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If not the three best. The best in the biz. Yeah, but you only have two of us. Two of the best. And Mr. Thomas, of course, here. Yeah, welcome to our pretty little episode. I'm Fortune Feimster. Oh, right. And I'm Tig Notaro. How you doing, bud? I'm doing all right. I'm doing okay. Just, um, uh, what am I doing? God. i know i'm like lately yeah it's i uh you know i'm home from toronto and home from doing uh star trek and yeah
It's just so incredible, deeply incredible to just be back in my life, you know? And that... Is not to say that I did not enjoy being in my Toronto life. Yeah. But it's just a whole different feeling to be in your own bed and see my little cubs. Finn has braces. Just things are changing. Yeah. Well, yeah, it's like when you're filming, it kind of feels like you're in an alternate universe. Real life is kind of paused. And it is such a nice feeling to get back home and get a routine again.
Yeah. And speaking of routines, how's your new routine going? Are you excited about your new material? Yeah, it's going good. I'm just weeks away from starting the theaters. I can't believe it's already here when I... started it's funny that this is was my break there was no real break other than i wasn't on a massive tour yeah but it was filled with many other things in that inside i always marvel over that it's like
You know, I was filming for six months. I put mostly everything on hold. Yeah. And then as soon as I wrap production, my entire calendar fills right up. And I'm on. quote-unquote break. I think that's the life of a stand-up because we just don't do one thing. But luckily, it's all good stuff. We love doing this. Speak for yourself. Are you ready to go retire? Yeah, so I'm excited for it. It'll be good to just get back on the road and make people laugh. I love that feeling.
I want to try to be healthier, though. I want to try to maintain like not my last tour. I just the first like year of it, I just like was not taking good care of myself. And I really want to prioritize that. What kind of shift?
are you wanting to make or shifts just not eating like crap the whole time you know like and not eating after the show if i can get in like a even a light like 30 minute walk and uh moving my body yeah um just just not blowing up um well you're looking trim thanks i mean i had time to you know be at home and tread water i've been doing that still Are you really? Yeah, I mean. Be honest with me. I am at least a couple times a week. Two minimum is what I try to go for. Four max, two minimum.
It is so cool. Yeah. It's just a good escape to like to like, like meditative type thing for me. No doubt. Same. I haven't done it in a while. Yeah. And so. I'm hoping to get back into that as well. You gotta. But I am a little curious about your new material. Like how and when, are you doing any shows in LA before you head out? I'm doing, um... pasadena this sunday in largo this monday okay there's uh
Mom stuff again. There's a couple of Jack's things. Several childhood stories again. And then a story about my dad. I haven't talked about him much. I'm still looking for like two stories. But I don't want them to be about my family or my childhood or Jax. I just want them to be too independent, something other than that kind of story. But I don't know what those are yet.
And is the story about your dad, I'm your father. I'm your father. No, it's a story about him going through a midlife crisis. Oh, okay. Because I realized I'm the age now that my parents were when they divorced. Wow. Isn't that weird? That is wild. Yeah. How old are you? 44? 44. I really thought they were so old when that happened. But it made me, it really put a lot of things into perspective of like, oh my gosh. Yeah. Because you, you know.
I don't feel young, but I don't feel old. And, uh, it just made me go, wow, if I, that happened to me with three kids and a lot of financial responsibilities, I would, I wouldn't necessarily know how to.
handle that either and they they kind of had to you know trial and error had to make some mistakes in order to sort of find the path and i guess it makes me sort of acknowledge the the journey not being easy yeah it's really it's really insane to think about how much younger like max and finn were talking about that like uh max randomly said uh what is the normal age to have kids? And Finn just chimed in immediately and said, 38. And it's like...
First of all, you're kind of right. But also, where did that come from? Yeah, in LA. But it definitely is trending in that direction where people are having... getting married and having kids older of course there are certainly people that are doing it young as well but that was the thing to do is get married have kids right out of the gate and yeah
I cannot believe even like Stephanie blows my mind how she just walked into motherhood. Like, I don't want to say no big deal, but I, she just seemed, I would marvel. I was. You know, I'm 15 years older and I would be like, I'm tripping all over myself. And she just seems so she's got it. Yeah, that's awesome. Yeah, it's really impressive. I mean, she was 30.
when we had uh max and finn but anyway yeah it's uh it i think about that adele song what is it uh basically she's asking i think the song is about her singing to her child like i'm sure i know which one but it's not coming to me it's like her most recent yeah um i have to eat easy on me yeah go yeah okay go easy on me because it's basically like i was doing my best like singing that to her kid i think that's what the song is yeah is like go easy on me
I made the best decisions. I was all from love. Yeah. And I fumbled. Yeah. You know, it's life. these things come your way and no age makes it easy but no no definitely is interesting to look back on it in a different setup being where i'm at now going okay yeah yeah yeah i get it Yeah. Same, same Z's 10 years older than you. Um, but well, cool. I can't wait to hear your new material. And, um, should we hear some questions from our.
preload listeners i think we should mainly because that's what we're here to do let's do it okay hit us mr t hello handsoms this is goldie from the bay area here's my question if you were an action figure what would come with you
And what would be sold separately? Oh, well, do you have an action figure? After I did that zombie movie, Army of the Dead, they had sent me... action figures for my character that they were making I think there was like a game and an action like there was a whole thing but
I never saw it again, but I have a picture of what my action figure was going to look like. I was kind of hoping I was going to end up an action figure since I'm on Star Trek, but that hasn't happened. Yeah, I was wondering that. And then somebody made a bobblehead of me and sent it to me. I want to take bobblehead. I was going to say I'll give it to you, but I like it. No, you've got to keep that. Yeah, yeah.
think just me as TIG in the world as an action figure I guess I'd probably be walking around with a microphone because of stand-up and podcasting or maybe I'd have like a boom microphone over me as well. And probably an apple. I eat an apple every day. I love honey crisp apples. I'd have a microphone and an apple and I'd eat that apple right on the microphone and drive you batty. I've never had an action figure, but I am doing a voice in Zootopia too.
And I have been told I will have a plush toy. Nice. You deserve it. If anyone deserves a plush toy, it is you, my friend. And I'm playing a beaver. Of course you are. Of course you are. Isn't that amazing? Yes. so i'm very excited for that it comes out later at the end of this year no that's so fun yeah i think it does
I can't remember what they decided. That's not your business to know. You're the star. You walk in, you do your thing, you walk out a toy. That's right. If I was an action figure, though, I think this would be my... What do you call it? Accessory? My accessory would be Biggie. Of course. It would be a little Biggie and we would fight crime together. That's really scary.
Oh my gosh. For those of you listening, Biggie is with me and he's karate chopping. Or you can go directly to YouTube and see it. Straight away. It is some scary moves. I would have to also, I forgot to say what I would sell separately. It would have to be Kitty City. Kitty City is going to be standing around me and my Apple and my microphone.
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Allstate Fire and Casualty Insurance Company and affiliates, Northbrook, Illinois. Biggie's looking at me like, really? You got me out of my bed for that? For those lame karate chops. He's like, just let me sleep already. What would be sold separately? Yeah. Oh, my. Action figure would have its own pair of Crocs, but you could like change them out for other colors and you can put a whole, decorate the Crocs and stuff that would be sold separately. That is.
Yeah, I would fight crime in Crocs. Let's hear Goldie's answer. I love your name, Goldie. Keep it Goldie. My answer is, in my action figure package, I would... be sold with my reading glasses, my library card, and my e-reader. And sold separately would be all the books.
One of my favorite books of the 302 books that I read last year was Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin. I kept picturing May as the main character, so it was kind of fun. I also loved May's book and Tig's book, so Fortune, please write a book. Yeah, are you going to write a book, Fortune? I'd like to one day. I think so. She read 302 books in a year. I mean, let's be honest, and this is a compliment.
Goldie is a nerd alert, and so is Mr. Thomas. You read a book a week, don't you, Thomas? I try to, yeah. I feel a bit behind that pace, but I try. Well, you're a busy guy, but... Yeah. Thomas is full blown nerd alert. Wow. I can't. My mom loves to read. She can read a book a week as well. I can't read that fast. But my grandmother was also that way. They both were just could not get enough of books.
And you're like, I am my own person. Well, I have a little bit of ADD. So I'll start reading and then just go off into the clouds. Sure. So I have to really, really concentrate. Well, we won't keep you long. Let's get to the next question so you can go back into the clouds. Hello, Fortune, May, and Tig. Yes, she insists on singing. This is the siblings, Eleanor and Madeline from New Jersey. We have a question for you. What is something your sibling introduced you to that changed your life?
Oh, we've never had siblings ask us anything before. No. This is our first sibling duo. Yes. Gosh. I have two older brothers, so I was always introduced to... Most things I found out about were through them and childhood. Like my brother. Both my brothers introduced me to a lot of music. I don't know that my taste would have been anything other than New Kids on the Block had they not played different, cooler music.
I think my love of sports and playing sports in particular came from my oldest brother, Price. He introduced me to tennis and he would, I don't think I would have gotten into tennis otherwise. And I ended up playing. my whole life and through college and in LA for many years. So they basically made you gay. They made me gay, you guys.
They made me tougher because they would beat the crap out of me too. Yeah, yeah. But yeah, I think they definitely helped shape at least some of my interest. Yeah, same, same, same. I feel like... I don't know if my brother introduced me to Richard Pryor. We both found him together, but we just loved him so much. And we were both very into, well, he didn't introduce me to the Beatles or anything, but we were both very into the whole British invasion of rock.
soccer we were both wildly into soccer as kids and i think similarly to you shaping and and um But we were, you know, only like a year apart. And were you guys close growing up or closer when you got older? Well, we were definitely close, but we definitely would.
And I think I've talked on the podcast about how I would swing my monkey around to defend myself because my monkey had a hard plastic face and hard plastic hands. But we... really drifted in like... junior high high school days and then when he went off to college and when my mother forced my coming out party while he was driving us in his jeep yeah um Then we became closer. He went on his radio show and talked about the fact that I was gay and really supported me.
And has. Yeah. That's awesome. My brothers were never big comedy guys. So that was the one hobby that I did not get exposed to from them. We did not. really know much about stand-up or listen to stand-ups or anything like that. So I had to discover that one on my own. You discovered comedy on your own? On my own. I discovered comedy. This is pretty cool. Fortune Feimster.
discovers comedy. But my brothers weren't very like artsy guys. They're just like more sporty guys, I guess. There were things that like my brother would do that I remember. doing because he did them yeah uh he would draw motorcycles uh-huh and so i would i'd start i started drawing he had a sketchbook where he would draw
different kinds of motorcycles. And I was like, oh yeah, me too. And then you end up getting some. How funny. We got a question from Goldie and that is my motorcycle's name, Goldie Honda. That's right. Kurt Russell is the other. Let's hear Eleanor and Madeline's answer. Okay. Something our siblings introduced us to that changed our life would be? Music. Yes, music. Borrowed and...
stolen, burned mix CDs passed from sibling to sibling has led to shared music tastes, which has led to shared music experiences because we go to as many concerts as we possibly can. Who did we see this year, Madeline? Saves the day. Say anything. mom jeans and, uh, Oh, love you. Bye. Eleanor and Madeline don't waste time. They're just like, here's the answer. We got to go. We got a concert to get to. They have cool taste in music. It seems.
Yeah. I don't know some of those bands, but they sound cool. This is why I wish I'd had it. I did want a sister. I feel like sisters do things like that. Go to concerts together and send handsome questions together. Fortune, you sound straight. I'm so straight with my sister. Oh, my God. Me and my sister are so straight and we're going to a concert. We're so straight, my sister and I. You know what?
I have sisters. I just wasn't, I wasn't raised with them. I was going to say I don't have sisters, but I do. My apologies, sisters. But yeah, we were. the huge gap in age and um we didn't we just were not around each other but um i was i i'm happy i i just had my brother yeah i think we were like Definitely on the same page with basically all of our interests, except I did secretly play with Barbies with my ruffly underwear on. But anyway.
Well, that was fun catching up with you, Fortune. You too. And with Eleanor, Madeline, and old Goldie. Goldie. Goldie. And everyone, if you could submit your question and answer at speakpipe.com slash handsome pod, we would appreciate it. We love getting your questions. Remember to subscribe to the podcast and the audio as well as YouTube and share episodes with friends. Let's keep building this very handsome community.
Let's do it. I always love hearing these questions and answers. I thought you were going to say, I always love hearing your voice. And I love your voice, Tig. I love your voice. With your tig old bitties. They're in a dumpster. Well, all that's left to tell our friends is to keep it. Pretty handsome.
Handsome is hosted by me, Mae Martin, Tig Notaro and Fortune Feimster. The show is produced, recorded and edited by Thomas Ouellette. Email us at handsomepod at gmail.com and please follow us on social media at handsomepod. What a podcast! What a podcast! That was a hate gum podcast. That was a hate gum podcast.
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