138. Tig Notaro Returns: Clown Cars and Lesbian Party Buses

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out podcast

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4.8 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Mike welcomes back old friend and Working It Out hall of famer Tig Notaro. They discuss the inevitability of finding your own comedic voice, how Tig had to come out as gay to her own children, and the time her brother fell into her stepfather’s grave. All that, plus tales from Tig’s lesbian party bus with Sarah Paulson and Allison Janney. Please Consider Donating To: World Resources Institute

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0:00.0	Tignetaro, we are honored that you're here.
0:03.0	We are honored to be here.
0:05.0	We always talk about you here at the studio as our dream person
0:10.0	to be in the studio because we remotely did an interview many years ago and it was a riot.
0:15.0	Well, thanks for flying me out here.
0:17.0	We did not fly you out? That is the voice of the great Tignetaro. I am thrilled. All of us at working it out are
0:30.1	thrilled to have TIG back. She is a riot. You might know her podcast
0:35.2	Handsome that she does with Fortune Feimster and May Martin. She was on this
0:39.4	podcast a few years ago. She tells like three stories on the pod today that I can't stop thinking
0:47.1	about. She's just a phenomenal storyteller. Fascinating life story. You're not going to want to miss it. She had big news this week. Her special,
0:55.9	hello again, was directed by her wife, Stephanie Allen, and Stephanie was nominated for an
1:01.7	Emmy for directing a variety special. And then I don't know if you saw this on my Instagram,
1:05.0	but the old man in the pool was nominated for an Emmy for writing,
1:11.0	for a variety special. I am beyond excited. I'm so appreciative of Seth Barrish and all the whole team that created
1:20.8	the old man in the pool and thank you for being a part of the process with this
1:25.0	podcast and coming out to the live shows and watching it on Netflix and telling
1:30.1	your friends and telling your enemies thank you you, thank you.
1:33.0	I am creating the next show right now.
1:36.2	I'm on tour.
1:37.7	Please stop the ride is the name of the tour.
1:39.6	This week, I'm in Sag Harbor for five shows. In the fall, I'm in Sag Harbor for five shows.
1:42.6	In the fall, I'm in Red Bank, New Jersey
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