Handsome - Pretty Little Episode #90

Episode Date: May 8, 2026

Tig and Mae interpret animal appearances and share their hopes for the future on a Pretty Little Episode that soars like an eagle above our Handsome community!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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And I'm one of your hosts, May Martin, joined by. Tignotaro. How are you, May? I'm well, thank you. How are you? I'm good. I'm curious. Yeah, I was just thinking, like, you've been on your bus for a while.

and maybe it's driving you a little cuckoo. Yeah, a little cuckily ducaly. Things are getting weird, yeah. So what do you do to fill your day? Like today, what is on the docket for May Martin today on a bus tour? Thanks for us, Kintag. Well, today I didn't plan anything. I'm just, I'll probably go for a walk and then like we,

I slept from maybe 5 a.m. to 11. and then I wake up, I have a coffee, and now I'm podcasting, go for a walk, go to the venue. But yesterday I was in Concord, New Hampshire, and I found an arcade, and me and Matt, who's touring with me, went to the arcade, and we were the only people in the entire arcade, and then we did laser tag,

and we were the only people in the whole laser tag arena, so it was just me and my friend hunting each other through this maze. Wow. And I won every round. It brought out a dark part of me. I was hiding and sniping him. It was so fun. And are you, like, did you go in feeling competitive?

Oh, yeah, okay. So you are competitive. I'm like, I've only played one game with Stephanie Allen once, and I thought, wow. It was a game of foosball, and she was so competitive. And I'm the exact same. So I was like, yeah, a kindred competitiveness there. Wow. Yeah.

Yeah. I mean, Matt went in. thinking we're going to have a friendly game of laser tag. I was crawling along the ground, sweating. Wow. Yeah, it was crazy. And do you play laser tag typically? Like, is that one of your, no?

But I will be now. Was that your first time? No, I played as a kid a lot, like birthday parties and stuff. Surprisingly, I haven't played. I think you like it. Really? Well, I don't think that you'd hide. crawl along the ground, but I think you'd find it really funny watching everyone else do that.

Well, maybe I'll look into it, but the truth is I probably won't. Hey, I thought of you the other day because I was, this is like three shows ago now, I was feeling really mad about the world. And I wanted to play like a protest song because I do songs at the end of the show. And then I couldn't think of any protest songs that, and then I ended up playing, Martha Wainwright, bloody motherfucking asshole. I learned it before the show and then I played it and I was so nervous because I was like, is this corny?

But I'm just mad at the world. And then it was so cathartic to sing. I bet. I really went for it and the audience knew it and they were, but now I've been doing it every night and I love it. Oh, that's amazing. I would love to hear that. I would love you to hear it.

You've always been a fan of hers and love that song. And then people just, they happen to know that song too. I think there's a crossover in our audiences or something. But yeah, a lot of, I mean, yeah, it's just such a great angry anthem. It's so good. It's so good. She's so great. I mean, I know we've gushed about her before, but it's just.

So great. I mean, the chorus is like, I will not pretend. I will not put on a smile. I will not say I'm all right for you. And it's really good. And yeah. So it's cathartic. If anyone, like, put it on your house and just sing along.

But I'm going to keep singing it. How many songs do you do at the end of your show? If I'm doing a double show day, then I'll do three. But if I'm really enjoying it, the song, the music part, probably more than anything. And sometimes I do five. I'll do like one of mine and maybe an Elliott Smith song. maybe Martha Wainwright or yeah and how long is your stand-up set so I do about 50 minutes then a intermission then improv with Matt and then music you do an intermission I didn't ask for this

I didn't ask for this life I didn't yeah but I do who's telling you to do an intermission I don't know the venues I guess they to sell drinks how I have not run into that except in Europe. I think the way you tour is the way I will be touring, which is like no intermission, no meet and greets, I think. Not that I'm not loving the meet. I am loving the meet and greets, but it is like the thing that's pushing me over the edge, I think, into madness. Yeah. Because it's like a whole other act of the show, you know, it's another 45 minutes. And I love meeting everyone, but it's like, yeah, it's tiring. Yeah. Not to come. Anyway, I'm very grateful. and humble and lucky.

Yeah, it's, I know I'm, I, I cut out quick and, uh, just have to go get my beauty rest. Yeah. Because I feel like I gave them everything I got, you know, on stage. Be able to just shut your personality off of it. Yeah. Yeah. Should we get to a question? Yeah, let's.

Hi, handsome pod. My name is DeShan. I'm from Wisconsin. And I don't really have a question or, an advice request for you, but I have something, I want to propose. I want to see if this means anything. So, okay, so here it is. I have a 20-minute commute to work. I basically drive south on this highway, and there's a lot of fields and wooded areas that I'm passing by. Well, today's Thursday, on Monday morning, I'm driving to work, and I look up and I see this humongous vault

Eagle flying over me, basically flying from east to west over the highway. And I'm like, that's crazy. When you ever see that happen, like, that's super super cool. Like, I'm like, that's the great start to my week. Well, two is and driving to work. The same thing happens. Pretty much the same spot. I'm assuming the same Eagle, flying the same path east to west over my car. It's like a five second window that like I would be seeing this. And I, it happened to me like two days in a row. And it didn't happen Wednesday or again today, but like, that means something, right? Like, like, what? Help me out. May, tell me what that means. Yes. I love the pod. Thanks so much, guys.

That was perfect timing because you were nodding your head. Like, yes, let me take this. Let me take this. And then she's like, well, okay, eagles are very symbolic of a lot. lot of things, and that is wild that you would happen to look up in that little window. I mean, maybe that eagle lives around there, but let's see, I've Googled. A powerful symbol of freedom, strength, perspective, divine connection signifies a need to rise above challenges and gain a higher perspective and embrace personal growth or new beginnings. I think it's a very positive sign. It says eagle flying overhead is a sign of encouragement to rise above challenges.

Wow. I saw one in Big Bear on a romantic weekend. I saw a golden eagle flying in circles above me. And what came of that? Well, we broke up pretty soon after, but now things are looking good. Okay. All right. So you feel like there's a direct connection. And so the positivity, it might be. take a little while for it to come back and rear its head. Is that what you're saying? I think any time sort of unusually synchronistic things happen, that's, you're on the right path. That's like confirmation that things are going well. Okay. Yeah. Love it. Well, we don't have an answer to that eagle. I was going to say eagle experience, but we can only assume a lot of positive things are happening right now or in two years.

Was the, you know that Muppet? Was that a bald eagle? The one that was like, hmm. That's the only thing? That's all I know. You know, the bigger, yeah. Hmm. Was that Sam Eagle?

Yeah. So that is? I don't even know who Sam Eagle is. And you going, hmm. That doesn't help? No. He was a Muppet who was always very. into bureaucracy and things.

Oh, okay, yes. Didn't I kind of do a pretty good impression? Yeah, yeah. The eyebrows are similar. Hmm, yeah. So you knew that right away, Thomas, Sam Eagle? No, I googled Eagle on the Muppets. Oh, okay.

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Yeah. Hi, Handsoms. This is Janice from Toronto. My question is, where do you see yourself in 10 years? Or where do you hope to be in 10 years? What do you envision your life looking like? Mm-hmm. Ten years. Janice. Oh, my God. Max and Finn are going to be full teens. Oh, yeah. They'll be heading into their 20s. They'll be almost 20. Yeah.

That's crazy. I like that you're struggling with that. I know. But yeah, I think it's funny because they are almost 10. I always think like, God, if I didn't, because everything, not everything I do is around them, but they're the high priority of like where they want to be, what they want to be doing. and how will they, you know, thrive in the best ways. But I think I would probably not have exactly the life I have right now

if I didn't have kids. And so my, I think I would, because. And you like the life you have now. And that's. I do. I just, I just think I might be a little more, maybe not, in Los Angeles. Yeah.

You know. Yeah. I think that would be a very different thing for me. And what I'm trying to do with my time home is, like I've said before, play tennis. But I'm also just curious to try things that I'm barely interested in. Like I used to be so. Say the word. Let me get you to an escape room.

No, no, no, no. It's nothing like that. It's more of like, um, because, When Stephanie and I first got together, she got me an easel because I had said, like, oh, maybe I'd want to paint or learn how to paint because I was very into art when I was a kid, like most kids are. But that's one of those things where it's like, oh, what if I went and took an art class? Yeah.

Or, you know, those kind of, those kind of, I guess it's just retirement life that I'm describing. But, yeah, I think I think I just picture myself not in Los Angeles going on high. and playing tennis and I think that's what I dream about. I'd love to see you in an art class and painting. Just don't look at the art that I'm painting. I do YouTube videos sometimes, like the equivalent of like Bob Ross, where you're just painting along, and it's really soothing. And you can chat to people while you do it.

God, I don't know if I really realize you're left-handed. Me? No. Yeah. No? I just did that with my left hand, yeah. Yeah, yeah, okay. Yeah, 10 years, I mean, I feel similarly, even though I, yeah, I feel similarly. I'm like, I want to maybe not be in L.A., maybe be in the woods, and I do in a lot of painting.

Yeah, tennis too? I've never been into tennis. Oh, okay. Swimming in rivers and stuff and having maybe dogs, as well. well. Okay. And, you know, hanging out with my girls, taking fortune. Oh, my God. If this podcast is going, 10 more years. I mean, that is hilarious. I guess podcast lasts a long time, but I feel like. What is the longest podcast going? I wonder. Well, Jimmy Pardo has a podcast called Never Not Funny that just turned 20 years old. Oh, my.

God. Okay, that's something to aspire to. Yeah. I mean, it's still going. And I mean, he was one of the early, early podcasters. Right. Is there a long running? What is the longest running? It says the Jack and Stench show, but I have not heard of that. The Jack and Stench show. Wow. Should we hear Janice's answer? Yeah, let's hear it. Give it to us, Janice. Hopefully I would be retiring with extra time to be at home and spend time with my kids, my kitties, spent time out in the garden, and doing more painting. That's where I hope to be, but you never know with life what will happen. But that's my vision. Thanks. Bye.

Well, it sounds like Janice and I would be good friends. Yeah. And yeah, all of us. Isn't that funny? It's like as soon as you want to kind of wind down a little bit, you're like, where are my paint brushes? Yeah, that's so funny. Yeah, giving my watercolors. Yeah. And I also don't want to offend actual artists out there. I don't think it's easy and that I can just pick up paint. brushes and be as great as, well, as great as May Martin. No.

Your paintings are really great, May. They're not, but thanks. What do you mean they're not? Well, I'm like, I don't, I'm like doing it from YouTube videos a lot of the time or or just figuring it out, but I feel like I haven't found my style yet. Well, I'm impressed. Thanks, thanks. I feel like, you know, in the beginning of doing comedy, I was doing musical comedy and

like weird and just trying to find my, so I'm like, I'm in the musical comedy face of art, you know. Yeah. Well, do we hear one more. Yeah, we'll do one more. Hey, Hansoms. This is Jules, a fellow pretty little lady from London, England. And I was wondering, has a stranger ever given you a nickname that has gone on to stick with you in your everyday life? A stranger.

Yeah. A stranger. No. When I went to rehab, early on, everyone started calling me bathwater. And I didn't know. Yeah, I remember you saying that. Yeah, and I didn't know why. And I just went with it because I was happy to be part of the group, you know.

And then finally, I got close enough with them. Even the teachers were calling me bathwater. And I said, why do you call me that? And they said, because you look like the type of kid who would have drunk their own bathwater. So insulting. inaccurate and true yeah yeah i've had a sip if not a few yeah um yeah i don't think i there's nothing i can think of that i mean i'm sure people probably called me things behind my back that i didn't know about um well i'll never get over strangers coming up to me and saying say hi to dumpster tits it's so funny

i go thank you yeah i will yeah absolutely Absolutely. I wish I could think of something. I'm sorry, Jules. Oh, let's hear Jules' answer that. It seemed like. Yeah, Jules must have one. Yeah. Oh, tell me it's dumped her tits. For me, when I was traveling in Australia with my partner, we stopped overnight at campground with a bed that had to be put up on top of the camper van. And I was making a video diary, so I was stood back a bit. taking my video and then out of nowhere this little old guy just pops his head around a tree and just

goes, ah, little fella doesn't know what he's doing, does he? We just started laughing and we were like, I didn't want to get misgendered, so I just stayed in the background, carried on filming. And so my partner explained and he said, ah, the little fella's the official photographer, is he? What does the, what does the little fella normally do? And ever since then, that has been my name, even with some of my friend's kids, little fella. So yeah, just wondering, do you have any of your own? Little fella? Little fella? That's a good name. Yeah, I mean, I can relate to the being mistaken, not just for a boy, but for a little boy. Like for, yeah, yeah. Like, I think I've said this, that in Australia, my friend and I were on a farm, and the Australian woman said, oh, it's you

to. I heard there were a couple of suss young boys trying to break into the go. And my friend was in his 40s and I was, yeah, anyway. You were not a young boy. It was not a suss young boy. Yes, yes. All right. Well, we did it again. We did it again. What a joy. And please check out all of our tour dates online. Is there anything you'd like? like to add fortune or oh my god I'm sorry fortunes on the mind yeah I was like

you said the wrong name and bad holy yeah sorry about that it's okay it's a compliment it's a compliment yeah it is yeah no just check out the maymartin.net for tour dates and also submit your questions and advice requests for us to answer to speakpipes.com slash handsome pod

yes and until Until next time, keep it pretty handsome. Handsome is hosted by me, Fortune Feimster, Tignitaro, and May Martin. The show is produced, recorded, and edited by Thomas Wulet. Email us at handsomepod at gmail.com and follow us on social media at HandsomePod. What a podcast! What a podcast! That was a headgum podcast.

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