Handsome - Nancy Cartwright asks why we're here

Episode Date: April 7, 2026

Nancy Cartwright is the voice of Bart Simpson... and now she's lending her voice to ask Handsome a HUMONGOUS question! Plus Tig re-enters the real world post-Oscars, Tig can't get Creed out of her head, and Fortune hits the gym! Don't forget to get tickets to our May 4 Live Show in LA!Handsome is hosted by Tig Notaro, Mae Martin, and Fortune FeimsterFollow us on social media @handsomepodMerch at handsomepod.comWatch Handsome on YouTubeThis 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 the Handsome Pot. Cheers. Hey, it's your friend Tignotaro on The Handsome Pot. I'm sitting here with my co-hosts. May Martin and Forgeant Meester. Yeah. What's up? What's up?

What's up you guys? What is going on? What is happening? We haven't been together in a minute, so it's good to see you. It's been a beat. It's been too long. Mm-hmm. Anyway, good to see you.

Bye, guys. Yeah, yeah, I'm on tour. Where are you right now? I am in Philadelphia, first time in Philadelphia. Isn't it awesome? I've only been out off the bus to get a coffee. Oh. It looked beautiful and old, and there was some big building, you know.

Oh, you saw the big building. I saw a big building. And it was beautiful, yeah. I love Philly. Philly's great. It's so beautiful and historic. as you're saying and just it just it's so great they have uh something out of the redding terminal or there's like all these booths and food things i love going there and just i'll get bags of

like goodies like a market is it like uh yeah like a big yeah like a big market but there's like everything from like cheese steaks to like banana pudding to like coffee places so like they're awesome like pretzels and omitamish baker Philly cheese steaks, fresh donuts. I'm listening to streets of Philadelphia on repeat Bruce Springsteen.

Yeah. Yeah. But I'm like, we hear from you behind you. Yeah, do you hear it? The sirens, yes. We hear it on the streets of Philadelphia. I'm like three hours ahead of you guys,

but why, but I'm like groggy and just waking up and you guys are perky or fresh. I'm in the South. This is the big ginger birthday weekend. Oh my God. Jen, that's exciting. How old?

80. Wow. Yeah. She's doing it. Her big parties this weekend. Sounds like May's about to be arrested. It's like right there. Oh my God, it just went.

We have to see it right behind you. Oh, my God. Sorry about that. Sorry, guys. So we're on the same time zone, May. Okay. And yeah, Tig, you missed. We did a mini episode.

me in Fortune and Ginger was chiming in the whole time it was the best. She was like sitting just off camera being like, well, I wouldn't exactly say that. It was so good. Everything we talked about, she was weighing in. So who knows what that episode will sound like. That's like when I do material and Stephanie's in the audience. Does she chime in? No, no, no.

I'll share a story on stage and then I'll think, oh, wait a minute. And then I'll check in with her in the audience and I'll say, Stephanie, is that how you remember it to have happened? And she'll be like, no, it's not. And then the audience will enjoy our back and forth. In fact, for a while, we did a live show called She Said, she said, she said. Yeah. Where we would get on stage and, like, talk about our different perspectives of different things that happened in our relationship and stuff. I love that. Yeah. Yeah. It was fun. How are you guys in? Wait, we haven't talked about the Oscars. Oh, yeah. I'm I was going to make a joke. I'm a loser. Yeah, yeah. You're a massive loser. You're not a loser. I'm a loser.

No, Tig is. You're a winner because how incredible it is to have been nominated. It really is. And I, of course, don't really feel like a loser. But I just go back to the group of people that made this film, including Andrea and Meg, the financiers, the, director, every sound, camera, everything. Just phenomenal and just easy, all on the same page. And so, like, to get through this process of making such a personal, heavy, but also joyful

film and come out the other side even closer to celebrate the success. the success and loss, the whole thing. It's like these are the people I want to do that with, you know. And we walked away going, we need to do more of this. Yes, you have to work together again. That's so rare to have that. Yeah. And all the pictures you guys were like glowing.

Like as a group moving along the red carpet, you were all like burning. Yeah. I ran into their big group at the last. It was really cool to see all you guys together. Yeah, it was a fun surprise to turn around and see Fortune Marie standing there looking so handsome in the suit. You too. You looked great. We got a picture together because I knew that's what the handsome listeners would want.

Well, okay, speaking of what the handsome listeners would want, if I were listening, I'd want to know what celebs did you see. Who'd you talk to? What they smell like? Was anyone weird? Was anyone great? Was anyone hot? Oh. I had to get to, like, was there anyone you were excited about that you were like, oh, my God,

I talked to Leo or something. I cannot wait to tell you all the people I talk to. Fortune go first. I had to get to the red carpet pretty early. So I got there way before the, you know, the big superstars get there. Oh, they show up late? They show up later, yeah. Because you kind of get assigned like different times.

Yeah. And but the red carpet was so hot. It was like really, really warm. So I stayed out there for a bit. And I would have kept, you know, seeing who was coming through, but my face was going to melt off. So I ended up just going inside and getting a drink. So I don't feel like I, like I didn't see a ton of. people on the actual red carpet, but in the ceremony itself, you know, you're right there,

so you're seeing everything. Who are you sitting near? I sat with all the Zootopia of folks. Yeah, except for Man, Tick. Well, there was just four cast there. Yeah. Four Zootopia cast there. So far, I'm not getting the gossip. I'm five with me. Yeah, well, maybe Tick, what do you got? Maybe maybe you saw some of the Mays interested in. I'm not getting the gossip and the juice. I know. Mine was very chill, so maybe TIG has something. Yeah, I am, I mean, I was sitting with our documentary crew. And so as far as, you know, it's funny that this whole process, people have been like, who are you excited to see?

And as you know, I don't really follow a ton of stuff. So I'm not like, I'm not, you know who half of the people were. The answer I gave everybody when they said, you know, like, who are you so excited to see? And I was, and my feeling was, Rose Byrne is an old friend, who I adore, and I was excited to see her, you know what I mean? So anytime I saw Rose, I was always like, or anybody asked, I'd be like, oh, I can't wait to see Rose Byrne. And that's a genuine real thing, was like, I just think she's the greatest. I just love her. Yeah, I don't know her, but I would be excited to see her. I think she's so funny. They're just some actors, yeah, actually.

that you can tell they're they're really smart and they just get the joke of the line every time. And the drama of it all. I mean, Rose Byrne nails drama and comedy so effortlessly. It's weird. It's truly weird. And she's fun. And I just love her. But anyway, that's it.

And oh, and then people were like, oh, my gosh, the after parties, vanity fair, blah. And I was like, we truly went. into what was the governor's a governor's bowl after we got our vegan food and then we went home and we were in yeah yeah we were like we were at valet together yeah i did guys i would have been it's such a long day though it's like the longest day

and by the time you get done with the governor's ball you're just like poops yeah i truly was because you can't eat except they put a little snack box under your chair during the awards. And other than that, there's no food the whole day. And so you have to wait till that night to go to a party. So we went to the nearest party, which was the governor's ball. We went and tossed some vegan food in our mouths. And then we went home and got in bed. Oh my God. Same, same. I have to say, Abby Wambach, who's one of the, was one of the financiers. started this, we have an old text thread. And she changed the name of it to Oscar winners the day before the Oscars. And when we lost, I changed it to Oscar losers. And but Meg, Andrea's wife,

chimed in the day after the Oscars. And she said, okay, everybody, let's share our reentry stories into life after the Oscars. of what reality looks like for everyone. And she says, and she goes, I will go first. She flew back to Colorado. And she said that their house was infested with flies. And she had to hang fly traps all around. Oh, my God.

And then Glennon chimes in. And she's like, well, our dog chewed and destroyed the $1,000 shoes that the stylist let me borrow. Oh, no. And then Sarah Borellas was at her house in upstate New York. And there was some weird door. Oh, it's all the video. Yeah.

Like some critters. This is so sad, but, like, crawled in some space and died. And she was pulling out, like, dead animal crick carcasses. How come all of you were dealing with this animal, like, chaos? Well, Meg said it sounds like everyone either had a fashion or animal emergency. Yes. And then I chime in. And I'm like, oh, my God, I said right after the Oscars, I'm in our bathroom.

And, you know, I have my sleep concoction that I take with CBD oil. I had a brand new bottle that was like the size, on the thread, I said, the size of a large man's fist. It was a huge bottle. I reach up to get it. It slides out of the medicine cabinet, smashes on the bathroom counter. brown all over my white tucks. Oh. On your white tucks?

No. On my. May, yes. Oh my God. May. May yes. The night up. Like as soon as I got home, I was covered in CBD oil on my jacket, my bow tie, my shirt, everything.

And I just, I stood there and I thought I can get really upset about this because it wasn't cheap. Or I can think. Well, Andrea Gibson would give anything in the world to be alive and spilling CBD oil on their blazer. And so I just took it off and went, all right. I'm happy to be alive and experiencing the good and the bad. That's right. Yeah. So anyway.

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And I'm like at the moment. Yeah, but like I don't know my jokes. It's like the Canadian Grammys. Okay. I don't, I'm not prepared. I haven't tried on my suits. I'm on a bus in Philadelphia. I've been eating weird things for like.

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Yeah. Is your stuff, they've already written your stuff. You just haven't had time to practice it yet? I've written a monologue that I've never said out loud and it's, it needs some more. Because I'm, I have a dress rehearsal tomorrow. And so I fly at like 5 a.m. dress rehearsal and then the next day. But oh, my God. Do you have your show?

Rehearse it? Yeah, I was like, can you do it at your show tonight? Be like, hey, guys, can I? It's so specifically Canadian music. It's like, well, Daniel Caesar is here. And, you know, that would be still so funny to work. That's true. I think so, too.

Yeah, I'm like, hey guys, can I do this for you real quick? You could, you know what you do? You do your regular show. Yeah. You do your closer. You get your standing ovation. The audience begs for you to come back out. You do that again.

And then you say, Hey, guys. Do you have three minutes? Here's a little bonus. Yeah. Yeah, do you have five minutes of your time for me to do Canadian material that maybe won't even sound familiar. Yeah. But let me just walk it through.

Okay, I'm going to do it. And people will die for that opportunity to hear. Also, like, whenever I said on the podcast about it's been, about it's been, so it's like, that has, like, caught on, like, wildfire. So many shows, people are saying, yeah, it's been. And so I'm like, well, I know I got that joke in the bag. I'm going to definitely put that in my monologue and just pray for the best. It's a part of my day to day now.

I'm so thrilled. And I shared it with Stephanie and I'll turn to her and I'll go, it's been. That's so funny. The people that I'm meeting after shows and stuff, it is so funny that we all have this shared language. They'll be like really earnestly, no laugh, no twinkle in their eye. They're like, say hi to dumpster tits for me.

like Oh my God. I'm like dying laughing. I called you that in front of somebody a couple weeks ago and they were like, don't call her that. What thing calls herself? I'm proud. I'm a proud proud, proud dumpster tit kind of gal.

Wait, I had a really funny, awkward thing at one of the mean greets. So it's queer couple. One of them looks like me. One of them looks like long hair. And they come up to the front. And it's their six-month anniversary, and they're so in love. And I'm meeting them. And then I'm signing a poster for them.

And I go, sorry, remind me your names? And the one that looks like me is called April, funnily enough. So she's like, oh, I'm April. And this is Emily. Then the girl turns to where he goes, what? And she goes, oh, my God. Carrie, it's Carrie. She said the wrong name.

And I go, did you see your ex's name? She goes, yes. And then they were so, I felt so bad for both of them because the one that looked like me was just like, oh, I'm so sorry. Like I did. Did it really cause friction? Yeah. We were all like, and the one whose name was said wrong was like, oh my God. And then they wanted to.

Yeah, that would be wild. They had like planned a funny picture for us to take. So we all are in a row gazing at this. light and then the one with long hair goes yeah pretend the light is Emily I was like oh my god and then I couldn't I was freaking pretty funny though yeah and then everyone that came up after them I was telling them the story I was like oh my god you guys this guy I felt really but they seem very in love and happy I hope yeah you know listen they were nervous you just it was like in friends when

Ross says Rachel's name at the altar but it wasn't like that because I'm sure the ex is out of the picture. I'm really spiraling that. It's just one of those brain parts, but what a moment to have that in. It was wild, yeah. And it would be a surprise as the other person would be like, wait, what? What did you say? Yeah, it was so visceral. I'm sure they had a very comfortable ride home. I know. They were like, we'll talk about this later, yeah.

We're talking about this later? Let's do the fun picture we had planned. Yeah. That is so funny. I'm having a wild time. I'm going to like vintage stores and guitar stores and museums and like in one theater there was a haunted stairwell and like every city I'm doing something very strange and interesting. And I feel like I'm like a big fan of America. And it's insane that like I'm like a trans immigrant that I should, but I'm like I'm a great cheerleader for this country.

Like, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, especially we're going to a bunch of states for the first time, like in cities for the first time. There's a lot to, you know, get to see that if you've not experienced it, it is fun for. Every city has such a different vibe, too. It's wild. Yeah, what a diverse crazy mix of, uh, it's a big ass country.

It's huge. It's humongo. Yeah, it's humong. That's why you're. your like bus tours is just like this you feel like you're doing a bazillion places and you're like I've barely covered this country this was a huge mistake I'll say that I'm having a blast but like I am this was a huge mistake I cannot do this again like I could have told you a bus service I mean I think I tried to I think we both told you wow yeah yeah for some reason I was I had one conversation with John

Lany at Largo where he was like you got to do a bus tour it's so easy you just get off the stage you get on the bus and I was like yeah and I ignored everyone else who told me you're gonna lose your mind I can't do it I have to like go out do shows and come come home and like have a normal life yeah in between I can't just like go out and just like have that be my life for a long last time. Like 15 cities in like three weeks. I went to a hotel in Cleveland. That was nice and had like a regular bed. And in the hotel, weirdly, everyone is calling me Mr. Martin. And I loved it. It's never happened before. Mr. Martin. Yeah. Hi, Mr. Martin. But they've got my ID and everything. But I was like, yeah, Mr. Martin. I loved it. And what does your ID say?

Female. Uh-huh. Interesting. They must have been like, well, that's obviously a mistake. that's a mistake that that guy didn't care that just left his passport did you get to see Cleveland much because I love Cleveland too Cleveland has so many cute areas very cute I had a massage actually and afterwards the masseuse goes thanks for your entertainment by the way and I was like oh that's so nice and then she goes I'm telling everyone to see Zootopia too and I felt like she'd just googled me and seen that I was in that and didn't know that it was five words. That's so funny. I loved Columbus, Ohio.

Oh, yeah. Oh, Columbus is great. It's very gay-friendly, too. Yeah, yeah. Columbus is awesome. Lots of gays in Columbus. Yes, we were in a theater that was the first ever theater to not have segregation, and it was so cool.

And we went to the botanical gardens, and we went to a glass-blowing demonstration. Got to. A what blowing? Glass blowing, a fortune. An ass blowing. Finally, getting into some real fun talk. Yeah, we went to an ass blowing. And Matt fell asleep.

Ass blowing, now we're in business. Yeah, Columbus. You know what's crazy? A lot of people in the meet and greets have gone, thank you for representing the kink community on handsome. Oh, what's your kink? I'm like, am I representing the kink community? But I don't know.

I'm happy to. I guess I am. I sure am not. Maybe it's because you're like sex positive and post yourself holding vibrators. Oh, maybe. Is that kink though? Yeah. I don't see that as kink, but they just think you're, you know.

Maybe it's the scene in wayward and stuff. But I've got like leather daddies coming out to me in their full gear being like. Oh, yeah, it could be that. What is it the, you mean the part where, um, the girl who plays your wife tells you to turn around? Is that, is that, is that? Or is it because of all the orgies you've talked about? Wait, which one? Which one is the king?

Fortune. She never says turn around. You inserted that. It's in my mind. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's my mind.

What are. What are? What's up? But don't you get flipped around or something? Yeah. She kind of turns me around, I guess. Yeah. Something happens.

Yeah. But, but. But is that the king part? I don't know. I guess it's a little it's a little sub-dommie. I'm like crawling, you know, but. But it's like just even orgies? Wouldn't that be? I guess. I don't know. I feel like you. I guess I'm in the Kink community. Yeah. Get it. Get it. And have people been, I remember for a little while you said people were being a little like kind of crossing boundaries with you. How's that been? Yeah, it's toned down since I talked about it on the pot actually. People are being a lot, a lot. lot more sort of respectful and I don't mind a bit of I don't mind a bit of us oh now you want a little bit

of it come on back come on back I kind of miss it turn around now no one's doing anything no I appreciate boundaries yes yeah yeah yeah that's it's so funny because it's we're all like tig's like super boundary I'm like in the middle and the other other their direction. Mesa kink, a rump. Yeah. I'm the king of kink.

And they're like, uh-oh. Uh-oh. Merch. Merch. King of kink. King of kink. A lot of people are like,

oh, I'm going to see all three of you. Like, I'm ticking off. Like, I got to see all three, which is so nice. And it's, but it is funny. Like, did I tell you about the people who were like, can we take a photo first in the style of a fortune meet and greet, then in the style of a TIG meet and greet?

And then in a style of a May meet and greet. Oh. So it would look like TIG would be far apart from someone. Yeah, TIG was like standing. And then I'm like, maybe arm around. Yeah. And you're like, what, legs intertwined? They literally, I'm like, how did I get this reputation?

Like a koala on me. Like. Oh, my God. hilarious. I'm like, right. It's been nice, though. I started crying the other night during one and I knew I'm too tired. Like this mom and mom and her.

trans kid and she was just like I didn't know that that there were trans people who were like could be silly and happy and like I didn't I and she starts crying I start crying and she's talking me this poor trans kids just like okay everyone needs to chill yeah but also that's so nice oh man like it was such a hug from a mom like yeah I was kind of like oh man I need a hug from a mom like Yeah. I'm still early in my journey with this stuff. I'm like, I was 35 when I figured it out. So I'm like, oh, it feels nice to have a mom be like, you're okay. I'm like, no. It's always cool when you see a parent, like being accepting of their kid. And my mom and I went to the human rights campaign gave me a thing in Charlotte, this visibility award. And I brought my mom with me. And I always love taking my mom to those. kind of events. Was this recent? Yeah, it was like a week ago. Oh, okay. And this one guy came up and said that my mom's involvement in P-Flagg influenced his dad to accept him. And dad was like super conservative, like mager guy. And he, his dad saw how my mom was with P-flag and very supportive. And so

he started secretly donating money to P-Fleg. Amazing. In honor of his gay son. I was like my mom, I could see what that really meant a lot to my mom to hear that. And it meant a lot to me too. And it's, I think when we go to these events,

people come up to my mom a lot. Just being very appreciative of a parent accepting their kid. And then in turn they feel accepted too. Yeah. Yeah. And that's always always really nice. Because she's modeling like what it looks like for it to be not a big deal. Like I like how Robert De Niro when they ask him about his trans kid, he's like, yeah, I love them then. I love them now. Like it's just, I think it's so.

I saw this. Yeah. Sorry. No, go ahead. I was going to say Robert De Niro. I saw him on, I was on Nicole Wallace's podcast recently and she had just had Robert De Niro on. and I saw a moment when she had posted my clip, I had seen his clip on her page. Yeah. And it was so touching because she was asking about the importance of lifting people up. And he started crying. Yeah, I saw that.

And I felt like it was very direct. I'm sure it's across the board, but it felt very directly connected to potentially his time. child. And just like, it's so important to lift people up. It's so important to encourage them and help them, to help elevate them, whoever they are. And just to see that emotion in him. And it was really, it was so touching. It was so real. And I remember when Stephanie and I got married, even though my stepfather and my family fully accepts me, it was still a moment that was so beautiful. I'm going to cry. I can tell. My stepfather was so buttoned up and things should be and look

a certain way and no matter who you are, you know. And there I am in my suit about to get married in my hometown in Mississippi. And Rick comes up to me and I didn't have a tie on. And he came up to me and he said, TIG, would you like to wear my tie? And I was like, I go, oh, I said, no, thank you, Rick. And I'm not really a tie person. But it was him seeing me for who I was. And in his mind, even though he was a little off, in his mind, if I'm getting married and I'm wearing a suit, you should also be wearing a tie. And he was offering to take him. He was offering to take his tie off and put it on me. Yeah. So that I could walk down the aisle. And I did, he walked me down the both of our fathers walked us down the aisle. And it was really so nice. But it just always struck me.

Like, that was really him. Seeing you. Yeah. Seeing me. Even though I'm not, I'm not a tie wearing lesbian. But he, he just, you know, in his mind, you tuck your shirt in, you wear a tie. Yeah. Yeah, and also that's such a quintessential paternal moment of like time. Like that's so sweet. It was so sweet. It just leveled me. I was like, oh, God, this is the best. I remember the first time I felt like my parents got like the look I'm going.

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Every style, every home. Yeah. Well, shout out to all those parents out there, loving their kids for who they are. Totally. Like if your kids like, wait, what's happening? Louis, oh, love is love, his fortune's shirt. Yes. Yeah.

And Louisville, love Louisville. I do. Love Louisville. I love, have you been, May? Never. You've got to. It is an awesome, awesome. It is a great city.

Louisville, Kentucky. Oh, maybe I am going there. I think I'm going there in April. Oh, good, because it is awesome. Amazing. Yeah. Yeah, I've been, I mean, I loved Minneapolis. I loved Atlanta.

I'd never been to Chicago. I love Chicago. This is wild. Yeah. Cowboy getting around. I really am. I'm getting up. Getting around, yeah.

I'm back on tour too. It's starting this coming weekend. So I'm all over the place. And then I was telling me, TIG that my mom wants to come to Europe with me. So we'll see. That's awesome. I'm doing a little European run of shows,

and she's trying to get in on it. Ginger takes Europe. Yeah. I said she would want to get on that hop on hop off bus that you like that's how she likes to look at the cities too. We're made for each other. That's right. I would have such a nice day with Ginger on one of those buses just sort of commenting.

That would be so nice. We're doing a staycation just so we're home with fluff during spring break. And Max and Finn are like, let's take the hop on hop off bus in Los Angeles. That's a great idea. Yeah. So we're going to do all the. touristy things here in town for two weeks. That's a great idea. Yeah. Yeah. I've never done the La Brea tarpits. We're doing that. Are you? Yes, indeed. We are doing everything for two weeks.

Oh, that's great. Yeah. Well, should we get to our question? I think we should. Let's do it. Today's question asker is an Emmy Award winning actor who voices Bart Simpson, Maggie Simpson, and Ralph Wiggum for The Simpsons. She also has a successful YouTube channel with over 600,000 subscribers, Nancy Cartwright is asking today's questions. Hey, handsome. I'm Nancy Cartwright, best known as the voice of Bart Simpson. And my question to you is, what are we all doing here? And what I mean by that is like, what is happening here on planet Earth? Like, what's the deal with you? What's the biz, man? What's happening here? It's pretty amazing to just hear the hint of Bart Simpson in there. That's pretty, what a cool person. Eat my shorts. Yeah,

when I found out that it was a woman doing those voices and I was a kid, I was so pumped and impressed. I know. I don't know if I was pumped. I was just more like, wow, that's wild. And it's, it's fun too because my kids were very into, they stumbled upon family guy. And we were like, I don't know about this. And South Park. And we were like, I don't know. But we tried to turn them on to the Simpsons. And they were kind of pushing back at first. Like, this isn't edgy enough.

Right. Now, oh, boy. It has taken. They're in it. It is one of the most joyful things for us. Because as much as Finn loves sports, and it's a lot, you know, it's a lot. Yeah. He will go upstairs.

We call it the chill out room. and they'll sit in there in the chill-out room and watch the Simpsons on the couch sitting side by side giggling together and it is... That is so nostalgic. It is, it has,

it's really, really brought so much real joy into our lives. Yeah. I love that. Yeah. I got to do an episode of The Simpsons. That was like... Wow. Like so cool.

Did you play yourself? No, I played, what was the name of the? character. It was kind of described to me as like a female version of Homer. I played the girlfriend of the one of the sisters. I played a character named Evelyn. They go to a trip to Costa Rica. Okay. And just to get to be in there. And Marge's sisters are the ones that smoking ones. Yeah, yeah. I played one of their girlfriends. That's amazing. Wait, they're both Lesbians? I don't think both

just one of them and then I got to like sign the wall and they give you like a box of Simpson's swag. It was really cool. That's awesome. Well those I feel like it shaped my sense of humor because it was kind of, wasn't it like the first thing to do like cutaways almost? It would be like

hard cuts to things. Just the structure of it was and then now my brain thinks like that. Like if I'm like well I'm sure it'll be safe here. My brain goes cut to me in an ambulance, right? And that's very Simpsonsie. Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, for sure. When Conan was the head writer, and we had all the amazing Mr. Burns stuff and side show Bob and. God, speaking of Conan, he just is, to go back to the Oscars for one second, it was funny because my mother-in-law this morning was like, or last night, she said, and gosh, I was so proud watching the Oscars. I thought she was talking about me. And I said, really?

And she goes, yeah, I mean, just the way Conan handled all the political stuff. And I was like, I go, what about me? But he did. I just think he's so stellar. It's like, it's crazy how good this guy is. God, it's like just, I don't we all feel so, like, relieved and grateful when, when an iconic comedy man, crucially from that time, like, like, keeps evolving. and growing and it's just like relevant and funny and silly and doesn't become twisted. Angry dinosaur.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. The silliness, like him was Aunt Gladys in the beginning. Yeah. So funny. I loved that. Yeah.

Silly is where it's at for me. I love the silly. Yeah. It's good. Which in these times that Nancy's speaking of, we need the silly. Yes, we do. And she's asking my, I mean, that's like my favorite question. It's just like, what is this and why are we here?

I don't really, I personally don't dig that deep. You know, like to try to understand this, I think you'd be scratching your head forever. Of course. I think that's like the part of it is you'll never answer it. But I'm into, I'm interested in how people over the centuries have tried to answer those. questions and I don't know there's there's I have a lot of friends and me too who are like pseudo spiritual or like make up their own kind of version in their head and I have this feeling like this is some kind of school of life I don't know like everyone who has near death experiences or

does DMT they all report the same feeling of like returning home to this like pure love and like where people are like, oh my God, wasn't that crazy? Like, you did great. Like, what, you know what I mean? Like, that seems across the board. People are saying that. I don't think that's just a sort of hallucination. I feel like it's got to be like your return to some energy world where you're like,

I know I'm rambling. Well, no, I am. It's, oof, oof, oof, how's that for an answer? I mean, I feel like I've talked about this. a lot, maybe also on this podcast, but I feel like after, and I know I've talked about this a lot, but after everything I went through in 2012, and the way it cracked me open and changed my life, and the way people were so helpful to me, it's hard to not want to be to some degree in service to others after that.

and to just be as helpful as possible and, like, return the favor tenfold. And like, I really feel so grateful to be alive. And I think about, and this is the part that I know I've probably mentioned before, because I do talk about it a lot, is one of my favorite sayings by Ram Dass is we're all just walking each other home. Yes. And I feel like that is what life is. That is what we should be doing. That is what I try to do.

And there's also a level of needing to have boundaries, and you can't, you know, you can only get involved so much in so many different ways with different people and different levels. But, man, to accept people's help walk in you home, and you giving others help and walking them home and whatever that encompasses. But just to, yeah, when you're at the end of life or you are really sick or struggling, that's what you need. That is, that is, and that's what you should, I think, be doing with your time.

Connecting with people and giving love and receiving love. And I feel like love is a pretty powerful metaphysical force that, like, you can actually feel it sometimes. And I think that's probably what we're here to do is cultivate that as much as possible. Well, I think, too, just like trying to make everybody else's journey here easier in some way. Yeah. You know, because, like, there's, like, stresses that everyone goes through or hardships and, like, you don't ever want to be adding to. those for other people. It's like if there's a way to ease that for anyone,

I'm all about that. Like I think, you know, when I think about like, why are we here individually, what is your purpose here? And I think that's why I love my job. Our job is like to bring levity to people and tough times.

And so I love that my time in this journey is that gets to be part of it to try to ease the load in either like my everyday life just how I interact with people or in my job like trying to make people laugh yeah we're spiritual beings having a human experience I feel like and then we'll go have another experience so like you like reincarnation kind of maybe I don't know I I feel like we'll never know, but I, it's fucked, isn't it? I mean, it is like, this is bizarre. And then like, we, yeah, we, we are, our sense of reality is so connected to, like,

the systems we live in that have, the, that have been built and function and, like, or don't function in society. I'd like to just be in the forest and be like, okay, what is actually life without all that? This is so funny because I, literally two nights ago when Stephanie and I were dozing off, I said, you know that Creed song? What's This Life for? Yeah. Do you know that song?

Yeah. What's his life? I just know, we're lives let open. Yeah. I mean, it's basically that, but what's his life for? Your favorite band. But she said, no, I don't know that song. I was like, oh, anyway.

And then I just like fell asleep soon after. but that song comes up. What an interaction. I know, but it's just funny that that happened a couple of nights ago and we're talking about what is this life for? But what I was, if she did know the song, I was, we were so tired that, you know, like who knows where that conversation was going to go. But I just was going to tell her like, what a funny random song that pops up in my head a lot.

Yeah. And what's this life for by Creed? But I think it's just that constant. thought of like what are we what are we doing what is happening what is this life for yeah yeah maybe we can drop that clip in of the creed song in this point oh my god i mean remember uh was it was it max's song that he wrote like that was very existential about yes no one no one knows why we were born no one knows no one knows if we were born also was the line wild yeah yeah yeah Cool. Yeah. I think I'm not advocating drug use at all, but I think having been in my

Like, all right, King, King. Well, King King says as soon as I like did mushrooms or something as a teenager and saw reality behave differently with my own eyeballs, like the first time I sort of felt like I was seeing these nature patterns and things. Yeah, that set me on a, actually cut that out. I don't know. Well, let me leave it in. You know, as we continue to talk and time goes by and these trucks drive by your window, may I keep thinking you're going to get run over?

Yeah. Are you all just like hanging in like a parking space on the side of the? We're parked right outside the theater and so the bus can't expand because it's on a street. Oh, you're in the bus now? Yeah, I'm in the bus now. Oh, okay. I didn't add that up. I'm in the bus.

Yeah. It's really getting pretty claustrophobic. Oh, because you can't expand. And there's four of us on the bus and we're all, there's always people around. But luckily, all our personalities are jelling very well. I think even if one person was like obsessed with fitness or like on a different like schedule, but we're all pretty chill. Obsessed with fitness.

You know what I mean? What a nightmare. But like if they were doing yoga in the morning on the bus, it would be like, wow. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hot yoga. I've been to the gym. I've been to the gym every day this week. Have you really?

Yeah. Oh, my God. Yeah. Wow. Look at those guns. Go to YouTube. Yeah. Fortune.

You don't want me on your bus because someone's obsessed. Yeah. That's what this life is for. That's exactly what this life is for. I just haven't been able to move my body in like six months. I've been filming in all day every day. So I've been so happy to. like get asleep and go to work move my body. Yeah, work it girl. Work, you better work.

Come a girl. Should we hear what Nancy has to say? Yeah, maybe Nancy knows something. We don't. That'd be amazing if she has the answer. Yeah, I don't know what I even said on this episode. We have no clue. No, we don't know. It doesn't matter. Nothing matters. I think the reason that we are all here is because, I mean, really, you just have to observe what's going on. Look at all the different races. Look at all the different kinds of people that compile, that compose, planet Earth. We've got a lot of motion, a lot of action going on, a lot of busy people doing a lot of different things. And guess what?

People need help. So that's what I feel like I'm here for. I think we're here to help everybody. my voice kind of cracked right there. I'm sincere, though. I do think that is why we're here. We're here to help each other. See what you can do about that.

Okay. Yeah. I think that all feeds into what we're saying. Yes, 100%. The Buddhist thing is like life is suffering. Once you accept that, and your mission is to ease suffering for yourself and others. One million percent.

And also, you know, somebody could be like, well, why are you helping me? I reached out. I did the, it's like, again, it's like you can do certain things. You can't do everything for everyone. But like if your general idea and philosophy is to, as Robert De Niro was saying,

is lift people up or help walk people home in life and whatever that means for you, if it's towards the end of life or just getting through a period in time and accepting the help yourself too. with, I think, important with boundaries. I just, I think it's all, I think it's all, I do. I think that is, what this life's for.

What this lives for? Yeah, with arms wide open. I just love picturing two lesbians in bed. Yeah, one of them turns to the other. Referencing creed. You know, this creed song? And she's like, no, good night. Yeah.

Well, good night. Take turns back over in her nightgown. Me and my nightgown. Maybe it's not a real song. Well, that's the thing. We don't know why we're here, what's going on, but just going to help try to help people. I like that.

Yeah, and I mean, my algorithm feeds me like quantum physics and stuff all the time. I don't do any further research on these things. And it'll be like, big news. Top Harvard scientists agree that the past and the present are happening at the same time. Or like alternate dimensions proven. You're like, is it proven? Is this, what is that? Should I now think that?

But then if you Google it, it turns out it's just somebody's thesis or, yeah. I want to know, but hopefully before we die, we'll get some answers. Just. I don't know if we will, though. Well, that's why people do. So they can talk to the beings. Would you ever do it? It's 15 minutes the high.

I'm too scared. But people, it's only that that guy who's trying to live forever, he just did it recently. Brian Johnson? Yeah. I have bad news for him. He's not going to live forever. I know. That is the reality of the situation, yes.

I know. And I wish that the beings he met in the DMT universe were like, dude, you got to stop. Yeah. Yeah, it's not going to happen, bro, dude. Yeah. But would you do it 15 minutes and let's say it's guided, there's doctors. We're on our wellness weekend maybe. It's not for me, but is that not Molly or whatever?

No, DMT is like the molecule that's released at death, I think, and it's a hallucinogenic and the high only lasts 15 minutes and everyone says the same thing. They're sucked out of their body. they're in a realm with deities. People describe the same sort of beings who are all like, hey, we love you. And they're just like, oh, and the peace they feel, it's so positive. And then they're like, they get to ask some questions about the universe. And then they're sent back into their bodies.

Some people actually have not great experiences. Well, it seems like people that do that are searching for something. Yeah, I am. I've never felt like I'm searching for something. Yeah, I love that about you. And I'm jealous. And so I've never had the desire to do something like that just because there's no, I'm not like, I need something answered that's not being answered. So let me do this thing.

I just, I'm like, I'm not even thinking, you know, in that regard. So I've never had that desire. I don't know. Yeah. And you can. It's not that I'm not being deep. You know, it's not like I'm not. I'm not a deep think or a deep person,

but I've never been the type of person that's just like, what is this? What are we? What are we doing? It just have never been that way. Well, don't try and join the band Creed. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, look at that.

We did it. We did do it. We have our Netflix is a joke festival show coming up. Yes, we do. It's going to be so fun. May 4th at the Will Turn. So if anyone lives in L.A. Or wants to take a fun trip to L.A., come see us.

We're going to be kicking off the festival week. Please come see us. We're going to be interviewing the cast of the hunting wives. That's our guests. And just general silliness, I think. Of course. There's always general silliness. General silliness.

This will not be streamed, so you got to see it live. Yes. Will not be streamed come to. the well to the show. What do you have coming up though? I'm doing a little European run. So for European listeners, just in a couple days

I'll be in Amsterdam at the Comedy Train Club. So come check that out. And then I'm also doing some state stuff in San Antonio and Dallas, Texas, Des Moines, Toronto, Redding, Pennsylvania, I just added from in May. And then my European

run for all you folks that live out there, Berlin, Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen, London, and Dublin. I'll be there at the end of May, early June. Awesome cities. So, yeah. Get your tickets. Come, I would love to see some European handsome listeners.

I'm going to head out there too. I have a few dates. I'd like to run by you. I'll be in Newtown, Connecticut on April 24th. Portland, Maine, April 25th. Brooks, California, May 15th, San Luis, Ibispo. May 16th, Albany, New York. June 4th, Peaksfield, New York.

June 5th, Clayton, New York, June 6th, the list goes on and on. Rochester, New York, Spokane, Eugene, Oregon, Colorado Springs. Come on out and party with me. I just added an extra show tomorrow night in Boston at the Wilbur. There's a late show now at 10 p.m., still some tickets. Also, I'm around, you know. Go to Maymartin.com. I'm on tour all of April.

So I'm in San Diego and Vegas. lots of tickets available for Vegas still. I'm doing two shows. And then I added an extra show in San Francisco, too. There's some tickets. Portland, Oregon, Vancouver, Denver, Kansas City, St. Louis, and Nashville. Love it.

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