Transcript
Pretty Little Episode #70
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This is the full, timestamped transcript of "Pretty Little Episode #70", an episode of Handsome Podcast published December 19, 2025 (24 min, about 4,337 words). It mentions 13 people, works and ideas, including Tig Notaro, Mae Martin, Jeffrey – Pagano, Joe, Ava Max, dynasty typewriter.
What this episode is about
The content features a blend of light-hearted banter and practical advice, touching on the importance of checking for insurance quotes and planting native wildflowers to support local wildlife. It also highlights an upcoming live holiday show event, encouraging listeners to purchase tickets for remote viewing.
Key takeaways
- Saving hundreds on car insurance is smart; saving the bees with native wildflowers is genius.
- Who needs productivity when your writing partner is also a master of escape rooms?
- Great comedy thrives in collaboration—no ego, just laughter and a lot of silliness.
- Freaky Friday: proof that altitude-induced laughter can ignite nostalgia and joy all at once.
- Jodie Foster's cool factor remains undefeated; she could ask the questions that inspire us all.
Who speaks in this episode?
- May Martin (Host) · 13 min speaking
- Tig Notaro (Guest) · 11 min speaking
What is discussed, and when
- – 5:00: All State, Jodie Foster, Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan
- – 10:00: Tig Notaro, Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs
- – 15:00: All State, Mae Martin, Magic Mike
- – 20:00: Ava Max, Tig Notaro, Airplane
- – 24:08: All State, Airplane
Notable quotes from "Pretty Little Episode #70"
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 for native wildflower options before.
about All State · atPretty little episode and I'm your cool host May Martin joined by Hi.
about Tig Notaro · atI You know what? I watched on a plane the other day for the first time Freaky Friday the original. Seen it.
about Jamie Lee Curtis · atJodie came to Come see me in the good light screening.
about Jodie Foster · atI remember my first girlfriend went and saw that movie and she came over. I don't know who I was housesitting for, but she came over to stay with me for the weekend and she had.
about The Silence of the Lambs · atYou got to give me the name and I'm going to I'm going to look this guy up.
about Magic Mike · atWe have a lot of traditions and Max and Finn love traditions.
about Ava Max · at
Who and what is mentioned in this episode?
People
- Tig Notaro — Person · Host (co-host of Handsome Pod) · 3 mentions · first at
Co-host; tells a detailed story about an impressive magician, shares family traditions, and gives her 1-minute life story including her kids Max and Finn. - Mae Martin — Person · Host (co-host of Handsome Pod) · 2 mentions · first at
Co-host; discusses writing a new show with Joe, reacts to Tig’s magician story, and plays the 1-minute life-story game.Welcome to the handsome pod. This is a pretty little episode and I'm your cool host May Martin joined by Hi.
- Jeffrey – Pagano, Joe — Person · Referenced collaborator (May Martin’s writing partner) · 1 mention · first at
May’s friend/collaborator staying with May while they write a new show; identified as having co-written Feel Good with May.Well, my friend Joe is staying in this room right now. I don't know if you can see. I pulled out the sofa into bed there. And these must be his sunglasses I just saw. And they.
- Ava Max — Person · Referenced family member (Tig Notaro’s child) · 3 mentions · first at
Appears as Tig’s son (slapstick joke writer) and part of Tig’s family traditions; named in Tig’s life-story summary. - Jodie Foster — Person · Referenced actor (in discussion of Freaky Friday and her attending a screening) · 3 mentions · first at
Mentioned as starring in the 1976 Freaky Friday and as someone Tig has met via her wife; also referenced in relation to The Silence of the Lambs. - Jamie Lee Curtis — Person · Referenced actor (in discussion of Freaky Friday) · 2 mentions · first at
Mentioned as co-starring in Freaky Friday; praised for comedic performance playing a teenager after the body-swap. - Lindsay Lohan — Person · Referenced actor (in discussion of Freaky Friday) · 2 mentions · first at
Mentioned as starring in the (2003) Freaky Friday that May watched on a plane; used as an example of comedic performance.I You know what? I watched on a plane the other day for the first time Freaky Friday the original. Seen it.
- Magic Mike — Person · Comedic reference / nickname for a magician · 1 mention · first at
Tig jokingly names the magician “Magic Mike” when May asks for his name; presented as a punchline rather than a real identification.
Books & papers
- Freaky Friday — Book · Referenced work · 1 mention · first at
Mentioned in a discussion about movies, specifically the original version with Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis.I You know what? I watched on a plane the other day for the first time Freaky Friday the original. Seen it.
Companies & orgs
- dynasty typewriter — Company · Event host · 1 mention · first at
Mentioned as the venue for a live streaming holiday show, with promotional language encouraging ticket purchases.Have a very special live show coming up for the holidays on Monday, December 22nd. Join in the fun and festivities from anywhere in the world by getting your tickets at the link in our social media bio or at dynastywriter.com.
Media & podcasts
- Airplane — Media · Referenced work · 2 mentions · first at
Mentioned in a discussion about movies, specifically referencing a joke from the movie.It's just funny to think of him singing bow to the moon. and like with his crazy Aussie bow to the moon.
- The Silence of the Lambs — Media · Referenced work · 1 mention · first at
Mentioned in a discussion about movies, specifically a tense scene involving Jodie Foster's character.
Sponsors
- All State — Company · Sponsor · 6 mentions · first at
Primary sponsor of the podcast, mentioned multiple times with promotional language about car insurance savings.
Full transcript with timestamps
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pretty little episode. Welcome to the handsome pod. This is a pretty little episode and I'm
your cool host May Martin joined by Hi. I am not able to keep up with this level of cool, but my name is Tigotaro.
Wow. Go to YouTube. Very cool. Look, May. Thank you. Where did you get these? Well, my friend Joe is staying in this room right now. I don't know if you can see. I pulled out the sofa into bed there. And uh these must be his sunglasses I just saw. And they um they're stunning. I think you'll agree.
And why is he staying in that room on that couch? He's We're writing a new show. But we're writing, he wrote Feelgood with me and we're we're writing a new show and he's here for two weeks and every time he flies all the way from England and every time I'm like, "Dude, I am all yours. While you're here, we are going to get stuff done." And then
he arrives and I'm like, "Can we do an escape room?" Or I'm like, "I got to go to this to go to the the sauna or something."
Sure. He's really patient with me. But man, he's a good he's a good boy. So you guys are writing a new series together.
We are. Yeah. I'm really pumped. I think it's He's so fun to write with. It's just so rare to find someone who's like totally aligned and,
you know, we don't have any ego with each other. We're pretty blunt and it's just trying to make each other laugh.
And so, is this something where this is not a follow-up to Wayward? This is You guys are just going to Are you coming up with a script or a pitch? We're developing it with someone and we're we've been we got to write two scripts and like a whole series bible and then I guess at that point they'll tell us if they're going to make it or not. But I hope they will cuz
they'll make it. You're the number one star in the universe. You're only as good as your last thing. You know what if they're like, "What is this trash?" But
well, if you're only as good as your last thing, then you're really good. Well, I hope I'm just pumped that this is a real like jokeheavy comedy. I really uh I miss being silly like that.
How about uh slip on a banana type stuff or like step on a rake and that it comes up, hit you in the face.
Yes, please give me all that. I want like your pants accidentally fall down. You know who could write for you? My son Max.
Oh my god. Is he into that kind of furious slapstick? Yes, indeed. Yes. I You know what? I watched on a plane the other day for the first time Freaky Friday the original. Seen
it. What year? Who was that with? Um Lindsay Lohan, Jamie Lee Curtis. I didn't see it
and they they're a mom and daughter and they switch bodies and they just did a sequel but I watched the original and I was like I don't know if I was like high from the altitude but I was cry laughing by myself on the plane.
No, I think Stephanie's told me it's a really good movie. She's like, "It's really good."
They're both just Jaime Lee Curtis is cuz they swap bodies is playing a teenager basically and then Lindsay Lohan's playing her mom and they're just both great. So funny.
There's also a 1976 version with Jodie Foster. No, you might have seen that one.
Yeah, I was going to say I I think I saw I didn't know Jo that was Jodie Foster in there.
Mhm. Does she say like, "Mom, this fraud is pretty freaky." Or something like, "Is that a good Jodie Foster?" No.
Jodie came to um uh Come see me in the good light screening. No way. Oh, yeah. She was there.
That's Do you know her? I mean, just I don't know her well. I know her through um I've known her wife forever.
Okay. Yeah. Um Yeah. Also to get Jod to ask a question. Yeah. I I wonder if she would. She doesn't strike me as somebody that
she's like, "I have all the answers. I don't need to ask any questions." Yeah, I do. I I mean, who knows? Maybe she'd be like, "Yeah, I'll do your circus of a show." But um
she's so cool. Yeah. Really nice person. You've seen The Songs of the Lambs? I haven't.
Really? I mean, I promise I haven't. I believe you. I just always think about this one scene where she shows up at Buffalo Bill's house and she has no idea that he's the killer and he invites her in and the girl is in the basement and she has no idea and just slowly in the kitchen standing talking. Jodie Foster and Buffalo Bill re like she realizes it's him. He realizes that she knows it's him and it's like the tensest scene and the and then it all explodes. It goes crazy.
Does it make you a little nervous? I guess it's making me nervous now talking about it.
I remember um my first girlfriend went and saw that movie and she came over. I don't know who I was housesitting for, but she came over to stay with me for the weekend and she had just seen the movie and she was freaked out.
Oh god. And I had no idea what the movie was about or anything. And I just remember the whole night being like, "Here come the lambs. Careful. Here come the lambs." Shut up. And I was like, "Careful. There's a lamb behind the door."
Oh my god. I wish it was about lambs. How are you, Tig? Uh oh. Thank you for asking me. Uh, I'm doing well.
I know you're in Toronto and behind you framed is that like art of an old bill like of Canadian money? Yeah. 10 10 10 $10.
That brings back That's like what money was like when I was a kid. And then they turned it all into these weird plastic bills. Like plasticky, but Oh man.
What? I Those are terrible. I'm sorry, Canada. I don't like your plasticky bills.
No, I understand they're not You can't rip them and all that kind of stuff, but like
Yeah. Oh, well. I know. I got a I got some change the other day. A bunch of $1 bills here. And then someone had written like like Annabelle on on one of the bills. And I thought, how come that seems like something I would love to do? Write little messages on all the money and then because it gets circulated out back into the world.
They didn't write Anna bill. Oh my lord. And that's why they pay you the big bucks.
I have done it again. Speaking of writing on bills, Uhhuh. I did a show the other night. Uh-huh.
With a magician. No. Okay. You don't want to hear the story? I love magic. And was this magician [ __ ] amazing?
May. May. I'm delighted. May. Okay. So, Stephanie and I are sitting backstage at my show.
Yeah. And it's this charity event. There's a magician and of course it's like it's a it's a real crapshoot with a magician.
You never know. He's like, "Okay, I'm going to hand he's sitting on one side of the table. We're sitting on the other." He said, "I'm going to hand you um" Or no, he said, "Pick a, you know, classic. Pick a card. Any card."
Yeah. I pick a card. He said, "Okay, here is a uh a marker, a permanent marker.
Sign your name on the card." I was like, "All right." He said, "Now, this is insane."
Oh my He said, "All right, put it back in the stack." Yeah. I was like, "Great." He shuffles it. He's like, "All right. Um, now that wallet that's sitting in the middle of the table,
no." I was like, "Yeah." And he said, "You haven't touched it. Neither of you have touched it, right?" I said, "Right." Like, I didn't even notice the I saw it, but I didn't pay any attention to it. He's like, "And I didn't touch it, right?" I was like, "Right." He's like, "Okay, you want to open it?" So, I open it. It has two snaps on it and behind, you know, where you put your license in a um where there's a plastic cover, you put your license in there.
My card was in there signed. No. Yes. Yes. I I was like, I am so sick and tired of your [ __ ] I need you to step away from me, sir.
Oh my god. I could not believe. And then he told Stephanie to pick a card, which she did.
Uhhuh. He said, "Um, what what was your card?" And she was like, "You know, um, diamond, an eight of diamonds or whatever." And he was like, "Are you more partial to the diamond or the eight?"
Interesting. And she was And she was like, "Uh, the diamond." And he was like, "Okay." And he goes and and then she said, 'N no, the eight, I want you both, May and Thomas, to look at me when I tell you this. We were sitting on the other side of the table from him. And she he said, "Look at your hand."
Her physical hand. Yes. I have goosebumps right now. You can't if you could see.
There was with that permanent marker an eight written on the inside of her hand. What?
I I It did. It was all of this all night long. Oh my. That's why I kept yelling at him. You I am sick and tired of your [ __ ]
Oh my god. May he your brain would ooze out of your ears. This man. This man. But also the fact that Stephanie pivoted. She went diamond actually eight. Oh my [ __ ] god. Also, okay, because the card thing I'm like, did he know your signature and he'd put it there before? But how would he know what card you chose? This is too powerful and dangerous.
Exactly my point. He needs to be arrested. Yeah. Holy [ __ ] One of the best magicians I've ever seen in my life.
You got to give me the name and I'm going to I'm going to look this guy up. Magic Mike.
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Northbrook Illinois. Imagine how powerful you'd feel. But also the the pressure if you get it slightly wrong in front of all those people. Oh,
wow. Well, even I I can't believe like you just telling me about it felt I felt like I was being astonished by magic.
He's he's mind-blowing. I think I'm going to have him do one of my Largo shows.
Yeah, you have to. Well, should we get in uh into our question? see what people have to
What would you do if it was from the magician and he I wouldn't doubt it. I would not doubt it if I walked into my closet or bedroom here in Toronto and then he was there.
Yeah. Well, hit us Thomas. Who do we got? Hi, handsome. This is Cla from Brazil and this is a question for the day when May is around because it involves games. M.
So, the game I want to propose is that you tell your life story in 1 minute. So, you got to time yourselves. One minute and you tell your life story.
Wow. Okay. I like it. Or should we do it? Um, sure. You go first. Okay. You got a timer, Thomas? You tell me when. Oh my god. Okay.
And maybe do a countdown five for it with your fingers when when it's getting to the end and then we'll have to cram in the end.
Yeah. Okay. I'll put it on screen so you can see it and it'll it'll go off. Okay.
So, tell me when you're ready, May. Okay. I'm ready now. Okay. Uh yeah. Uh 1987 I was born. My name is May Martin. I was born to Wendy and James in Scar Bro General Hospital. I was so premature and then I grew up a very needy child but confused and then I went to school, dropped out of school, got loved doing drugs, then kicked out of my house then moved to England. I had got engaged once then also got engaged a second time but then also generally happy doing comedy and never had any dogs that I owned. Why is happening? I got tattoos. Uh allergic to coconut. Um did a podcast called Handsome. Wait, I'm done and I got 25 seconds left. Uh I uh go went to Shiatsu Massage School. Got a diploma. That was back in the day. And then um now I uh am living in the house and my friends are around and uh there were moments in life that were hard overall. Things always work out for the best and I believe in the in mother
nature to see me through. Wow. What a life. What a life. That was really depressing. that I I only needed 40 seconds and then I was struggling to fill the last 20.
Yeah, that's good though. Think about all the moments in between that I've lost. I just
Nothing happened in between those moments. That was it. You've lived 40 seconds.
Oh man. God, our little personal stories. Do you want to do yours, T? Yeah. Thank you.
Mine. Great. All right. One, two, three, go. Uh on March 24th, 1971, Matiel O' Callahan Notaro was born uh uh did I say Jackson, Mississippi? Uh that's where I was born. And then my parents split up and I moved with my mother and my brother down to Pascia, Mississippi. uh where we lived uh until my mother and stepfather met and got married and moved us to Texas where I wet my pants until way too long and had a greasy bull haircut. Was still popular though, very well-liked. I was smoking the whole time, sitting in trees and what have you and skateboarding around the neighborhood. We had 12 cats and a dog and um I failed every grade I ever touched. We lived in Miss in New Jersey for a couple of years. I dropped out of high school, moved to Colorado, life of my own out there. Met my first girlfriend, came out of the closet, and moved to Los Angeles with my childhood friends and got into standup. Met
Stephanie and had Max and Finn. Whoa. See, that was good. Also, I had cancer. Yeah. Yeah. Wait, we missed we missed some big chunks.
H read my book. It's called Just a Person. That was fun. Thank you so much, Clara. Yeah. No answer from her
from Brazil, right? Yeah. But I would like to hear her minute long life story. That would be good.
Yeah. Why didn't she give that to us? That's a good game though. That's a like when you meet people for the first time. That's a good game to play.
Yeah, that's really good. Yeah. Um Yeah. What else? Who else have we got? What else and who else? Yeah. Next up.
Hey, handsome stuff from Vermont. I'm curious about traditions. They could be holiday related or anything your families have traditionally done that maybe they hope to hand down through future generations.
I'm big on traditions and then my mom's always trying to scramble them up and do something different and um which I also admire as a quality. But I really like your classic Christmas meal and my mom's often like this year we're having elk sausages and bok choy and you're like oh okay. Um, but one tradition is we play poker and uh and drink wine. That's always really
your whole all four of you. Yeah. Yeah. And then there's always the the tradition that my dad has of if you see the new moon through glass, then you have to go outside with a coin in your hand, bow to the moon three times, say, "Good evening, lady moon," and turn the coin over in your hand.
Now, that is a very um I don't know um pagan No, I was It reminds me of Aussie Osborne's song, Bark at the Moon.
Oh, yeah. You said um Bow to the Moon. Yeah. Yeah. Do you know Bark at the Moon? Aussie song?
I know that phrase, but no, I I don't know it. It's just funny to think of him singing bow to the moon. Uh and like with his crazy Aussie bow to the moon.
Yeah. A lot of that comes My grandma had a lot of strange traditions and superstitions and stuff that my dad has passed on. Um, what about you?
We have a lot of traditions and Max and Finn love traditions. Yeah, I think it makes it helps the world make sense to kids.
Yeah. And it just creates comfort and safety feelings. And there's so many Finn is so sentimental.
And there's so many times that he's like, I'm going to do this with my kids. And when I'm a dad,
he is a dad already. Huh? He He has such dad energy already. Yeah. Um, I can't think of specific things that I mean, I know I've talked about this before, but like on Christmas Eve, we have vegan uh gumbo and then we have it uh for the days following. And um I've mentioned that Nana comes in town and we have our little tree trimming party with her where we get the tree ready and put on some tunes and have our oat nog and what have you. Um,
yeah. It's just little like your TIG bits are almost traditions. It's like little turns of phrase that you say as a family, you know what I mean? Like like in my family, if you ever say like
I as I used to say, I'm going to go I'm going to go outside and my dad would say, "Who's Aina?"
Or like if I said, "Surely not," he'd say, "Don't call me Shirley." Oh, yes. Did you ever see the airplane movie?
Yes. Yes. So good. Yeah. I'm forgetting her name. who is so funny from the the air airplane movies. And I saw her at the airport
and I I was in a movie with her, but before I was in a movie with her, I was like, "Oh my gosh, I can't believe I'm seeing her at the airport." But of course, uh oh, Julie Hagerty,
that's her name. Before I was in that movie, I was thinking, "Oh my gosh, I can't believe I'm seeing her at an airport." And then I thought, but gosh, anytime she's at an airport, people can't believe they're seeing her at an airport. Yeah.
And she also feels like she could play Maria Bamford's mother. Oh, really? Okay. Yeah, I know exactly the type then.
Yes. Yes. But yeah, I think I think we have just traditions. Um, you know, even just little things like after Max and Finn's um practices, you know, basketball, baseball, they like to go to uh this place called Burger Lounge that has a really good uh vegan burger and
Yeah. And um and that's just kind of a a little thing that we do. Yeah. Nice. Should we hear Steph's answer?
Let's do it. Given the timing, I will share a holiday one. Around the time that I was born, we were renovating my old family farmhouse when my grandmother came upon a lump of coal. Without telling anyone, she wrapped it along with a bunch of other like gag gifts and she distributed all of them to everyone on Christmas Eve at the family dinner. She set out all these rules about how many swaps you could do before you open your mystery gift, but then whoever ultimately unwrapped the coal had to do the job the following year. Tig, when I hear you talk about your mom, I often hear the spirit of my grandmother in your stories. Thank you so much for your joyful contributions to our world. Our family is navigating some challenging stuff right now, and your episodes lift me up twice a week. Something I'm really grateful for.
Oh my gosh, Steph, I love that. Yeah, that is so touching and meaningful and Yeah. I'm sorry to hear you're going through a tough spot.
Yeah. Glad we can brighten it up a bit. And hang in there, kid. Yeah. Oh god, the holiday season's tough for a lot of people, but also you find your little bits of magic. I can't get over that. I'm going to Google that magician right away.
Mhm. I'll get you his name, please. He's really something. And this was lovely. And please keep submitting your questions. Go to speakpipe.com/handsomepod. Also, don't forget we have a live streaming Holly Bob's show this Monday, December 22nd. It's so rare the three of us can all get together and we're going to party and have the best time. So, go to the ticket link in our social media bio or dynastytypewriter.com to get your ticket
and and and be prepared to see me crunk. Yes, girl. I am going to be crank. Yes, I'm going to bring some like sweet lure, some Christmy lure.
Love it. Um, and until next time, keep it keep it pretty pretty handsome. 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 the oven when you're baking a new pie recipe. The apple pie was looking so good, but now it's a little more crispy than you intended it to be. Yeah, check-in first is smart, so check All State First for a quote that could save you hundreds. You're in good hands with All State. Potential savings vary subject to terms, conditions, and availability. All State North American Insurance Company and affiliates Northbrook Illinois.
Questions about this episode
Who speaks in "Pretty Little Episode #70"?
May Martin (Host), Tig Notaro (Guest).
What is "Pretty Little Episode #70" about?
The content features a blend of light-hearted banter and practical advice, touching on the importance of checking for insurance quotes and planting native wildflowers to support local wildlife. It also highlights an upcoming live holiday show event, encouraging listeners to purchase tickets for remote viewing.
What is mentioned in this Handsome Podcast episode?
13 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Tig Notaro, Mae Martin, Jeffrey – Pagano, Joe, Ava Max, dynasty typewriter, Jodie Foster. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.
How long is "Pretty Little Episode #70"?
The episode runs 24 min; the transcript is about 4,337 words in 109 timestamped sections.
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