Hello again. I'm currently on tour. I'm right in the middle of America. I don't know if it's exactly the middle of middle America, but I am in Ohio.

And I just want to say thank you so much for everyone who has been coming out to the shows. It has been so insane because I've been performing in the middle of snowstorms.

There's obviously a pandemic. I was in Buffalo when the bills were in some huge important football game that they won.

But you know what? My people, that's you, came out in a pandemic, in a snowstorm when the Buffalo bills were playing.

And you still pack these theaters. It's ridiculous. And you know what? My assistant told me that the people that run the venues told him that my audiences were the most polite and compliant people that have come to the venues.

Everyone showed up with their vaccination cards with masks on. It's incredible. And I was just thrilled to hear it. And I just wanted to thank everybody. And just to let everyone know that we've been doing this successfully and safely.

And that it's been such a great time. That's all I wanted to say. Get your tickets at Tignotaro.com. And let's get on with the show. Shall we?

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This is Don't Ask Tig. I'm Tignotaro. And hopefully you can tell by my tone of voice that I'm furious at you for continuing to ask joining me today is a comedian actor and writer that you've seen on TV program such as NBC's Keenan, the L word sweet and salty, your Netflix special.

I mean, what don't you do? Fortune, Feemster. Welcome to Don't Ask Tig. Tig, I'm so happy to be here. Are you? I like that. You're like, you've made it with just Keenan and the L word. Well, of course. That's why you moved to Hollywood. It is truly my vision board is complete. What do you get recognized for more the L word or Keenan?

I mean, considering I was on the L word for like two seconds. Uh-huh. Probably Keenan more. Do you know I was doing a run of shows trying to get ready for my HBO special a few years ago and I booked a night at a comedy club in Florida. Yeah.

And they had a poster up of me that said from Garfunkel and Oats. Oh, no. I was on one episode of their IFC show like 10 seconds. And so clearly the person that worked in the office didn't know me at all and Google me. And that was the first thing they grabbed and they just put it on the poster. They're like, this is a great credit. I loved it.

That's so funny. Yeah. Now this is nothing against the L word or Keenan. No, not at all. And nothing against your own Netflix special. Those three things have put me in a position to give a lot of advice. Yeah. And you know, you and I have something almost in common. What's that? Well, you're a former Debbie Tant, right? Yep. I was almost a Debbie. Yes. How do you almost be one? I said, no, thank you. I tried to say no. I'm not going to be a Debbie Tant. I'm not going to be a Debbie Tant. How do you almost be one? I said, no, thank you. I tried to say no. I'm not going to be a Debbie Tant. How do you almost be one? I said, no, thank you. I tried to say no.

Thank you. And my mom basically like, you know, was like, it's happening. There was no like wiggling out of it. Oh, yeah. No. My mother said, okay. All right. Well, I just wanted to see. Look at me. The offer has been extended. Yeah. My mom was always trying to like reclaim her glory days. And I think her Debbie Tant days were part of those glory days.

Okay. So she was at that point, like a poor teacher. And she was just like, I just want to relive those good old days where I had not a care in the world.

And did it improve her life when you put that dress on? Not at all. As you know that like, it's such an expensive thing. I can't even say I know. Like, I truly, I was like playing my electric guitar. I was like, get out of my room.

It was that kind of moment. Whereas like, no, it's expensive. You have to go to all these parties when you're a senior in high school. And then the ball or whatever you have to buy all this stuff too. So what do you mean the ball or whatever?

There's like coming out. I came out to society before I came out came out. Sure. So there's a Debbie Tant ball. Yeah. And so that's expensive too. You have to wear this crazy dress.

And I'd come home and like the couch would be gone. I'd be like, where's the couch? She's like, you're wearing it. Don't worry about it.

Wait, that's where the money went. She was pawning stuff for me to be able to do this stupid, Debbie Tant. You're wearing it.

How did you not add it up when the couch is missing? And you have like, I'm assuming a sequin dress on. It was like a white wedding gown. You're like basically buying a wedding dress.

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