Handsome - Mae's Dad asks about conversations with inanimate objects

Episode Date: May 12, 2026

James Chatto, best known as a writer, puppeteer, and Mae's Dad, asks Handsome a lively question about inanimate objects on today's episode! Plus Tig points to Mae's house, Mae shows off their boxes of gifted items from fans, and Fortune gives an update on Ginger's Europe plans!Handsome is hosted by Tig Notaro, Mae Martin, and Fortune FeimsterFollow us on social media @handsomepodMerch at handsomepod.comWatch Handsome on YouTube and HuluThis is a Headgum podcast. Follow Headgum on Twitter, Instagram, and Tiktok. Advertise on Handsome via Gumball.fm.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Chatting the friends on a handsome pot. Chatting the friends of a handsome pot. Cheers. Welcome to the handsome pot. It is your dear, dear friend Tignotaro, and I am sitting here with May Martin. And Fortune Feimster. I get butterflies every time that we have to.

Really? Because I get anxious about the order of who's going to say hello. We never know, you guys, it's unplanned. It's a little adrenaline. That's why we're always like, but here we are. Here we are. We are all unplanned and we're here. Is everybody a nice day?

Well, I am. I'm just still dealing with the construction going on and they've settled down. But again, it's like they know when we're about to record, they ramp it up, they make me nervous, and then they take it down a notch. And I hope it stays here because I was like, ooh, Lordy, this is going to be interesting. They're playing mind games with you. And can I tell you something very fun that happened yesterday? Yes, please.

Spill. You know this, May. Stephanie and I were driving along. And I happened to say, well, look at that little house. and I pointed to a house and Stephanie said that's May's house I can't believe it

I was like no it's not and she said crazy she said I swear to God I think that is May's house and I was like I took a picture because we were sitting in traffic and I was truly like

there was nothing I was like oh look at that little house and not to say your house is little I only saw it over a fence I saw a roof and some trim. But really, one of the most random things that has happened. That is so random. I thought for sure.

Once, when I was like, okay, I'm going to take a picture and send that to May. And Stephanie was like, it might be like a house over, but she said, I think that's it. And so I took the picture. I sent it to May and I said, is this your house? Yeah, you were like, Stephanie seems to think this is your house. Yeah, it was my house. It was May's house. I love that my house.

The fact that it can inspire a reaction like, oh, look at that little house. I love that. I mean, I really thought. It's because it's perched on a cliff. Yes. It's about to tumble into the street. Oh, no. Don't give me a heart palpitations.

Well, I didn't want to make you nervous, but that is what I said. I said, look at that little house. And I was like, do you think that's going to stay? Because it's hanging off a cliff. It's precariously hanging off a cliff. And so I did not add that in because I was like, I don't want to create any sort of anxiety for you. But I was like, it's there. I was like, will that stay?

And Stephanie said, that is May's house. That's insane. Well, you know what's so funny is when May was looking at this house, May told us like, it's on a cliff. And who knows? And I was like, don't get that house. I know. And then like a week later, May is like. I'm like, it was weirdly cheap, actually.

And then I drive by, what, a year or two later? And I'm like, well, look at that little place. Do you think it'll hold? That won't be there alone. Yeah, so I checked in recently to be like, because I swear when I moved in, they said, don't worry, we're dealing with that. Like, the city's going to come and fix that. Because it's not only a cliff, but it's eroding inwards.

Like, it's like, well, I have an update. They have not fixed it. Yeah, they have not. It is precariously placed on the edge of a cliff. Oh, my God. And they're not saying 2027. They're going to fix it. Oh, okay.

Take their time. This is not okay. So I do recall now that we did hear that your house is on a cliff, but actually seeing it, I was a little like, oh, my Lord. Will we make it into next April? I'm praying for those who ever is in that little house up there. Whatever stranger. happens to live up there.

Perch on this ledge. Just happens to be your podcast, co-host and friend. Yeah. So let's hope we make it to April. Well, the canary. Let's hope A. May makes it to April. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Really the canary in the coal mine is Matt and his wife living in my backhouse because that's right up against. Yes, it is. I got a driveway. So I'm, you know, I'll have 30 seconds longer. longer. Yeah. You have a little time.

Okay. Okay. Yeah. Your, your guest house dwellers are going to land on the top of a car and drive away in pieces. Okay. They'll make it then. Like in a cartoon. They'll land in the back of a truck.

In a cartoon. The house, the guest house lands in the back. It's enough to where it really caught my attention and I was concerned. Oh my God. Wait, I love that I now know the truth. I think I need to. start contacting the city. I think you should.

Yeah, you probably should push for that. They're not going to just be like, oh, let's go take care of this. No. It's going to require some annoyance from you to them. Okay, okay. I got to advocate for myself. Fortune, I am going to send this. The picture.

Oh, my God. Oh, let's see it. Yeah, because I haven't been there yet. I think this is a sign that you guys got to come over before the big one hits. do you see what Stop Are you serious? Oh my God

Whoa that is Wait right on it I mean Okay here's the good news Okay let's lead with the good news The good news is the cliff is not as High of a drop as I thought Wait a minute

You're not going to survive If you fell in a house If you fell down that cliff in a house You're just tumble, right? May is going to be fine. I'm worried about your guest house dwellers. Well, here's the thing. Your hill is definitely eroding.

And your house is right on the cliff. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. So this building, the building that's right at the fence is the guest house. That's correct. Yes. And then you're, that's the taller one. Taller building.

I mean, speaking of precarious houses. We couldn't hear. They're trying to keep yours together. I know. Mine, I told you, we had some rotting in our deck and now it's getting repaired. But that's not as concerning as. Well, at least this part of the hill where your house is still has a lot of vegetation, so that's helpful. Is that a good?

Where your house is now. I'm looking at the picture. I'm zooming in, but yeah, you know, the painting looks good. Uh-huh. I just repainted. Yeah, that thing looks great. I love the color. Phenomenal, the color is gorgeous.

Thank you. But what I'm saying is where your house is to the right of your house, where your house is not, that's where the erosion really is. No, that's where my house is. Oh. Yeah, that is the part. That's exactly the part. Because the thing about a hill is you want it to have vegetation.

Why? Because it catches all the water and the rain. The roots and roots catch it. So when it's barren, it's tricky. That's where mudslots happen. Oh, God. I mean, I'm worried about when they fix it. They're going to have to come onto my property, I bet, and fix it from above as well.

They might, yeah. Well, a lot of the plate, like a cross from your house where I just learned is your house, is another, you know, very steep cliff, but they have a retaining wall where they have cement and everything supporting that. So we just need to come over, put this on the list, Thomas. We need to go over and do a retaining wall and put cement on there.

Because we got to save the little cowboy. I don't mind at all. I'm home for 10 days. Oh, my God, 10 days will do it. Yeah, yeah. And you wear your head gear, your head microphone. I'll make drinks for everyone. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I'll scurry around. I mean, I wish, you know what I wish, when you were driving there? Because I bought one of those mini trampolines. And when I jump, you just see my little head. You see my head bouncing up above the fence. I wish you had seen that. Oh, my God.

Especially if the timing happened in the way that I said, well, look at that little house. Do you think it's going to stay out there? And then Stephanie's like, oh, that's May's house. And then moments later, boing, boing, boing. With your propeller hat on, which we haven't talked about in a while. You're going to need that when you need to escape your house. I'm going to just cross myself and jump off and hope.

Oh my God. Anyway. Very random. That was such a bizarre moment. I think it's a sign that I got to have you guys over. I think so. Because TIG will occasionally have some revelations. Is that the word?

some premonitions. Premonitions. Like what? What did I have? I'll remind you of one later. Oh, I remember that one. Yes, I remember that one. Yes.

I was right on. Okay, so it's time, I can't ignore this. It's time to call the city. You really need to, May. It was, if I knew those people, and I now know I do, I, yeah. You would advise them. Yeah. Well, I want to have you guys over because I don't know if you can see.

No, thank you. Do you see all these boxes? Okay. It's safe here. I swear. What's the boxes? Those are from tour? Those are all the things that people brought me on tour that I had to ship here.

Girls, there are so many things for you in there. You better believe. My God. I want to go through them all together and see all. I have a couple little things for you guys. Really? We need to make a little social media video. of our handsome holiday.

Should we open it for our next holly bobs? Oh, that's a good idea. Well, the holly bobs is a while's away, but we are going to be in person next week. We could bring some of that stuff. Oh, yeah. Or we come here next week and record in person. I should send these guys over to your house.

Jesus. Get them over. Whatever they're doing, they're working hard. I need some workers. They took our patio furniture, of course, off of our patio and put it in the backyard for them to work on this. And I have been out of town, and I just came in two nights ago, woke up the next morning and was making breakfast for the little cubs. And I look in the backyard and I just see this guy scrolling on his phone on our chair under the umbrella. And I was like, oh my God.

Like I completely forgot because he has. had gotten there early for work and he was waiting for the other workmen and I just saw a man. And I was like, what a bold lunatic. Just relaxing and chilling. Yeah. Just scrolling away. How funny. Anyway, that's what's going on with me and May. I love it. Fortune, you're in the south. I did go through Atlanta and I had lunch with Emily sailors from who we love from the Indigo Girls. Delightful human And that was so lovely Getting to see her and have a cute lunch

Night where did you guys go? Did you go to one of her restaurant? Doesn't she have one or two restaurants? Oh does she? I don't know. I didn't ask her She had well this is what a deep fan I am I know she had had the flying biscuit

I knew about that And then she had one place called watershed Okay I'll have to ask her I don't know But as we were leaving, because we were talking about the pod at lunch. Does she listen? Yeah, I don't think like all the time because she's always touring. But she has.

And as we were leaving, somebody went, hey, handsome. And I went, oh, hey. It's always fun in the wild. Yes. Yeah. I love that. Yeah. I just found out as I left this last leg of the tour to come home, I had the bus driver

told me, Jeff, who we've talked about, told me that he is an avid listener of the pod, and I then realized he's going to hear the episode where I talk about clogging the toilet. So there you go. There's your second gift from May of Martin. It is a true when someone in your life tells you they listen. And then you're like, wait, what have I talked about? I cannot believe. Oh my God, I know.

Like my friend Megan listens. My sister-in-law. I think my brother probably hears some things in the background. And I'm like, are you not tired of you? Yeah. Yeah, my sister-in-law who doesn't really pay attention to any of it was like, are you on Hulu now with your podcast? I'm like, yep.

Yes, indeed. It's nice. I think people, then people feel like they're like caught up with us. Like they, yeah, I have old old high school friends and stuff who, yeah, then you don't have to do the small talk when you meet up because they know what's going on with you. They're like, how it's to-toilet on the bus. They know, they're like, oh God. Checking Allstate First could save you hundreds on car insurance. Not checking that I grab some vanilla ice cream while I'm at the grocery store. Tragic. I have the incredible idea to make homemade offagados as a little treat,

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Yeah. You did confirm. Never mind. And it's, well, we can still get into it. I just spent a week with my mom. Yeah. Has it been a big topic of conversation? Like, are you guys planning the trip?

We were just going back and forth because I wasn't sure like what she could handle, but I went to a bunch of her appointments with her last week. And, you know, her health, you know, is not bad right now. I think being off the chemo, she has more energy. She's lost 100 pounds. And she's actually moving a bit faster than she has in a while. So mobility was she's in a better place than she's been. Wow.

And, you know, I just kind of thought, why not? Let's, I'll figure it out, you know. There will be times where I have to take things really slow and, you know, maybe not see as much of the cities I thought, but we'll find a hop on, hop-off bus. Hell yeah. Get her up on there and we'll just ride around and that'll be that. Get her up on there. I have to tell the budget, like, give me a few.

minutes to get her up here. I'm trying to get her up on there. But, you know, she, I want her to have these adventures while she still isn't good enough health to do it. Is there any particular things that she's excited to see? She just likes to say that she's been to a country that she hasn't been to before. Oh, okay. It's about checking it off a list. It's really about checking off a list. You could just do layovers. Yeah. So she's going to Copenhagen, London, and Dublin with me at the beginning of June.

She's been to London, but that's a quick visit anyway. She really wanted to go. I'm also doing Berlin, Oslo, and Stockholm. And I was like, I just don't think you can do this entire tour. So I'm just, we're, she's going to do half of it. Uh-huh. But I've got, I got so many messages. from people after that episode aired

of people giving me suggestions but the consensus from many of the people was that I should take her. Yes. Yes. Especially if she feels like she can do it. Yeah. And there were a lot of people wanting to also take them on the trip.

Oh, okay. With me. Oh. Yeah. To watch her. And I was like, what? Wait, to watch her like she's a child? There was a lot of.

lot of people being like, I'll go with you guys. And I'll take your own. And did they say you have to buy the plane ticket? I think that is part of it is that I would have to now pay for two people to go on tour with me. I'll go watch them watch her. Right. I'll watch TIG, watch them watch her. And you don't even have to get me up on there.

Oh, yeah? Okay. You can get yourself up on the hop-on, hop-off bus. Yes, indeed. So yeah, Ginger and Fortune will be doing Europe together. I hope you guys can find a tits out tub. I know, tits out tub. I'm actually looking into fixing that tits out tub, so my tits might be in.

No, please don't. Why would you do this? Why would I want to be cold in the hot tub and have my tits out? I mean, way to ruin everything for everyone. I mean, I can still call the tits out hot tub. But it would be nice to like be submerged when I go for a dip. You got to dip your nips. I got to dip my nips.

Thanks, mate. Yes. Tits out tub versus dip my nips. The dip my nips tub. Maybe we can do a social media post and have people vote. Are you tits out or dip your nips? Dip your nips or tits out tub. Okay.

Now that we're calling it, dip your nips. nips. I'm less sad about losing. Okay. Good. Yeah. We just needed something that ROM to make you feel better. Should we get to our question? Let's do it. I think we should. I think that I think it's a perfect suggestion considering that's our show. Today's question is brought to you by AT&T. I'm so excited about today's question asker. Today's asker is a food and drink writer whose books include the seducers cookbook and the man who ate Toronto. His new book, Acquired Taste, The Lives and Recipes of Eight Culinary Ambassadors, which is also written by my mom and my brother.

They all co-wrote it. He's available now, wherever you get your books. He's also a puppet maker and a puppeteer, and he happens to be my father. James Chado is asking today's question. Yeah. Nice. James. Hello, handsome.

This is May's dad. And I have a question for you. And this really is me talking, not pongo. My question is, have you ever had a meaningful conversation with something that is not actually alive in its own right? That's my question. That's my question. I just want to say, we have very different fathers. Same, same.

My dad would be like, wait, what am I supposed to do? Wait, I mean, you're my daughter. You're my daughter. I love you. Wait, wait, what is this? Okay. He's pretty magic. I also have a podcast.

I'm glad that you got to see the kind of puppet workshop that he has turned his his room into this like pretty magical Jepetto world. Pongo is a character he created who's an explorer monkey. who is like discovering new species in the jungle, like a half rabbit, half lizard, I think he found. But yeah, a magical guy. And his last name is Chato? Yeah, weirdly we all have different last names in my family. Really?

Yeah, my mom was like a real feminist, gave me her last name. So I'm May Martin. So she's May Martin. I'm sorry, you're May Martin? Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't think I realize that was your mom's last name. Yeah.

And then my brother, like, my dad's actual last name was Sprole, but he changed it to Chado because it's more, like that was what his dad went by Chado. And my brother was like, no, my official last name is Sprole. I'm going to be Sprole. So, yeah. So everyone has a different last name. I've never heard of that. Yeah. But wait, you and your mom do, though.

We have the same name. Yeah, me and my mom. Oh, yeah. Well, never mind. Take it back. Yeah. May did mislead us saying everyone in my family has a different last name. And then I sniffed out that that's actually not true. That's true. That's true. Half of you have the exact same last name.

You're right. Half of us have the same name. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I have different. But I think I got confused because there's three out of four of us have a different name to. Anyway, the math doesn't matter. It still adds up. It still adds up to half of you. Mm-hmm. This is also true. It's weird math. It feels complicated, but it's not. Yeah.

I'm not normally good at math, but I crunched these numbers. And I found, yeah. Yeah. Found a glitch. So your dad wrote a, your family wrote a book and it's about food. This book just came out. So, yeah, the past few years they've been working on it. They just got really interested in the transmission of recipes across cultures.

but they've tracked down like eight specific stories where you can trace a recipe to like one person, like one colorful character who like popularized, I don't know, like a certain type of dessert in, you know, Korea. But yeah, and so it's a really, if you're a foodie, if you're a history buff, it's very, very juicy. And yeah, all three of them wrote it. It's so amazing. Oh, juicy. I like your choice of words there.

Juicy is good. Yeah, very juicy. Food book. Now, did they ask you at any point to contribute? No. Yes, by promoting it on the podcast. Yeah, that's true. That's my role. Yeah, yeah. I'm not as, they're really academic and they're good at doing research and, yeah, and my dad's a food writer. So, yeah, but I did help, like, I took some of the photos in the book that appear and then they would make the recipes in the kitchen and I would try them. like there's the queen mother's flowerless chocolate cake and different things. Yeah. Okay.

Any vegan? Oh, probably not vegan. Probably not. Well, yeah, there's a drink in there. Oh, good. I think there's a drink in there. Yeah. Well, that will fill me up.

Well, I know this isn't in the book, but kudos to whoever thought about putting espresso on top of ice cream. Oh, yeah. I had that today. And it is delicious. Is that the first time you've had it? No, it's one of my favorite desserts. Okay.

It's called an, I forgoto. Mmm. Oh, I forgot about that. I forgot about how we talked about that. Mm-hmm. You forgot about it? I don't know who invented that, but kudos to them. Cooters to them.

Cooters to them. Cooters to that. I give this fun. So I have kuders. So my dad's question. is have you ever had a meaningful conversation with an inanimate object? Which, by the way, growing up, that was the world that he created. Like, talking the eggs, he would make me eggs in the morning. And as he lowered them into the boiling water, he'd make them scream and beg for their lives.

He'd draw faces on them. Our car was definitely alive, my stuffed animals. Yeah. So this is prevalent for him. Well, right before the podcast, I asked Alexa the device. I said, what's it called when people talked to inanimate objects? And Alexa said, it's a sign of intelligence and not weird. And she used those words. And not weird. So stop judging.

Yeah. What's your problem, May, Martin. So have you taken into your dad's, that's not the right word, have you followed your dad's footsteps in doing this as well? I definitely feel things like deep empathy for like objects I'm throwing out. I'll suddenly feel like they're going to be alone in the garbage and set like I, yeah, or like a lamp will take on a. Yeah.

And I talk to the car, I guess. Yeah, I don't know that I've, I talked to myself. Like I was playing foosball the other day. You are alive though. Yeah. Yeah, I'm alive. I'm alive. Yeah, you're right.

This house. on a dicey hill. Oh, you know what I do? If I'm with a kid and they bump their knee or they trip over something, if they're crying and hysterical, I'll say, excuse me, I need to have a word with that object and I'll go in so that they can hear. I'll be like, how dare you to the stool or whatever they hit themselves on? And it's good.

It'll like distract them. That's what I used to do as well. I love doing that. I mean, people fully get married to inanimate objects. There's, okay, I have a list of a couple of people who have married objects. Maybe you could, maybe some of these will tickle your fancy. Are they from the comedy community? Oh my God, imagine.

Okay, Erica Eiffel. Can you guess who she's married to? Eiffel Tower. The Eiffel Tower. And she took the name. She married the Eiffel Tower in 2007. And she previously had a relationship with... I don't know. Yeah, you're right.

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being afraid of commitment. So was she on a Ferris wheel by herself giggling as she went around? With Bruce? You know those for those dates where people are on a Ferris wheel and they're like, yeah. Yeah. That reminds me I took my mom's like crazy afraid of heights. And I took her on the Santa Monica Ferris wheel.

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this went on for every time she would do this that is hilarious oh my god and then that's how I discipline by the way yeah how

yeah just if if Max or Finn is out of line I go guys huh uh uh uh that's pretty that would strike fear into my heart actually as a guess if you said it's it's it's it's also helpful because if things are like really bad and I go beyond hey guys huh uh um then they know there's like a real serious issue

you know yeah because I don't really go beyond huh uh yeah yeah that seems like it would be effective for sure my cousin in mississippi was like are you kidding me that's how that's how that's all you do is ha-uh. Uh-uh. Uh-uh. Guys, uh-uh. You should write a parenting book called uh-uh.

And it's, well, it's, uh-uh. It's really short. Uh-uh. Uh-uh. Uh-uh. Huh-uh. Huh-uh. Uh-uh.

Huh-uh. Uh-uh. Uh-uh. That works for anything in life, really. If anybody is doing something, you're not into you're just like, uh-uh. Hey. Uh-uh. Yeah.

Uh. You should go do that to the, uh, the builders in your house. Hey guys. Hey guys. Uh-uh. Not right now. If you had to have a romantic relationship with an object in your house, is there anyone you've been flirting with? Any chemistry with any of those? Probably my tub. Totally tough.

Because we're already, you know, halfway there. We already tints out. Yeah. And it's holding me. I'm in water. So I'm wet. Yeah. You feel held.

It's big enough. Hey, Fortune, uh-uh. It's big enough to fit me in it. It keeps me, I think I would go tub, yeah. I think bed for me. Yeah. Just, yeah, I'm in love with my bed. I don't have a lot of conversations with inanimate objects, really.

I don't think that's my thing. But as I think about it, I mean, I have had that experience. The one thing you think of is going to the cemetery. You know, in my mind, I'm talking to my grandmother. So my mind tells me this is a being. But I'm technically talking to a tombstone in the ground. Yes. Yeah.

Yeah, that counts a little, I guess. Yeah. So I feel like in that case, I am just talking. to the ground. Yes, our body is in there, but, you know, it's the ground. She's all ears. Mm-hmm. Yeah. I bet there's studies, though, where, like, even, yeah, even talking to a wall would be better than talking to no one because you're, yeah, you're speaking out loud, you're processing

things. Mm-hmm. Getting it out of your system. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, this is a being that's very much alive, but I talked to when I'm with, He talked to him all the time. Sure.

Very much alive. Yeah, yeah. Even though his eyes aren't. Yeah. You know he's good eyes. Which I just posted pictures of him a few weeks ago and everyone says his eyes are full of life. Twinkling. Full of life.

Well, I talked a lot to my monkey zip when I was little. I mean. And aside from my cat, that was my best friend, my stuffed animal, Zip. He got an ear load from me, just processing life. I was thinking, I know how Max and Finn weren't that interested in Zip when you passed him on. Not at all. Not even just that into it, just zero. You're like, what's this raggedy ass?

Yeah, yeah. Stuffed animal. I don't, well, if you ever feel like. you want him to be in a loving home where he'll get lots of, like I will, I'll take him. You'll care for him? Really? I'll talk to him. Yeah, nobody's talked to him in years.

Oh, I think May might need to have a visit. He could meet my bear, Malcolm, and they could chat, yeah. He could come over and, like, spend a long weekend with you. Yeah. You know, have a little slumber party with May and, what's it, Malcolm? Malcolm, yeah, yeah. Uh-huh. And I, you know, this is kind of similar but not.

I remember, you know, when my mother and stepfather passed away, like once they were no longer actually alive. I had, I had some of those moments of, you know. Yeah. Yeah. And I've done the graveyard thing talking to tombstones. Yeah. I've talked to the TV. Oh, really?

Yeah. Sure. You don't ever talk to the TV? Go team is what I usually know. Oh, right. Go team. What? Oh, you watching the news?

No, usually that's sports. No, that's golden girls. I can't believe it. What? I can't believe it. But yeah, I think you're your dad being a guy that has created a world of puppets, this definitely tracks for him. Oh, it tracks for whom.

may is. I mean, I cannot even express enough. Like, watching that video and hearing his voice and just, it's like you can't deny that that is your pops. I know. We look the same, I think. We have the same mannerisms. I do also, I do have a lot of my mom's mannerisms as well. But yeah, my dad always puts his finger on his mouth like this. And I noticed I do that a lot too. Yeah. But he, I mean, when he's cooking, there's a constant stream of like, it's like movie, it's like Alec Guinness quotes or like Peter Sellers or Lord of the Rings. Like his mind is a radio and he, and sometimes just random things. And I think I get that a little like I was playing foosball yesterday with Matt. And so clearly in my head, like Matt scored a goal. And in my head I heard two can play at that game, Peter.

And it was like someone else had said it. But my dad will say it out loud, whereas I'll keep it in. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Should we hear his answer? Yeah. Yeah, please. Obviously, I have had many meaningful conversations with inanimate, well, semi-inanimate creatures. Was that your mother or you?

That was me. That was you. Yeah. And so that was it. He just said I have. I know. He didn't go into detail. I think it's because the implication is like, is constantly.

It was kind of similar to the vibe of, have you ever thought of making a cookbook? Yeah. And then what was her answer? Cindy Lopper. Yeah. And then her answer was like, yes. She's like, yes. Yeah.

Yeah. Goodbye. Oh, my God. I think the main thing that happened and that answer was Pongo got irritated that he was referred to as inanimate object. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, of course. That's got a sting. Yeah. Totally.

Yeah. Well, luckily no one listens to our show. Yes, what a treat. What a treat to see your dad. And I love his cute puppets and his accent. I would do it the accent, but you know, you guys know how that goes. No, you're amazing. Not well.

Not well. Unless you do Australian. Australian. That was pretty Scottish. That's Scottish. Well, anyway. This was a wonderful episode. Great to see you guys.

No. No. No. Rise of blades. We are trying to move some books for James. So everyone. join in and treat yourself to this wonderful, such an interesting book to write, I must say. And they're high quality and they're wonderful for your own bookshelf or your loved ones.

Coffee table. Oh, yeah. I'm not saying you have to have it on a shelf, May. I'm just saying, yeah, wherever you want to put the thing. Just get it. You're not going to regret it. Get it. It's good, especially if you want, like, interesting trivia, you can bring up in conversations.

So there's some very good stories in there. Oh, my gosh. Yes. All kinds of facts. Yeah. Okay. Family fact. What do you guys have coming up?

The only thing I have is June 10th. I'm at Largo back in L.A., doing a big fun show with friends. But, yeah, what about you guys? Well, start in May 28th. I'm on my European tour, Berlin, Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen. London and Dublin, and then I'm back in the States in mid-June in Rochester, Minnesota, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Omaha, Portland, Maine, and Detroit. I am also touring around. I'm hitting all these minor markets, and sometimes, you know what, I've been throwing an extra show in. I didn't think I was going to do that this tour, but I have been having a grand old time, and I'm going to be in Albany, New York, Peakskill, New York, Clayton, New York, Rochester, New York.

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