Handsome - Pretty Little Episode #77

Episode Date: February 6, 2026

Tig and Fortune talk about tall tales and design roadside attractions on a Pretty Little Episode that makes the perfect little pit stop!Handsome is hosted by Tig Notaro, Mae Martin, and Fortune FeimsterSubmit your 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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It is your dearest friend in the entire world, Tignotaro, sitting here with your other friend. That's the most important in the entire world. Is that what you said? No, it's not. Fortune Feimster. Hi, Fortune. You are the most important person in my life. Oh, you stop.

And I don't believe you. I don't either. I'll be honest. I don't believe that. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You know what's so funny is the last time we did one of these, it was your folks' birthday.

Well, tomorrow is my mom's birthday. Really? I mean, I know that's kind of a stretch, but in the same vein, you know what I mean? Sure, sure. And would old Ginge mind telling us how old? This is a big one, 80. Oh, 80? Yeah.

I can't, I can't, I truly cannot believe it. Wow. She looks really good for 80. She looks very good. Yeah. It's just, yeah, 80 years old, that just doesn't seem, I'm glad she's here. Listen, I'll all. Take it.

I'm grateful. And she's active heading out, sitting on benches and stuff. Yeah. Yeah. She's doing pretty good. We're going to have a big party for her. Nice. I'm filming right now.

So I wanted to do it around this time. But it just will be easier once I wrap. So we're going to, she was fine to wait until March. Oh, okay. We are going to have a little party for her for some of her good friends and mostly family. Um, but just when in March? Because if it lands on my birthday, maybe we could do a double. You're going to come to Belmont with Carolina and celebrate that I will.

Late March. That's what my birthday is. March 24th. Oh, it's not that date, but close. Oh, sure. 28th? Yeah. I can stick around.

We could do it right in the middle. Yeah. We could do the 26th right in between. I would love for you two to have a joint birthday party. that would be hilarious. I'm sure we have the same friend group. Totally the same friends. What are her friends like?

Are they just like ginger? Yeah, they're fun. There's a whole group of them called the yajas. And they get together a couple times a month for like lunch or whatever. They celebrate the birthdays of the month. We'll all celebrate with one meal. And how do they know each other? Years and years of just growing up in,

Belmont and I mean they've been a friend group for decades now yeah and uh a lot of their a lot of us some of them had kids all the same age so my friends are the uh in that friend my my friends moms are in that mom group and and then they have their own then they branch out and do stuff you know individually with little outside of the y'all yas yeah are you tight with the friends the kids of the friends I was growing up I just don't see people as much, you know, but if I saw them, it would be great to see them. But, you know, it's a wonderful friend group. I'm so glad she has them. I, yeah. It's funny, a couple, gosh, about, I want to say seven, six, seven years ago, I filmed this thing

for Comedy Central. Congratulations. In my hometown. And they came and they had my mom's, the yaya's come over. And a lot of that footage got cut in this thing. But I would so, wish I had it because it was so great seeing her friends all together. And they were looking at it. I wonder if you could get in touch and have someone dig it up. I bet it's somewhere. Maybe. And funny enough,

the cameraman for that project was at a screening I went to of your documentary. Really? Really? Yeah. And I hadn't seen him since. And he was there with my mom filming all their friends. It was a really special experience. So that's amazing.

Yeah, but yeah, I'm glad she has those, those friends. They all, I'm telling you, this is, this is, this is your job right now is, is you got to reach out to Comedy Central and see if there's any way to track that footage down. Okay. You will be so glad you did that, fortune. Yeah, because they were all on that day, just like yapping and cutting each other off and making jokes. And it was really sweet. And your reps can help you hunt that down? You got to do it.

It'd be one day of work for you to do. Yeah. You know, phone calls, emails. I should get a lot of that footage because it was all about me and my mom. Yeah. And I'm sure we got some cool stuff that. And like when they aired it, it was supposed to be about comedians and their moms, but they barely showed anything that they filmed.

It was very odd. They showed more stuff of me on stage. and they did of the footage in my hometown. Interesting. I know. And so I have all this probably pretty great footage of the two of us that I would like to get a lot of it. I don't know how that works, but I'll have them look into it. Yeah.

Yes, you will. That's exciting. Yeah. Shout out Ginge. Yeah, the Yaya's, Fortune Feimster and the Yaya's is the band name. That's right. Yeah. Well, that's all I got.

Well, let's get into our questions then. Hi, handsome. This is Hope calling from Georgia. First of all, thank you so much for the endless entertainment. One of the things I love to do besides listen to your podcast is do road trips and stop at weird roadside attractions. Like, I don't know, like largest ball of yarn where I recently went to see a peanut shaped like Jimmy Carter. My question is, if you had to design a new roadside attraction, and I know I'm going to get pushed back on the had to, like, why you have to. So let's say you are going to earn money for this that goes to charity, charity of your choice.

What roadside attraction would you design? And tell me a little bit about it. Well, have you ever been to one of those random roadside things? Yeah, I think I've seen the ball of yarn or the rubber bands or whatever. I stopped into, I think it was Arlington, Texas. They have a bunch of like Cadillacs in the ground, like standing up. It was kind of crazy. I don't know why, but it's there.

The end. I think I would personally, like just right out of the gate, what I would love to see is just like a huge animal sanctuary adoption place where you're on the road, you're exhausted. And I'm talking a big one, like where you pull off the side of the road and you just pet kittens and dogs and old grandpa animals and just like, you know, you're just like, all right. That was fun, but also I'm going to take mittens with me. And I mean like a circus of animals out there. They're all treated very well. Oh, well, of course.

I'm not going to have a roadside attraction where animals are getting abused. That's right. I'm just saying this is like the place to go. It's like a spa here. Yeah, yeah, for animals. But they also, but there's so many that they need forever homes. Yes. And if you can't adopt them, though, it's just so fun to, like, run around with cows.

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Does that sound fun? I love a cow. That sounds great. I just saw a very long-haired cow. Really? Like flowing in the wind hair.

Oh. Yeah. I don't see many of those. I've never seen one until that. Yeah. But I don't know. I just, that would be a sight for sore eyes. If you're like on the road for days and hours and weeks.

I like that. Well, you know, now that I'm a Disney beaver, I would have said I would have some kind of beaver attraction, but Buckees kind of cornered the market on that. They beat me to the punch. Yeah. Have you been at a Buckees? I have. And what is your feeling about Buckees? They're ginormous.

Well, I know their size. But what is your feeling? I mean, you know, I like the, I like the novel. You go in there and hear him yelling about brisket sandwiches and pick out a million different versions of beef jerky or fudge. It's a lot, though. You know, I like to get in and get out. I don't go lolly gagging. Well, here's my thing.

I'm very confused about. Everyone, like, people's obsession with Bucky's. Like, I don't, I don't get it. I'm just like, right. There's gas. and then there's a place where you can buy a bunch of stuff. Yeah. Who cares?

Like, why is everyone buying shirts about it and, like, talking to friends? You got to go to Buckees and, oh, my God, do you go to Buckees? I don't think you're the target audience. No, I'm not. And I'm not the target audience to talk to me about Buckees. Yeah. Because they're going in there for brisket and jerky, and those aren't your things. Already they've lost you.

Even if they had vegan brisket and jerky all down the aisles, the whole hype around it. Yeah. I'm like, who cares? Who cares? Well, I'll tell you something they did, two things they did that were interesting to market. This isn't anti-Buckies. This is anti the people freaking out about Buckeys. I hear you, but I am going to highlight two things that people do like about it.

one, they don't allow any of those big transfer trucks. Okay. And, you know, those can get a little intimidating to drive around at gas stations on the road. So people are kind of into that. They don't allow that. That's not what I'm talking about. Well, the other thing they did is they catered to women, which is unusual. Mm-hmm.

By their marketing plan was that women like clean bathrooms. Mm-hmm. And I will say their bathrooms are unbelievable. I understand this. I know all this. I'm all for Buckees. All right. I'm not all for the people that are acting like.

Yeah. This is some, like we need merchandise and we need to tell everyone alive how incredible Buckees. Well, I think it's like one of those things that it just kind of becomes part of the like culture, how people wear like Waffle House T-shirts, you know. I don't know. It just becomes like... Yeah, I feel like Buckees is a whole different thing. Yeah, well, it's kind of like a, yeah, it's like a circus. And I don't know.

I don't know. I think it's also kind of my response when... What was that frozen yogurt place? Everyone went nuts about? Oh, uh, pinkberry or... Yeah, pink berry. And then like the donut place that everyone was going nuts. You know, like all the hubbub.

I know. I'm just like, go in get your donut. Go and get your donut. jerky, go get your gas. It's just cork it. Cork it. Quit acting like a nerd. Your mouth. About a gas station. I mean, get a life. Okay, I'm sorry. I didn't know I had that much pent-up anger around it. I got it out. Me too.

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You're in good hands with Allstate. Potential savings varies subject to terms, conditions, and availability. Allstate North American Insurance Company and affiliates, Northbrook, Illinois. Was that a question we had? Like, why am I talking about Buckees? by saying they already did what I would do, which would be a beaver place. Oh, roadside attraction.

Yeah. I don't really have, other than that, I don't have, I mean, I don't have anything random. I just want food. Like,

I just want a bunch of pastries and pies. Yeah. You know? And then maybe some lesbian music playing, like Melissa Etheridge or something. All right. Well, does Hope have an answer?

Come to my bookies. Go get your pies. The roadside attraction I would design, it would be like a giant TV with like a row of giant books on top. And then like inside you would see like weird artifacts that were like supposedly from big movies. But like you know for sure they're just like totally made up or like, you know, like a gum wrapper found on the set of scream. something like that. Thank you. Okay. Okay. I like it.

I like it, Hope. We like it, Hope. We like it, hope. We like it and we like you, hope. And we like when people send in questions and answers. And who's the next one? Ooh, who's the next one? Hi, handsome pod. My name is Andy. I'm from Houston, Texas. So my question to you is, I have a friend that I've been friends with for years, and I love her. She's a very, very kind, hard-hearted person.

She's the embodiment of treat how people, how you want to be treated. My issue is that she tends to tell, shall we say, tall-tales, and she does this a lot. So much so that I find myself kind of zoning out when she's telling these tall-tells. My question to you guys is, what should I do about this? Should I call her out? Should I go along with it? Should I subtly let her know that I don't really believe what she's telling me? How would you guys address this?

I absolutely love the pod. It was something I feel like we desperately need in these times. You guys are my favorite silly. Oh, thanks. Oh, finally some advice. Well, first of all, I don't believe that she has friends that lie to her. No. I don't know.

It doesn't know. I'm being funny. I was being funny. Oh, I was acting like she's a liar too. Oh, I get it. Yeah, yeah. I get it. I get it.

Do you think the people that, because I know some people that exaggerate like that, do you think they realize they're doing that? Yeah. Really? Yes. Yes, I do. Have you encountered this in your own life where you've had to say something to someone? Um, yes. But and you did, and you did say something?

Yes. Yeah. Well, you were pretty straightforward like that. Yeah, but I'm not doing it in a like, you're lying to me. Right. I've done it more. I wouldn't suggest that. In a way of like, hold on a minute.

Right. You know, where I'll be like, back up. Uh-huh. You're, I need clarity here. I need clarity. You're telling me that this, this and this happen. Uh-huh. Or they'll kind of big talk like, oh, if this happened, I would just do this.

Yeah. And then I'm like, Would, I'm sorry, but would you really just do, you know what I'm saying? The other thing, and I feel like I've talked about it on this, on this show is, there was this guy. And believe it or not, before I knew I was gay, he was pursuing me. Yeah, he was. He was calling and he was, I mean, lying his face off. Really?

Oh my God, and you could tell. It was like the craziest lies every time he could. And I actually knew him from long ago. And we ran into each other as adults. And I remembered it about him as a kid where I was like, this guy. Right. So as an adult, I'm like, wow, he's still doing this. But it's like on a bigger scale.

Yeah. And he was clearly trying to do it. to impress me. And the last time I ever heard of ever heard from him, he lied to me. Like, of course, I don't have proof, but I know he lied to me. You just have that. You can kind of tell when someone's like, let me tell you what he put one on. Let me tell you what he told me. Yeah. And this was, I was so irritated. And like, this was before caller ID and I would never know it was him. And I'd pick up and I'd be like, oh, Billy. And, um, And one, and his favorite band was REM.

Yeah. Loved REM. Well, he calls me and what do you know? He's backstage at R.E.M. Yeah, he's hanging out with them. But you know what? He took a beat and he went to the pay phone to call me. Right.

To just chat. I'm having the time of my life. He's having the time of his life. Gotta go call TIG. Got to step away. Not even just enjoy the time of my life, but I need to go call TIG from the pay phone. Long distance. Long distance.

A collect call, they called those. It wasn't collect. He paid. He paid. Oh, okay. And so anyway, after, I was sitting there rolling my eyes so irritated that this guy, like, you think I'm, like, on what planet did you end up backstage at your favorite bands? Right. And of course, I understand it happens, but this was just, it was par for the course of this guy.

And I'm sitting, I finally come up, after we get off the phone, I come up with the perfect thing to say to a liar. Yeah. But I never heard from him again. And what I should have said to him when he was telling me he was backstage partying with R.M. I should have said, me too. That is funny. When it hit me, I was like, that is the best thing to say to a liar. is just tell them you're doing the same thing.

Like, oh, my God, me too. You're backstage. I'm backstage at REM too. Where do you want to meet? Because, like, he's not going to call me a liar. Right. He's probably going to hang up the phone. That's so funny.

I've never even occurred. That never even occurred to me. It never occurred to me either, but he drove me so crazy. Yeah. Drove me so crazy. So, yeah, that is, those are different levels of confronting a lot of. confronting a liar where it's like hold on back up I need clarity yeah you know and and kind of get into it make them a little nervous and have them explain themselves because if you're not lying

and somebody says back up I need clarity yeah you don't take that person no big deal I'll give you all the clarity you want yeah and then you have some unhinged lunatic that is like I landed a 747 on a freeway And you're like, oh, yeah, me too. What was your experience like doing that? It is the best feeling. That is pretty funny. Yeah, I like something like that. I don't recommend just like calling, being like, you're lying.

I'm more of just like, yeah. Like, wait, what was that? Come on now. You know that. I kind of start teasing people like, well, we, we, early on, we joke with May because May told us, I think it was like, One of our first recordings that their internet was out and would be on at 10.30.

And Ting and I looked at each other like, okay. Yeah, that's when their date has to get, not to leave to go to work. So when May got on, Tick and I just gave May so much shit. But in a fun way where May was laughing and we were laughing because May was like, but kind of busted sort of thing. So there is a way to go about it where it can still be like, you know, Yeah, it goes back to like your intentions and your delivery and, you know, as long as you're not harboring some, I mean, it is crazy making when somebody is consistently lying. Yeah.

It's like, it is tough. So I feel for you, Andy. But I think you can find a happy medium between, hold on, I need some clarity. I'm confused. Walk me through this. even down to me too. Yeah. There's a whole new me too movement.

That's right. And if it becomes a thing where they're like just being dishonest about every, like it's not like tall tells when trying to like appear cooler is one thing. But just like straight up lying, then you can make a decision if that's somebody you want in your life or not. You heard it here first. Because when someone lies like about everything all the time. That's tough to have a deep friendship with that person. For sure. Best of luck to you, Andy.

Hopefully that helps. Mm-hmm. We did it again. Yeah, we did it again. If you have any other advice, look how good we are at this. We just fixed everything. We just fixed Andy's entire life. Mm-hmm.

You can send us questions here or ask us any kind of advice at speakpipe.com slash handsome pod. For sure. Well, what a treat. Delight. Delight. Delight. Also check out Tignotaro.com for all of my tour dates. I'm coming at you.

New cities, new dates being at it all the time. Yeah, same. I'm going to the beacon on February 14th. So join me for Valentine's Day in New York City. That'd be pretty sexy. I'll be there. Oh, I wish. That would be fun.

I won't be there. But have a great show. Thank you. next time. Keep it. Pretty handsome. Handsome is hosted by me, Tignotaro, May Martin, and Fortune Themster.

The show is produced, recorded, and edited by Thomas Willett. Email us at handsomepod at gmail.com. Follow us on social media at handsomepod. What a podcast. What a podcast. That was a headgum podcast. Checking Allstate First could save you hundreds on car insurance. That's smart. Not checking that your podcast co-hosts know the lyrics before bursting into song. A little awkward. I'm happy to take a solo, but what I really want is for our voices to join in handsome harmony. Yeah, checking first is smart. So check Allstate first for a quote that could save you hundreds. You're in good hands with Allstate. Potential savings vary subject to terms, conditions, and availability. Allstate North American Insurance Company and affiliate. Northbrook, Illinois.