Phoebe Robinson Says Good Riddance to 2020

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🗓️ 29 December 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Phoebe Robinson is a stand-up comedian, podcast host, best-selling author and, until recently, one half of ‘2 Dope Queens’ with Jessica Williams. Now, she has officially gone solo, first with a new advice podcast called ‘Black Frasier’ and soon with her own Comedy Central talk show titled ‘Doing the Most’ in which she “big spoons” celebrity guests like Kevin Bacon and Tan France. We get into all of this, plus what it’s been like experiencing the resurgence of Black Lives Matter during a global pandemic and her thoughts on Kanye West’s “ignorant” attack on Harriet Tubman.

Watch Phoebe’s ‘Yearly Departed’ special on Amazon Prime Video.

This episode was originally published on August 11, 2020.

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0:00.0	This is The Last Laugh.
0:07.0	I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast and this holiday week we are revisiting one of my favorite episodes from this past year with the always hilarious and delightful Phoebe Robinson.
0:19.0	Phoebe and I spoke back in August just as she was launching her new podcast, Black Frazier.
0:24.6	We talked about her unique journey from struggling to get by as a blogger to co-hosting the massive two-dope queen specials on HBO with her friend and comedy partner, Jessica Williams.
0:37.9	One reason why I wanted to reshare this episode is that tomorrow night, December 30th,
0:42.3	Phoebe is hosting Yearly Departed on Amazon Prime Video.
0:46.6	It's essentially like a mock funeral for 2020, featuring an incredible lineup of female
0:51.8	comedians, including Tiffany Haddish, Natasha Legerro, and former
0:56.2	last laugh guest Sarah Silverman, among others. In this clip from the new special, Phoebe eulogizes
1:03.3	the worst year ever. While we were all unproductive slobabs, 2020 was out here doing all of the things.
1:11.6	A global pandemic, mass unemployment, worldwide protest, wildfires, murder hornets,
1:18.6	Megxit, Brexit, yes, all of that happened this year, this 56-month-long year.
1:26.6	And although so many were divided this year about whose lives mattered, and if wipe it down
1:33.6	your groceries is really necessary, and bitch, yes it was, we did have one common enemy.
1:42.2	The iPhone weekly screen time notification. I don't need to be dragged like that.
1:47.9	All right. Here's to a much better 2021. Have a happy new year and please enjoy this conversation with the great
1:56.4	Phoebe Robinson. How's it going? Are you in New York? Yeah, we're in Brooklyn in our apartment.
2:02.8	We've been quarantined since March 6th.
2:07.2	It's been a while.
2:08.7	Yeah, I know.
2:10.0	What about you?
2:11.1	Yeah, I'm in L.A., but same.
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