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Tig Notaro: Why is Laughter the Best Medicine?

Metaphysical Milkshake with Rainn & Reza

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Your Mother's Comfort With Discomfort

The first time i met you, tig, i don't know if you remember this, i asked you out of the blue to do some comedy. And there was a very interesting woman in the front who had white wine spritzers and maybe her name was like barbara or something like that. You just went in, sat on the edge of the stage, and you were very close to her, like three feet from her, and you looked in her eyes and you were like, barbara, bar Barbara, barbara. Comedians aren't supposed to be three feet from someone, gazing in their eyes and pausing interminably. I forget what you did, but,

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