Oscar Nuñez asks about SNL favorites

Summary

Handsome Podcast – Episode Summary

Podcast: Handsome
Hosts: Tig Notaro, Fortune Feimster, Mae Martin
Guest/Question Asker: Oscar Nuñez
Episode Date: October 7, 2025
Episode Theme: SNL Favorites & Comedy Journeys

Episode Overview

This lively, story-packed episode starts with the hosts catching up on life, parenting, and the anxiety of current events, before diving into Oscar Nuñez's question about their top five all-time "Saturday Night Live" (SNL) cast members. Along the way, the trio share comedic industry tales, their rituals, inside jokes, and reflect on creativity, vulnerability, and the evolution of comedy culture.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Personal Updates and Life Check-Ins

• Fortune shares updates about Ginger’s health and her family’s ongoing support ([02:14]–[04:19]).
  • "She had a blood transfusion recently because her red blood cells were pretty low... But she still gets a couple [well-wish cards] every day." – Fortune ([02:14]–[03:34])
• Phone/tech habits and generational learning quirks spark laughs ([04:47]–[07:03]):
  • "My stepfather, when he would go to bed at night, he would unplug his phone, his computer, his printer." – Tig ([04:55])
  • They discuss teaching parents to FaceTime and relating that to their own resistance to new habits.

2. On Technology, Driverless Cars, and the Future

• The hosts riff on self-driving cars (Waymo), sharing both real-life stories and anxieties ([07:55]–[10:16]):
  • "A friend of a friend... put her baby in [the car], temporarily closed the door so that the baby didn’t get wet from the rain. Car starts driving." – Mae ([09:19])
  • Tig expresses a kind of cautious optimism about robotics and parenting safety.
• Reflections on technological change fostering nostalgia yet feeling hopeful ([10:41]–[11:49]).

3. Dealing with the Overwhelming State of the World

• Discussion on news consumption, generational cycles of anxiety, and personal stress management ([11:24]–[13:15]):
  • "When everything’s going on around the world, it can feel like you're in imminent danger as well... but just that immediate, immediate—check your surroundings. Am I in imminent danger?" – Tig ([12:00])
  • Mae and Tig stress the importance of not being paralyzed by fear so one can still help and function.

4. Stand-Up Comedy in Tumultuous Times

• Mae expresses nervousness about writing a new show amidst global distress, wrestling with whether to address heavy topics or stick to personal material ([13:15]–[14:25]).

• Fortune points out the challenge of writing topical comedy as the news changes so rapidly ([14:25]–[14:41]).

• The joys (and terrors) of working on new stand-up, and the logistics and quirks of touring – including Mae’s upcoming bus tour ([17:48]–[19:20]); Tig recalls touring with Sarah Silverman and recording her album in a packed studio ([19:20]–[21:42]).

  • "It was a tiny audience... they all just sat on the floor in the recording studio and we got really great sound quality." – Tig ([20:55])

5. Family In-Jokes & Personal Rituals

• The group shares personal/family catchphrases, impressions, and the legacy of family sayings ([24:45]–[28:48]):
  • Tig and Stephanie’s callback: "Yes, please." (their Thomas impression)
  • Mae’s mom’s irreverent poker exclamation ("Some cunts light") and how language differs between UK and US ([25:10]–[26:39]).
  • Fortune recalls her mom’s sendoff: "Happy day, oh, happy day!"

6. Oscar Nuñez’s SNL Question

([30:09]–[47:14])

• Oscar asks for each host’s personal top 5 all-time SNL cast picks, emphasizing forming their “dream improv group.”
  • Oscar: "Pick your top five cast members from SNL from all time. Top five improv group you would have." ([30:34])
• Hosts reflect on their SNL “eras” and generational favorites:
  • Fortune: Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, Will Ferrell, Molly Shannon, Kristen Wiig
  • Mae: Kristen Wiig, Rachel Dratch, Maya Rudolph, Ana Gasteyer, Molly Shannon (noting, "they’re all women!")
  • Tig: Gilda Radner, Chevy Chase, Martin Short, Laura Kightlinger, Chris Farley (after brother’s influence)
• Discussion of the Groundlings, cast camaraderie shifts, and the rise of women-dominated casts.
• SNL’s after-party mythos: summarized as now being low-key, with each cast member sitting at their own table and often being too tired to party ([42:20]–[43:51]).

7. Comedy Industry Real Talk

• Fortune shares her two auditions for SNL, revealing the intense dream and the tough financial reality for cast members:
  • "I tested twice for the show... but now I would lose so much money doing that show. They get paid nothing." ([44:00]–[45:29])

8. Oscar's Picks and The SNL Final Five

([46:09]–[48:02])

• Oscar’s five: Maya Rudolph, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Will Ferrell, and asks the hosts to pick from Will Forte, Fred Armisen, or Bill Hader.
  • Fortune: Bill Hader ("Stefon is one of my favorite SNL characters of all time.") ([47:25])
  • Mae: Fred Armisen ("Lots of amazing [sketches].")
  • Tig: Will Forte ("Just because you love MacGruber.")
• The hosts praise SNL’s enduring influence: "50 years. That is crazy." ([47:56])

9. Vulnerability, Reviews, and Artistic Resilience

• The hosts swap stories about reviews, constructive criticism versus online comments, and the thick skin required for making and sharing creative work ([50:13]–[54:43]).
  • Mae: "Every time you get on stage, it’s like a sort of self esteem firing squad... and then if you survive that over and over again, you’re like, okay, it’s going to be all right." ([54:04])
  • All agree that audience/review reactions are unpredictable and fleeting.

10. Final Callbacks and Running Bits

• Throughout the episode, “callbacks” and group catchphrases pop up repeatedly, bringing everything (including Waymo cars and the Thomas “yes, please” routine) back full circle ([57:24]–[58:55]).
  • Tig: "You know that, Jeff!" ([57:44])

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On SNL Influence:

  • "I was obsessed with it, I would watch it religiously live... and then study it throughout the week." – Fortune, on her SNL fandom ([36:33])
  • "My five are like Kristen Wiig, Rachel Dratch, Maya Rudolph, Ana Gasteyer and Molly Shannon, probably. Those are like gods to me." – Mae ([38:20])

• On Industry Reality:

  • "I make way too much money. They get paid nothing." – Fortune on SNL's pay ([44:57])

• On Resilience:

  • "For me it’s... hardened me in that I just, I’m not for everyone or, yeah, you don’t get my delivery." – Tig ([53:21])

• Callback Humor:

  • "Yes, please!" – Thomas impression, frequently used ([23:59] et al.)
  • "You know that, Jeff." – Family catchphrase, now adopted by Stephanie and Tig ([28:44], [57:44])

• On Family Rituals:

  • "'Happy day, oh, happy day,' So that I guess that would count as one of those things." – Fortune ([27:07])

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Ginger’s Health & Family Updates: [02:14]–[04:19]
• Tech Fears & Driverless Cars: [07:55]–[10:16]
• World News & Anxiety: [11:24]–[13:15]
• Current Stand-Up Comedy Struggles: [13:15]–[14:41]
• Inside Family Jokes & Callbacks: [24:45]–[28:48]
• Oscar Nuñez's SNL Question & Picks Discussion: [30:09]–[48:02]
• SNL Party Rituals & Industry Realities: [42:20]–[45:29]
• Callbacks Finale: [57:24]–[58:55]

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Flow & Tone

As always, the Handsome podcast is silly, heartfelt, and filled with relatable banter and inside jokes. The hosts’ chemistry is palpable, their camaraderie infectious, and their industry honesty illuminating—all of which will delight listeners who love comedy and SNL history, or who simply want to hang out with sharp-witted, empathetic friends.

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For New Listeners

If you missed the episode, you’ll come away with:

• An intimate look at three comedians' SNL influences across generations.
• Honest insight into industry dreams versus realities.
• A parade of hilarious in-jokes, stories, and heartwarming personal rituals.
• A loving shout-out to Oscar Nuñez and comedy’s ever-changing landscape.

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"We all just want to be loved." – Fortune ([29:53])
"No, I just want to be loved. Is that so wrong?" – Mae, referencing John Lovitz ([29:55])

Transcript

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[Tig Notaro]

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[Fortune Feimster]

Handsome.

[Mae Martin]

Chatting with friends on the Handsome Pod. Chatting with friends on the Handsome Pod. Cheers. Cheers. Welcome to the Handsome podcast. I'm one of your hosts, May Martin.

[Tig Notaro]

Joined by Fortune Feimster and Tig Notaro.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, yeah, we're back together, you guys.

[Mae Martin]

Finally.

[Tig Notaro]

What should we talk about? Let's get into it.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, let's dig deep, you guys.

[Mae Martin]

Let's dig deep for once. Enough small talk.

[Fortune Feimster]

How are you? I'm good. I've just been busy.

[Tig Notaro]

How's Ginger?

[Fortune Feimster]

Ginger's good. She is trucking along, still doing chemo and immunotherapy. She had a blood transfusion recently because her red blood cells were pretty low. And no new news as of right now. She is on this one shot. That's new. That. Just as gnarly as I'll get out. So that one only comes once every, like, three weeks, but when it does, it's like you can't leave your house for, like, four days. It's. Oh, God, the side effects are so. So that one she dreads.

[Mae Martin]

It's crazy how, like, blood transfusions, it's. It's Anytime I've known someone who's having that, there's like such a burst of energy after you have a blood transfusion. Yeah, yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

Hers were so low when I called her when she was having it because she was supposed to have chemo that day, but the. It was too low to do chemo so they gave her the transfusion and she was just like, I'm good, it's fine. I was like, goodness. And then the next day she was like, yep, it's great. Everything's good.

[Tig Notaro]

So.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

And she's still. Is she still crawling out of a pile of well wish well wisher cards and.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah, for sure. I mean, it died down, but she still gets a couple every day.

[Tig Notaro]

And does she read them all?

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, yeah, she's.

[Tig Notaro]

And does she respond to all.

[Fortune Feimster]

She wants to respond to all of them. It kills her not to be able to, but it's just. Would be so difficult.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah, of course.

[Fortune Feimster]

And she'll save a pile that like stood out or had some kind of connection to me or something. And when I go home, I'll read those and it's very sweet what people are doing.

[Tig Notaro]

That's nice. And your brother or brothers are still going out and.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yep. They'll check on her. I'm. It's. I was. I got to see her a ton this summer, which was great, but my schedule is so nuts for the next three months. I. I don't know. I really don't know if I'll see her maybe for at least a month and a half.

[Mae Martin]

That's tough. Does she FaceTime or do you phone call?

[Fortune Feimster]

She does not FaceTime. She does not know how. But I should have taught her.

[Tig Notaro]

She doesn't know how to push the button.

[Fortune Feimster]

No, she doesn't.

[Mae Martin]

Maybe your brothers can help her.

[Fortune Feimster]

Maybe.

[Tig Notaro]

Look, if my stepfather could do it.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

Anybody on the planet.

[Fortune Feimster]

Well, I just gave her my previous iPhone, so maybe she'll be able to tinker with it.

[Tig Notaro]

And did she not have an iPhone before?

[Fortune Feimster]

She did. It was just an older one. Okay, so now she has no excuse.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah, I mean, my stepfather, when he would go to bed at night, he would unplug his phone, his computer, his printer.

[Mae Martin]

Unplug the printer just in case.

[Tig Notaro]

Unplugged everything.

[Mae Martin]

Wow.

[Fortune Feimster]

As a safety thing or saving money thing.

[Tig Notaro]

How do you save money unplugging your phone?

[Fortune Feimster]

Well, doesn't it use some electricity? So that's going towards the electric bill.

[Tig Notaro]

Sure. I mean, how much? What are you going to do with that?

[Fortune Feimster]

I know some people do think of that. Those micro charges, sure.

[Tig Notaro]

That wasn't what's going on? It was his lack of understanding of electronics. And. And he. You know, I'd go visit him and he'd be like, all right, Tig, well, when you go to bed, please unplug the computer.

[Mae Martin]

I love that. Like, he thinks that would stop the emails coming in.

[Tig Notaro]

He did, right? That's what he. That's what he thought. He. It was insane. And then I remember the first time I had a laptop and brought it home. He came down, it was with dial up. And he came downstairs and he said, oh, is that why I can't use the phone? Because you have your machine plugged in? It's like. That's correct. So my point is, he used to set up FaceTime dates with Max and Finn. And so I have all the faith in the world that Ginger will be able to push the circle.

[Fortune Feimster]

I think you're right. She'll figure it out. Although sometimes it's her. Her not learning something is out of stubbornness and not necessarily inability. Yeah. Like when I was in high school, she refused to learn how to set her alarm clock because she knew I would. I would do it for her.

[Mae Martin]

Whoa. Interesting. You were setting the alarm for her every day, huh?

[Fortune Feimster]

For her. I would have to go in and set her alarm clock for her. And I'd be like, mom, just let me show you. And she, like, would not. No, I don't wanna. I don't wanna. I don't need to know it. And then when I went to college, guess who learned how to set her alarm clock?

[Tig Notaro]

Wait, wait. Give us a couple of. Was it Taylor Dane?

[Fortune Feimster]

No. Taylor Dane.

[Mae Martin]

Taylor Swift.

[Fortune Feimster]

Not Taylor Swift.

[Tig Notaro]

Taylor Tomlinson?

[Fortune Feimster]

Close.

[Mae Martin]

Taylor Ortega?

[Tig Notaro]

Was it Ginger? Was it your mother?

[Fortune Feimster]

Okay, that took you five guesses.

[Tig Notaro]

And so what if you had refused to set the alarm?

[Fortune Feimster]

I don't know. I clearly didn't understand boundaries then.

[Mae Martin]

I think part of the reason I'm not getting my driver's license is because I want to get rides around. I like to be in the passenger seat.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah, see, when you don't. When you don't have to do something, sometimes people are just like, why would I do that if I don't have to?

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, interesting.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah, Uber didn't exist. You might already have your license.

[Mae Martin]

Maybe, or. I just. I'd be dating someone who drives. And.

[Tig Notaro]

Do you ever take any of those Waymo cars where there's no driver?

[Mae Martin]

It's too scary. It makes me feel like the world is hurtling onward and I'm. I'm out of touch because I'm like, that's petrifying to be in a drive. Have you done it?

[Tig Notaro]

I haven't. I. I strike myself as somebody who would be opposed to it.

[Mae Martin]

I strike myself as one of my favorite things you've said, I think.

[Tig Notaro]

Well, then you might enjoy what I say to a bartender, which is, I'll have what I'm having.

[Mae Martin]

Oh, God, that's good. Oh, God, that's good. I'll credit you when I steal that.

[Tig Notaro]

Thank you. Yeah, I would have thought that that would have made me highly uncomfortable and not trusting, but I don't have a problem with it. I just assume that it's probably all right, you know, it's not like you're seeing, you know, I did I say they're the self driving. There's like, it's ghost driver. There's not a human being driving you around.

[Fortune Feimster]

It's like a robot.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah, Robot car. And what happens if you jump into the passenger seat?

[Mae Martin]

Oh, that's cute.

[Fortune Feimster]

Can you. Does the door unlock?

[Tig Notaro]

Well, say you're from the back seat and you're like, I'm gonna get in the driver's seat.

[Fortune Feimster]

Well, I don't think you could get in there from the back seat.

[Tig Notaro]

Why?

[Mae Martin]

You can. It's just a regular car.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, really? Well, someone like me couldn't. Maybe y' all little tiny things could.

[Mae Martin]

Did you know, though, I. This is a friend of a friend, got in one of those cars, the self driving ones with no driver, like booked it, had a baby with her, put her. It was raining, put the baby in the car and temporarily closed the door so that the baby didn't get wet from the rain. Car starts driving.

[Fortune Feimster]

No.

[Tig Notaro]

No.

[Mae Martin]

Takes off.

[Tig Notaro]

This isn't a true story.

[Mae Martin]

This is a true story.

[Tig Notaro]

This is not a true story.

[Mae Martin]

It. It is. And then so she's on the app, freaking out and trying to get the car to come back, and all she could do was cancel the trip, but the car was already like six blocks away and she's just sprinting to the car and luckily the baby was fine. But like, you can't deprogram it once it's going, it's going.

[Tig Notaro]

This is a friend of a friend. You know for a fact. This is not like some. Some that you heard. Yeah, well, it's a.

[Mae Martin]

No, it was a friend of a friend, but it was a friend of a friend. But now that I'm trying, I can't remember which friend it was, and that's making me doubt myself. But I strike myself as someone that Tells true stories.

[Tig Notaro]

I'll have what I'm having. That would be terrifying. But I have to say, it excites, as a parent, it excites me to think of Max and that we would be going in that direction of robot drivers and that Max and Finn would be in a robot car rather than, you know, really.

[Mae Martin]

That doesn't make you sort of nostalgic and wistful for, like, that They're. They're going to grow up in a world that's so different to how we grew up.

[Tig Notaro]

Everybody grows up in a world that's so different than the previous generation. And to me, like, for some reason, it feels and seems safer.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

So. Oh, Thomas said you can sit in the passenger seat. You just send a note.

[Mae Martin]

That's true, though, that every. Like every generation is so different to the last. And. And I was on the news a bunch recently promoting my show, and I kept saying, I. I met this newscaster, and she was like, I think newscasters, that's like a calling like you, like, she was newscaster to her bones. She was so together. Authoritative.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah.

[Mae Martin]

Firm, kind, professional. Anyway, very attractive. And I gotta be. Gotta be attractive. And I said, well, what a crazy time to be on the news. You know, the world is on fire. And she was like. She said that she interviewed someone who was like a civil rights activist in the 60s or something. And. And they were like, no, it's always been like, it. It was apocalyptic. Then there was Vietnam. There was.

[Tig Notaro]

It's just, we have social media and. And fast news heading our way.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah. Well, it does feel particularly bad right now, but it was reassuring that she was like, everyone has always felt that.

[Tig Notaro]

Way, but I have to have moments where I check in when I'm overwhelmed and I have to go aside from issues around the world, because when everything's going on around the world, it can feel like you're in imminent danger as well.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

And you. You can be for sure. But, like, in actual your immediate surroundings right now. Am I in imminent danger?

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

And that's helpful for me sometimes when I get overwhelmed by news, because, of course, we're all potentially in danger, but just that immediate, immediate. Check your surroundings. Am I in imminent danger? And when I can say no, I can take a little bit of a breather. And again, that's not to say that I feel disconnected from the world or because other people are in imminent danger, that it doesn't matter to me.

[Mae Martin]

No. But also, if you're paralyzed by fear, then you can't even help other people or sort of function. Like if you're. Yeah. If you're too.

[Tig Notaro]

But it's a helpful reminder for me.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, I'm just like, at what point are we like, oh, maybe as a species we're not. Good. Because it keeps. It seems like everything that happens in the news, I'm like, that's, you know. But if we were all healthy, like, we're good hearted and human nature is ultimately kind. I have to believe that. But then it's sometimes like, well, maybe there is also this threat of cruelty that we can't seem to shake. I don't know. Anyways, welcome to our comedy podcast. I gotta write a new hour of standup. I'm going on tour in the new year and I'm like, trying to figure out what I want to say and talk about and. Yeah, that's a. It's a weird time to be doing standup. Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

And why specifically are you saying it's a weird time?

[Mae Martin]

Well, just it seems like such a conspicuous omission to be doing to. To be not talking about what's. What's going on and all the suffering. But then my comedy's always been kind of about childhood and, you know, myself and stuff, so. But yeah, I think it'll come up in the show. I got to figure out a way to.

[Fortune Feimster]

Well, it's hard to do current events and stand up because it changes by the hour.

[Mae Martin]

Right.

[Fortune Feimster]

And you know, suddenly you're writing bits on this one thing and then by the time you're, you know, filming it or in another city, it's shifted or changed or on to the next thing.

[Mae Martin]

Sometimes you write a bunch of stand up about being a step parent and then. And then it's not relevant anymore.

[Fortune Feimster]

You could still talk about how you had an experience.

[Mae Martin]

Yes, absolutely. And. And also I'll be talking a lot about that possum Eric in my garden.

[Tig Notaro]

Oh, got to.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, good.

[Mae Martin]

That might be the bulk of the hour.

[Tig Notaro]

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[Tig Notaro]

I am. I. I have newish standup that I've been kind of continuing to work on or perform.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

And then I've had shows where I'll just take some things that I've never said and, and just go through them.

[Mae Martin]

That's the fun. The fun period.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah. And also terrifying and horrendous bombing period. But. But yeah. Yeah, I'm. I'm slowly but surely working on It.

[Mae Martin]

Did I tell you guys that my tour is a. Like, a bus tour? It's the first time I've ever really done with, like, bunk beds. And then what? Little old me in this bus.

[Fortune Feimster]

How many. Do you know how many cities you're doing?

[Mae Martin]

35.

[Fortune Feimster]

But you're just banging them all out in a row.

[Mae Martin]

I'm gonna do two weeks in the bus, one week off. Two weeks in the bus, one week off. Because I'm a fragile soul.

[Tig Notaro]

What made you do a bus tour?

[Mae Martin]

Financial reasons? I think it. Well, we worked. We did the math. And also, there's just something nice about not having to take all these little flights. And it's after the environment, you're checking into different hotels. And I kind of like the idea of just having all my stuff on the. All my products on the bus, all my clear mascara, you know, get settled in. I'm hoping the bus driver is a nice, friendly person.

[Tig Notaro]

So you're saying it's cheaper for you to take a bus?

[Mae Martin]

Yes.

[Tig Notaro]

Than to fly?

[Mae Martin]

Essentially, yeah. Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

And I did that. I went on tour with Sarah Silverman years ago and did the bus tour.

[Mae Martin]

How was that just the two of you on the bus?

[Tig Notaro]

Well, she. And it was also Todd Glass. Oh, fun manager. And then also her tour manager is the woman, Jessica, who is the producer of Come See Me in the Good Light. And so I met Jessica on that tour with Sarah, and turns out she was a producer, documentary producer. And so we've just kept in touch over the years loosely. We had such a nice time.

[Mae Martin]

Was it nice on the bus? Like, because I might bring an opening act or, like, have. Yeah, have a tour manager on the bus.

[Tig Notaro]

I mean, it was nice in that, you know, I was with fun people and friends, and, like, I slept in bed with Sarah, like, in the big bed in the back. And, you know, I wasn't, like, in a bunk bed or anything. I slept with her.

[Mae Martin]

And you didn't feel claustrophobic? Like, it was good to just get off stage and then go.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah, I don't really have huge memories of it other than, like, you know, I think it must have been a good enough time. I don't have a single bad memory, so that's what I'm going on. And then it was also funny because I recorded my album in Bloomington, Indiana, and Sarah's big tour bus pulled up to. I recorded my album in a recording studio.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, wow.

[Mae Martin]

Oh, what?

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah, but with an audience. With an audience. They all came and sat on the floor. It was a tiny audience because my record Label, Secretly Canadian. They're an indie rock label, and I'm their one comedian. And so they were like, why don't. When you come through Bloomington, which is where they're located, they have Bon Iver and all sorts of cool artists and stuff. But anyway, they were like, come by the studio, and we'll fill it up with some friends and locals, and they'll all just be sitting on the floor in the recording studio and. And we'll get really great sound quality. And so Sarah introduces me on that album, and it's because we were on tour on the bus.

[Mae Martin]

That's a cool Beatlesy vibe, people sitting on the floor of a studio and like. Yeah. Have you done a bus tour of Fortune?

[Fortune Feimster]

No, I don't think I ever will.

[Mae Martin]

Coming in strong.

[Fortune Feimster]

I mean, I. Because I think because I am such a homebody, I don't like being gone more than, like, 10 days. Right. Without having some kind of, like, base home base. So I don't know. I. I kind of like doing the, like, go out for three or four days, come back.

[Mae Martin]

Right.

[Fortune Feimster]

And I don't mind stretching that over a year and a half, but every. I mean, And. And every tour I do is 150 shows in 100 cities you can't be on. That would just be a lot of buzz.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah. Oh, my God. If I got on the bus and I got buckled in. You don't buckle, I guess. But I got in, and then the bus driver turned around and it was Thomas. I was trying to think of someone. It would be funny if it was them. I would be so happy if it was Thomas.

[Fortune Feimster]

Buckle up, little cowboy.

[Tig Notaro]

Wait, is that your Thomas impression? I guess it was, but that was terrible.

[Fortune Feimster]

Doesn't mean. I didn't really mean.

[Tig Notaro]

Was that Australian.

[Fortune Feimster]

Buckle up, little cowboy.

[Mae Martin]

My Thomas impression might sound a bit like my hourglass.

[Fortune Feimster]

Let's hear it.

[Mae Martin]

Be like, hey, bae, we're going on tour. I don't know why I made it nasal.

[Fortune Feimster]

All right, take. You try.

[Tig Notaro]

Well, I'll. I'll do the impression. Thomas doesn't know this, but Stephanie and I do an impression of Thomas.

[Mae Martin]

Let's hear it.

[Tig Notaro]

But only for this one thing in our life, because when Thomas was our assistant, anytime. And this was how we ate, too, was like if we had leftover. Mainly leftovers from Max and Finn, you know. Thomas, wouldn't you say when you were at the house, we'd be like, oh, there's half of this thing. Do you want it?

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

I would get offered a lot of leftovers.

[Tig Notaro]

Yes. But Thomas like, if you ask Thomas, you know, hey, Thomas, do you. Do you want the rest of these? The noodles? He'd go, yes, please, Thomas. Can you hear that? That is.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, that's.

[Fortune Feimster]

That's.

[Mae Martin]

Yes, please.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah. So whenever we offer each other mainly food, but it could be anywhere else, we'll say, yes, please.

[Mae Martin]

I love that.

[Tig Notaro]

So that's my Thomas impression. Yes, please.

[Mae Martin]

That's funny that people in your life, like, might have impersonations of you you don't know about from some moment that you like. I wonder. Oh, my friend told me last night really calmly in front of a bunch of people who then colluded that my walk looks like in footage of Bigfoot. When they catch Bigfoot.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, walking fast.

[Tig Notaro]

It does, for sure. Everyone knows it.

[Mae Martin]

I've not noticed this with, like, straight legs. Straight, kind of stiff, and just the way Bigfoot, like, strides across the camera.

[Tig Notaro]

That's a good stride, though.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, I think it's not bad.

[Fortune Feimster]

It's walking with purpose.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah. And a little guilty looking always.

[Tig Notaro]

I've wanted to make a list of all the guilty.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, sorry. And we got nothing. And we got nothing.

[Tig Notaro]

I've wanted to make a list of all the different little sayings that we have in our family because you know how every family or group of friends, you have those little lines.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

Like the. Yes, please.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, what's. What I'm trying to think of some from mine all come out when we're playing poker as a family if someone hasn't put their blinds in. My mom says, some cunts light. Sorry. Sorry.

[Tig Notaro]

She says, what?

[Mae Martin]

It's. Listen, we're a British family, so it's not as. It's not that bad.

[Tig Notaro]

But I didn't hear what you said.

[Mae Martin]

She says, some cunts light. And she's been saying that since I was about 10.

[Fortune Feimster]

Sorry, I didn't realize that's what you said either.

[Mae Martin]

Oh, you didn't? Okay, but I repeated it, so say it again.

[Fortune Feimster]

I can't because British people love that word.

[Mae Martin]

They love it.

[Tig Notaro]

Do you like that word?

[Fortune Feimster]

I only say it with a British accent.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, can't. We're all so sheepish. Well, one. One time.

[Fortune Feimster]

Could you hear my British accent?

[Tig Notaro]

Fortune's just a pretty little lady. She's so shy to say it.

[Mae Martin]

My mom always says that she knew she. She had too much road rage because I was in the backseat. I was 2, and she was driving, and someone cut her off, and she went, you. And then I in the backseat went cunt. Anyway, sorry.

[Fortune Feimster]

Sorry, guys, but it's not as But. But over there, over and across the pond, it's not. It doesn't have the clutching the pearls thing that we have with that word here.

[Mae Martin]

It's a term of endearment.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah. Everyone says it there.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah. Did you have any sayings in your family?

[Fortune Feimster]

Me?

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

I don't think so because. Because I grew up with two brothers and they weren't very whimsical, you know?

[Mae Martin]

Right.

[Fortune Feimster]

So everything was very. Oh, my mom had a thing. It's not really a saying, but it was her little phrase that whenever we went to school or she would send us off by saying, happy day, oh, happy days.

[Mae Martin]

Nice.

[Fortune Feimster]

So that I guess that would count as one of those things. Happy.

[Mae Martin]

That's a good stand up special title.

[Fortune Feimster]

Happy day, oh, happy day oh, happy, oh, happy day oh, happy day When Jesus was Jesus. When Jesus was sins away.

[Tig Notaro]

Oh, my Lord.

[Fortune Feimster]

Exactly.

[Tig Notaro]

Yes.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, my gosh, you guys.

[Tig Notaro]

We have so many sayings in my current immediate family that are. That's where it came from. Where I'm like, oh, I'd love to make a list because we have. So. Stephanie and I say so many little things to each other all the time. Even my ex, who is now married to this guy named Jeff. We were with them one time and my ex was talking about something and he pushed back about whatever she was saying, and she said, no, you know, I can't do that. And that would never happen. And you know that, Jeff. And so to this day, anytime that there's a moment that we can sneak that in, you know, it's like, Stephanie will be like, yeah, she'll be like. She'll be like, can you. Can you get. See if that cooler will fit in the back of the car? And I'm like, it, Stephanie, it doesn't fit back there. And you know that, Jeff.

[Mae Martin]

That's really good.

[Tig Notaro]

Constantly we say, and you know that, Jeff.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah, we're like the queens of callbacks is what it is.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah. Yes. You guys are queens of callbacks.

[Fortune Feimster]

Constantly doing callbacks.

[Tig Notaro]

It's so, so fun. And when we were shooting One Mississippi, you know, the director, Nicole Holliff, center, she. She worked a lot on One Mississippi. And she. We were going somewhere on location. We were in the. In the van. And I don't know who said what, but Nicole misunderstood it. And she was facing forward on the bus and she just turned around and was like, we have to go back. And we were like, no, nobody said we had to go back because we had been driving for like an hour or whatever, someplace. And she's like we have to go back. And so now when anytime something like that comes up, okay, you know we're gonna miss it. So let's just go back. We have to go back.

[Mae Martin]

I like it.

[Tig Notaro]

I love all the fun little callbacks, but you're right, Fortune. That's what it is.

[Fortune Feimster]

I love it.

[Tig Notaro]

Oh, I love you too.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh.

[Tig Notaro]

We all just want to be loved.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah.

[Mae Martin]

Is that so wrong? Do you remember that John Lovitz character? No, I just want to be loved. Is that so wrong? That actually leads us into our question pretty well.

[Tig Notaro]

It sure does.

[Mae Martin]

Should we get to our question?

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah, let's do it. Well, today's question asker is an Emmy nominated actor best known for playing Oscar on the Office. He reprises the role in the new spin off series the Paper. He's also appeared in shows like Lucky Hank, Mr. Iglesias, and people of Earth. Oscar Nunez is asking today's question.

[Oscar Nunez]

Hi, handsome. It's Oscar Nunez from the Office and a new show called the Paper. And I love your show, Tig. I. I want to say that I taught you everything you know, but I can't because it's not true. But I want to say it. Fortune. Hi. Hi, May you guys. Here's my question. Okay. Pick your top five cast members from SNL from all time top five improv group. You would have. And, and good luck. Good luck to all of us.

[Tig Notaro]

Thank you for the, for wishing us luck. Oscar.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, Oscar's so sweet.

[Mae Martin]

So sweet. So funny.

[Fortune Feimster]

Such a kind man.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

Oh, my gosh. When Max and Finn were tiny, we went over to his house and his daughter was so sweet. The way she took care of them, it just like will never, ever leave my mind. I mean, he and his wife are also wonderful, but man, his daughter, it's like, it's one of those moments where you're like, I want my kids to be like that.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah, I love that. That's sweet. I can't believe they have another Office spin off.

[Mae Martin]

I know. Apparently it's really great. It's getting amazing.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, yeah, that's great. We need another one because the American one was the. Oh, from the British one. I mean, take on the Bridget. The American version of the British version.

[Tig Notaro]

Right, right, right.

[Fortune Feimster]

Okay. Yeah.

[Mae Martin]

So SNL cast members, I feel like this because we're, we're each from slightly different generations. I wonder if that will be reflected in our answers. And I can't wait to find out.

[Tig Notaro]

I think it will.

[Mae Martin]

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[Mae Martin]

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[Fortune Feimster]

I know, because I feel like everybody, you know, it's such a cultural thing. The SNL is just like a part, you know, I don't know how it is for the young people now if they pay attention to it like we did. But I feel like when I was growing up, everyone kind of had their SNL cast. Like, this is who.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

You know, people watched and like nothing was ever as good as the cast that you grew up on.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah.

[Mae Martin]

Now I feel like people watch like the clips on Instagram and stuff, but it's different. Like, when I was growing up, like, you would sit on Saturday night and watch the whole show, but now people just watch like the Instagram highlights.

[Fortune Feimster]

Right. I know when I. I was obsessed with it, I think I started paying attention to. I didn't watch the early days, like the Chevy Chase and Gilda Radner days. Those were before my time. I came on as a big fan of the show in the Adam Sandler era.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

And Chris Farley era. And I was so obsessed with it. I would watch it religiously live on Saturday night. I would tape it in my VCR and then study it throughout the week.

[Mae Martin]

Study it. Little notepad and pen.

[Fortune Feimster]

And ironically, I opened for Sandler. I was just with him this past weekend.

[Mae Martin]

How was that?

[Fortune Feimster]

So fun. He does these big, huge arena shows, like 14,000 people. And people dress up as all the characters he's played in movies and on snl. And they're so passionate and about him and know him from so many different things. It's the best. He's so lovely and nice and. Yeah, it's such a, you know, such a. Even doing the show with Will, it's like these people I grew up on and I. It's so wild to me to be like doing Things with them now, but.

[Mae Martin]

It'S such a relief when they're so nice too.

[Fortune Feimster]

I know.

[Mae Martin]

And he is like, his stuff doesn't age because it's so silly that it's just evergreen. Like his songs and things that he is doing these days. And yeah, I only met him one time, but he was so nice backstage at Largo. I'm Adam. Nice to meet you. That was really good. Yeah. I was like, oh, I love you. Thank God.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah, yeah. I remember he put out a comedy album when I was in like eighth grade.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

And I would listen to it over and over and over again, but it was so ridiculous. So I would say my early. Two of my five would be Adam Sandler and Chris Farley from those early days. And I'll answer the other ones in a bit. But did y' all follow any of that cast?

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, I mean, that was a bit before my time, so they wouldn't. I. I don't know. I'm like you said, like, you just get attached to your era. So my five are. Are all. I think they're all women too. My five are like the are like Kristen Wiig, Rachel Dratch, Maya Rudolph, Anna Gastire and Molly Shannon, probably. Those are like gods to me.

[Fortune Feimster]

Those are amazing.

[Mae Martin]

And Kristen wig was a bit after when I stopped talking a little bit after. Yeah. Oh, man. Sherry o', Terry, like.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah, yeah. My other ones would be Will Ferrell, Molly Shannon and Kristen Wiig. So Molly, Molly and Will were at the cast, the era after Farley and Sandler. And then Kristen would be the era after Molly and Will.

[Mae Martin]

They all seem to. That era. They all seem to. I mean, probably not, but they all seem to get along and have a good time as well. And they seemed like.

[Fortune Feimster]

Well, I heard. I heard that Will and Sherry o' Terry and a bunch of people in that era came from the Groundlings. So there was a lot of camaraderie there. So they like would play, do like improv warm ups together and stuff. So whereas earlier days it was kind of more a party vibe, like an edgier vibe. They sort of brought it. And then the Farley and Sandler days were kind of boys club. Yeah, more like kind of masculine. Will and Molly and Sherry's era was like silly and improvised goofy characters kind of thing.

[Mae Martin]

Take. What about you?

[Tig Notaro]

Gilda was such a massive, massive part of my childhood and I just adored her. And. And I also loved Chevy Chase. My mother had such a crush on Chevy Chase.

[Fortune Feimster]

Really?

[Tig Notaro]

Oh my God. Loved him.

[Mae Martin]

You know how I think everyone's bisexual or. I can't flippantly say that. Then when I meet straight women who are like, Chevy Chase is my guy and I'm like, some people are straight, you know.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah, yeah. But he was, I mean, when he was young, like I just, I, I can see the. But my mother also thought she was also in love with David Letterman.

[Mae Martin]

Right.

[Tig Notaro]

You know, like she just, she was like, oh, he's so cute. And I think she just thought they were so funny. Obviously. Not that they're unattractive people, but I just, you know.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

So Gilda Radner, Chevy Chase, Martin Short. I love him so deeply.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

This is probably a little bit of a curveball in that she's not as well known. Laura Kightlinger.

[Mae Martin]

Oh, interesting Googling.

[Tig Notaro]

Do you, you know her fortune?

[Fortune Feimster]

Uh huh.

[Tig Notaro]

I just love how dry and dark this woman is. She was one of my favorite stand ups. I just, I love her so, so much. She had a book called Quick Shots of False Hope and, and it's funny because the COVID of the book, she's leaning to the side and she was like, yeah, I did that to get out of the way of the half off stickers.

[Mae Martin]

That's funny.

[Tig Notaro]

She's just, she's so funny. And I've seen so many clips. My brother was so into Chris Farley and, and, and he made his way into my whatever awareness of SNL to some degree in a way that I just, I, yeah, I just, I, I know more about him, I would say, than other, more recent, more beyond the first season, you know.

[Mae Martin]

But you guys must have been to like SNL after parties and stuff, right? Yeah, you have, both of you. Really? I've never been in. I, I know that's like the golden era. Might like, maybe it's not as cool anymore, but I would like to go to an SNL after party.

[Fortune Feimster]

It's just a little different than what you might imagine. Like when you think of an SNL after party, you think of like this is big, grand party with all these people just chatting with each other and drinking. But they, they pick a restaurant and that restaurant stays open for them and all the cast have their own table.

[Tig Notaro]

And they're at a different restaurant every week.

[Fortune Feimster]

Different restaurant every Saturday.

[Mae Martin]

Huh.

[Fortune Feimster]

And they just, nothing's provided or paid for because you know, they do it every week for decades. So that would be pretty pricey. Right? And everyone just goes to their own table and chats with their friends.

[Mae Martin]

Oh, wait a second. Yeah, I was picturing.

[Fortune Feimster]

And then occasionally they'll get up and mingle, but it's kind of. Everyone's just like at their own table. It's cool because, like, you're like, oh. I went. But it's a little. This is different than what you would kind of assume.

[Tig Notaro]

For sure.

[Mae Martin]

I mean, in the. In the golden era, I bet it was like people doing karaoke.

[Fortune Feimster]

I mean, back in the gilded days, they probably partied and like.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, I'm sure. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

It's not that vibe now. Yeah. It's just like chatting and having a cocktail if that.

[Fortune Feimster]

And not everyone goes from the cast. They're tired.

[Mae Martin]

People are a lot more aware of self care now.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah. For sure.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

I tested twice for the show.

[Mae Martin]

I remember you saying. Yeah. Did you send in a tape or you went in.

[Fortune Feimster]

My first one was a tape, and then the second one, they saw me at the Groundlings and it just was like, such a dream of mine. But even to, like, just walk the hall and to like, be on that. Perform on that stage and because a lot of the people that have worked there for decades, you know, you're meeting these people that, you know, did costumes and makeup for. Huge people. Yeah. They have the guys behind the camera. Some of them have been there for 30 years. It just. It's such an institution. And. Yeah, I just thought, man, this is like that. I just wanted it so bad because it was such a part of my childhood and I just was so obsessed with the show that. You think it's like the end all be all.

[Mae Martin]

Yep.

[Tig Notaro]

Would you still want it now if you could have it?

[Fortune Feimster]

No, I make way too much money. They get paid nothing.

[Mae Martin]

Is that right? Is it?

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

Really?

[Fortune Feimster]

Pay is so low and you sign away.

[Mae Martin]

It would be a material.

[Fortune Feimster]

A huge step back now. I mean, it's obviously a coveted thing, but it's just. It would have been amazing, you know, 12 years ago.

[Mae Martin]

Mm.

[Fortune Feimster]

But now I would.

[Mae Martin]

We're all hosting it together.

[Fortune Feimster]

Like, I would lose so much money doing that show.

[Mae Martin]

Right.

[Fortune Feimster]

Anyway, that sounds weird to say, but I'm only saying it because they get paid so little.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah, famously.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

They get paid very little.

[Fortune Feimster]

I'm not saying, like, oh, I'm a, you know, gazillionaire. I'm just saying it's.

[Tig Notaro]

I heard I'm a gazillionaire in there.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, that's what I heard.

[Fortune Feimster]

But it would be. Yeah, it's such a cool thing for any. It's a young person's place, you know, it's like, that's a job you want when you're in your late 20s, early 30s.

[Tig Notaro]

Well, should we hear what Oscar has to say?

[Mae Martin]

Yeah. Because was there any crossover of our answers? But we said Molly Shannon.

[Fortune Feimster]

We had a couple taken up. I said Farley, you and I both said Molly and Kristen Wig.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, got it.

[Fortune Feimster]

I used to memorize Molly's Mary Katherine Gallagher.

[Mae Martin]

Oh, man. Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

At school. And my first time ever doing anything on stage was at my senior. The senior day, I played Mary Catherine Gallagher on stage.

[Tig Notaro]

Nice.

[Fortune Feimster]

Smelled my armpits and everything.

[Mae Martin]

And how to smell.

[Fortune Feimster]

That's what she does.

[Tig Notaro]

Good question.

[Fortune Feimster]

When she gets nervous, she puts her hands on her arms like this, and then she smells them.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Oscar Nunez]

Well done. Those were the correct answers. Fortune.

[Tig Notaro]

Marie.

[Oscar Nunez]

I just wanted to say that here are my five picks in no particular order. Maya Rudolph, Kristen Wake, Kate McKinnon, Will Ferrell. And the fifth one, Handsome, gets to pick. But you have to pick from these three guys. Will Forte, Fred Armisen, or Bill Hader. I love Handsome. Yeah. Bye.

[Fortune Feimster]

Those are three solid ones, too. I would say Bill Hader of the group, because Stefan is one of my favorite SNL characters of all time.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

Fred and. And Will Forte are so great, too.

[Mae Martin]

That's really. I'm gonna go Fred on snl because I'm remembering lots of amazing. But, yeah, Bill here. Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

Well, Fred's very music forward, so he always has one character pictures like, oh, deals meal. But then, like, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler at the news desk was iconic.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah. They didn't make it onto our list. That's crazy.

[Fortune Feimster]

Well, you know, 50 years. They just celebrated their 50 years of SNL. That's hard to narrow down.

[Mae Martin]

That is crazy. 50 years.

[Tig Notaro]

And I'm gonna go with Will Forte.

[Mae Martin]

You got our bases covered.

[Fortune Feimster]

Just because you love MacGruber, me and McGruber, man. Man, do I love McGrew there.

[Tig Notaro]

Well, thanks for the question, Oscar. I ran into Oscar. I think it was at the airport, and he was boarding a flight, and he was listening to my old podcast, Don't Ask Tig. No, I believe that he listens to our podcast.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, that's so nice.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

It is a trip to see people. I have passed by people, like, if I've been out walking, and they're like, I know this is crazy, but I just have to show you. And they'll show me their phone. And they're listening to Handsome. Yeah. And that's always such a trip.

[Mae Martin]

Or in Lake Arrowhead, there was a woman who was like, I was just listening to you talking about how you're in Lake Arrowhead. And, like. And then there I went, walking through her small town. Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

That trip that you love so much that you came home a week early from.

[Mae Martin]

I.

[Tig Notaro]

Did you get your stuff home?

[Fortune Feimster]

We never asked. Did you end up going back up there?

[Mae Martin]

I did not come home a week early. I came back for, like, one day, and then I went.

[Fortune Feimster]

And then go back.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

We never. We never caught up with you on that.

[Tig Notaro]

We never closed that circle.

[Mae Martin]

Let's close it now. I. I was there for, like, 93% of the allotted time, and I had. I would do it again.

[Fortune Feimster]

Did you invite anyone else up there for a romantic hot dog dinner? Wouldn't.

[Mae Martin]

Wouldn't you like to know? No, I was. No, I was. No.

[Fortune Feimster]

We had a lot of people weigh in on that hot dog dinner.

[Mae Martin]

Oh, yeah. People were outraged. Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

Oh, the things people get outraged about.

[Mae Martin]

I mean, people were not. People, like, were delighted and confused by my list of things that I brought. But then a lot of other people being like, this is so wasteful. This is. This is capitalism. And like, oh, yeah. So I don't know.

[Tig Notaro]

It's. You can't take it in.

[Mae Martin]

You gotta just be aware of it and try. You know, we're all trying to be good.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. There's bigger stuff to get upset about.

[Mae Martin]

Do you guys. Do you read reviews? Like, I'm just. Well, by the time this comes out, I guess some reviews will have come out of my show. And I really. I just hate it so much, the review part. And then my friend always says, you know, well, Godfather 2 got one star from Siskel and Ebert or something like that.

[Tig Notaro]

Is your friend Ira Glass?

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, it's Thomas, actually.

[Fortune Feimster]

Well, you know, yeah, I'll read reviews.

[Tig Notaro]

What I don't get into, though, is comments online.

[Mae Martin]

Oh, it's a garbage fire.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah. Like, that kind of thing. I. I'm just not. I mean, of course it's hard to not take in a comment here or there, but I don't. I'm not interested in. In. It's not that I'm not interested in what people have to say, but, like, I.

[Mae Martin]

That's why, like, with the. The premiere and saying it felt like, like my wedding and stuff, I was like, oh, yeah, I forgot that it's not about this. Like, I was so excited for that moment to celebrate it and everything. And then I was like, no, of course this is stressful. And you're. And still work and you're managing everybody's. You know, and like, it is the process of making it. That's the Best part.

[Tig Notaro]

Yes, for sure. And just connecting with people on set and. But I'm definitely interested. I find I'm so curious about insights that people have about a show in a review, you know, where I'm like, oh yeah, we miss that. Or that would have been an interesting thing to, to add. But you know, sometime or like things like Reddit, like that doesn't, that doesn't interest me, you know, but a reviewer, I don't know, I, I'm not, I'm not opposed to, to reading that.

[Mae Martin]

Listen, if it's, if it's good, I'm reading it. If it's bad, I'm like, they don't know what they're talking about.

[Tig Notaro]

Do you feel that way? Do you feel or do you ever feel like. Because I've read bad reviews about myself and been like, yeah, yeah, that's fair.

[Mae Martin]

Touche. Yeah, yeah, of course, of course.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah, yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

Well, it's also tricky when you also created it and are starring in it.

[Mae Martin]

It's like there's nowhere to hide.

[Fortune Feimster]

Even more invested in a way that, you know, just being an actor is not.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah.

[Mae Martin]

Do you read reviews though? Fortune. Like when a standout special comes out.

[Fortune Feimster]

John has been like, a lot of the stuff I've done is like light, broad comedies, you know, so it's more of just like, oh, that movie wasn't funny. And you're like, okay, right. You know, it's not like some, some drama where you're true. This big actory side has to come out.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

So like, yeah, if I, I've seen reviews and it's been like they're either into it or they're not, you're just kind of go, okay, yeah, yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

It's funny because being in this industry, I mean for myself, you get so used to being critiqued and instant feedback from people laughing or not. And I don't know, for me it's, I feel like in a positive way has hardened me in that like, I just, I'm like, yeah, I'm not for everyone or yeah, you don't get my delivery.

[Fortune Feimster]

Right. Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

Because people really, really can get destroyed by, by, by that kind of thing. Which is understandable.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

But I, I feel like it has sent me in a, in a direction of like.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, well, it's kind of like every time you get on stage, it's like a, you're a sort of self esteem firing squad where you're, you know, standing there and then, and then if you survive that over and over again, you're like, okay, it's gonna be all right. Like, yeah, I'm still gonna.

[Tig Notaro]

Has it hardened you in a good way or.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, a little bit, maybe. Yeah. I don't know. I'm feeling anxious about it this time around just because it's a different genre. And, like, I feel like people then review within the genre. They're like, is this. Yeah. So I hope people just, like, let it wash over them and think of it like a new thing. I don't know. But. Yeah. Yeah, I'm. I'll. Yeah, it's all. It's all good.

[Fortune Feimster]

It's gonna be great. Well, it's. It's one of those things, too. With Netflix. It's like, reviews are kind of subjective and it'll. You know, I think a lot of people are gonna watch it, and that's how they.

[Mae Martin]

That metric.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah. Yeah. That's where they really lay their. The importance on is the viewership. So the handsome folks come out and support May and watch Wayward.

[Mae Martin]

Like, in our job, it is crazy that. So you have to keep making stuff, you know, that's very exposing. You got, you know, vulnerable, personal stuff that you're like, I think this is worth putting out there. And then.

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah.

[Mae Martin]

You always kind of know, like, if I do one thing that's panned, like one thing that's actually objectively bad, I might not get another thing after that. Like, you hope that you put in enough years that it's like, oh, you.

[Tig Notaro]

Know, you give me another whirl.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, yeah. But it is. I don't think it's going to be panned, but you know what I mean? It's like, yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

No idea what is coming.

[Mae Martin]

No, no.

[Tig Notaro]

It could be the biggest sensation.

[Fortune Feimster]

That's right.

[Tig Notaro]

And we'll never hear from you again. You'll be one of those people that's like, yeah, yeah, things are going good. My show's on top. I'm busy, I'm important, and I don't need you no more.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

I'm.

[Mae Martin]

I'm only. I'm only taking way more cars now.

[Tig Notaro]

Whoa. May takes. Hear me out. Way more cars. My friend is in town from Colorado, and she's never seen or heard of a Waymo car because it's only in four cities, I think, in the States.

[Mae Martin]

Is that right?

[Fortune Feimster]

Jimmy Kimmel did a bit on his show where he picked up his. I think it was his mom or had a Waymo pick her up, and he. He just, like, called her, like, oh, I can't come, but I had a driver come get you, and she gets in and the door's locked, and it starts going. And she realizes that no one's driving it, and they have cameras in the car and watching her go, oh, my God. Oh, my God.

[Mae Martin]

Jimmy called Jimmy.

[Fortune Feimster]

Oh, my God. Freaking out. And it shows him, like, watching. It's so funny.

[Mae Martin]

That's great.

[Tig Notaro]

He did that. What? On his talk show.

[Fortune Feimster]

Huh?

[Tig Notaro]

That's great.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yeah. Because if you don't know about these and you get in and a car starts driving itself, that would be wild.

[Tig Notaro]

Well, that's what I said to my friend. I was like. It said something casually about how there was no driver, and she's like, what do you mean there's no driver? Like, there is zero driver in that car. That's what I mean. And she's pretty cool.

[Fortune Feimster]

We went full circle. Back to Waymo.

[Mae Martin]

Back to Waymo. See, that's why this. What a podcast.

[Fortune Feimster]

Callback queen.

[Mae Martin]

Exactly. We have to go back.

[Tig Notaro]

Call. We have to call back.

[Mae Martin]

We have to call back.

[Tig Notaro]

You know it. You know we do, Jeff. You know it.

[Mae Martin]

You know it.

[Tig Notaro]

You know that, Jeff. You know that.

[Mae Martin]

I'm just gonna adopt all your really specific.

[Tig Notaro]

I'm gonna write them all out, and I'm gonna tell you about them, and then please incorporate.

[Mae Martin]

Yeah, Great.

[Fortune Feimster]

That's right.

[Tig Notaro]

That's right, that's right, that's right.

[Fortune Feimster]

All right, all right.

[Mae Martin]

Well, this is slice.

[Tig Notaro]

It was a slice. It was a real treat. And if you enjoyed it and you want to share this with a loved one or an enemy, send it along and let's talk about me, whoever's listening.

[Mae Martin]

You think I should send it?

[Tig Notaro]

Yeah, might as well. But let's build this handsome community and make sure to subscribe. Subscribe. Review rate. Subscribe to YouTube and keep us on the air.

[Mae Martin]

We said we don't read comments, but Thomas does pick out his favorite reviews of the week for people who. When people review the podcast on Apple Podcasts or whatever. So write us a review.

[Fortune Feimster]

See if you can be one of Thomas's picks.

[Mae Martin]

Yes.

[Fortune Feimster]

What an honor.

[Mae Martin]

Yes, please.

[Tig Notaro]

Yes, please. Thomas, are you okay that we imitate you at our house?

[Mae Martin]

Yes, please.

[Fortune Feimster]

Yes, please.

[Tig Notaro]

Were you at all nervous when I said we imitate?

[Fortune Feimster]

I was a little nervous. That was pretty mild.

[Tig Notaro]

But it's so mild.

[Fortune Feimster]

They also wear mustaches sometimes. You've seen Tigs? Yeah, I've seen Tigs wearing a mustache.

[Tig Notaro]

Yes, please. I'm doing it right now. Yes, please. Thomas, you want some noodles? Yes, please. And it does sound familiar to you, right? About yourself? Yeah.

[Fortune Feimster]

No, I can hear it.

[Tig Notaro]

You have to tell Laura about it. All right, well, what does everyone have.

[Mae Martin]

Going on October 17th? I'm at the Lyric Theater in LA. And other than that, just check out my social media for my animal painting book that I'm selling for Doctors Without Borders and my music and stuff like that. And watch Wayward on Netflix.

[Fortune Feimster]

That's right. I'm at the wang in Boston October 11th. I'm excited for that one. Atlanta on October 18th. Chicago, Chicago theater, San Jose in Fresno, California, Charlotte, North Carolina, Palm Springs, St. Petersburg, Orlando, a bunch of places and a lot of new dates and rescheduled dates in the early part of the year.

[Tig Notaro]

And I will be in Salt Lake City, Utah, October 11th at the Equality Utah Allies Gala that I will be hosting October 17th. I'll be at Largo right here in Los Angeles. Check me out on season four of the morning show on Apple. And also make a note, also on Apple, the documentary, Come see me in the good light. You gotta see it. It's incredible. I'm so proud of it. Yeah. Go to tignotaro.com for all other information. And, oh, we have [e-mail] with good merch.

[Mae Martin]

Really strong merch. Yeah.

[Tig Notaro]

So subscribe rate, tell friends, and 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. Handsome Pod. What a podcast.

[Tig Notaro]

Podcast.

[Fortune Feimster]

What a podcast.

[Mae Martin]

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[Tig Notaro]

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