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Comedian Robby Hoffman (Too Far, Verified Stand-Up) sits down with Tam to look back on her Bat Mitzvah, keeping Kosher, and putting ointment on her Great-Uncle’s feet.
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Key Moments
01:41 – Argentinian Jews; going to school on subsidy
4:15 – Robby’s uterine cyst
07:28 – Resisting temptation/McDonalds
13:54 – Tam’s teacher went to prison
15:14 – First period
18:00 – Uncle Eddie
22:45 – Masturbation?
24:26 – Robby’s Bat Mitzvah story
30:12 – Robby “could never survive a second Holocaust”
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Series Credits
Hosted by Tamara Yajia
Executive Producers: Adrien Finkel, Darren Miller, & Ben Rosen
Director of Photography: Gemma Doll-Grossman
Production Manager: Savvas Yiannoulou
Production Coordinator: Ellen Burns
Writer/Researcher: Yoni Lotan
Sound Mixer: Will Harrell
Gaffer: Kishan Patel
Production Designer: Christina Phensy
Art Dept. Assistant: Carolyn Deskin
Hair and Makeup: Brenna Haukedahl
Editor/GFX: Brandon Fryman
Assistant Editor: Michael Wolfson
For Funny Or Die
VP of Digital: Darren Miller
Head of Original Content, Digital: Ben Rosen
SVP, Physical Production: Whitney Hodack
Assistant to Whitney Hodack: Anastasia Jacques
Director, Legal & Business Affairs: Annie Killen
SVP, Production Accounting: Devi Reichert
Head of Post: Derek Bartholomaus
SVP, HR/Facilities: Taylor Treadwell