Mae Martin
Don't Ask Tig
American Public Media
4.8 • 5.5K Ratings
🗓️ 26 October 2022
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Actor, comedian, and writer Mae Martin, who co-wrote and stars in the award-winning Netflix dramedy series ‘Feel Good,’ talks about getting into comedy at the age of 13 and what they wish they knew back then. Tig and Mae give guidance to a Texan who can’t decide if she wants to live in the UK or America, help a recently promoted manager with an office dress-code dilemma and come up with great gift ideas for a guy in his 30s.
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| 0:38.5 | Hey there, it's your friend TIG. I just wanted to pop in here to remind everybody to vote. |
| 0:47.5 | Voting Day is November 8th, and I know some people think midterms aren't as important and they are. |
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| 1:14.4 | Now on to my episode with May Martin. |
| 1:20.5 | I bought those for-leaf clovers on eBay, and then I hadn't really realized what a sign that was |
| 1:26.1 | that you're in a weird place until you pointed that out kindly. I just thought I want to be lucky, |
| 1:33.6 | but I don't want to go to the great lengths of searching for hundreds of for-leaf clovers, so I bought |
| 1:38.7 | them on eBay. But you know who ended up being the luckiest person? |
| 1:42.2 | Oh, your kids? |
| 1:44.0 | Well, I did appreciate you giving my kids some pre-packaged for-leaf clovers that you bought online, |
| 1:49.5 | but I would say the person that sold them to you and the other people that bought for-leaf clovers |
| 1:54.9 | online, that is one lucky person. Just rake it in cash. Yeah, I don't know how she's doing it, |
| 2:01.5 | how she's finding them all. I think maybe she's gluing leaves onto three-leaf clovers, |
| 2:06.0 | but I don't want to know that. It's a good way to spend time. |
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