to say that people who don't, you know, who. Who. Who decide to take their material, you know, they got an opportunity late night, and they. Whatever, you know, you know, But I feel. I feel like I took such a risk, you know, going up poor.

[Gabby Windy]

You.

[Robbie Hoffman]

You don't really. You don't really. And I know I have the largest violin about it, and my chip is only getting larger about it, but you don't get to just, like, take a risk creatively. Like, if you're like. I was leaving my day job, which was a lot for me to lose, to get paid every two weeks, like I was getting paid in my day job. I did have a lot to lose. That was a big opportunity for me to have a job, a consistent job. So, Lou, So. So going from that and. And taking the shot on my pursuit, I have to just do that, like, once I'm cut. Like. Like, either we're doing that or we're not doing that. Like, if we're doing it, I have to go, Max, right? If we're not doing that. Okay. So that's how I felt. And now, years later, we're doing my first Netflix special with a holiday spot directed by John Mulaney. And Netflix came to the special, and they were abusive. Okay. And I'm invited. I'm. I'm being interviewed by Kimmel the week it comes out. I don't even have to dance for my. For my food I don't have to do my five minutes. I'm invited right away to the couch and I'm being interviewed for my special on another network on late night television. Proper. Yeah. So it's kind of like almost like a validation to some extent. Totally. That we took a risk. We were going, Max and I. You don't know how things are going, but it, when it does work out, it's just phenomenal. Yeah. By the grace of God.

[Gabby Windy]

Right.

[Robbie Hoffman]

By the grace of God. And my wife, Gabby. Windy.

[Gabby Windy]

That's right. Well, I'm so proud of you.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Thank you, lovey. December 14th.

[Gabby Windy]

I know. I can't wait to see it again in a big room of people and probably cry for a fourth time. Like, oh, I wish I could say so much more about it, but I don't want to spoil anything.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Thank you, love. I really appreciate it.

[Gabby Windy]

But there's also something else.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Oh, what is it?

[Gabby Windy]

What is it? Your birthday.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Happy birthday to you, baby. Thank you, lovey. Well, you did such a good birthday, babe. I can't even talk about my birthday. Babe.

[Gabby Windy]

What were your birthdays like in the past? And was this the best? I had a surprise for her.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I mean, birthdays in the past. I feel so bad. My mother got a cake from Cantor's Bakery.

[Gabby Windy]

You had a Canters?

[Robbie Hoffman]

It's a different Canters. Oh, in Montreal.

[Gabby Windy]

But I mean it's like.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah, it was called Candace. It's a last name. It was a family bakery.

[Gabby Windy]

Yeah. No, I assumed it wasn't a chain.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah. And so. And it's Cantors with an O. Cantors instead of Cantors, I believe. But anyway, she got me a cake which was nice. And I got to have a few people over at my grandparents house for sleepover.

[Gabby Windy]

Who did you have? Shani.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah. And some other friends. I had Shani and Ally and just some friends. And you know, you're like 12 and kind of at a area. You know. I don't know. I wasn't the nicest. My great uncle was holding the cake and my great uncle who took it wasn't the nicest. No, I really wasn't because he took in 11 people on a moment's notice. He took in my mother, her 10 kids when we were in despair, leaving my.

[Gabby Windy]

Oh, literally.

[Robbie Hoffman]

My parents broke up.

[Gabby Windy]

Yeah.

[Robbie Hoffman]

And you know, we. We lived on top of each other and everything. He was such a nice man. But he dropped my cake.

[Gabby Windy]

Oh.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Entering into my grandfather's apartment and I was waiting.

[Gabby Windy]

Or Uncle Eddie.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah. And I made him feel so bad. And it's A regret.

[Gabby Windy]

Poor Uncle Eddie.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Have this old man. And he dropped my cake. And I'm like, uncle, why do you drop my cake? But I try and give Grace that. I was a kid and.

[Gabby Windy]

Yeah.

[Robbie Hoffman]

You know. And I felt like I didn't always have a birthday party. That's the thing. I was probably.

[Gabby Windy]

I'm surprised you even went with that because I was expecting you to say, like, I got maybe a slice of cake.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah. No. My mother made me a birthday party once when I was really young at the ymca, which was really fun.

[Gabby Windy]

Yeah.

[Robbie Hoffman]

And then I had years of no birthdays. Like we had. My mother, like, made a cake. It's also one of my sister's.

[Gabby Windy]

Yes.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Birthday.

[Gabby Windy]

I was gonna ask if there was another Sagittarius.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yes.

[Gabby Windy]

Okay.

[Robbie Hoffman]

It was also one of my sister's birthdays. Yeah. And. And my name was, like, always added as an afterthought to the cake. She was very particular about having her name big.

[Gabby Windy]

Well. And her birthday was first.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Was first. Yeah. By a day.

[Gabby Windy]

Right. Right.

[Robbie Hoffman]

So. Yeah. But, yeah. I felt bad about my uncle. And then I remember later my great uncle when he was really getting on. I was able to. I always felt bad about that. Kind of the day after. It took me a second to manage my feelings then. Obviously. You're a kid.

[Gabby Windy]

Right.

[Robbie Hoffman]

And I remember then maybe I was 15 or something and I was going downstairs to the basement. Or my great uncle had moved. Yeah. Too. Of his own house. His own duplex. And he was kind of down this weird hallway. And I heard him. He was going, madeleine. Like. What's that? Like, little girl? And. And it's like an endearing term for like a niece or whatever.

[Gabby Windy]

Yeah.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Or a young girl or. It just means, like, sweet girl. And he goes, madeleine.

[Gabby Windy]

And Madeleine turned on me.

[Robbie Hoffman]

And I. And I. And I heard him. I'm like. Oh, no. And I'm like, 14, 15, you know. And he had. Wait.

[Gabby Windy]

Was the day. This wasn't the day he dropped the cake.

[Robbie Hoffman]

No. This is years later.

[Gabby Windy]

He's just saying.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I hear him in his room. I go downstairs. I hear him moaning.

[Gabby Windy]

Yes. Like in pain or something.

[Robbie Hoffman]

In pain. Yeah.

[Gabby Windy]

Okay.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I hear. Made a lit. I'm like, I was going to change laundry or something that was in our garage.

[Gabby Windy]

Yeah.

[Robbie Hoffman]

And I'm like, I gotta go see what's up with him.

[Gabby Windy]

But, yeah.

[Robbie Hoffman]

You know, he pissed himself all the time and.

[Gabby Windy]

Because he has diabetes. Right.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah. I don't know what he had. He had lots going on. Baby had cataracts. He was driving. There was a lot Going on.

[Gabby Windy]

Not saying he was old, not saying. By people with diabetes. But I think you said his toes were necrotic.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Something. Okay, so maybe I didn't know.

[Gabby Windy]

Right? Yeah.

[Robbie Hoffman]

So I get in there and he. He's barely moving. He's got the baseball game blasting on the radio, and he's just. His feet are like this. The edge of a bed. There's newspapers everywhere on his bed and everything. His toes are like this. And he goes, will you put an ointment? He goes, will you put an ointment on my feet? And I'm like, looking at his feet and they're like, you know, and. Okay. And they have. What did you call it?

[Gabby Windy]

Like, they're like a neuropathy, but it's like they're probably like a different color.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah. Like black.

[Gabby Windy]

Going black. Yes. Yeah. There's like, no blood flow.

[Robbie Hoffman]

This man, like, worked outside and. And I. I was like, okay. I was starting to develop as a person and be like, you could do the right thing or you could do the wrong thing. You know, maybe a couple years ago, I'm like, ew, gross. I'm up, buddy. Like, gross. Oh. And I was like, I just. For the first time, I saw a man in need.

[Gabby Windy]

Right.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Amazing man. And I was like, yeah. I'm like, I have to start growing up, right? You guys, like 14 or 15 now. So I was like, really? And I was like, okay, I'm gonna do it, Rob.

[Gabby Windy]

We're going to put, bare handed, our.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Big kid pants on. And I'm going to take the ointment. And this. This goes back to what I do for Nardo now. And I slobbed the ointment on my hand and I went right through his toes and on the balls of his feet. And his reaction was like, oh, the relief this man had.

[Gabby Windy]

Cuz you burn.

[Robbie Hoffman]

He had such immediate relief. And he was so grateful. He said, made. Thank you. Oh, thank you. He was so grateful. Even the next day, he was thanking me.

[Gabby Windy]

Oh, my God.

[Robbie Hoffman]

And I remember, I said, it's okay, Uncle Eddie. It's okay. And I just. I got in there and I did a good job doing it. I didn't go. I. I went, yeah. Heavy on the cream.

[Gabby Windy]

Wow. And so now remember, what do you do for Nardo, babe?

[Robbie Hoffman]

When Nardo was sick and he wasn't eating and I knew he's gonna get better. Yeah. Okay. With the dog. I said, you were getting calories in him. Yeah. Peanut butter by my hand.

[Gabby Windy]

Y.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Okay. And I opened his mouth and I shoved it to the back Which I'm not good with the dog normally.

[Gabby Windy]

But I do step up to the plate. He was literally on death's door. He wasn't eating. He was cachectic. So skinny. We had the whatever hospice dog nurse on speed dial sending her pictures of his breathing and his gums. Which I look back now and I'm like, he kind of doesn't look that sick. But everyone was telling us he was gonna die. He had no weight on him. And Robbie's like, I'm gonna do this. We're gonna get some Jiffy Creamy.

[Robbie Hoffman]

What are dogs like? You get him some peanut butter.

[Gabby Windy]

Yep.

[Robbie Hoffman]

And then he doesn't want to eat. It's not up to him. He's our kid.

[Gabby Windy]

And then he's gonna eat. Yep. By I'm like, two is fine. Because it's almost like you kind of liked it. You were bare handed in that beer. But I dragged in the back of the throat. She's like, could I go? Should I go for one more? I'm like, I don't think so.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Okay. I would take a straw with water. Yes. Water down. Water. And guess who perked up and was still alive eight months later when they told us he was on death's fucking door. She saved him.

[Gabby Windy]

Do you wish you had it?

[Robbie Hoffman]

No. But they told us he was Paleo out of die. They told us he had cancer. It turns out he has auto. He's as good as can be.

[Gabby Windy]

Pica. He has everything else.

[Robbie Hoffman]

The dog is bouncing around. You've never seen a happier fluffy dog. And it started one scoop of peanut butter. But because I knew he was faking.

[Gabby Windy]

He's almost nine years old.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I knew he was faking it. I said this cancer wasn't faking it.

[Gabby Windy]

He has an auto babe.

[Robbie Hoffman]

What kind of a dog gets better with cancer? I knew something was off with this. You know these vets are scams. And I've been saying this. The veterinarian world. He's a total overhaul.

[Gabby Windy]

Because he did have an autoimmune disorder. Which we know. Which he has not been diagnosed yet.

[Robbie Hoffman]

But self diagnosed.

[Gabby Windy]

We just kind of know at this point.

[Robbie Hoffman]

And by the way, people call their kids the. The dog's kids. We don't have a kid. He's our dog. But.

[Gabby Windy]

But they get the point. We're not like dog mothers. Yeah.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Like when people like it's my kid. I said was. It's really just not. You have a dog and that's fine.

[Gabby Windy]

I was gonna go back to Uncle Eddie though.

[Robbie Hoffman]

All to say that dogs and kids don't have choice in whether they eat or not.

[Gabby Windy]

And when they're helpless.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah, obviously, don't force feed a baby. There's different. Just forget the analogy. He's better. Go ahead.

[Gabby Windy]

Back to Uncle Eddie. You told me a story.

[Robbie Hoffman]

What?

[Gabby Windy]

The other day, what was it like? You and your siblings just, like, terrorized him to the point that he would have to go sit in a gold car and listen to baseball on his own.

[Robbie Hoffman]

It's awful. We were.

[Gabby Windy]

Because they wouldn't let him watch what he wanted to watch. It was his house.

[Robbie Hoffman]

This man lived in a small 2, 3/3 bedroom. We made every room a room, so obviously he was living peacefully. He must have been 75, 78 years old. Living peacefully by the time.

[Gabby Windy]

Yeah, he was that old.

[Robbie Hoffman]

He was old.

[Gabby Windy]

How long did he live till, like, his 80s. Wow.

[Robbie Hoffman]

No, maybe he was 75 then. Maybe he was like. Yeah, he was in his 70s.

[Gabby Windy]

Wow.

[Robbie Hoffman]

He was really old.

[Gabby Windy]

Did he pass away while you guys were still there?

[Robbie Hoffman]

Oh, yeah. We never left. Was supposed to temporarily. My mother divorced. My mother leaves a religious cult with her 10 kids. She's got nowhere to go. Her uncle, who has uncle. Okay, fine, it's your uncle. My grandfather was living in an apartment.

[Gabby Windy]

Yeah. Were they closed at all?

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yes, my grandfather and his brother. My grand.

[Gabby Windy]

Was your mom and Uncle Eddie closed?

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah, they were close. He was an involved uncle.

[Gabby Windy]

Emergency.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I mean, close. Sure close. Taking in her ten kids.

[Gabby Windy]

Right, nieces.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Ten kids is great.

[Gabby Windy]

Well, you guys, I mean, your family is just, like, incredible to the. The way they just, like, saved your mom and you guys and never thought twice about it.

[Robbie Hoffman]

We move in on a moment's notice, middle of the year. Supposed to be temporary. My great uncle ended up dying in that house. In the basement of his house. He had one TV. Of course we moved in. 10 kids. We're kids. I try and give grace, but 10 kids fighting for the TV with one old man who wants to watch bowling and wants to watch, you know, a dying baseball team. The Montreal Expos at the time were like, what? The Simpsons is on. We were really starting to get into tv. We were a bunch of teenagers against an old man. What do you want? So he would be. And it could have been even the World Series. So I don't know what it was, right?

[Gabby Windy]

But the Simpson, Marge.

[Robbie Hoffman]

We were like the Simpsons. And my mother would be like, uncle Eddie, they're kids.

[Gabby Windy]

Not your mom, dog.

[Robbie Hoffman]

So. And he would go to this car and listen to the baseball game in the dead of the winter. And I have a lot of and then. Yeah, but as we got to be.

[Gabby Windy]

A little bit older, get away from you guys. He wouldn't even fight with you. He's like, okay. I'm just.

[Robbie Hoffman]

No, he would lose. He. We would all go to my mother, like, Connie, the kids. And she'd be like, they're kids on Coletti. Come on, help me. And he's done so much.

[Gabby Windy]

And this voice. I'm sure you guys have heard, you do this voice. It is so accurate. Well, Debbie does it really good.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah. My sister. Sister does it well. We all do it well. But. Yeah. No, he was an incredible man, and I. I am glad. And my little sister, though, to her credit, who was younger than me even, was always so kind to him. And they had a very special relationship, but. And she's no Yehudis.

[Gabby Windy]

Oh, really?

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah. So sweet. And. Yeah. And I'm just glad that I was able to mature a touch more for the last many years of his life, to the point that when he was in a rehab center, he had a terrible stroke. He was always begging for McDonald's hash browns, and I would sneak them, and I was able. Like, I'm so grateful that I was able to snap the. Out of my, you know, selfish kid. Like, this man took you guys in, and I was able to love on him because I think I would feel really guilty if it ended when I was such a brat.

[Gabby Windy]

Yeah. Yeah. No, we all go through.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Rest in peace, Uncle Letty. We love you.

[Gabby Windy]

Well, we have this. It's not a self portrait. Your Zadie drew him, right?

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah. We had no. A. Really an artist that my grandfather trained under. My grandfather won a trip for painting, and my grandmother at the time was home with a. With. With kids, couldn't come, so he invited his brother. It was like a week trip or something really crazy.

[Gabby Windy]

That's so nice.

[Robbie Hoffman]

And they used my uncle as a subject, and we have that painting now.

[Gabby Windy]

We have it hung up. It's very precious every time we see it. Yeah. It's like.

[Robbie Hoffman]

And my niece. My niece is named after my. My niece Teddy is named after my Uncle Eddie. And it's just. Yeah, my Uncle Eddie was just tremendous.

[Gabby Windy]

Yeah, they really don't make uncles like that anymore.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Men, like, they see just good. Good people. It's harder to do than you think.

[Gabby Windy]

Yeah.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah.

[Gabby Windy]

No, you have for. For the tragedy you guys endured as your family with your dad. You have, like, this whole other side that really took you guys in and, like, loved on you.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah. Yeah. And I'm. Yeah. Just so grateful.

[Gabby Windy]

Yeah.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah. Good.

[Gabby Windy]

Poor Went out for Uncle Ed.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Oh, this one goes.

[Gabby Windy]

We were talking about your birthday.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah. Oh, and then. Okay, so my birthday. So Uncle Ed, the cake. I'm very sorry. Overreacted to that. And the cake still tasted good. My grandmother made my name with. With. With chocolate chips because my name was all destroyed and I wanted my name in the icing. She.

[Gabby Windy]

Yes. So she made it. Right.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Very nice.

[Gabby Windy]

Well, I hate to bring it up, but.

[Robbie Hoffman]

But then you. Surprise. I don't know why you did this. So I felt like. Oh, no.

[Gabby Windy]

Not that I was gonna say I hate to bring it up, but our wedding cake.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Oh, yeah. Maybe Uncle Eddie was there.

[Gabby Windy]

Yeah.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I accidentally smashed her wedding cake, which is a very good.

[Gabby Windy]

It was a really good cake. And you knew what was in it.

[Robbie Hoffman]

And you thought I knew what was.

[Gabby Windy]

Babe, what else would you think was in the bag? What else would I be bringing in a Stater Bros. Bag?

[Robbie Hoffman]

I rented a limousine. I. You know what? That shows how slow I am with some things you're not. Sometimes I'm a comedian and people tell me a joke and I'm like, I don't understand the joke. Like, I condition. I can't take it. That's one of those experiences again where I can dish and I can't take. I. The limousine came. I was so happy because it was hard to find a limousine rental. I think it's becoming less.

[Gabby Windy]

This is our courthouse wedding. Dime a dozen. It came. As you guys know, it came with.

[Robbie Hoffman]

So I got a limousine to take us to the courthouse because I wanted to celebrate our wedding. And so when I got there, I just threw all gabs bags in there.

[Gabby Windy]

Yeah.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Not thinking one is a cake.

[Gabby Windy]

Not thinking the big saw, the utensils.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I didn't see. Babe. This is one of those things. Why didn't you know?

[Gabby Windy]

I don't know. But anyways, we can move on.

[Robbie Hoffman]

But then we love the cake. In the end, I have to take Patience.

[Gabby Windy]

It was so good. It's the whole.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Whole. It was excellent. It was a Whole Foods cake. And it was delicious.

[Gabby Windy]

It was so good. It's their best cake. I forget what it's called. It was a really good cake homage to Uncle Eddie. He was with us that day. A Chantilly cake. It's my favorite cake.

[Robbie Hoffman]

And my grandparents were not my grandparents. They weren't homophobic people, just kind people. No. And my grandfather found out.

[Gabby Windy]

Bringing you back. We guess on camera.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I was afraid to tell it.

[Gabby Windy]

And you know what? Uncle Ed with his.

[Robbie Hoffman]

He said, you don't think I painted transvestites When I went. I said, when you went there? He said, that trip to Paris in the 80s. No, probably seven. He said, you don't think I painted? I said, well, I'm not first. I said the word transfer, like the whole thing was such a. But in the end, I see it as a very positive reaction to me all to say that he had no problem with anyone. And that was the point of his story. Obviously, it scared me a little bit. Where was he painting? I don't know what happened on this trip in Paris, but he won this trip in Paris and he took my uncle, and that's. My uncle sat subject to his own portrait. And it was amazing. Any event, thank you. She surprised me for my birthday, my favorite vintage secondhand store.

[Gabby Windy]

We don't have to talk about this. I'm not forcing you to.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Okay. Anyway, she told me I could gun.

[Gabby Windy]

To her head talking about my surprise. It seems like.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Well, I feel like I don't like to bring up the Bachelor. No, but I feel like I felt like, you know, if you've ever watched the Bachelor, there's one date where the girl gets to go shopping, get whatever she wants, which is always a dream of mine since a kid. I remember having a dream, a sleeping dream where, like, I was sleeping. I was, like, homesick. So I was having very, very vivid dreams. And one of the dreams, like, a bike would go by and I could just grab it. Oh, and a puppy would go by and I could just, like, grab sushi. That's what I'm seeing. A conveyor.

[Gabby Windy]

That's what it was.

[Robbie Hoffman]

That's what. So this is what this.

[Gabby Windy]

Wow.

[Robbie Hoffman]

This. This birthday surprise felt like. She brought me to my favorite secondhand store. We go in, shout out, BSB consignment.

[Gabby Windy]

Well, it was private.

[Robbie Hoffman]

It was price. So the store is closed. There's racks. They're just, you know, a lot of stuff for me to look at. I could pick out whatever I wanted. So I felt like I got the one on one with the shopping. Not to make it like that, but that's what it felt like.

[Gabby Windy]

You're back in your.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I got the one on one. Surprise. Surprise. I got the one on one. Yeah. Okay. Everybody's mad at me, as they should be. Me looking like this in that house, getting the one on one. But I did okay. And then, of course, it starts off everything. So this is. It starts off, babe, this is all about you. This is for you. This is my birthday. By the end of it, who was shopping? Shopping?

[Gabby Windy]

No, because every time we go shopping, like, remember we tried to do this? I don't know, the last time we were here, we were gonna spend a day. There's so many cute little vintage shops, like, all along our street in Toronto. And I'm like, babe, this is all about you today.

[Robbie Hoffman]

All about. This is how it always starts. And then it's like. Then you kind of.

[Gabby Windy]

You got upset at me.

[Robbie Hoffman]

She's like, what about this?

[Gabby Windy]

Well, they can't help but show me things. And I'm like, oh, you guys get me.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah. But all about me, I would consider day all about me is like, at most splitskis with Gap. Like, I like, like that is all about me day. Like. She's like, I'd like to. Like. I'm just. I knew it. Whatever starts is all about me will end off all about her. And that's a perfect day for me.

[Gabby Windy]

Are you lying?

[Robbie Hoffman]

No, I'm not lying.

[Gabby Windy]

Because I really want. I really wanted a day all about you.

[Robbie Hoffman]

The way it's all about me.

[Gabby Windy]

No, the way it was pitched to me, and I obviously didn't know that. It was like, whatever their showroom, they're like, we'll curate it for Robbie. I thought the whole thing was going to be curated for you as soon.

[Robbie Hoffman]

As we got in, so.

[Gabby Windy]

I know, but then they started picking out things for me. It's like, what am I gonna know?

[Robbie Hoffman]

Exactly.

[Gabby Windy]

I know, but did you love it?

[Robbie Hoffman]

I loved it. And I got a shirt to wear. I got a shirt. I'm always looking for a good basic kiss. Okay. Thank you, lovey. No, baby, just. We want it. Want to play around. We'll play around.

[Gabby Windy]

Sorry, Matt.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I just. I'll say this. I'm always looking for a good black shirt, a good white shirt, one red sweater, like, very. Like, like, like, like, very cute. Like.

[Gabby Windy]

Not. Thank God I didn't get this shirt.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Which shirt?

[Gabby Windy]

There's this shirt that I thought because it's pink like Justin Bieber.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Oh, well, it's a kiss. It doesn't want to.

[Gabby Windy]

Yeah.

[Robbie Hoffman]

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[Gabby Windy]

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[Robbie Hoffman]

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[Gabby Windy]

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[Robbie Hoffman]

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[Gabby Windy]

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[Robbie Hoffman]

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[Gabby Windy]

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[Robbie Hoffman]

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[Gabby Windy]

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[Robbie Hoffman]

I'll say this.

[Gabby Windy]

Move, but it could be me. I literally had to re record an episode because the sound went out.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah, it's like this thing. But you got the sound up until that point, cuz.

[Gabby Windy]

Yeah, yeah, no, he's quick with it.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah, I'm coming in right when it's out, so I mean I can change here, but I don't.

[Gabby Windy]

How is it doing now? Is it working now?

[Robbie Hoffman]

Okay, so let's continue.

[Gabby Windy]

Maybe it's like. Do you think it's your input back there or.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Oh, oh, okay. But you got everything before. Shout out to Matt.

[Gabby Windy]

Shout out to Matt. Matt.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Name me the studio again.

[Gabby Windy]

Ponderosa.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Ponderosa in Fort Collins, Colorado.

[Gabby Windy]

That's right.

[Robbie Hoffman]

He is on his shit. And you know what? He reminds me and this is the type of individual that in surgery you thought this would come up. And it's fitting. It's fitting because Joan Rivers, the, the, the, the, the.

[Gabby Windy]

I thought this was gonna come up.

[Robbie Hoffman]

No, no. The, the, the, the, the amazing pioneer of comedian. She was murdered in the cold blooded flesh. She was getting a voice surgery, some type of surgery that older people.

[Gabby Windy]

Joan Rivers.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Joan Rivers. It could have been plastic surgery. I don't know what it was.

[Gabby Windy]

Plastic surgery.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I don't know what it was. I like to give her the benef. The anesthesiologists, they get paid, they get paid millions a year and all they have to do is watch the monitor. That's the boring work they have to do. They give you the anesthesia but you.

[Gabby Windy]

Have to be a student.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Is it anesthesia?

[Gabby Windy]

That's a princess.

[Robbie Hoffman]

But what do they give you? They give you the anesthesia and then they have to watch the monitor. Well, this guy decided he's bored watching the monitor a whole hour and open his Kindle.

[Gabby Windy]

He's going to open his only fans probably.

[Robbie Hoffman]

And guess who died pervert on the operating floor. Cause he didn't catch it the way that mattress caught that gab. Sound went out.

[Gabby Windy]

That's right.

[Robbie Hoffman]

And that's the type of due diligence you want in a podcast. Never mind a surgery. Dave, the birthday was so good because I found a shirt that I'm looking.

[Gabby Windy]

For for years and you already got a DM about it, right?

[Robbie Hoffman]

I got a dm. Somebody said tell me where you got the shirt. I said it is used. You're not going to find this shirt again. It's pre owned.

[Gabby Windy]

Know the most frustrating answer to be patient.

[Robbie Hoffman]

You can buy whatever you want and it happens. Secondhand, obviously it takes a bit of a hunt, but you got to enjoy the hunt. You got to know what you're looking for. I'm always looking for.

[Gabby Windy]

It's a treasure hunt. That's the best part of vintage shopping.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Having a nice shirt or two. I always have. And people have seen my dress shirt that I wore on. On our wedding day that I got for $7, by the way, from L Train vintage in. In Brooklyn. I wore it on John Mulaney Live. I wore it on our wedding day. I've worn it on so many things. It's just. It's just a nice striped shirt that's very clean. I found a white shirt that Gab bought me for my birthday here that I've been looking for. A nice white notch striped shirt. Just having something I could wear.

[Gabby Windy]

And it's a different vibe. It's such a different vibe. Yes. Up. Yes.

[Robbie Hoffman]

It's a shirt with zippers, not buttons.

[Gabby Windy]

Something classic.

[Robbie Hoffman]

But it's still very. Just nice, Elliot. It doesn't have names all over it.

[Gabby Windy]

Right, right, right.

[Robbie Hoffman]

You could wear it to a function. And I'm gonna be wearing it to my Netflix premiere Wake up watch party on December 14th. I'm gonna be watching it with all of you, so.

[Gabby Windy]

That's right.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I'm really, really grateful to have found it. And maybe I'll wear it on Kimmel. I. I need, you know, now I have a couple shirts that I can, you know, wear to some of this press.

[Gabby Windy]

Yes.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah.

[Gabby Windy]

So thank you, love it.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Meant the world. And obviously, I know if we're going to shop, which obviously. It's my favorite. It's my favorite store. I know when I'm.

[Gabby Windy]

I was talking. I was talking up this surprise for so long, like the whole week she was here. Yeah. I was like, I have a surprise. But you were very into it. I didn't know that. I was like, do you like surprises? And she was like, yeah. Then you wouldn't stop guessing. I was surprised how into it you were. She thought we were going ziplining.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I was like, is it ziplining? I love ziplining.

[Gabby Windy]

She goes, are we going four wheeling? I'm like, have I ever been an activity? Like, are we going, babe?

[Robbie Hoffman]

You said, it's something I've always wanted to do.

[Gabby Windy]

I've never gone on excursion.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I thought we were gonna go to the CN Tower.

[Gabby Windy]

I know. And I was like, oh, yeah, we're taking the roundabout way to the CN Tower. I don't know what the CN Tower is.

[Robbie Hoffman]

The big tower in Toronto. I thought this Wasn't.

[Gabby Windy]

So I just want to make sure that you like Babe.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I not only like it, I love it.

[Gabby Windy]

Okay.

[Robbie Hoffman]

And had you not shot there would have been weird.

[Gabby Windy]

Yeah.

[Robbie Hoffman]

If I didn't find a dream shirt, I was like, okay. I for sure want this thing.

[Gabby Windy]

Also, I want to make it worth it, kind of for them, babe.

[Robbie Hoffman]

And I knew what I'm telling her about these shops. A lot of people.

[Gabby Windy]

You know what?

[Robbie Hoffman]

Maybe this is not an episode. We.

[Gabby Windy]

No, we say this a lot, Robbie. And should you really? Well, you helped me come into myself as a person. I feel so now.

[Robbie Hoffman]

She was always being safe. Would try and be safe, but I'm like, babe, if you want to wear that, what do you care? Wear it.

[Gabby Windy]

Yeah. And I like to run things by her. Like if I'm at a flea market by myself, which I hate because I just love to shop with Robbie, it's so much more fun. But I'll send her pictures. And she's like, no, that makes you look like bleep, bleep. And I'm like, oh, my God, you're right. Remember which one? The one I sent you a fur jacket at the flea market. And you were like, it's giving.

[Robbie Hoffman]

So listen, I'll tell you now, we all influence each other through the better. We try and make each other better. Gabby had everything in there. Gabby wanted to know of these things. So I'm happy when I share something with her. She actually enjoys it rather than saying, this store sucks or I don't like, because she didn't know vintage. Really. She didn't know about buying pre owned. And my whole thing is like, you can have a Tommy Hilfiger jacket or something that you wanted and you could buy it for $30. That's the thing. It's like if, you know, vintage really exploded too. Obviously, when I was a kid, it's full circle for me because I was so embarrassed that we were on welfare and we went to Village de Valeur, which is Value Village in Toronto. It's. It's Goodwill in Canada. And we had to, you know, because for camp or for school, you needed to have a certain amount. You needed to have two pants. Two, you know. So my mother made sure we had everything on the list. But I was so embarrassed at the Goodwill. When you get. It wasn't fun. Nobody vintage shopped. It was all. We were all poor in there.

[Gabby Windy]

Yes.

[Robbie Hoffman]

There were other families, but everybody was poor. It wasn't like cool, hip teens. We're doing this thing.

[Gabby Windy]

Yeah.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Then later when I dated a girl I really resented her. What? She was, she was. She went vintage shopping, like for something. Yeah, Yeah. I thought she was raising the prices at the Goodwill. Okay. They were already. They were inflating price. I said, well, now, like people who really.

[Gabby Windy]

Right.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Like shirts used to be 99 cents, now they're 7.99. Like really inflated prices.

[Gabby Windy]

Right.

[Robbie Hoffman]

And we used to also. And this is so embarrassing, but I used to. If a shirt said 2.99 on it, I would try and change it for a 99 cent tag because I knew my mother would say no. Oh, it's just like I had such shame. And now it's come full circle where I only. Everything I'm wearing is secondhand. Where I only buy secondhand.

[Gabby Windy]

Yeah.

[Robbie Hoffman]

And it's just, I don't know, it's a way, like when you, when you're poor and you're so embarrassed about how everything looks and, and the way to.

[Gabby Windy]

Take pride in it.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah.

[Gabby Windy]

Now I talk about be ashamed of your past, but to actually like lean in and grow.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah. I used to pretend to be rich or something. I never talk about it and try and fit. And now I talk about it all the time. People are sick of it. Okay, we get it. You were poor. I'm like, no, I'm not over this. This injustice happening in the country is the most important thing that affects the most people.

[Gabby Windy]

Yeah.

[Robbie Hoffman]

So don't try to corner me about some issue here, there and the other. Poverty is an epidemic and it's only worsening. And I speak to it now and I don't have shame. I'm. I'm shamed about everybody else. When you. It requires people and families to live sub subordinate to them. That is what's shameful. Not the fact that I was born poor.

[Gabby Windy]

No. And you're a kid and it's not anything bad and you can't help it. But yeah, you have this innate shame when you're like raised around it. But it's not fair for like everybody else to put that on you.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah. But you just didn't.

[Gabby Windy]

But yeah, you don't know. This goes for all kinds of trauma. I don't quite have the same story as you. I mean, but when you come from a place kind of like, like you were raised like on the east coast, so there's a lot of diversity. Not saying it was easy for you to like shop at the Goodwill, but where I come from, kind of in the middle of the country, everyone wants to be the same, everyone wants to look the same. We all want to wear the same things. So I feel like that's where, like, the. Like. And, you know, we were shopping at Target and stuff, but it's like, yeah, the. The fake Uggs.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah.

[Gabby Windy]

Like, we're all in the same jeans in the same white shirt and the same athleisure. So it's like, you don't know, because vintage is one of one, which now we, like, come to appreciate. But back then, it's like, I didn't want to be one of one. I wanted to be just like everybody.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Else and something I love about you, that you're something I love about everyone. Nobody is, like, just like everybody else.

[Gabby Windy]

Right.

[Robbie Hoffman]

And by the way, it doesn't mean just because you dress like everybody else, you're like everybody else. I. You know, trends are fun and to be a part of and to be involved. But, yeah, I love watching you come into you. And obviously, I always appreciate if I show you something and you like it, because you can do that and you don't like it. I've showed you a movie and you're like, it doesn't hold up, you know? But when I show you a movie, I love it when you love Crooklyn. I'm like, okay, great.

[Gabby Windy]

Yeah.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Isn't that nice? Anyway, you wrote stuff down. Is there anything else you want?

[Gabby Windy]

Well, I think we've been going for an hour.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Okay. But let me just see if there's anything on your side.

[Gabby Windy]

Well, I did have a topic, but we, like, completely. I was gonna talk about how gossip has devolved and how gossip is so much fun to engage with. But it's like, now people think it's shameful because it has the. To do with women. And my info for this was our tea talk with Joanna and Shinny, which was having.

[Robbie Hoffman]

No, no. There's gossip that can be mean. Having no gossip.

[Gabby Windy]

Exactly. No malicious gossip or nefarious gossip is different than gossip.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Here's how I feel about gossip in general. If I worked in lumber, if I was a. What's a guy who works in lumber called? Lumberjack.

[Gabby Windy]

Okay.

[Robbie Hoffman]

If I was a lumberjack, would I not talk about wood? The different grains, the different.

[Gabby Windy]

That's not gossip.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Let me finish. Let me finish. That's not gossip. I was a lumber.

[Gabby Windy]

Gossip happens between women. Gossip happens between women, which is why people don't like it. That's why it has a negative comment connotation.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Now, we're not going to talk about the difference.

[Gabby Windy]

We're not talking shy.

[Robbie Hoffman]

I'm a comedian. I mind people and society and story. I am going to talk about people.

[Gabby Windy]

Robbie loves the team. This is not a difference between a comedian and a lumberjack. If you work gossip, we started since 17 women.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Okay. You can talk about what if you work with people, you can talk about people.

[Gabby Windy]

Now there are gossip around their other co workers.

[Robbie Hoffman]

And I love that. That's the next thing. Co workers. The best, best part about going to.

[Gabby Windy]

Work is the work gossip.

[Robbie Hoffman]

That's it.

[Gabby Windy]

Yes.

[Robbie Hoffman]

The best thing about if you have a 9 to 5, you're only saving grace, your only silver lining is talking about the other people stuck there with.

[Gabby Windy]

You who can't meet their quota and makes your job harder.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Yeah. And you need a work bestie if you can square one out. There's nothing like a work bestie. And the bus ride home and talking about all the that went down, it.

[Gabby Windy]

Gets me so excited.

[Robbie Hoffman]

So that's what's still fun.

[Gabby Windy]

That's why I love hair and makeup on shows. But we did it all came from. Because you have good high school friends and you guys still all know each other and you have a tight community.

[Robbie Hoffman]

So when it's nice to get together, you get the old girls together. You talk about when a bully from high school, something's up. It's a fun look at God. You just got to give it to God. Okay. Okay. This person was humbled. You didn't think it would happen, but alas, humbling is so important. And it is important to acknowledge and to get the vents out and the hurt out and all of it. And in a safe space.

[Gabby Windy]

Right.

[Robbie Hoffman]

You have to not take it to Twitter. Do not be doing this, that and the other. Okay. It is embarrassing. Keep it. Close the door. Get a bottle of wine. Get cozy on some pillows.

[Gabby Windy]

Social media.

[Robbie Hoffman]

What's going on? What is. This is a safe space.

[Gabby Windy]

The doors are closed. And it gives you life.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Gives you life.

[Gabby Windy]

I mean, really, it's exciting. But that was where I was going to go, way into that. But we just didn't need it. So I think this is it. Tune in to Robbie hoffman's Netflix special. December 14th. Wake the up. You will not be sorry.

[Robbie Hoffman]

Thank you so much. I'm Robbie Hoffman, married to the great, the wonderful, the pretty, the beautiful, most amazing wife that ever was. Gabby, Wendy, thank you for having me and promoting the special. It really means a lot to me and. And Netflix for giving me a holiday spot. December 14th.

[Gabby Windy]

It's incredible.

[Robbie Hoffman]

First day of Hanukkah. Yeah, they don't have to be cute like that, but they are. December 14th. Robbie Hoffman, Wake up. Directed by John Mulaney with my wife Gabby Windy at my side. Nothing like it. Thank you. Happy Holidays. Thank you. Okay, Robbie Hoffman on Instagram thank you. This season everyone deserves a little more.

[Gabby Windy]

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[Robbie Hoffman]

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[Gabby Windy]

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[Robbie Hoffman]

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[Gabby Windy]

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