Tig Notaro

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Did you, you're welcome. Fucking hell. Honest to fucking God. Did you, how did you learn how to craft jokes? like the rhythm of a joke or a story because I got up, the point of me telling you how bad I was, I got up and thought I could just talk. And were you that way when you first started or did you know how to write?

Did you, you're welcome. Fucking hell. Honest to fucking God. Did you, how did you learn how to craft jokes? like the rhythm of a joke or a story because I got up, the point of me telling you how bad I was, I got up and thought I could just talk. And were you that way when you first started or did you know how to write?

Did you, you're welcome. Fucking hell. Honest to fucking God. Did you, how did you learn how to craft jokes? like the rhythm of a joke or a story because I got up, the point of me telling you how bad I was, I got up and thought I could just talk. And were you that way when you first started or did you know how to write?

Well, I thought, and I realized I must be like everybody else that you go watch standup and you think, oh my God, I can do this. Everybody that does standup thinks, oh my God, this is, and you know, there's, I get calls from people that are like, Oh, my friend at work is so funny. He's moving to LA. Can you meet with him? It's like, yeah, everybody in the office is hilarious.

Well, I thought, and I realized I must be like everybody else that you go watch standup and you think, oh my God, I can do this. Everybody that does standup thinks, oh my God, this is, and you know, there's, I get calls from people that are like, Oh, my friend at work is so funny. He's moving to LA. Can you meet with him? It's like, yeah, everybody in the office is hilarious.

Well, I thought, and I realized I must be like everybody else that you go watch standup and you think, oh my God, I can do this. Everybody that does standup thinks, oh my God, this is, and you know, there's, I get calls from people that are like, Oh, my friend at work is so funny. He's moving to LA. Can you meet with him? It's like, yeah, everybody in the office is hilarious.

Everybody watching standup thinks they can do it. And it just was, you know, I took the leap like everybody else. And I think my first one did go well. And then I signed up for a competition the second time I did stand up and I bombed so hard. Wow. And the only thing I heard in the audience, aside from silence, was my friend Derek choking to death laughing at me.

Everybody watching standup thinks they can do it. And it just was, you know, I took the leap like everybody else. And I think my first one did go well. And then I signed up for a competition the second time I did stand up and I bombed so hard. Wow. And the only thing I heard in the audience, aside from silence, was my friend Derek choking to death laughing at me.

Everybody watching standup thinks they can do it. And it just was, you know, I took the leap like everybody else. And I think my first one did go well. And then I signed up for a competition the second time I did stand up and I bombed so hard. Wow. And the only thing I heard in the audience, aside from silence, was my friend Derek choking to death laughing at me.

And then I ran off stage and we drove back from Orange County back to L.A. But it's just been a process of, you know, of... I mean, I thought I could do it. I have been doing it. And, you know, I started out doing kind of deadpan one-liners and then they kind of got longer and I experimented. I will say... Will, I'm talking.

And then I ran off stage and we drove back from Orange County back to L.A. But it's just been a process of, you know, of... I mean, I thought I could do it. I have been doing it. And, you know, I started out doing kind of deadpan one-liners and then they kind of got longer and I experimented. I will say... Will, I'm talking.

And then I ran off stage and we drove back from Orange County back to L.A. But it's just been a process of, you know, of... I mean, I thought I could do it. I have been doing it. And, you know, I started out doing kind of deadpan one-liners and then they kind of got longer and I experimented. I will say... Will, I'm talking.

So then once I was finally... No, go ahead, Will.

So then once I was finally... No, go ahead, Will.

So then once I was finally... No, go ahead, Will.

Well, I appreciate that. Well, and certainly after I thought I had gotten my bearings in standup, I thought, well, I've got this. And I booked my first gig on the road. And it was like in this comedy club in a strip mall. And I had only done shows in Los Angeles and like kind of hip rooms and whatever. And then now I'm like in the middle of nowhere strip mall.

Well, I appreciate that. Well, and certainly after I thought I had gotten my bearings in standup, I thought, well, I've got this. And I booked my first gig on the road. And it was like in this comedy club in a strip mall. And I had only done shows in Los Angeles and like kind of hip rooms and whatever. And then now I'm like in the middle of nowhere strip mall.