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The Amazing Story Behind How Phoebe Robinson and Jessica Williams Became 2 Broke Girls · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Comedian Phoebe Robinson is
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Speaker 1: hosting the new Amazon Prime comedy specially called Yearly Departed,
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Speaker 1: which looks back on all the highs and lows. But
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Speaker 1: she's probably best known as one half of the podcast
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Speaker 1: and HBO's show Two Broke Girls, alongside Jessica Williams. Teaming
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Speaker 1: up has clearly changed both of their lives and careers,
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Speaker 1: but they never would have met if Phoebe hadn't responded
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Speaker 1: to it classified looking for extra she tells Fast Company.
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Speaker 1: I saw this job listening to do background on The
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Speaker 1: Daily Show for a segment of feature Jessica. We met,
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Speaker 1: We hit it off, so we asked her to be
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Speaker 1: a guest on my podcast in my rinky dinky one
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Speaker 1: bedroom apartment, the head of mold issue. When we taped it,
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Speaker 1: she said she wanted to try stand up, so I
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Speaker 1: asked her if she wanted to cause the show with me.
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Speaker 1: The moment we got on that stage, we felt the
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Speaker 1: chemistry and the rest is history. Phoebe Special Yearly Departed
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Speaker 1: hits Amazon today. That's Direct from Hollywood.