Handsome - Pretty Little Episode #46

Episode Date: July 4, 2025

Mae and Tig answer your urgent questions about famous friends and what kind of lunatic likes to sit in the middle seat of an airplane, on another perfectly Pretty Little Episode!Handsome is hosted by Tig Notaro, Mae Martin, and Fortune FeimsterSubmit questions to speakpipe.com/handsomepodFollow 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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Allstate Fire and Casualty Insurance Company and Affiliates Northbrook, Illinois. Pretty little episode. Hello, it is your dear friend, Tignotaro, sitting here with my co-host. Your other dear friend, Mavis Martin. Hello Mavis Martin, how are you? I'm well actually, I just got back from the desert. Oh. Yeah.

What was going on there? Like minutes ago. I feel like a new person. Like I feel like I got some sun. I slept in a dome. Oh yeah, you texted me a picture of the dome. Did you get, when you were in the sun, did you get nut brown? I got, I immediately started peeling. Like my nose started peeling. I'm just, I immediately started peeling, like my nose started peeling. I'm just, I don't really go not brown, but this dome, I feel like we all gotta get one for the pod maybe. It's like a clear dome. Put it on the list, Thomas.

Yeah, can I have a pod for the pod? It was pretty amazing. I fell asleep looking at the stars through this clear dome and it was a new moon so the stars were super bright but then like as soon as the sun comes up it gets really fucking hot. Yeah you cook. And then I stepped on a lizard with my bare foot. Oh did it die? I felt a squishy feeling and then it died. It kind of waddled away but I think itaddled away, but I think it might die soon. Yeah, I think it might die soon. May, that's really bad news.

How big of a lizard. Like a gecko little guy. Oh God, it was awful. I feel like I've been in like grade five, I stepped on a snail and I've been holding onto it ever since like feeling guilty. Yeah. How are you?

What's going on with you? I was okay until you told me about the lizard. I'm so sorry. It's a horrible image. What was that that you just lifted? A jug of water? Thanks for asking. I'm gonna drink this whole jug.

I feel like I got a hydrate from the inside out after the desert, I'm really parched. When did you get started? Yesterday, and I've only made a small dent in this giant thing, yeah. You're not planning on drinking that whole thing today, are you? I am, actually.

Am I gonna drown? I don't know. I just, maybe it's because I'm older than you, but I would be getting up a bunch in the night. But you stay up later than I do. I think. Yeah, but I definitely get up to pee as well. But I also bought this stuff that you add to water to make it taste better. And it's basically sugar. Taste. What? What do you mean taste better? You don't like the taste of water? I do, but I'm gonna drink it more if it's a little, if it has the qualities of a juice.

Oh, you got a glass of water there. Yes, I do. And when Stephanie and I went to Mississippi to visit my family one time, my cousin was drinking a large, you know, whatever, it wasn't a jug, but like, you know, those big things. Yeah. Yeah. That can go in the cup holder,

but it's like a super, super big gulp reusable. She said, or Stephanie said, what are you drinking? And she said, water. I've been trying to drink more water. And Stephanie was like, oh, okay, that's good. And she goes, yeah, I just throw some Skittles in there. No, you're kidding me. I'm not kidding you.

She throws Skittles into our water to make it taste better. So I should probably let her know about whatever it is that you're having. So she's not drinking Skittle water. I so can taste in my mouth what that tastes like. Skittle water, oh my God. I used to put them in Coca-Cola when I was a kid and they kind of fizz.

Oh, okay. Yeah, yeah, it's pretty fun. I like Skittles, I have to say. Love a Skittle, taste the rainbow. Yeah, I guess they're like really bad for you. Are they? Apparently, apparently they're some of the worst that you, oh, I don't need to go in and like bash anybody's company.

But anyway, even though they're really bad for you, my cousin uses them to make herself healthier. So. I thought it works, listen, whatever gets you through the day, whatever gets that water into your bod. My parents only drink wine and coffee really. They don't. No.

Yeah, they don't really drink water, but they're trying. And one of the things that they did to help themselves try is they squeezed a bunch of limes and added sugar and like cooked it down into a kind of serum syrup. And they made their own like lime cordial that they mix with water and try to get some water down them.

Okay. Now I wanna go back to this dome you were sleeping in. Is it? Thanks. Yeah. Is it- I thought we moved on from that too fast. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's glass? Is it plastic or?

Yeah, like perspex or something, like some kind of plastic. Yeah, you feel really exposed. Like I rented an Airbnb and then the dome was in the backyard. So my friends slept in the beds and I slept in the dome. And is the dome, what is it for? Is it, what is it?

Looking at the stars, sleeping. Really? Yeah, yeah. So it is specifically something to go out and sleep in. You don't live in it. No, you would cook, I think. You would just bake. And you have to get up early, obviously.

Oh man, it was nice though. Like you get it, the sun comes up and it, you know, you, like I didn't set my alarm. I just let the sun wake me up on my face and then you feel like you're yeah. And the elements, but you're not, you're safe and sound safe from all scorpions. And do they have a bed set up in there? You had to bring your sleeping bag. No beautiful big bed, electricity, little desk. Yeah. Wow. I was thinking I got to get a dome for my place like in the backyard and then I thought

if I get a dome before I get my driver's license that's so LA. Like I can't, I got to just learn to drive. I can't be buying domes. What about a dome on wheels? Yeah. Yeah. That would be cool. It would look like little tortoises going around. Yeah. But you can only drive at night. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, that was really cool. And now that you're explaining what it was, because you were like, oh, I slept in this last night. And I was like, oh, OK, that's cool. But I was also like, what is this? I have more questions, but I guess I'll leave it for the podcast. Yeah. But now that I know, it's very appealing to me because I'm not.

Are you much of a camper? I'm not much of a camper. I used to camp more. I was in a relationship once with somebody that really liked to camp. And so we went and did that. But Stephanie is not a camper. Right. However, when we were in Ojai, apparently she had a conversation with Emily Salyers

from the Indigo Girls about camping. Emily was like, we should all go camping or something like that. And Stephanie was like, eh. And then it turned into glamping. Yeah, that's what, yeah. I mean, that's pretty much what the domes are. It's gl, eh. And then it turned into glamping. Yeah, that's what, yeah. Yeah, I mean, that's pretty much what the domes are. It's glamping. I think that's more our speed.

Yeah. I should be a little, I'm a Canadian. Like I should be camping, but. You really should. You should be camping. What are you doing here right now? I know. Why am I not in a tent?

I listen to too much true crime and also I don't have all the gear. It's an expensive hobby. Were you scared in the dome? I was a little scared in the tent. I listen to too much true crime and also I don't have all the gear. Oh, were you scared in the dome? I was a little scared in the dome, yeah, because imagine if you woke up and there was just someone pressed against the glass looking in at you like you're- Who were you in there? Were you sleeping with anyone in there? No, I was by myself. Really? That is bold. Yeah, it felt bold.

Were you sleeping naked? No, I slept actually I slept in pajamas and then I woke up so hot from the sun and I was too tired to move out. So then I did get naked and then that then you're really vulnerable and you're dumb. Remember the other day I was saying I feel like the coolest person taking a walk at 6.45 in the morning. Yeah. Well, this feels like you're kind of beating me to all of the cool early morning stuff. The first hit to the sun.

That would be so incredible, I think. I love it. Yeah. But then definitely a fly in the ointment when you step on a lizard first thing, as soon as you exit the dome. Why'd you bring that up again? This poor little guy. I know. They're resilient, like their tails grow back. I'm hoping his internal organs also grew back. Grow back. Yeah. Yeah. Well, should we see what our first question asker is now that we're sad?

Yeah, let's do it. Hi, handsoms. My name is Kayla and I live in Utah. I was wondering, who was your very first famous friend. And how did you navigate that relationship? Did you feel starstruck? Did you feel out of place? And I also want to know how you met them. Wow, that's a great question. It's interesting. I know who mine is. Do you know who yours is? I'm trying to think. And was this was yours like before you were in the industry and stuff like that? No I was in the industry in the entertainment industry I just had been kind of bobbing around as just an open mic comedian and then I did well it's Sarah Silverman and the first time

I met her was actually at a mutual friend's birthday party at a comedy club. And I remember we were, oh, she said, oh, I really like your pants. And then we started talking. And then it turned out we lived kind of down the street from each other. And then everything, like what's your favorite color,

all that kind of boring stuff where we were like laughing because we were, it was lining up and just hitting every time like no way. And then the big moment was like, I said, okay, who is your like favorite rock and roll, female rock and roll singer? And she said, Chrissy Hynde. And I was like-

That's your girl. Yeah, and I was like, no way. And then so she said, yeah, and her boyfriend was standing nearby and she went and grabbed him and she said, who is my favorite, like rock female rock singer? And he was like, Chrissy Hynde. And I was like, Oh, thank God.

It was so insane. And then she wasn't terribly famous at the time. She was just kind of, you know, I think of you guys as like, you know, similar timelines, but I guess she had come up early. We're the same age. She's two months older than I am, but she started standup at 17. Yeah, yeah. And so I was, I was nowhere near getting, you know, I was still like 10 years out from

starting. nowhere near getting, you know, I was still like 10 years out from starting, I mean, maybe I was 26 or something. But, but yeah, so she started way before I did. And so yeah, she was a known stand up and doing bit parts and movies and TV and stuff. And then years later, after I had met her at that party, I was doing standup at this place called Luna Lounge in New York that was like the place to perform. And when I got off stage, Sarah was so complimentary to me. And at this point, she was definitely more known. And then she asked for my number.

And I remember thinking, oh, I probably won't hear from her because people are very flaky and she seemed like a very famous person to me. And then she called me and was like, hey, it's Sarah Silverman. Do you wanna go to lunch? And I was like, sure. And then we started hanging out.

Yeah. I love when people call each other well this was a long time ago yeah I still miss it yeah some people just know they could save hundreds on car insurance by checking Allstate first like you know to check that when you're sharing an interesting fact from social media, you actually do some fact checking first, preferably on a reputable website. Checking first is smart.

So check Allstate first for a quote that could save you hundreds. You're in good hands with Allstate. Savings vary, subject to terms, conditions, and availability. Allstate fire and casualty insurance company and and affiliates Northbrook, Illinois. I'm trying to think of mine. Oh, yeah. She was like, it's Sarah. Sarah Silverman. I met you at Luna Park and I was like, oh, I know who you are. I remember.

I guess I'm going to say like maybe Lisa Kudrow, because it was, well, like, I was friends with people who were kind of England comedy scene famous, or were on the panel shows and that type of thing. But for us, for this little British show, to have Lisa Kudrow flying over, and then when we kind of broke through into being actual friends and like couldn't stop talking, that was probably my first famous friend. That was your first one? I think so, yeah. Good question though.

I wanna hear the answer. I wanna hear what famous friends Kayla has. I am just a boring English teacher in the state of Utah. So I don't think I have any famous friends, but one time I had the opportunity to chit chat after sliding into the DMs of TIG's old roommate, Chris Fairbanks. Back before Chris had any boundaries, he would message his followers back when they messaged him on Instagram. So I've kind of felt like I had a brush with fame as me and Chris talked about. Well, I don't remember, so it mustn't have been that interesting.

Thanks so much, you guys. Your podcast brings me joy and keeps me sane. Thank you for doing what you do, and we all love you very, very much. Oh, well, thank you, Kayla. And I have to... I can't fully speak for Chris Fairbanks, but I would not be surprised if he would continue to be responding to people these days. There definitely was a moment when social media was new

that you could message like your idols on MySpace and stuff and they would respond to you. And you were like chatting. I mean, I had a, yeah. Are you sure you had their right account? I mean, I used to go on TomGreen.com and chat to, I swear, chat to Tom Green when I was, like he'd talk to all his fans.

That's great. I bet he still does. Yeah, I bet he does, yeah. Yeah, yeah. All right, next question. Hi, Fortune Mae and Tig. My name is Gabby and I am a pretty little lady out in Denver, Colorado.

Nice. My question for you is this. If you're traveling on an airplane, do you prefer to sit in the window seat, the aisle seat, or my goodness, the middle seat? Can you imagine? What psychopath would say the middle? Oh God.

Can I say my prediction of your answer? Yeah. Cause I know that you get claustrophobic. I know you like to pee. So I'm going to say aisle for you. I like to pee. Yeah, that's one of your favorite things to do. Oh my God.

When I am not recording Handsome, I am on the can. It's one of your hobbies. Well, that's a really good guess, but I do like the middle. No. Just kidding. Oh my God. No, I prefer the window. That also helps with claustrophobia.

And I also have issues with dizziness. And it's helpful if I can open or close the window shade, based on how I'm feeling. Yeah. So yeah, the window. I'm an aisle feeling. Yeah. So yeah, the window. I'm an aisle guy. Yeah. Because as soon as I know that I can't pee,

like once I get settled and the person next to me falls asleep or something, like the anxiety, I can spend two hours trying to like work up the courage to wake someone up. Oh yeah. But I hate when you're on the aisle and then the cart goes by and knocks your elbow mm-hmm or your knee or your precious little toe exactly it's tough stuff May it's tough it's tough out there yeah it

really is especially if you're a gecko oh yeah Should we hear the answer? Yeah. Gabby, where do you like to sit on the airplane? I do believe that there is a correct answer, but I've heard multiple different perspectives that are also valid too. For me, I prefer the window seat. I like to tuck myself in, get my neck pillow,

get my sweatshirt, and just post up there for the duration of the flight. The only negative thing is sometimes I drink too much water and I wish I was in the aisle. Thank you so much for answering my question. Hope you guys have a great week. Thanks, Gabby. Yeah, I mean, in terms of curling up, I guess window supremacy for sure. Yeah. And you're also more private. You're just like wedged in there. You've got your own little dome going on. Yeah, true.

Yeah. Have you ever taken a blanket and put it over your whole head? No. Okay. But go on, let's hear the rest of the story. And over the chair in front of you and then you have made a little tent. Then I think people will assume you're doing weird stuff under there. Yeah.

Even if you're doing normal stuff under there, it's still weird to create a tent. Yeah, antisocial behavior. I'm pretty good about when I have to get out of the aisle though, even if somebody's sleeping. You step over like a- I'll step over and I'll try to not interrupt them. But I'm also okay if I do. Oh, right.

Because I feel the same. If somebody needs to get out and I'm in their way, don't hold back, tap me, step over me, ask me to get the hell out of your way. I get it, no problem. There's a breaking point. It's when it's like three times in an hour, you're gonna be like, are you fucking kidding? But there's nothing breaking point. When it's like three times in an hour, you're gonna be like, are you fucking kidding?

But there's nothing like trying to step over a sleeping person on a plane and you're like doing the splits over their lap and then they wake up and your crotch is in their face. And you're not, or you don't even have to go to the bathroom. You just do the splits over them and just awkwardly stay there until they wake up and say, what is happening?

All right, well, gosh, keep sending in these questions. They're fun to have to like think this stuff through. Yeah, I just learned, I learned about you today. I would have for sure said I'll, but it's window. I learned about myself in these as well. I learned about you, me, learned nothing about Thomas. Yeah, yeah. Don't have a clue what fortune would say.

But yeah, send your questions into speak pipe dot com slash handsome pod. That is speak pipe dot com slash handsome pod. And subscribe to the podcast and the YouTube channel cause then you can see May's jug of water. Oh, it has turned nut brown. It's not brown water. I've been, I've made a little dent even as we've been recording.

Check it out on YouTube. You can see the process. Yeah. Head on over to YouTube right this second and watch that water go You don't want to miss that either on YouTube I just almost drowned yeah, you sure did it was a pleasure knowing you though and And yeah send your friends an episode of handsome and help build this handsome crew go to Tignotaro.com for anything that you might need and

MayMartinMusic.com I got some gigs coming up some cool merch and I guess aside from that all that remains is to remind everyone to please keep it pretty handsome. Keep it pretty handsome. Handsome is hosted by me, Mae Martin, Tig Notaro, and Fortune Feimster. The show is produced, recorded, and edited by Thomas Ouellette. Email us at handsomepod at gmail.com and please follow us on social media at handsome pod. What a podcast. What a podcast.

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