Mae's Dad asks about conversations with inanimate objects

James Chatto, best known as a writer, puppeteer, and Mae's Dad, asks Handsome a lively question about inanimate objects on today's episode! Plus Tig points to Mae's house, Mae shows off their boxes of gifted items from fans, and Fortune gives an update on Ginger's Europe plans! Handsome is hosted by Tig Notaro, Mae Martin, and Fortune FeimsterFollow us on social media @handsomepodMerch at handsomepod.com http://handsomepod.com/Watch Handsome on YouTube http://youtube.com/@handsomepod and Hulu https://www.hulu.com/series/b583d0bc-eeb0-4560-8b2b-5c8ae0248a19?play=false&utm_source=shared_linkThis is a Headgum https://headgum.com/ podcast. Follow Headgum on Twitter https://x.com/headgum, Instagram https://www.instagram.com/headgum/, and Tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@headgum. Advertise on Handsome https://gumball.fm/shows/handsome via Gumball.fm http://gumball.fm/. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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• 1:49Fortune Feimster?

  Cheers.

• 1:51Tig Notaro?

  Welcome to the Handsome Pod. It is your dear, dear friend Tig Notaro, and I am sitting here with...

• 1:58Mae Martin?

  Mae Martin.

• 2:00Fortune Feimster?

  And Fortune Feimster.

• 2:02Mae Martin?

  I get butterflies every time that we have to...

• 2:06Fortune Feimster?

  Really?

• 2:06Mae Martin?

  Well, because I get anxious about the order of who's going to say hello.

• 2:10Fortune Feimster?

  Who's going to do it? We never know, you guys. It's unplanned. It's a little adrenaline burst.

• 2:14Mae Martin?

  Never do we know.

• 2:15Fortune Feimster?

  That's why we're always like...

• 2:20Fortune Feimster?

  But here we are.

• 2:21Tig Notaro?

  Here we are. We are all unplanned, and we're here.

• 2:27Mae Martin?

  Is everybody having a nice day?

• 2:30Tig Notaro?

  Well, I am. I'm just still dealing with the construction going on and they've settled down. But again, it's like they know when we're about to record, they ramp it up, they make me nervous. And then they take it down a notch and I hope it stays here because I was like, oh lordy, this is gonna be interesting.

• 2:49Mae Martin?

  They're playing mind games with you.

• 2:51Tig Notaro?

  They are. And can I tell you something very fun that happened?

• 2:54Mae Martin?

  Yeah, please. Spell.

• 2:56Tig Notaro?

  You know this, May. Stephanie and I were driving along and I happened to say, well, look at that little house. And I pointed to a house and Stephanie said, that's Mae's house.

• 3:09Mae Martin?

  What? I can't believe it.

• 3:11Tig Notaro?

  I was like, no, it's not. And she said,

• 3:13Mae Martin?

  That's crazy.

• 3:14Tig Notaro?

  She said, I swear to God, I think that is Mae's house. And I was like, I took a picture because we were sitting in traffic. And I was truly like, there was nothing, I was like, oh, look at that little house. And not, and not to say your house is little. I only saw it over, over a fence. I saw a roof and some trim. But really, the, one of the most random things that has happened.

• 3:41Mae Martin?

  That is so random.

• 3:42Tig Notaro?

  I thought for sure, once, when I was like, okay, I'm gonna take a picture and send that to May. And Stephanie was like, it might be like a house over, but she said, I think that's it. And so I took the picture, I sent it to May and I said, is this your house?

• 3:57Mae Martin?

  Yeah, you were like, Stephanie's, Stephanie seems to think this is your house. Yeah, it was my house.

• 4:03Tig Notaro?

  It was Mae's house.

• 4:04Mae Martin?

  But I love that my house,

• 4:06Fortune Feimster?

  You guys are connected.

• 4:07Mae Martin?

  The fact that it can inspire a reaction like, oh, look at that little house. I love that.

• 4:12Tig Notaro?

  I mean, I really thought.

• 4:15Mae Martin?

  It's because it's perched on a cliff.

• 4:17Tig Notaro?

  Yes.

• 4:17Mae Martin?

  It's about to tumble into the street.

• 4:19Tig Notaro?

  Oh, no.

• 4:20Fortune Feimster?

  Don't give me a heart palpitation.

• 4:22Mae Martin?

  Yeah.

• 4:23Tig Notaro?

  Um, well, I didn't want to make you nervous, but that is what I said. I said, look at that little house. And I was like, do you think that's gonna stay?

• 4:31Fortune Feimster?

  Because it's hanging off a cliff.

• 4:32Tig Notaro?

  It's precariously hanging off a cliff. And, um, and so I did not add that in because I was like, I don't want to create any sort of anxiety for you. But I was like,

• 4:43Mae Martin?

  It's there.

• 4:44Tig Notaro?

  I was like, will that stay? And somebody said, that is Mae's house.

• 4:49Fortune Feimster?

  That's insane. So funny is when May was looking at this house, Mae told us like, I don't, it's on a cliff and who knows? And I was like, don't get that house.

• 4:59Tig Notaro?

  I know.

• 4:59Fortune Feimster?

  And then like a week later, it was like, Sold. Sold my house.

• 5:03Mae Martin?

  I'm like, it's weirdly cheap, actually.

• 5:05Tig Notaro?

  And then I drive by, what, a year or two later? And I'm like, well, look at that little place. Do you think it'll hold?

• 5:11Mae Martin?

  That won't be there long. Yeah. So I checked in recently to be like, cause I swear when I moved in, they said, don't worry, we're dealing with that. Like the city's gonna come and fix that. Cause not, it's not only a cliff, but it's eroding inwards. Like it's,

• 5:25Tig Notaro?

  Well, I have, I have an update. They have not fixed it.

• 5:29Mae Martin?

  Yeah, they have not.

• 5:31Tig Notaro?

  It is precariously placed on the edge of a cliff.

• 5:34Mae Martin?

  Oh my God.

• 5:35Tig Notaro?

  And, um,

• 5:36Mae Martin?

  They're announcing 2027, they're gonna fix it. They're saying,

• 5:39Tig Notaro?

  Oh, okay. Take their time.

• 5:41Fortune Feimster?

  This is not okay.

• 5:43Mae Martin?

  Do you think?

• 5:44Tig Notaro?

  So I do recall now that we, we did hear that your house is on a cliff, but actually seeing it, I was a little like, um, oh my Lord. Uh, will we make it to next April?

• 5:56Fortune Feimster?

  I'm praying for those, whoever's in that little house up there.

• 5:59Tig Notaro?

  Whatever stranger happens to live up there, perch on this ledge.

• 6:07Fortune Feimster?

  Just happens to be your podcast co-host and friend.

• 6:10Tig Notaro?

  Yeah. So let's, let's hope we make it to April.

• 6:14Mae Martin?

  Well, the Canary,

• 6:15Tig Notaro?

  Let's hope May makes it to April.

• 6:17Mae Martin?

  Yeah, yeah, yeah. Really, the canary in the coal mine is Matt and his wife living in my back house because that's right up against like that's I got a I got a driveway. So I'm, you know, I'll have 30 seconds longer. Yeah.

• 6:31Fortune Feimster?

  A little time. Okay.

• 6:32Tig Notaro?

  Okay, yeah, your, your guest house dwellers are going to land on the top of a car and drive away in pieces.

• 6:42Mae Martin?

  They'll make it then. Like in a cartoon, they'll land in the back of a truck.

• 6:47Tig Notaro?

  In a cartoon, the house, the guest house lands in the back. It's enough to where it really caught my attention and I was concerned.

• 6:56Mae Martin?

  Wait, I love that. I now know the, the truth. I think I need to start contacting the city.

• 7:02Tig Notaro?

  I think you should.

• 7:03Fortune Feimster?

  You, you probably should push for that. They're not, they're not going to just be like, oh, let's go take care of this.

• 7:08Tig Notaro?

  No.

• 7:08Fortune Feimster?

  Is there some annoyance annoyance from you to them?

• 7:13Tig Notaro?

  Okay, okay.

• 7:14Mae Martin?

  I gotta advocate for myself.

• 7:16Tig Notaro?

  Fortune, I am going to send this.

• 7:21Fortune Feimster?

  The picture?

• 7:21Tig Notaro?

  Yes.

• 7:22Fortune Feimster?

  Oh, let's see it. Yeah, because I haven't been there yet.

• 7:26Mae Martin?

  I think this is a sign that you guys got to come over before the big one hits.

• 7:30Tig Notaro?

  Do you see what?

• 7:31Mae Martin?

  Stop. Are you serious? Oh, my God. Whoa, that is.

• 7:39Fortune Feimster?

  Wait.

• 7:39Mae Martin?

  Right on it. I mean, okay, here's the good news.

• 7:42Tig Notaro?

  Okay, let's lead with the good news.

• 7:44Fortune Feimster?

  The good news is the cliff is not as high of a drop as I thought.

• 7:50Tig Notaro?

  Wait a minute.

• 7:51Fortune Feimster?

  You're not going to survive it.

• 7:53Tig Notaro?

  If you fell in a house, if you fell down that cliff in a house.

• 8:00Fortune Feimster?

  You just tumble, right?

• 8:01Tig Notaro?

  May is going to be fine. I'm worried about your, your guest house dwellers.

• 8:05Fortune Feimster?

  Here's the thing, your hill is definitely eroding.

• 8:09Tig Notaro?

  Mm hmm.

• 8:09Fortune Feimster?

  Yeah. And your house is right on the cliff.

• 8:13Tig Notaro?

  Yes, sir.

• 8:15Fortune Feimster?

  Yes, sir. So this building, the building that's right at the fence is the guest house?

• 8:19Mae Martin?

  That's the guest house. Yes.

• 8:21Fortune Feimster?

  And then, and then you're, that's the, this taller one, taller building?

• 8:27Mae Martin?

  I mean, speaking of precarious houses, we can hear they're trying to keep yours together.

• 8:31Tig Notaro?

  I know. Mine, I, I told you the, we had some rotting in our deck and now it's getting repaired, but that's not as concerning as.

• 8:42Fortune Feimster?

  Well, at least this part of the hill. Where your house is, still has a lot of vegetation, so that's helpful.

• 8:49Mae Martin?

  Is that a good thing?

• 8:50Tig Notaro?

  Where your house is now.

• 8:52Mae Martin?

  Yeah. I'm looking at the picture, I'm zooming in, but yeah, you know, the painting looks good.

• 8:58Tig Notaro?

  Uh huh.

• 8:58Mae Martin?

  Yeah, I just, just repainted.

• 9:00Fortune Feimster?

  Yeah, the paint looks great, I love the color.

• 9:02Tig Notaro?

  Phenomenal, the color is gorgeous.

• 9:04Mae Martin?

  Thank you.

• 9:05Fortune Feimster?

  But what I'm saying is where your house is to the right of your house,

• 9:09Tig Notaro?

  Uh huh.

• 9:09Fortune Feimster?

  Where your house is not, that's where the erosion really is.

• 9:13Mae Martin?

  No, that's where my house is.

• 9:14Tig Notaro?

  Oh.

• 9:15Mae Martin?

  Yeah, that is the part, that's exactly the part.

• 9:18Fortune Feimster?

  Because the thing about a hill is you want it to have vegetation.

• 9:23Mae Martin?

  Why?

• 9:23Fortune Feimster?

  Because it catches all the water and the rain.

• 9:26Mae Martin?

  The roots.

• 9:27Fortune Feimster?

  The roots catch it, so when it's barren,

• 9:30Tig Notaro?

  Uh huh.

• 9:30Fortune Feimster?

  It's tricky, that's where mudslides happen.

• 9:33Mae Martin?

  Oh God, I mean, I'm, I'm worried about when they fix it, they're gonna have to come onto my property, I bet, and fix it from above as well, like.

• 9:41Fortune Feimster?

  They might, yeah.

• 9:42Tig Notaro?

  Well, a lot of the plate, like across from your house, where I just learned is your house, um, is another, you know, very steep cliff, but it, they have a retaining wall that, where they have cement and everything, uh, supporting that.

• 10:00Mae Martin?

  I feel like.

• 10:00Tig Notaro?

  So we just need to come over, put this on the list, Thomas.

• 10:03Fortune Feimster?

  You need some cement, yeah.

• 10:04Tig Notaro?

  We need to go over and do a retaining wall and, and put cement on there.

• 10:09Mae Martin?

  If you don't mind.

• 10:10Tig Notaro?

  Because we gotta save the little cowboy. I don't mind at all, I'm, I'm home for 10 days and.

• 10:16Fortune Feimster?

  Oh my God, 10 days will do it.

• 10:18Tig Notaro?

  Yeah, yeah. And you wear your headgear, your head microphone.

• 10:22Fortune Feimster?

  I'll make drinks for everyone.

• 10:24Mae Martin?

  Yeah, yeah, yeah.

• 10:24Tig Notaro?

  Yeah.

• 10:25Mae Martin?

  I'll scurry around, I mean, I wish, you know what I wish, Tig, when you were driving there? Because I bought one of those mini trampolines, and when I jump, you just see my little head, you see my head bouncing up above the fence, I wish you had seen that.

• 10:38Tig Notaro?

  Oh my God.

• 10:39Fortune Feimster?

  Oh my gosh.

• 10:40Tig Notaro?

  Especially if the timing happened in the way that I said, "Well, look at that little house, do you think it's gonna stay out there?"

• 10:48Fortune Feimster?

  Then there's May.

• 10:48Tig Notaro?

  And then Stephanie's like, "Oh, that's Mae's house," and then moments later, boing, boing, boing.

• 10:55Tig Notaro?

  With your propeller hat on, which we haven't talked about in a while.

• 10:59Mae Martin?

  Oh my god.

• 10:59Tig Notaro?

  You're gonna need that when you need to escape your house.

• 11:03Mae Martin?

  I'm gonna just cross myself and jump off.

• 11:07Mae Martin?

  Oh my god.

• 11:08Tig Notaro?

  Anyway.

• 11:09Fortune Feimster?

  Very random.

• 11:11Tig Notaro?

  That was such a bizarre moment.

• 11:13Mae Martin?

  I think it's a sign that I gotta have you guys over.

• 11:17Fortune Feimster?

  I think, I think so, cuz Tig, Tig will occasionally have some revelations. Or is that the word?

• 11:24Mae Martin?

  Some premonitions.

• 11:26Fortune Feimster?

  Premonitions.

• 11:26Tig Notaro?

  Like what? What did I have?

• 11:30Fortune Feimster?

  Well, I'll remind you of one later.

• 11:32Tig Notaro?

  Oh, I remember that one.

• 11:35Tig Notaro?

  I remember that one, yes. I was right on.

• 11:38Mae Martin?

  Okay, so it's time, I can't ignore this, it's time to call the city.

• 11:42Tig Notaro?

  You really need to, May. It was, it was, if I knew those people, and I now know I do, I, yeah.

• 11:52Mae Martin?

  You would advise them.

• 11:53Tig Notaro?

  Yeah.

• 11:53Mae Martin?

  Well, I, I wanna have you guys over cuz I look at, I don't know if you can see.

• 11:56Tig Notaro?

  No, thank you.

• 11:57Mae Martin?

  Do you see all these boxes? Okay, it's safe here, I swear.

• 12:01Fortune Feimster?

  What's the boxes?

• 12:02Tig Notaro?

  Those are from tour?

• 12:03Mae Martin?

  Those are all the things that people brought me on tour that I, I had to ship here. Girls, there are so many things for you in there, you better believe.

• 12:12Fortune Feimster?

  My god.

• 12:14Mae Martin?

  I wanna go through them all together and see all the.

• 12:17Fortune Feimster?

  I have a couple of little things for you guys.

• 12:19Mae Martin?

  Really?

• 12:20Tig Notaro?

  We need to make a little social media video of our holiday, our handsome holiday. Should we open it for our next Hollybobs?

• 12:30Mae Martin?

  Oh, that's a good idea.

• 12:31Fortune Feimster?

  Well, the Hollybobs is a while's away, but we are gonna be in person next week. We could bring some of that stuff.

• 12:39Tig Notaro?

  Oh, yeah.

• 12:39Mae Martin?

  Or we come here next week and record in person.

• 12:44Tig Notaro?

  I should send these guys over to your house, jeez.

• 12:47Mae Martin?

  Get them over, whatever they're doing, they're working hard, I need some, some workers.

• 12:53Tig Notaro?

  They took our patio furniture, of course, off of our patio and put it in the backyard for them to work on this. And I have been out of town and I just came in two nights ago. Woke up the next morning and was making breakfast for the little Cubs. And I look in the backyard and I just see this guy scrolling on his phone on our chair under the umbrella. And I was like, oh my God, like, I completely forgot because he had gotten there early for work and he was waiting for the other workmen. And I just saw a man. And I was like, what a bold lunatic, just relaxing and chilling. Yeah. Just scrolling away.

• 13:36Fortune Feimster?

  How funny.

• 13:37Tig Notaro?

  Anyway, that's what's going on with me and May.

• 13:40Fortune Feimster?

  I love it.

• 13:41Mae Martin?

  Fortune, you're you're in the South.

• 13:43Fortune Feimster?

  Mm hmm. I did go through Atlanta and I had lunch with Emily Sailors from Who We Love from the Indigo Girls.

• 13:52Tig Notaro?

  Delightful human.

• 13:53Fortune Feimster?

  And that was so lovely, getting to see her and have a cute lunch.

• 14:00Tig Notaro?

  Night. Where did you guys go? Did you go to one of her restaurants? Doesn't she have one or two restaurants?

• 14:05Fortune Feimster?

  Oh, does she? I don't know. I didn't ask her.

• 14:07Tig Notaro?

  She had. Well, this is what a deep fan I am. I know she had had the flying biscuit.

• 14:13Fortune Feimster?

  I knew that about that.

• 14:15Tig Notaro?

  And then she had one place called Watershed.

• 14:18Fortune Feimster?

  Okay, I'll have to ask her. I don't know. But as we were leaving, because we were talking about the pod at lunch.

• 14:26Tig Notaro?

  Does she listen?

• 14:28Fortune Feimster?

  Yeah, she I don't think like all the time because she's always touring, but she has. And as we were leaving, somebody went, hey, handsome. Oh, hey. It's always going in the wild.

• 14:41Tig Notaro?

  Yes, yeah.

• 14:43Fortune Feimster?

  Yeah.

• 14:44Mae Martin?

  I just found out as I as I left this last leg of the tour to come home, I had the the bus driver told me, Jeff, who we've talked about, told me that he is an avid listener of the pod. And I then realized he's going to hear the episode where I talk about clogging the toilet. So.

• 15:01Tig Notaro?

  There you go. There you go, Jeff. There's your second gift from Mae Martin.

• 15:08Fortune Feimster?

  Oh, my God. It is a trip when you someone in your life tells you they listen. And then you're like, wait, what have I talked about?

• 15:16Tig Notaro?

  I cannot believe, like, my friend Megan listens. My sister in law, I think my brother probably hears some things in the background. And I'm like, are you not tired? Yeah.

• 15:34Fortune Feimster?

  Yeah, my sister in law, who doesn't really pay attention to any of it was like, are you on Hulu now with your podcast? I'm like, yep.

• 15:43Tig Notaro?

  Yes, indeed.

• 15:44Fortune Feimster?

  It's nice. I think people then people feel like they're like caught up with us like they, yeah, I have old, old high school friends and stuff who, yeah, then you don't have to do the small talk when you meet up because they know what's going on with you. They're like, how was tour?

• 15:57Tig Notaro?

  Toilet on the bus.

• 15:58Fortune Feimster?

  They know, they're like, oh, God.

• 16:06Fortune Feimster?

  I, um, I can't remember if I told you guys this, but May and I talked about on a pretty little episode about me possibly taking my mom to Europe. Did I tell you I am going to take her to Europe?

• 16:17Tig Notaro?

  Yes.

• 16:17Fortune Feimster?

  Okay.

• 16:18Tig Notaro?

  Yeah. You did confirm.

• 16:19Fortune Feimster?

  Never mind.

• 16:20Tig Notaro?

  And it's, well, we can still get into it.

• 16:23Fortune Feimster?

  Well, I just, I just spent a week with my mom.

• 16:25Tig Notaro?

  Yeah.

• 16:25Mae Martin?

  Has it been a big topic of conversation? Like, are you guys planning the trip and?

• 16:29Fortune Feimster?

  We were just going back and forth because I wasn't sure like what she could handle, but I went to a bunch of her appointments with her last week and, um, you know, her, her health, you know, is not bad right now. I think being off the chemo, she has more energy. She's lost a hundred pounds. Um, and she's actually moving a bit faster than she has in a while. So mobility was, she's in a better place than she's been. Um,

• 16:57Tig Notaro?

  Wow.

• 16:58Fortune Feimster?

  And, you know, I just kind of thought, why not? Let's, I'll figure it out, you know? There will be times where I have to take things really slow and, you know, not, maybe not see as much of the city as I thought, but we'll find a hop on, hop off bus.

• 17:13Tig Notaro?

  Hell, yeah.

• 17:14Fortune Feimster?

  Get her up on there and we'll just ride around and that'll be that.

• 17:17Tig Notaro?

  Get her up on there.

• 17:19Fortune Feimster?

  I have to tell the bus, like, give me, give me a few minutes.

• 17:23Tig Notaro?

  Give me 10 minutes.

• 17:25Tig Notaro?

  I'm trying to get her up on there.

• 17:27Fortune Feimster?

  But, uh, you know, she, I want her to have these adventures while she still isn't good enough health to do it.

• 17:37Tig Notaro?

  Is there any particular things that she's excited to see?

• 17:42Fortune Feimster?

  She just likes to say that she's been to a country that she hasn't been to before.

• 17:47Tig Notaro?

  Oh.

• 17:47Fortune Feimster?

  It's about checking it off a list. It's really about checking it off a list.

• 17:51Tig Notaro?

  You could just do layovers and just hop, yeah, okay.

• 17:54Fortune Feimster?

  She's, so she's going to Copenhagen, London, and Dublin with me at the, um, beginning of June. She's been to London, but that's a quick visit anyway. She really wanted to go, I'm also doing Berlin, Oslo, and, um, Stockholm. And I was like, I just don't think you can do this entire tour. So I'm just, we're, she's gonna do half of it.

• 18:17Tig Notaro?

  Uh huh.

• 18:18Fortune Feimster?

  But, uh, I've got, I got so many messages from people after that episode aired, uh, of people giving me suggestions, but the consensus from many of the people was that I should take her.

• 18:31Tig Notaro?

  Yes, yes, yes. Especially if she feels like she can do it.

• 18:36Fortune Feimster?

  Yeah. And there were a lot of people wanting me to also take them on the trip.

• 18:41Tig Notaro?

  Oh, okay.

• 18:41Fortune Feimster?

  With me.

• 18:42Tig Notaro?

  Oh, yeah.

• 18:43Fortune Feimster?

  To watch her. And I was like, what?

• 18:47Tig Notaro?

  Wait, to watch her like she's a child?

• 18:49Fortune Feimster?

  There was a lot of people being like, I'll go with you guys. And I'll help take care of your mom.

• 18:56Tig Notaro?

  And did they say you have to buy the plane ticket?

• 18:59Fortune Feimster?

  I think that is part of it, is that I would have to now pay for two people to go on tour with me.

• 19:05Tig Notaro?

  I'll go watch them watch her.

• 19:08Fortune Feimster?

  Right. I'll watch Tig watch them watch her.

• 19:11Tig Notaro?

  And you don't even have to get me up on there.

• 19:13Fortune Feimster?

  Oh, yeah? Okay.

• 19:17Fortune Feimster?

  You can get yourself up on the hop on, hop off bus.

• 19:19Tig Notaro?

  Yes, indeed.

• 19:21Fortune Feimster?

  So, yeah, Ginger and Fortune will be doing Europe together.

• 19:25Tig Notaro?

  I hope you guys can find a tits out tub.

• 19:27Fortune Feimster?

  I know tits out tub.

• 19:31Fortune Feimster?

  I'm actually looking into fixing that tits out tub, so my tits might be in.

• 19:36Mae Martin?

  No, please don't. Why would you do this?

• 19:40Fortune Feimster?

  Why would I want to be cold in the hot tub and have my tits out?

• 19:44Tig Notaro?

  I mean, way to ruin everything for everyone.

• 19:47Fortune Feimster?

  I can still call it the tits out hot tub. But it would be nice to like be submerged.

• 19:54Tig Notaro?

  Mm hmm.

• 19:55Fortune Feimster?

  When I go for a dip.

• 19:57Mae Martin?

  You gotta dip your nips.

• 19:59Fortune Feimster?

  I gotta dip my nips. Thanks, May. Yes.

• 20:02Tig Notaro?

  Tits out tub versus dip my nips.

• 20:04Fortune Feimster?

  The dip my nips tub.

• 20:07Tig Notaro?

  Maybe we can do a social media post and have people vote. Are you tits out or dip your nips?

• 20:16Fortune Feimster?

  Dip your nips or tits out tub.

• 20:18Mae Martin?

  Now that we're calling it dip your nips, I'm less sad about losing tits out tubs.

• 20:24Fortune Feimster?

  We just needed something that rhymed to make you feel better.

• 20:29Mae Martin?

  Should we get to our question?

• 20:30Tig Notaro?

  I think we should. I think that I think it's a perfect suggestion considering that's our show.

• 20:37Fortune Feimster?

  Today's question is brought to you by AT&T.

• 20:40Mae Martin?

  I'm so excited about today's question asker. Today's asker is a food and drink writer whose books include The Seducer's Cookbook and The Man Who Ate Toronto. His new book, Acquired Tastes: The Lives and Recipes of Eight Culinary Ambassadors, which is also written by my mom and my brother, they all co-wrote it, is available now wherever you get your books. He's also a puppet maker and a puppeteer, and he happens to be my father. James Chaddo is asking today's question.

• 21:09Tig Notaro?

  Yeah.

• 21:12Mae Martin?

  James.

• 21:13Speaker 04

  Hello, handsome. This is May's dad, and I have a question for you. And this, this really is me talking not Pongo. My question is, have you ever had a meaningful conversation with something that is not actually alive? In its own right. That's my question.

• 21:35Fortune Feimster?

  That's my question.

• 21:36Tig Notaro?

  I just want to say, we have very different fathers.

• 21:41Fortune Feimster?

  Same, same.

• 21:44Fortune Feimster?

  My dad would be like, wait, what am I supposed to do?

• 21:46Tig Notaro?

  Wait.

• 21:47Fortune Feimster?

  You want me to ask what?

• 21:48Tig Notaro?

  You're my daughter.

• 21:49Fortune Feimster?

  You're my daughter. You're my daughter.

• 21:50Tig Notaro?

  I love you.

• 21:52Fortune Feimster?

  What am, wait, what is this? Okay.

• 21:55Mae Martin?

  He's pretty, he's pretty magic.

• 21:56Fortune Feimster?

  I also have a podcast.

• 22:00Mae Martin?

  I'm glad that you got to see the kind of puppet workshop that he has turned his, his room into this like, pretty magical Geppetto world. Pongo is a character he created who's an explorer monkey, who is like discovering new species in the jungle, like a half rabbit, half lizard, I think he found, but yeah. A magical guy.

• 22:26Fortune Feimster?

  His last name is Chado?

• 22:27Mae Martin?

  Yeah, weirdly, we all have different last names in my family.

• 22:30Fortune Feimster?

  Really?

• 22:31Mae Martin?

  Yeah, my mom was like a real feminist, gave me her last name, so I'm Mae Martin, so she's May.

• 22:37Tig Notaro?

  I'm sorry, you're Mae Martin?

• 22:39Mae Martin?

  Yeah.

• 22:41Fortune Feimster?

  I don't think I realized that was your mom's, uh, last name.

• 22:45Mae Martin?

  Yeah, and then, um, my brother, like, my, my dad's actual last name was Sproll, but, uh, he changed it to Chado because it's more like that was what his dad went by, Chado. And my brother was like, no, my official last name is Sproll, I'm gonna be Sproll, so that, yeah.

• 23:04Fortune Feimster?

  So everyone has a different last name? I've never heard of that.

• 23:08Mae Martin?

  Yeah.

• 23:08Tig Notaro?

  But wait, you and your mom do, though.

• 23:11Mae Martin?

  We have the same name, yeah, me and my mom.

• 23:12Fortune Feimster?

  Yeah, well, nevermind, I'll take it back.

• 23:15Tig Notaro?

  Yeah, well, May did mislead us, saying everyone in my family has a different last name. And then I sniffed out that that's actually not true.

• 23:22Fortune Feimster?

  That's true.

• 23:24Tig Notaro?

  Half of you have the exact same last name.

• 23:27Mae Martin?

  You're right, half of us have the same name, yeah.

• 23:29Tig Notaro?

  Yeah, yeah.

• 23:32Mae Martin?

  But I think I got confused because there's three out of four of us have a different name to, anyway.

• 23:40Tig Notaro?

  It still adds up, it still adds up to half of you.

• 23:45Fortune Feimster?

  This is also true.

• 23:47Tig Notaro?

  It's weird math.

• 23:48Fortune Feimster?

  It's complicated, but it's not.

• 23:50Tig Notaro?

  Yeah.

• 23:51Fortune Feimster?

  It listens.

• 23:51Tig Notaro?

  I'm not normally good at math, but I crunch these numbers. And I found, yeah.

• 23:58Fortune Feimster?

  Yeah.

• 23:59Tig Notaro?

  Found a glitch.

• 24:00Fortune Feimster?

  So your dad wrote a, your family wrote a book and it's about food.

• 24:04Mae Martin?

  This book just came out. So yeah, the past few years, they've been working on it. They just got really interested in the transmission of recipes across cultures, but they've tracked down like eight specific stories where you can trace a recipe to like one person, like one colorful character who like popularized, I don't know, like a certain type of dessert in, you know, Korea. But yeah, and so it's a really, if you're, if you're a foodie, if you're a history buff, it's very, very juicy. And yeah, all three of them wrote it. It's so amazing. Yeah.

• 24:40Tig Notaro?

  Juicy. I like your choice of words there. Yeah.

• 24:44Mae Martin?

  Yeah, very juicy.

• 24:45Tig Notaro?

  Food book.

• 24:46Fortune Feimster?

  Now, did they ask you at any point to contribute?

• 24:50Mae Martin?

  No.

• 24:50Tig Notaro?

  Yes, by promoting it on the podcast.

• 24:53Mae Martin?

  Yeah, that's true. That's my role. Yeah, yeah. They, I'm, I'm not as, they're, they're really academic and, and they're good at doing research and, uh, yeah. And my dad's a food writer. So yeah, but I did help, like, I took some of the photos in the book, um, that, that appear and then they would make the recipes in the kitchen and I would try them. Like there's the, the queen mother's flowerless chocolate cake and different things. Yeah.

• 25:19Fortune Feimster?

  Okay. Any vegan? Oh, probably not vegan.

• 25:25Mae Martin?

  Probably not. Well, yeah, there's a drink in there. I think there's a drink in there. Yeah.

• 25:31Tig Notaro?

  That will fill me up.

• 25:32Fortune Feimster?

  Well, I know this isn't in the book, but kudos to whoever thought about putting, uh, espresso on top of ice cream.

• 25:41Tig Notaro?

  Hmm.

• 25:41Mae Martin?

  Oh, yeah.

• 25:42Fortune Feimster?

  I had that today and it's delicious.

• 25:45Tig Notaro?

  Is that the first time you've had it?

• 25:47Fortune Feimster?

  No, it's one of my favorite desserts. Uh, it's called an affogato.

• 25:52Tig Notaro?

  Hmm.

• 25:53Mae Martin?

  Oh, I forgot about that.

• 25:54Tig Notaro?

  I forgot about how we talked about that.

• 25:58Mae Martin?

  You forgot about affogato?

• 25:59Fortune Feimster?

  Who invented that? But kudos to them.

• 26:02Tig Notaro?

  Cooters to them.

• 26:03Fortune Feimster?

  Cooters to them.

• 26:04Mae Martin?

  Cooter, cooters to that.

• 26:06Tig Notaro?

  I give this five.

• 26:07Mae Martin?

  So many cooters.

• 26:12Mae Martin?

  So my dad's question is, have you ever had a meaningful conversation with an inanimate object? Which, by the way, growing up, that was the world that he created. Like, yeah, talking, the eggs, he would make me eggs in the morning and as he lowered them into the boiling water, he'd make them scream and beg for their lives. He'd draw faces on them. Our car was definitely alive. My stuffed animals. Yeah. So this is prevalent for him. Well, right before the podcast, I asked Alexa, the device, I said, what's, what's it called when people talk to inanimate objects? And Alexa said, it's a sign of intelligence

• 26:55Mae Martin?

  and not weird. And she used those words. And not weird. So stop judging.

• 27:01Tig Notaro?

  Yeah. What's your problem, Mae Martin?

• 27:03Mae Martin?

  So have you, have you taken into your dad's, that's not the right word. Have you followed your dad's footsteps in doing this as well? I definitely feel things like, um, deep empathy for like, objects I'm throwing out. I'll suddenly feel like they're gonna be alone in the garbage and set like, I, yeah, or like a lamp will take on a, yeah. And I talked to the car, I guess. Yeah. I don't, I don't know that I've, I talked to myself, like I was playing foosball the other day. You are alive, though.

• 27:39Tig Notaro?

  Yeah.

• 27:40Mae Martin?

  Yeah, I'm alive. I'm alive. Yeah, you're right. This house.

• 27:44Speaker 00

  On a dicey hill.

• 27:46Mae Martin?

  Oh, you know what I do? If I'm with a kid and they bump their knee or they, or they trip over something, I'll, if they're crying and hysterical, I'll, I'll say, excuse me, I need to have a word with that, that object. And I'll go and so that they can hear, I'll be like, how dare you to the stool or whatever they hit themselves on. And it's good. It'll like distract them.

• 28:08Tig Notaro?

  That's what I used to do as well.

• 28:11Mae Martin?

  I love doing that. I mean, people fully get married to inanimate objects. There's, okay, I have a list of a couple of people who have married objects. Maybe you could, maybe some of these will tickle your fancy.

• 28:24Tig Notaro?

  Are they from the comedy community?

• 28:26Mae Martin?

  Oh my God, imagine. Um, okay, Erica Eiffel. Can you guess who she's married to?

• 28:34Tig Notaro?

  Eiffel Tower.

• 28:35Fortune Feimster?

  Eiffel Tower.

• 28:36Mae Martin?

  The Eiffel Tower, and she took the name. She married the Eiffel Tower in 2007, and she previously had a relationship with-

• 28:42Fortune Feimster?

  I didn't know this last name was Tower.

• 28:43Mae Martin?

  I know. Yeah, you're right.

• 28:49Tig Notaro?

  And what is her first name?

• 28:51Mae Martin?

  Erica.

• 28:52Tig Notaro?

  Erica Tower.

• 28:53Fortune Feimster?

  Obviously.

• 28:55Tig Notaro?

  Erica.

• 28:55Mae Martin?

  Yeah, Erica Tower is really good.

• 29:02Mae Martin?

  Um, we've got Carol Santa Fe married the Santa Fe Train Station in 2015, which she considers a female entity named Deidra. Linda-

• 29:15Tig Notaro?

  Wish them all the happiness.

• 29:16Fortune Feimster?

  I wonder if they're paying taxes.

• 29:17Mae Martin?

  Me too. Linda Duck married a Ferris wheel that she named Bruce in 2012 after dating him for 30 years.

• 29:25Tig Notaro?

  What is the dating entail?

• 29:27Fortune Feimster?

  Yeah, talk about being afraid of commitment.

• 29:30Tig Notaro?

  So was she on a Ferris wheel by herself giggling as she went around?

• 29:35Fortune Feimster?

  With Bruce?

• 29:36Tig Notaro?

  You know, those, um, for those dates where people are on a Ferris wheel and they're like, ah!

• 29:42Fortune Feimster?

  Yeah, that reminds me, I took my, my mom's like crazy afraid of heights, and I took her on the Santa Monica Ferris wheel, and she was like, I don't know, I don't know if I'm gonna like this. I don't like heights. I'm like, oh, this is like, nothing. And she's like, okay. And then we get on the Ferris wheel, and as it starts to go up, she's like,

• 30:09Fortune Feimster?

  and then it starts to go around, and it comes back down, and you know, there's a long line of people. And so as it's coming down, she's like, and then she sees everyone, and she goes, and smiles really big for like, 10 seconds as we pass everyone. And as it goes back up, then she goes back and, and this went on for every time she would do this.

• 30:36Tig Notaro?

  That is hilarious.

• 30:38Fortune Feimster?

  Oh, my god.

• 30:41Fortune Feimster?

  And then-

• 30:43Tig Notaro?

  That's how I discipline, by the way.

• 30:46Mae Martin?

  Yeah.

• 30:46Tig Notaro?

  Yeah, just if if Max or Finn is out of line, I go, guys, huh uh.

• 30:53Mae Martin?

  Oh, that's pretty, that would strike fear into my heart, actually, as if you said it to me.

• 30:59Tig Notaro?

  It's it's it's it's also helpful because if things are like really bad and I go beyond, hey, guys, huh uh, um, then they know there's like a real serious issue, you know?

• 31:13Mae Martin?

  Yeah.

• 31:14Tig Notaro?

  Cause I don't really go beyond huh uh.

• 31:18Mae Martin?

  Yeah.

• 31:19Tig Notaro?

  Huh uh.

• 31:20Fortune Feimster?

  Yeah, that seems like it would be effective, for sure.

• 31:22Tig Notaro?

  My cousin in Mississippi was like, are you kidding me? That's how that's all you do is huh uh.

• 31:30Tig Notaro?

  Uh uh, guys, huh uh.

• 31:33Mae Martin?

  You should write a parenting book called uh uh and it's

• 31:37Tig Notaro?

  Well, it's huh uh.

• 31:38Mae Martin?

  It's really short.

• 31:39Fortune Feimster?

  Huh uh.

• 31:40Tig Notaro?

  Huh uh.

• 31:40Mae Martin?

  Huh uh.

• 31:41Tig Notaro?

  Hey, guys, huh uh. Huh uh. Huh uh.

• 31:45Fortune Feimster?

  That works for anything in life, really. If anybody is doing something you're not into, you're just like, huh uh.

• 31:51Tig Notaro?

  Hey.

• 31:51Mae Martin?

  Yeah.

• 31:52Fortune Feimster?

  Yeah.

• 31:53Mae Martin?

  You should go do that to the the builders in your house. Hey, guys.

• 31:57Fortune Feimster?

  Hey, guys. Uh uh, not right now.

• 32:02Mae Martin?

  If you had to have a romantic relationship with an object in your house, is there anyone you've been flirting with? Any chemistry with any of those?

• 32:12Fortune Feimster?

  Probably my tub.

• 32:14Mae Martin?

  Totally tub.

• 32:15Fortune Feimster?

  Cause we're already, you know, tens out there. We're already tens out.

• 32:20Mae Martin?

  Yeah.

• 32:20Fortune Feimster?

  And it's holding me. I'm in water.

• 32:23Mae Martin?

  So I'm wet.

• 32:24Tig Notaro?

  You feel held.

• 32:29Tig Notaro?

  Hey, fortune, huh uh.

• 32:33Fortune Feimster?

  It's big enough to fit me in it. It keeps me, I think I would go tub, yeah.

• 32:39Tig Notaro?

  I'm, I think bed for me. Yeah. Just, uh, yeah, I'm in love, I'm, I'm in love with my bed.

• 32:49Fortune Feimster?

  I don't have a lot of conversations with inanimate objects, really. I don't think that's my thing. But as I think about it, I mean, I have had that experience. Uh, the only thing I think of is going to the cemetery. I'm, you know, in my mind, I'm talking to my grandmother. So my mind tells me this is a being. But I'm technically talking to a tombstone in the ground.

• 33:15Tig Notaro?

  Yes.

• 33:16Mae Martin?

  Yeah. So. Yeah, that counts a little, I guess, yeah.

• 33:20Fortune Feimster?

  Yeah, so I feel like in that case, I am just talking to the ground. Yes, her body is in there, but you know.

• 33:28Tig Notaro?

  Yeah.

• 33:29Fortune Feimster?

  It's the ground.

• 33:30Tig Notaro?

  She's all ears.

• 33:31Fortune Feimster?

  Mm hmm.

• 33:32Tig Notaro?

  Yeah.

• 33:33Mae Martin?

  I bet there's studies, though, where like even, yeah, even talking to a, a wall would be better than talking to no one. Cause you're, yeah, you're speaking out loud, you're processing things.

• 33:45Tig Notaro?

  Getting it out of your system.

• 33:46Fortune Feimster?

  Stuff out.

• 33:47Mae Martin?

  Yeah.

• 33:48Fortune Feimster?

  I mean, this is a, a being that's very much alive, but I talked to Big, when I'm with Biggie, I talk to him all the time.

• 33:56Tig Notaro?

  Sure.

• 33:57Mae Martin?

  Very much alive. And, yeah, yeah.

• 34:00Tig Notaro?

  Even though his eyes aren't.

• 34:02Mae Martin?

  Yeah.

• 34:07Fortune Feimster?

  Which I just posted pictures of him a few weeks ago and everyone says his eyes are full of life. Twinkling.

• 34:14Tig Notaro?

  Full of life. Well, I, um, I talked a lot to my monkey Zip when I was little. I mean, that, aside from my cat, that was my best friend, my stuffed animal, uh, Zip. He got an ear load from me.

• 34:34Tig Notaro?

  Just, um, processing life.

• 34:37Mae Martin?

  I was thinking, I know how Max and Finn weren't that interested in Zip when you passed him on.

• 34:43Tig Notaro?

  Not at all. Not even just that into it. Just zero.

• 34:47Fortune Feimster?

  Like, what's this raggedy ass?

• 34:49Tig Notaro?

  Yeah.

• 34:50Fortune Feimster?

  Stuffed animal.

• 34:51Mae Martin?

  I don't, well, if you ever feel like you want him to be in a loving home where he'll get lots of, like, I will, I'll, I'll take him.

• 34:59Tig Notaro?

  You'll care for him?

• 35:01Fortune Feimster?

  Really?

• 35:01Mae Martin?

  I'll talk to him.

• 35:02Tig Notaro?

  Yeah, nobody's talked to him in years.

• 35:03Fortune Feimster?

  Oh, I think May might need to have a visit.

• 35:06Mae Martin?

  He could meet my bear Malcolm and they could chat. Yeah.

• 35:09Tig Notaro?

  He could come over and like spend a long weekend with you.

• 35:13Mae Martin?

  Yeah.

• 35:13Tig Notaro?

  You know, have a little, um, slumber party with May and, um, what's it? Malcolm?

• 35:19Mae Martin?

  Malcolm. Yeah, yeah.

• 35:20Tig Notaro?

  Uh huh. And I, you know, this is kind of similar, but not, I remember, you know, when my mother and stepfather passed away, like, once they were, um, no longer actually alive, I had, um, I had some, some of those moments of, phew, you know?

• 35:40Mae Martin?

  Yeah.

• 35:42Tig Notaro?

  Yeah.

• 35:42Mae Martin?

  Yeah.

• 35:43Tig Notaro?

  And I've, I've done the graveyard thing, talking, talking to, to, talking to tombstones and.

• 35:48Fortune Feimster?

  Yeah. I've talked to the TV.

• 35:51Mae Martin?

  Oh, really?

• 35:52Fortune Feimster?

  Yeah.

• 35:53Tig Notaro?

  Sure.

• 35:53Fortune Feimster?

  You don't ever talk to the TV?

• 35:55Tig Notaro?

  Go team is what I usually yell.

• 35:57Mae Martin?

  Right.

• 35:57Fortune Feimster?

  I can't believe it.

• 35:58Mae Martin?

  What?

• 36:00Tig Notaro?

  So you're watching the news?

• 36:03Mae Martin?

  No, usually that's sports. No, that's Golden Girls.

• 36:08Fortune Feimster?

  I can't believe it. What?

• 36:09Mae Martin?

  I can't believe it.

• 36:10Fortune Feimster?

  But yeah, I think, I think your, your dad being a guy that has created a world of puppets, this definitely tracks for him.

• 36:20Tig Notaro?

  Oh, and tracks for who May is. I mean, I cannot even express enough, like, watching that video and hearing his voice and, and just, um, it, it's like, you can't deny that that is your pops.

• 36:35Mae Martin?

  Mm hmm. I know. We look the same, I think. We have the same mannerisms. I do also, I do have a lot of my mom's mannerisms as well. But, um, Yeah, my dad always puts his finger on his mouth like this and I noticed I do that a lot too.

• 36:50Fortune Feimster?

  Hmm.

• 36:51Mae Martin?

  Yeah, but he, I mean, when he's cooking, there's a constant stream of like, it's like movie quotes, like Alec Guinness quotes or like Peter Sellers or Lord of the Rings, like his, his mind is a radio and he, and sometimes just random things. And I think I get that a little like, I was playing foosball yesterday with Matt and so clearly in my head, like Matt scored a goal and in my head I heard, "Two can play at that game, Peter." And it was like someone else had said it. I was, but my dad will say it out loud, whereas also I'll keep it in.

• 37:28Fortune Feimster?

  Yeah.

• 37:28Tig Notaro?

  Yeah, yeah, yeah.

• 37:29Mae Martin?

  Should we hear his answer?

• 37:31Fortune Feimster?

  Yeah, yeah, please.

• 37:34Speaker 04

  Obviously, I have had many meaningful conversations with inanimate, well, semi-inanimate creatures.

• 37:46Tig Notaro?

  Was that your mother or you?

• 37:48Mae Martin?

  That was me.

• 37:50Tig Notaro?

  That was you?

• 37:51Mae Martin?

  Yeah, yeah.

• 37:52Tig Notaro?

  And so that was it. He just said, I have.

• 37:55Mae Martin?

  I know. He didn't go into detail. I think it's because the implication is like, he's constantly.

• 38:01Tig Notaro?

  It was kind of similar to the vibe of, "Have you ever thought of making a cookbook?"

• 38:08Mae Martin?

  Yeah. And then what was her answer?

• 38:11Fortune Feimster?

  Cyndi Lauper.

• 38:12Tig Notaro?

  Oh, yeah.

• 38:12Mae Martin?

  And then her answer was like.

• 38:13Tig Notaro?

  Yes.

• 38:13Mae Martin?

  She's like, "Yes, yes."

• 38:15Tig Notaro?

  Bye.

• 38:18Tig Notaro?

  Oh, my God.

• 38:19Mae Martin?

  The main thing that happened in that, that answer was Pongo got irritated that he was referred to as inanimate.

• 38:26Fortune Feimster?

  Inanimate object, yeah.

• 38:27Mae Martin?

  Yeah.

• 38:28Tig Notaro?

  Of course, that's gotta sting.

• 38:30Fortune Feimster?

  Offensive.

• 38:31Tig Notaro?

  Yeah.

• 38:31Mae Martin?

  Totally.

• 38:32Fortune Feimster?

  Yeah.

• 38:33Tig Notaro?

  Well, luckily, no one listens to our show. Yes, what a treat.

• 38:38Fortune Feimster?

  What a treat to see your dad. And I love his cute puppets and his accent. I would do the accent, but you know, you guys know how that goes.

• 38:49Mae Martin?

  No, you're amazing at it.

• 38:51Fortune Feimster?

  Not well, no.

• 38:52Tig Notaro?

  Not well. Unless you do Australian.

• 38:55Mae Martin?

  Australian.

• 38:57Fortune Feimster?

  That was pretty Scottish.

• 39:00Mae Martin?

  That's Scottish.

• 39:02Tig Notaro?

  Well, anyway. This was a wonderful episode. Jennifer Loeb is. Great to see you guys.

• 39:07Mae Martin?

  No. No, no. Rice blades.

• 39:13Tig Notaro?

  We are trying to move some books for James. So everyone join in and treat yourself to this wonderful. So such an interesting book to write.

• 39:26Mae Martin?

  Mm hmm.

• 39:27Tig Notaro?

  I must say. And they're high quality and they're they're wonderful for your own bookshelf or your loved ones.

• 39:37Mae Martin?

  Yeah.

• 39:38Fortune Feimster?

  Coffee table.

• 39:38Tig Notaro?

  Oh, yeah, I'm not saying you have to have it on a shelf, May. I'm just saying.

• 39:42Mae Martin?

  No, never.

• 39:43Tig Notaro?

  Yeah, wherever you want to put the thing. Just get it. You're not going to regret it. Get it.

• 39:48Mae Martin?

  It's good, especially if you want like interesting trivia you can bring up in conversations. So there's some very good stories in there.

• 39:54Tig Notaro?

  Oh, my gosh, yes.

• 39:55Fortune Feimster?

  You'll get all kinds of facts.

• 39:57Mae Martin?

  Yeah.

• 40:00Tig Notaro?

  Okay.

• 40:01Fortune Feimster?

  Family fact.

• 40:02Mae Martin?

  What do you guys have coming up? I the only thing I have is June 10th, I'm at Largo back in LA doing a big fun show with friends. But what about you guys?

• 40:12Fortune Feimster?

  Well, starting May 28th, I'm on my European tour, Berlin, Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen, London, and Dublin. And then I'm back in the States in mid June in Rochester, Minnesota, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Omaha, Portland, Maine, and Detroit.

• 40:29Tig Notaro?

  I am also touring around. I'm hitting all these minor markets and sometimes, you know what? I've been throwing an extra show in. I didn't think I was going to do that this tour, but I have been having a grand old time. And I'm going to be in Albany, New York, Peekskill, New York, Clayton, New York, Rochester, New York, Kalispell, Montana. It goes on and on. Go to tignotaro.com to get all.

• 40:56Tig Notaro?

  Of my show information and um, yeah, I don't know what else to tell you.

• 41:03Fortune Feimster?

  I think that sounds great.

• 41:05Tig Notaro?

  I know what to tell you.

• 41:06Fortune Feimster?

  What?

• 41:07Tig Notaro?

  Rate, review, and subscribe to Handsome. And also, um, don't forget we're on Hulu. We're also on YouTube. Um, subscribe there. Share a favorite episode with a friend and help us build the community.

• 41:21Fortune Feimster?

  And get your, um, handsome merch at handsomepod.com. We have tons of fun shirts and hats and all that good stuff.

• 41:30Tig Notaro?

  Oh, yeah.

• 41:30Fortune Feimster?

  And there, uh, there's a lot of variety.

• 41:33Tig Notaro?

  There really is.

• 41:34Fortune Feimster?

  Summer stuff. Yeah. Nice sleeveless tops for summer, I think.

• 41:38Tig Notaro?

  Yeah. Sleeveless bottoms too. Um, and until next time.

• 41:43Fortune Feimster?

  Keep it handsome.

• 41:47Tig Notaro?

  Handsome is hosted by me, Tig Notaro, Mae Martin, and Fortune Feimster. The show is produced, recorded, and edited by Thomas Willett. Email us at [email protected]. Follow us on social media @handsomepod.

• 42:05Fortune Feimster?

  What a podcast.

• 42:11Speaker 00

  That was a HeadGum Podcast.

• 42:14Speaker 05

  What's going on? It's Lamorne Morris.

• 42:16Speaker 06

  And Hannah Simone.

• 42:17Speaker 05

  And we host The Mess Around, a New Girl rewatch podcast on HeadGum. Now, here's the thing. Every single week, we chat about an episode of New Girl, and we really get into it. Like, we get up in there. We get up in there. You know, we reminisce about our times on set. We share behind the scenes tea. We react to rewatching episodes that we haven't seen in years. We talk about how Jake Johnson is dogged.

• 42:38Speaker 06

  That's not true. We talk about so many memories we have of working with the biggest stars on the planet. I'm talking Prince, Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo.

• 42:51Speaker 05

  We're just two BFFs having a good old time, okay? Sometimes we even talk to other co-stars like Zooey Deschanel, Jake Johnson, Max Greenfield, and Damon Wayans Jr., and your dad. We talk to your dad on this show as well.

• 43:02Speaker 06

  Make sure you subscribe to The Mess Around wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes drop every single Tuesday.