Bob the Drag Queen asks about movie musicals

Summary

Summary of "Bob the Drag Queen Asks About Movie Musicals" Episode of Handsome

Release Date: October 22, 2024

In this lively episode of Handsome, hosts and comedians Tig Notaro, Fortune Feimster, and Mae Martin explore the enchanting world of movie musicals, prompted by a thought-provoking question from guest Bob the Drag Queen. Throughout the episode, the trio intertwines personal anecdotes, humorous exchanges, and insightful discussions, culminating in a passionate debate about their favorite movie musicals.

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Opening Banter and Personal Stories

The episode kicks off with the hosts sharing snippets of their daily lives and recent activities, setting a relaxed and conversational tone.

• Tig Notaro recounts attending her son's baseball games, humorously noting the team's consistent losses while praising her son's pitching prowess:

  "My son's team loses every game. But Finn is a really good pitcher." ([03:36])

• Mae Martin shares a heartwarming story about surprising her child with a skateboard, highlighting the joy and excitement it brought to her family:

  "His face lit up... Stephanie started crying when he saw we're getting him a skateboard." ([09:58])

• Fortune Feimster humorously details her preference for a simple Happy Meal after a tiring gig in Las Vegas, emphasizing the comfort in small indulgences:

  "I just wanted something small... so I got a Happy Meal." ([13:53])

Navigating Parenting and Social Interactions

The conversation naturally flows into the challenges and joys of parenting, especially when balancing personal interests with supporting children's activities.

• Tig discusses the delicate balance of cheering on her child's sports activities while managing interactions with young players:

  "I had to be firm with those middle schoolers on the putting green." ([35:03])

• Mae reflects on her upbringing and how it shapes her approach to social interactions today, sharing humorous insights about her own experiences at parties:

  "I was dancing on everyone and having existential dread the next day." ([23:28])

Humorous Takes on Everyday Situations

The hosts engage in playful banter about everyday scenarios, such as dealing with disruptive children and the quirks of social etiquette.

• Mae humorously describes her tendency to overreact in social settings, leading to amusing encounters:

  "I started doing tarot cards and gave someone a magic mic lap dance." ([24:31])

• Fortune and Tig join in the laughter, creating a light-hearted atmosphere as they navigate through quirky social mishaps:

  "Tig, that's hilarious." ([36:54])

Main Discussion: Favorite Movie Musicals

The episode's centerpiece arrives when Bob the Drag Queen poses the question: "What is your favorite movie musical of all time, and why?" The hosts eagerly dive into their personal favorites, offering diverse perspectives and memorable moments from various films.

Tig Notaro's Take on "Grease"

• Tig passionately declares "Grease" as her favorite movie musical, sharing nostalgic memories of watching it countless times as a child:

  "I saw it seven times in the theater one summer with my grandmother." ([40:03])

• She humorously critiques the movie's fantastical elements, pondering the plausibility of cars flying away in reality:

  "Why does the car just fly into the sky?" ([40:33])

Mae Martin's Love for Classic Musicals

• Mae brings a familial connection to her love for musicals, mentioning her grandfather's involvement in classics like "Rocky" and "My Fair Lady":

  "My grandfather was in the stage production of Rocky and My Fair Lady." ([44:04])

• She expresses a deep appreciation for "The Wizard of Oz" and the modern adaptation of "Matilda", praising its transgressive and humorous elements:

  "I love the new Matilda musical on stage in London." ([46:41])

Fortune Feimster's Fervor for "Moulin Rouge"

• Fortune enthusiastically names "Moulin Rouge" as her favorite, singing snippets from iconic songs like "Come What May":

  "Come what may, I will love you till my dying day." ([49:52])

• She highlights the emotional depth and vibrant energy of the film, making it her top pick:

  "It's a great movie with so much heart." ([50:31])

Creative Musings and Future Projects

Inspired by their discussion, the hosts brainstorm creative ideas for potential musical projects, blending their unique personalities and comedic talents.

• Mae suggests creating a "Handsome" movie musical, envisioning a fun and collaborative production:

  "We could sing about our podcasting adventures and internet mishaps." ([48:09])

• Fortune and Tig join in the excitement, imagining elaborate setups involving reindeer and live bands for a Christmas pantomime:

  "Let's rent a theater and get a live band for a pantomime Christmas." ([55:07])

Closing Remarks and Final Thoughts

As the episode nears its end, the hosts reflect on the enduring charm of movie musicals, sharing final thoughts and expressing their gratitude to listeners.

• Tig humorously urges listeners to subscribe and share the podcast, blending promotional content with genuine affection:

  "Please subscribe and share your favorite episodes with friends." ([61:11])

• Mae and Fortune echo the sentiment, highlighting upcoming events and their latest projects, ensuring fans stay connected:

  "I'll be performing at Largo and Dynasty Typewriter in November and December." ([60:58])

Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• Mae Martin on parenting and nostalgia:

  "I have a rich history of movie musicals from my grandfather's involvement in classic stage productions." ([44:04])

• Tig Notaro on the fantastical elements of "Grease":

  "Why does the car just fly into the sky?" ([40:33])

• Fortune Feimster singing from "Moulin Rouge":

  "Come what may, I will love you till my dying day." ([49:52])

• Mae Martin on the emotional impact of musicals:

  "I went to see Mary Poppins with my parents in London, and wept together." ([50:41])

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This comprehensive summary captures the essence of the episode, highlighting the hosts' camaraderie, personal stories, and their deep appreciation for movie musicals. Through humor and heartfelt discussions, Tig, Mae, and Fortune create an engaging narrative that both entertains and enlightens listeners, making Handsome a must-listen for fans of comedy and musical cinema alike.

Transcript

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[Tig Notaro]

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[Mae Martin]

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[Tig Notaro]

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[Mae Martin]

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[Fortune Feimster]

Cheers. Welcome to the handsome pod. That was like chicken. It's your handsome podcaster, Fortune Famester.

[Mae Martin]

I'm also your handsome podcaster, May Martin.

[Tig Notaro]

I am your pretty little lady, Tignotaro May. Turn it up a bit. Yeah, yeah.

[Mae Martin]

Turn it up.

[Fortune Feimster]

That party going.

[Tig Notaro]

Oh, my God. I haven't heard that song in so long. Keep singing it.

[Fortune Feimster]

It's been a while. Keep that party going in your pants. Yeah. And invite people and then get to the.

[Mae Martin]

You know, the. You remember the really sad bridge.

[Tig Notaro]

Don't kick me out too early. I'm in your pants. What?

[Mae Martin]

May remember the really sad bridge of the song that got suddenly really sad. Can you do that part, Fortune?

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, we were all at the party and we had RSVP'd and when we got to the door, they said, we don't see your response. So you have.

[Tig Notaro]

This is heartbreaking. Well, when you RSVP'd in May's pants, we mean, you really are SVP'd.

[Mae Martin]

I like to keep track. I like to have a written record of who's in my pants. So you do have to RSVP or else you're not.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah, you do.

[Tig Notaro]

Do you ever hear it like, hello. And on your pants.

[Mae Martin]

What's this? What's the password?

[Tig Notaro]

Rsvp, man. But that was heartbreaking, Fortune.

[Fortune Feimster]

It was. Because when you think you've RSVP'd yes. And it turns out either they didn't get it or the RSVP was no. That's sad.

[Mae Martin]

Oh, I don't think I've ever had that happen, but I know it would be heartbreaking.

[Tig Notaro]

You Ever get those Evites? And it's like, yes. No. Maybe.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah. And then when I do, maybe that part of me where I don't want to be saying I'm going to something and then I'm not there, and then, you know, I'm like, do I have to go check back? Because in my brain, I'm like, oh, yes, vp. Maybe to my friend's book launch. You know, Nobody cares, right?

[Fortune Feimster]

Book launches. So many book launches.

[Tig Notaro]

If I look, I'm trying to get this book launched.

[Fortune Feimster]

You guys. How is your day so far?

[Mae Martin]

Well, Tig has been doing stuff. That's all I know. You went to a baseball game?

[Tig Notaro]

Yep. My son's team loses every game. But that's not to say they're not good at playing. Yeah. Finn is the pitcher, and he is. He's a really good pitcher. Like, it's crazy. He doesn't just pitch the ball. He. He knows different pitches.

[Fortune Feimster]

Whoa. That's what's up.

[Mae Martin]

So what's the rest of the team doing? Letting him down?

[Tig Notaro]

Everyone's doing their best, you know, Catching butterflies. Yeah.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

Wandering off. But I think it's. It's probably good, actually. Yeah. Especially for Finn. Yeah, I think it's good for Finn because he is so. He is so good and he's so athletic that it's probably good for him to be on a listing team. I don't know. Yeah, definitely. Yeah. I don't know. I don't really. I think we've talked about this. I'm just. I don't. I don't really follow sports. It's not my thing. I play and I'm athletic. I can't even say I play. I used to play soccer, and, you know.

[Mae Martin]

You played pickleball, don't you? Don't you pickleball?

[Tig Notaro]

I did, but I broke my femur, and I had all sorts of issues. Of course I did. Yes. And I have to have surgery when I finish filming Star Trek, so it's hard. I can't play pickleball. But anyway, the point is, I don't know what I was talking about.

[Mae Martin]

It's like a Mighty Duck situation. They're the underdogs. That's real. That's very charming and sweet, I think. Yeah. It'd be weird if they were just like.

[Tig Notaro]

But why was I talking about me being athletic? That's where I don't have it.

[Fortune Feimster]

Were you talking about you watching the game or. What kind of fan mom are you?

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah, I am. This is who I am. We will be. Well, just to back Up a little bit. When I first got together with Stephanie, we had been together like a year, maybe, maybe nine months or something. And she joined an all female basketball team.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, I remember that. The Pistol Shrimps.

[Tig Notaro]

This Pistol Shrimps. And so I would go, I went to her game, the first game I ever went to. I watched the game. We leave, we get into the car, and I said, that was fun. And she was like, that girl was throwing elbows and blah, blah, blah. And then I should have had that one shot. And I saw this side of her where I remember I was stunned into. I was staring at her. Had not seen any side of this in her personality. And it was so interesting. I didn't know how competitive she was. And so I was like, oh, yeah, I didn't notice any of that. I was truly just. I just. You know what I mean? Like that I was just watching people jump up and throw things and whatever. And it's kind of similar with Max and Finn's game. You know, I'm. And also they're tiny. So it honestly, no matter whose team hits a ball, catches a ball, runs. It's exciting. And it's like, yeah, you know, you're clapping, you know.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

And so when we left, when we leave the game, you know, it's kind of the same vibe of like, that was fun. And somebody's like, yeah, but that one. Blah, blah, blah. And that this. She has a whole feeling about everything, whereas I'm like, wow, I wasn't. And I told her, I said that I feel like it's the perfect example of ignorance is bliss. I'm not following a thing. I'm just having a great time and I'm happy and who cares?

[Mae Martin]

Happy to be there. Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

Let's just watch and go home.

[Fortune Feimster]

No parents have gotten into any big brawls yet.

[Tig Notaro]

No, it's mainly the parents get frustrated with the ump.

[Fortune Feimster]

The ump.

[Mae Martin]

Oh, I wasn't. I wasn't expecting to hear the phrase, the word. Yeah. Happy to hear it always.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah. I didn't know ump was going to be a part of my life.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

But, yeah, I. I see the parents kind of hang out by the fence right behind the ump. They'll be. What are you talking about? That was, you know, that kind of thing.

[Fortune Feimster]

I want to see you there next game. I want to see you behind the ump.

[Tig Notaro]

Me?

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah. Yeah. Let's see.

[Tig Notaro]

Oh, my God, that would be hilarious. Do you know what Finn does? That is so hilarious. I didn't know that this was something that you do in Baseball. But when he goes up to bat, he holds the bat and he puts his hand out behind him at the.

[Mae Martin]

What?

[Tig Notaro]

You're asking for time. He's not. He's not ready for time. Oh, even. Even to get a. He doesn't need that. Also, he does it when there's no ump. He just does that when he. He's so performative. Just. He doesn't.

[Fortune Feimster]

He just. Mimicking professional baseball player.

[Tig Notaro]

It is the cutest, funniest thing. And Stephanie pointed that out to me. Yeah. And she was like. She was like, you know what he's doing? I was like, what? And she's like, he's telling the ump to hold on. He's not quite ready. And it's so ridiculous because of course he's ready. He's eight. That's funny.

[Mae Martin]

What kind of personality type you think wants to be an ump? Is it like a control thing or even a ref in soccer and stuff? It feels like a really specific type.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

They love the sport, but they can't play. They don't really play anymore.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah, see, I could see. I think Finn really enjoys playing, but he also loves reffing. And they call him the ref at his school because he gets in there and he refs all different games. He knows the rules to every game, and he keeps track. Like this morning, early this morning, we went and played putt putt golf. And he's the scorekeeper. He is keeper.

[Fortune Feimster]

He went from putt baseball. Wow.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah.

[Mae Martin]

We're a sporty family. Yes. Seriously.

[Tig Notaro]

Well. And we just got Max's skateboard. We went. Stephanie and I took Max on his special day with us, and we went just to Me and Stephanie took Max to the skateboard shop. And he was like, where are we going? Where are we going? We're like, we're. You know, it's a surprise. And we pull up.

[Mae Martin]

Oh, that's the best.

[Tig Notaro]

Go in. And he walked in and he saw he has wanted a skateboard forever. We walk in and he sees wall to wall skateboards. And his face lit up. And he looked up at us and we were like, yep, we're getting a skateboard. Stephanie started crying when he looked at us, like, like, oh, my God, we're get. I'm getting a skateboard. That's good. Yeah, they're pretty. They're pretty sporty.

[Fortune Feimster]

I wanted to learn how to skateboard, but I was too much of a wuss.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, it's so scary.

[Fortune Feimster]

I just felt like I was going to hurt myself.

[Mae Martin]

I love the way you touched Your face when you said that. It's going to hurt myself.

[Fortune Feimster]

Hurt myself.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

As it was.

[Mae Martin]

I feel like I'd like to. I could. I could maybe pull off being a skater, I guess energetically.

[Fortune Feimster]

Were skating.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah. I was gonna say, I assumed you had four wheels under you.

[Fortune Feimster]

You were like, pushing your hair back like that.

[Mae Martin]

Such a compliment. I.

[Tig Notaro]

Girls and the guys chasing you down the street.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

Oh, you guys.

[Mae Martin]

Avril Lavigne rsvping to my pants. I'm a boy.

[Tig Notaro]

Oh, my God. RSVPING to your pants.

[Mae Martin]

I would love to, like, flip the board up on my shoulder, you know, like.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah, you know?

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, yeah, that would be cool.

[Fortune Feimster]

Too late.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah. Yeah, I guess you're right.

[Tig Notaro]

It's never too late to start skateboarding.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah. So what should I do first? Get my driver's license or learn to skate?

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, you definitely should get your driver license. Driver's license first.

[Mae Martin]

Okay. All right.

[Fortune Feimster]

What is that happening? I thought that was happening like a year ago.

[Mae Martin]

I know. Remember the whole saga? I had Perla, the teacher. I took nine lessons.

[Fortune Feimster]

What happened?

[Mae Martin]

Just life, you know, Life.

[Tig Notaro]

Stephanie's sister had a driving instructor that had her drive through a fast food restaurant while they were.

[Mae Martin]

I respect that a lot. I really respect that.

[Fortune Feimster]

You do need to practice going through a drive through big time.

[Tig Notaro]

That's why you need to practice eating and driving. It's. It's the rules.

[Fortune Feimster]

There are some drive throughs where you can see how many cars have smashed into the side of the wall.

[Mae Martin]

Really? Just drunk people being like, I got a Big Mac. And then just.

[Fortune Feimster]

It was a sharp turn and they couldn't handle it.

[Mae Martin]

That's not going to be me.

[Fortune Feimster]

And then you think, well, now I have to spend a thousand dollars to fix my car for this 15 meal.

[Tig Notaro]

You could also go through the drive through on your skateboard.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah.

[Mae Martin]

Oh, my God. Do you think they would. They would serve you?

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah. If you were on foot, it was a no go.

[Mae Martin]

But you got wheels.

[Fortune Feimster]

Sure. But.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah, May's not on foot. May is on wheels. Don't judge my car. Don't judge my car.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah. This is a car. How do you define a car?

[Tig Notaro]

This is my car.

[Mae Martin]

What if. What if I got those shoes, like running shoes that have little wheels in the soles?

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah, Wheelies. You pull up and you order.

[Mae Martin]

Screech. Yeah, Screech. I had some Chicken McNuggets the other day. I haven't had McDonald's in a long time.

[Tig Notaro]

Like how long?

[Mae Martin]

Well, not that long.

[Tig Notaro]

That's why I want to know.

[Mae Martin]

Six Months. But it's like a really specific mood takes me, you know, and it was getting colder out, and I wanted some steam and nugs, and I.

[Fortune Feimster]

Steam and nugs.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah. And.

[Tig Notaro]

Oh, my God. What are we talking about?

[Mae Martin]

20 Chicken McNuggets. 20 Chicken McNuggets. I had 20.

[Tig Notaro]

20 nugs. Sounds like something that I do not. I also don't want to be a.

[Mae Martin]

Part of 20 nugs.

[Tig Notaro]

Not even 19. Yeah.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

I felt really for the gusto there.

[Mae Martin]

I felt pretty rough after, I will say, but, man, really, that first bite.

[Fortune Feimster]

Dippin sauce.

[Mae Martin]

Oh, yeah. I had all the sauces.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, you had multiple kinds of sauces.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah. Barbecue, hot mustard.

[Tig Notaro]

I would never have guessed I would be on a podcast, basically, where we are promoting.

[Fortune Feimster]

I don't want to lie. I did have a Happy Meal last night.

[Mae Martin]

Last night? Oh, my God.

[Fortune Feimster]

I had a gig in Vegas. I just flew back, like, two hours ago.

[Mae Martin]

And we're not saying we support McDonald's as a business or franchise.

[Tig Notaro]

You are supporting them as a business and a franchise. We're also not supporting what comes in a Happy Meal. Like, that's what I thought that was for children.

[Fortune Feimster]

It was six nugs and a little baby fry because I didn't want a big meal, and it was right outside the casino, and Vegas is a whole thing, you know? And I was like, I don't want to go. My manager was like, you want to go to a restaurant? I'm like, I surely don't. I was so tired because I just got back from my Europe trip, and then I had to go to Vegas, surely. And I was like, I just want a little something. And then McDonald's was just right there, and I was like, I'm just getting a Happy Meal. And I was happy.

[Tig Notaro]

And so. But tell me what a happy. It's just tiny amounts of food.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah. It's like a smaller version of everything.

[Mae Martin]

But is there a toy?

[Fortune Feimster]

There was a toy, which I said no to, but I had regrets because the toy was like a mini version of Crocs.

[Mae Martin]

How could you say no to that?

[Tig Notaro]

And you wanted that. I rocked two against one.

[Mae Martin]

You could put them on Biggie.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yes, exactly. Three more Happy Meals, and he has every foot covered.

[Mae Martin]

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[Mae Martin]

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[Tig Notaro]

So it is for children. A Happy Meal is for children.

[Fortune Feimster]

It's.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah, it's not just like a. A tiny meal. It's like.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah, it's like a smaller ver. I didn't want the big giant meal.

[Tig Notaro]

I understand, but it comes with a toy.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah, yeah.

[Mae Martin]

Well, I remember, like, such genius marketing to call it a Happy Meal. And then I remember when I was like 10 or something, Beanie Babies were huge. Remember, like, the craze of Beanie Babies. And you could get them in your Happy Meal. And so we'd go and you'd try to find someone working there who you could kind of not bribe, but you could be like, hey, man, can you check in the meal and see what the Beanie Baby is before? Because I really want the iguana or whatever. And then you. You know, and they're not supposed to do that or trade around the toys, but.

[Tig Notaro]

And they would.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, they would.

[Fortune Feimster]

I will say it was a little embarrassing to walk through the casino with my tiny little box, because it does come in a very specific little box. And I had to walk through the casino holding my little box. People.

[Tig Notaro]

You didn't have to walk like that, though.

[Fortune Feimster]

I did. I walked like it. I walked like this.

[Tig Notaro]

Go to YouTube. Go to YouTube to see this.

[Fortune Feimster]

People were stopping me, saying they enjoyed the show. It was a corporate gig. And I was like, thank you. And then someone wrote me today, saw you last night with your Happy Meal, walking.

[Tig Notaro]

Really?

[Mae Martin]

Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, no.

[Mae Martin]

That's when people reach out on Instagram or something and say, hey, I saw you doing this the other day. And you're like, oh, my God. I didn't know. I was.

[Fortune Feimster]

No one saw you.

[Mae Martin]

Did I tell you about when somebody wrote and said I saw you at the Jewish History Museum in London? I was like, oh, yeah. I was there. And then they wrote you were playing a game of foosball by yourself. And I was like, fuck. They. I was running from side to side. I was playing by myself. Like, I was playing the game. I was spinning.

[Tig Notaro]

Oh, my gosh.

[Fortune Feimster]

You were at a Jewish museum that had a foosball table alone?

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, I went by myself to learn stuff.

[Fortune Feimster]

Why did they have a foosball table?

[Mae Martin]

That's a really good question. I think it was in the lobby. It was like, why did they.

[Tig Notaro]

Did you have a moment where you're like, if I'm seen right now, this will maybe look a little silly?

[Mae Martin]

Absolutely not.

[Fortune Feimster]

I thought, yeah, you're just living your best life.

[Mae Martin]

Just living my best life.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah. Yeah. That would be hard, though, because there's a lot of things.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

A lot of levers, a lot of foosing.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

A lot of fuzzing, fizzing. The balls, foosing and booze.

[Mae Martin]

That's what she said.

[Tig Notaro]

That is. She did say that.

[Mae Martin]

She did.

[Fortune Feimster]

Really?

[Tig Notaro]

I heard she's. Yeah, everybody knows she said it, so.

[Fortune Feimster]

I didn't gamble, though.

[Mae Martin]

Oh, you didn't.

[Fortune Feimster]

If anyone's wondering, are you normally a gambler? No.

[Mae Martin]

Okay, so no big shock there.

[Tig Notaro]

You don't ever gamble?

[Fortune Feimster]

I'm not a big gambler. I don't like losing money. And.

[Tig Notaro]

Wait, your mother was a gambler?

[Fortune Feimster]

No, she was not. But that is so funny to think that my childhood issue revolves around my mother being a gambler. No, my. No, my mom doesn't hardly gamble at all. I had a. I had an uncle who gambled and had some major debts that my grandma helped pay off.

[Mae Martin]

Oh.

[Fortune Feimster]

But, yeah, I'm not. I don't. Like. If I go to a casino and I do gamble, I don't really know how to play a lot of the games.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

I don't know how to play poker. I could do Blackjack. I don't really know the rest, so it's usually a slot machine situation. I'm partial penny slots. I'm partial to the wheel of Fortune 1 for obvious reasons why.

[Tig Notaro]

And your name, Your name.

[Mae Martin]

Wheel of fortune, of course. Sorry. I was like. Was fortune on wheel of Fortune?

[Fortune Feimster]

Like I was celebrity wheel of fortune. And so was I was too against moment was pretty hilarious. And yeah, I give myself a limit. Like I'll only spend 100 bucks.

[Mae Martin]

I want to go to a casino with both of you and maybe put.

[Tig Notaro]

It on the list. Thomas, put it on the list.

[Mae Martin]

Because what's the game where you get some beautiful person to kiss the dice before you roll them?

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, I mean, that's craps necessarily part of it. Well, I was just thinking you every crap table doesn't just come with a beautiful person to kiss your dice.

[Mae Martin]

Really?

[Tig Notaro]

What is that game though where you have a beautiful person RSVP to your pants?

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, what's.

[Tig Notaro]

Which one is that one?

[Fortune Feimster]

Party. It's called party in your pants. I wish there was a casino though that every craps they will came with a beautiful person to kiss the dice.

[Mae Martin]

Well, what I want is you with your little happy meal and you're in like a sexy red dress or something. And I'm sitting at the crafts table. And then I put my hand back and you give it a little kiss. That's what I want.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah.

[Mae Martin]

I roll snake eyes. Is that a thing?

[Fortune Feimster]

I'm shoving chicken nuggets in my mouth. Kissing. Kissing your dice.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah. And sometimes you give me a bite of the. Of the nug. Yeah. Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

That would be so funny to have a not traditional hot chick standing at the table to kiss dice.

[Fortune Feimster]

Wait, what are you saying?

[Tig Notaro]

Like if.

[Fortune Feimster]

How dare you, Fortune.

[Tig Notaro]

I'm including all of us here. If we were all standing. If we were hired to stand next to table for like a first straight man.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah.

[Mae Martin]

Businessman.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah. We let us. Yeah, that Let us. Bring in your beauties. Bring in your beauties. Bring in your beauties. Where do you want me to kick? Where do you want me?

[Fortune Feimster]

You have your plant based nugs.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah, Steaming nugs.

[Fortune Feimster]

Steaming nuts.

[Tig Notaro]

Yes.

[Fortune Feimster]

That sounds like a good business model to me.

[Mae Martin]

Me too. I got nothing to report from my day. I didn't actually. I'm hung. I'm a little hungover.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, we shot. Where did you go?

[Mae Martin]

I just went to a friend's house, 10 houses up for me and I drank a bottle of champagne. I thought everyone else was drinking the same bottle. Like I thought. I thought we were all Drinking the bottle of champagne, but everyone was drinking different things, and then the bottle was empty, and it turned out I was the only one drinking it.

[Fortune Feimster]

A whole bottle.

[Mae Martin]

Then I started doing tarot cards.

[Tig Notaro]

And then. So when you wake up hungover, what is that? Are you, like, hurling everywhere, or is the room spinning? What's going on?

[Mae Martin]

No, Tig, No. It's been at least six months since I hurled. No, I'm not a big drinker, but this morning, it was. Oh, it was like a sort of existential dread. And, like, what. What did I say? What did I say last night when I was doing tarot cards, but we had a dance party in the. In the kitchen and danced to the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. That was pretty good.

[Fortune Feimster]

I like that.

[Tig Notaro]

And it was just you and a friend?

[Mae Martin]

No, it was a bunch of people from the cast. And, yeah, it was good.

[Fortune Feimster]

And you read people's tarot. The tarot cards for people?

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, I kind of forced every. I was getting really controlling about the way they were pulling the cards. I was like. The way they were thinking of the questions. I don't know. It was a weird side of my personality.

[Fortune Feimster]

No, that's not right.

[Mae Martin]

I think I gave someone a magic mic lap dance. That's. That's just come back to me. And then you over.

[Fortune Feimster]

If you think you did, you definitely did.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah, it's too specific to.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, it's really.

[Fortune Feimster]

And what.

[Mae Martin]

I know that.

[Fortune Feimster]

How do we think that unfolded?

[Mae Martin]

I think people were, like, challenging me to dance and being like, don't be shy. You never dance. And I was like, all right. And then I kind of danced.

[Tig Notaro]

Don't be shy. You never dance. They said.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah. They were like, come on, Mae, Dance. And I was like, okay. I guess it's all or nothing.

[Tig Notaro]

How does your cast know how frequently you do or do not dance?

[Fortune Feimster]

Good question, Tig.

[Tig Notaro]

Thank you, Fortune.

[Mae Martin]

We've been out a couple times, and I haven't danced. And then also, like, people were dancing last night, and then I was kind of lingering with my tarot cards near the side, and then. And then.

[Fortune Feimster]

So they just wanted to distract you from pulling these cards that were bumming people out.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah. And just, like, projecting all my own stuff onto their fortunes. Just.

[Tig Notaro]

There's that word fortune again.

[Mae Martin]

There it is again. Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

What made that. What made you guys think of me? Do you remember if you enjoyed the Magic Mike dance yourself?

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, I think I enjoyed it a lot. And then. I mean, it probably lasted about 45 seconds, and around.

[Tig Notaro]

I thought you were gonna say, minutes.

[Mae Martin]

45 minutes. 45 minutes with everyone standing silent.

[Tig Notaro]

Can I go to the bathroom while you're hurling?

[Mae Martin]

Oh, my God.

[Tig Notaro]

And they can't tell you to stop because you're the star of the show.

[Mae Martin]

Oh, my God.

[Tig Notaro]

Those kind of tricky situations.

[Mae Martin]

Jesus.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, and star of the Netflix show.

[Mae Martin]

You thought Tigger saying.

[Tig Notaro]

May is the of their show. So when you're a star, people can't say, hey, you're annoying, or don't say this.

[Fortune Feimster]

What?

[Mae Martin]

Oh, you're right. What if that's. What if no one wanted the Magic Mike laugh dance, they for sure. No, they didn't want it.

[Tig Notaro]

They didn't want it. Certainly not for 45 minutes.

[Mae Martin]

May, listen. It was 45 seconds, and then around second 44, I did suddenly think, oh, my God, what am I doing? And then I stopped.

[Fortune Feimster]

There are a lot of people out there that would want a magic Mic D dance from you. We don't know about who you gave one to last night.

[Mae Martin]

Because I'm not really a confident dancer at all. But that's one thing that I think you can learn the moves and I could get good at. Magic Mic.

[Tig Notaro]

That is the best dancer to watch is someone that's not confident. Oh, man. And so is this going to be potentially embarrassing when you return to work and do you remember who you were? All right. Is this a good question?

[Fortune Feimster]

Magic, my king.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah. Fortune, is this a good question?

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah, that's a great question, too.

[Tig Notaro]

Okay, I. I like when you say that. I like when you say good questions.

[Fortune Feimster]

I got you, boo.

[Tig Notaro]

Okay, thanks.

[Mae Martin]

Is. Is this a good answer, Fortune? Yeah, it is going to be embarrassing. No, I don't think so.

[Tig Notaro]

We.

[Mae Martin]

Everyone had a great time. I think. I think I really brought the party, you know?

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah, you did.

[Tig Notaro]

Every drunk person thinks that you're, like.

[Fortune Feimster]

You're, like, sat in the corner drunk, and then you're imagining my hands.

[Mae Martin]

Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

[Tig Notaro]

You think everyone else was drinking and they weren't.

[Mae Martin]

Oh, my. No, they were drinking. They were just not drinking the bottle of.

[Tig Notaro]

They're like, oh, my God. May showed up to the party, drank a whole bottle of champagne and was dancing on everybody.

[Mae Martin]

Oh, God.

[Fortune Feimster]

You better be nice that it was only 10 houses down from you, so you could just.

[Mae Martin]

I know.

[Tig Notaro]

Did you just tuck and roll home?

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, I just somersaulted home, rolled down the street. I think at the wrap party, I have to make a. Wearing little spectacles and being really demure, you know, and not little spectacles. I don't know.

[Fortune Feimster]

That makes one demure.

[Mae Martin]

Professorial. You Know, and like, oh, thanks everyone for all your hard work, you know. But yeah, I went to the gym today and was sweating out that champagne and just.

[Tig Notaro]

Were there bubbles coming out of your pores?

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, just covered in bubs.

[Fortune Feimster]

Blue bubs. Well, I'm glad you had a good time.

[Mae Martin]

There was a little. There was a little dish of chalk in the gym that you can use to. You put on your. Your hands before you pick up the weights. So I'm like dipping into the dish with my sweaty palms. And then this woman is like, sorry, can you not use my chalk? And it wasn't a communal chalk.

[Fortune Feimster]

It was just her. I was like, I was about to say, I don't. I've not heard of communal chalk in a gym. Unless it was a gym. A gymnast gym.

[Mae Martin]

I know it was her. It was her personal chalk. Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

And she said that directly. Can you not.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, because I just walked up right beside her and dipped my palms in, you know, but also I would let.

[Fortune Feimster]

Someone use it once.

[Mae Martin]

I know.

[Tig Notaro]

But may kept going back. Right.

[Mae Martin]

I. I would definitely win a couple times.

[Fortune Feimster]

You went a couple times?

[Tig Notaro]

Well, you have to let them use it once because you did something you weren't expecting to happen and oops, it got your chalk. So whether you let them happen or.

[Fortune Feimster]

Not, I've got your check chalk.

[Tig Notaro]

Well, when we were putt putt golfing this morning. Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

Listen to all of our lives. What's happening here?

[Mae Martin]

What is happening? The happy meal in the casino.

[Fortune Feimster]

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[Mae Martin]

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[Fortune Feimster]

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[Fortune Feimster]

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[Mae Martin]

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[Tig Notaro]

And Finn and their godparents. Okay, so it was a gaggle of us. And there were some kids behind us that were probably junior high school. The most obnoxious, annoying kids. Like, I didn't even, I didn't even recognize these kinds of personalities. Like they, they would run over our little putting green while we're putting. Oh, and, and they'd be like talking to us and like starting to putt when our group hadn't finished.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, and I had. No, no.

[Tig Notaro]

And they were. And I had to. Many times this reminded me of having to be direct with a stranger where I was like, excuse me. I said, we. Our group has not finished. I had to do this three times to the point where I was the last one. So I got the brunt of it all because everyone had gone through and I was the last. And they were really eager by the time I was ready to go. And I started holding my golf club up like a wall.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh God.

[Tig Notaro]

Because they were like feral animals.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah.

[Mae Martin]

So were they chaperoneless?

[Tig Notaro]

It seemed that way for quite a few holes. And then an adult seemed to appear. I don't know. But I was like, what on earth? Yeah, who are these people? I didn't understand because every time, even when I thought about myself at 5 or 6, I wouldn't do that, much less. Look, I wasn't a perfect child. I'm not a perfect person. But I was sure I was smoking when I was seven. But I would not run across somebody's putt. Putt green, you know?

[Mae Martin]

Yeah. That's a big.

[Tig Notaro]

Especially if an adult was like, hey, back off. My group has not finished. I would be like, oh, that would be startling to me that I did something and an adult that I didn't even know told me to stop.

[Fortune Feimster]

Right. There's different times these days. It is different. Some of these kids don't give a f. I was really.

[Mae Martin]

I was annoying like that. But then if. Yeah, if an adult chastised me, I'd be mortified. Like, I would be annoying and be doing annoying things. But then.

[Tig Notaro]

And I didn't yell at them. I just said, hey, guys, our group hasn't finished, clowns. But then, like, then the next time it happened, I was a little more firm. I was like, guys, guys, our group has not finished. Please can you back up and let us. It was so insane.

[Fortune Feimster]

Was there a world in which that you guys could have let them go ahead or. That would have been not good either.

[Tig Notaro]

I mean, I wasn't smart enough to think of that. And I think also Max and Finn were. I just.

[Fortune Feimster]

They were in the zone.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah. And they wanted to go and do their thing. And they were so into it.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

And so were these teenagers, but, man, were teenagers.

[Mae Martin]

I remember getting so annoyed at my mom when we'd go see a movie, and if someone was crinkling a candy wrapper, my mom would be like. Immediately, she'd spin around and be like, excuse me. And I would be so embarrassed. And then now I'm like, I'm her. Like, if. But I'm worse because I'm passive aggressive. Like, I'll just sigh and I'll give a lot of looks. And I'm like, I should just say what. I should just say what my mom said and be like, excuse me, Please stop doing that.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah.

[Mae Martin]

But.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

Jax was subbing a couple years ago for middle schoolers, and she came home and she's like, no, no, never again. They're so mean. They're so mean. They're mean to me. They're mean to each other. And that now those middle schoolers would be these high school teenagers.

[Tig Notaro]

There was a buffoonery about them, too.

[Mae Martin]

See, I am kind of relating to them. I'm remembering, like, when Jackass was on and stuff. Like, I would. And I was in improv class, and I was, like, 13. I'd go to the mall and I'd. I was such a. I'd, like, get in the fountain in all my clothes, or I'd, like Go to the security guard, and I'd ask where the mall is.

[Tig Notaro]

You know, then it was your people. This is for sure your people.

[Fortune Feimster]

But I was the girl at slumbers, at slumber parties, talking to people's parents like, hi, Janice.

[Tig Notaro]

I love tea.

[Mae Martin]

And being like, guys, we shouldn't watch a PG13 movie. Not all of us are 13.

[Tig Notaro]

Meanwhile, I was smoking.

[Fortune Feimster]

You know, like, can you call me Mrs. Baumgartner? Okay.

[Mae Martin]

Janice Baumgartner.

[Tig Notaro]

Okay. And you call me Ms. Feimster. I, too, can play this game.

[Fortune Feimster]

I was always trying to hang out with the parents.

[Mae Martin]

Me, too. Yeah. Flirting with the moms. Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, I was not flirting with May.

[Tig Notaro]

Had a party and.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, yeah, flirting, everybody.

[Tig Notaro]

You want to RSVP to my pants?

[Mae Martin]

Did you get the invite?

[Tig Notaro]

What would. That parent thing. Okay, should we get into our. Oh, go ahead. Yes.

[Fortune Feimster]

No, I was just continuing the.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah, it's fine.

[Fortune Feimster]

It's over. Mrs. Baumgartner telling me. Can you please stop hitting on me? All right, Janice. All right. Today's question Asker is a drag queen, comedian, actor, and activist best known for winning season eight of RuPaul's Drag Race. He's appeared on shows like High Maintenance and A Black Lady Sketch show and co hosted. We're here on hbo. Bob the Drag Queen is asking today's question.

[Tig Notaro]

Nice.

[D]

Hey, handsome. It's me, Bob the Drag Queen. I have a very important question for you. What is your favorite movie musical of all time, and why is it Chicago? I need to know the answer.

[Mae Martin]

I still think all the time about the, I don't know, reality in which Tig took the job in Chicago. The musical on Broadway.

[Tig Notaro]

Remember, you were also Pamela Anderson. Yeah, well, when I saw the Pamela documentary, which is phenomenal if you haven't seen it. And check that out. She's in the Chicago musical in that documentary. And I was like, whoa, I was almost in that. Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

The Chicago song has been going viral on Tick Tock, where people are doing the, like, Broadway dance to it. The gun. The gun. The gun for the gun. And I wanted to learn it, but I didn't.

[Mae Martin]

Let's put it on the list.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah, let's learn Chicago.

[Mae Martin]

Amazing.

[Fortune Feimster]

It's a classic.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah. Yeah. The Cicero. Is that a part?

[Fortune Feimster]

That's all you.

[Tig Notaro]

Cicero.

[Mae Martin]

They had it coming.

[Fortune Feimster]

They had it coming.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

They only have themselves to blame.

[Mae Martin]

I really. At first, Sunny.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, God.

[Mae Martin]

What's that part?

[Tig Notaro]

I don't know. I don't know. The musical.

[Mae Martin]

Oh, you were just chiming in with it.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah, I just. It Felt like the kind of thing where you go, sunny.

[Fortune Feimster]

I love movie musicals. It's hard to pin down.

[Mae Martin]

You're like a jukebox of movie musicals. You're born to be.

[Fortune Feimster]

Love them. But I won't get into mine yet, you guys. Tell me, do you have a favorite movie musical?

[Tig Notaro]

I do, yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

What is it?

[Tig Notaro]

Greece. One of the only movies I've ever seen.

[Mae Martin]

I knew it's going to be Greece. It's pretty perfect.

[Fortune Feimster]

It's a pretty great one.

[Tig Notaro]

It's so great. But also, I went and probably saw it seven times in the theater one summer. Might have my grandmother take me over and over. But it took me, you know, until I was an adult when I saw it again, where I was like, why does the car just fly into the sky?

[Fortune Feimster]

I do think that the movie was pretty great and they didn't need that.

[Tig Notaro]

I don't understand. Because you're in reality through the whole movie.

[Fortune Feimster]

That's what I'm saying. I don't know why they thought that was a perfect ending to this movie.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

And then the car will just fly away.

[Mae Martin]

I'm into it. I'm like riding high on those sick songs and I want to ride off into the sky.

[Tig Notaro]

I was fine with it, too. It was just more that when I was a child, it never crossed my mind of like, why? Why is the car flying away? And as an adult, I truly was like, wait, why is the car flying away?

[Fortune Feimster]

I mean, they did have those dream sequences of, like Frankie Valli and stuff. Yeah, there was, like, elements there.

[Mae Martin]

I just. True epiphany. What if the car flying away means this is all Sandy's dream? That end sequence where she becomes the. The scary, mean, hot Sandy.

[Fortune Feimster]

Wait, what is she scary?

[Mae Martin]

Well, yeah, she's in her leather, she's smoking and.

[Fortune Feimster]

Sandy.

[Tig Notaro]

How good is that?

[Mae Martin]

So good. So what if the car flying off. What if we're meant to assume that, yeah, this was all Sandy's dream?

[Tig Notaro]

You're right. I forgot about the Beauty School Dropout, Go Grease Lightning and all that stuff.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah. I mean, so, yeah, they had elements of it, but it just.

[Tig Notaro]

Right.

[Fortune Feimster]

The ending was so big. It's so over the top. It just felt like, well, do we need that? And then they did a Grease too, with none of them in there.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah. But. Oh, man, she's great. Michelle Pfeiffer in that.

[Fortune Feimster]

I only know that.

[Tig Notaro]

Good.

[Fortune Feimster]

I only remember one Cool Rider. Let's do it for Our Country. The Red, White and the Blue. That's. Those are the only two songs I remember.

[Tig Notaro]

You would have thought that as such a Grease fan, I would have been like, hello, Grease too. But I was like, no, it wasn't great. But I didn't know that. And nor would I have cared.

[Mae Martin]

Right.

[Tig Notaro]

You know, when I was so into Star wars and if people were telling me, oh, Return of the Jedi isn't good, or any of. I'd be like, I don't care. And you're not stopping me from going.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah, maybe you were really into John Travolta and Olivia Newton John and you didn't want any of the way I.

[Tig Notaro]

Was so into them.

[Mae Martin]

And did you want to be both? Yeah. You want both?

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah, I. Yes. I wanted every bit of both of them in whatever way I could have them. I love you.

[Fortune Feimster]

Wanted to be him or smooch him?

[Tig Notaro]

Both. I just. I didn't care. I was like. And then. And then he comes out in Urban Cowboy. I mean, come on.

[Mae Martin]

God. Yeah. I gotta say, if young Travolta forgot to RSVP to my pants, I'd still let him in.

[Tig Notaro]

Did you see Urban Cowboy?

[Mae Martin]

I did, yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

You saw Urban Cowboy?

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

Is that the one where he's dressed in his wiener?

[Tig Notaro]

What?

[Fortune Feimster]

In that Jazzer size class, like, with Jamie Lee Curtis.

[Tig Notaro]

He's like an urban cowboy. There is no jazzercise. There's a urban.

[Fortune Feimster]

Then what movie is it made? Do you know what I'm talking about?

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

Whatever you're describing would not lure me to a movie.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

What is in the jazz class?

[Tig Notaro]

No, this is just full on cowboy. I've got a Google Deborah Winger.

[Fortune Feimster]

Winger. More than fall in love.

[Tig Notaro]

They're together in that.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah. But in real life, too. I think they were together.

[Fortune Feimster]

And were they? I don't know. Oh, it was called Perfect.

[Tig Notaro]

One of his big hits.

[Fortune Feimster]

I can't believe you've never seen that.

[Tig Notaro]

Me ever.

[Fortune Feimster]

I haven't seen the movie, but I've seen the wiener thrust.

[Tig Notaro]

Ye olde wiener Thrust.

[Mae Martin]

Google search history is weird.

[Fortune Feimster]

Listeners know what I'm talking about.

[Tig Notaro]

I'm looking for different things on Google.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah. My family has a rich history of movie musicals and musicals. And I. My grandfather was in the stage thing of Rock youk Picture show and My Fair Lady. So growing up, we would listen to, like, the. The vinyl records of My Fair Lady a lot. Yeah. I think some of my favorite movies are movie musical. Why did I get suddenly so serious and never said a single funny thing and sounded like I was doing a speech at school? Some of my favorite movies are what.

[Tig Notaro]

I Did this summer.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

By Mae Martin.

[Mae Martin]

My family has a rich history.

[Tig Notaro]

I don't. It just seemed very May Martin. What you were sharing.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

Would those be some of your favorites?

[Mae Martin]

Not so much My Fair lady, but, like. I mean, the wizard of Oz, first of all.

[Tig Notaro]

Oh, sure.

[Mae Martin]

Holy shit. And then.

[Fortune Feimster]

That's a good show. Do you know what year the wizard of oz came out?

[Mae Martin]

1939.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yes.

[Mae Martin]

May.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

Really?

[Fortune Feimster]

Wow. Doesn't that seem like a long, sunny.

[Tig Notaro]

It does seem like a long time ago, but here's the craziest part. I was born in 1971. So let's round up to 40, 50, 60, 70. Like, 32 years later, I'm born.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah.

[Mae Martin]

I don't know how to feel about that.

[Fortune Feimster]

What are we saying about that?

[Mae Martin]

So much has changed.

[Tig Notaro]

I'm saying that's not too far away from 1939, but it's still 39. You know, like. Like third. No, 32 years ago.

[Mae Martin]

That was the 90s.

[Tig Notaro]

That was the 90s.

[Mae Martin]

That's crazy.

[Tig Notaro]

Shani.

[Mae Martin]

My other. They have Rocky Hour, Picture Show. I. I could write, like, a PhD thesis on. I think it's so transgressive and hot and. And good and funny and also. Oh, man. Tim Curry in that movie, like, changed my life. But then also, Labyrinth, Would you say. Is that. Is that a movie musical? It's got that one.

[Fortune Feimster]

Remember the babe?

[Mae Martin]

The babe with the power. What power?

[Fortune Feimster]

I'm looking at movie musicals right now.

[Mae Martin]

Sound of Music. Come on.

[Fortune Feimster]

You know how I feel about that.

[Tig Notaro]

No. Do.

[Mae Martin]

I always get sad about, you know, the movie of My Fair Lady? And they had Aubrey. Audrey Hepburn, Aubrey Plaza. Aubrey Plaza. And they had Julie Andrews do all the songs and dub the voice because she couldn't sing. And I thought it would be a bummer, right, if you. She worked so hard on her singing, and then they just dubbed Julie Andrews going, just you white. Henry Higgins. Just you white.

[Fortune Feimster]

Really?

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, I didn't know that.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah. Remember how scary that song is? She goes, when you yell, you're gonna drown. I'll get dressed and go to town. Just ewaite.

[Tig Notaro]

I'm out.

[Fortune Feimster]

I'm looking through this list of movie musicals, and there are many bangers. I'm not shocked in here that I.

[Tig Notaro]

Truly would have guessed 10.

[Fortune Feimster]

No. There's, like, this is the 30 best ones. And there's many killer movies. I love Jax hates movie musicals and musicals.

[Mae Martin]

Do you think Jax would be into Handsome the Musical if we made a movie musical? Oh, my God.

[Fortune Feimster]

There were a lot of, like, butch lesbians in it, for sure.

[Mae Martin]

Well, there will be Good.

[Fortune Feimster]

Then she would love it.

[Mae Martin]

And, well, we could sing. How do you solve a problem like.

[Tig Notaro]

Diarrhea?

[Fortune Feimster]

She wouldn't like that part.

[Tig Notaro]

There'd be a lot of problem like diarrhea.

[Fortune Feimster]

We'd have a lot of vests and a lot of top hats and then some tapping, tap dancing.

[Mae Martin]

Shani, I would like to inexplicably have that Cockney British accent just when I sing.

[Tig Notaro]

Let's hear it.

[Fortune Feimster]

Okay.

[Mae Martin]

You know, the movie would be about us podcasting and.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah, yeah.

[Mae Martin]

And then I'd be like, my Internet went down and no one was around.

[Tig Notaro]

But a little America. 10:30 on the dot.

[Fortune Feimster]

That's what my contract says with the Internet provider.

[Tig Notaro]

10:30.

[Mae Martin]

Oh, why don't they?

[Fortune Feimster]

Breaking news. I celebrated Canada Day yesterday. Now, this list of top movie musicals has Cabaret as number one.

[Mae Martin]

Oh, I disagree.

[Fortune Feimster]

How do you feel about that? I don't think I like cabaret. Lies as a queen, but that's not my number one.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, I don't even know if my.

[Fortune Feimster]

Number one is on here.

[Mae Martin]

What's your number one?

[Fortune Feimster]

I love Moulin Rouge.

[Mae Martin]

Oh, that's great.

[Fortune Feimster]

And there's a song written to you.

[Mae Martin]

To me?

[Fortune Feimster]

Come what may. I mean, it's not the musical. Come what may. Sunny, I will love you till my.

[Mae Martin]

Dying day Happy at karaoke Fortune. You and I could do the elephant love song medley.

[Fortune Feimster]

I know the whole elephant love song medley.

[Mae Martin]

Me, too.

[Fortune Feimster]

All you need is love.

[Mae Martin]

She'Ll end up on the street.

[Fortune Feimster]

Love is just.

[Mae Martin]

Love is just a game I will.

[Fortune Feimster]

Men love me. I mean, it's a great movie.

[Mae Martin]

It's a great one.

[Fortune Feimster]

It's not on this list, but that one's a favorite. But as a kid, my favorite besides Sound of Music. And I think I just have a Julie Andrews obsession. Mary Poppins.

[Mae Martin]

Oh, sure. I mean, I loved the new Mary Poppins. I went to see it with my parents in London, and me and my dad wept.

[Tig Notaro]

Who was in that?

[Mae Martin]

Emily Blunt. And Dick Van Dyke was in it. Did a whole song and dance and, man, he was good. Yeah. I really like the new Matilda, the musical movie on Netflix. That's.

[Fortune Feimster]

I didn't see it.

[Mae Martin]

I saw it on stage in London, too. It's like. Yeah, it's really good. Really, really good.

[Tig Notaro]

Is that, like, the same thing as that movie Matilda?

[Mae Martin]

Well, there was a movie matilda that Danny DeVito directed way back when, and then this is a new one with, like, Emma Thompson, and it was. Yeah, I'm drawing a blank on.

[Tig Notaro]

I saw that one.

[Mae Martin]

Tim Minchin wrote it.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah, I saw the one with Danny DeVito, and I thought that was so good.

[Mae Martin]

So good.

[Fortune Feimster]

The animated movies count towards movie musicals, I think.

[Tig Notaro]

So we don't have a boss here.

[Fortune Feimster]

Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah. Oh, my God. Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

How do we even. How do you even pick?

[Mae Martin]

Why do you think they started to begin with, like, where people would just, like, it's more emotional if you sing it. Or, like. Like, it's kind of so adorable that human beings were like, let's sing it.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

I. We took Max and Finn to see the Lion King when they were probably, I don't know, two and a half, three and a half, somewhere in three, something like that. And I'm not the biggest moviegoer, but Finn at that age, he wandered off. He was like, he needed to go on a walk. So Stephanie went on a walk, and with him, and I'm sitting there with Max. It's just the two of us, and it's. When is it Simba? Is that the lion? Okay.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

And one of his. Yeah, his dad, I guess, gets in a fight.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, yeah. Gets in a fight.

[Tig Notaro]

Mufasa.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

And.

[Tig Notaro]

And falls off the cliff and murders.

[Fortune Feimster]

He dies. It's sad.

[Tig Notaro]

Okay, well, as this is happening, I'm like, oh, no, he died. And Max is sitting there, and he's like. And I'm realizing, oh, he's wondering what's going on. And he turned to me and he said, mayor, what happened to his dad? And I just said, just really casually, to not make a big deal out of it. I was like, oh, yeah, he kerplunked.

[Mae Martin]

Just to take the bite out of it.

[Tig Notaro]

Well, we hadn't ever talked about death.

[Mae Martin]

Oh, my God.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah. I was like, oh, yeah. And that's what I called it when they were little and they'd fall over. I'd say, oh, careful, you don't want to kerplunk. Or, oh, my gosh, you kerplunked pretty bad there, didn't you? And then. So die.

[Mae Martin]

That's really good.

[Tig Notaro]

Well, no, he still didn't know what die meant in when we were watching the line. Like, he didn't. He didn't know about that, about death. And so I just casually was like, oh, yeah, he kerplunked. And then I was like, did he accept that?

[Mae Martin]

Was he.

[Tig Notaro]

He was like, oh. But you could tell. He was like, this feels bigger than kerplunk.

[Fortune Feimster]

Why is it coming back?

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah, yeah. And I just sat there going, no more questions. No more questions, please.

[Fortune Feimster]

So sometimes those Disney movies really threw in some stuff You?

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah, sometimes people. Kerplunk. And animals. Kerplunk.

[Mae Martin]

Bambi. Oh, yeah. Rough.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah. Bambi's mother kerplunked.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

You guys remember Little Shop of Horrors?

[Mae Martin]

Yes. Yeah. And Steve Martin. Yes. And Rick Moranis. The great Rick Moranis. Why aren't you in musicals? Fortune.

[Tig Notaro]

She's in Handsome. The musical.

[Mae Martin]

Right.

[Fortune Feimster]

Of course. I'm trying to think. I don't think I've ever been in a musical.

[Mae Martin]

You gotta be. If. Maybe we'll do, like. We should do, like, a Christmas pantomime, you know?

[Fortune Feimster]

Okay. We've got to.

[Tig Notaro]

Don't tee us up for a pantomime Christmas and not deliver May.

[Fortune Feimster]

What is that gonna be this year?

[Mae Martin]

This year?

[Tig Notaro]

Okay, you promised me. This year we're gonna have a pantomime Christmas. What in the hell are you talking about?

[Mae Martin]

A pantomime.

[Tig Notaro]

A pantomime. I would, but what are you talking about? Christmas pantomime.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah. I just thought it might be fun. We get, you know, we rent out a theater, a large theater.

[Fortune Feimster]

Step one.

[Mae Martin]

And then we get a live band. We get a bunch of reindeer, and we do, like, a whole lot. Yeah, no, I'm not gonna.

[Tig Notaro]

I'm not gonna put it on the reindeer, Thomas.

[Fortune Feimster]

Then what?

[Mae Martin]

Then we all start, like. And we all come out. Three little angels in our bonnets.

[Fortune Feimster]

And we love Christmas music. Don't get me started on that.

[Tig Notaro]

Oh, my gosh.

[Fortune Feimster]

Also, another fave. Dream Girls.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah. I haven't seen it, actually.

[Tig Notaro]

Somebody has Googled it up.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, I'll make you happy.

[Mae Martin]

I'll be a dream girl.

[Fortune Feimster]

Just saying. It's a great one, too. I'm just saying. And I'm telling you, I'm not going.

[Mae Martin]

I'm obsessed with. Thomas just wrote. Thomas just put in the chat. We should wrap up soon.

[Fortune Feimster]

Thomas. How dare you? I haven't sang in a while. I. I. Give it a rest for a minute. So the. The three people on the Internet who don't like music or fun can listen.

[Mae Martin]

Don't listen to the haters.

[Tig Notaro]

We can't listen to that. We cannot let that influence us if people don't like it. Here's my feeling. If you were eavesdropping on a table of three friends talking, would you really lean over and give them notes?

[Fortune Feimster]

Good point, Tig.

[Tig Notaro]

And be like, hey, this one's singing too much. Yeah, I liked when you guys were talking and this one wasn't singing. Or I liked when. You know what I mean? It's like we are just putting out a free podcast and you take it or you leave it. Okay.

[Fortune Feimster]

There you go.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah. Don't give people notes at the table next to you. We're the table next to you.

[Fortune Feimster]

You can't ask him to borrow some salt.

[Mae Martin]

Should we wait? So do we. Do we know what Bob's answer is from his question?

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, yeah, we do have to hear Bob's answer. I, for some reason, feel like it's gonna be Chicago.

[Mae Martin]

I have a weird suspicion of Chicago.

[Tig Notaro]

Let's hear it.

[D]

I mean, obviously the answer is. Say it with me. 1, 2, 3. Chicago.

[Fortune Feimster]

Chicago.

[D]

Chicago is one of the most brilliant of all times. How ever. It is a. It is close between Chicago and Dream Girls. No, it's hard to pick.

[Fortune Feimster]

I can't pick.

[D]

Pick for me.

[Tig Notaro]

Okay.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

Okay, Fortune, that's enough.

[Fortune Feimster]

Jennifer Hudson. I know that was a remake of the original Dream Girls, but Jennifer Hudson singing that song anything was like, holy cow, did I. She played Effie and it was like she's pin drop.

[Tig Notaro]

Didn't.

[Mae Martin]

She got nominated for an Oscar for that? I think she might have.

[Tig Notaro]

She didn't she win.

[Mae Martin]

She might have won.

[Fortune Feimster]

She might have won. That was incredible. That's. Oh, my God. It was incredible.

[Mae Martin]

Did I. I think I've told you this, that I went to see Cats, the musical on stage and Nicole Scherzinger from the Pussycat Dolls was singing that song Memories and. Oh, and she hit this high note and like, people jump to their feet and the. I was on a date and my date screamed like involuntarily. Was like.

[Fortune Feimster]

Really?

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, because it was so good.

[Fortune Feimster]

I didn't know that the Cats musical could incite that kind of excitement.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

Are you sure it wasn't because she had RSVP'd to your pants?

[Fortune Feimster]

She had a ping in her Ponties house date of yours. Well, and she was told she got her invite accepted. Into your pants.

[Mae Martin]

Denied.

[Fortune Feimster]

Anyway.

[Tig Notaro]

We were already trying to wrap it up and Fortune had to just drag it out.

[Mae Martin]

Guys, do you have anything coming up? First of all, we got a bunch of merch.

[Tig Notaro]

Not just a bunch of merch, but maybe the best merch in town that I see out in the wild all the time.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah, all the time.

[Tig Notaro]

It's.

[Fortune Feimster]

So we have two new things. The. Yeah, Ghost T shirt, which everyone's been asking us for. You must wear this on Halloween. Please, please, please, please, please wear it on Halloween. And please tag us online so that we can see your pictures and. And repost. And we also have an awesome Keep it handsome hoodie. When it's cold, you can be all comfy. And cozy in our Keep It Handsome hoodie. And it looks so good.

[Tig Notaro]

Well, I'm, I'm going to be just living at Comedy Bar in Toronto.

[Fortune Feimster]

Toronto.

[Tig Notaro]

Working out new material, popping into LA here and there to do Largo and Dynasty Typewriter. But man, I seriously that every now and then they'll put up a new date at Comedy Bar. It's gonna be never ending through February, I'll tell you that much.

[Fortune Feimster]

So there you go.

[Tig Notaro]

If you're sick of me, don't go to Comedy Bar because that is my new house. Okay.

[Fortune Feimster]

That's awesome. Yeah, I just have one last show of my tour November 16th in Santa Rosa, California. My live laugh Love tour.

[Mae Martin]

I got nothing except I'm going to be at Largo in November and December and Dynasty Typewriter. So look at social medias. I'll. I'll be there.

[Fortune Feimster]

Social media.

[Tig Notaro]

Oh, and my new album, hello Again. The audio version of my standup special hello Nice is out on Secretly Canadian Records. And you can go to my website, tignotaro.com for that too.

[Fortune Feimster]

We appreciate everybody listening, you guys.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, we love you all.

[Tig Notaro]

Yes, please take one second right now. Stop what you're doing. Just stop what you're doing. I know you hear us say to subscribe and you don't and you're like, I've been meaning to or I will stop and do that and then also go to YouTube and look how dorky Fortune looks right now. I mean, this is truly. This is that you must fat baby. You must go to YouTube.

[Fortune Feimster]

I'm a fat baby.

[Tig Notaro]

And subscribe to YouTube and also share your favorite episodes with friends and help build our community. And until until next time, keep it handsome.

[Mae Martin]

Handsome is hosted by me, Mae Martin, Tig Notaro and Fortune Feimster. The show is produced, recorded and edited by Thomas Willett. Email [e-mail] and please follow us on social media. Handsomepod.

[Fortune Feimster]

What a podcast. Podcast.

[Mae Martin]

What a podcast.

[Tig Notaro]

Handsome's the audio version of my comedy special hello Again is available everywhere. Just in time for the holidays. Go to tigotaro.com to get a copy for you and a loved one.

[Fortune Feimster]

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[D]

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[Fortune Feimster]

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[D]

It's the very first podcast for and about Italian Americans.

[Fortune Feimster]

That's right. Well, if you're not Italian American, you can listen too, I guess.

[D]

I suppose we can let you in. Cut you a deal. We're talking about all sorts of crazy topics on this who's a better cook, Nana or Mama? Who you got in that fight, Nona or Mama? I mean, I can't say bad about Non El. She smacked me across head. We got some great guests on the show. We got Wayne diamond, we got Edie Modica, we got Mike Hanford and our wife. Severely so. Subscribe to Chicken Parmesan on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Pocket Cast, or wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes drop every Thursday.