Tig Notaro

And now you're telling me I have invasive cancer.

It was so confusing.

And so I had called Flanagan, the owner of Largo, which is my home club here in LA.

And I just said, I can't

perform.

I told him everything that was going on and he said, well, let's keep it on the books in case you change your mind last minute.

And I thought, man, this guy's nuts.

But sure enough, when it came down to it, I had time to reflect on how, yeah, life can shift on a dime.

And what if

What if I don't come back from this?

What if I don't get to do stand up again?

I should just take this opportunity because I knew I was about to go into surgery and treatment and recovery and all of this stuff.

So I went on stage and and talked about the four months of hell I had been going through.

And yeah.

I do.

Well, I was in the shower before the show, and I was thinking, God, how am I going to get into all of this?

Because it wasn't my typical vibe.

And so in the shower, a thought ran through my head where I thought, well, what if I walked on stage and said, hello, good evening, I have cancer?

And it made me laugh so hard.

And then I thought, oh, I can't do that.