Tig Notaro Has Never Felt Better
The Last Laugh
The Daily Beast
4.6 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 28 July 2020
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
This week marks exactly eight years since comedian Tig Notaro opened her stand-up set in Los Angeles with the words, “Hello, I have cancer.” She now finally has a clean bill of health for the first time since 2012. In this episode, Tig opens up about moving on from ‘One Mississippi’ and Louis C.K., the fundamental silliness of her online talk show ‘Under a Rock’ and why decided to host her new advice podcast ‘Don’t Ask Tig.’ She also tells a hilarious story about the time she guest-starred on ‘The Office,’ shares an update on her forthcoming Netflix film in which she plays the first lady opposite Jennifer Aniston’s president and reveals that she has taken on a whole new career during quarantine.
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| 0:00.0 | The weather. Tomorrow, expect a biting cold front. Hmm, how naughty. I wonder what I'll be |
| 0:06.8 | wearing or taking off. The night will be wild and untamed. Expect heavy, lashing rain |
| 0:13.0 | that'll soak you to the skin. By Monday, temperatures will rise slowly but surely reaching |
| 0:18.7 | their peak in the afternoon. |
| 0:23.0 | Not in the mood for miserable weather. |
| 0:25.6 | Fly cheaply to Turkey with Sun Express. |
| 0:28.7 | Sun Express, non-stop sunshine. |
| 0:36.9 | Today's guest is one of the funniest and most talented comedians alive. |
| 0:41.9 | And not just because she does a spot-on impression of a clown horn. |
| 0:43.2 | Fafo! |
| 0:51.3 | If you don't like that, then you just don't want joy in your heart. |
| 0:59.1 | This is the last laugh. |
| 1:01.3 | I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast, |
| 1:02.5 | and on today's episode, |
| 1:06.3 | I am joined by one of my all-time favorite comedians, |
| 1:07.6 | TIG Notaro. |
| 1:13.1 | This week marks exactly eight years since TIG was diagnosed with breast cancer and delivered her iconic stand-up set at the Largo Theater in Los Angeles that began with |
| 1:18.5 | the words, Hello, I Have Cancer. Since then, she has pushed her comedy into fascinating |
| 1:24.6 | directions, at times deeply personal, and at others incredibly silly. |
| 1:29.9 | This has included a documentary about her struggle with wife and fellow comedian Stephanie |
| 1:34.6 | Allen to have children. They now have four-year-old twin boys. And the recent talk show |
| 1:40.1 | Under a Rock, in which Tig tries to guess the names of celebrity guests who she doesn't |
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