Schall We Talk Episode 25 - Cabin in the Woods: Nightfall Edition

This one is a scarrrrrrryyyyy one in the best way. Part 2 of Security's under-$80 Airbnb is here!!! 

So, we did not do the smart thing and leave before dark. No. We stayed in the creepy little cabin/shed/wooden box in the middle of the woods and filmed a spooky nighttime episode instead. Naturally.

In this episode we talk: 

Why this episode exists in the first place: an Airbnb challenge that got wildly out of hand The horrifying realization that our “cabin” was basically a wooden shed in the woods 

Our growing fear of bears, serial killers, ghosts, spiders, coyotes, wolves, and literally every sound outside 

My Ouija board story and why I will never mess with spirits again 

The ghost story from our childhood house where footsteps downstairs were just… a normal thing 

The absolutely terrifying Ohio Airbnb where we heard a woman screaming in the distance all night 

The D.C. Airbnb mystery where a TV turned on by itself in the middle of the night and nobody in the house claimed it 

The punishment for every time I said “like” too much: 20 minutes alone outside in the dark 

A surprisingly emotional middle-of-the-woods ramble about some of the happiest moments of my life, including going viral, my first date with Dr. Piano Man, getting engaged, getting my leg braces off, and proving one awful guy wrong at Town Hall

Mama Schall's spooky motherly advice: turn on all the lights, keep your phone charged, and call someone if things start feeling weird

Also in real life, right after filming this, Security realized he lost his wallet in the woods. So yes, this little Airbnb adventure kept giving.

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Producer shout-outs: Susan Santoro, Veronica and Deanna, Thomas Ives, Tamar Fix and Dr. Piano Man 

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Transcript

SPEAKER_01 0:06

Hi everyone, welcome back to Shaw We Talk. So this is a very fun episode. I'm not sure if this episode is before or after the Airbnb episode. So what happened was we filmed two episodes. Look, hold on. Again, I don't know what you've seen. I don't know if this is past, present, or future. But security and I filmed an episode where we were asked you guys to submit your Airbnb disasters. And right when we were starting, I gave Security a challenge to find an Airbnb in New York for under$80. And he did. And so we stopped recording. Well, actually, you didn't hadn't find found it yet. But I said, I was like, oh, I had said, you know, it'd be so fun if we did this in an Airbnb that you found. And then he said, let's do it. And I said, all right, I'm giving you an$80 budget. He said, done. And so then we stopped recording. He found an Airbnb. It was a cabin in the woods. I used the word cabin loosely. It was about the size of this studio, the entire thing. It actually may have been smaller or the exact size. It was more of like a shed made out of wood in the woods. So anyway, we go and the whole point was just to film the episode and then leave. But once we were there, we were like, oh, you know, it'd be so fun if we stay till nighttime and film an episode in the dark in the woods. And so we did, which is this episode. Again, I don't know if you're seeing this episode first or the Airbnb episode first. Either way, they were shot in the same location. So you're gonna see that today. But I just want to say, so we filmed that two days ago. Uh, when you see this, it'll be past over a week, but we filmed that two days ago. We then drove, so we waited to nightfall. We left around 8:30-ish. We get in the car, we drive two hours home, and then we pulled up in front of my apartment because remember, it's Dr. Piano Man's car. So we were getting gonna do a little switcheroo where security notes hopped out, and me and Dr. Piano Man went to go drop the car off at the garage. Well, as soon as the security gets out of the car, and at this point it's like 11-ish. Yeah. As soon as we get out of the car, security goes, my wallet. And I was like, What? He's like, I I don't know where my wallet is. And so Dr. Piano Man like and I and security, we rip the car apart. Like there's nothing in the car. So we're pretty much just looking under the seats in like crevices. We look all through the trunk. We can't find it. So Dr. Piana Man takes the car, goes to the garage while security and I come up and empty the bag with all the equipment. Hopefully, it's in there. It's nowhere. And at that point, security's like, I know where it is. When we parked for the garage, because we were there all day. At midday, we left to go get gas. And when he went to go get gas, you know, he paid, and then we have a work credit card. And so then he put this wallet with the work credit card in the center of the car of the in the car. And as we got back to the woods and we're about to get out, I said, security, don't forget your wallet. And he put it in his pocket. And he thinks at that moment, he didn't put it in his pocket, but put it on the ground. He said, That is option one. Option two is when we were going at night in the dark from the cabin to the two-minute walk to the car. He said he was fumbling, holding all the equipment, trying to get a light. He was pulling stuff out of his pockets. So he said, There's two places it could be. It could be where we parked the car, which is also a woodsy area, or it could have been dropped from the two-minute walk from the cabin to the car. I say it could also be in the like the little toilet-y area. It's not a toilet. The outhouse, which you used. I did not, because you you pee in it and then you have to lift a lever. I would rather not. So anyway, tomorrow we're gonna go back to the woods. We're bringing Dr. Piano Man this time. He's like so excited. He's like, Oh, I'm just gonna read. Oh, okay.

SPEAKER_02 4:15

Do you know who's really gonna be excited? Oh, it's gonna be so excited.

SPEAKER_01 4:19

So, anyway, that was some drama happening. So enjoy today's episode. This is us in the woods at nighttime, telling some spooky stories, plus and a little adventure that I will not spoil for you. Oh, but before we do that, we are running out of time. If you want your calendar, so head over to my Etsy page. The calendar goes from April 1st to March, the end of March of 2027. It is all the artwork that you see behind me. And it's just like a great memory. Every month will bring you some joy. And yeah, it's good quality. I love the colors. This came out really good. Has the Robin stamp of approval. It's on my Etsy page. The link is down below, or just head over to Etsy and type in, I don't even know what you type in. Just click the link below. And yeah, and get your calendar now. Also, if you need extra content and you want to see more behind the scenes, head over to Patreon. Also, the link is below. Every Friday we do behind the scenes or really just the content that can't make it out publicly, heads over on Patreon. We also have our monthly live stream at the end of the month, or you could be in the producer tier where you are one of the producers of this show. And while we're at it, make sure you're subscribing on YouTube, like, leave nice comments, high rating. All of that really helps us. So thank you so much for doing that. Even just leaving a comment below helps push all of this videos out. So, you know, just doing that means the world to us. So thank you. All right, guys, let's get into the woods uh where you don't know what's gonna happen. And truthfully, that episode, neither did we.

SPEAKER_02 5:56

Neither did we.

SPEAKER_01 5:58

Hi everyone, welcome back to Shaw We Talk. This is going to be a spooky episode. No, it's not Halloween, but we are recording this while we're at a Airbnb, and it is a cabin in the woods, and I am terrified. So I'm up in like there's like a little loft of this cabin. So I'm up in the loft, and security's down below, but I can't see them, so it feels like I'm by myself.

SPEAKER_03 6:30

Security, are you here? Yes, but I'm not plugged in on my uh camera. Oh, okay. So we can't see or hear you? Not yet. You will you you can hear me, but you can't see me. Do do we need to see you? Do you want to see me? Nah.

SPEAKER_01 6:43

Okay. But we could hear you. Okay, yes, we can definitely hear me. Maybe that'll be good because I don't be like we're just spooky, like by ourselves.

unknown 6:51

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 6:52

Do I say like too many times?

SPEAKER_03 6:55

It's uh definitely part of your your vocabulary. I want to change that. Okay. How do I break the habit of saying like? You know, there are people that have like electric shocks.

SPEAKER_01 7:06

Like By the way, am I in frame? I am so close to the camera.

SPEAKER_03 7:15

Yeah, yeah. Do we see it like you know from like the the bot the Can you even see me?

SPEAKER_01 7:19

Because it's so dark out.

SPEAKER_03 7:20

Yeah, yeah, I see you.

SPEAKER_01 7:22

Okay, so today's episode, I thought it could be a scary one. Do you guys believe in ghosts? I do. We definitely, like growing up, had a ghost that lived in our house, but it was like really friendly and not invasive. But like you'd be upstairs and definitely would hear footprints, footprints, footsteps downstairs. And I've had multiple, like, okay, this was kind of crazy. So my friend Adam, you a lot of you guys have seen him in my videos. He's also in my bridal party, side note. Anyway, in college, we got really into Ouija board, and one night we were playing the Ouija board, and we're like, spirits, give us a sign if you're real. Anyway, we uh wrap up and we were in his apartment. I had to get back to campus because he was two years older than me. And as I'm walking to my car, I like I hear music. I open up my car door and the radio was playing, and this was in 2002 or 2003, and my car was not able to have the radio on unless the car was on. Yet for some reason, my the radio was playing in my car, even though the fo the car was off, which is like impossible. I was like, that's weird. Then I go back to my dorm, and above my bed, I had like a hammock of a bunch of like stuffed animals. While I was sleeping, the hammock broke and all the stuffed animals fell on me. I have not done the Ouija board since. I do not mess anymore with like calling spirits. You know what? I believe in spirits. Let them stay there. Do not come here. I do not welcome spirits. I welcome good energy. I speak to the universe all the time. Angels, help me, please. But please do not come out of your realm and hang out with me. Did I say like?

SPEAKER_03 9:11

Oh, I wasn't even listening.

SPEAKER_01 9:13

Okay, can we do something?

SPEAKER_03 9:15

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 9:16

Because you know how you said, like, oh my god. Okay, so you know how you said, like, shock me if I say like. How about from now until we're done with mom's call? Every time I say like that amount of minutes, I have to record the podcast outside in the woods by myself.

SPEAKER_03 9:39

Oh.

SPEAKER_01 9:40

And this way, I will like so badly not want to say like that I won't say like. I'm saying like right now because we haven't started. I know, I know, I know, I know, I know. What do you think? Is that is that too dangerous or no? No, no, I'll watch you from the window. But like, so what could get me? A bear and a kill a serial killer, right? Yeah, one of those two. Oh, and spiders. I would rather bear or a serial killer over a spider. Really? Yeah.

unknown 10:08

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 10:09

I mean, all seem pretty bad. I don't even know if I'm in front of the camera. I feel like I'm off. No, no, no, no, no, no, you are.

SPEAKER_03 10:13

You are.

SPEAKER_01 10:14

Let me just focus for a second. Am I not centered though? No, you are.

SPEAKER_03 10:16

You were totally centered.

SPEAKER_01 10:18

Should I tell a ghost story I know, or should I tell a ghost story from online? Tell us something you know. Okay. This is the one and only ghost story I know. Wait, hold on.

SPEAKER_03 10:28

For every like, how many minutes is that?

SPEAKER_01 10:30

One minute.

SPEAKER_03 10:31

One minute, okay.

SPEAKER_01 10:31

Okay, so are you not gonna tell me until the end?

SPEAKER_03 10:34

I'll tell you like every like few mi every like ten minutes.

SPEAKER_01 10:37

Okay. Alright. So you ready for the ghost story, ladies and gentlemen? Okay. Once upon a time, a mother and her daughter moved to a new town. And it was just the two of them. I don't know where the dad is, so don't worry, I don't know, don't ask follow-up questions. And they move into the town. And the little girl was so sad to leave her friends. She was only eleven. And she's like, Mommy, we live in a new town. I'm not gonna make any friends. And the mom said, Don't worry, in two weeks school starts up and you'll make friends. She's like, But I'm not gonna make any friends. And the mom goes, Why don't you go ride your bike, go to the park, go see if you can meet other friends, other kids. So the little girl, we'll call her little susie, goes to the park and she sees another little girl swinging on the swing. So she went up to her and she said, Hi, I'm little Susie. And the and the little girl goes, Hi, I'm little Debbie. Ooh, I love little Debbie's like those cookies. Okay, whatever. Time. Okay. She's like, I'm little Debbie. And little Susie said, I just moved here. And little Debbie said, Oh, that's so cool. Well, are you looking for a friend? And little d and little Susie's like, Yeah, I am. And little Debbie goes, Well, I'll be your friend. And little Susie says, I'm eleven years old. How old are you? She goes, little Debbie goes, I'm eleven too. And the two of them little Susie went on the swing right next to her, and the two of them were swinging for hours and hours and laughing. And then eventually it started getting dark, and little Susie said, I have to go home, but I'll come back tomorrow. Do you want to hang out tomorrow? And little Debbie said, Yes, I'll meet you right here by the swings tomorrow. So little Susie goes home and was like, Mommy, mommy, I made a friend. Her name's little Debbie, and we swung on the swings. And she's like, Oh my god, tomorrow when you go back, ask her where she lives. I would love to go introduce myself to her mom. So Susie said, Okay. The next day she wakes up early and goes to the park, and little Debbie's already there on the swing swinging. And little Susie says, Oh, I um my mom wants to know where you live so that we can invite you and your mom over for dinner one night. And little Debbie goes, Oh, that'd be great. I live in that red house that, you know, the end of the street. And the two of them were playing and they were on the swing and they're talking, and then again at nightfall, she went home and she said to her mom, Oh, you know, little Debbie lives at the red house at the end of the street. And little Susie's mom goes, Oh, you know what? Let's go down right now. We'll see what they're doing for dinner, invite them over. So then so the mom and little Susie go to the red house and the mom knocks on the door, and the mom opens the door and she said, Hi, my uh my daughter is little Susie. She's been playing with your daughter at the park for the last two days, and they've been on the swing and laughing and having a great time. I just wanted to invite you guys over for dinner. And the mom goes, Is this a joke? And little Susie's mom goes, No, this is not a joke. They've been on the swing all day, all weekend playing. And the mom of little Debbie goes, That's not funny. My daughter died on the swing ten years ago. Was that scary?

SPEAKER_03 14:00

Not only was it scary, you got four minutes outside.

SPEAKER_01 14:04

Oh no! That's terrifying, actually. Four minutes, geez. That's terrifying. I don't know if I'm gonna be able to do it. I may take this back. I'd rather be shocked.

SPEAKER_03 14:20

Okay, what? No, I I was saying if you hit like 20, we'll just do 10.

SPEAKER_01 14:28

No, if we if I hit 20, then we should just stop the podcast now and do the because I have to do that time outside. Oh, we have to remember we still have to call them. Yep. Okay. Do you want to hear the scariest moment of my life? Well, besides like, you know, dad's heart surgery and like 9-11, you know. But one time I uh was upstairs and I was home alone. I had a I think I was in high school. I was home alone and I heard someone downstairs. Like I heard someone downstairs. So I like creep downstairs and then I quickly run outside and I run to my friend Jen's house, and she lived around the corner. And I was like, Jen, I'm telling you there was someone in my house. And so then she walks back with me, and we had a bat. And security, you know how at our house, like on each side of the door, there was a glass window. Yeah. So there's a bathroom in the hallway, and all of a sudden, you see a hand close the bathroom door. No. Jen and I screamed so loud and we ran to her house to go call the cops. This is before cell phones, so like I couldn't like call my parents or anything. And so Jen's mom was like, wait, before you call the cops, call the house. See if it was like your mom or your dad. I was like, there's no car in the driveway. Like my mom went to what it wherever she went. And she's like, just call the house. So I called the house and my mom picks up. And I'm like, mom? She's like, Yeah. I said, You're home? She goes, Yeah. I said, but there's no car in the driveway. She goes, Oh yeah, Barbara dropped me off my car, the flat tire. And I was like, when did you get home? She's like, I don't know, like an hour ago. So, and she goes, Where are you? And I was like, Oh, Matt Jen's, but I was home. She goes, Oh, like she didn't know I was home. So she had come into the house and was just like being her normal self while I was upstairs. I thought someone had broken in, which is why I left and it was her hand. This story would be so much better if it wasn't her and it was a ghost, but no, it was my mom.

unknown 16:35

Okay.

SPEAKER_03 16:36

These stories suck. No, no, no, no. We have a good ghost story.

SPEAKER_01 16:42

I don't even I don't even know if we could talk about this. Why not? Are you talking about Ohio?

SPEAKER_03 16:49

No, no, no, not no, Washington, DC.

SPEAKER_01 16:52

Oh, sweet. We have two Airbnb ghost stories then.

unknown 16:57

Wow.

SPEAKER_01 16:59

And you're like up to like 14. Oh my god. Okay, I'm gonna tell these two stories and then let's call mom. Oh my gosh. Alright. So first I'll do Ohio. The year was 2018. And I was doing a comedy show in Ohio in a bar for like 12 people. And security found an Airbnb for us. And as soon as we got in, we knew this Airbnb was not good. Like it was really run down, and like the door, the the alarm was broken, the front door was broken. It was just so bad. And we're like, we will leave the first thing in the morning and just go to the airport. Like we just get through the night. Because we got back to the Airbnb after the show around like probably midnight. So security's in one bedroom, I'm in the other, and I'm hearing like bloody murder in the distance. And at the time I was dating my ex. And so I had him stay on FaceTime with me all night because I could hear in the distance. Around like five in the morning, I text security. I said, Are you up? He's like, Yep, I didn't sleep one second. I said, Can we just go to the airport now? He's like, Yep, let's go. So we grabbed our suitcase. I go to the car first, and then he went to go like lock up, and he didn't tell me till we were in the car. I said, Hey, throughout the night I kept hearing bloody murder. He said, Robin, I wasn't gonna tell you, but when I went back to lock up, I heard a woman screaming in the distance. I said, Me too. That's what I heard all night.

SPEAKER_03 18:36

This episode is not for the fan of heart.

SPEAKER_01 18:39

No, this episode is like, I'm scared. What if you what if I'm listening to this episode back in the middle of the night? I'm gonna be terrified. Okay. Then our other ghost story. We should have put this out in Halloween. I know, we should have. Oh well. Okay. The other ghost story was just recently we went to form in DC for the you know Festival of Laughs show, and we say that an Airbnb that had one, two, three, four bedrooms. And in one room was my mom and dad, one room was me and Dr. Piano Man, one room was security, and one room was Regina, because my friend Regina was opening for me. And to be clear, it was like almost like a they're called like railroad apartments, like it's like really long. So on one end of the apartment was the kitchen, me and Dr. Piano Man's room, and my mom and dad's room. And then you walk down a long hall, and then there's Regina's room, security's room, and the den. And in the den was a TV. So around like two in the morning, I from all the way on the other end of the apartment hear the TV blasting. So I was like, oh, that must be my dad. Sometimes my dad watches TV in the middle of the night, and he is someone who would like blast it. I'm like, oh my god, dad, this is so rude. Like we're all trying to sleep. Now, cut security, tell your side.

SPEAKER_03 20:08

So I hear the blasting television on basketball, and after like a good, I guess, 10 minutes, I'm like, okay, I gotta tell it to turn off the TV or like lower it. And did you think it was dad? Oh, 100% I thought it was dad. There was nobody else who would do that. And so I go into the living room and there's no one there. And I'm like, oh, dad just like left the TV on, walked back into the bedroom, and went back to sleep. So I just turned off the TV and I was like, oh, fine. So then I go to bed. Whatever. Come the next morning.

SPEAKER_01 20:39

I said to Dad, I'm like, no, Regina, I mean Regina are like the first to wake up. And Regina was like, was your dad blasting the TV last night? And I said, I think so. I was like, who else would it be? And I said, it wouldn't be Richie. Like, he doesn't like watch TV. My dad's the only one who watches like normal television. And so she was like, it was so loud. And she was like, and I heard footsteps going back and forth. So it must have been your dad, because like who else is going through the hallway? Because Richie's on this end of the apartment. So finally my dad wakes up and comes in, and we're like, Dad, you were blasting the TV. He goes, I wasn't blasting the TV. He said, What? He slept through the whole night. Not only that, Richie turned off the TV. Like there was no one in there. My mom says it wasn't her. My dad says it wasn't her. I was with Dr. Piano Man all night. It wasn't either of us, wasn't Regina, wasn't Richie. Who was it?

SPEAKER_03 21:42

The DC ghost. Oh, and when you hit 25 minutes, I just stopped counting.

SPEAKER_01 21:48

Oh, I can't be out there for 25 minutes. I could do it, I could do twenty. Twenty?

SPEAKER_03 21:54

Mm-hmm. You think you could do 20 minutes outside?

SPEAKER_01 21:56

No. I think I But you know what? We'll try until I get too scared. Okay. All right, let's call mom, get her our motherly advice. Okay. Should I but do we end the episode out there or should I do the episode and then like I'll cut back to the end? Let's cut back into here. Okay, so guys, I'm going to go outside and then we will cut back after for motherly advice. Okay. This is the scariest thing I have ever done. Okay, just so you can see, we are like in the woods. There's the cabin right there. The sun has just set, but it's still kind of a little light. But I'm assuming over the next 20 minutes it won't be. Okay. You guys all tilt me. Okay. Okay. Oh, geez. All right. Okay. What are we gonna talk about for 20 minutes to make the time go by?

unknown 22:59

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 23:00

I feel like we can't do spooky stuff. We need to talk only happy stuff because I'm already so nervous. What am I nervous about? A serial killer? A coyote or like wolf? Bugs. Oh, and a bear. I didn't even think of a bear until their sign. Okay, let's think of happy stuff. All right, let's talk about three of the top days in my life, or at least the top three that are just popping into my head. Okay. Well, I know you're probably thinking, like, was it when you went viral? Yes. The problem is there's not a specific day because it was like a three-week span. Like I posted it on a Thursday, and then it really took off over the weekend. And then it was that following Tuesday when Jennifer Gardner posted it. And like then the next day, Oprah did, and like it was just like every day was something. But if I could pinpoint a moment over that like three-week span of going viral, because the whole thing was so overwhelming. But I I was barely sleeping because on the West Coast, when it's like one in the morning, you know, it's 4 a.m. in New York, and always it would be a celebrity or something happening with my not just that video, but anything I had posted during those three weeks was just getting in the millions. It was just like I didn't want to sleep because I didn't want to miss out on all the fun because I'd waited my whole life to like be this. And and then it was happening. I didn't want to sleep, I didn't want to waste a second. And I remember I was just so like exhausted and delusional that I knew I had to sleep. So I went to bed at like 11. And then I woke up at 2 a.m. to like a million messages, and then I checked, and it turned out like Kim, Courtney, and Chloe, like the three Kardashian sisters, were fighting in the comment section of a different video of mine, not even the viral video, it was a different video. And like Courtney was like, oh my gosh, this is so funny. And then Chloe's like, Courtney, I'm the one who found her. Like, stop claiming her. And then Kim's like, wait, guys, what are you talking about? I'm the one. And then like they were all going back and forth in the comment section, and it had happened like an hour earlier, and I was like, I slept through this. Like, oh my god, the Kardashians are having a conversation in my like comment section of my video, and I slept through it. And I remember, like, I mean, whatever, it's the Kardashians. You're like, I some of you may be rolling your eyes, but it's not even like who it was. It was just that I felt seen, and especially in a pandemic where I'm by myself in this tiny studio apartment I hadn't hugged or seen or been with people, and now all of a sudden the Kardashians are in my comment section fighting over who found me. It was just like such a moment that sticks out in those three weeks. I mean, there's so many moments that stick out, but that was the moment when I was like, it's happening. Like it's re it it's all it's happening. So that was one another one is the a night I wish I could replay. Oh wait, damn it. I was gonna say some damn it, damn it. Alright, I have a tie. I have a tie, I have a tie. I was gonna say my first date with Dr. Piano Man. Like, I have this vision of when I walked into the bar, he was sitting there very close to the door. And as soon as I opened the door, like our eyes met right away because we had FaceTime two nights earlier. And I remember I opened the door, and right away our eyes clicked, and he had this huge smile. He like jumped, he had a like a drinking of water or something, and he like put it down and jumped to his feet and like like A-lined right to me. And it's the smile I see, you know, every day and at night, like it's the Dr. Piattoman smile, which is so big and so friendly and so welcoming, and so gosh, like looking back, I think I knew in that second that like my soulmate, like like I honestly that sounds so freaking corny. I know, but it it that smile, like yeah, in that second, it was like home. It was like we always call each other star. He doesn't believe in soulmates, but he believes that we're all from the same star, like all the particles, whatever. And so we say that night I had asked him if he believed in soulmates, and he says he believes in stardust and that we're all stardust, and I commented, oh, maybe we're stardust lovers. And that whole night that that first bar was so loud, so we ended up walking to find another bar, and we went to this other bar called the ugly, no, the horny ram. It was called the horny ram. And we had a little table in the corner upstairs, and it was lit, it was dim lit, and we just I mean, within minutes we were like holding each other's hands from across the table and spending so much we mean, we we did not shut up the two of us, except for moments where we were just like staring into each other's eyes. And this was for hours, and like at the three-hour mark, I was like, you should come sit by me. And he just like gets up and walks right and kisses me. Like, and uh, I could relive that date over and over and over and over and over again, even though we've had like dates in Italy and Spain, and you know, I don't know, just the most romantic year and a half with them, almost two, yeah, a year and a half. I don't even know. I don't know. That was September 2024. I'll always remember that date. But like, I don't think that could compare to my engagement day. Like, I think my two favorite days with Dr. Piattoman is our first date and our engagement day. Leading up to the engagement, every day I thought I was getting engaged. Pretty much every freaking day. I was like, today's the day, today's the day. And then that morning he wasn't feeling well. And like we were going back, I was going back and forth if we should go out to Long Beach, and he was like, No, let's go. I could use the fresh air, but like he was sick. Like, I didn't I did not think it was that that day. And then I just remember we were walking the beach, and like he's like, Oh, there's a castaway bottle. And I didn't know what a castaway bottle was, meaning like a bottle that washed up on on from the sea. And then as I get closer, I saw this little mic, this little mic that I'm holding right now next to the bottle. And then I see on the bottle our picture, and I look at him and I was like, is this it? Like, is it happening? And it was, and it was the letter that was in the box. He had like put a letter in the bottle, as if like a you know, a bottle washed up on C, and the letter he had written, he's a beautiful writer, was so beautiful. And then, you know, he just said, like, you know, this is the happiest I've ever been. And then he's just like, I don't want you to be my girlfriend. And then he gets down on one day and he's like, Will you let me be Otsa's uncle? Like, will you marry me? And I truly think that may have been the happiest moment of my life thus far. Like, that moment. Oh me, I have one other moment that I'm gonna share with you guys. Hopefully, then we're at the 20-minute mark. But yeah, holy shit, that moment was pure joy. And I didn't know, like, then all of a sudden there was I hear clapping, and I didn't, I it I was so present in that moment with him. I didn't see that security and the camera guy, and and the photographers were like literally 15 feet away, 20 feet away, like they're right there, but I didn't even notice them. And also I hear cheering, and my parents and CIA and Mrs. CIA start running towards the beach area. And the reason why Dr. Piano Man knows me so well is he knew I wanted like an intimate moment, and it was, but he knew to also include my immediate family, which I'd want to see right after, and he knew to rope in security to make sure it was filmed and like it was just I was so perfect. I love them. Okay, and then you're like, Robin, what moment can top that? Like, you you're crazy if you can come up with a moment that could top that. The year was 1993, maybe. I'd been wearing oh my gosh, it's raining. It's freaking raining. Okay, it's raining. It's raining, and we're in the middle of the woods. But I have to tell you, I don't know what time we're at, but like time's going by pretty fast. It has to be. It has to be has to be at least 10 minutes, right? 15. Oh my god, imagine if that was like a three-minute story. I'll Okay, come on, let's talk about the happiest moment of my life. Oh my gosh, it is raining. It is raining, raining. Okay, oh my gosh, it's raining. Can you guys hear the rain? Okay, so the happiest day of my life. I had been wearing leg braces on my legs for three years. My legs were covered in black and blues from the 10 pounds of metal I carried every single day. And every six weeks, we had an appointment at the hospital, like with my surgeon, my orthopedic surgeon. And he would always like do examinations and x-rays and blah, blah, blah, blah. I'd been wearing leg braces, like I said, for three years. And I was in third grade, and it was like, you know, middle of the day or whatever, 11 in the morning. And he does it, and then uh we go sit down to the x-rays, we come back, and then he said, Ira, Debbie, can I speak to you guys outside in the hall? And even though I was only in third grade, I knew anytime a doctor needed to talk to parents outside, it was not good. Like, no bueno. And so I could see they're standing right outside the room, like the examining room. And my doctor, who was like not great with bedside manner, he was like type of doctor. All of a sudden, I see my ma because I I could see my parents and him, I can't hear them. All of a sudden, I see my mom's like knees give out, and she like falls into my dad, and my dad kind of like holds her up, and you can see she's crying, and I was like, Oh, this is not good. I I remember this, guys. I can remember this as if it was yesterday, and all of a sudden my parents come in and my mom's crying, and then there was a nurse in the room with me saying with me, and then my parents come in and my mom through her tears was like, He just told us when you could take your leg braces off for good. And I say, just tell me, is it today? Is it in a couple of years, or is it never? And my mom goes, He said today. And then I started hysterically crying. My mom's crying, my dad starts crying, the nurse starts crying, like we're all just like crying and holding each other, and then we leave the I take my leg braces off that second, and we get into the car, and my parents are in the front, you know, I'm in the back seat, and I could guys, I remember it like it was yesterday. I see my dad is looking in the rear view mirror, and like so I could see his eyes and he could see my eyes. He's like, Robin, today's your day. Where do you want to go? We can go get ice cream, we could go to the beach, we go to Ventureland, which is like a Disney World up north. And then he's like, I was like, I just want to go to school to show all my friends my new legs. And like my dad's like, let's go to school. So we drived again when I was in third grade. We get to the school. My dad dropped us up up front, and my mom, well, he went to go look for parking, but he dropped me and my mom up front. And I remember we were walking down the hall, and we first we run into the principal. He's like, Raven! And we were like, no more leg braces. And I was like, we're off to go show her class, you know, her new legs. I remember we open up the wooden door. You remember like those in schools and how much schools, those big heavy wooden doors? My mom opens the door and I step in, and the whole class whips it their necks to see me. And like, like in unison, that everyone just stands up. All these little third graders all stand up and just start clapping and cheering. And I just, I just like my mom's knees like gave weight to my dad, literally, as her her mini me, my knees just like gave out, and I remember falling into her stomach, and I just was hysterically crying. It's like all the kids were cheering. I have no words, I have no words. What? I feel like my life, I have lived 8,000 lifetimes in this one life. I feel like, you know, let's say it's so dark now. Should I bring you guys closer? Oh my gosh, can you even see me in so nighttime? All right, so let me think of another really happy memory. What is a real Okay, well, I I've recently shared this with Town Hall. Have I shared it? I well, just like a little backstory. Before going viral, I was working on this song, you know, Don't Worry Date Robin. And I performed at a country club. And country clubs are so hard. They're playing, they're playing uh golf all day, and then they're all just rich snobs. Like they don't want to see Robin that they've never heard of before. They want to see Jerry Seinfeld, you know? And I I got them. There was a hard room, but I got there's no stage. I'm like in their dining area, everyone's eating and I'm performing. I somehow get them. I have to do 45 minutes, which is a long time. And then I end on this song with my ukulele, don't worry, date Robin, and everyone's laughing and it's going well, as well as it could be. I'm not killing, but you know, it's the situation. And then afterwards, I'm sitting there with security, we're waiting to get paid, and this guy comes up to me and he's like, Look, he's like, You're funny, you got some natural talent, but that last song, ooh, it sucks. Like, cut it from the act, I'm telling you. And I was like, okay, well, I think it's really funny, and I think like I, you know, it's gonna be a big showstopper. He's like, look, I buy and sell companies for a living. I make millions doing exactly that. I can see where the problems are. That closing song, it's garbage. Cut it. And I was like, okay. And I remember like being so upset in the car, and I'm like, on the way home, I was like, oh my gosh, does it suck? I don't know what I should do. And then I was like, no, I believe it's funny. And my mom, I remember she gave me a pep talk. She's like, if you think it's funny, do it. You're the one who's the professional, you know. And then I was really working on it for about a year, and then you know, the pandemic happened, and then you know, I didn't perform for like two years. Then I started touring and I started working on the song again, and I was seeing that you guys, the audience was loving the song, and it really became my closing number and was my big number at the end. And finally, I booked in the New York Comedy Festival in Times Square Town Hall, 1,500 seats. I sell it out, and I close the show with that song. Not only that, I bring out the barbershop quartet to like join me, and it's this whole huge number. And I'm like towards the end of the song, and I say this line like, and thank you everyone for being here as I pursue my dream. And all of a sudden, all 1,500 people stand to their feet and give a standing ovation. And it's not because of the song, but I feel like everyone in that room had been going on this journey with me for the last 30 something years. It was like just amazing because it was like friends from elementary school, family, the kids, you guys flew in from all over, and it was just like such a great moment. And I remember like thinking, like, I'm headlining the New York Comedy Festival at Town Hall, and I'm getting a standing ovation on a bit that some douchebag told me to cut because he didn't think it was funny. And it's such a reminder, if you guys are listening still, I don't even know because no one's security's in the little hut. I'm all by myself getting ready to be eaten by a bear. But if you believe in yourself, it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks. You're the only one. If you know you're good, if you know you've got it, if you know you are it, then everyone else can go fuck themselves. That guy almost robbed me from one of my most favorite moments of my life. He almost took away joy from not only just those 1500 people that watched me, but the hundreds and thousands that I've performed that song for. And, you know, to that guy, you're an idiot. To Robin in the past, good job not giving up. Good job believing in yourself. And to everyone who's watching this, don't give up on yourself. It doesn't matter what anyone else says. If you know you've got it, you just keep going, and you just keep doing you. Yeah. Wow. That was a that was a that was a good tangent tangent.

SPEAKER_04 40:46

Oates! Did I do it? I did it! Hi, Oates! Hi!

SPEAKER_03 40:52

I might be off by like 30 seconds, but I think you did 20 minutes. Oh good job.

SPEAKER_01 40:58

Oh my, you know what? I just talked about all the happiest days in my life that it actually went by so fast. We did it! Hi five. Okay, I am hoping I survived that. I actually haven't filmed that yet, so I hope that wasn't as scary as I think it's going to be. Okay, let's call mom. Security, are you able to see me on the camera? Yeah. Mom, this episode is so scary.

SPEAKER_00 41:35

Is it ghostly?

SPEAKER_01 41:36

Yeah, we've been telling ghost stories.

SPEAKER_00 41:40

I remember when I was a little girl, we used to do that in sleepovers.

SPEAKER_01 41:44

Do you believe in ghosts? What are you talking about? Grandpa's always turning on and off your light. Okay, that's your your your spiel.

SPEAKER_00 41:57

Okay, first let me lose it. Give my shout out. We want to thank all the Patreon. And I want to give a shout-out to those in the producers here. We have Susan Santoro, Veronica and Deanna, Thomas Eye, and Dr. Piano Man. And I'm excited to announce that we have a brand new producer, Tamar Fix. And in fact, I remember meeting her when we were doing the ice name the ice flavor ice cream. I want to thank everybody for their support by becoming a Patreon.

SPEAKER_01 42:41

Oh, you tried to change it up a little?

SPEAKER_00 42:44

What?

SPEAKER_01 42:45

You went off script there.

SPEAKER_00 42:48

That sound good?

SPEAKER_01 42:49

Yeah, that was great. Okay. Now your motherly advice.

SPEAKER_00 42:55

Okay. Well, I was giving I'm giving it a little bit of a different slant. It's what we're talking about is when spooky things are happening when you're home alone in the you know, in your house, apartment, and you're not sure what's going on. The first thing I would do is first observe what is going on. Make sure you, you know, look around. Two, turn on all the lights. If you turn on all the lights, you'll see everything and most ghosts then will go away.

SPEAKER_01 43:37

Oh, wait, I tell you a funny story about that. Wait, wait, wait, I got something else. I know, but I I need to tell you something about that, though. Go ahead. Okay, so Dr. Piano Man was gone for like two weeks, and I was so scared. Here I've lived alone for 20 years, and now I've lived with Dr. Piano Man for less than a year, and I've become such a baby living alone. So, like I slept with the Lights on, okay, for like two weeks while he's gone. So anyway, the other day he was like, Oh my god, last month our electric bill was so high. And I was like, Huh, that's so weird. I wonder why. All right, what's your other advice?

SPEAKER_00 44:18

Now, remember, I was it on a previous podcast, I said, make sure your phone is always charged. Yeah. Because this way I want you to either call or text somebody so you have a dialogue going. Just in case something happens, they can quickly call for help. You know, so this way you're talking with someone who knows that something may be a little weird going on.

SPEAKER_01 44:49

I think that's great. So lights on and be in contact.

SPEAKER_00 44:54

And sometimes you might be hearing strange noises. Look through the window. Make sure you you're the windows are closed. And was it look look outside. See if there's like maybe an animal. You know, I just heard about coyotes and wolves and okay, mommy, you're scaring me. Well well, I doubt if there's one outside your apartment, considering you're on a higher floor.

SPEAKER_01 45:22

No, mom, I'm in the woods.

SPEAKER_00 45:24

Oh, you're still there? Yes.

SPEAKER_01 45:29

How long are you staying for? Well, once we were trying, I'm trying to wrap up this podcast, but you keep you're making your segment really long today. I wanna go.

SPEAKER_00 45:38

So in that case, the end. Get in that car and get home. I love you. Love you guys, and I want to thank all my Patreons and for your support for Robin and for the arts.

SPEAKER_01 45:54

Okay, love you.

SPEAKER_00 45:56

Okay, bye.

SPEAKER_01 45:58

Bye. All right, guys. I want to go home. Okay, and I still have to film outside. Well, you guys already saw that, but I still have to do that. Okay. I will see you next week when we have no clue what's gonna happen. Not even me.