Now I'm getting more of an understanding about what your show is about. But other than that, we try to keep it more of a character comedy show with this strange format of questions. I think we can still do it in a funny way but we're doing more than addressing the actual questions. We did one about my OCD and also Gaby's bisexuality and coming out. Obviously, there are some episodes-because we do have this wonderful audience-that are more meaningful. The questions are a way to highlight our differing opinions. But the episodes that are sketches, where we don't even answer the question, are the ones that turn out better.ĪLLISON: To me, it's an odd couple comedy show. I feel more of a pull to give actual advice just because our fans are so young. Gaby's out of her mind.” And it has slowly shifted to, “They're both out of their minds.” Which is great. Everyone was supposed to be like, “Yeah, I agree with Allison. It kind of started out with Allison as Gallant and me as Goofus, and it became two Goofusses. GABY: We wanted a way to showcase the two characters' totally different personalities and their reactions to stuff. And sometimes it's really good advice.ĪLLISON: Those are the episodes I hate the most. Honestly, the advice is not at all what the show is about.īut you do give advice. This was a format we knew we could do once a week.
We wanted a structure where we could really work on characters and have a format in order to be successful on YouTube and with a web series. Why did you think of giving advice?ĪLLISON: The show is not about giving advice. You two can hang out together and talk about anything. We'll come up with questions.” The first few episodes is just Allison making up the questions. We were sitting at a diner and said, “Let's come up with what we should. And I had done some YouTube vlogging stuff. GABY DUNN: I had one friend with a camera. We thought, “How can we be productive with the lowest production value?” We were frustrated with our careers and lives and wanted to be productive. While they were in town to do a live version of Just Between Us for the Everything Is Festival, Raskin and Dunn sat down with us to chat about being comedy partners, writing jokes, and that moment when you black out because your joke fails terribly.ĪMY LAM: Where did Just Between Us come from?ĪLLISON RASKIN: It came from a place of desperation. And when useful relationship advice happens on accident, it is often on-point. While casually lounging on an overstuffed couch, they field relationshipy questions like “How do I get better at sex?” and “How do you date a bi girl?” But the pair have said that Just Between Us is more about showcasing two funny best friends than it is about answering viewer questions.
The two comedians and writers play caricatures-or the “worse versions”-of themselves: an odd couple with uptight, straight laced Raskin in contrast to Dunn’s unapologetic militant feminism. But the scripted advice show format is really a guise for Allison Raskin and Gaby Dunn to feature their comedy. At first glance, Just Between Us looks like any other YouTube channel with two friends vlogging and answering random viewer questions.
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