Tig Notaro
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Podcast Appearances
And explore and find what's funny about that. And now that you've had all of this tremendous success over the years, do people come up to you all the time and say, and say, hey, I'm such a fan, can you just do, can you say that funny thing? Or like, do they try to prompt you to perform for them?
I would say the most common thing I get is that, no, no, people don't do that. But I did this like 15-minute bit about running into the pop star Taylor Dayne. I did this story years ago, and I did it on This American Life. I ran into her so many times. And the first time I ran into her, I genuinely said, excuse me, I'm sorry to bother you. I just have to tell you I love your voice.
I would say the most common thing I get is that, no, no, people don't do that. But I did this like 15-minute bit about running into the pop star Taylor Dayne. I did this story years ago, and I did it on This American Life. I ran into her so many times. And the first time I ran into her, I genuinely said, excuse me, I'm sorry to bother you. I just have to tell you I love your voice.
I would say the most common thing I get is that, no, no, people don't do that. But I did this like 15-minute bit about running into the pop star Taylor Dayne. I did this story years ago, and I did it on This American Life. I ran into her so many times. And the first time I ran into her, I genuinely said, excuse me, I'm sorry to bother you. I just have to tell you I love your voice.
And she was rude to me. And she said, yeah, I don't do that anymore. And then turned and kept talking to somebody. And then I kept running into her. And every time I saw her, I was like, oh, my God, I'm going to go up and say the exact same thing I said to her at that party.
And she was rude to me. And she said, yeah, I don't do that anymore. And then turned and kept talking to somebody. And then I kept running into her. And every time I saw her, I was like, oh, my God, I'm going to go up and say the exact same thing I said to her at that party.
And she was rude to me. And she said, yeah, I don't do that anymore. And then turned and kept talking to somebody. And then I kept running into her. And every time I saw her, I was like, oh, my God, I'm going to go up and say the exact same thing I said to her at that party.
Just for my sister, Taylor Day was a big 80s pop star. Okay. Just in case people don't know who Taylor is.
Just for my sister, Taylor Day was a big 80s pop star. Okay. Just in case people don't know who Taylor is.
Just for my sister, Taylor Day was a big 80s pop star. Okay. Just in case people don't know who Taylor is.
You don't know Taylor? Tell it to my heart. Tell it to my heart. Love will lead me back.
You don't know Taylor? Tell it to my heart. Tell it to my heart. Love will lead me back.
You don't know Taylor? Tell it to my heart. Tell it to my heart. Love will lead me back.
So I see her out to dinner. I see her at cafes. I see her everywhere. And I just walk up and I interrupted her every time and would say, hi, excuse me. I'm sorry to bother you. I just have to tell you, I love your voice. I love your voice. Yeah. Every time. She's like, who the fuck are you? It became this experiment that I was doing.
So I see her out to dinner. I see her at cafes. I see her everywhere. And I just walk up and I interrupted her every time and would say, hi, excuse me. I'm sorry to bother you. I just have to tell you, I love your voice. I love your voice. Yeah. Every time. She's like, who the fuck are you? It became this experiment that I was doing.
So I see her out to dinner. I see her at cafes. I see her everywhere. And I just walk up and I interrupted her every time and would say, hi, excuse me. I'm sorry to bother you. I just have to tell you, I love your voice. I love your voice. Yeah. Every time. She's like, who the fuck are you? It became this experiment that I was doing.
No, no. She never registered. Never did. No way. Yeah. But anyway. Did she die? It's really funny. Huh?
No, no. She never registered. Never did. No way. Yeah. But anyway. Did she die? It's really funny. Huh?
No, no. She never registered. Never did. No way. Yeah. But anyway. Did she die? It's really funny. Huh?
No, she's alive. And then we actually became friendly because of this because word got out that, you know, I was doing this story and then whatever. And I did this on This American Life. They did the story and then invited Taylor Dayne to that performance. And so I met her there. No way.