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Aparna Nancherla shares a hilarious holiday party story
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This is the full, timestamped transcript of "Aparna Nancherla shares a hilarious holiday party story", an episode of Handsome Podcast published December 23, 2025 (1 h 5 min, about 11,285 words). It mentions 11 people, works and ideas, including All State, Tomboy X, Acorns Early, MasterClass, Atomic Habits.
What is discussed, and when
- – 10:00: All State, MasterClass, Atomic Habits
- – 20:00: Acorns Early, Tomboy X
- – 40:00: All State
- – 50:00: Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Rice Krispies, Sundance
- – 1:00:00: Garfield
- – 1:04:43: All State
Notable quotes from "Aparna Nancherla shares a hilarious holiday party story"
You know what's smart? Checking All State first for a quote that could save you hundreds on car insurance. You know what's not smart? Not checking that you have some Mayfax ready to go before a.
about All State · atMore. I'm trying to develop better habits, and James Clear, the author of the best-selling book, Atomic Habits, has a whole master class about how to develop small habits that…
about Atomic Habits · atTomboy X is in the business of butts.
about Tomboy X · atThat's where Acorns Early comes in.
about Acorns Early · atBut she was closeted. So, and a lot of people we knew were on the train going up to Edinburgh Fringe Festival and nobody knew we were dating and it was during that like hellish time. and then you share her name.
about Edinburgh Fringe Festival · atMarshmallows and butter, bit of vanilla, and then just pour in a box of Rice Krispies. Don't even have to bake it.
about Rice Krispies · atAparna and get off my back if this upset you aa but I went to a Sundance once again I'm sure I've told this story but I went to a Sundance party was my first time ever at Sundance and a friend of mine told me to meet her there and.
about Sundance · atThe first time I ever had lasagna, which to this day remains one of my favorite foods. Praise be to Garfield.
about Garfield · at
Who and what is mentioned in this episode?
People
- Aparna Nancherla — Person · 1 mention
Books & papers
- Atomic Habits — Book · 1 mention · first at
Companies & orgs
- All State — Company · 6 mentions · first at
- Tomboy X — Company · 3 mentions · first at
- Acorns Early — Company · 3 mentions · first at
- MasterClass — Company · 2 mentions · first at
Something I'm excited to do. That's why my resolution is to learn about subjects that interest me with MasterClass.
- ER — Company · 1 mention
Products & tech
- Rice Krispies — Product · 1 mention · first at
Concepts & topics
- Garfield — Concept · 1 mention · first at
Places & events
- Edinburgh Fringe Festival — Place · 1 mention · first at
- Sundance — Place · 1 mention · first at
Full transcript with timestamps
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Cheers. Cheers. Welcome to the handsome pot. It's your friend Tignotaro sitting here with May Martin and Fortune Beamster. Happy holidays.
Yeah. Tis the season. It is. It sure is. It is. It is. It is. Uh if you're watching, you'll you'll know this, but Tig is wearing a very handsome uh robe, dressing gown.
Yeah. If not sexy, I'd say Tig Hefner. Is that who we're looking at? That's right. Is this your this is your robe that you brought to Toronto?
No, ma'am. I'm just in my hotel room and I am, you know, it's almost 8:00 p.m. here, but I have a very early call time. And so once this episode is wrapped, this little rascal is climbing into bed and going night night. So,
going night night. Are you going to go night night in your robe? No. No. Are you going full commando? I I I sleep in my panties. I think we've already discussed this many times. I sleep in my big girl ponties
and your granny pansies. You look so cozy. Have you had a bath? I did. I had a bath. I had dinner.
Tell us about it. Okay. Well, do you want to know about my dinner? Well, first I want to know about the bath and then I want to know about your dinner.
Girl, dinner came before the bath. Whoa. Are you okay, girl? Are you okay? Girl,
girl, I had a cough. Girl, are you sick? Fortunately, I know what it is. Little tickle in my throat. Huh?
No, it's because we were the past two days. Me and Fortune were filming on Fortune's show and they had all that like fake smoke atmosphere in the air and it was
messed my That happens on Star Trek, too. My chest up today and yesterday. Yeah.
The air is so thick and like chalky and is that you think that's what it is, Fortune?
I think so. Yeah. Yeah. I cough for a few days after Star Trek. Um because there's explosions always and you know.
Yeah. Um don't get away from telling us about your bath and dinner. Okay. But girl, I have to tell you about my dinner first because I like to go first. Well, my favorite restaurant, and this is no offense to my other favorite restaurants,
but Planta Oh, yeah. Here. Have I talked to you about this? I just Yeah, I've heard you mention this place, but do you have a signature dish there?
Oh my gosh, all of them. But their dessert is called One of their desserts is just simply called Big Cookie. Have I told you about Big Cookie?
Oh god, I love that. And also that should be like a rap name. Big cookie. Well, when when we go uh to the plant in LA, there's this waitress that we always get and she knows that Stephanie and Max and Finn and I always jokingly call it big cookie. It It just sounds so like Yeah. [clears throat] Like, and what would you like for dessert? Big cookie. Like they don't say what the flavor is. They don't. And it's a chocolate chip cookie, but they only call it big cookie. And so when we get her as our waiter in LA, she's always like, "And do you guys want big cookie?" And yes, yes, we do.
Um, so yeah, I I love all their stuff, but I had they have eggplant. What is it called? Unagi.
Oh. And it's so good. Like Japanese style. Yeah. Yeah. So, you filled up filled up your little tum.
Yes, I did. Uh, that wasn't the only thing I had. I had that and I also had a Caesar salad and I went ahead and had big cookie.
Nice. And it's a good size. It's like it's big and they they call it that for a reason.
Yeah. Love it. And then I love you, too. And then I finished that up. I I wiped my face off and [snorts] um got into the tub fully naked, you guys.
Oh, girl. Girl. Yeah, girl. I took a bath fully naked today. Was the tub bath. Is it a tits out tub or
Oh my gosh, my dumpster tits were hanging out all over the place. It was insane. [clears throat] Yeah. You think you messed your chest up at work, Fortune? My chest is all sorts of messed up.
Unrecognizable. Yeah. Uh, how are you both doing? I'm good cuz I I'm buzzing from getting to do these couple of days on Fortune show and I was so nervous, but I loved seeing our girl Marie in action.
Amazing. I mean, the bell at the ball, just everyone like surrounded by a gaggle of girls who just want to gossip and it was so fun. [gasps]
It's so fun on set. There is a gaggle of women that just sit around and chat in between setups and stuff. And
do they work on the show or they just bring them in to chat? They do work on the show.
Okay. Will has a lot of women that work for him and then his company. So, it's a real fun vibe. So, as soon as May sat down, we were I I said, "May give him the hot goss." And I did
share with the gals and I overshared and we got What was it? Oh, my whole romantic history. We got deep.
Yeah. Yeah. We give each other advice. We go, "Oh, no. No. Uh-uh." We do a lot of that. Uhuh. Yeah.
So May was brought right into the fold Uhhuh. of the gabbing that happens. Yesterday I had to shoot a shoot a gun and um shoot it five times and it was pressure was on cuz they they have like a special effects setup where
like dust falls from the ceiling like you've shot it. But I had to try and Hollywood magic.
Hollywood magic. And I got it wrong the first time. Mainly because after the first shot, Will did this like womanly scream that was so funny to me and so Will Frell. And there's nothing funnier than a man shrieking like that. And I was like, I'm in heaven. I kept having out of body like in the little green room area with with Molly Shannon and Will Ferrell, like heroes of mine. And they were telling
And fortune famester was likely there. Of course, Fortune. I was going in and out of that room because I I sit with the village gals and then I go in there because normally we're all together, but in this particular location, everyone was separated.
Yeah. But man, hearing like stories from '90s SNL and they were I was just like in in total heaven. What nice people. Silly nice people.
Yes, it's a fun show. That's great. Yeah, we gota, you know, figure this out so I can do my part.
Seriously, I was sadly unavailable when I was asked to come in. Oh, [ __ ] I wonder who replaced me.
I hope it wasn't me. I don't think it was. No, it wasn't because it was when I was filming last time I was in Toronto.
Okay. Okay. Yeah. So, whoever that was. But either way, well, that sounds like a darn good time, especially to be able to sit around. No way. No. A news flash. Go to YouTube.
Go to YouTube. Serious news flash. Don't even say what happened. Wow. Okay. We've been blessed by the presence of an angel here.
Yes, we are. I'll give you one clue. His eyes dead. No, they're full of life. Oh, look at him. I'm back with my baby bear for a little bit.
Oh my gosh, I have really missed him. I think about him probably every other day.
I missed him, too. Oh, he's so cute. His eyes, how how are they looking? Is he flying?
How are his eyes looking? Um, dead. Completely dead. Yeah. But he's so cute. Oh my god.
And what has he been up to? He been he he's from he's from a broken home now. So he has to
That's so sad. How does he like the new house? He likes it cuz you know there's um it's Oh, hold on.
What the hell was that? He just I think Biggie just coughed. He's getting older so he has a a weeze.
You guys need to lie down and take the rest of the day off. I know. Jeez. He the new house is good cuz it's small and um he can scoot around it easily.
Um and there's a back a little backyard with grass in there that he likes to tinkle in.
Oh, and some of the not much, but a couple furniture pieces are from the old house that he's like, I know this furniture. Mhm.
This house is unfamiliar, but yeah, he's Does he seem confused being from a broken home now, or does he seem
Could you tell the difference? Isn't he always He's always a bit confused. He's always chill. So,
he becomes attached to whoever he's with, you know? Right. So, so when he's with the J, he's very attached to her and follows her around. Then when he is with me, he's very attached to me and follows me around. And you know,
that just is whoever he's with, that's where his heart is. Yeah. Imagine if this if this podcast ever broke up, I'd be I feel like I'd be the biggie.
Yeah. Oh, going home. I feel like if this podcast breaks up, I'm getting Biggie.
Oh god. Is that a threat? Would that be a weird outcome? Going to have to take Biggie. I don't think Biggie would stick out in Kitty City.
I really don't because the cats just lounge around on the bed together. I think they would manipulate him like older siblings. Like they they're they're cats are smart. I feel like they'd have him doing their errands for them and like they'd convince him to steal stuff from the fridge. And
yeah, he's very intrigued by cats because he hasn't spent hardly any time around them. So he sees them like like an outdoor cat and he'll be like, "What's your deal?" H
I feel like the little cloud above Biggiey's head is always just like saying whatevers.
Whatevers. I think you're right. Yeah. Yeah. He seems fine with whatevers. Yeah.
Like you know how they sometimes they train dogs to press buttons that say words to communicate like outside food whatever.
Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. With Biggie, you'd get all the buttons and then you'd get one that says whatevs and he'd just hit that every time.
He'd hit it all day and night. Whatevs. When he's not eating or sleeping or tinkling.
He'd probably be like, "Stop calling me dead eyes. I'm full of life." Yeah. Yeah. Probably.
Tig, I told fortune this on a minis, but I haven't told you that I I got a car.
Yeah, that is ridiculous. I You It is ridiculous to see. Why would you get a car?
I'm pumped about it. I don't have my license yet either, but I have my learner's permit and I'm learning. So, I got a car so I could practice every day. I've been boopping around.
Is it a black Suburban or Cadillac? A black um It's a Lexus and it's uh it looks like a little Subaru almost. It's It's
Oh, yeah. It's cute. Yeah. I I So, when I'm driving, I have to have someone with me in the car, but I cannot have m music playing. I can't have anyone talking to me. I'm focused. I got the guy on the on telling me where to go and the the voice of the map. And um I'm loving it.
Wait. And you have not gotten your license yet? No. So when I bought the car, I couldn't even test drive it cuz you got to you and and you can't drive it off the lot unless you have insurance. So I had to get my assistant to I had to be on on their insurance. And it was a whole thing. But I do my test on on Monday and by the time this comes out hopefully I'm going to be driving Santa's goddamn sleigh. Who knows?
Wow. May huge congrats. Thanks. I can't I can't wait to drive you guys somewhere.
I know. Um I will meet you there. Yeah, that's fair. No, I think I think I'm going to get the muscle memory and be a be a natural. Yeah,
I did bump a car with I did hit a car, but I was just trying Well, I was trying to parallel park and I just gave it a little tap and then I thought I'm not going to park here and I
tap usually fine. Yeah. Yeah. Are they As long as it's a little tap. Yeah. And if the owner of the car saw the little tap, would you feel like, "Oh, that's fine."
Well, they would have to sus it out. And I would say, "Listen, I'm on my assistant's insurance. I don't have my full license. Please give me a break."
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I love it for you. And what made you buy a car? because you knew you you you're feeling confident you're going to pass this test and and you're ready to hit the road.
I've done so many lessons and I I feel like I if I I I should be driving every day just to really get it in my system and
and it would help me pass the test. So, I've been just just practicing. That is adorable.
I do feel like a a grown-up. Like I it's actually changed how I feel about myself in my life. Like I feel Yeah. Like I really feel safer.
And did you you really didn't feel like an adult before two days ago? No. No. No.
Interesting. I No. I was living I was living wrong. Living levita loca. I was living levita loca and now I'm
What language is that? Espanol. Wow. Espa. Um, you know, you don't know this, but I'll tell you. Our housekeeper, when she comes over, when she sees our cats, she's like, "Elgato."
Mhm. That means cat. I know. But when you think about it, like, if I went to somebody's house, I wouldn't just say cat.
Does she maybe not know their names? I don't think so. But she's essentially saying the cat, right?
The cat. The cat. Yeah. So, I it hit me the other day. Um, and I said that to Stephanie. I was like, "Wait, isn't she essentially walking in every morning just saying the cat?"
The cat. Yeah. And she says it in a very loving voice, but I love it. Yeah. It's just uh just a funny little thought.
The cat. And And she there's multiple. So, she's not even saying loss. Oh, hello. fortune.
Yeah, that's the plural of cats. Um, you know what I forgot to tell you guys? Um, we had a funny moment at our house the other day.
What happened when Finn said fortune asked something about fortune or said something about fortune
and um and I wonder what Yeah, I can't remember. I can't remember what he asked or said. And then I just I was kind of taking a moment to where I was like, you know, he's only met you what um once or twice or something.
Twice. Yeah. Yeah. And um and so I was like, "Oh, I said um" because in my head I'm thinking, "Oh, of course he remembers you." Um and I said, "Um, that's so funny that you brought up fortune." I said, "Do you do you remember fortune?" And he said, "Yeah." And I said, "Do you know Fortune's last name?" And he said, "A famster."
And I was like, "Whoa." Yeah. And then I said, "Do you know my other uh co-host on Handsome?" And he said, "Yeah." Uh May Martin.
No way. Yes. Wait, what? Handsome listener. But it was one of those moments where, you know, people say kids are like sponges and all that kind of stuff. And yeah,
it's not like I walk around the house going fortuneers on the phone or I need to, you know, make sure to tell May Martin.
He that he pronounced it correctly with my last completely completely impressive.
It's such a tiny little thing, but it it I it blew our minds. We were just like, "Wow,
blows my mind. I wonder what I wonder what else is in there, you know?" Oh my gosh, there's so many moments like that. I will say that I was uh I was visiting with Amma recently and uh she was playing on like a thing that was going to break or something. So I went, "Oh, Amma, don't play on that." And she goes, "I'm not playing. I'm gay." And I She's seven. And I went, "What?" And then I said, "What do you know? What what do you what does gay mean to you?" And she goes, "You're gay." And I said, "What? What is it?" And she goes, "It's Yeah, it's when a a boy marries a boy." And I was like "Okay
but I'm not I'm not playing I'm gay." And was so good. And then the other good one she had was I said I was trying to give a May fact and I went did you know that the reason that they put clementine and oranges in Christmas stockings and she goes oranges? Oranges?
I could I was speechless. I was like that is watching some Adam Sandler movies.
Boranges. Borafhil? More like Borafhil. Yeah. Wow. And how she's seven now? Yes. and she's funny and she knows when she's funny. And I laughed so hard at boranges that then for the whole rest of the day it was boring 24/7. It was
she kept whipping it up. I have to be honest, I feel a little like boranges, too.
What do you mean? I'm just not terribly into oranges. I like orange candies. Oh, wow.
Yeah, I know. I'm here to blow your mind. I don't ever really eat them either. I know that's shocking cuz I'm really known for all the fruit I consume. M you're known for it.
Fruity fortune. Fruity fortune. Yeah. I don't like I'm not a real texture crazy person, but the texture of like those little white things you have to peel off the in between the ye. I'm just like, no thank you.
It's it's Russian roulette with an orange in a way that most fruits there's a little more consistency. You know what you're getting with an orange. It could either be the most delicious, sweet, fresh, cold, or it's actual garbage,
you know, when it's when it's all pathy and on the on the edge. I'll eat them. It's just not the same as a a what are the honey crisp apple for me. A honey crisp apple is like
It is. You know, you know who likes those? My my boy Biggie. Really? He loves to just nibble on a little apple. Oh, you just like
loves it. That is cute. Very precious. I always let my cats smell anything that's on my fork or spoon because I'm curious their response. I'll be like, "Oh, you want to smell this?" And then sometimes they're very interested and other times it's like, "What the hell?"
Yeah. Yeah. Really good information, Tig. Keep it coming. Keep it coming, buddy.
I mean, all of us today are the stuff we're coming up with is pure gold. Well, because you know the holidays are upon us, so we're thinking we're I think we're getting in holiday mode.
That must be what's going on. Yeah. Not the slow decline of our lives. What? And we'll be right back after these messages. because our lives are all going down a hill into a fiery pit.
Oh, and imploding right here on live. Wait, what? Oh my god. I mean, I guess like after what 30 you are, it is a sort of inevitable cognitive decline.
Oh, sorry. Is that true? Well, your body does, please keep these positive May facts coming.
Happy holidays. But your body does start to die after 25 years. Really? Yeah. It starts to um just they I don't think your body makes any new cells or you know, but I'm also not reliable as far as science or anything really.
I've been trying to have cozy Tom because uh Hello. I've been putting the fireplace on at night.
Oh yeah. And getting a blanket out. Go on. And me and my biggie boy cuddle up on the couch.
Yeah, I did open up a bottle of wine the other night. And then you recorked it immediately.
I poured one glass and recorked it. I put out my little tiny pink Christmas tree.
How tiny? You have a tiny pink Christmas tree. Like a 4footer. No, not maybe a three and a half footer.
Okay, it's little. Okay. Well, let's find out. Is it three and a half or four feet?
Three and a half. All right. And it's pink. That's nice. I got a tree and um my my friend Matt who lives in the back and his girlfriend, she has never decorated a tree before. It's just not a thing in China and she was so excited and I bought all these ornaments and stuff and and lights and then it really I had to make such a conscious effort to just let her do her thing. Like I didn't realize till we started how opinionated I was about like oh well we can yeah that's a little high for that ball. Like we might want to space it out a little. And uh the lights especially, I'm like, you got to put the lights deep in by the
stock, the trunk. And um it's pretty wild the with the result, but it looks pretty cozy. Have you guys done decorations, Tig?
Um we had a little bit of a a tree trimming party with Stephanie's mother, which we um she comes in town and uh and she's the strongest one out of everyone. And um we
What do you mean? She is like like pumping iron like not no but she's just like
she's she's a sturdy woman and uh sure she's inching towards 70 but like she climbs up into our our garage and pulls down every we just it depends on what our holiday plans are if we get a real tree or we use a a fake one. So this year we used the um the fake one and man Nana PULLED THAT DOWN OFF OF THAT TOP [screaming] SHELF AND um and uh yeah so we had a nice night of Christmas music and um well I was going to say eggnog but we had oat
we had oat and we uh put the ornaments on and um yeah and all the kitties circled around. It It was nice. And I I feel very lucky and thankful that Nana, you know, she could she could be like, "Yeah, whatevs. I live I live couple hours away. I'm not going to be driving in for a night, you know, but she comes in, spends a night, and we have our little tree trimming party." And
it's just Max and she always brings Max and Finn Christmas socks and they wear them year round and
cute. It's just great. It's a good time. I love it. I feel like tree trimming must be a euphemism for something. Having like having a tree trimming I don't know
like trimming bush. Yeah. Well, fortune fortune. You said a euphemism for something. I What else could it be? It's not bush.
I realized a toxic quality I have. Sometimes I set you up fortune. I I'll say something vaguely
for me to take the fall, baby. Yeah. I don't go all the way and then you're very toxic.
I'm toxic. You're like, "Let me see how I can get fortune in trouble with Tig."
We should play uh Britney Spears toxic right now. Drop that in for a little bit.
It's getting late. Oh my god. What if Britney Spears ask a handsome question? Oh my god.
My lucky star. What's my Okay, my best Britney Spears asking a handsome question would be
hello handsome. I'm here doing Isn't that kind of what her Instagram's like these days?
It's like a little Liza Minnelli in there and she's like spinning around. My question for you is simply this.
Oh god. Simply this. I I enjoy Britney. I love her. We went I took Stephanie I got Stephanie um Britney Spears in Vegas tickets years ago and we went together and saw that and
um How was it? It was great. The grandmother's side of me came out. I I'm not that familiar with her music, but a lot of people had on uh hats that said work [ __ ]
That's right. You better work, [ __ ] You better work. You better work, [ __ ] Annie,
and I didn't know that was her song and I was like, that's kind of rude. I am working. Stop calling me a [ __ ]
But um now something did happen during the concert. Oh, [sighs] and I think what I saw and Stephanie saw was what was happening. And if you are from the Britney Spears team, please get in touch and correct us if we're wrong, but but When she was dancing and singing, [sighs]
you saw a titty. No, I think I saw something used for menstrual cycles, maybe in pad form.
No, that was sticking out. And then she mysteriously danced off stage for a while.
Oh my god. I just chatted to someone from the team. Hello. We would like to talk to a correction there.
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But I was like, Stephanie, what is that weird white thing sticking out of her leotard and you know, whatever. And Stephanie's like, "Oh my god." And then truly moments later she danced awkwardly off the stage and then she reappeared and it was not there anymore.
See this is the problem with leotards. It's why I stay away from them. Yeah. Exactly why the three of us.
Yeah. Including Thomas. I would imagine he keeps his distance from I want my big old pad coming out of my leotard
cuz that's what you you I thought you used 200 tampons to plug up my cooter. I need all those tampons to plug Mater.
I have an embarrassing story that I just thought of that I've haven't thought of in so long, which is age 14 at Second City. Like 14, you're still figuring your period out. Like, you know what I mean? you're too embarrassed to ask advice or anything and you're freestyling
and yeah, braces, acne, long hair and uh I guess I'd run out of like tampons or pads or whatever and I'd just wadded up toilet paper.
Yeah. Is this gross? Whatever. Whatever. Right, Biggie? So, it was in my jeans, in my underwear, and it must have fallen out and down my trouser leg
and out onto the floor. And then somebody found it and was like, "Oh, what's it was in Second City, the comedy club on the floor." And someone was going, "There's a bloody tissue on the floor." And I was going I was going, "Oh no, whose is that?" And my heart was pounding.
Disgusting. You knew it was your bloody tissue. Oh, right away. Yeah. Oh my god.
Hopefully they don't test this for DNA. Yeah. Oh god. What if that's what Second City was like? If you find any bloody tissue on the stage, we do have a DNA tester.
Yeah. Send it to the Second City lab. Yeah. The front bottom. So, someone had to be the one to pick it up.
Oh, poor. It would have been weird if I was like, I don't know whose that is, but I'll pick it up.
I'll pick it up and I'll throw it away. And the whole time you're like, this is disgusting, you guys. you guys, my friend Steph will also producer on Come See Me in the Good Light, the Andrea Doc,
who the one who got thumbmed in the uh in the at the dinner party. Um if you haven't seen Come See Me in the Good Light, check it out. You'll see who Steph is.
A little thumb here and there. Uh that's not what we're talking about right now. But listen, Steph was had just moved to LA. She had gotten an acting job. Maybe I've mentioned this, but she was completely unaware of how props worked or anything like that. And um she was told in a rehearsal when they were blocking the scene and rehearsing and whatever they were like and then this is and then at this point then Steph will throw her dirty underwear.
Oh this onto the floor. This rings a bell and she was like oh god this is so uncomfortable. But she took her underwear
her real underwear. That's right. I think she did. Oh god. Anyway, so um yeah, and then somebody was like, "Whose underwear is like after somebody everybody had walked away, somebody asked whose underwear that was?" Just like, "Oh, it was mine."
And they're like, "No, we we use prop underwear. You don't have to take your your own filthy underwear off and toss it in the middle of the room."
They go, your bloody underwear. Should we go to um our question and asker? Yes. Off.
If you don't want to talk about this and talk about periods and if anybody's listening still.
Yeah. Today's question asker is a stand-up comedian and actor who's appeared in shows like Corporate, The Great North, and Bojack Horseman. Her brand new comedy special, Hopeful Potato, what a great name, is out now on Dropout TV. Aparna Nancha is asking today's question. Nice. She's one of the best.
She really is so funny. Hello, handsome. It is I, Aparna, and Charla. I am so honored to be speaking to all three of you together. I am a huge fan of each of you. I love you all and I've never had the privilege of speaking to you as one big powerful Holy Trinity. So, what a day. What a day. Here's my question. What is the biggest faux paw you've made at a holiday party? Now, a holiday party traditionally a place where someone might indulge in a little too much nog, gently cross a boundary, say something they shouldn't have to the wrong person.
So, you know, anything along those lines, I invite you to get as messy, as gratuitous as possible. I really want you to go there and I will accompany you there as well. I have all the faith in the world that Aparna has a nightmare story. I just I have
she is she it's just of course this is her question and of course she's got a great but I just have to say she is by far one of my favorite standups.
She's very funny. She is so funny. I can't even remember the first time I saw her but yeah she is one of the Yeah. So smart too. I mean, one powerful holy trinity. Why have we never been called that before?
Why isn't that the name of our podcast? Podcast. Yeah. Uh, holiday party faux paw.
I I am into holiday parties because usually there's going to be a lot of good snacks. Oh, yeah.
So, I feel like the especially Christmas parties Yeah. or like there I feel like it's more food than like other like a birthday party.
Yes. It just feels like it's colder outside. People just want to eat. And and you know what? Like they're more substantial snacks. Like at a regular party, you might get what's chips in a dip. Christmas party, you're getting pigs in a blanket.
Beef Wellington. Listen. Yeah. I'll still go anywhere for chips and a dip. Yeah, that's true.
I love a chip and a dip. I love you, too. Um, so I part of my faux paws is usually uh going straight for the food table and like having no self-control
and just shoving a wad of cheese into my mouth. At a girl and people are like I'm I've just gotten to the party so they're trying to talk to me and I'm just like full of cheese.
You're like where is the cheese? Yeah. I'm spilling stuff everywhere. That's usually my fauxpaw is just being a beast.
I had a friend or have a friend called Gabby who's a very tactile person and also highly anxious and she I once found her at a party. She didn't know anyone. I brought her as my plus one. And I found her at the snack table and she was without thinking she was talking to someone and she was stroking the brie like like touching the bree and I
the top of it the the casing. Does that mean the same thing as trimming the tree?
She was stroking the tree. Trim a bush again and trimming the tree. Yeah. And she was like, I just like how it feels. And I was like, you can't you can't do that.
No. I'll tell you somebody a person's fauxpaw that I was It was not my fauxpaw, but I had to be a part of it.
Okay. I went to one Christmas party and people have been drinking and having a good time. And um here's the thing. I'm always very conscious of when I go to a party. If you go to the bathroom, you got to like make sure the door's locked. Like it's just party 101
cuz people are trying to get in there and see you're doing your business. Yeah. And you don't want to be like you don't want to be like on a toilet with your pants around your legs and someone's busting in. So it was near the end of the night. A lot of people had were gone and I went to the bathroom and I opened the door cuz it was unlocked and there were two people on the floor of the bathroom
doing the doing the dirty deed on the floor on the floor having full intercourse.
Who cares about that? May touching the floor and this was an adult party. This was like four years ago. This is not like high school. Did you know the people?
Yes. And so then my fauxpaw probably was I think your like you walk in on that you're you shut the door and move on with your
You just sat on the toilet. No, my football was high. I slowly shut the door and I went back to the party and told everybody.
Okay. [gasps] So, when they came out, everyone was like staring at them and I hope not touching them. Who were these people? Go ahead and say
I'll never tell. I'll never tell. Can we bleep it out? Just tell us right now. No, I I'll tell you later.
Do we know them? I don't think you know the girl. Oh, but we know you might know the guy.
Love it, Thomas. Love it. It was not Thomas. I did not know Thomas then. But that's a faux paw for sure. I don't think you should be doing that in another person's bathroom.
Yeah, it should not be during a party. And you should and if you are going to break these rules, you have to lock the door.
And were they clearly drunk? They'd been drinking, but I don't know that they were like hammered. I think they just wanted to have sex.
And also, you're horny. And it's never going to be like a couple who's been married for 15 years that are doing that. It's going to be two people who probably should.
It was a new It was a new situation. New situation. Are they still together? They are not.
Okay. I don't think they lasted much longer. Like maybe a couple months past that. Yeah.
Uhhuh. Imagine if you asked your parents how you were conceived and they said on the floor.
Well, I just was like, "Oh my gosh." He was like basically on on top of them and I was just like, "Oh, God."
Oh my god. I mean gross. Um and uh did they see you come in? They sure did. Oh my gosh. That is everybody involved. Faux pod.
I uh they were like, "I can't believe you told everybody." I was like, "I'm the one."
Were they legitimately upset with you? No, they weren't they weren't upset, but more more sheepish of like Yeah.
Yeah. That's so funny. But, you know, it was a bunch of comedians that were there. So, um they were all laughing. Nobody was like, you know, it was like whatever. Good to have a little gossip at the party. That's pretty juicy.
Yeah, that was a juicy moment. Were they like whatevers? Like like they just kind of like came out of the bathroom just like what's up everybody? Hey, what's going on?
Just waiting for you to stop having sex on the toilet. Mhm. No, this was in the floor.
No, I know. I'm just trying to move them off the floor in my mind. It's so gross. It's so gross.
Oh god. I've I have had sex in bathrooms though. On the floor? I think so. I have not I have not ventured into a I've not done that.
I think I Well, definitely on in the bathroom on a train. Uh wait, on a train? Yeah.
Oh, like on a What did you think? I was thinking of like a you know the trains that go around the village of of a Christmas tree. Oh,
the season like the little caboose. I was trying to picture that. I was like I mean on an actual train. Gotcha.
Yeah. In the bathroom or Yeah. You just couldn't. You were just so like I got we got to right now.
Yeah, I think so. But yeah, looking back I Yeah, pretty. Did you go up to that person and say chugga chugga choo choo? You know what I mean?
You know what I mean? And did you know this person? Yes, we were we were dating. Okay.
But she was closeted. So, and a lot of people we knew were on the train going up to Edinburgh Fringe Festival
and uh nobody knew we were dating and it was during that like hellish time. Uh and then
you share her name off the pod. Yes. Um but yeah, I had a holiday party on uh Sunday. I had a little gathering of just I mean I realized all my friends in LA are like Toronto friends from 20 years ago. Like I I've got Matt, Elena, my friend Ally, Sabrina Jaliss. They're all people I've known since my teens. So we were all
They all live in LA or Yeah. Yeah. I just followed them here, I guess. And uh yeah, but we did we did the tree and then my fauxpaw was trying to make everyone play Pictionary. That was
You did. Oh, it went down like a lead balloon. Oh, they didn't like it. So, it's it depends on the group and the and the vibe.
I I think the it came with all these rules and instructions. I remember Pictionary being very chill and loose, but it was really rigid.
Yeah, but who made it rigid? Me. Oh, well, that's a fun time. You're like a rule person with the games. Like, we got to do this. This is what how it goes. You cannot do that. Give me the cards. Maybe a little bit, but I I wanted uh I made Rice Krispie squares. That was the good thing I did at the party. Like, it's so easy. Marshmallows and butter, bit of vanilla, and then just pour in a box of Rice Krispies. Don't even have to bake it. Just let it cool. Oh.
Oh my gosh. It's okay if it jiggles, right? Do you ever call Rice Krispies treats or do you call them squares? Oh, in Canada we say squares. Oh, we call them treats.
Yeah, we take it up a notch. Yeah, we're like It's more than a square. It's a treat. We're not getting a, you know, we're not projecting that it's going to be good. Yeah. We just go, it's a square.
Well, that's like if you call somebody a total square, you should call him a total treat.
You are a total treat. Yeah. Yeah. And that guy's a total treat. Do you have any faux paws, Tig, that you've made? [sighs and gasps]
Well, I I think I make them all the time. Um, just trying to make my way through this life, but um
as the slow decline. us into barreling into hell. And um barreling into hell. I I don't feel that way. I don't feel that I'm barreling into hell, but um it is fun to say.
Yeah. I don't I don't know. I'm I would say this isn't a holiday faux so apologies aparna
and get off my back if this upset you aa but um I went to a Sundance once again I'm sure I've told this story but I went to a Sundance party was my first time ever at Sundance and a friend of mine told me to meet her there and that it was people from from the TV show er that were having this party and I was standing outside and I was like knocking on the door and ringing the doorbell and nobody answered because there was loud music and nobody was like, "Oh, somebody's at the door." It was just like I just was like, you know, politely standing out there ringing, dinging, and knocking. And then somebody came out and then I went in and I was waiting for my friend who I didn't see anywhere and I was feeling a little kind of I didn't know where to go or what to do
and so I went and stood by the snacks and I just really got into those snacks. Um I had been snowboarding all day
and I had my sunglasses around my neck still. Good look. And it was like on that kind of little rope
string string whatever my sunglasses were hanging on. And I'm having snacks until the cows come home just eating by myself by the table
like me. Yes. And this girl comes up and starts talking to me and we're chatting. And then after she walked away, I looked down and you guys,
my glasses had collected all of the crumbs of my snacks that I was eating and they were it was like a Yeah, it was just like a cradle of crumbs hanging around my neck.
And it was I was like, "Oh my god." Like, "What did this person think?" And also, was she on ER?
Yeah. We'll never know. Was it Juliana Margalz? Yeah. Have no idea. How did you say her name?
How What is her name? Jul. No, just you say it. Give it another whirl. Jul. Okay, I'm saying Juliana Margalles.
Margles. I like that. What? Why is Margar Mariss maybe? Yeah, I feel like I do like the gay version of her name.
Why can't I think of another actress on that show? I know. I couldn't either. I went Noah Wy, George Clooney.
Well, I know um there was an actual les on that show. Um her name was George F Georgia Fox. She went by George and we ran in the same circle.
Um but I I haven't run into her in years, but she was I think she was the reason I was invited to that party.
The le inviting the le but not Juliana. Jul is it Julian or Juliana? Juliana Margal Margalles.
You know who was on that shows? Uh Mora Mora Tierney who is a real I like her a awakening for a lot of people. She's straight I think but I loved her growing up. Used to have dreams about her.
Mhm. Just hang out. I like how Peppermint Patty was my big awakening. Really? Yes. That's common. Yeah.
Yeah. No, it was more of like Wow, I relate to this one. Yes. Yeah. Didn't know why. Should we hear what uh Parna has to say?
Yeah. The biggest faux paw I ever made at a holiday party was actually the very first holiday party I ever attended with my parents as their plus one. I think I was four or five. Not sure we can carbon date back that far. There weren't smartphones back then. So I maybe I was 16. I do not know. Anyway, this was a holiday potluck. I had never even been to a potluck before. So I was just blown away by the food options. I think it was the first time I ever had lasagna, which to this day remains one of my favorite foods. Praise be to Garfield.
But there was a separate room that had all the desserts. Was like cakes and pies, every seasonal treat imaginable, cookies gingerbread everything candy canes.
And as a kid with a major sweet tooth, I could not comprehend it. Like my little child brain just melted and I just knew I had to sample each and every one which I conveyed to my parents through screaming. I just had this huge meltdown where I insisted I had to try them all. My parents were mortified cuz these were people they did not know that well. And I remember I was rolling on the floor screaming.
And finally the hosts were just like, "You know what? Just give her what she wants. Give this little boy king what she wants. So they packed some of each dessert into a big box for me. They hustled us out of there and I just remember waking up the next morning cuz of course I had fallen asleep in the car on the ride home and I was just ready to sample my bounty and somehow it had all congealed into one big unidentifiable ball.
Oh no. And I just knew I had been tricked somehow or there had been sabotage among my
sabotage for sure, you know. Mhm. court. And I threw another big fit that next morning. So really, someone was big time on the naughty list that year.
Oh my god. But yeah, that's my story. Thanks again. Seasons, greetings, happy holidays. Bye
bye. Seasons, greetings, happy holidays. I cannot for the life of me picture a para throwing a fit.
I know. Oh, and also she said she might I might have been the last fit. Yeah. And she said she might have been 16. So that's what I keep picturing and it's [clears throat] making me laugh.
She said either four or 16. Yeah. That thing of being a kid and being filled with such like consuming desire for something that you're like, I will die if I don't get this. And and and you don't know your own limits either. Like I was obsessed with popcorn and like the first time my parents let me have popcorn, I just ate and ate and ate and then projectile threw up all over my bed. But I was You weren't going to stop me eating.
Nothing's going to stop us now. I remember a para opened for me years ago when I did Carnegie Hall.
Whoa. And when after the show there was like a whole spread of course backstage because I have my demands and um so I have this spread and we were going to take it to my hotel room. you know, we had friends in town and Stephanie's mother and father were there because, you know, was doing Carnegie Hall and a I remember this is kind of a po faux I guess, but we were all carrying all of the food from backstage to my hotel room. And so I remember a para and her boyfriend just carrying these huge trays of fruit and vegetables and all sorts of
keep this party going. But we were walking blocks with it. We were walking blocks with halfeaten uh green room food. So,
absolutely. Yeah. Probably not the classiest thing to do, but we did it right up.
Do you guys have any like holiday wishes for Is that a good question for a holiday up
wishes or even a favorite holiday song? Holiday wishes. Yes, that's my favorite holiday song.
One, two, three. Holiday. Beautiful. I um My mom likes for me to go to church with her on Christmas Eve.
Yeah. Praise the Lord. Praise. Praise Jesus. Good Christ. So, I get ready. I get my church voice ready for that.
What's that sound like? Because you know it's all the Christmas song like Noel, singel
this is what I wanted. You also clearly have to get your Christmas face on too because boy does it morph into a whole different world and go. All night divine. All night when Christ was born. That's the when I'm going t uh tenor.
[singing] I would say I would say you're going 11er. I hope they give you a big solo. I hope like a spotlight lands on you.
I won't, but I will make sure my voice is heard in that type of I hope you get discovered at church this year.
Yeah. I want to I want to put out a gospel album or a Christmas album. Whatever comes first.
We can do it as a podcast. Put it on the list Thomas. Well, we know our our first hit is Holiday Wishes. So holiday,
what is your holiday wish? May peace on earth. Okay. And mercy and mercy mild. God and sinners reconciled.
No. Is that how is that the lyrics? Did Did God and the sinners reconcile? I don't know. Actually, they never needed to reconcile because God loves him no matter what. I don't know. I think my wish is
Hark the Herald Angel sing. That's okay. Let's hit it. One, two, three. [singing]
Fortune. Fortune. She's coughing and she's muting every time she Oh, you were right. May peace on earth and they did. See, but that's why.
Wait, does it end with they did? No. Nations rise. La. Okay. Long wrong song, but
you have the spirit. Mhm. My holiday wish is that everyone sings like that this holiday.
Yeah. I hope people do some singing and um I'm pumped for the year of the horse. We've been in the year of the snake, which is all
girl. That was the gayest horse I've ever Please do it again. What is the gay What does a gay horse eat?
Hey. Hey. I don't get it. It really It smells Shut your mouth. You're going to make me cough again.
Can I tell you guys it smells like up dog in this room. What does that mean? It smells like up dog. What does that mean?
It smells like up dog. What does that mean? It just smells like You're supposed to say, "What is up, dog?" And then I say, "Not much."
Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh, wait. I was like I was like, "Maybe she'll eventually say what's up, dog."
There it is. Thanks, Fortune. No. Oh my god. But I never I would have just continued to say, "What does that mean?"
I know. I was like, "Tig's not coming off of this one phrase." Oh my god. Well, I learned that from one of the fortunes gaggle. A girl is on set yesterday. They said, "It smells like updog." I fell for it. Hook, line, and sinker. I went, "What's up dog?" And they said, "Not much."
Will Bill Will does that to me. I fall for it every time I'll be singing something. He goes, "Who sings that?" And I'll earnestly tell him. And he goes, "Why don't you let them sing it?"
Or, "Let's keep it that way." I heard him. I heard him do that to you. Yeah. And I fall for it every time.
Every time. Well, what a treat you guys are. My holiday wish is for everyone to keep it handsome.
Mhm. That would be great, right? Cuz sometimes people don't keep things handsome
and we have got to keep it handsome. I also want to say that I know the holidays are tough for some people and it's a weird time of year and there's so much pressure to be happy and with family and I just want to say no matter what you're doing just like take care of yourself. I'll be I'll be by myself with buddies on Christmas. I'm going to enjoy it and we just are sending you a lot of love.
We sure are. Yeah. And I'm going to send you to some of my shows coming up. Right.
Yeah. Wait, what you got? Bathrobe. You got me. Well, I have several dates, so I'm just going to hit a few here. February 20th, Oklahoma City. Uhhuh. And then February 21st, we got Midland, Texas. What else do you have? Oh, well, um, I have Cincinnati, March 13th. I have got, uh, hold it hold on there. I just I I don't know. I I can't read very well. But go to tignotaro.com for all my tour information. I'm also always doing shows mostly every month at Largo and Dynasty Typewriter. And please, if you haven't watched the documentary, Come see me in a good light. Check it out.
I've got this big tour coming up and I'm adding extra dates and stuff. if I just added one in Vegas. And also, I think I need people to buy more tickets in Austin. That one's a little slow, but I'm excited to see everybody. You can go to maymartin.net. If you need lastm minute presents for people,
go to get some tickets to our shows or or some Handsome Pod merch. Why not? Why not?
Yeah. I don't say why not. I don't I'm going to be in Norfick, Virginia on the 27th of December, and then Salt Lake City, Vancouver, and then uh New Year's Eve in Seattle, Washington, followed by uh after the new year, New Orleans, Mobile Atlanta Cincinnati Indianapolis, Milwaukee, a bunch of places. So,
it's on my website. We also want to remind people that we did a live show. Yes. Uh yesterday.
Oh, right. Can't forget that. That link is available for a week. So, uh, yeah, super fun Holly Bob show.
Holly Bob Holly and also you can, uh, give that as a gift. Get somebody a ticket to that, right?
Yeah. Yeah. So, you want to get that link. It's really fun. That was a fun time. And until next time uh
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