Don't Ask Tig [encore] Stephanie Allynne
Apr 10, 2024
Stephanie Allynne, actor, comedian, writer and director known for One Mississippi and The L Word: Generation Q, returns to trade hilarious Mississippi cemetery stories with Tig. They riff on aging and birthdays, debate how many cats is too many, give blunt dating and parenting takes, help pick a life-changing hairstyle, and craft sharp comebacks for misgendering moments.
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Graveyard Mishap At A Family Funeral
- Tig and Stephanie describe a chaotic Mississippi funeral where Tig's brother literally fell into their stepfather's grave due to missing plywood under astroturf.
- The family reactions mixed shock, laughter, and continued ceremony, showing messy, real grief and dark humor.
Wrong Burial Plot And A Future Move
- Stephanie shares a graveyard mix-up where a woman named Ethel was buried in the wrong plot and the family debated moving her later.
- The story underscores cemetery errors and the family's practical, sometimes humorous responses to them.
Improvised Burial With Ashes In A Hat
- Tig recounts her father's ashes being placed in a straw hat and buried on someone else's grave because he had no plot and ashes blew out of a Ziploc bag.
- The absurd, improvised burial highlighted the family's blue-collar, chaotic approach to death and memory.