Lizzy Caplan asks about first impressions

Summary

Handsome – "Lizzy Caplan Asks About First Impressions"

December 9, 2025 | Headgum Podcast
Hosts: Tig Notaro, Fortune Feimster, Mae Martin
Special Guest: Lizzy Caplan (Question Asker)

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Episode Overview

In this lively episode of Handsome, comedians Tig Notaro, Fortune Feimster, and Mae Martin respond to a two-part question from actor Lizzy Caplan: "What’s the worst first impression you’ve ever made? And what's the most incorrect first impression you’ve gotten of someone else?" The trio weaves genuine self-reflection and hilarious storytelling, from personal tales of awkward introductions and misjudgments to celebrity encounters—most notably, Fortune meeting Tom Cruise. The episode also includes amusing anecdotes from red carpet events, discussions on royal connections, and plenty of their trademark banter.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Chemistry and Cozy Vibes (03:01–04:39)

• The hosts comment on their strong in-person chemistry and comfort. The setting is cozy, and the energy is "electric."
  • Fortune (04:11): “I'm cold as ice.”
  • Tig (04:13): “Put it in your cooter and warm it up.”
• They reminisce about quirky neighbors and the warmth of recording together.

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Fortune Meets Tom Cruise (09:10–19:43, 22:44–24:18)

• Governor Awards Story:
  Fortune recounts her night at the Governor Awards, where she meets Tom Cruise—a personal idol and her wife’s favorite actor.
  • Fortune (09:48): “I met Tom Cruise.”
  • She describes elbowing through the crowd and showing Tom a photo where she looks uncannily like him.
  • Fortune (15:12): “So if you ever need a lesbian sibling in any of your action films…”
  • Tom laughs and is welcoming; Fortune secures a photo for her wife, humorously referred to as catching "the two loves of her life" together.
  • Tig (17:07) imagines Tom submitting a question to the podcast, "jumping off of a plane."
• They marvel at Tom’s presence, charisma, and “movie star” status:
  • Fortune (18:13): “He is just one of the last movie stars...when he cries, I cry.”
  • They discuss Tom’s lack of an Oscar and his legendary dedication to acting—knowing not just his lines but everyone’s on set.

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Zootopia 2 Premiere & Celebrity Sightings (24:43–29:39)

• The hosts share their experiences at the Zootopia 2 premiere:
  • Mae meets Macaulay Culkin and confesses it was a "die a little bit happier" moment (25:56).
  • Tig describes missing her own scene because she was taking her son to the bathroom—a classic "comic timing" mishap (27:02).
  • They muse about their animated roles and the unpredictability of voice acting.
  • Mae meets Ariel’s (Jodi Benson's) voice and is touched by her warmth and authenticity with fans (30:57).

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On Making and Receiving First Impressions (39:07–59:00)

Lizzy Caplan’s Two-Part Question (39:07–39:27)

“What is the worst first impression you’ve ever made? And what is the most incorrect first impression that you've gotten of somebody else?” — Lizzy Caplan [39:07]

Hosts’ Candid Reflections

• Fortune:
  • Shares about being judged as "dismissive and arrogant" in a therapy group—an example of people projecting their insecurities (40:32).
  • Remembers being seen as a “troublemaker” by parents in her youth, when, in reality, her rebelliousness was limited to surface habits (smoking, attitude) [41:19–42:47].
• Mae:
  • Talks about being misunderstood as pretentious for enjoying classic literature and music as a teen (48:44–49:10).
  • Shares a royal family anecdote – her uncle married Princess Margaret’s daughter, leading to an awkward royal wedding moment where she botched greetings and protocol as a child (52:21–53:40):

    “Prince Charles comes up to me and goes, ‘What a lovely handbag.’ And I went, ‘It’s Venetian’.” — Mae Martin [53:00]

• Tig:
  • Describes her time living in Spain, becoming quiet and introverted, leading to people in LA perceiving her as “lame” and friendless when she moved back (44:03–45:21):

    “People thought I was such a dork and had no personality.” — Tig Notaro [45:05]

  • Details her determined—if awkward—effort to befriend someone she sensed should be her "best friend," only succeeding after months and a roommate arrangement (45:22–47:54).

Broader Takeaways

• They reflect on how our internal narratives, isolation, or shyness can be misinterpreted as arrogance or aloofness.
• The importance of extending grace—many "bad" first impressions arise from personal insecurity, circumstance, or simply having an "off" day.

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“Nepo Baby” and Royalty Anecdotes (49:11–54:56)

• Mae’s surprising connections to British royalty elicit much playful teasing:
  • Fortune: “Would you still do this podcast if you were [in line for the throne]?” [50:45]
• Mae is accused of having “Nepo baby energy” for her lifestyle quirks, leading to more gentle ribbing (54:44).

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Tom Cruise Cake & Full Circle Moments (59:09–61:22)

• As the episode winds down, Tig jokes about wanting to receive Tom Cruise’s famous holiday coconut cake—a running celebrity gag:

  “I want it from him, but it also is delicious and I will just eat it.” — Tig Notaro [60:56] “Classic T.C.…taking care of [everyone].” — Fortune Feimster [61:50]

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Lizzy Caplan’s Answer (62:08–62:32)

“I feel like my first impressions are always...very bad. People think that I think I’m, like, too cool for school. And bad first impressions of other people, you know, that I miscalculate every time.” — Lizzy Caplan [62:08]

• Lizzy admits she often fears giving off a “too cool” vibe, and is also frequently wrong about others.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the chemistry of the hosts:
  “Every time we’re in person...their chemistry’s electric.” — Fortune [03:48]
• On Tom Cruise’s movie star power:
  “He is just one of the last movie stars...when he cries, I cry.” — Fortune [18:13]
• On bad first impressions:
  “People thought I was such a dork and had no personality.” — Tig [45:05]
• On accidental royal faux pas:
  “Prince Charles comes up to me and goes, ‘What a lovely handbag.’ And I went, ‘It’s Venetian’.” — Mae [53:00]
• On perception vs. reality:
  “That’s the thing. We’re creating everything.” — Fortune [58:38]
• On celebrity gifting culture:
  "All I want is...the Tom Cruise cake." — Tig [59:41]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Hosts Open & In-Person Banter: 03:01–05:52
• Fortune’s Tom Cruise Encounter: 09:10–19:43, 22:44–24:18
• Zootopia 2 Premiere Stories: 24:43–29:39
• Lizzy Caplan Sends in Her Question: 39:07
• Hosts’ Reflections on First Impressions: 40:32–59:00
• Mae’s Royal Wedding Story: 49:11–54:56
• Tom Cruise Cake, “Full Circle” Moment: 59:09–61:22
• Lizzy Caplan’s Answer: 62:08–62:32

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Tone & Atmosphere

The episode is buoyant, candid, and peppered with affectionate teasing. The hosts bring their usual blend of warmth, humility, and sharp wit, freely acknowledging their own foibles and inviting listeners to celebrate the messiness of human connection.

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Final Thoughts

Listeners are treated to a suite of showbiz tales, starstruck moments, and reflections on vulnerability and misjudgment—all in Handsome’s irresistibly warm, funny style. Whether you can relate to bad first impressions, aspire to movie-star run-ins, or just want to laugh about awkward childhood faux pas at royal weddings, this episode sparkles with humor and honesty.

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Transcript

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[Fortune Feimster]

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[Tig Notaro]

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[Fortune Feimster]

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[Tig Notaro]

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[Tig Notaro]

Cheers. Cheers. Welcome to the handsome pond.

[Fortune Feimster]

Welcome to you.

I mean, listen, welcome. But also, may I just got a glimpse of that profile of yours.

[Tig Notaro]

That is good looking.

[Fortune Feimster]

I mean, I've seen it before, but I'm usually looking at you straight on. On zoom.

This is my better size.

I can tell. I've seen the other one. And not pretty or hands on.

Thank you. Well, you just.

No, look that way.

[Tig Notaro]

I just.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, look at that.

Thanks.

[Tig Notaro]

Oh, now it's looking at. What am I looking. Oh, that is a good profile, man.

[Fortune Feimster]

Well, my hair only works from that side.

It doesn't.

I don't know if you have this problem because it's like gent. Do we have the same.

[Thomas Wilson Gillette]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, no, yours works from both sides anyway.

[Tig Notaro]

You have more of a side flip and you have the forward.

[Fortune Feimster]

The forward.

My hair's more fluid than yours.

Yeah, mine's pretty rigid. It's pretty solid.

It's binary.

Yeah, yeah.

It's binary hair.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You both look gorgeous.

[Tig Notaro]

Thanks.

[Fortune Feimster]

We're a very attractive podcast.

[Tig Notaro]

We are also.

[Fortune Feimster]

Every time we're in person and then the episode comes out, someone comments like their chemistry's electric when they're in person.

[May Martin]

That's true.

[Fortune Feimster]

And I love it. I feel it. I feel it's electric right now.

[Tig Notaro]

We sat close to each other before we even taped. And I got kisses from each of you.

[Guest or Sponsor Voice]

Well, only.

[Fortune Feimster]

Cause you were reaching to hold my hand while.

[Tig Notaro]

True.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

Your hand's cold as ice.

[Fortune Feimster]

Well, I'm cold as ice.

[Tig Notaro]

Put it in your cooter and warm it up.

[Fortune Feimster]

Fortune.

Why are we starting like this?

[Guest or Sponsor Voice]

Put it.

[Fortune Feimster]

Why?

Why?

Put it in your cooter.

[Tig Notaro]

It's end of the day. For those of y' all who don't know which is all of you.

[Fortune Feimster]

It's 5pm it's raining outside.

It's 5pm is the end of the day. What a luxurious life you have.

[Tig Notaro]

Well, it gets dark outside. What is there.

[Fortune Feimster]

What else?

[Tig Notaro]

Oh, it's dark. I gotta go home and get to bed.

[Fortune Feimster]

Gotta.

[Tig Notaro]

I gotta call at night. The sun's down.

Nightgown.

[Fortune Feimster]

Just like you do our old neighbors or neighbor. It was just one woman and her name was Yoko. Yeah. And she lived next door to us. And she. This is terrible. She died in her house. But listen, she.

Spoiler.

Yeah, she was older.

[Tig Notaro]

She was older.

[Fortune Feimster]

But anyway.

[Tig Notaro]

Oh, she.

[Fortune Feimster]

She just. She wouldn't turn any lights on.

Like the Amish.

[Tig Notaro]

Like she was Going, she's down. She died.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, you should turn the light on.

[Tig Notaro]

Because she ran into something.

[Fortune Feimster]

I would only assume she was, like, had a little candle.

[Tig Notaro]

Candle. Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

But so she was up at the crack of dawn and then bed.

Always. Always sweeping her walkway up to her door. Yeah. Yeah, always. That thing was sparkly, clean. Yeah.

Maybe it was, like, meditative for her.

We'll never know. We' never know for sure. Never know the answer to that.

[Tig Notaro]

Well, it's good to be with y' all in person.

[Fortune Feimster]

I feel. I took my shoes off. I feel really cozy.

[Tig Notaro]

You made it very comfortable around here.

[Fortune Feimster]

I still have my shoes on.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah, me too.

[Fortune Feimster]

Can I. I'm sorry. I just have to check. I have to make sure that this isn't. Stephanie's sick. And so I have to, like, make sure that there isn't anything that is needed.

It feels like a prank. It feels like when you were on Conan and you checked your phone.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

Also, every time Tig puts her glasses on, I think she's gonna take an eye out because it's like this flip motion. And always. There's one.

Yeah.

It's cool. And I always think I'm just gonna take one out.

Yes.

[Tig Notaro]

Those glasses made me think of something that happened to me this weekend.

[Fortune Feimster]

Well, let's hear about it.

[Tig Notaro]

I'm gonna tell you, I have this. There's not a lot of things that I have that are expensive. I'm not that kind of gal. But I did happen to have an expensive pair of sunglasses.

[Fortune Feimster]

Like, what are we talking, Oliver Peoples?

[Tig Notaro]

I don't know. It's the type of sunglasses. Like, like $500. But I. But that is unusual for me. I don't spend that kind of money on anything.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

But I happen to get these, and I had them, and I like.

[Fortune Feimster]

What made you go, I'm gonna go ahead and drop 500.

[Tig Notaro]

I think I got a discount on.

[Fortune Feimster]

Them, So I didn't pay it with your Cheesecake Factory.

[Tig Notaro]

My Cheesecake Factory.

I think I got them at, like, 30 off.

[Fortune Feimster]

Okay, good.

[Guest or Additional Host]

So that's helpful.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah, of course.

It's hard to find a pair that's perfect.

[Tig Notaro]

These, because they're lightweight. They're super lightweight because I don't like the feeling of glasses on me. But my eyes are getting squintier as I'm getting older, and I need to wear sunglasses. And I had them on, and they were on my head, and I don't know for a reason. I put them in my lap, and.

[Guest or Additional Host]

I was scrolling through my phone, and.

[Tig Notaro]

I wanted to show I was showing somebody something and I bent over and my body crushed these glasses into like four parts.

[Fortune Feimster]

No, just snapped them like a cracker.

[Tig Notaro]

The lenses came out.

[Guest or Additional Host]

They're bent there like one.

[Fortune Feimster]

I'm like, they are done. Did you take a picture of what you had left on your and put it on your face?

[Guest or Additional Host]

No, I have.

[Tig Notaro]

I. It was, yeah, it was just a frame with one of the things hanging out. These just from my big old body.

[Guest or Additional Host]

Just annihilated these sunglasses.

[Fortune Feimster]

You don't have sunglass insurance?

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah, I sure don't. I sure don't.

[Fortune Feimster]

You will rethink that?

[Tig Notaro]

I will rethink that.

[Fortune Feimster]

Would you ever insure part of your body? Oh, you know, people, you know.

[Tig Notaro]

Oh, God. What would I insure on this body?

[Fortune Feimster]

Like, because Tina Turner insured her legs. Yeah.

Her gambs.

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

Well, that I can see because those are gorgeous games. You're right. Now that you. You're right. I just. I guess I don't show them off like Tina did in those short skirts.

[Fortune Feimster]

Kind of do though. And towels and such.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah, yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

How do you do that? You just call like Allstate and you're.

[Tig Notaro]

Like, hey, insurance quote.

[Fortune Feimster]

And they're like, let me see your leg.

[Tig Notaro]

You are in good hands.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah, you check them first because that's smart.

Right? Northbrook, Illinois Yeah.

So wait, can we get. I'm just. Oh, yeah, I can't relax. Get to the.

[Tig Notaro]

Get to the good stuff.

[Fortune Feimster]

What's the good stuff?

I need to hear about who you met that I, I. Whenever I'm asked the question, who would you meet? Who would you have at a dinner party? This person's my answer. Just because it's like he's another species of person almost. So can we please talk about it? I don't want to blow. I don't want to. I want to let you reveal.

Look at your little excited foot.

My foot is flexed like it was. It's actually.

Give me the goods.

[Tig Notaro]

The twinkle toes over there, please.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

Would one say this is your doppelganger? Yeah.

[Thomas Wilson Gillette]

One would.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yes.

[Tig Notaro]

Tc tc Tom Cruise.

[Fortune Feimster]

I met Tom Cruise.

[Tig Notaro]

You met him.

[Fortune Feimster]

How did this happen?

Well, this is what's so wild is to really think back the reason I was at the Governor Awards, which I didn't even know what it was or where I was going.

[Tig Notaro]

The Governor Award.

[Fortune Feimster]

Alright, Governor.

I got in the car with one of the producers of Come See Me in the Good Light. Jessica. We get in the car. So she came for. She got me. She was in the car and the car picks me up And I get in. I was like, so, what is this? Where are we going? And she was like, well, it's just. It's like they give these honorary Oscars to different people. It's Dolly Parton. Oh, my Dolly.

[Tig Notaro]

Was she there?

[Fortune Feimster]

She wasn't. She made a video, and it was Debbie Allen, Tom Cruise, and then this. Oh, my God. His name is Win something. He's a. What is it? When they.

A magician?

No. Anybody else want to guess who is this?

A mime?

No.

Swimmer. Olympic swimmer.

[Tig Notaro]

Oh, gosh. Xylophone player. Yes.

[Fortune Feimster]

And he was. No, he's like a design. A set designer.

Oh, yes.

[Tig Notaro]

Oh, I would not have gotten.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, you didn't get that from them.

Yeah.

I'll get to Tom in a second. But this man wins something. Thomas, can you look up this man's name.

Who got this award? Of course, I haven't heard of him. It's not like household names that do this job. This was the single most precious human being I've seen in my life. He's like, probably.

60S, maybe early 70s. How old is he? Thomas?

He was. His story that he shared, it was. So he was the first black man to be hired in that world and accepted into the Academy in that whole world, yes. Thomas.

Wynn.

[May Martin]

Thomas.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh.

[Tig Notaro]

Oh, Wynn.

[Thomas Wilson Gillette]

Thomas.

[Fortune Feimster]

There you go. Thank you.

He worked on do the Right Thing, Malcolm X, A Beautiful Mind, and Hidden Figures.

[Guest or Additional Host]

Amazing.

[Tig Notaro]

Wow.

[Fortune Feimster]

I mean, I could have listened to him talk forever. I can't encourage people enough. Just look up his face if there is a video of him talking. Just the sweetest man alive.

[May Martin]

Aw.

[Fortune Feimster]

I love that. Oh, my gosh. Loved it. Anyway, so afterward.

[Thomas Wilson Gillette]

Oh, it's just.

[Fortune Feimster]

You didn't know that Tom was gonna be there?

No, I knew. I knew he was gonna be there. I just didn't understand what the Governor Awards were like. Did you know what they were? No. Yeah. And so it is every.

Massive actor and director and everybody that's, like, vying for an Oscar, you know, and it's just a kind of a stop for that whole world. And, you know, who knows what will happen with my documentary? But it's in that discussion.

That's amazing, dude.

And Tom Cruise gets his award and. And then. Well, I didn't expect this, but he was just off of the stage and out and about in the. In the audience, just hanging out.

He was just a normal, like, walking around.

[Tig Notaro]

He was looking to do the Cupid shovel on the dance floor. Cha cha slide.

[Fortune Feimster]

But let's be honest. Hanging out meant after the awards, he appeared on the floor like everybody else at their tables and stuff. And he was surrounded by reps and security and people wanting to talk to him. And like that whole scene, okay, so I'm like thinking, well, this is the one and only time I'm gonna be in the same room as Tom Cruise.

Yeah, you don't get starstruck, but you can't help but be adrenalized when you see it.

I wasn't even starstruck. I was just like, there's Tom Cruise. I'm going over there and I'm gonna meet that guy. And I told Jessica, the producer of the film, I was like, you and.

[Tig Notaro]

You get every photo.

[Fortune Feimster]

Even if I can't talk to him, you get the closest photo.

[Tig Notaro]

You're just shouting out of me, just.

[Fortune Feimster]

Trying to get in there. Cause I was like, I'm going for it. I don't care at all. And so she was dying, laughing.

[Tig Notaro]

I would love to see some security guard pick you up.

[Fortune Feimster]

But that's what was crazy is it's not open to the public. So the security wasn't like really intense or anything. Just people were standing around and. And I know his agent, her name is actually Maha. And I saw her standing there next to him. And I was. I mean, I was elbowing my way through the crowd.

Oh, my God.

And just, I pulled up the picture of me, which we'll have to post on Handsome, but I pulled up the picture of me that everybody is always like. I mean, that's more Tom Cruise than Tom Cruise. And so I pull it up. And then so I got up to Maha and I said, hey, can I just show Tom this picture and just let him know that if he's looking for a lesbian sister in any sort.

[Tig Notaro]

Of a stunt double.

[Fortune Feimster]

And then she was like, oh, yeah, Tom. Comedian Tig Notaro. And he turned, he's like, hey, how's it going? And I said, good. I said, I just wanted to show you this picture. I said, that's me, by the way. That's not you. And I said, so if you ever need a lesbian sibling in any of your action films.

And so he was looking at it, he was laughing so hard. Of course he was not as hard as Jess, my producer. She was like doubled over crying, because I wish you could have seen the rounds of people I had that I had. No, I just like, I was like, I'm going.

[Tig Notaro]

I'm like getting in this, getting a.

[Fortune Feimster]

Picture with Tom Cruise.

I have so many follow up questions.

You have to understand, Tom Cruise is. This was partly what was pushing Me. That's Stephanie's favorite actor. She loves him, and she thinks he's so handsome. And we always joke that she married the DIY lesbian version. And so I was like, if I can get a picture of the two loves of her life together. And so she was home, and I walked in. She was like, oh, how was the night? And I said, good. How's about that? And she was like, oh, my God.

Oh, my God. Okay, wait. Did he know who you were? Pretend to know who you were.

Oh, I doubt it.

Okay, but he's smiling at you.

He was just like, hey, how's it going? You know, and. Because his agent introduced us, so he was just.

Cause everyone says he's just magnetic and so warm. And once he'll know your name, who am I?

[Tig Notaro]

You know, that's what everyone says.

[Fortune Feimster]

Fuck, I can't believe it happened. And the picture's incredible. You do have the same smile. So you think Maha can get him to ask a question?

[Tig Notaro]

Hello, handsome pod. He's, like, jumping off of a. He'd be like jumping off of a plane, asking us a question. He'd be like, listen to me.

[Fortune Feimster]

Listen to me, handsomes.

[Tig Notaro]

That would be pretty epic if he. He would jump off a plane and ask us a question.

[Fortune Feimster]

I bet he. I'll get it to happen with his cheeks flapping.

There's always a moment in his movies where he's doing some stunt, but he has to deliver a line. And so he's yelling over, like, a jet engine, and his voice goes really high. There's one. Well, first there's red light, green light in Mission Impossible 1. Then there's I'm not going to lose you in Mission Impossible 3. I could think of them all. I think there's always a line where he goes super high.

He goes high. Well, they did. They showed, like, you know, a little thing of, like, all of the highlights of his career and stuff. And I was truly. There's this one moment on that reel where he's holding onto a plane, side of a plane, and it's taking off.

Dead reckoning, I think, Wow, y' all are. Or ghost.

[Tig Notaro]

Some real fans over here. I mean, you can keep it in your pants.

[Fortune Feimster]

Here's the thing. I'm sure he's problematic in some ways, but to me, he is just one of the last movie stars like that where he. When he cries, I cry.

[Thomas Wilson Gillette]

When he.

[Fortune Feimster]

I feel everything that he's feeling, like Jerry Maguire.

[Thomas Wilson Gillette]

It's insane.

[Fortune Feimster]

He hasn't won an Oscar yet. Yeah, I'm glad he got Honored. Is that bad to say?

[Tig Notaro]

Because he got an awesome honorary. Yeah, he got, like, for what?

[Fortune Feimster]

Just his conscience.

[Tig Notaro]

Well, you're just starstruck. Or no one. So it's.

[Fortune Feimster]

No, I get. I.

Well, musicians you get.

I don't feel nervous. Like, I'm not like, oh, my God, there's Tom Cruise. Like, I totally appreciate him, but I don't feel. I don't know.

[Tig Notaro]

You just talked about him for so long that it was a cool. Like.

[Fortune Feimster]

Well, it just seemed like, oh, this is gonna be so funny and awesome and, like, I just. I don't know.

It's so good.

Yeah, it was fun.

Like, we can never get jaded. Like. Cause that is insane to meet Tom Cruise and get a picture with him. It's so good. That should be insane to anyone.

And what's really funny is 10 billion people have had pictures with him, but it seems so hard to come across.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah, he's a harder one to meet. For sure.

[Fortune Feimster]

He's hard. It's like a Paul McCartney or an Obama. Like, it's that level where you're want the picture.

[Tig Notaro]

They're not just hanging out at the In N Out.

[Fortune Feimster]

No, they are not. And they'd like you to think they are, though. Have you seen the clip where they go, tom, what's your favorite snack? And it's like his brain short circuits. Like he's never had a snack.

[Tig Notaro]

He's like, oh.

[Fortune Feimster]

He goes, popcorn.

[Tig Notaro]

Popcorn's great.

[Fortune Feimster]

Is that a small meal between the meals?

Yeah.

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[Fortune Feimster]

When we took a picture together, what I I have to say not only was he very friendly, but he wasn't like rushed. He was. He took several pictures and was like, you know what I mean? So he like hung in the moment which was nice because I there's nothing worse than feeling like you're intruding. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

I think I did see pictures of him on the dance floor.

[Fortune Feimster]

I saw those too. So he was like dancing that night.

[Tig Notaro]

In it to have a good ass time. But for someone like him that probably was a very big, meaningful night because he has been doing movies for so long.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah, that's true.

[Tig Notaro]

And to finally get an Oscar.

[Fortune Feimster]

He shouldn't be. There's so many performances. He should have been nominated.

Well, I mean, it is wild when you're watching that reel.

[Thomas Wilson Gillette]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

And then you. And, like, thinking about everything that you hear about his incredible work ethic. Yeah. Just everything. Like, the director that was introducing him was talking about how. Which, of course, I know of actors that know a script start to finish, forward, backwards. But the director is like, Tom knows, like, everyone's lines. Not just everyone's line, but, like, he's like, hey, aren't I supposed to be picking up some sort of stage direction? And he was like, you know, he said, I don't even know my movie that well.

He's definitely getting sort of. I mean, he's increasingly eccentric, but he. He's. His new thing is kind of being like, I don't just make movies. I am. Movies. Like, his thing is, like.

So how is he getting increasingly.

I think he's always been a bit of a oddball.

[Tig Notaro]

And then.

[Fortune Feimster]

And then he went through a phase of real eccentricity with. With Scientology, where he was really, like, jumping on sofas and stuff. But he just keeps making amazing movies. And then he. But just recently, his angle is, I'm Mr. Movies, and I like it, but I would love to meet the guy. I was excited because we went to Zootopia 2 premiere.

[Guest or Additional Host]

That's right.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yesterday, we had the premiere.

All three of us out in the wild.

[Guest or Additional Host]

I know.

[Tig Notaro]

We hug our little suits. We hug each other backstage.

[Guest or Additional Host]

Our suits.

[Fortune Feimster]

Proud of you, dude. You steal the movie. You're so funny in it.

[Tig Notaro]

Thanks.

[Fortune Feimster]

So great. I texted Fortune saying, Max and Finn, hearing them say to each other, hey, bub.

[Tig Notaro]

Hey, bub.

[Guest or Additional Host]

Hey, bub.

[Tig Notaro]

Hey, bub.

[Fortune Feimster]

The movie's so funny. But I. Macaulay Culkin was there, and that's huge for me because people say I look like a, like, child. Macaulay Culkin.

[Tig Notaro]

I didn't get to meet anyone at that premiere.

[Guest or Additional Host]

They had me on the red carpet the whole time.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, man.

[Tig Notaro]

And then.

[Guest or Additional Host]

And then I was, like, whisked back to the backstage, and then. And then off into a corner.

[Thomas Wilson Gillette]

Yeah.

[Guest or Additional Host]

And so I didn't get to, like.

[Fortune Feimster]

Why'd they put Baby in a corner?

[Thomas Wilson Gillette]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

What?

[Guest or Additional Host]

Because they had. They had all the voice. The voice, Castle together on the stage. Everyone's chatting and stuff. And then they had the four. They had the. They put us in the corners to come out from the side.

[Fortune Feimster]

So you didn't get to meet anyone.

[Guest or Additional Host]

I mean, that was it. Besides, like, Kiwi Kwan and Jennifer Goodwin.

[Fortune Feimster]

I said, hey, I'm Mae, by the way, to Macaulay Culkin.

[Thomas Wilson Gillette]

And he went, hi, I'm Mack.

[Fortune Feimster]

And I shook his hand and I thought, I can die a little bit happier. Like, just.

[Tig Notaro]

I mean.

[Fortune Feimster]

So is it him and Alanis that are your.

Him, Alanis. Paul McCartney, Robert Plant and David Gilmore.

[Guest or Additional Host]

The Rose.

[Fortune Feimster]

Bette Midler Streisand. Yeah, like the big ones.

[Tig Notaro]

Well, the classic thing that happened at the premiere is.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, yeah.

Well, first of all, we. They were acting, like, on the red carpet. People were like, what's your. What was your favorite memory of making this movie? And it's like, I literally have five words. I have five words. And I'm like, I think my favorite memory was probably recording my line.

I was alone in a sound booth.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

But then we were so. Well, I was so excited for the big moment. And then I could see it was coming plot wise. Cause I knew we were in the prison scene. And then I see Tig get up and leave with one of the boys to go to the bathroom. And I thought, oh. And then almost as soon as you left, I saw you get up and leave, and I knew. I thought, oh, that was hilarious.

Why didn't you chase me down?

I think I did.

[Tig Notaro]

Go, Tig, Tig. So Tig missed her entire part going to the bathroom.

[Fortune Feimster]

My son had to go to the bathroom. I can't just let him roam around with all these weird cartoon characters.

[Tig Notaro]

Just the timing of it.

[Fortune Feimster]

It's classic.

[Tig Notaro]

And you got back, and Stephanie was.

[Fortune Feimster]

Like, oh, yes, I got back to the stage. She was like, you missed your part.

[Tig Notaro]

I was like, what?

[Fortune Feimster]

We were gone for, like, two or three minutes max.

Yeah, the exact two to three minutes.

And then I walk in and it done.

[Tig Notaro]

I did y' all both disguise your voices a lot in the character? I did not.

[Fortune Feimster]

Should we do our sin?

[Thomas Wilson Gillette]

What?

[Fortune Feimster]

Do you remember your line now?

I just think I was like, yeah.

I went, I'll see you at the lunch table.

I have no idea what I was saying.

[Tig Notaro]

I don't remember. But it was so classic. When I saw that you had not been in there for your part.

[Fortune Feimster]

You know what? I.

My whole family got dressed up, went to the premiere.

My sons, they love getting dressed up. They had their little suits on.

They were so cute. I did really think watching it and with kids in the audience, like, I wanted to make something for kids because they're the perfect audience. Like, they laugh when it's funny, they're scared when it's scary, they cry when it's sad. Like, they just are so. Their emotions are so present and it was so satisfying.

[Tig Notaro]

I know. I kept looking around to see, like, what different kids reactions were to the different characters and stuff.

[Fortune Feimster]

Well, no spoilers, but there's a character who you think is good and then is bad. I was with Parvanama and Amma was scandalized by that. Like, afterwards it was like, did you know he was bad, that guy? And it was like, no, that was pretty tricky. It was like, well, he was acting really nice.

That happens in real life.

[Thomas Wilson Gillette]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

Seriously? Yeah.

People pull a switcherooni on.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

It's such a fun movie.

[Guest or Sponsor Voice]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah. Jennifer Goodwin was laughing at me because, you know, when you tape these. These voiceover things, they don't give you a script. You know, you just have your scene.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

And so I knew I had, like, taped a lot for them for, like, over, like, the last year and a half.

[Thomas Wilson Gillette]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

But I didn't know. But they changed my job a lot, so I would have to re record quite a bit. So I just didn't know, like, what my role in the movie was. Yeah. And I didn't know, like, anything other than like, oh, this is a cool part.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

And I had to go to this screen. I had to go to screening by myself before press, and I'm like, watching the film and because there's a lot of parts of the end where my character is around, but I'm not necessarily voicing it. Yeah. I'm just doing, like, grunts or like. And I'm like, my character's like a main part of his movie.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

But I had no idea.

[Fortune Feimster]

That's amazing.

[Tig Notaro]

So I was just like, oh, my God, this is wild.

[Fortune Feimster]

You're like third billing or something.

[Tig Notaro]

You're like, I think fourth. But like. Yeah. When the title card came up and me and Key were behind Jason and Jennifer, I was like, oh, my God, this is crazy.

[Fortune Feimster]

I'm like, Mae Martin level.

[Tig Notaro]

I got like, tears in my eyes.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, man.

[Tig Notaro]

I just thought it was just so cool, like, because I grew up on Disney movies and I never thought in a million years that I would be a beaver in a Disney side coming.

[Fortune Feimster]

It is a. I just watched the first one recently and I really liked the universe that they've made.

[Thomas Wilson Gillette]

And then.

[Fortune Feimster]

Did you meet Jodi Benson on the red carpet? The voice of the original Ariel?

She's in that movie?

[Tig Notaro]

No, she's on the red carpet.

[Fortune Feimster]

And I Got emotional meeting her because her voice is. And she's like a true Disney princess where you know that they're good.

A true Disney princess.

She's a true Disney princess.

Because none of those fake ones out there.

[Thomas Wilson Gillette]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

Well, because instead of going, oh, nice to meet you, they go, oh, I've been so excited to meet you. Like, you're a kid. They go, it's you. I've been so excited to meet you. I've watched her say it to everybody and say it to kids she'd never met and executives, and everyone was, like, basking in her glow. And she was magical.

So even if she didn't know who you were, she didn't. Just like, I've been so excited to meet you.

I saw her say it to these little kids, and they were like, she was waiting for us.

[Tig Notaro]

Ariel.

[Fortune Feimster]

That was so nice. Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

Did she do the voice and sing?

[Thomas Wilson Gillette]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

Oh, wow.

[Fortune Feimster]

Good fortune. I forgot to tell you.

[Tig Notaro]

What's up, girl?

[Fortune Feimster]

I forgot to tell you. When I was doing the red carpet, doing my little pretty pictures and doing my interviews, the guy that I was talking to, he goes.

[Tig Notaro]

He said.

[Fortune Feimster]

And Tig, I have to say.

[Guest or Additional Host]

I.

[Fortune Feimster]

Loved you hosting Kimmel over the summer.

[Tig Notaro]

And I was like, did you?

[Fortune Feimster]

I said, oh, that wasn't me. And he goes, yeah, yeah, yeah. He said, you. You hosted a few episodes. A few. I was like, no, that's fortune. People always get us confused.

[Tig Notaro]

We're always, always confused for each other.

[Fortune Feimster]

I was just like, wow, that's hilarious.

One day we're going to find out what person who works on Zootopia just likes this podcast and, like, put us in it.

Yeah. Do we have any knowledge?

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah. The casting director, she was like, oh, really? Because she said something like, may seem surprised. Like, May was like, handsome's in it. And she's like, yeah, that's by design, right? Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

I was like, what a crazy coincidence.

[Tig Notaro]

We're all in this.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, man.

[Tig Notaro]

It was on. It was. It was on purpose. Yeah. Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

That's so great. Well, it was a fun night.

It was a fun night. It was great to see Max and Finn in their little suits as well.

Great to see.

[Tig Notaro]

I didn't even get to see them.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah, well, they were. It's funny because when they were getting dressed, Finn didn't like the outfit I had pulled for him. And he took it up a notch to, like, a full black suit with a white button down. And I was like, sorry. You know, I just had him in a casual blazer and.

No, you gotta go all out Cork.

But, man, he was like, I don't want to wear that. Yeah, I want to wear.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah. He was going to Hollywood Boulevard.

[Fortune Feimster]

And then Max was like, I think we should do more of this stuff as a family. And I was like.

You know, like.

[Tig Notaro]

Putting on the Ritz. Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah. They had never been to a premiere, but cute. Yeah, it was fun. But it was fun to see your little buck teeth. Your crooked buck teeth, I'm sure, as.

A character to clarify.

Thanks for that laugh.

But I was just like, are they doing that? Cause you're from the South?

[Tig Notaro]

No, because I'm a beaver.

[Fortune Feimster]

I know, but, like, you can be a beaver. Not from the South.

Oh, they made the character.

[Tig Notaro]

Oh, the character being Southern. I mean, I can't not be from the South.

[Fortune Feimster]

I know.

[Tig Notaro]

In my voice.

[Fortune Feimster]

I know.

Can you try?

[Tig Notaro]

I could try, I guess, to not have a Southern accent.

[Fortune Feimster]

Now, can you do it without making that face?

[Tig Notaro]

No, I can't.

[Fortune Feimster]

Your face just became like Julie Andrews.

[Tig Notaro]

I think that they probably wanted. I mean, the marsh market, sort of like bayou. Yeah. Like.

[Guest or Sponsor Voice]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

So I think they wanted vibe.

[Fortune Feimster]

Well, you nailed it, kid.

[Tig Notaro]

Oh, thanks.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

People were like, did. How did having those beaver teeth affect your voice? And I was like, I didn't even think about it. Oh, yeah, I just did my voice.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah. Well, what are you going to do?

[Tig Notaro]

I don't know if, you know.

[Fortune Feimster]

The.

Beaver teeth affect your.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah.

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[Fortune Feimster]

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[Thomas Wilson Gillette]

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[Tig Notaro]

Well, should we get to our question?

[Fortune Feimster]

I think so.

[Tig Notaro]

Okay, let's do it.

[Fortune Feimster]

Today's Question Asker is an actor who has starred in shows such as Masters of Sex and Party down, as well as movies including Mean Girls, the People We Hate at the Wedding, and the new movie now you See Me, now you Don't. Lizzy Kaplan is Asking today's question.

[Lizzy Kaplan]

Hi, I'm Lizzy Kaplan, and my question is, what is the worst. It's a two parter. What is the worst first impression you've ever made? And what is the most incorrect first impression that you've gotten of somebody else from somebody else?

[Tig Notaro]

Oh, wow, that's really funny.

[Fortune Feimster]

Good question.

Yeah. I love Lizzie.

[Tig Notaro]

Doesn't she live in England now?

[Fortune Feimster]

You know, I don't know her whereabouts.

[Tig Notaro]

I believe.

[Sponsor Voice]

I thought.

[Tig Notaro]

I think so, but I could be wrong.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah.

She was wearing a kind of Britishy sweater that seemed kind of British.

Is this British?

That's British.

[Tig Notaro]

I've got on my British coat.

[Fortune Feimster]

This isn't British, by the way.

[Tig Notaro]

This is a smoking jacket.

[Guest or Additional Host]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

Cardigan smoke.

[Fortune Feimster]

The incorrect first impressions is. I mean, we're probably doing that all the time, projecting our own onto people. And that was part of that therapy program I did. Did I tell about that part where they said you. If you had a bad reaction to someone in the group, write it down. Because we were learning, like, that's my negative projection.

[Tig Notaro]

Because then you'll have to say to each other.

[Fortune Feimster]

Then we just say it to their face.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah, yeah, I remember that.

[Fortune Feimster]

Okay, so I did talk about that.

[Tig Notaro]

Right. Yeah. Where people, a couple people said they didn't like you.

[Thomas Wilson Gillette]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

They said I was dismissive and arrogant.

Which you are to be famously. Yeah.

No, I was flabbergasted. But you. But I guess the point of the exercise was like, we can't really control other people's experience.

[Guest or Additional Host]

Right.

[Fortune Feimster]

All the time if they're, you know. Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

They get to have their feelings.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah. Did anything jump into your minds about.

I was just thinking. I had a screening. I was at a screening for the Come See Me in the Good Light documentary, and a childhood friend of mine came and she was telling people at the. Like, I've known her since we were kids and she was like, my mom was so scared of Tig because, like.

[Tig Notaro]

Well, just.

[Fortune Feimster]

Cause like, I was like, you know, like, not doing well at school. And like, I carried my cigarettes in my pocket up on my shirt and drove a motorcycle and. Yeah, but my friend was like, but my mother didn't realize that, like, that was the extent of it.

Like, oh, that's so funny. It was like, oh, I wonder what Tig's doing.

[Guest or Additional Host]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

Like, there wasn't anything.

[Tig Notaro]

You weren't running amok.

[Fortune Feimster]

No, like, I wasn't. It was really what you saw.

It was the tude and the cigarettes and the T shirt and like, I.

Was a class clown. I smoked Cigarettes. I drove a motorcycle. And her mom was just like, hard pass on this one. And then she was saying, and then when my book came out, it's called I'm Just a Person, it's a New York Times bestseller. But anyway, when that came out, my friend Ashley, she said, and then my mom, like, sends me your book for Christmas, you know, and she said, but. But as kids, Ashley was saying, I had friends that were identifying as Christians, and meanwhile, they were all doing drugs and getting trashed and sleeping with everyone. And I was just like, you're just.

Listening to Beat Ashley.

Is Ashley home?

[Tig Notaro]

You're like, she leans.

[Fortune Feimster]

So that was a bad first impression that lasted.

I think I'm friendly. I never see Ashley's mother anymore, but I think she must be over it now.

[Tig Notaro]

She's a fan. She's buying your books?

[Fortune Feimster]

Well, she bought my book and sent it to Ashley.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

But I think I had a lot of those parents that.

[Tig Notaro]

Right.

[Fortune Feimster]

Kind of were like, what's up with that one?

Yeah, yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

What's up with this dyke.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

Riding in here trying to take our daughters out. Yeah. Were you. Were you dating back then?

[Fortune Feimster]

No. With a bull hair, greasy bowl haircut?

[Tig Notaro]

I don't know. We saw that one photo of you. The stickers flew off the shelf.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah, Well, I was 19 then.

[Tig Notaro]

Oh, what age are you talking about?

[Fortune Feimster]

I was, you know, I was, I don't know, a few years younger than that.

[Tig Notaro]

So you hadn't come into your own yet?

[Fortune Feimster]

I hadn't.

[Guest or Additional Host]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

I really hadn't. What about you guys? I'm sure you have a million bad impressions you've made, both of you.

[Tig Notaro]

I had an interesting time when I lived in Spain for. I lived in Spain for a year after I graduated college. And during that time, I didn't know many people in Spain.

[Fortune Feimster]

Really.

[Tig Notaro]

One of my. What, like, making friends? Yeah, it was very hard to make friends. And my. My good friend from college was also in Sevilla at that same time, so we hung out a lot. But other than that, I was alone a ton.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

And I was also traveling around Europe by myself, so I was constantly alone. And I didn't realize that it was really affecting my personality. Whereas I was, like, really, you know, silly. I'm similar now to what I was in college. Like, boisterous, silly, ridiculous. And in Spain, I was pretty introverted, pretty quiet and shy. Like, it really brought my personality super down, really. Just being very like, yeah, I was like the wallflower. And so when I moved, I moved to la.

[Fortune Feimster]

But you said you kind of were A wallflower. When you were younger, too?

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah, when I was pretty young.

[Fortune Feimster]

You're just, like, comfortable with your own.

[Tig Notaro]

Company, too, where you were just in space.

Constantly. But I didn't realize how quiet I had become. Yeah. And so when I moved to la, that personality came with me, and it made it really hard for me to meet friends in LA my first two years. People thought I was such a dork and had no personality.

[Fortune Feimster]

No one wanted.

[Tig Notaro]

No one wanted to be my friend.

[Fortune Feimster]

Imagine describing you as someone with no personality.

[Tig Notaro]

I thought I had. Well, because I kind of didn't. I was still being demure and, like, still being quiet. And so I was just a different person. And, like, no one wanted to be my friend.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

And so I met this guy, Steve, who was working. I was working for this actress, and he was working on her show. Yeah. And he was wearing a Carolina shirt. And I was like, oh, my God, Someone from North Carolina. It was like I could breathe, like, oh, my God, there's some comfort here. And I desperately wanted to be his friend, but my desperation was, like, oozing out of me, I guess, where he.

[Fortune Feimster]

Was like, yeah, the desperate stank.

[Tig Notaro]

And he thought I had a crush on him.

[Thomas Wilson Gillette]

No.

[Guest or Additional Host]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

Cause you were like.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah. Cause I was just, like, really wanted to be his friend. And so he was like, whoa. Like, so he did not want to be my friend and, like, would not hang out with me. But I knew I was like, we're supposed to be best friends, but you can't tell people that or you're crazy. But I just knew in my gut, I was like, this is supposed to be my best friend. But I don't know how to make him know that we're supposed to be best friends. And my personality is not great right now. So I had the.

[Fortune Feimster]

I gave. Did you tell him all of that later?

[Tig Notaro]

We laugh about it now.

[Fortune Feimster]

But he's.

Who became your roommate.

[Tig Notaro]

He's became a roommate.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yes, yes, yes.

[Tig Notaro]

So. So I had the worst impression of myself. He just was not having it.

[Guest or Additional Host]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

And then. So for months went by, not friends, did not hang out, but somehow we exchanged. Remember the AOL messenger?

[Thomas Wilson Gillette]

Yeah, yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

The thing.

[May Martin]

Thing.

[Tig Notaro]

Well, you could leave, like, that. It was very popular at the time. And you could leave, like, away messages or whatever and.

[Fortune Feimster]

Wait, what are away messages?

[Tig Notaro]

Like, when you were, like, idle, not, like, not there, but your computer stayed on.

[Fortune Feimster]

Okay.

[Thomas Wilson Gillette]

You.

[Tig Notaro]

It would say, like, so and so's offline, but it would have, like, a.

[Fortune Feimster]

Message like, but I'll be back after I go to the Bathroom, whatever.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah, perfect.

[Fortune Feimster]

It'll take me about 15 minutes. I'll explain later.

[Tig Notaro]

Exactly.

[Fortune Feimster]

See you with a crush.

Rotten chicken.

[Tig Notaro]

I had his AOL thing. Me and my roommate was moving back home, and his roommate was leaving, and he put on his messenger that he needed a roommate. And I was like, this is my end.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, my God.

[Tig Notaro]

And he's like, yeah. He was like.

The dork one.

And I'm just like, I need a roommate. But he's so nice that he didn't, like, know what to say. So he just kind of was like, like, all right. And then, of course, I moved in. But once I had a friend, my personality started to come back. And then I ended up being his most fun friend he's ever had in his entire life.

[Fortune Feimster]

Do you bring it up a lot where you're like, you thought I was.

[Tig Notaro]

Lame and he thought I was lame, and he thought I had a crush on him.

[Fortune Feimster]

That's the best.

[Tig Notaro]

I wasn't out technically at the time, so, I mean, I guess.

[Guest or Additional Host]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

You know, it was unclear.

[Thomas Wilson Gillette]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

But unqueer. Unqueer. But, yeah, he definitely. Everyone that met me in that first, especially a year in la, thought I was the biggest door.

[Fortune Feimster]

Forgettable.

[May Martin]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

Like, this girl is gonna go pack it back up to North Carolina.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, that's so funny.

I'm trying to think. I'm. I mean, all through. I mean, it just. I think a lot of parents of my friends and my teens are probably rightly, like, this is such a pretentious little idiot. And then.

[Tig Notaro]

Pretentious.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh. Because I was like, yeah, I'm not really into new music. Like, I was like. I was literally reading Jack Kerouac. Like, I was such a cliche and, like, writing in my little notebook and just, like, so tortured and aw. But I'm thinking about.

But that's all gone away.

The torture.

[Thomas Wilson Gillette]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

Of course, now I'm.

You grew out of that.

I literally go home and read Jack Kerouac and write my notebook and write sad poems.

[Tig Notaro]

No, I'm still in it.

[Fortune Feimster]

I'm thinking of. I don't know if I've talked about on the pod before, because I sort of don't, but that my uncle married the Queen of England's niece, so I was Age loyalty.

[Tig Notaro]

Yes.

[Fortune Feimster]

I mean, we were just.

[Tig Notaro]

Bury the lady. He's up.

[Fortune Feimster]

But it's so crazy. Cause it says on my Wikipedia page that I'm, like, related to the Queen. But this is. I swear I'm not a nepo baby. Like, this was so random and so far from Our family. And my uncle was an actor and a painter, and then met this woman, and she goes, I'm Princess Margaret's daughter. And then they're an amazing couple.

[Thomas Wilson Gillette]

Anyway.

[Tig Notaro]

Oh, Princess Margaret.

[Fortune Feimster]

I went to the.

[Tig Notaro]

That princess fortune.

[May Martin]

Shh.

[Fortune Feimster]

So I go to the wedding.

Royalty is speaking.

No, I swear I'm not.

No way you're gonna convince us.

[Tig Notaro]

Royalty.

[Fortune Feimster]

I mean, look at the boots on the floor.

[Tig Notaro]

Royal boots right there. It's so far. Is he alive?

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah. I have an uncle and aunt and cousins and stuff. And when I lived in England, I would see them.

[Thomas Wilson Gillette]

They're awesome. They're like.

[Fortune Feimster]

They just. They're painters and they live in a normal house, but it is bizarre.

[Tig Notaro]

And because is she. Because she is in the royal family, right?

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah. And my cousins are, like, in line to the throne, I guess.

[Tig Notaro]

Oh, wow.

[Fortune Feimster]

But I'm. I don't like to talk about it because it may.

[Guest or Additional Host]

It's.

[Tig Notaro]

Because it's so not your life.

[Fortune Feimster]

It's so not my life. Not your.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

Are. Where are you in line for the throne? Like, because after everyone love for you.

[Tig Notaro]

To be in that royal family.

[Fortune Feimster]

Would you still do this podcast if you were? I think that the king.

The in line to the throne thing should be connected to your IMDb rating. Your.

Right now.

[Tig Notaro]

You have been number one.

[Fortune Feimster]

I know.

[Thomas Wilson Gillette]

Do you?

[May Martin]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

451. You have dipped. You have dipped. Thomas, will you look up?

35 is very high. No, I was one, guys.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah, but you don't understand. Not a month ago, like, 20 to like 900.

[Fortune Feimster]

Like, that really is on the way out. I'm on the way to career.

Who's number one? One. Thomas, who's number one?

Fortune 35 is.

[Tig Notaro]

No, I'm not. I'm like 9:50 or. No, I'm like 1200.

[Fortune Feimster]

Jacob Alordi. Jacob Alord. Yeah.

[Thomas Wilson Gillette]

That's fair.

[Tig Notaro]

You were in rare air. Rarefied air. You royal.

[Fortune Feimster]

But wait, anyway, my. The end of this dumbstone story is that I'm 8 years old and I was living in England, and we got to go to the royal wedding, which was at the palace. It was in a church.

[Tig Notaro]

And then it was Diana's wedding.

[Fortune Feimster]

No, to. To my uncle's wedding.

[Tig Notaro]

Oh, that wedding.

[Fortune Feimster]

And we were so excited.

[Tig Notaro]

And I got so stoked.

[Fortune Feimster]

May wasn't alive when Princess Diana got married.

But you were there.

Anyways, everyone, tell us everything.

[Tig Notaro]

Tell us everything. I wasn't even born yet.

[Fortune Feimster]

May's like, I don't like to talk about it, but I was at Princess Diana's.

If you zoom in, you can see me. I'm one of the choir boys.

[Tig Notaro]

So they had a royal wedding.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah. And my grandma. This is like, imagine a British woman in your 60s at the time or whatever. And you get to go to the ro. Like, she was so excited. And everyone was like, may, when you meet the Queen, like, there'll be a lineup and you have to curtsy and you have to say, your Majesty. And it was all this protocol. And I was 8 and I couldn't keep it straight in my head.

And that was my worst first impression, I think, is I panicked. They said, oh, and if anyone asks you about your handbag, I had a little purse. They go, say, it's Venetian. I don't know why I remember this. It's like a weird dream. So Prince Charles comes up to me and goes, what a lovely handbag. And I went, it's Venetian.

Is this the dream or this is real?

This is real. I swear to God. What a lovely handbag. It's Venetian. And I was so moved.

You legacy will be.

It was so overwhelming, the whole thing, that my aunt had to tell me, you need to stop trying to follow me around and talk to me. I have to talk to other people. Because she was like a celebrity. Like, a bride is always the celebrity of the wedding. And I was in all the photos. I'm literally just, like, hanging onto her dress. But anyway, I met the Queen and I went for a handshake, like you're supposed to, and I.

[Guest or Additional Host]

That's a big no. No.

[Fortune Feimster]

Right. She didn't do the curtsy, and I just went, Mae Martin.

[Tig Notaro]

And what did she do?

[May Martin]

What did she.

[Guest or Additional Host]

Did she shake your hand, though?

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah, she was like, hello.

[Guest or Additional Host]

Oh, I guess. With a child.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah. Everyone was so nice to me.

[Tig Notaro]

But.

[Fortune Feimster]

What would be more exciting to you? Meeting the Queen or Tom Cruise?

I think you know the answer.

Tc.

It's TC Every day.

[Thomas Wilson Gillette]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

I mean, it was thrilling, though, but overstimulating. And then I was having driving lessons recently, and my driving instructor. Oh, I'm taking every.

[Tig Notaro]

I mean, it has been two years since you talked about getting this license.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, right.

[Tig Notaro]

When we started the pod, May was like, I gotta get my license.

[Fortune Feimster]

What are you not getting?

Well, I stopped for you.

Turn the steering wheel, you push, go and stop.

There's more than that.

Tig, the ignition.

Parallel parking. I'm turning all the way to the right, then all the way to the the left.

[Tig Notaro]

Parallel parking is the hardest part of driving everything. But then just don't parallel park for a bit.

[Fortune Feimster]

Well, my Driving instructor Robert.

[Thomas Wilson Gillette]

He.

[Fortune Feimster]

He taught the McConaughey kids how to drive as well as some of the Kardashian kids.

[Tig Notaro]

All right, all right, all right.

[Fortune Feimster]

I know. So I was telling my friend, and they were like, of course you have the Nepo baby driving instructor, because you have Nepo baby energy.

[Thomas Wilson Gillette]

And I don't.

[Fortune Feimster]

You have Nepo baby energy. What is that?

They're like, you don't cook. You take Ubers.

Like, I know you do.

[Tig Notaro]

Uber eats a lot, right?

[Fortune Feimster]

I'm turning a new leaf. I'm getting my license.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

I'm cooking. I made this week. I made.

When are you getting your license?

[Thomas Wilson Gillette]

December.

[Fortune Feimster]

Say that. And then it'll be years still.

When this comes out, I. Hopefully, you'll have your license.

We'll. We'll be at the studio next time, and we just. Like a car slams through the wall.

Like the Kool Aid license.

[Thomas Wilson Gillette]

Anyways.

[Fortune Feimster]

But that was probably the worst first impression I made to everyone at that wedding, because all of the royals. Yeah. And there's a photograph where I'm just lying on my back in my dress in the middle of the grass.

[Tig Notaro]

You get a pass, I think, when you're eight, though.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah. You're eight, right? Yeah, Yeah. I met the corgis.

[Tig Notaro]

Oh, the cute.

[Fortune Feimster]

It was crazy.

[Tig Notaro]

There were many of them, right?

[Fortune Feimster]

So many of them.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah.

And I met the Queen Mother, and Princess Diana was there briefly, and it.

[Thomas Wilson Gillette]

Was a magical day.

[Tig Notaro]

Princess Diana and I have the same birthday, so.

[Thomas Wilson Gillette]

Really?

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah. Kindred spirits.

[Fortune Feimster]

No way. Prince in the hair.

Diana. I started standup.

She was coming up at the same.

Time the day nice before, like, right around when she died.

[Thomas Wilson Gillette]

Oh, really?

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah.

That was your first stand up?

Yeah, yeah, it was right around then.

Well, I have. I can bring this all. This whole episode all together.

[Tig Notaro]

Bring it up.

[Fortune Feimster]

We need that.

[Tig Notaro]

Every episode, one full circle moment that.

[Fortune Feimster]

Then I was watching the Good, the Bad and the Ugly with my family, and then the phone rang, and my grandfather was on the phone. He said, princess Diana's died. Turn on the news. And we turned on the news, and the first thing we saw was cnn, and we have Tom Cruise on the line, and it was Tom Cruise calling into cnn saying, the paparazzi. Like, this is what happened. It was just so weird. The first thing we heard was his take on it, and he was really passionate about it.

[Tig Notaro]

That is who we want to hear from. And.

Worldly.

[Fortune Feimster]

You really did.

I did, right?

Yeah. Is any of it true?

[Thomas Wilson Gillette]

None of it.

[Fortune Feimster]

Okay. Not a word.

I also want to acknowledge, like, as far as bad first impressions. After I said what mine was, I realized that I, as a child and even as an adult for a long time, was way more shut off, armor protective, hadn't worked through a lot of stuff. And I'm certain I made a ton of terrible first impressions where I was like, you know, the punk rock. Not that I was ever punk rock, but, you know, the punk rock kid. Like, as long as you just say hello to them, they're like, hi.

[Thomas Wilson Gillette]

But they.

[Fortune Feimster]

You know, it's scary, you know, and. And it's like they're punk rock usually.

Because there's something going on.

It's a little soft on the inside. That's so true. Yeah. And so I realized, like. Yeah, I think. I think, you know, when I got really sick and lost my mother and stuff, it like, really cracked me open in a. In a very different way.

Yeah.

Even going through all this with Andrea and Mega and the movie, and I just have a very different look.

Yeah.

Not look, but outlook. And so, yeah, I'm sure I made a ton of terrible first impressions.

Have you ever had when you're in a group or at a dinner party? And so often I'm like, this person hates me.

[Thomas Wilson Gillette]

Like, why?

[Fortune Feimster]

This person is so rude to me. And then it turns out that they're just a fan or they're nervous and they're like, later on, they're like, oh, yeah, I saw that thing, and I really liked it. And the whole night I've been going, this fucking asshole is like. I'm just. They don't even want to look at me. And I'm just trying to.

[Guest or Additional Host]

You know what I mean?

[Fortune Feimster]

They're creating everything.

Yeah, that's the thing.

Well, when I sat to go back to the Governor's Awards, I sat down, there's an actress next to me, and I was like, oh, I'm just gonna be the one that says hi. Yeah. Yeah. I didn't. I wasn't familiar with her, but I was like, hey, I'm Tig. And she's like, hi. How are you? So friendly. And I was like, like, yeah, it's a reminder to do that, to make the effort.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

So, well, anyway.

[Tig Notaro]

Well, to really bring it full circle with Tom Cruise. He is famously, famously, famously famous.

[Fortune Feimster]

Famously famous. Is it your bug teeth getting away?

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah, I'm finally doing the voice. He. Have we talked about the Tom Cruise cake?

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah, yeah. He remembers everyone's name.

[Guest or Additional Host]

It's coming.

[Tig Notaro]

Coming up soon, where people on his list will be getting this Tom Cruise cake.

[Fortune Feimster]

Do you think I'm on the list.

[Tig Notaro]

I hope to God that you are, because if you are, I don't. I don't think it would be vegan. And so I think you should give it to me.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah. You guys.

Coconut.

[Tig Notaro]

So, yeah, I will take it. All I want is.

[Fortune Feimster]

You have to. Thomas.

[Guest or Additional Host]

I will get. For sure.

[Tig Notaro]

Thomas can have half. I don't need a whole cake.

[Fortune Feimster]

Okay.

[Tig Notaro]

So Thomas is gonna have half and I have the other half.

[Fortune Feimster]

But you do need half a cake. Thomas does need the other half.

[Tig Notaro]

I do need half a cake.

[Fortune Feimster]

Okay.

[Tig Notaro]

I don't. I. I mean, if I met tc, Great.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

But I really just want him to send me one of his cake. You can probably put in a word you can buy in Woodland Hills at Doan's Bakery.

[Fortune Feimster]

You know where it is?

[May Martin]

Yes.

[Fortune Feimster]

Why haven't you got a good one?

[Tig Notaro]

I've had it before. You can buy a. On Gold belly. What?

[May Martin]

You.

[Fortune Feimster]

What is Gold belly?

[Tig Notaro]

You've never heard of Gold Belly?

[May Martin]

No.

[Fortune Feimster]

Have you. You can like buy two against one gold belly.

[May Martin]

No.

[Fortune Feimster]

Have you? Thomas?

We've talked about it on the.

[Tig Notaro]

You guys ever listen to me? It's a. It's a website where like, restaurants sell their. Like we're. They're known for their cakes or like, they're known for their lobster rolls or they're known for their whatever. Pizza. And you can buy that restaurant, restaurants or whatever company's thing.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

You know, eight layer pies or whatever. And yeah, the Tom Cruise cake is one of the cakes you can buy.

[Fortune Feimster]

But you want it specifically.

[Tig Notaro]

I want it from him, but it also is delicious and I will just eat it.

[Fortune Feimster]

Well, you're gonna end up in a action film with him, obviously. Yeah, you will.

But also, I wouldn't be surprised if you take my end of his.

[Tig Notaro]

The furs.

[Fortune Feimster]

I have to.

[Tig Notaro]

Yes.

[Fortune Feimster]

That's why I got into stand.

That's why I got into this biz after Princess.

[Tig Notaro]

So yeah, maybe. Maybe you'll get a Tom Cruise cake.

[Fortune Feimster]

I'd actually be a bit freaked out if I met him once and then ding dong, the cake arrives.

Yeah, see, I'm gonna be freaked out after meeting him once and I don't get a cake.

Yeah, you're gonna be like, what did I do wrong?

[Tig Notaro]

What if.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh my gosh.

[Tig Notaro]

Girl.

[Fortune Feimster]

Girl.

What if?

[Tig Notaro]

Girl. What? Girl?

[Fortune Feimster]

Girl.

[Tig Notaro]

Oh my God.

[Fortune Feimster]

Curly toes.

[Tig Notaro]

My toes.

[Fortune Feimster]

What if.

He gets me the cake and it's vegan?

[Tig Notaro]

That would be crazy, girl.

[Fortune Feimster]

Classic T.C. taking care of.

[Tig Notaro]

So thoughtful. T.C. is T.C. being.

[Fortune Feimster]

I cannot wait for my vegan coconut Cake. Should we hear Lizzie's response? Remember we were still gonna do that?

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah.

[Lizzy Kaplan]

My answer is a bit of a cop out, but also true. I feel like my first impressions are always. The ones I make are often very bad. People think that I'm. That I think I'm, like, too cool for school. I've heard that a lot. And bad first impressions of other people, you know, that I miscalculate every time.

[Tig Notaro]

Everybody, everybody, everybody.

[Fortune Feimster]

So always her and always everybody. Always everybody.

[Tig Notaro]

Always there and always everybody.

[Fortune Feimster]

Okay, fair enough.

Okay. I'm gonna remember that if I have to.

When I was sick, Lizzie reached out to me and she said, every Friday is Tig day, and I'm gonna email and remind you how great you are.

[Tig Notaro]

Aw.

[Fortune Feimster]

And she did that.

It'd be great if he said a couple of months.

She never did it, and then never.

[Tig Notaro]

Heard from her again. She's like, I think Tig's fine now.

[Fortune Feimster]

She's good.

[Tig Notaro]

I can stop doing this.

[Fortune Feimster]

Every now and then it crosses my mind. I'm like, should I write her and be like, what happened to the emails on Fridays?

[Tig Notaro]

That's nice, though. I mean, to do it for someone to do it steadily for that long is unusual. Yeah, for sure. Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

But where are they?

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah, I believe she's in England.

[Fortune Feimster]

Well, the email works, Lizzie. Yes, Email works in England.

[Tig Notaro]

So they say.

[Fortune Feimster]

Who said that?

The governor.

[Tig Notaro]

The governor. The royals.

[Fortune Feimster]

The governor.

Well, well, well, well, well.

[Guest or Additional Host]

You guys.

[Fortune Feimster]

What a delightful way to spend a five.

You think my hands are cold. Feel this one. Oh, my God. For you.

[Tig Notaro]

Like an ice box.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yes.

[Guest or Additional Host]

What's up with y'?

[Fortune Feimster]

All? Well, I'm warm now.

I've been drinking through this frosty be.

[Guest or Additional Host]

I've put my hands in my cooter.

[Fortune Feimster]

And on that note, in Mikuchi.

Oh, my God.

[Guest or Additional Host]

Shout out Kate Micucci.

[Fortune Feimster]

Kate is a real good sport.

[May Martin]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah.

Does anyone have anything they'd like to promote?

[Fortune Feimster]

Well, first of all, I want to say my animal painting books that I made are restocked. And what a great holiday gift. All 100% of the Pro feeds. Pro feeds.

Pro feed, Pro feeds.

All the pro feeds.

All the pro feeds.

[Tig Notaro]

All the pro feeds.

[Fortune Feimster]

All the pro feeds.

[Tig Notaro]

Famously, probably trophy.

[Fortune Feimster]

They all go to Doctors Without Borders and go to Animal Art by May on. On Etsy, and there's these paintings and hats and tote bags and stuff. But also, I'm on tour starting the end of February, and I just added a bunch of extra late shows, and I would love people to come to them.

You want people at Your show.

I. For once. Yeah, I'm going to Austin. I know that I need to sell some more tickets there. Yeah, Anyway, anywhere that you like.

Well, I'm also going on tour. Did I cut off your tour information? Okay.

[Tig Notaro]

And.

[Fortune Feimster]

What, you want some people to come to yours?

Yeah. I have quite a few dates here, but I was just gonna mention a few of them. One of them being January 14th in Fort Lauderdale.

[Guest or Additional Host]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

Orlando.

[Tig Notaro]

Get your Keeney out.

[Fortune Feimster]

January 15th in Orlando. Jacksonville, Florida.

[Tig Notaro]

What?

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah, January 17th. I'll be there. And then Oklahoma City, February 20th. Midland, Texas.

[Tig Notaro]

Midland.

[Fortune Feimster]

Come on. Midland. Midland.

[Tig Notaro]

Nero desa, February.

[Fortune Feimster]

Really? February 21st. And then I also wanted to tell you guys about Red Bank, New Jersey, April 26th. Brooks, California, May 15th.

[Guest or Sponsor Voice]

And.

[Fortune Feimster]

And Kalispell, Montana, June 11th.

[Tig Notaro]

Pretty area.

[Guest or Sponsor Voice]

Yes.

[Fortune Feimster]

Beautiful areas that I'll be in.

[Tig Notaro]

Beautiful.

[Fortune Feimster]

Beautiful. And please, come on out. Go to tignotaro.com for the rest of the dates. But I just wanted to let you know it's different months and different cities and states, all sorts of stuff going on. Heck, yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

Heck, yeah. I'm also on tour.

[Guest or Additional Host]

Are you?

[Fortune Feimster]

Tell us, girl.

[Guest or Additional Host]

I've got shows coming up in.

[Tig Notaro]

Where? I'm in Orlando, Florida.

[Guest or Additional Host]

St. Petersburg. We got. What else we got? We got Norfolk, Virginia.

[Fortune Feimster]

I feel like you've been going there.

[Guest or Additional Host]

For a long time because that one got rescheduled, so that's.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, okay.

[Guest or Additional Host]

But it's definitely happening right after Christmas. Salt Lake City, Vancouver. And then spend New Year's Eve with me in Seattle.

[May Martin]

Y'.

[Guest or Additional Host]

All. That's gonna be a fun one.

[Fortune Feimster]

Don't have to tell me twice.

[Tig Notaro]

Come on. Come.

[Guest or Additional Host]

And then right after that, Mobile, Alabama, New Orleans and Atlanta and a bunch more, I think, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Annapolis, Des Moines, a lot of places. So, yeah, yeah, get those tickets.

[Fortune Feimster]

We're easy to trip over.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah, we are.

[Fortune Feimster]

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[Tig Notaro]

Yeah. I met Megan and she immediately called me Fortune Marie.

[Fortune Feimster]

Did she? Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

That's real sweet. Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

Isn't she wonderful?

[Tig Notaro]

Incredible.

[Fortune Feimster]

Incredible. Well, yeah. Go to handsomepod.com, get your merch.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah, we got new merch, holiday merch.

[Fortune Feimster]

Also, share your favorite episode with your loved ones. Let's continue to build this community. It's incredible.

Yeah.

Our listeners are incredible. And until next time, what do you say?

[Tig Notaro]

Keep it handsome.

[Thomas Wilson Gillette]

Handsome is hosted by me, May Martin, Tig Notaro and Fortune Feimster.

[Fortune Feimster]

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[Thomas Wilson Gillette]

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[Fortune Feimster]

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[Tig Notaro]

What a podcast.

[Fortune Feimster]

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