Atsuko Okatsuka

Don't Ask Tig

American Public Media

Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4.8 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

What if you accidentally broke up with your soulmate? Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka of “Let’s Go, Atsuko!” joins Tig to talk unrequited love, game shows gone wrong and mismatched hiking abilities.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's TIG. This podcast is a place where lots of feelings can coexist, grief, humor,
0:06.3	sarcasm, and earnestness, frustration, and joy. That's what sets us apart from other
0:12.6	shows. It's also what makes our community of listeners so special. Thanks for being
0:17.9	a part of it. If you can, please make a donation to show your love and support for the show.
0:23.5	To donasttig.org slash donate. Are you ready, Otsuka? I'm ready, TIG. Okay, we're about to get into it.
0:33.9	This is Donasttig. I'm TIG Notaro.
0:56.5	Here to help me today is Otsuka Okatsuka. Is that right? That's right. Hi. Yes, thank you. Yeah.
1:07.0	It's thank you so much. My husband just brought me energy pills. What are energy pills?
1:15.4	Is that just straight up drug? Yeah, right. Just quote-unquote energy pills. Energy pills.
1:22.0	It's like a Japanese pill that my grandma just like some old back one time and yeah, I think it's
1:30.7	supposed to be vitamin B stuff. We have that here in the States. Just regular vitamin B. Yeah, we have
1:39.9	vitamins. That's the thing, TIG. I think maybe there's like another ingredient in it that I just can't
1:45.4	read. Oh, okay. You know what I'm saying. I know exactly what you're saying. Well, Otsuka. Yes.
1:54.7	You're a stand-up and you're the host of Let's Go, Otsuka. Otsuka. Ots- Are you okay? Otsuka. Yeah.
2:05.9	Yeah. That was good. You know, I actually named the show Let's Go, Otsuka. So that people would
2:11.6	hopefully see the pattern. Not me. All right. You're a stand-up and the host of Let's Go. Otsuka.
2:21.5	So your show, it includes your version of Japanese game shows. Do you have a favorite game show?
2:32.0	Yeah, some classics. There's this Japanese game show that you maybe you've seen clips of. It's
2:38.2	just people like taking bites of what looks like just regular objects and they have to, they don't
2:44.3	know until they bite into it, whether it's a food or not. Yeah. Do you know about that? I just learned
2:50.4	about it just a second. It's called candy or not candy. So like, for example, like your microphone,
2:59.9	you know, before you start recording this podcast, you know, the producers will be like, okay, TIG
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