4.8 • 5.5K Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2021
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Comedian and actor Ed Helms, star of The Office and Hangover movies, discloses how he handles awkward fans who yell at him across airports, and how to deliver an inspiring commencement speech. Then Tig and Ed help listeners navigate annoying office hygiene issues and working with an eccentric billionaire.
This episode is sponsored by Betterhelp Online Counseling (betterhelp.com/Tig) and Sakara (sakara.com/dontask and use code: dontask20).
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0:26.9 | Slack.com slash DHQ. They're not sitting at the dinner table like, oh, clearly, Dwight, |
0:34.5 | his ego is grappling with his inn. No. And the inn is winning out in this moment. Nobody |
0:39.3 | is having that conversation about the office. Certainly not my kids. It's really just like, |
0:46.0 | he went up to him and he said, you know, it's four-year-old interpretation of what |
0:52.4 | I love it. I love it. |
0:59.4 | This is Don't Ask Tig. I'm Tig Notaro. You might know me from one scene, from one episode, |
1:24.2 | of The Office. Yes, I'm a television star, but it doesn't mean you should ask me for |
1:29.6 | advice. Joining me today is actor, musician, comedian, and my dear friend for life, whether |
1:38.8 | he likes it or not, Ed Helms. You know Ed from his memorable roles on Beloved TV series, |
1:46.0 | The Office and the Blockbuster trilogy, The Hangover. He also stars in a new movie that |
1:51.6 | I also play a role in called Together Together. Ed, welcome. |
1:56.6 | Hey Tig, let's get this over with. Come on. |
2:02.6 | You know, when I said welcome, I caught you halfway through a yawn and I want to let |
2:07.2 | people know why I think you might have been yawning and it's because when I was trying |
2:13.1 | to introduce you, I messed up every line of your introduction and I had to keep going |
2:19.0 | back and redoing it as though you were a stranger and some unknown person from The Office |
2:26.2 | and Hangover. But listeners won't know that because you're |
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