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Tig Notaro
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Fortune Feimster
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Tig Notaro
Podcast Chatting with friends on the Handsome Pod Chatting with friends on the Handsome.
Fortune Feimster
Pod Pretty little episode.
Tig Notaro
Good morning and welcome. Afternoon and hello.
May Martin
Welcome to a pretty different time zones.
Tig Notaro
Yeah, we are.
May Martin
Yeah. And I talked over your pretty little intro, so apologies.
Tig Notaro
It's always as you know, a nail biting moment for me. The intros. It takes a lot to get me there. To be. To take the plunge.
May Martin
Yeah, yeah.
Tig Notaro
So you're in Toronto, right, Tig?
May Martin
I am. And I was out last night.
Tig Notaro
Whoa.
May Martin
At a Rufus Wainwright concert.
Tig Notaro
No way.
May Martin
I was.
Tig Notaro
Was he playing the hits or what?
May Martin
He was playing his Folkocracy album, a bunch of folk tunes. And he also snuck in Islands in the Stream, which is. Yes, hilarious. So yeah, I was at his concert and then there was a like a little after party gathering.
Tig Notaro
That's amazing.
May Martin
Well, it was at this woman, she's like a Canadian political. I'm not even quite sure who she was.
Tig Notaro
A Canadian political person.
May Martin
A political person. Yes. And so we were at her house, hanging out and the people that run the venue where Rufus was performing came up to me and they told me we are good friends with May's parents.
Tig Notaro
What?
May Martin
Yeah. And I was like, really? And they're like, yeah. And I don't know, what are your parents names?
Tig Notaro
Wendy and James.
May Martin
Yeah, they were like, oh, Wendy. And they were like, do you know Wendy and James? They are the best. We love them.
Tig Notaro
No way.
May Martin
I was like, I have not ever met Wendy and James.
Tig Notaro
Oh my God. I love that people are coming up to you saying we know May's parents. That's so funny.
May Martin
I know. I was like, I don't.
Tig Notaro
Yeah. But what. What was the venue he was playing? Okay, none of the details are like.
May Martin
Something.
Tig Notaro
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Royal Conservatory, maybe.
May Martin
Yes, yes, yes.
Tig Notaro
Okay. I know exactly who these people were.
May Martin
That's great.
Tig Notaro
Yeah, man. He's so good. Rufus.
May Martin
He is so good. And then his sister, Lucy Wainwright Roach was on stage as well. I mean there was a whole band, but it was so fun. Cause Lucy. I actually. My friendship with Lucy predates my friendship with Rufus. Really? Yeah. Yeah. I met Lucy years ago. She was performing. Do you know the folk trio the Roaches?
Tig Notaro
No.
May Martin
It's a trio that actually Paul Simon discovered no way. And they are. Yeah, they're sisters. And a friend of mine took me to see his friend Lucy Roach. Lucy Wainwright, Roach play. And then she introduced her mother on stage. She said, I want to introduce my mom, Suzy. And she comes out, and I turned to my friend, I said, is that Suzy Roach? And he was like, yeah. And I was like, oh, my God. Like, anyway, so Suzy Roach. Sussy Roach. Yeah.
Tig Notaro
But what a name.
May Martin
Yes. She was married to Loudon Wainwright, and so Rufus and Lucy are half siblings. Got it. They just have such an extraordinarily talented family.
Tig Notaro
Oh, it's wild.
May Martin
But anyway, then I became friends with Rufus, and it was nice to be with both of them.
Tig Notaro
And now you're best friends with my parents. Friends.
May Martin
That's right.
Tig Notaro
It's.
May Martin
It's a small world, isn't it?
Tig Notaro
Yeah.
May Martin
Yeah.
Tig Notaro
Well, good for you for getting out and about in Toronto. Like, it's. Because you're there for so long, I think you gotta. You gotta force yourself to go out and do stuff. Right. Otherwise, I fell into a real, like, just coming home from work and putting on true crime, you know? Yeah.
May Martin
It's a weird existence. It's a weird, really weird existence. And I'm. I'm kind of struggling with it.
Tig Notaro
Yeah. It's hard to be away from your family life. Yeah. Your whole life, your routine, and. But I do think that the way to do it is to go out with people, go make plans and go for dinners and do stuff. Because the other day I was like, oh, man, I'm depressed. And then I was like, well, I have been watching five hours of a documentary about JonBenet Ramsey. Like, no wonder I'm. No wonder I'm down, Doc.
May Martin
Why am I feeling so down?
Tig Notaro
Yeah, like, you got to get out and about.
May Martin
Yeah. I mean, I've been, you know, as, you know, working on new stuff at Comedy Bar. And then I'm also, you know, I don't know, exercising and.
Tig Notaro
Yeah.
May Martin
Recording the podcast. Then Stephanie and I are working on projects together.
Tig Notaro
Yeah.
May Martin
But, yeah, I should probably be a little more social than I am.
Tig Notaro
I like to have a bro, like, as you know, I often have, like, a straight dude just staying in my house and it really. To wake up in the morning and someone's like, morning, bud. Oh, yeah, I love it. I'm like, Just stop me from going into my head, you know, like the other day I was like. I mean, I've known these bros for so long. So my. My friend who's staying with me now, I've known since I was like 18. And the other night we were. We were in bed watch, because there's no TV in the living room in this Airbnb. So we were in bed, tucked up together, watching Eyes Wide Shuttle, and we were eating miso eggplant. And I was like, man, sometimes you gotta get in bed with your boy. You gotta watch Eyes Wide Shut, you gotta have miso eggplant.
May Martin
I thought, yeah, Yeah. I mean, I. Listen, I love a straight man, you know, I am not a lesbian. That is, you know, impulse by dudes. But that does sound nice. I just don't have. I don't have that dude out here.
Tig Notaro
Yeah.
May Martin
And there are.
Tig Notaro
I can send you a few.
May Martin
Yeah, if you could. I mean, I'm. I'm trying to figure out my life, I'm trying to figure out my friends and what's going on.
Tig Notaro
Yeah, it's.
May Martin
It's just. It's weird. It's definitely weird.
Tig Notaro
Yeah. Do you mean, like in LA as well? You feel like you're in a transition period or just while you're out there?
May Martin
I mean, it's mainly here, but it's just, you know, disconnecting. To be away from my life for six months.
Tig Notaro
Yeah, it's.
May Martin
It's the craziest thing in the world.
Tig Notaro
Yeah.
May Martin
Because touring, I could go out for a night or a weekend or a week or two weeks or whatever, and I'd know I could just plan my life like, oh, I'm gonna have this whole month off or the whole summer off, or. You know what I mean?
Tig Notaro
Yeah.
May Martin
Whereas in production, they own your schedule.
Tig Notaro
Very, very weird lifestyle.
May Martin
Yeah, it's really bizarre. But I enjoy every. I like every single person, cast and crew. I love being a part of the Star Trek world. I'm very thankful for the job, but I'm just trying to figure out what's going on.
Tig Notaro
Yeah, yeah. How to stay regulated.
May Martin
Yeah.
Tig Notaro
Stay regular, too.
May Martin
That's right. You have to.
Tig Notaro
Got to.
May Martin
Yeah.
Tig Notaro
Well, should we segue seamlessly into some listener questions? See what people want to know?
May Martin
Let's do that. Yeah.
Little Miss Hot Mess
Hello, hello. Hello, handsomest of handsomes. My name is Little Miss Hot Mess. And yes, if you can't already tell from that name, I am a drag queen. And so my question for you is, who would you be as a drag performer? Maybe you're a Drag queen or a drag king or some other drag royalty. And I'm curious what your drag name would be, how you might think about a drag Persona, what you'd want to look like as you step out onto a fabulous pageant stage.
Tig Notaro
That's a great question. Well, I would say, like, early in life, I would have been. I would have probably been a drag king and had a drag king Persona. Like Skeet or. No, like Zip Zero or something. But.
May Martin
What?
Tig Notaro
I don't know Zip Zero and I don't.
May Martin
I don't even know what you're talking about.
Tig Notaro
Me neither.
May Martin
What are you talking about?
Tig Notaro
Well, I don't know.
May Martin
A drag king named Zip Zero. Maybe I'm not submerged in the culture enough.
Tig Notaro
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Fortune Feimster
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May Martin
Is everyone else listening going, oh, yes, Zip Zero is the one.
Tig Notaro
No, I don't think that's even like a classic drag king style name. But I think if I was a drag king, I'd be like some kind of greaser called Zip Zero. But now maybe because I feel gender wise that I'm more. I'm sitting in a more boy place, I would maybe feel empowered and more comfortable to do Drag Queen, where I would have been embarrassed before, but now I feel like, fuck, I could be like Greta von Lincoln Zipper. Greta Von.
May Martin
Greta Von Zip.
Tig Notaro
Greta Von Zip.
May Martin
Yeah. Or you could go as me.
Tig Notaro
Yeah, I could go as Tig. Oh, my God.
May Martin
Is that the proper way to say it? Go as me? That sounds like Halloween.
Tig Notaro
Yeah. I don't know.
May Martin
Yeah.
Tig Notaro
Who would you be?
May Martin
Well, you know what immediately came to mind is the drag king look that I cultivated on Handsome with Grandpa Tig.
Tig Notaro
Oh, my God. Yes. That's so your drag Persona.
May Martin
I love Grandpa Tig so much. When I saw pictures of myself, I was like, hello, handsome.
Tig Notaro
Yeah. Okay, so we're talking kind of gray mustache, thick mustache, full gray. Yeah.
May Martin
And bushy, bushy eyebrows. Remember those? I had eyebrow taped to my eyebrows.
Tig Notaro
Yeah.
May Martin
So. Yeah.
Tig Notaro
And like maybe a cardigan, a whiskey.
May Martin
What do you mean maybe? Of course there'd be a cardigan and A whiskey that I don't drink.
Tig Notaro
Okay, so you're Grandpa Tig. And then maybe I'm kind of perched on the arm of your chair, and I'm like, morning. I'm like a kind of flapper girl from the 60s. I'm like, like Twiggy Stardust or something.
May Martin
And I'm like, hello, Zip Zing Spring, or whatever your name is.
Tig Notaro
I don't know why. Zip Zero just rolled off.
May Martin
Zip Zero.
Tig Notaro
Yeah. Okay. I like that you know that you.
May Martin
Can use that name when you check into hotel rooms.
Tig Notaro
Oh, you're so right. Zip Zero.
May Martin
Zero. And no one will ever know unless they listen to this episode.
Tig Notaro
Yeah. Yeah, great. Okay. Well, we could do that at a live show one day.
May Martin
Put it on the list, Thomas. Should we hear Little Miss Hot Mess's answer?
Tig Notaro
Yes, please, for me.
Little Miss Hot Mess
You already know that my drag name is Little Miss Hot Mess. And I'll just say that that's a name that I may or may not have earned in my early 20s when I was a little bit messier. Though now that I'm a little bit older and more mature, I would say that that name really helps me shine a spotlight on what a hot mess the rest of the world can be.
Tig Notaro
Thank you, Lil Miss Hot Mess. I hope we get to see Lil Miss Hot Mess at a show sometime. Should we hear another question?
May Martin
Let's do.
Tig Notaro
Do. Let's.
Emma
Hello, I am Emma from North London in England, and I have a question about time travel. I'm a bit of a history nerd. If you could go back in history and spend an hour wandering around somewhere, where would you like to go? You don' to do anything massively historically significant and save civilization just for. To be a little bit of a tourist. Where would you like to hang out for an hour? Thanks very much, Effy.
May Martin
That's interesting.
Tig Notaro
It's almost unpleasant for me. I'm thinking so hard about it. Like, I. Like, I want to get it right. I feel like there's a. Like, the options are too many. Oh, man.
May Martin
I feel like where I would go is not typical history books. History. It would be more of, like, I'd love to peek behind a tree and see dinosaurs.
Tig Notaro
Hey, that counts as history.
May Martin
I know it does, but I think people would probably be more inclined to be like, you know, the revolution.
Tig Notaro
Yeah.
May Martin
But pre Human.
Tig Notaro
Pre civilization.
May Martin
Yeah, yeah, I would love to. Just. I want to see.
Tig Notaro
Yeah. You know, and it would be so insane because they. They'd have feathers, right? They think a lot of them had feathers. They probably wouldn't Sound the way we expect them to sound.
May Martin
For sure.
Tig Notaro
Rustling through those trees.
May Martin
I would even, you know, I would even love to, you know, peek in a cave during, you know, caveman time.
Tig Notaro
Yeah.
May Martin
And, like, put on a little flintstone skirt just so I kind of fit in. Right.
Tig Notaro
They wouldn't bat an eyelid.
May Martin
With my glasses on.
Tig Notaro
Yeah.
May Martin
And just wander into the cave. What's going on in here? I mean. Yeah. All that kind of stuff is a little more interesting to me because there's not really documentation, and we're just speculating so much.
Tig Notaro
Yeah. Yeah. I would go. I think I've been watching a lot of stuff about, like, whether the Inca and the Aztec and stuff were communing with aliens. Like, there's some. And things like that. You know, the Nazca lines and stuff. And, like, there are. And a lot of these sort of early art of. In ancient Egypt and in Aztec art depicts, like, light beings who are. I don't know. I just want to know if aliens came down and taught everybody how to build pyramids. So maybe, you know, Machu Picchu or something. But also, I'd like to be at the Sermon on the Mount. I'd like to hear Jesus addressing a crowd and be like, sure.
May Martin
That'd be a fun day.
Tig Notaro
Yeah. Like, what was his deal?
May Martin
Jesus, man, what's your deal?
Tig Notaro
What's your deal?
May Martin
I'm from the future, and I just. I want to know what your deal is. For my podcast.
Tig Notaro
Yeah. Can you send us. Can you give us a question? Yeah.
May Martin
Can I film you?
Tig Notaro
Oh, my God. Can you imagine if I had this video? And I was like, guys, I swear to God, this happened to me. I went. And everyone would be like, what a weird stunt you're trying to pull. And I'd like to go and see. When Napoleon crowned himself emperor, he took the crown out of the Pope's hands and he put it on his own head instead of letting the Pope crown him. And he. He just is such an interesting character.
May Martin
And there were dinosaurs during that time, too, which is cool.
Tig Notaro
All of the aisles in Notre Dame were full of raptors.
Fortune Feimster
Yeah.
Tig Notaro
And T. Rexes and dinosaurs and turtles. Yeah. I'd like to hear. This person seems very. Is it Emma in North London? She seems very knowledgeable about history. So I wanted. I wonder if she'll have, like, a really esoteric response.
May Martin
She's just like.
Emma
And my answer would be to go back to Tudor London and to walk along London Bridge. So that's not just walking across a bridge. It's also a place where Everybody went to do their shopping and there were massive buildings and huge equivalent of high rises and just get flavor of what Tudor London was like. That would be my answer.
Tig Notaro
That's a good answer. I mean, it would be. It would stink is the problem. Everyone would smell so bad.
May Martin
Well, you could put a paper or a clothespin on your nose and wander around.
Tig Notaro
I'm dead at that image. Walking down the.
May Martin
Wow. Well. Yeah, well, I'll be.
Tig Notaro
I'll be.
May Martin
Look at that.
Tig Notaro
You don't say.
May Martin
I should probably have a pin on my nose too when I peek into the cave.
Tig Notaro
Yeah, you should.
May Martin
You know, they're not very particular about where they're going to the bathroom and stuff because, you know. No, they just don't have much experience and.
Tig Notaro
Oh, my God. Trying to blend in with a clothespin. No, I'm just a regular caveman from.
May Martin
A neighboring cave with glasses and a Flintstone skirt on. Who's asking? Next time I go to London, I'm putting a clothespin on my nose just for.
Tig Notaro
Just for me. Put it on the list. Put it on the list, Thomas. You have to go to London Bridge and you have to just walk along.
May Martin
The bridge with a clothespin on your. Why is that the dumbest image?
Tig Notaro
Oh, boy, oh, boy.
May Martin
I probably shouldn't laugh that hard at myself. I'm laughing more at you laughing at it.
Tig Notaro
It's really cracking.
May Martin
Your laughter made me realize how deeply ridiculous it was.
Tig Notaro
It's so stup. Why doesn't anyone do that more?
May Martin
It's such a cartoon. The same person that puts a clothespin on their nose is also the kind of person that only blows up old timey bombs.
Tig Notaro
Yeah. Yeah.
May Martin
That has the fuse.
Tig Notaro
Yes, completely. It's very like, same person. Looney Tunes. Yeah. All right, all right.
May Martin
Well, that was a very fun episode. Yes.
Tig Notaro
I had a great time. Great to hear, everybody.
May Martin
Anyone coming to live shows, feel free to show up with a clothespin on your nose.
Tig Notaro
Please, please, please, please. I mean, you know what? I'm ordering on Amazon right after this. When keep sending in your questions. You go to speakpipe.com handsomepod and ask us a question. Send us your response as well and get your merch@handsomepod.com we've got really good stuff right now.
May Martin
We always do.
Tig Notaro
Yeah.
May Martin
Okay. And we always got great episodes that you should share with your friends. If anything makes you giggle like this, this is a perfect example. Something to send to a friend and say, this is silly. Check it out.
Tig Notaro
Check it out.
May Martin
Thank you so much, everyone for tuning in to the Handsome pod and the pretty little episodes. It is truly our pleasure. And yeah, until next time, keep it, Keep it pretty.
Fortune Feimster
Handsome Handsome Handsome is hosted by me, Fortune Feimster, Tig Notaro, and May Martin. The show is produced, recorded and edited by Thomas Wuellette. Email us@handsomepodmail.com and for follow us on social media Ansomepod what a podcast.
Tig Notaro
What a podcast. That was a headgum podcast.
Fortune Feimster
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Tig Notaro
Like you know to check the street signs carefully before you park your car in a new neighborhood.
Fortune Feimster
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Podcast Summary: Handsome – Pretty Little Episode #22
Release Date: January 17, 2025
Hosts: Tig Notaro, Fortune Feimster, Mae Martin
Producer: Thomas Wuellette
In the 22nd episode of "Handsome," titled "Pretty Little Episode #22," hosts Tig Notaro, Fortune Feimster, and Mae Martin delve into personal anecdotes, engage with listener questions, and share laughs in their trademark humorous style. Skipping the usual advertisements and intros, the episode quickly immerses listeners into the camaraderie and insightful conversations that define the podcast.
Mae Martin kicks off the episode by recounting her recent trip to Toronto, where she attended a Rufus Wainwright concert at the Royal Conservatory. She shares delightful interactions with Rufus's sister, Lucy Wainwright Roach, and amusingly discovers that the venue staff mistakenly believe she knows her own parents, Wendy and James.
Mae Martin [02:03]: "She's like a Canadian political person. Yes. And so we were at her house, hanging out and the people that run the venue where Rufus was performing came up to me and they told me we are good friends with May's parents."
The conversation shifts to the challenges of being away from family and maintaining mental well-being. Mae expresses her struggle with isolation while working on projects like Comedy Bar and "Star Trek" production, emphasizing the difficulty of disconnecting from her established routine.
Mae Martin [05:04]: "It's hard to be away from your family life. Yeah. Your whole life, your routine..."
Tig suggests staying socially active as a remedy, sharing his own strategy of having a straight friend stay over to provide companionship and prevent overthinking.
Tig Notaro [05:29]: "I like to have a bro, like, as you know, I often have, like, a straight dude just staying in my house and it really helps to wake up in the morning..."
The first listener question comes from Little Miss Hot Mess, a drag queen, who asks the hosts what their drag personas would be, including their drag names and stage appearances.
Question from Little Miss Hot Mess [08:31]:
"Who would you be as a drag performer? Maybe you're a Drag queen or a drag king or some other drag royalty. And I'm curious what your drag name would be, how you might think about a drag Persona, what you'd want to look like as you step out onto a fabulous pageant stage."
Tig's Response:
Tig humorously contemplates a drag king persona with a name like "Zip Zero" and later entertains the idea of a drag queen name such as "Greta von Lincoln Zipper."
Tig Notaro [10:14]: "But I think if I was a drag king, I'd be like some kind of greaser called Zip Zero. But now maybe because I feel gender wise that I'm more... I would maybe feel empowered and more comfortable to do Drag Queen... like Greta von Lincoln Zipper."
Mae's Response:
Mae playfully suggests her own drag persona, "Grandpa Tig," complete with a thick gray mustache and bushy eyebrows, and teases Tig about his potential drag alter ego.
Mae Martin [11:12]: "What immediately came to mind is the drag king look that I cultivated on Handsome with Grandpa Tig... gray mustache, bushy eyebrows..."
Little Miss Hot Mess's Answer:
Little Miss Hot Mess shares her drag name and the evolution behind it, highlighting how it reflects her personal growth.
Little Miss Hot Mess [12:43]: "You already know that my drag name is Little Miss Hot Mess. ... that name really helps me shine a spotlight on what a hot mess the rest of the world can be."
The next question is from Emma in North London, inquiring about which historical moment the hosts would visit if given the chance to time travel for an hour.
Question from Emma [13:13]:
"If you could go back in history and spend an hour wandering around somewhere, where would you like to go?... Where would you like to hang out for an hour?"
Mae's Response:
Mae expresses a desire to witness pre-human times, such as observing dinosaurs or exploring caveman life, envisioning herself blending in with humorous attire like a Flintstone skirt.
Mae Martin [14:51]: "I would love to ... peek in a cave during, you know, caveman time. And, like, put on a little flintstone skirt just so I kind of fit in."
Tig's Response:
Tig grapples with the multitude of historical options but eventually entertains the idea of witnessing significant events like the Sermon on the Mount or the crowning of Napoleon, adding a humorous twist with dinosaurs in historical settings.
Tig Notaro [15:01]: "I'd like to be at the Sermon on the Mount. I'd like to hear Jesus addressing a crowd and be like, sure."
The episode is peppered with lighthearted humor as the hosts riff on each other's ideas. A memorable moment includes the playful suggestion to wear clothespins on noses while visiting historical periods to blend in, leading to infectious laughter and amusing imagery.
Tig Notaro [19:02]: "Oh, boy, oh, boy."
Mae Martin [19:35]: "It's so the same person. Looney Tunes."
As the episode wraps up, the hosts invite listeners to engage with future episodes by submitting their questions via SpeakPipe and visiting their merch store. They encourage sharing episodes that resonate with friends, emphasizing the fun and silliness that "Handsome" consistently delivers.
Tig Notaro [20:18]: "Keep sending in your questions. You go to speakpipe.com handsomepod and ask us a question... we've got really good stuff right now."
Mae Martin [20:33]: "If anything makes you giggle like this, this is a perfect example. Something to send to a friend and say, this is silly. Check it out."
Connect with Handsome:
This episode of "Handsome" showcases the hosts' ability to blend personal stories with engaging listener interactions, all while maintaining their unique sense of humor. Whether you're a long-time fan or a newcomer, "Pretty Little Episode #22" offers a delightful glimpse into the lives and laughs of Tig, Fortune, and Mae.