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Chattin' with friends on the Handsome Pod Chattin' with friends on the Handsome Pod Cheers! Hi, it's your friend Tig! And me, Mae Martin And it's Fortune! Welcome to the Handsome Pod Yes, welcome Guys You guys Good to see ya And I, you And us, we
may's got some sweet digs i moved to a different airbnb yeah it looks fun i've already seen it because may and i did um pretty little episodes well that's right yeah yeah i like the vibe this is old news yeah let's just say tick knows her way around my new place hello hello tell me more that's really all
That's it. That's the end of the story. I like the floating staircase and the natural light. Yes, exactly. It's fresh. It's bright. It's optimistic. It's a step in the right direction. New B&B, new you. Exactly. That's our motto, right? Yeah. And T, you're back in LA? I am, just for a beat.
And then I'll be back in Toronto. I've kind of bounced back and forth here and there. Well, that's good that you can go home and see your family and stuff. Yes. Yes. Yes. You sound like your cat for a second. Yes. Yes.
Kitty City, I'm sure is happy to have you. They are. They're very happy. Marching around behind their captain once more. Guys, I know we talked about the coincidence of 9-26 on the pod before and today is September 26. So I just want to flag that if anything weird is happening for you guys. Wait, wow. Has anything weird happened? No, everything's good for me. I'm finally home after five months.
Oh, man. Yeah. Where did you go again? I went to Europe for three weeks. We filmed in Prague. I had a couple of days in Greece. Oh, yeah. And we went to Oktoberfest with Arnold in Munich. Oh, yeah. I got to hear about that. How beautiful was Prague? It was so beautiful. All of it was beautiful.
I mean, I think Prague is one of the most beautiful places. Yeah, it's really cool. Well, we went, we got there on like their last day of summer. It was so hot and we were having Aperol spritzes on the roof and watched the beautiful water and bridge. And the next day it like was full on fall, overcast, rainy.
That's kind of cozy in Prague, though. In Europe, you kind of want it to be cozy. You know, maybe there's a creepy monk in a church. A creepy monk. It does have medieval buildings. Yeah, yeah. And a feel to it. So it was sweater weather. What was Arnold like at Oktoberfest? Was he just in his element? Like, what was he like?
Oh, yeah. We bought lederhosen and Jax wore a drundle. Drundle? Drundle? Whatever the German dress is where the boobies pop out. Oh, a fortune. And we had big beer steins. I had a wine spritzer. I didn't drink beer. Well, you're a pretty little lady.
lady i'm a pretty little lady am i but it was still served in a giant stein do you not like beer no i'm not a beer gal a stein is like a big um a giant goblet goblet yeah different to the thing he you know that grows on your eye he can't walk two feet in europe without 50 people descending upon him like immediately
Would you like it if that was the case with you? No. I was just like, how would I feel about that? I don't want that. I think I'd like it. You would? I just am, you know... I need a boost. Just from watching it from people like him, I saw it with Sandler, these other big stars. It doesn't look that appealing to me. I like people knowing my work and wanting to come see my shows and I like that level of it. But...
But, I mean, people camped out at our hotel all day, all night to just catch him for two seconds. Not to see me. I think I'd be too, like in the version in my head, I'm like, people are kind of casually joining me on the sidewalk as I walk. And I'm like, come on, guys. And then everybody starts following me until it's like a parade. But we're all like, fine.
Like then we all go party. Yeah. It's more aggressive than that. Right. It wouldn't be like that. It would be more like all these people were like losing their minds. You know what? I went into a clothing store a few weeks ago and I was meaning to tell you both about this. Yeah. Why didn't you tell us immediately? Well, I wish the story picked up, but that's the end. I just I went shopping one day.
No, I walk in and this woman behind the counter, she said, oh,
And I was like, what? And she said, my husband is such a fan of handsome. No way. I was not expecting that curveball. Yeah, that's amazing. She didn't even, she wasn't like, and I think you're funny too, or I've heard it and I love it. But she was just like, I can't wait to tell my husband.
That's so funny. I won't rest until someone says, oh my God, my grandpa loves handsome. I want a grandpa. And we love grandpas. Yes, we do. Yeah, write in if you are a grandpa and you cannot get enough of this handsome crew. You're handsome.
You handsome pot, I love you. Guys, I do have a surprise. Oh, what is the surprise? Should I do it now? I mean, the world is your oyster, my friend. No time like the present. Does it involve the guitar behind you? No, I wish. Does it involve the green couch? Wait, speaking of green, I have to tell you one other thing. Please. When I was at the airport flying from LA to Toronto, I'm going through security.
And they flagged my suitcase. Yeah. And they're rifling through it. And the woman said, is green your favorite color? And I said, it is. I said, why do you ask? And she said, well, your suitcase is green and your whole outfit's green and your shoes are green. Oh,
Oh, my God. I didn't even notice that. I had on a green winter coat that I was bringing to Toronto, green camo pants, green suitcase. That's funny. I like that she's making those observations. I've never had that. I told her. I was like, I'm so impressed.
that you know that she was like well i mean your head to toe and green and your suitcase and i truly my response was like yeah how did you know anyway it's so ridiculous what would they say if they opened your luggage fortune um i don't have anything just big old ponties to be like our hamid and ponties these are some big ponties and i'd say well i'm a big girl
That's what I said. I said to Arnold, I said, yeah, big guy. And he goes, yeah, big girl. I go, no, no, no, no. It doesn't translate. What did he say? He was like confused because, you know, it's very literal for him with language.
And he's just like, oh, okay. Well, to each their own. I need to grab a pen for the surprise. Do you mind? Are we playing a game? Not at all. I'm so sorry. Whatever it takes for a surprise. We can cut it out if we want. I'm just going to grab a pen. Why would we cut this out? And I do want to remind people, it's very important that not all surprises...
are positive. - Mm-hmm. - You know? People can be like, "Hey--" - This could be a negative surprise. - Yeah. This could be really bad news. May is barefoot if you have a foot fetish. Hello and welcome back.
Okay, I've grabbed, actually, Tig, it's a green pencil crayon. Oh, it came full circle on September 26th. Okay, so Tig, you probably won't remember us saying... And I'm wearing a dark green shirt. Oh, yeah, you are. Thomas is wearing pea green. I have a fake green plant behind me, as you know. Guys, stay on point. Okay, okay, sorry, sorry. I might remember what?
um you you won't remember probably us saying this on on the podcast but we for sure fortune has never done an ad lib do you remember this oh oh yes kind of yes i do remember that yeah i forgot what an ad lib is already well we're gonna find out because guess what i got one okay are you pumped is this a good enough surprise i'm so pumped
I'm as pumped as I ever get. Yeah. So how it works, Fortune, is I'll ask you for words, and then I'll plug them into a story, and then we'll read the story to hilarious effect. Okay. Okay. So first of all, could I have an adjective? Happy? Happy, okay. Could I also have another adjective? Any old adjective.
I really did imagine this being a lot more electric. Stinky is good. Stinky is really good. Not only is that good, it's the correct answer. Could I have a type of bird? A cardinal. Great. And a room in a house? A kitchen. Okay. I don't get to play?
Oh, yeah. Sorry. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Sorry, Tig. Tig. I mean, I don't really like games too much. I don't get to play this game. No, but of course you should be involved. Tig, a verb in the past tense. I don't know what a verb is. Like an action word. Yeah. I don't know what action. Ran. No. Let's see. Past tense. Past tense verb. Hopped.
Oh, great. Good one. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you, Fortune. Don't forget that double P so it's not hoped. Fortune, thank you. Thank you so much for flagging that. Yeah. Also, if you're listening, you can play along at home. Also, thank you for letting me play. Of course. Tig, I'll get another one from you.
A verb, another verb, but present tense. Present tense. Skip. A name, a name. What do you mean a name? Like of first and last. Of a person? Yeah. Elvis Presley. A noun. Church?
Great. Sorry, Fortune. I've really taken over. I wonder if there's any like psychoanalysts listening to this being like so interesting that they went with church. I think there's a lot of psychoanalyst grandpas listening. I think so too. A liquid. Should we say pee? I was going to say urine. Great. I was going to say water, but it's all relative. Okay. A verb ending in ing. Laughing. Okay.
So innocent. I feel like I should have. Fortune's like happy, laughing. I know. Really sweet ones from you. Yeah. I'm going filth in my mind. Yeah. Got to. Okay. We got three left. Tig, a part of the body. Plural. Plural. Yeah. What was that, Fortune? Butthole. Butthole.
That's not plural. No, no, no, but Tig has the answers, though. Would it be buttholes? Yeah, it would. Okay, let's go with that. Plural noun. Cars? These are really, really above board. Cars, yeah. Oh, do we want it dirtier? I think so. Oh, we're trying to do something funny, Fortune. So then let's scratch cars. Okay, yeah, yeah.
Sex wings. Sex wings. Yeah, great. Fortune's doing this like a third grader. Lollipop. Glad. Puppy. Glad. Puppy. Lollipop. Sorry. My head's not in the gutter yet. A verb ending in I-N-G. Tig, since you are so rated R, what do you got? No, you do your little dorky contribution.
I was going to say fingering, but that feels like two. No, that's good. Okay. Yeah, we got sex, wings, and fingering. It's picking up. And puppies. Oh, and a noun. A noun, so puppy? Your turn, Tig. Pony. Okay, okay, we're done. It's been a long time. I haven't done a Mad Lib also since childhood, so...
I have no idea if this will be good. You went and bought this? To be honest, Thomas Googled it and sent it to me. Oh, okay. Okay, ready? Yeah. It was a happy, cold November day. I woke up to the stinky...
I like it already. I think I like Mad Libs. Thank you. Oh, I woke up to this. The stinky smell of Cardinal roasting in the kitchen downstairs. Oh, go on. I hopped down the stairs to see if I could help skip the dinner. My mom said, see if Elvis Presley needs a fresh church. So...
I need to get these for Max and Finn. See if Elvis Presley needs a fresh church. I lost my spot. It doesn't matter. So I carried a tray of glasses full of pee into the laughing room. When I got there, I couldn't believe my buttholes went.
buttholes thomas is chuckling i couldn't believe i couldn't believe my buttholes i couldn't believe that would be such a fun thing to casually say that you have to or multiple like oh my buttholes i couldn't believe my buttholes okay um
And this is the final sentence and it's a real doozy and I'm really proud of us. The final sentence is, so it's, I couldn't believe my buttholes. There were sex wings fingering on the pony. Yes. Mm-hmm.
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I just immediately thought, I can't get this for Max and Finn. And then I realized, oh, they wouldn't say sex swing or anything like that. Do you think they'd go PG? They'd be like... Well, no, because they also... You know that TV show? They used to love that cartoon when they were little, the cartoon Peppa Pig. Yeah. Peppa is a little English pig, and they loved it. And then as they got older, like when they turned six...
They started looking up this version of Peppa Pig on YouTube where somebody voices over
and says the most outrageous, weird stuff. Oh, my God. And they laughed so hard. It was funny. It was like Mad Libs. They would just interject a weird word in the middle of things. That was funny. That was kind of when Stephanie and I weren't totally hip to...
what you they were well yeah that they were that they were accessing youtube on our on our tv and like upstairs we call it the chill out room and so we were like what you guys can't just be going on youtube and listening to weird raunchy peppy yeah i bet they'd do they'd be great at mad lives because they have like esoteric knowledge they'd like i feel like they'd put in sort of weird pokemon or baseball words that would be very funny you know what they're really into now what
Two new things. They're obsessed with golf. And I mean, obsessed, like get up at six in the morning and they want to go to the course. And they also every night.
play poker with their grandfather. I love that. Like online or in person? In person. They have their little chips and they play poker for about an hour before they go to bed. And I don't know if we are good parents or not. I want to get in on that game so badly. Man, I could do Mad Libs all the live long day. That was really joyous. What a treat. I've had enough. You
you've had enough okay cool cool i was kind of hoping that you would you would say that i could do one and we'd do one more where i could do it but i to be honest it would be overkill we've already we got we had couldn't believe my buttholes we're not gonna talk couldn't believe my buttholes is the phrase of the day yeah there's no way to top that yeah i really thought you were gonna play some kind of song with your guitar just
hanging about willy-nilly no i think i i know what it would be like anytime i've tried to improvise a song on this podcast and we kind of go around and then it gets to me i really let the side down we know that's true when it's like an improvised rap or something oh i don't think you've let us down ever no you nail it in a in a different kind of way that in an abstract way that brings us
Joy. Thank you. I saw the Indigo Girls the other night. Oh, shit. How was that? Amazing. They're incredible. I always love watching them. Amy. I always say Amy Rae because how do you just want to say Amy when you can say Amy Rae? Yeah. Listens to Handsome. No way. Emily doesn't?
Emily, I think does, but I think Amy, Amy's a big fan. Amy talked about it. We just, Emily and I just didn't talk about it, but I think Emily does. But Amy was like, I feel like I know you guys just from listening to the podcast. That's so nice. I feel like people do. I was really shocked by the response to the bear video discussion online. People were really invested in the bear video and the bear poem and,
Poem. Poem. I do have sort of an update. Yeah, give it to us. I think I vaguely updated you that after viewing the video... Yeah, after viewing the video...
My world imploded. And so I became obsessed with the fact that I've been cursed by the video and that my dread was correct. All of the omens were correct. And now I've opened up. What are you talking about? Okay. So I don't know if you remember the bear video, right? I do. I do. So you were watching it. May was worried that there would be a curse that came with watching the bear video. Yeah. And remember, I wrote the poem, The Computer Shut Down. Poem. Poem.
And then I eventually did watch the video, which I don't know if we have talked about that. We did talk about it. Yeah. Yeah.
And then I've been feeling like something weird is going on since I knew maybe it's a self-fulfilling prophecy. But since the bear video, things are weird. May's world imploded. My world imploded. So my friend mentioned the bear video to a friend of hers who is this Italian woman and her 50s, very spiritual woman. And she was like, OK, yeah.
I'm going to do a malocchio on you. Tig, you of Italian, you know what this is? Notaro. Notaro.
A molecular. A meatball. Meatball molecular. That's a spaghetti. That's Polish. It's a curse to undo a curse. Like she's going to break the curse. Oh, you're going to get double cursed. No, no. No, no, no. Do not say that, Fortune. No, double curse like they cancel each other out. Yeah, yeah. Kind of cursed. I don't know. I've been quadruple cursed and nothing got canceled out. Oh.
Oh Christ. Well, she did the spell yesterday and she was texting me. She's like, first of all, do you have an orange in the house? I was like, yeah. She's like, throw it out. Throw it out. Right away.
I was like, okay. So I threw the orange out. She goes. Wait, you're on the phone with her? I love that people like this can just say whatever. Exactly. And you're like. What did she charge? What did she charge for you throwing an orange in a trash can? First one's free, Tig. It was free. First one's free. She was very invested in the story. And she said, it sounds very much like you've been cursed by the bear video. By the bear video? Really? Yeah.
Yeah, man. By the bear video. I'm willing to watch this bear video. I don't want anything to do with it. Don't risk it. Hey, I've got oranges that I could just toss out like nobody's fit. I'm not even into oranges. I don't even care. Could you technically have turned that orange into orange juice or you just had to get rid of all of it? Fortune. Interesting. Great question. I think it had to be out of my vicinity. Okay, so we toss the orange. Did you throw it out of a window? No.
No, I threw it right in the garbage outside. Outside, okay. Got rid of the orange. And you had no questions. She's just like, oh my God, get the orange out of your house. You're like, absolutely. Right away, yeah. She felt cursed, so at this point, you're willing to do whatever. Sure, yeah. Also, it's 9.26, and this was late last night, so I'm like, this is auspicious. This is interesting. And then...
She says do you have some salt and I'm like, yeah, she's like put in your pocket. I'm like, of course What do you mean like you put a salt shaker in your pocket or you pinch? Just a pinch of salt pinch of salt in the pocket and it goes and she says okay You're gonna feel something. I won't tell you when I'm doing the maloq yo, she says you but you'll know and
You're going to feel grains of salt in your nether regions. And did you have any moment that you thought that maybe on her end of the phone, she's like covering her mouth laughing and saying to the friends, like they just threw the orange. These Americans and Canadians. Yeah.
These are mainly through voice note we're communicating. She's like, fuck. She's like, this guy, Joe. She goes, you're telling me you're watching a video from a guy called Joe. She's like, no, you won't catch me watching a video from a guy called Joe. So I believe she has a commanding presence. Was this Joe from the Button Factory? Yeah, did you ask her about Joe from the Button Factory? No, but...
I could. I mean, this was Joe Driver. Next voice memo. Next Malokia. So she gets a bowl and she puts olive oil and water in it and she shows me a picture of it and it's chaos. Like,
Droplets of olive oil willy-nilly everywhere. And it looks crazy. She goes, this is bad. Oh, no. She goes, this is really bad. She goes, normally I would use three matches. But this time, she goes, it takes six matches. Six matches. She's going to burn her village down. She's putting the six matches, I guess, in the water. And this is oil? Olive oil in water with some salt. Oil and water don't mix. Yeah. You're not going to get...
you know, some smoothed out situation. It's going to be chaos if water's in oil. It's not going to gel. But after the six matches and the prayer. Well, let's wait. So she does the matches, puts in the bowl. She said if I was there, she would throw the matches at me. But I wasn't there. And you're still on the phone. This is a witch. Yeah, I know. It's a witch. It's a good witch. I think this is somebody that is maybe...
maybe pretending like she has some power. How did you meet this person again? Is this a Craigslist? Is this a friend of Craigslist? If I typed in how do you help me close the bear portal? It was a friend of a friend. I think I know who's friend it is. Who? Is this a thing? No, no, no. It's my friend Carolyn, but yeah, cut it out.
So she shows me the olive oil in the bowl after the six matches and the prayer. And the olive oil is neatly organized. It's almost become like this beautiful image. And she says, I can confirm there was a curse on you. It is now lifted. And she's like, it was bad. And I go, I know. I fucking know. I felt it. And she goes, have you been having headaches? I said, I have one today. And she said, it'll go. It'll be gone soon. That's usually how it works with headaches. Headaches.
Yeah, true. I don't want to poke holes in her thing she's got going here, but usually they go away. So if you're having a hard day, toss an orange out of the window, get a little pinch of salt in the pocket, put some boiling water in a bowl, and then light it on fire? I think so. It's going to go away. You're like...
And it did. Listen, I don't want to disrespect the malarkey at all. After Tylenol. Four hours later, it was gone. After extra strength Tylenol. So for the record, I'm making light of it, but I truly feel lighter. You seem lighter, I will tell you this.
Right? Yeah. And then also she said, well, listen, she's like, I did the Malochio. I want you to know I've passed on a photograph of you and the whole story to Zia Tia. She goes, let me tell you, Zia Tita. She goes, Zia Tita, one of the oldest people I know. And they call this woman the portal. And so Zia Tita. Does she know they call her that? I thought this was a TikTok personality. Yeah.
No, it's I think her aunt or something. And so this older woman is going to also do the spell for me. You have to have a double spell.
- Undoing of spells? Wow. - Yeah, I don't think that, I don't think Joe the driver meant-- - All from this bear video, what was your driver thinking, introducing this curse into your life? - It's a question for Joe, but I think he didn't mean to curse me. I think it's like the ring, like it cursed him and he had to pass it on and he didn't understand. - Oh, like he can't help himself. - I'm gonna start a side business doing this where I just am on the phone with strangers and I'm like-- - But she didn't recharge, Tig, so are you okay with not making money?
No, I'm going to charge. Oh, okay. Whatever she did, I think worked because you seem lighter. Your aura...
Seems clearer. This is the stuff I like to hear. I don't know if it's the natural light coming in through your windows. I feel like it was the Mad Libs, personally. The fact that you even had the energy to do a Mad Lib and Google how to do one tells me a lot. Yeah, that's true. I'm happy for you, my friend. I know you've had some energy issues.
Depletion. Dude, it's been an unexpected grieving period. But now I feel I do feel lighter. And I feel like maybe the bear needed to be witnessed. And now, oh, that was it. The final thing. She said, I got to do a painting of a bear. Yeah.
Well, of course, that's the natural thing that would. Yeah. She said, wait, have you done a painting of a bear yet? I said, no. Did you tell her you did a poem about the bear? Have you done a painting of a bear? You're like, well, of course. That was the first thing I did after I watched the video. Whether it's for me or someone I care about, nothing's better than jewelry when it comes to a gift to mark a milestone, make a statement, or just show your love for the people in your life, including yourself.
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You did a poem. I did. I told her about the poem. And the poem was long. Yeah. And she said, that's fine. And she said, delete any like pictures of the bear video or anything from your phone. But definitely draw a picture of it. Yeah. I'm going to paint one and maybe I'll send it to Thomas. We can post it. No, don't send it to Thomas. We don't want him to have anything to do with this bear. That's true. Except...
I'm going to, in the painting, I'm going to do a circle of salt. Or no, I'll do a little bit of salt in the bear's pocket and some olive oil. Bears don't have pockets. Oh, shit. Yeah. Do you know how I keep curses away? How? It's an ancient thing that was passed down through many. From who? Many Zetias. Yeah. You go circle, circle, circle.
Dot, dot. Dot, dot. Now I've got my cootie shot. Yeah. That's really powerful stuff. And you just say it. You don't have to go to a doctor for that shot? No, it was passed down for many generations. It's how you ward off curses and cooties. I feel like you're mocking. And you don't have to do anything with fruit. Tig, you think I'm mocking? I feel like you might be. This has kept me...
Why do you think I'm saying words like happy and skipping and laughing? What if a friend in the middle of a heaping load of turmoil or illness or something, and they go to Fortune, and Fortune says, circle, circle, dot, dot, dot, dot.
Now I've got my cootie shot. Now you've got your cootie shot. Like, can you give someone a cootie shot? Thank you. You know what cootie sounds like? What? Your favorite word. Cooter. Fortune. Fortune Marie.
I'm glad that you're on the upswing, Mae. Well, I hope that if there was any residual bear energy left over the pod, I've now cleared it. But now that we know you're better, we're very grateful. Look, just to clarify, I'm still deeply depressed. But I think the portal's closed. That's the most important thing.
Close your portals, everyone. Close your portals. Close your portals, okay? That's what she said. Get your cootie shots and close your portals. Close your portals. Close your portals. Portals being buttholes. I couldn't believe my buttholes. My portals were closed. I can't believe my buttholes. The only portal I'd like to open...
Fortune? Fortune? No, don't you go there. The only portal I'd like to open would be from our question asker of the day. That's right. Nice transition. Today's questioner is a stand-up comedian, host, and podcaster whose latest special, Someday You'll Die, is available to watch on Maxx.
She recently made huge waves, like ginormous, like one of those, she's been doing stand-up for a very long time, but had one of those career moments where like the entire, it felt like the entire world was watching the roast of Tom Brady. Yes. And she crushed it in a way that like the entire internet was like, holy shit, like
So she's on this huge wave of success. She's so funny. She was just announced as the host of the upcoming Golden Globes. No way. I didn't know that. She's killing it. She is very funny. A friend of the pod, Nikki Glaser, is asking today's question. Hey, handsome. It's Nikki Glaser. I love all three of you so much. I'm so excited that I get to do this. Okay, my question for you is,
is what is the best compliment you've ever received?
And I like this question because it allows you to brag a little bit, but you like have to brag so no one can be mad at you about it. And also it just encourages people to give more compliments because I think what we're going to learn is like the smallest little thing can really change how someone feels about themselves and like the trajectory of their life potentially. So I'm excited to hear your answers. And thanks. Nice. Nice.
Oh, man. Oh, my God.
Sabrina went to bed and me and Nikki stayed up for maybe six hours and just watching clips of Leonardo DiCaprio on YouTube. We were watching. Hilarious. It got to, you know, when you go into those YouTube holes, we were watching things like the trailer for Marvin's room, like things like that. And being like, yeah, that's a good one. And then we just, and then we wiped out. And then I think we all hung out the whole next day. It was really fun. But Nikki. Did you snuggle? Yeah. I was like, did any making out happen? I mean, I know Nikki straight, but.
Is anyone, I think I was angling probably. Figured. I figured you were. Were you really?
I think maybe I was a little bit, but honestly, we were both then, as soon as we started watching Leo, maybe that's what was creating the sort of- You both wanted Leo. We wanted Leo. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But that's maybe what was creating the energy in the room is we were watching just endless clips of Leo. But man, Nikki is so like funny bones funny. Yeah. So funny. I've known Nikki, I think since she was, I feel like maybe she was 19 or something. I met her on Last Comic Standing. Yeah.
Oh, no way. Yeah. And I just really enjoyed her. And, you know, I have to say about Nikki. What's that? Yeah, yeah, yeah. She's funny and everything and whatever. Tom Brady and whatever. She has such a great laugh.
Yeah, I love people who laugh. And she loves it when comedians make her laugh. Yeah. And I think I remember noticing that right away being drawn in by her laugh. Like I was like, I want to keep making her laugh. Yeah. You know what I mean? Yeah. She's got a really great laugh. She's a vegan. Oh, no way. Yeah. She's a vegan. She did a photo shoot where she was naked for PETA. No one's asked me to.
have a naked photo shoot but good for her i'm happy for her you still even though nobody's asking for it you still put it online of you in the shower what animal would you um would you use if you're because it's usually someone posing with the animal to hide your parts yeah like didn't jillian anderson do an eel or something like draped around her neck i might have made that up i i
Yeah, maybe that's in your fantasy. I think she had an eel. I don't even think Nikki had an animal in front of her. I think she was maybe covering herself. What of it? What was it, on a billboard? I don't know. It was like a campaign. I mean, she's everywhere right now. And I'm so happy for her because she's been doing this for so long and it's so funny. She is...
The girl about town right now, and it's so cool to see. Stephanie and I were laughing because Max and Finn came home from school one day, and Finn, this is like weeks after the roast, I think.
And Finn was like, what is the roast of Tom Brady? Like that is how big the roast of Tom Brady. I mean, obviously Finn is obsessed with sports. It was huge. Yeah. But the fact that he came home and was asking what that was.
I was like, wow, that must have been pretty big. Well, she's an incredible roaster. And she puts a lot of work into it. She practices for months. She does not phone it in. No, she's a hard worker. Yeah, Jax and I were watching the roast live. We were watching it live.
And she did her set and it felt like a gymnast routine. And the, and the person just did this incredible performance and like nailed the landing. And it was something in comedy. You don't get to see very often anymore. Cause there are very few live events that involve comedy.
Oh, it was like streaming live? Yeah, it was streaming live. So there was that pressure too. There was no editing. It was like, and she just hit every joke, every joke. Bam, bam. And it just got, it kept building and building and like, bam, bam. And I like immediately wrote her like, oh my God, that was like, it was, it was like watching a work of art. It was very impressive. I got to watch it. I get anxious in those roasts. I can't handle it. I can't do the roast myself. It's, there's.
it's so hard yeah would you get upset if someone roasted you I'd feel I wouldn't get upset I would know what they were gonna you can pretty much guess what people would say about you but it's probably not fun to hear everyone shitting on you yeah yeah I don't know it doesn't really speak to me um but um I do like ribbing and roasting people just one on one just casually yeah casually and I love when they do that to me but um
I can see you deadpan roasting people. Yeah. I think people would pay a lot of money to be one-on-one roasted by you. Okay. What are we talking? Maybe their loved ones. For your other side hustle. Yeah. So you're doing the malochios. Of course. And then also their loved ones can send you a file on them and you'll study up and then roast them one-on-one. Maybe I could join, what is that website where you pay to get videos? OnlyFans. Oh, Cameo. OnlyFans. OnlyFans. Yes. I'll be in a bikini. Okay.
Please get an OnlyFans. Oh, my God. Roasting people and doing molecules or whatever. Choose your own adventure. I'm all in. So from the ultimate roaster, she actually wants to know about compliments. Yeah, that's nice. So what's the best compliment you've ever got? It's interesting because I don't really, like I always appreciate it when someone compliments. I mean, obviously that is a nice thing to hear.
And I think it's, I've been trying to be better about complimenting people because like Nikki said, it is, it is nice to like, just kind of put that out into the world. Like you notice something that someone does that you enjoy and not,
taking the effort to tell them I think does go a long way. Yeah. A compliment doesn't necessarily stand out for me at the moment as far as like somebody that's told me something I do, but something that I'll never forget because it, I'm so obsessed with this person is that I interviewed Carol Burnett on my radio show during COVID times. So it was over the phone.
And she complimented my name. Did she mean to call you? She sure did. We interviewed her for about 30 minutes and I grew up like loving her, watching her reruns with, I would watch reruns of the Carol Burnett show with my grandmother. And she, my grandmother was a very buttoned up person and Carol Burnett
can make her laugh like nothing I'd ever seen. And I was like, who's this magical woman who has this effect on my grandmother? And she just means so much to me because I feel like I really, I didn't know how much of watching her was like, I was internalizing in my own comedy eventually. And so it's been my dream to meet her. I've never gotten to meet her in person. But I got to talk to her on the phone and she said, Fortune,
that's, that's such a lovely name. I really love that name. And then I got to tell her about my grandmother, loving her and watching her and that my grandmother, the fortune was a, my name, my grandmother wanted me to have. And I got to just tell her the origin of my name, fortune and,
And she was telling me that, you know, how special that was and what a cool thing that was. And so it was a little compliment, but it led to me getting to share something really important to me that I don't think my grandmother in a million years would have ever thought I would have had the opportunity to tell to someone like her. That's amazing. Yeah. Do you ever feel like you're conscious of the compliments you want people to pay you? So you're
altering your behavior? Like, like, tell us about this little insight into me. Well, because I'm show running right now, so I'm on set every day and you kind of feel like you're hosting a birthday party a little bit. Like there's a pressure to be super present and like it
keep morale up and like I noticed like because I would ask crew members like what's your what's the best experience you've had on a set and everyone like I'm in Canada right so everyone has worked on the same things and like 80% of the crew
and the cast were like Sarah Pauly, who's the Oscar nominated director. They were like, her sets are so great. She's such a good listener. And I was like, fucking Sarah Pauly. I got to get. So now I met her on the plane. I saw her on the plane to Toronto last year.
She's amazing. Yeah. Such an amazing person. So I, yeah. So then that made me think, okay, I got to be super. So I'm going up to every crew member. I'm like every background artist. I'm like, hey, great job today. And how's your uncle? Yeah, great. You're like, I hope they think this set is just like Sarah Pauly. Exactly. Exactly. But it did make it. I was like, oh, people really notice these little things. Oh, yeah. Yeah. I think, yeah, just taking the time to like,
say something nice to someone or notice something about someone and it'd be genuine like you know it's also helpful yeah
Or if you're trying to get compared to Sarah Pauly, that's fine too. I just had some, my, my best moment of the past few months in the bear portal was a coworker told me that I have Joshua Jackson energy. And let me tell you, Pacey from Dawson's Creek, I modeled my whole personality off of him. So I'm glad it's working. There you go. Nice. I feel good.
Same cast member told me I had mosquito energy, though. Oh, OK. Well, somewhere between there. Somewhere between a mosquito and Joshua Jackson. What about you, Tig? Oh, yeah, I have a very boring. I mean, I think telling this and hearing this will be a snooze fest.
Bring it on. Should we do it as a mad lib? Just pick some words. No, but when I tell this, maybe we can drop in the sound of somebody deeply snoring. But I'm embarrassed to say this, but it meant so much to me because it, I don't know, I'm sorry.
I'm embarrassed to share it. Well, it's happening. No, it's here. It's the safe space. It's so basic. And it's also... Okay. Stephanie, every now and then, she will just say to me when I'm sharing something with her, when we're sitting and talking, she'll say... And I think I'm also embarrassed to say this because like we were saying earlier, I like to rib people. I love when they rib me and I love that. But she'll just say...
You're so nice. And look, I'm not looking to be the nicest person in the world, but it's such a basic compliment that for some reason it means so much when Stephanie says it to me because she's obviously, I don't, I can't make any sense of it. But when Stephanie says, oh, you're so nice. I just think you're a nice person. I'm like, yeah.
Thank you. Like, I don't know why I like hearing that. And I guess, you know what? I've figured it out. I don't hear it a lot. Because I think that I have a weird personality in that I am dry. I'm deadpan. I rib people. I'm, you know, I come across in whatever guarded way. But I...
I'm not a perfect person, but I do think I am nice. You got a good heart. We've talked about it before. You're in a crisis. You're showing up for people. I will be there. I will be there. That makes sense then. Yeah, I think that is why, now that I think about it. Because I do not hear... People and I...
There are not people walking around the planet going, oh, my God, do you know who's so nice? Tig. Tig Notaro is so nice. That is not the word that would describe me. But side note, I do think I'm a nice person. And so when it comes from Stephanie, I can't make sense of it other than I think I don't hear it.
That makes sense. And I think, too, it's coming from someone who sees you dealing with many people. You know what I mean? There's not there's very few people in our life who are watching us deal with friends and business and relationship. And, you know, so many different facets of your life. So you're seeing someone who's commenting on that from seeing you deal with others.
all these different walks of life. Maybe it's that. That's nice. And that is nice. And, um, and maybe it's just that I, it's probably a mix, but I really, I'm, as I'm talking it through, um,
I do acknowledge that I just don't hear it ever except from Stephanie. I think because every time anyone's like if I talk about the podcast with friends and stuff, they always are just the word they describe for you is always hilarious and funny. That's always the words that come.
Which is flattering, too. It's it's very nice to hear. But, you know, but like funniness is not synonymous with kindness, like necessarily like it's not it's not a given. Right. So that is it's it must feel good to be like, oh, yeah, and I'm kind. Yeah.
Yeah, I don't I don't know. I don't know. It's specifically that nice like so many people hate that word. Exactly. And that's why I was like kind of stumbling over it. It's so overused. It's so it's a boring word. It's like, OK, I'm nice. Well, because when people use it for like when they're dating someone like they're nice. Everyone's like, oh, yeah, yeah. They're like synonymous with boring.
Like on Seinfeld, that would be a reason to break up with someone. She's too nice. Is that on an episode? No, but it just seems like it. Look at you show running Seinfeld. Yeah, did you not know that I show ran Seinfeld? All right, let's hear Nikki.
The best compliment I ever received was when I was playing field hockey my freshman year. My coach was pregnant, and her husband would come to all of our games and was really supportive. And he one time told me that he hopes his daughter is like me, like grows up to be like me. And I was like, but I'm so...
bad at field hockey and he was like oh god not your skills if it's field hockey god no he was like I remember being offended by him being like oh no he almost like threw up no I hope she's way more athletically inclined than you are but he was like I just want her to be a nice person like you are and I just was like that always meant so much to me that someone would uh want that so that's probably it
Or when someone told me I looked like Jennifer Lawrence when literally three-fourths of my face was covered with a mask during COVID. Also, I shouldn't have taken that as a compliment, but I did. All right. Look at that. From one nice person to the next. That's right. That's so funny. And she wasn't at all embarrassed to say that somebody said she was nice. And I was like, ugh.
This is the hardest thing I've ever said. Because I just really feel like my personality doesn't make sense with that word. I think it does. Really? The one I wanted to say that I went with like a jokey one, but the actual nicest compliment was Parv's daughter said that we were saying what animals we were. And then she said, you're like a willow tree because you protect us and you give good hugs. Oh.
oh isn't that nice yeah that was a nice one i think when a when a kid yeah because kids don't bullshit you know so when they say something nice yeah yeah yeah i did have some people tell me online that i have nice legs that meant a lot famously nice legs you got good sleep everybody's talking about those my gams everybody's so strong and i'm glad i'm
That someone noticed and cared, you guys. We don't see your legs a lot, me and Tig, because they're usually out of shot. I'm looking for them. Don't think I'm not always on the lookout for them. My gams are popping out of my jeans right now. You just can't see them. Yeah. What I was going to also say real quick to go back to Nikki Glaser is...
I feel like I said that to Stephanie about Nikki, that she was a nice person. Look at that. Yeah. Yeah. I had to bring that back around. So now she's been doubly complimented. Yeah. But it is. I feel like she's a, like an open person and engages with people with, uh, yeah.
You know, kind of everybody. Yeah. She seems pretty self-aware, too, which I like. She'll be like, here's what I think right now. I'll ask her a question about, what do you think about this? She's like, here's what I think right now. This could change at some point, but this is my initial thoughts. I'm like, you know. She's reasonable. Yeah. Reasonable. I think she's reasonable. A reasonable person. I like reasonable. I'm like the old grandpa that loves handsome. And she loves hanging out with her parents a lot.
Oh, yeah. She's got a good relation with those guys. Well, I encourage everyone to go out there and to compliment someone. If you see something about them you like or you notice something they do, like legs. Yeah. Or if they're nice. Nice.
If they're creating good vibes, tell them. Also, it's good to remember the nice things people say about you. It's so easy to focus on the negative and your internal voice becomes negative. But remember that field hockey coach. Well, I will say when Nikki asked this question, I had a hard time calling up compliments. Yeah. Even though I know I have gotten many compliments. Yeah.
And you keep track of them, like in a little book. Normally they're in a notebook somewhere. Yeah, yeah. Where that notebook is right now, I don't know. Okay, well, that's the end of the episode. We will definitely have to find this...
Notebook. This compliment book. Say some nice things to people. It will make their day, I promise you. And what you could do to make our day is to keep listening to our show here. Watch it on YouTube. Tell your friends. Rate and review is really important. And actually clicking subscribe and sharing your favorite episodes with friends and being like, come on in.
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It's true that I will be, but I forgot that it's a corporate or private gig, so...
Oh, no way. That's so funny. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. They'll have to see you another time. Well, I'm gonna eventually at some point be back in LA. So check out the Largo website. So I'm going to be there in November and December and Dynasty typewriter as well. Oh, yeah, I'm still doing comedy bar shows in Toronto and just having a grand old time working out my new material.
So come on down. If you come more than one time, you might hear the same material again. I'm working out new material. I have one last show for my Live, Laugh, Love tour November 16th in Santa Rosa, California. So join me in wine country. Well, yeah. And, you know, until next time, I would just highly recommend that everyone listening keep it handsome.
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