Jimmy Carr

Don't Ask Tig

American Public Media

Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4.8 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Jimmy Carr, one of the UK's best loved comedians and game show hosts, is so good at giving advice, he's written a self-help book. He shares with Tig his “cheat” on what all self-help books have in common. Jimmy and Tig compare notes on why they may actually appreciate heckling during a standup - and offer advice about a woman worried she's getting marriage proposals only because she's rich.

This episode is sponsored by Betterhelp (go to Betterhelp.com/TIG for 10% off the first month of online therapy) and Zocdoc (go to Zocdoc.com/TIG to download the app and sign up for free).

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0:00.0	Don't ask TIG listeners. Remember when I asked you to let me know what you're looking forward to
0:05.2	this year? Well, here's a really exciting one I wanted to share from a listener named Allison.
0:11.6	She says, dear TIG, a while back I wrote in to ask how you knew you wanted to have kids.
0:18.3	Well, now my husband and I are expecting our first baby this March. We are also so excited to
0:24.4	be going to your Portland show as part of our baby moon staycation weekend. I love hearing you talk
0:30.3	about your boys and Stephanie on the show. Well, Allison, I'm so happy to read this and if you need
0:36.8	help naming that baby or anything, you know where to ask. Congrats on the new addition to your family
0:43.6	and thank you for making me part of that celebration. And to everyone else out there, if you like
0:49.6	this show and haven't bought tickets to my hello again tour, get on it. Go to TIGnotaro.com.
0:58.5	I'm on the road at this very moment. I'm in Cleveland in a hotel room. Okay. That's how dedicated
1:06.5	to this show I am, but also to touring. All right. So come see a show and then let's get on with this show.
1:14.8	I don't know what you call your other half, but I like this is my boo. My boo? This is my boo.
1:23.7	This is my honey bunny. This is my everything. This is my girl, my world. What about this is my
1:28.9	property. I own this. Mm hmm. Born paid for. We are born chain.
1:45.6	Oh, nobody is hopeless. Everybody goes to.
1:57.6	This is Don't Ask TIG. I'm TIGnotaro and I just learned that in the UK, my podcast is known as
2:05.9	You mustn't query. With me today is one of the United Kingdom's best loved comedians. He's also a
2:13.9	writer and host of some of the UK's longest running game shows such as 8 out of 10 cats and big fat
2:22.1	quiz of the year. He's got two specials on Netflix you can watch, but finish this podcast first.
2:28.6	Jimmy Carr, what a delight it is to have you join me today on You mustn't query. TIG.
2:34.8	I mean, you mustn't query is a very, very funny title. It's an honor to be on the show. I very
2:39.8	much like the show. I like the format. I like the whole idea. I think the idea of comedians
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