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Don't Cancel Me w/ Robyn Schall & Regina Decicco
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In this must listen episode, Jessica is joined by comedians Robyn Schall and Regina DeCicco for hilariously unhinged comedy where couch cushions take the main focus. The ladies are trying their best not to get cancelled while being locked in a grocery store. Regina's talks about her time warming up audiences for The View, Robyn's tells us why she was illiterate until age 16, and the crew talks auditioning to be aliens in Steven Spielberg's next film.
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No, you had feet and feet, no eyes. I can't see your feet impaired.
SPEAKER_05I feel impaired. It's foot impaired. Oh, I'm sorry. It's foot impaired. Sorry to the foot impaired.
SPEAKER_03No, they like to be called footless. Footless. Please stop being offensive.
SPEAKER_01Foot footless. Footless! Footless!
SPEAKER_06Do you remember that film? Wait, sorry. Okay, so go on. So what was your grandfather rolling around doing? The Jessica Cushing Show.
SPEAKER_07I don't feel sad. Hi guys, I'm here with two amazing women. Um Robin Shaw and Regina DeChico. Yes. I almost said DeSico.
SPEAKER_02You almost did, but you didn't always get it. Everyone says that, right? People have fun with it. They struggle with it. Do they say that a lot? I tried it, like I'll talk someone through it before, and I'm like, cheek, like Chico, you got it. And I'll be like, got it, Seiko.
SPEAKER_04Well, you know the the supermarkets, the DiCico supermarkets? No. Oh, they're all over New York.
SPEAKER_02In Westchester. My family owns supermarkets in Westchester.
SPEAKER_04They own them?
SPEAKER_02Yes. They're called DiCico and Son. So everybody but Regina.
unknownThere's a lot of boys.
SPEAKER_02But I'm not in the business because I hate money.
SPEAKER_05Why don't you look at that? Not that why did you love food? I love food.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, they probably were afraid to have my family be afraid to have me part of it because I'd eat all the groceries.
SPEAKER_04So my dream since I was a little kid was to be locked in a grocery store. Like I used to fantasize about the stuff. Are you serious? Yeah, to be locked in and like my mom forgot me, and then I'm like, oh no, and I have to just eat. And so when I became best friends with someone whose family owned supermarkets, I asked her parents. I said, This has been a long, a lifelong dream of mine. And so our parents. On the bucket list. On the bucket list. So we'll do it. We haven't done it yet, but our dad said absolutely. Cooking by cooking. Just pulling stuff out, sure.
SPEAKER_07And where would you go next? Just stay there.
SPEAKER_02Until the cops rescue you.
SPEAKER_07You would never go to chips?
SPEAKER_02Um That's a good question. I love that. That's a good question. You need a little crunch, Robin.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, I mean, we could wander over, but then I'd back. I would go back and forth. Yeah, just like that. Sweet, salty, sweet, salty, sweet, sweet. And then a meat. I don't know.
SPEAKER_02Would you guys, I would need meat at some point. Yeah. I would need a deli meat of some kind. A deli.
SPEAKER_04I would need a deli meat. Yeah, I could see, I could see that. Yeah, I mean I'd wander around, but I would mostly stick in the cookies and cakes.
SPEAKER_07What kind of cookie or cake would you have first?
SPEAKER_04This is where I was excited about this podcast. These are the questions. These are the tough questions. Of course.
SPEAKER_07It's all about food. It's all about food. I want to get locked in that grocery store. Okay, we'll all do it together. Yeah, so we'll do a live pod from the supermarket. Um, my first, like it was like a big thing for me with Erin Foley, where we did characters on stage. So, like a lot of industry people were there, my whole family was there. Yeah. I mean, it was nothing. It was like a hundred people, like, you know, when I first started out. And we were on wood chairs, and I was, I was a house.
SPEAKER_05This is on stage.
SPEAKER_07Yeah. Just the two of us. And we were in the middle of a sketch. And remember when I used to do the confident ugly girl? Yeah. I am so hot. Oh my god, like everyone wants me. And I was doing that, and it just fucking collapsed. And it was so it sounded like a building went down. You know what I mean? Like a fucking skyscraper.
SPEAKER_04If that happened now, that video would skyrocket on my body. Oh, yeah, that would have been so funny. If it happened now, you'd get it. No, I wouldn't have.
SPEAKER_07I think I'm gonna like gain a ton of weight, but I can just go ahead and do it.
SPEAKER_02Just wait on the chair, just wait on the chair any second.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, yeah, and hold like a bone.
SPEAKER_02Was it funny? Did it seem like it was almost on purpose? Like, did people laugh or they knew right away what it happened?
SPEAKER_07They did not think it was on purpose. Um but I just got this sticks together. Shew the chair break! Yeah, I just got the sticks together and made a fire, so it was fine.
SPEAKER_05No, I I uh jumped in.
SPEAKER_07That was just I burned myself alive. End of show. Um no, I was mortified. Mortified.
SPEAKER_04We laugh because that's how we have to vote.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, of course. And then once I was at Passover dinner and we were like, we were just doing like prayers or something. And I was at my dad's house and the whole and he was tough on me about my weight. Yeah. And the whole family was sitting around, and I'm like, Ma, Nisha, like just I was at the table and then just collapsed to the floor. And it was, it was really that was hard too, but it wasn't public in front of people.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, but still, even because family then well, my family, my brothers would laugh, but I feel like my aunts and uncles would go, oh, like make me feel like I feel bad. Well, that's not the worst. If we can just laugh, that's the worst.
SPEAKER_07They're like, Are you sure you're okay? And then like you're leaving, then you get a text two months later, like, you know, when you broke that chair, it was embarrassing. Are you sure you're okay?
SPEAKER_04Jessica, shut the fuck up. I didn't have forgotten about it. I did like a hell gig the other day. It was like a fundraiser in a hole. So, it's like worse. And I get off stage and someone comes up to me, she goes, I'm so sorry, everyone was so rude. That's what happens to me. And I'm like, don't, like, just don't say anything. I know it was.
SPEAKER_07I know it's how when you do well and then you get these messages like that crowd sucked. I wish they were I wish they were better for you in Indiana. I'm like, you know what? That was good. Like, yeah, this is right. Yeah.
SPEAKER_04And like I thought, because I thought for how hard the room was, I was like, you know what? I did as good as I did. If I didn't have 16 years of experience, I would not have been able to do as good as I did. But they were like, I'm so sorry. I was like, oh my God. Like, this is not helping the name.
SPEAKER_02And they're like, I'm a part of it. I'm feeling your feelings.
SPEAKER_04Wait, Jessica, can I tell you a memory I have with you about a hell gig? Yeah. But I don't even know if you'll remember. Probably blocked it out. Yeah. And I think about it often. I'm serious. No, that's so funny. Let's go back. But I think about it often. Anytime your name, if your name comes up or I see your video, it actually pops because I was so trying to see. Okay. But you did something so funny and it just stuck with me forever. All right, so it was a private event at Caroline's. It was like a birthday party.
SPEAKER_07And these By the way, this is a comedy club, and these are the worst shows. Yes.
SPEAKER_04Anytime it's a private event, people want to talk.
SPEAKER_02They don't want to come and they don't know each other. And they always think they know it's funny. Like, you gotta talk to Bob. Bob's hilarious. Make sure you talk to Bob. And you talk to Bob, and Bob's the fucking worst. There's nothing funny about Bob. They always like, ho ho ho, wait till you talk to Bob.
SPEAKER_07And then Bob comes over and like, I heard you were great, and then he fingers you. And I thought it's never the guy. It's the guy.
SPEAKER_04At that show, Bob came up to me and goes, Can I go up? And I'm like, no, first of all, I don't own the club. And it's like, no, like, we're paying. Okay, so anyway, it was uh Mark Norman, uh Harrison Greenbaum. We always put I never know who anyone's made either.
SPEAKER_07It was Harrison Ford.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, Margri Ford.
SPEAKER_07Mark Cuban.
SPEAKER_04Mark Human. Yeah, and I'll be right back. All we do is play comedy charades, and Robin has nothing. She remembers. I have nothing. I'll go. Who's the guy who's you know tall? Same way. I know no one. Okay. But and the four, so it's a great show. It's a great show. The four of us. Um great show. So, but they were so it was like a rich, rude birthday party, okay? So Mark goes up, and I mean, they won't stop talking. Yeah. Like they won't stop talking. And he's not someone who can like yell at people to come up.
SPEAKER_07You know, you're talking too much, and it would really be good if you stopped.
SPEAKER_04He runs away. Um, and uh, I'm like now really nervous because I'm like, if Mark, who's like one of the funniest, one of the best. So then Harrison goes up. He does okay, and then he does a Holocaust joke and loses them, because I think it was dominantly Jewish audience, right? That's it was right after the Holocaust.
SPEAKER_05Then I just wear the biggest thing. And fortunately, right after the Holocaust. He was wearing striped pajamas.
SPEAKER_04Too soon. Um and then uh He uses number for bingo, and it was terrible. Yeah. Then I go up, I bomb, and then they they sing happy birthday or something. So that's the other thing. They take breaks in between each of us, there was something that's and then I go back and you go, I'm not telling one joke, I'm just gonna yell at them the whole time. And I think she's like, she's being silly.
SPEAKER_05She's never. And your entire 15 minutes is just yelling at them on what awful humans they are. Not one joke. She's like, you should be a shame. You are disgusting. Oh, I am disgusting humans.
SPEAKER_07You know why? Because they're rich and entitled. Yeah. Fucking hate it. Yeah. And I grew up with some people like that. And it's really, it's like I'm a performer. Like you're disgusting. Yeah, imagine. You're like, you're like, uh, you should be ashamed.
SPEAKER_04I'm Jewish and you make me hate being Jewish. Yeah, you make me anti-Semitic.
SPEAKER_07Well, it does, it is hard for me. It is when people are like rich and like, I can talk whenever I want. Right. I don't care that there's a live show going on. I'm I'm a millionaire. So you know.
SPEAKER_02It's like they don't need the comedy, like, or the laughs. It's like, oh, just amusing, and then I'm done. And then I don't know.
SPEAKER_07I always say the richest people don't laugh. No, they don't. Yeah. They're too worried about look, they're like this. Right.
SPEAKER_04They physically can't laugh. Yeah, yeah. Um, but I just will remember that because I just remember you went up, you were like, you know, if they don't deserve my job. I'm just gonna yell at them. I don't deserve what I worked so hard for. I just remember being like, I want to get to that point where if some right if an audience is so mean that it you and you just gave it to me. That's like you do it by yourself, you can only come.
SPEAKER_07But the comics, I always say that. You've been rude to everyone. Yeah.
SPEAKER_04And I think because you were going last, you knew like you you saw three comedians just get eaten alive. Then you're like, no. Like you just want to do it. I'll just remember forever. It was it was so wonderful to watch. Oh, it really was. Because it was just like someone taking control and just be like, you know.
SPEAKER_02You feel like you care about everybody else. It felt like you did it not just for you, for the community. That's how it works. That's how it was read.
SPEAKER_04It was like, you guys treated these three comics like hell. Well, because you're about to walk into traffic, and then Jess is like, not today. Yeah, it's not us, it's them.
SPEAKER_07It's it's really upsetting. I I the I have a very funny story. I did uh The Laugh Factory, remember in Times Square when it was around, and I did a I did a um fundraiser for like war victims, like some kind of war zone thing. I don't know what the fuck. And when I tell you every comic before me, like they weren't even talking, it was worse. Yeah, they just were disgusting, like 300 people just you know, wealthy. Yeah, and I was like, I am gonna attack them. Like this is not, so I went up and I'm like, you guys aren't laughing at anyone, and they're like, and then I was like Jessica try to do some jokes. So I start doing jokes, and this this is you guys are gonna die laughing. There's this old couple in the front, and this guy is staring at me like this, like and and I go, I had had it, and I go, sir, are you not you have not even smiled? Are you okay? Like, I'm like, what's wrong with you? Like, and his wife yells out, he is deaf. He can't hear you, he can't hear anything you're saying. So I lost it. I'm like, well, he can see me, and I'm a physical comic, and I'm like, and I swear to God, she yells out, he's blind too. He's deaf and blind. Do you feel good about yourself now? And I was like, oh my god, and I swear on my life, I looked down and the guy had no hands. He had hooks for hands. He was blind, deaf.
SPEAKER_05And had hooks for hands. Can we put him in the front because why? I I don't know. I mean, he couldn't even clap. It would be like great.
SPEAKER_04And I'm not trying to be insensitive here because we support the blind and deaf community. Don't say blind and deaf.
SPEAKER_07Say um what is it, hard of hearing? Hard of hearing. And hard of seeing. Great. What is hold on? You can't say blind and deaf anymore. I I don't know. Zach, can you say blind and deaf?
SPEAKER_00Oh, we're gonna find out. I am looking it up now. Thank God, before this ends us.
SPEAKER_04I don't, I'm pretty sure you could say blind. Or maybe not. I don't know.
SPEAKER_07Like blind, you might be able to see.
SPEAKER_04Yeah.
SPEAKER_07Visually on page. Oh, visually.
SPEAKER_04Is that what it is? Well, I don't know. I once online was like, oh, growing up, I was handicapped. That's what I said. And someone messaged me saying, Robin, the word handicapped's offensive. But like I can't, I'm sorry, but I cannot stand this anymore. It's going a little too far. And also much. I'm so confused because like I I get a handicapped sticker. I I was handicapped.
SPEAKER_02I think unless somebody in the community is like, I have a problem with this word, that's one thing. But like other like unhoused, that's a little hard. Like the homeless community came together. I was like, no, no, we don't want any place to live, but if we could just rebrand.
SPEAKER_07Like I don't think they care what they're called. No, I don't think so. Yeah, and mental help with mental illness.
SPEAKER_04Um, but like, so yeah, I'm not.
SPEAKER_00Oh, wait, so you should avoid using the term hearing impaired and visually impaired. Oh. And say what? Deaf blind as a both words combined. Say it fast. Deaf blind. Hard of hearing.
SPEAKER_07Wait, you mean someone who's deaf and blind? You call deaf blind?
SPEAKER_00Deaf blind. According to Google.
SPEAKER_02So it went so far the other way, Robin's right again. Yes, that's what's gonna happen. So I bet you I can say it not cancels.
SPEAKER_07Okay, and anything else?
SPEAKER_00Um, you can use uh hard of hearing or low vision.
SPEAKER_07Okay, low vision is hilarious. I'm sorry. You guys can attack me all you want. You can send me my low what is it? Low vision. That's like like you only can look at the grounds. Yes that are low.
SPEAKER_04My grandfather was low vision. He was? Yeah. Fully? Yeah. Yeah. Well, and it came later on. He was diabetic you can be. No, he was blind. He was like low vision because these idiots want me to say it.
SPEAKER_07But don't say it just because they want you to.
SPEAKER_04Okay. So he was blind, my grandma. Oh, grandma. Well, he was fat. Fat and blind. So he didn't know he was. He must have knocked into everything. He was blind. He was. Did he knock into everything? So he was like really fat. He got diabetes from weight. Oh, this is getting a big thing. And then he would smoke like five packs of cigarettes.
SPEAKER_02That was the next question.
SPEAKER_04He smoked five packs of cigarettes.
SPEAKER_07This man loved food, loved cigarettes, loved. Had a horrible childhood. No, because he's hurting himself. I know.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, maybe. I don't know. My family is like very like I have a pretty strong, good family. We have trauma, but not with like the family. I get it. But yeah, you're right. If you're like 700 pounds and smoke five packs of cigarettes, something's not. No, you had feet, and feet, no eyes. Okay, so you have feet impaired.
SPEAKER_05I'm feet impaired. It's foot impaired. Oh, I'm sorry. It's foot impaired. Sorry to the foot impaired.
SPEAKER_03No, they like to be called footless. Please stop being a myself.
SPEAKER_01Foot, foot, not footless. Footless!
SPEAKER_06Footless! You remember that film? Okay, well, sorry. Okay, so go on. So, what was your grandfather rolling around doing?
SPEAKER_04Oh my god. So, fun fact about him. So he was a big guy. And my dad always told me he'll eat anything, smoke anything, but he wouldn't have a chocolate milkshake ever. Because he was scared he'd be in public and people would go, why is that fat guy eating a chocolate milkshake?
SPEAKER_07So he would have like a cannoli, but not anything.
SPEAKER_04Well they called it a chocolate molten. That's like ice cream. Yeah. He said, he said, if I eat a chocolate malton, people are gonna make fun of me. No, they're not gonna make fun of you because you have seven necks and no feet.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, that's cherry.
SPEAKER_05Fatto Abramovich. No, no, not the chocolate ball.
SPEAKER_07I love that you guys like being with comics is the best because you could say whatever.
SPEAKER_04What are you saying? Like, if our text messages ever. We're like, let's delete that one. I know. Then I'll text her right away and say, just delete now. She's like, it's gone already.
SPEAKER_07Yeah. So, okay, so tell me about your, and we'll we'll let's start with you, because you're across from me and I feel like I'm facing you. And Robin's in a weird position. I know it is.
SPEAKER_04I'm more about the stomach. I'm not moving. I'm even wondering, like, should I bend my leg like this? Hold on. Do you have like a cat?
SPEAKER_07Do you have a big Persian cat that can just sit on my stomach? I got you. Wait, is this better? I don't know. I can't tell. I don't know what it looks like. Guys, right down below. I think this is good. Are you guys still talking about the seating? Yeah. No, it's because it's in your head the whole time. Yeah. I know. Describe how you feel about your body. Right down below.
SPEAKER_04Who has the worst rolls? It's a roll-off.
SPEAKER_07So you get it. It's not called a roll-off. No, it's Kaiser. Kaiser. Roll impaired. Roll impaired.
SPEAKER_06Roll impaired. Yeah. Roll impaired. The low rolls. Low roll.
unknownJeez.
SPEAKER_02But they're high vision rolls.
SPEAKER_07Okay, do you mind describing how you feel about your body? Because I can go off on mine.
SPEAKER_02Oh no, it's I mean it. Oh, what's happening?
SPEAKER_07Oh, there's a pillow. I'm so happy. I'll I'll pass it down. Okay, I mean, I don't know. There's a pillow over there. What are we taking? All the pillows? No, no. So now awkwardly during the podcast, just all these pillows will appear. Yeah. No, it's fine. They're used to this. They know I'm crazy. Do you have three of them? You can't let And my followers know I'm crazy, so we're all good. No, this is fine. Oh God. Look, look.
SPEAKER_02I'll just be fed by myself. What is that? A stump? What is that for? I'll take that one. Lower back pain? No, that doesn't make me feel the worst. Coming in. Coming in at whatever I weigh.
SPEAKER_01That's for speedboarding. That's for speedboarding. Pillow won't cover you. That's something. That's a speed bump. I want to use this to send the fat right to the pillow.
SPEAKER_07No, sometimes we have cars coming by. That's a speed bump. Just to make sure that they don't go too fast.
SPEAKER_02No, it is just fine. I mean, nothing. You can look at all of me, and I don't even know how to do it. I'll take that one and it's you. No, no, no, it's fine. Because that one's bigger.
SPEAKER_07I would put it long way. I would cover all I could.
SPEAKER_02I mean, is it does that cover all of it? Yeah.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, that's good. Yeah. And the color is very flattering. No, the color.
SPEAKER_04You asked her how do you feel about your weight? And then we give you the biggest pillow ever in the cover.
SPEAKER_05Oh, well that's. Well done. Can you grab the couch? Yeah.
SPEAKER_02I'll do the podcast from back here.
SPEAKER_07Just your head. Just my head. Just our head sticking up. I'm like, it's McGall Way. At this point, I feel like my head's fat.
SPEAKER_02I'm really. You stare at any of it long enough, and it's terrible. I know. But I feel like you go through phases of like hating different parts. Oh, of course. I'm not hot on arms. I'm not happy about my arms.
SPEAKER_04Does everyone like their arms?
SPEAKER_07As a woman, there are some people, they work out a lot and they're disgusting. I can't relate. I know. I know.
SPEAKER_04Although you know, we met we met at a gay bar. But then after that, wait, who met at a gay bar?
SPEAKER_07We did.
SPEAKER_04Oh, you're neither a gay male bar? Yeah, it was a con it was like a comedy show. Which one? Frankly Audi. I like it. What's it? Yes. Yes. There was one guy at the bar. Because like after the show was going to be like leather chat night. So he was there early. Right. It's not called leather chat night.
SPEAKER_02It's pleather now. It's vegan evening. It was a vegan pleather evening. Yeah. The leather community cancels me. Robin never gets another sponsor. The leather community cancels me. It's amazing.
SPEAKER_07No, they're huge fans of mine. You'll be fine with the leather community.
SPEAKER_02They're like, no, we're we're in, Rob.
SPEAKER_07Every fan of mine has their asshole out with leather on. Oh, okay, good.
SPEAKER_04So anyway, we met at the show because I was also doing like, I was hosting like a monthly show at Caroline's, and I I didn't know who Regina was, but she knew who I was. So she was like to her husband, oh, I gotta impress Rob, and tonight she runs a show at Caroline's. And then this one guy, right? So we're all going up, we're going up reading our notes, like no, no one cares to make it around. She goes up. So it's like the best five minutes I had ever seen. I'm auditioning for her. Yeah. And I come up to her, and I was like, I gotta be front for this. I'm auditioning for her. I was like, she runs a show. I want to be on Ladies Night Account.
SPEAKER_02That's actually very smart. Yeah.
SPEAKER_04I got off stage and I was like, I need to have you on my show.
SPEAKER_02I was like, oh me? Yeah. Just do my best material for no one. But it worked. It didn't.
SPEAKER_07That's amazing. Yeah, I love that. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I I I really that's how I became friends with a lot of my friends. Just meeting them at these bar shows or open nights.
SPEAKER_04Are majority of your friends funny? Where do they fall?
SPEAKER_07Yes. But I I don't laugh at a lot of people. I'm not a stand-up fan. I mean, people laugh when I say this. I was never a stand-up fan. So it's like torture for me to watch a lot of stand-ups. Right. So, and a lot of people are stand-up. A lot of comics are. Oh my gosh.
SPEAKER_02They're like students of it in a way that I'm like, I know. Right. I don't do enough. No, but it also feels like work.
SPEAKER_04Like, we'll say it's like you know more. Like, you're pretty good. You at least know.
SPEAKER_02Right, because I feel like I'm in it so much and at the cellar, so it's like I'm constantly watching. So, like, but to go home, I can't like decompress and watch more. Oh, I know. Because I'm like, I just left the cellar. And so if you love festivals, I'm like, yay, heart. I'm not gonna watch. I can't. I just yeah, it's a lot.
SPEAKER_04But before, like I was a comedian, I didn't love stand-up. Me either. Although my Bob Mitzvah theme was Robin's Comedy Club. Really? Yeah. Like I loved funny people. Right. But I loved sitcoms and too. I loved sketch shows. Yeah, and sketch shows. Yeah.
SPEAKER_07Yeah. It's really, I know, it's weird. I love that it was a comedy theme. Yeah.
SPEAKER_04Because I knew funny people were like Better than others. Like meaning like they knew how to make people feel better. Like just as humans.
SPEAKER_07We're just better than all of you.
SPEAKER_04I don't know about as humans. We're not getting terrible.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, we're terrible.
SPEAKER_04We're broken. Terrible. But if you can make people laugh, you can of course. If you can make people laugh, you will you will diffuse a situation. Yeah. Yeah, you can make a room better. You can make people feel better. Like it's such a superpower.
SPEAKER_07Yeah. Do you do you feel like your humor comes from like trauma? I do. Oh, definitely. Do you do that?
SPEAKER_02I don't know. I don't, I want to say no. I think it just sort of comes from. I don't know. I feel like there could have been a lot of stuff that went wrong for me going when I was younger, but did like I was like always overweight. I had bad skin. I did theater. I was like an honor side. Like, but nothing sort of kicked out. I was like funny first, if that makes sense. Yeah. And then sort of realized, like, oh, like it gives you like a little bit of an untouchable thing when you're fun. So like I was presenting funny, I guess, like early enough. And then later, like looked back and I'd be like, I would talk to other comedians and I'd be like, God, why didn't I get beat up or like made fun of it? And I'm like, oh, wait, I was. That's exactly how I already popular because I was like, funny, yes. And I feel like people were gravitating towards that, and it's sort of like saved in a way. Because you know, you always think back. You're like, wait, what was different about me? Because I will hear horror stories of people in comedy with like like traumatic, traumatic, like no friends, like nothing. And I'm like, oh, that wasn't like exactly the but then don't worry, once I started comedy, it broke it. Well, a lot of people think comedy breaks out.
SPEAKER_07That comedy is like a lot of it is their trauma, is being a comedian for some of the things. Yeah, no, no, I definitely did everybody.
SPEAKER_02Oh, yeah. Right. I remember, oh, now I'm dead inside. Right. But like then, it does, it does come for you.
SPEAKER_07Something has to break, so you can stay in it. Some people think we have like the greatest lama. So we're traveling. It's like, it's it's really, it's just so much rejection. I mean, I deal with it all, I just dealt with it recently. Banned. Like it never stopped. No, it doesn't sell.
SPEAKER_04And every time, like I have to sell a ticket for each show. I know it like ships. And and like people, like I'm always like, you know, I know I'm annoying you with tickets. Do you think I want to announce it again? You want every post to be announced tickets. Yeah, but it has to be announced. But it's like you get pressure from everyone, you gotta sell these tickets. Robin Shaw go to robinshaw.com and get your tickets now.
SPEAKER_07Um, I'm the same exact way. It's so stressful. It's like the worst is when you start doing clubs and private things where you're the name. Yeah. And like they're like, we only have 10 tickets sold. This is a 300-seat theater. We need you to suck dick. We need to get people in here immediately. Even if you have to do anything you have to do, you need to get more people in the world.
SPEAKER_04Sucking dick would have been easier than post. Is that easy for you?
SPEAKER_07I'm No, this is very I told you we were gonna I told you we were gonna get serious at times.
SPEAKER_04How bad do you want to sell these tickets, Robin? Straight men don't want to hear come to my shows, though. That's the problem. It's all girls. It's all women and gay men. Gay men, yeah.
SPEAKER_07I knew you were gonna say gay men that are good.
SPEAKER_04Like most of my audience, my audience. Like, I love the women. I love the men that come. Or it's like people's husbands who are already like great men. Like they're exactly it would be there.
SPEAKER_07They can laugh at a woman.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, they have such good audiences. No, they clearly do. So I do. I'm sure I'm so I'm assuming we have a very similar customer. Are you so like I feel well, Regina and I talk about you all the time, that being one of the funniest. Yes. Especially as someone that we admire and always love. We've always loved it.
SPEAKER_02And you've always been so great and like helpful. You were never a gatekeeper either, with like everything that you do so well, crowd work, everything. If you sat down with Jess, she'd be like, okay, listen, this is what you do. And you're like, oh my god, you never kept anything. You were always the best at it, but never kept what you did a secret.
SPEAKER_04And even when we were towards our beginning, you would never be pretentious to like a newer comic or something.
SPEAKER_07Why wouldn't I be so at the I'm sorry? It's a little hard for me. There are female comics who are famous, huge, and help people for sure. I mean, like, you know, Chelsea will take women on the road, Whitney, but there are some who have been her. I mean, look at Ellen. You know, it's like she do you know, I I don't don't take this for my like I don't know if this is the exact like statistic, but I think the only female comic she had on her show to do comedy was Amy Schumer. Yeah, I think that is un you know, yeah. I every month I would have someone on. Right. I would always have a female comic on. It's crazy. I mean Dyke. Fucking dyke. Fucking sick. Low Oh, what you're not supposed to do to say dyke anymore. We can't. You can. Yeah. Vagina liquor. What are you supposed to say now?
SPEAKER_04Low lesbian.
SPEAKER_07Oh, low lesbian. Lesbian impaired.
SPEAKER_04Low les man impaired. Yeah, low les. No, but besides being really nice, you're we always say like the funniest. Yeah, we loved watching it. Yeah, yeah. No one wants to follow Jessica. She's the funniest. She like you're just so good. Yeah. Um, but but was it?
SPEAKER_07Mostly men don't want to follow me, but that's besides the point.
SPEAKER_04No, I think across the board everyone knows you're like the funniest. And that's true. At least to us, we say it all the time. But I think everybody says it's a good thing. Well, you guys kill me. That's a case.
SPEAKER_07I mean, really, you're both fucking brilliant. Thank you.
SPEAKER_04And I'm not just I've told both of you that you're hysterical. Thank you. But okay, we could go on and on. But also, um, wait, what was I even saying? You're talking about audience. I also can't remember what you were talking about. We were talking about shinless lists.
SPEAKER_02Because of so number 37 on the list, Robin. That's where you are.
SPEAKER_04You know, the Spielberg family's been so nice to me because they all the all like the his sisters follow me and they invite me to things. They come to my shows, like such a nice thing. Yeah, I know. I'm like that.
SPEAKER_07How would you feel about playing an alien?
SPEAKER_04I would love to. Really? Uh yes. My mom's I'm not wearing a tight outfit and like fucking.
SPEAKER_07You know what?
SPEAKER_04I'll do anything, honestly. Yeah. But like what except for like maybe showing like private parts. I'll show my I'll show my tush. I'll show a boob. I would show my tush, but I would lose followers. Yeah, me too. Wait, hold on. Wait, my thing I want to say is I've been so happy because of social media. Like you've been known amongst comedians as the funniest. And then we removed because of social media, and this happened for me too. The industry stopped being in charge. The industry stopped being in charge. Yeah. And the people got to say who's the funniest. And I think because of that, like, I mean, they your numbers, everything, your followers. So I'm so happy.
SPEAKER_07Thank you. I I actually feel emotional, which I don't normally, because everyone just thinks I'm like, uh, yeah, you're you're not. But it it's been uh very hard.
SPEAKER_04Yeah.
SPEAKER_07Yeah. Yeah. Because like, you know, when you're told you're how funny you are, you're the best, I don't want to follow you. Every manager I've had, every agent, you're the best client, you're the funniest client. And it's like, it's I'm very grateful for what I've had, but it like should not have taken 27 years old. Right. No, because how does that not equate to anything? Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_02It's like everybody, every I think if you took a poll of every comic, they would everyone be like, oh my god, I love Jess. Jess is the best. But then it's also like, but then and then because the industry is so true.
SPEAKER_07For all of us, it's just I'm not saying it's just me. You go to the cellar, you see these brilliant, brilliant people who will never have a career. Yeah. Never. And the only reason why I've had what I have is social media, and also I'm a good business person. That's like you guys. Like you have to be. And it's just, it's been, I I try not to go, it's been harder for me, and it's harder for women, and you know, but I was never this like hot, young, you know, girl that everyone wanted to fight. Right, they weren't pushing you through. Yeah. No. And I had to really work for it and just be funny. Yeah.
SPEAKER_04You know, but what's so great because of social media, because you're funny, and they removed the industry saying yes or no, and the people get to pick now. Like, look at everything you're doing. So we're both really happy for you. Like we talk about it a lot. Really? Yeah. Like we'll be like, yeah. Like this hang out with the thing.
SPEAKER_02But you have to remind yourself why you like comedy, Regina. You have to remind yourself why you like comedy. And it's a picture.
SPEAKER_07Yeah. Oh. I think the three, I swear to God, we should film this. The three- Are we filming this? No, it's not real. Oh my god. Just what is this? What is this?
SPEAKER_04I'm not gonna lie. Are there any crumbs on that because I'm still hungry? Is that camera still leaving it on us?
SPEAKER_07Oh, aliens. Oh, I just looked, yeah, this was uh this happened a while ago. Oh, this is a little bit. It's been there for a long time? I think so, because we talked about it a long time. I feel like that one in the middle. Who is that again? E.T. E. Wait, gun links. Oh no, sorry, I I'm not making fun, but why does the kid have no legs?
SPEAKER_00He was in the body of E.T. during filming.
SPEAKER_07Oh. Oh. I'm sorry, am I not supposed to say no legs? Anti-limbs. What am I supposed to say? Pro arms. Um scooter, what am I supposed to say here? Okay, wait. What did I just I have ADD? What the hell does it mean?
SPEAKER_02Listen, we need to Oh yeah, that we should do for sure.
SPEAKER_07We need to feed the three of us and we can go to whatever section. It's like a time thing. You can grant like buys whatever kitchen chaos.
SPEAKER_04You can get weight, oh my god. New show idea. You weigh us before we enter. And whoever weighs them like gained the most weight during that two-hour challenge.
SPEAKER_07You have to eat very heavy food. It's not about calories, it's about like a roast to weigh the most. A roast district chicken. A water cooler. A person. What if I tried to eat one of you and it's not good? Okay, so so I I love this picture of me. It's a great picture. Yeah, huh? It's a great picture. What? Did you say something? Do you know I'm never like that? That smile is so like it's I've never I've not smiled like that since 1988. I'm not kidding. It's so hopeful. It's a real smile. Stop! Zooming in, zooming in. It's a great picture, though. Thank you. Yeah. Yeah.
SPEAKER_02That's hilarious. You have not smiled like that since.
SPEAKER_07That's not even me, that's Gloria Stefan. Oh my gosh. Okay, so Robin, let's get into your trauma. I love that we're talking. I'm going right to because I want I want to talk about what led you up to comedy. Because I get just really quick, when I was younger, I was very uncomfortable. I was very uncomfortable in social situations. I was miserable at home as a kid. And I was heavy. And I realized that if I made people laugh, I would get friends. You know, so I and I was funny from the start. So I it was very, it's very powerful also.
SPEAKER_02When you realize what it can be. Oh my god. And like takes me into another echelon of like that. I remember. Because I used to be like funny with like my little group of friends. And then I remember when I finally had the confidence to do it, like a friend, I was like, oh, like people really reacted to it. Right.
SPEAKER_04And that's why I said like it's better, you're better than everyone else. Because once people think you're funny, everyone wants to be around you. Yeah.
SPEAKER_02You know, even people that shouldn't be around you. Yeah. Suck your happiness.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, that's true. Negative people love funny people. Like, do I mean oh that is true? When they're like a succubus.
SPEAKER_02When they're like a succubus, and you're like, oh my God, you're giving, giving, giving, giving. And then you they you leave drained. It's so interesting. And then you leave drain. I've had a couple people that I've had to just like get rid of. Oh yeah.
SPEAKER_04I cut people real fast. It's like my special power. I'm like, oh yeah. If someone's like a shitty friend, they're cut.
SPEAKER_07I used to wait years. I know. Now not a long time. You can do stuff for a while, but then at a certain point, I'm like, bye. Yeah. Never again.
SPEAKER_04Like if I see there's a friend who's constantly like wanting to pick fights, I'm like, oh no, can't be a few. Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_07I'm like that too. I can't, I can't do it. I have no energy. That's it. Yeah. So you grew up with some like physical stuff, some health stuff. Do you want to talk about that?
SPEAKER_04So I was diagnosed with Perth's disease, P-E-R-T-H E S, where it's oxygen doesn't get to your bones, so your bone deteriorates till there's nothing like the guy on the scooter. Oh, wow. Like until there's no bones. Wow. Yeah. And so I when I was diagnosed, I was in stage four. Like my entire hip bone was gone. Oh my god. Like and I was like, were you in excruciating pain? Yeah, except I had two brothers, and so like I just like was a tough kid.
SPEAKER_02Like I've got And it was probably so normal for you that you're you're probably in your head like everyone's hip must hurt. Yeah you know what I mean? Like you don't know anything about it. Exactly.
SPEAKER_04It wasn't like I got incredibly ill because of it that my parents were like, what the hell? Like yeah, I was like limping on when did it start? I was six, so I don't know, I don't remember which month. But like I just remember like I was just so ill. And then uh like they they ended up knowing someone who knew someone. It was like a Saturday, and he was like, Oh, just bring her over to the house. And then he opened up his like his office, they did an x-ray, and he's like, Wait, she moved, and then because there was no hip. And so they did another x-ray, and he was like, Go home. I don't this is so weird. And then a few hours later, he knocked my parents' door with like this huge medical textbook, and he's like, I know she has a super rare disease called Perth's. It's so it's really rare. Uh, and actually, only like little boys and puppies get it.
SPEAKER_07Okay, first of all, I'm sorry. I know this is a very serious subject. This is so disturbing for some reason, it's like perverted. Yeah.
SPEAKER_04Why what? Yeah, it's very rare for girls to get it. And then Wow, it's a weird thing. You're not even mentioning the puppy part. Yeah. Oh, did we look it up? Oh god, yeah, we're doctors now.
SPEAKER_02I love that.
SPEAKER_04So you see that red, so depending when you're diagnosed, it's completely gone. But how do you even sit up if you don't have a hip mom? I couldn't, like, so the weeks leading up to it, I guess I was like complaining and complaining. I I mean, I really don't remember it much. I mean it's just and I also think like, not that my parents they're great parents. I just think like, again, like my brother, like we're always just beating each other up, like rough. Parents were different then, too. Yeah, exactly. It was 1990, yeah, 1990. Yeah, it was born in 84. Yeah, so it was 1990, it was different times. Very different times. So it was like helicopter parents. Exactly.
SPEAKER_07Like someone like a kid has like no arms and no, yeah, and they're like, oh, whatever.
SPEAKER_04Uh so I had to wear leg braces like Forrest Gum, kind of, for three years. Then when that was and And you were able to go to school at that time? In and out, in and out. Because like I'd be in traction for two weeks, and I'd be problems. And then with the braces and medicine, I grew back the head of the hip, but it grew back out of the socket. Oh, yeah. So I had to have five surgeries. So the whole next year, the first surgery was called assault of pelvic osteotomy, where they like, I know it's intense, but they have to like shave.
SPEAKER_07Well, because all you heard just now is assault.
SPEAKER_04I'm not kidding. I didn't hear one, I don't even know that. You're so bad with words, but that was like, oh, that in enough time. Very impressive. So, but the first surgery was like a big, big surgery. It was six hours long. I had donated blood to me, my grandfather donated blood to me, and my aunt, because I was gonna lose a lot of blood. So uh, and then from there, I was immobile from the waist down for a year. So, like, we we transformed our den into a hospital bed, like we got a hospital bed because I couldn't walk. But it was during that time because I didn't go to school that entire fourth grade I didn't go to school. I was, but it was during that time because I didn't go to school. I stayed up all night watching Nick at night and sitcoms. And that I'm telling you, that's when I learned about funny people because they stayed up with me all night. And they were my medicine. So that's like by the age of nine, I was like, that's what I'm doing. I'm gonna make people laugh, growing, you know, nine. That's so interesting. Also, after that first surgery, I remember they rolled me out and I like was like, Mom, get the doctor. And she was like, Why, what's wrong? I was like, I'm gonna punch them in the fucking nose. And then everyone started laughing. Right. And that brought me such things that I went back to sleep. And I think knowing when people are laughing, everything's okay. Yeah, yeah. When you're going through hard times, when you're laughing, you're like, oh god, I'll be so good. There's a sense it'll be okay.
SPEAKER_02When people stop laughing, they're like, oh, this is very bad. Right.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, yeah. And so it was all that time when like I learned, oh, comedy is medicine for others, but also if others' people are laughing, I'm okay. I feel better. Right, right. Because you're if you're not well, I'm not okay.
SPEAKER_07Yeah.
SPEAKER_04Get out.
SPEAKER_07Hold on a second. My producer just made a clinking sound. Yeah, I mean, do you know who I am? You know who I am. My stepbrother is Zach Bram. Okay, go on.
SPEAKER_04Oh my god. Um, yeah, so that's when I learned. And so then I had a lot of surgeries from nine till 13. And then yeah, now I just limp through life.
SPEAKER_07You know, it's so what's the cure? Like, is it what kind of medicine do you take for that?
SPEAKER_04Well, now I don't. I just like live with chronic pain. But you? Yeah. But but honestly, like when you have chronic pain and I don't want to speak for everyone, you kind of just like live with it. I don't even realize I never take Tylenol or Advil for cramps because if I take it when it wears off, I go, oh my god, my hip hurts. But because I have it all the time, I don't even realize. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, yeah. So that's why I don't do like any anything like even if I have a headache, I'll I'll suck it up because the second I take something, then I'll realize.
SPEAKER_07Especially if you took painkillers.
SPEAKER_04I mean, painkillers are a good time.
SPEAKER_07I didn't shit for weeks, but those are amazing. They're amazing. Yeah.
SPEAKER_04Yeah. Eventually I'll need like hip and knee replacements, but they've been saying that since I was like, they're like, oh, when you turn 18. Oh, when you took and I'm 41, I still haven't gotten it. So like of, you know, I'm sure one day, but yeah.
SPEAKER_07I mean, it must have been hard to go in and out of school, like with friends and yeah.
SPEAKER_04And so that's and that's why I I was illiterate to the age of 16 without anyone knowing because it was the New York public. Yeah. I tried to sell a book, but again, no one the industry was like there was nothing in it.
SPEAKER_05Is this good? It wasn't a lot of scribbles. It was a black blank book. Scribbles. I still can't read or write, so they're like, maybe not writing. So great rapping.
SPEAKER_04Did you get tutors and stuff? How did you so like so when I was home, like that fourth grade, like once in a while they'll send a teacher, but I was in too much pain. I couldn't have a lot of people.
SPEAKER_07Like I hate when people are like, uh, but it really is horrific.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, but you know what, Jessica? Like, I had such a great childhood that like I this is almost like a just part of the story. Yeah. But like, I like because of my parents and my aunts and uncles, like, it was such a fun, like we had really a lot of fun. My parents in leg braces took me skiing, ice skating, horseback. They were like, they did not put me in a bubble, you know. That's good. Yeah. That's really so I didn't even know I was different, you know, like right. That's the thing with kids. Right. Yeah. Except for the case. Except she could read signs while she was. But beyond that, she's great. I went down the wrong slope and almost died.
SPEAKER_07But she jumped up the ski with the side.
SPEAKER_04Right, but it's not besides that time of her life.
SPEAKER_07Yeah.
SPEAKER_04So, um uh, because your daughter had heart surgery.
SPEAKER_07My my daughter um was, and a lot of people don't know this, but my daughter was born with a very rare heart disease, and we saw it in utero. And so we had a scheduled heart operation uh for her right when she was born. And it it was about six days later, uh, she had open heart surgery. Six days. Oh my gosh, that must have been.
SPEAKER_02That must be so scary for you.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, it was supposed to be like right away, and then they were like, Well, this, you know, we have this emergency. I'm like, at certain point, I'm like, you're operating on my child. Yeah, we're not waiting one more day. Right, yeah. You're operating on my child. But it's intense. I mean, can you imagine a newborn? You know, her whole chest was cracked open. And since then, um, she's had like, oh god, she's had three open hearts and a stent um through her groin, and she needs more. And um, everyone I the thing that's hard for me when people are like, oh yeah, my niece has a hole in her heart. I'm like, this is not the same thing. Like, I wish it was that, you know, she'll need a transpl a heart valve transplant and all kinds of things. So there's there's there's more coming, you know. Um but it's interesting when I and when you you know go to the hospital when she's going through this, it's like when she was born, it was like a month, it was a long time being I've got a hotel room right near the hospital. And uh it's crazy. I would go see her and be with her all day and all night, and then go do shows. And and then there there was this one guy that kept tackling me and like not laughing, whatever, and I snapped because I was like I was also not sleeping. I was exhausted. Yeah, and I was like, you know what? You're a miserable person. Why don't you go up to Columbia and sit in the children's hospital, just sit downstairs, get a coffee, and look around and see what people are dealing with, and then see how you are in the audience. Because things could be a lot. Yeah, and it's it's hard. I mean, she's amazing and functions and like it's she's an incredible child, she's beautiful, she looks great. Um, but it's you know, she's at the age where it's like things are more you know, scars, like all kinds of stuff, and uh it's tough.
SPEAKER_04Yeah. And I remember like the first time I had sex. Well, no, the first time I you know, was awake.
SPEAKER_07First time what? I was awake during sex. Yeah. Wait, did you black out a lot? I did. Yeah.
SPEAKER_04I know just just different reasons. You know, just that everyone has that story in college, or maybe not everyone. Is this oh no, is this a bad story? No, but I have one. I don't know where it's going. First of all, where's the story going? Amy Schumers. And everyone has that like one story where you're like, eh, it's gonna not like, you know, but not okay. But anyway, I remember my first boyfriend, right? We're about to have sex. And I said, He's about to go my pants. I said, Wait, because I was so nervous about my scars. But he was like, What? And I said, I just need to tell you I have scars. He was like, from what? I said, surgery. I was so nervous. He goes, Oh, I thought you were telling me you had a penis. Like, because of the way I was disappointed.
SPEAKER_02He put his pants back on and left. Well, that's not why I'm here.
SPEAKER_04Um so uh yeah, so I understand how she feels like being insecure about scars. And now I realize no one cares about scars. Like people don't see it.
SPEAKER_07Like they don't, they don't people don't care, but it is really hard.
SPEAKER_02But for the person you're saying, when you're different, I think for a child, when a child is like, why don't I look like you? Yeah, then I think like that's what makes it tough. Of course, they're all comparing social media. It's so sick. Yeah.
SPEAKER_07Oh, I'm so glad there was no social media when we were growing up. Oh my god. I don't think I'd be alive. Me either. Like it'd be can you imagine being bullied? I mean, I am now on a daily basis. Right. Yeah, I really am.
SPEAKER_02Right, but somebody's like, I guess I can handle it as an adult, but it's like not created as an adult.
SPEAKER_07Why do you want to hear a hate comic, uh comment I got yesterday? You guys are gonna love this. I know you'll laugh and people are gonna be like, that is. But you have to let me. Okay, ready? Yes. Um, hold on, it'll just take me an hour. Great, we'll wait.
SPEAKER_02I'll do more skinny poses.
SPEAKER_07Okay, this you guys are gonna die.
SPEAKER_02Okay. Ready?
SPEAKER_07This is just of me like on the podcast with someone. Um why do you look like a man but also an alien? What are you with a ton of question marks, disgusting with a vomit emerging?
SPEAKER_04Oh my god. Yeah, wait, go to their profile. I bet you it says like uh got love God or Jesus. Right.
SPEAKER_02It's always like, well, thanks for watching.
SPEAKER_04Mom to five little girls.
SPEAKER_05Like it's always their profile.
SPEAKER_07I yeah, no, I mean, I that is so ridiculous that I laugh at this point. You have to. It's you know, we I don't know about you guys, but I've gotten to the point where it might sting for a minute, and then I'm like, you know what, this is hilarious. Like just from seeing a little clip on a video, I look like a man.
SPEAKER_02But do you think of there's no instance where I would do that to anybody ever? That's why I think it's crazy.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, like you actually have to think the person that writes it is mentally ill. Oh, right, because I say that doesn't a normal person on a public platform would just write it.
SPEAKER_05Actually, something has to be happening.
SPEAKER_07First of all, you have to hate yourself to do something. You have to have no empathy and be very damaged. And I like it's so I would never unless it was like a horrible political person that would never say it, right? I might comment on someone else's post or something. Yeah. But it's like, it's so, you know what it is? I've said this before, it's so mean spirited, and I don't have that in me. I mean, I've hurt people, I've done shit, but never like on purpose. Yeah. Yeah. Like it's mean.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, it's mean. And I'm but I think there's something mentally wrong with it. If you're writing something like that under someone's comment, you're just not like you have to almost feel bad for them. Like, I what is it?
SPEAKER_07It's amazing how sick people are. Like, there's I might put up a clip and like comments like this is offense or whatever, and then it's like the next person writes, uh, good luck losing all your followers and being canceled. It's like, are you fucking kidding me? I got more followers because this video has like people arguing.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, and I just think everyone needs to calm down.
SPEAKER_02I've never told this story, but I did improv with a group of girls, and like everyone was like really attractive. And I'm not taking away from myself, but they were like all hot. Yeah. And we did a video all together, and then the comments of the video on every timestamp, it was me. They put a vomit face. And you know when it took me a second to realize, and I was like, oh god, I'm the vomit. But it was like to take the time to every time it was a husband. It wasn't gonna be you do it, and it was so and you know what the time, and then now it's like it makes me laugh that someone's like, let me buckle up and get all these timestamps, right? Like, so she doesn't get crazy, but it's so you behave fucking life.
SPEAKER_07And so it's you know they're a loser. Oh no, of course. And it's like, it's I, you know, these people I think have so many issues with their parents and their families and unresolved shit that it's like you had to, because if I did that and my mom ever found out, she would be humiliated by me.
SPEAKER_04She would yell at me. She would like you're something went on with these people and their jobs. Yeah, like there's no way these people have normal families and friends if this is what if you were spending your time putting vomiting.
SPEAKER_05Your timestamp vomit about you.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, okay. And like I've never, I swear I've never once responded. And they think that we have this connection. Yeah, it's you can't respond.
SPEAKER_04Sometimes I want to respond. Sometimes I want to respond so bad. And my brother's like, it it's better that they're my sister says that it hurts more that you don't even see their comments because they're so worthless than if you respond, you're giving them exactly what they want.
SPEAKER_07So it makes you look less like meaning in your career. Yeah. Like if I'm responding to all these, you know what I used to do on Facebook? I had videos that went viral of just me sitting in a car. Like, do you remember? I'd be like, and I am telling you. And then this person wrote, This is the best story. I hope she gets, I hope she crashes her car car and dies on impact. And then I swear to God, the last time I looked, like 71,000 people liked it. And that's like that's like 30 million views.
SPEAKER_05I'm like 70,000 people in this world wanted me to die on impact hitting a car.
SPEAKER_07But also I was singing, I was singing a fucking song. Like that is insane. So funny.
SPEAKER_04But I also love that you left the comment. Like, I would have deleted their comments. But look at the views.
SPEAKER_02We live in a world now where it doesn't work.
SPEAKER_07Do you know what I used to do on Facebook? I used to go to their pages. I spent hours and find the worst picture of them and blow it up. And that was my response. And they'd be like, Why are you posting a picture of me? And I'm like, Susan? Like, I like confusing people. Like, why is she calling me Joanne? The fuck is going on? Well, I'd be like, I'll be at the doctor soon. Just please hold the spot for me. Like it's crazy.
SPEAKER_04You have to, you have to meet crazy with crazy.
SPEAKER_07Yeah. Yeah, it's really, it's a lot. So you're getting married soon, too. Yes.
SPEAKER_04And uh, my maid of honor. Oh what are you what are you wearing?
SPEAKER_07Like I would wear a fitted sheet. I would wear a fitted sheet at the school.
SPEAKER_04I actually, uh Martina Liana is a wedding dress designer and they design, like, design my dress. I just make a video. So I have like a gorgeous gown. Because at first I was like, eh, I'll just wear sweats. Like I you know, I really didn't care.
SPEAKER_02Well, no, because you were almost like, Am I wear, do I want to wear a wedding gown? Like, well, you can go back and forth. Like, who is this me? Is this not me? And I'm like, you're only gonna do it one time, but you do want to be comfortable. Like you, it has to be you.
SPEAKER_04And so then they reached out and they were like, we would love to, you know, work with you. That's great. Yeah. Okay, and then I took my mom and we had like the best time, and now I'm like so happy I'm wearing a wedding dress. Oh, yeah. I love your dress. Yeah, it's pretty. My arms are covered. Oh, that's good. So that's why I didn't want a white dress. Also, I don't look like a marshmallow. I was convinced if I wore a white gown on 411, I would just look like a marshmallow. Yeah. But this dress I don't. It's like what is that?
SPEAKER_07Is it like like are you gonna wear spanks and stuff? I don't need to because it like fluffs out. It's good. It's so flattering. Yeah. Yeah. I still have spanx on from 2004.
SPEAKER_02No, I wore spanks the night of our wedding, and when I got undressed, my husband was like, I think steam just came up here.
SPEAKER_06Her husband's very funny.
SPEAKER_02He's always like, oh my god, should we take your sausage casing off? You know, it's steam is a new thing. Steam coming. Because I was like, oh my god, I think I need help.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, getting them off. You need help. Oh, forget it. Forget it. Yeah, it's really, it's like a mechanics technically.
SPEAKER_05I know you really need to. Yeah.
SPEAKER_04I usually don't wear spanx because I find like you can see the line on me where they end, like the fat rolls hang over. Yeah. So I'm always like, I'll put it on and I'll go, eh, you see. Like an awning. Yeah. Yeah.
SPEAKER_02You can accentuate the wrong part. But you gotta bring them up. Do you know what? I I wait, I get so much. So when I was growing up, Spanx didn't exist when we were growing up. And I used to cut the bottoms off control top pantyhose and take the top of control top pantyhose and safety pin them to my bra, essentially making my own Spanx. But I didn't think to invent them for everybody. And my mom would sometimes do laundry. She'd be like, Why are there holes in your bras? And I'm like, from my control top safety pins. Like I was literally jerry-rigging the like to, I was like always very conscious of roles. But I remember when they invented Spanx, I was like, son of a bitch. Yeah. Just because you don't think other people, we always think it's just us. You're like, no one else must be fat, right? Yeah, yeah, that's true.
SPEAKER_07And in the grocery store, you have a ton of saran wrap.
SPEAKER_04As a kid, did they take you to the grocery store and say, get whatever you want?
SPEAKER_02No, I would uh not, it's like the business has definitely grown a lot since I was little. Yeah. So then when I got to a point where friends could come, I would like to show off and I'd like to take a snap on O and be like, what? I don't even pay for that. Your brother got the business and you got a snap. But my brother is also hilarious. Yeah. He's like, to me, the funniest person I know, but doesn't need attention the same way I do it. Right. Like he does not, I guess he's just feeling functional. Right.
SPEAKER_04He doesn't need funny and not doing something.
SPEAKER_02He doesn't need attention. Like I remember as soon as I sent it. I can't imagine that. It's so crazy. I sent out my newsletter. Like, you know, when I thought I needed a comedy newsletter? I was like, here comes my career. And the first response back I got was from my brother, and he was like, please unsubscribe me from this newsletter. And I remember being like, So then you have no- son of a bitch is funnier than it was funnier than the newsletter. Please unsubscribe me from this newsletter. Immediate response from my newsletter. That's very funny. But I was like, but he doesn't need it. We always say it. Like he he doesn't need attention. Yeah. And I'm like, me, me, me, me. Heavily. Right.
SPEAKER_07Yeah. I I, you know, it's interesting. The thing I I love that I have ADD. The thing with Spanx, yeah, is that wh when people hug me, they can tell that I'm being bound. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. So it's like they feel that rubber band fucking. Yeah. And you I have like lines on my skin for four bars. Like it's really interesting.
SPEAKER_02And then the pee hole. You know, some of them have the peehole. Oh, I have pee hole. I've never been able to pee through that hole. I have no idea. Who can do a peehole? And it's gross. It's like this mesh fucking triangle thing.
SPEAKER_07Those pee holes don't work. Yeah, you just have to put like um just like something, like a hose or straw inside of you and a catheter. Shove it off. It's worth wearing a catheter and have spanks on. Yeah, getting that thing, especially when you're sweating, like you're in a line or something and dancing. It just rolls down. Oh, right. Yes. Yeah. I'm sure all the men are really relating to man spanks.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, some gay men. They do.
SPEAKER_07Some should. Yeah, it's really. I mean, most of them just are constantly working out, and it's really I'm so jealous of that.
SPEAKER_04There was a time I because so I uh lost in college 85 pounds, like really got into fitness. Yeah. I got certified to be a personal trainer, and I had my own personal training business. And when I first started stand-up, I was a personal trainer at the time. And that was like my side hustle. And I was in such great shape. And then comedy was like became the full-time.
SPEAKER_02Well, it was true. Like when you do comedy and then you get work for every show, you get so worked up, and then you just like eat, like you do all the things.
SPEAKER_04Like you get out, you're starving. So I was such into health and fitness, and then comedy just I stopped like caring. I also stopped caring so much. Like in my twenties, I cared so much about how I look. Yeah.
SPEAKER_07Now I'm like, yeah, this is it. Yeah, me too. I I can't. Yeah, I just can't. I do some things, but it's really I'm never gonna be okay.
SPEAKER_04I found a guy that likes curvy girls. And I I strictly only date like before him. If you didn't like curvy girls, I don't know. So yeah, it's so crazy. And there are a lot of people that do like curvy girls. The media makes you think you have to be skinny, but a lot of people like thick, curvy. Like a woman. That's really true. But the media and TV and stuff, they make you think that like sexy is a certain type. But it's everyone likes different things.
SPEAKER_07Yeah.
SPEAKER_04I so true. It really given up on trying to be anything.
SPEAKER_07I mean too. I'm just like just roaming in here. Yeah, I that's I was gonna speaking of giving up, how how do you Do you like watch the news? Do either one of you know?
SPEAKER_02Well, it's hard because like doing warm-up at the view. Right, so let's talk about the news. So then it's like so we were just off for a week, so for that week I like didn't even, I was like, I can't engage, like I need to take a break. And then sometimes I'll watch a little bit in the morning to like know what I'm walking into, but like it's hard. But very I want it to be funny in between. I know I did. Yeah, no, yeah, yeah. No, Jess has done it. Yeah.
SPEAKER_07Can you tell them what the view warm-up is?
SPEAKER_02So then, okay, so before if you go to see the view of the show, like the Wilbur join me or any talk show, there's a there's a warm-up comic. But especially for daytime, you have a warm-up comic before the show starts, like getting the doing some simple rules, but like getting the audience ready having fun. Then each commercial break, I come back at the view. Right. And that's where it gets ridiculous.
SPEAKER_07I know. Yeah.
SPEAKER_02Where it can get really like crazy, and then it's like, right, like it'll be like the other, it was like Holocaust Remembrance Day the other day. So they go to black and it's like the one candle shining, and then the lights come up, and I'm like, who has a birthday? Like, so it's like it's like it's a lot.
SPEAKER_07That's like the oh, Gina.
SPEAKER_02This I love this. Uh so it's so funny, but yeah, no, so it's I love it, and I love that it's like that, but that sick part of like comedians where it's like a challenging thing of like, all right, all right, this is terrible news. Let's do it. You know, it's hard.
SPEAKER_07Warm-up is hard.
SPEAKER_02It's weather time. Yeah, no, it's crazy.
SPEAKER_07And there's a lot of drama with the guests.
SPEAKER_02Oh, for sure, for sure.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, it's really what show did you do it for the view? Or yeah, so I I did um this show called Mike and Juliet on Fox. It was a very big morning show. And I, you don't even know this is crazy. It Taylor Swift's first television appearance was on that, and I was right there. She was very young. This is Mike and Juliet, and they're amazing. Oh, they look like a morning. Look at them. Amazing people. I love them. I'm still friends. I love them. And I was on a lot too. Like, but I hung out with Geraldo Rivera and Jin um Janine Pierre. Like, this is crazy. Oh, that's so funny.
SPEAKER_02Everybody was. Everything happened.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, and I met so many celebrities, and it was a blast. It was really hard to get, I had to get there at like six in the morning every day, and I was doing stand-up at night. But it was great. And then I did, I just had to stop. And then I I don't remember. I did Jenny McCarthy's She Had a Little Show. I did uh The View, which it was an interesting experience because I felt like um, and it's probably different now. This was like, I don't even know, 10 years, maybe even more. But the energy there was hard for me because I take on energy. Right. And I had to be like, hey everyone, come on! Right, right, right. It's intense. And it was tense. Yeah, it was tense. I've worked for like a bunch of shows, and um that was hard. And I've told this story before, but you guys are gonna love this. Uh Star Jones was on at the time. This was a long time ago. And Star Jones was very like a diva and would wear these heels like this, and I had just started there at this I wasn't there for long at all, but I was doing well, they liked me, and then I came out on you know stage and introduced the the the host, and I was like, and please welcome Star Jones, and then all of a sudden, like 10 minutes later, I hear over the loudspeaker like, Jessica, please come to the stage area, stage, whatever. And I walk over and the produ the stage director's like, um, Starr is very upset with you because you've said Star Jones and not Star Jones Reynolds, and it's not okay. And I go, I read what it's said to say on the card. Like, I don't even know what you're talking about. And I was like stressed out because I'm like, oh, I'm gonna lose my job, shit. And then Star comes out, I'll never forget this, with two guys that worked on set walking like this, like they were helping her because she had fucking like stilty eyes. Yeah, and she's talking in the crowd and like hello, and she came up to me and she literally said, My name is Star Jones Reynolds, and I would appreciate if you if you called me that. That's my name. And I'm like, your fucking husband is a f but let's move on. Um, I'm allowed to say that word. I always say that. I'm allowed because I don't have to like change that word, and um she was furious, and then I was let go. Yep, I was let go soon after. I'm like, this business is fucking disgusting. Brutal, right?
SPEAKER_02I know it's so many, it's egos and it's like the right person. And it's like whatever she says goes to.
SPEAKER_07Like, this is ridiculous. Right. And then I did it for a lot. I did it for Anderson Cooper's show. He was amazing. Um, I did it for Bethany, which was yeah, yeah, you can Google that. There's a whole thing, but um, yeah, it was a great gig. I you make money, it's great. Yeah, um, but I could never do it again. It's exhausting.
SPEAKER_02No, it does be, and especially like with the news cycle now, it's gotten hard. Because it's like you're just like, uh, like it's it is I do feel like I'm drained. Now, I don't know how you do it. In a way that then goes, I wasn't drained before.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, I don't know how you do it. Because also they fight. I don't watch a lot of the clips, but they argue a lot.
SPEAKER_02Sometimes it get intense and they get like certain guests on and it's intense.
SPEAKER_07Oh, I yeah, yeah. It's really have you ever done it, Robin? What? Uh warm-up? No. I thought you did for some reason. No, but I think it's your buggy.
SPEAKER_04And people always congratulate people think I'm Regina, so they're like, Elsa part. They'll be like, congratulations uh for your gig on the view. I'm like, thank you. I do that for people think I'm Ricky Lake all the time, too. And they'll be like, oh, Ricky, I love your talk show. I'm like, the documentary.
SPEAKER_07I love your documentary because she did a great documentary.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, and I'm always just like, thank you. Um actually like before like my career took off at all. Like if people stopped me as Ricky, they really thought I was Ricky. Right.
SPEAKER_07So yeah, that's so interesting. People a lot of times think I'm John Candy.
SPEAKER_04But I see it.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, yeah, but I get it because we both have a beer. Yeah, yeah. Great book. Uh, wasn't that? They don't make them like that anymore. Uh yeah, I I love you guys. This has been so I knew what you're doing. Thank you so much for having us forever.
SPEAKER_04You emailed us. Yeah, it wasn't. We were so happy to do it together because, like, yeah, like, oh, this is gonna be so.
SPEAKER_02If we could dream a way to do it, it would have been this way. I'm like, no, wait, what? Yeah, but like this would be so fun.
SPEAKER_07First of all, I would have you guys alone too. Like, I I like doing them alone too, but I'm so happy together. Yeah, and I am having like rotating people. I it's I can't, I'm not gonna do the thing where I have like the different person every because it's I want people to get to know you guys, and I it's like I want it to be like hanging out with friends and the dynamic. But I knew having both of you on together, and Zach had mentioned that too. Oh, speaking of faggots, um Zach's not. He's not. Um, will you come on camera? Do you mind? Just take your shirt off.
SPEAKER_05Yeah. And fans. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_07How would you come on camera though? That sounded really big. Yeah, it was about the same.
SPEAKER_04Are you saying this episode or are you saying in general?
SPEAKER_07Well, because they should bring a fourth camera in and have one on you. Yeah. Yeah, someone saw him and commented that he's hot. Oh. See, that would get a lot of the gay guys to listen to this a little bit.
SPEAKER_04There should be a camera on you, especially if you do chime in once in a while.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, yeah. I'll do a quick, I'll do a quick pop in. I'll do that. All right, do a quick pop-in.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, do a run in.
unknownAll right.
SPEAKER_07Oh, that's good. Oh, yeah. You have a nice butt. Let's act like we weren't prepared, Zach. She just core. I think I'm shooting.
SPEAKER_04He's someone who doesn't need a pillow.
SPEAKER_07Right, yeah. You know, you take very good care of yourself, do you?
SPEAKER_02What's that like, Zach? Do you work out?
SPEAKER_07I do not know.
SPEAKER_02Do not hate myself. I work out.
SPEAKER_07What's that like to wash your face? What is that like? He looks like someone who brushes his teeth every day.
SPEAKER_02Like, you know, when you're like, I don't have time, I can't work out, and I hurt my back. I was gonna PT like three times a week. There's fucking time. Of course we can. We're like, I mustn't. It's too much. Yeah. Goes that go. What do you do?
SPEAKER_00I I do I do work out like four or five times a week. I I just have to. I I do and edit and do all these things behind a computer for so long. I just I really get in my own brain if I don't. And do you eat healthy, like clean? Try to, but I like pigged out on Chinese last night. So, you know, how much Chinese is? I picked out on this.
SPEAKER_07Let's talk about how much out on steamed chicken and broccoli ice. What did we add?
SPEAKER_00Yeah, what's directly uh soy garlic. Look at us garlic broccoli. No, no, no.
SPEAKER_07Because we know we would have had the low main, the general sales chicken. That's a better thing.
SPEAKER_00It's delicious. Okay. Yeah, I had some egg rolls. I had some low main.
SPEAKER_07Some egg rolls is, I feel heard and seen. Like more than one egg roll is a big day.
SPEAKER_00I'll eat healthy until dinner time. So I'll do like we didn't even understand that.
SPEAKER_02We're like, y'all looked at me like I had three heads. We're like, I don't under He doesn't speak English, guys. He's from another country.
SPEAKER_07Sending at dinner. What did you just say? Because I've never heard of it. We all blacked it out.
SPEAKER_06You eat Willow. It didn't make any sense. I've got a moment of silence for what you just said. Look, look, we're back. What? Okay, that's it.
SPEAKER_00Say it one more time. I eat healthy until dinner time usually. So I'll do like wait, please. I'm trying to.
SPEAKER_02We're like, which dinner? Your first dinner or your second dinner?
SPEAKER_04Or like the one late at night. Right. Like in the middle of the night dinner? Which dinner specific? Or when we wake up from dead sleep and cry in your fridge?
SPEAKER_02Which dinner is it, though? Tell us which dinner! We've got a wedding to prepare for we need to know which dinner.
SPEAKER_07Oh my god. I have for some reason my antidepressants and the side of my. I'm afraid you lost a tooth. No, I didn't know what you just I thought your teeth were just swallowing out.
SPEAKER_01I'm like, keep recording my whole bottle.
SPEAKER_02I would not be surprised if my teeth just and you wouldn't stop filming, but that's who you are. Jess would just keep going. And then afterwards you'd be like, guys, I lost three teeth. Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_07Like my teeth, you guys would be like, Do I look fat? Like while my teeth. I had literally have my two antidepressants. Do you need to take them now? Wash these. What the fuck is going on? Yeah, they're very powerful. Okay. What are they? What's the I don't even know. Okay. It's um uh fuck. Oh god, I wish my partner was here. She's a doctor. Um I I don't know. Desinflax, something desinflaxine, I think that might be the the Is it working?
SPEAKER_04Does it seem like it's working, Robin?
SPEAKER_02Yeah, it's working. Does it seem like she's not even taking them? How could it be working? She just leaves them in her pants as it felt itself into her teeth.
SPEAKER_07Anyway, you guys have been amazing. Thank you. So much fun with you guys. This was a good point.
SPEAKER_02We were such looking forward to this. And like, honestly, Zach works so hard to make the date work for everybody that it was like we really appreciate it. Because of the warm-up. Yeah, because of it. I was like, I can't, yeah.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, I love you both. No, we love you so much.
SPEAKER_04And thank you for always being so nice to us, even in the beginning of our career. She was encouraging. But you're good people. You're such a good idea.
SPEAKER_07And you also worked hard from the beginning. So I always try to help people that work hard, you know? Yeah. So tell people where, and I please, I say this all the time. Please follow them. Go to their shows. There are all these male-centered podcasts where they all help each other. They have millions of following support female comics. They are amazing. Okay. So tell them where they can follow you.
SPEAKER_04Thank you. First off, thank you so much for saying that. Okay. New York, Boston, Dallas, Vegas, uh, uh, San Diego, Poland. Did you say I don't know?
SPEAKER_01Poland?
SPEAKER_04Poland. C B I and I ran. Yeah, good. Um, but uh the uh no, but uh, yeah, just go to my website, robenshaw.com, about to go on.
SPEAKER_07Tell them how to spell shawl.
SPEAKER_04Sorry, they're like And Robin too, R-O-B-Y-N-Shaw, S-C-H-A-L-L. And I'm not sure when this is coming out, but for my bachelorette party, instead of doing a bachelorette party, I'm doing a bachelorette party comedy show because I don't want to do it. Um and we're like co-doing it together, and there's gonna be a cannoli stripper comedy.
SPEAKER_07What the hell is a cannoli stripper?
SPEAKER_04We don't know, but I hire the guy to just feed us cannolis. Uh put naked? Well, that's why we're confused. So we'll see what happens. Yeah. I mean, it's New York.
SPEAKER_07It's fine if you have the balls out, but just cover the deck. Right.
SPEAKER_02That's mistaken for cannoli. We're hungry. We haven't eaten so.
SPEAKER_07That's the name of my new special. We're hungry. We're. Like, I'm two people. What where can they find you?
SPEAKER_02So ReginaDiChico.com, R-E-G-I-N-A-D-E-C-I-C-C-O, and then like Instagram Regina.deChico. So yeah, but and then look, yeah, we do tons of stuff. It's funny. I'm so terrible. I'm not great at social media. I'll say it right now.
SPEAKER_07I don't do it, but people do it for me. I can't.
SPEAKER_02No, that's amazing. So, like, I'll like these people do it for her too.
SPEAKER_07It's Robin. Oh, that's so good.
SPEAKER_04Because like she'll have a great video. I'm just like, she won't post. I said, give me the video. I know me too. So then I'm so bad for her.
SPEAKER_02And we always like, we'll get a medic here and she'll be like, give me the phone. And then she'll do it from like so many of my things have been posted from the nail place.
SPEAKER_04She has such great stuff, but doesn't post it. I'll be like, I don't know what to do with her saying.
SPEAKER_07And then Robin's like, oh, give it to me. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's done. I get it. Well, I love you. We love you. Thank you so much for helping.
SPEAKER_04Congratulations on all the success. Thank you so much.
SPEAKER_02Thank you. I mean, you have three pillows, so things are going pretty. And you should start working out some more. And you helped me.
SPEAKER_05One of them is a couch cartel. Yeah, one of them is not great. Please help me.