Tig Notaro

They got it.

Like because to take my shirt off and hang it on the thing and then be like I was on this flight and, you know, and then just it was such a rush.

And before my surgery, I had done a show at Largo where I announced that I had cancer on stage.

And it wasn't the same kind of exhilaration, but it was like a...

Oh, my gosh.

This is working.

This is happening because I knew I wanted to talk about all of the, you know, I had pneumonia and cancer and this intestinal disease called C. diff that's very deadly.

And my mother tripped and hit her head and died.

And I went through a breakup.

And that was all in a four-month period of time.

And I just thought, I really don't know how I can go on stage and talk about this.

going to the grocery store without acknowledging the hell I was going through.

And I had never done anything like that.

And I just, I pictured myself sitting down on the stool and I just didn't know how to get into it.

But when I was showering before the show, I had this like thought that I could go on stage

saying, hello, good evening, how's everyone doing?

I have cancer, and delivering it in the way that you do when you say, hey, how's it going?

Are there any birthdays tonight?

Anyone new to town?

Or just trying to deliver it with just a lightheartedness.