Handsome - Pretty Little Episode #13

Episode Date: November 15, 2024

Fortune and Mae talk about what kind of food they are and explore strange commonalities with strangers on a very pretty, very little episode of Handsome!Handsome is hosted by Tig Notaro, Mae Martin, and Fortune FeimsterSubmit questions to speakpipe.com/handsomepodFollow us on social media @handsomepodMerch at handsomepod.comWatch Handsome on YouTubeThis is a Headgum podcast. Follow Headgum on Twitter, Instagram, and Tiktok. Advertise on Handsome via Gumball.fm.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Handsome Pot. Chatting with friends on the Handsome Pot. Chatting with friends on the Handsome part. Pretty little episode. Welcome to a pretty little episode. I feel like my voice got quite vulnerable and quivery there. Welcome, welcome. To a pretty little episode. I'm one of your handsome hosts, Mae Martin.

I'm another handsome host, Fortune Feimster. You know what? We're so excited to be doing this. What were you gonna say, Mae? I was just gonna say, you know, how I'm on testosterone, and still my voice is so much higher than my co-stars. Like the woman playing, anyone.

And there's even like teenage girls in the show who are like, hey, what's up? And I'm like, hello, good morning. I like your voice. Thank you. I like your voice. But you want it to be a little deeper? Maybe a little, but I think I don't have a clear,

I think I don't see or hear myself very accurately. Like- Right, oh, same. Really? Because in my mind, I'm like, zz-z-'m like that. You definitely don't sound like that at all. Yeah. I know that I have a Southern accent, but I can't hear it. And then when I listen to myself on like a stand-up clip or something, I'm like, wow. Really?

That is a thick accent. That's so funny. But I can't really hear it myself. Like just then you couldn't hear it? Not really. It's to me I think I sound like middle America. Right, right. Totally middle ground and then yeah,

it definitely is not that. It probably gets a little stronger when you're on stage too. I think so. Do you think I sound Canadian? Yeah, you have certain words that definitely are Canadian like sorry. when you're on stage too. I think so. Do you think I sound Canadian? Yeah, you have certain words that definitely are Canadian, like sorry. Oh man, I've probably talked about this already, but I only remembered halfway through the shoot of this show I'm filming that my character is from Detroit.

And I've been saying... You were saying sorry. The whole time I've been saying sorry and sorry, sorry. And I've been adding the word to lines it's not even in, just apologizing so much. Truth be told, if you told me right now, do a Detroit accent, I wouldn't really know. Even though my wife is from technically Michigan. Okay.

To me, Detroit is a different accent than other parts of Michigan. Yeah, isn't it? And so I wouldn't know what accent to do. Is it like eight mile? I mean, all I know is they would say sorry, not, how do you say sorry? Really? How do you say?

I say sorry. Sorry, sorry. So it has more of an A sound to it than a soo. Soo. But Jack says Michigan, so she'll say like, oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Okay, watch me throw in a few oh my God's. But I don't think people in Detroit sound like that.

So see, that's where it's tricky. Hers is like a different part of Michigan kind of thing. And she only has certain words she says like that. I mean, people even have like within their families, they develop their own unique accent. Well, I grew up 30 minutes, 20 to 30 minutes from Charlotte, depending on what side of Charlotte. No one from Charlotte sounds anything

like the people in my hometown. That's so wild. It's really crazy. We're separated by a bridge. That's crazy. And that's it. And are you, is your hometown super like, not patriotic, but like town proud? I mean, anyone that's from Belmont is like,

they're not embarrassed of it. They're like, I'm from Belmont. But they're not like, you know. They're not like Belmont rules, Charlotte rules. Belmont strong, Belmont pride. No, but they're like, yeah, I'm from Belmont. It's a source of pride, I guess, for themselves, but they're like, yeah, I'm from Belmont. It's a source of pride, I guess, for themselves, but they're not overboard.

Wait, we haven't introduced what this episode is. I forgot. If you're listening for the first time, this is a pretty little episode where you send in your questions and we answer them. That's right. Because we had so many lovely listeners who would listen to the podcast

and they would chime in on things that we were answering from our guests on the reg or they were sending us questions on the Instagram and we were like, you know what? We would love to be answering our listeners questions on a podcast. I love to hear it. I'm so curious about what people,

yeah, what they want to hear from us. Yeah, well this is our chance, May. You wanna hear a question? Yeah, desperate to. I'm desperate to. Hello, handsome. My name is Amy and I'm from Cleveland, Ohio. And my question for you is if there was a perfect food item

and beverage combination that described who you are, described yourself perfectly, what would that be and why? God, that's good. That is one of my favorite questions. Food and beverage combo, is it? I don't know why. I was just thinking about food because you're eating pad see ew.

I am eating pad see ew. Thanks for blowing up my spot. Well, you're not, you're not, you're eating it at appropriate times. You're not like over here smacking your lips. Yeah. But you showed me a little peek of it and I've never been more jealous in my life.

It looks so good. I love like a, it's my life. It looks so good. I love it. Like it's a shrimp and vegetable pad see you. Oh, I love Thai food. We talked early on in our podcast about I could if I had to be on the run, I could do it in Thailand. And it really is because of the food. Yeah.

Oh man. I love it. And I think I've talked about how I'm embarrassed whenever people ask my favorite food, I have to say like shrimp dumplings or shrimp spring rolls or things like that. Cause it just, A, the word sounds gross to say shrimp. Shrimp. It's just gross.

It's just, yeah. But okay, a food and beverage combo that really sums you up or yeah. Okay, that's really, I wanna get this right. I just, it tickles okay, that's really I want to get this right. I just it tickles me that question. I had a friend in college actually answer this question for me. No. Yeah, and I thought what made her think of this?

If I guess it. Oh yeah, guess what it is. Will you freak out if I guess it right? I would be so impressed. It's hard because there's a lot of food and there's a lot of drinks out there. Yeah, but I'm thinking if it's something she just volunteered out of nowhere, then it's probably something iconic. I don't know.

Okay. One I think is pretty iconic and one's pretty run-of-the-mill. Okay. One's simple and one's got some pizzazz, which I guess is me. I was going to say a cold glass of milk and a chocolate chip cookie. That could work. That wasn't what she said, but that could work. Joyful.

Because I feel like I'm sweet. Sweet. And dependable. There's a sort of nostalgia even to, yeah, but okay. Okay, did you, an apparel spritz and a hot dog. Those are just two foods I really like. Yeah, yeah, they don't go particularly well together. But that's not bad, both of those are very solid guesses, May.

Okay, what did she say? She said if I could compare you to any sandwich, Okay, was she in love with you? It would be a chicken sandwich. A chicken sandwich? But she didn't say why. I think it was just because I love chicken sandwiches. I've had people be like, what are you eating?

And I'm like, a chicken sandwich. They're like, why? And I'm like, they're delicious. They're delicious, they're delicious. I love chicken between bread is the way to go. I don't know if she said that because I'm like, they're delicious. They're delicious, they're delicious. I love chicken between bread is the way to go. I don't know if she said that because I'm Southern, we like fried chicken, I do love sandwiches. Did she say a drink as well?

She did say a drink. Oh my God. If I could compare you to any drink. Okay, this woman is in love with you, she keeps being like, let me compare you to a summer day. This was years ago in college. And she said you would be a Shirley Temple. That's true.

That is 100% true. Right? But you look like Shirley Temple. That thing, that's part of it, yeah. Okay, I look like, if you saw a picture of me as a child, I looked just like Shirley Temple. Oh my God, Shirley Temple. Probably didn't have the personality that she had. It took me a lot of work on that. You were just like Shirley Temple. Oh my God, Shirley Temple. Probably didn't have the personality yet that she had.

It took me a while to work on that. You were just like, hey. Hey, do I really have to be in this dress? A Shirley Temple in a chicken sandwich. A chip lollipop, I'm like, get me out of this dress. But I had the blonde curls. But yeah, I love Shirley Temples. I don't drink them often.

Sprite just came out with a Shirley temple mix in a can. No way. There's a kid on TikTok who goes around reviewing the best Shirley temples and he's like, this one is great. It's a little bit tart and a little sweet as well. I would think that they were pretty similar everywhere,

but good for him. Every time I have a chicken sandwich now, I'm gonna think about you. That is so good. That's me, bud. What about you? Well, I'm open to thoughts, obviously, or input. I'll see.

I'm tempted to say something cool, but the reality is probably like, you know, I don't know, like a sachet of soy sauce. You would be something that both men and women like to eat. Oh, interesting. And you think a chicken sandwich is more of a gendered food? Oh no, the chicken sandwich is just predictable, simple.

Okay, I think I feel like... A beef Wellington? Whoa, that was out of left field. Flattered? Beef Wellington. I was gonna say something. It's like a nice cut of meat, but it's wrapped in a crust, and it's also popular in London.

Oh, I like that as a logic. I mean, oh, fuck, why am I finding this so hard? I'm like, I'm taking it too seriously. I gotta just take a punt. Well, I'm just thinking about the best combination of foods I've had. Not that I think I'm the best, but the best thing was a chicken souvlaki in Greece

that was like in a fresh baguette and it had just been grilled and like nothing on it except lemon and salt and pepper and then some oregano and they put it in a fresh baguette and then give you a mythos beer, which is not a good beer, but it's so hot outside and that beer is so cold and you're in Greece. I like all of this.

Yeah, that's one of my happiest food memories. So I guess that's where I'm going. I wanna be that. That's you out in the Greece sun with your shirt off. Yeah, back in the day, I did it. When I look at old family photos, I'm shirtless until I was too old to be shirtless. I did get upset when I played soccer and they would split us up into shirts and skins.

Oh, that's so, I've never heard that, shirts and skins. Oh, really? Yeah, when you played soccer, we didn't have different colored jerseys to distinguish who's on what team. So one team would keep their shirts on, shirts, and the other team would take their shirts off, skins. And so I would always have to be on the shirts team because as a girl they told me I had to keep my shirt on and I was like, well I want to that team. Well, my buds are on that, but that is kind of-

But it wouldn't have been great. They really saved me from myself. Nobody needed me running around with my shirt on. But that also sounds like Lord of the Flies to me, just like, some of the kids just take their shirts off because they don't have- It's the 80s, you know? Yeah, it's the 80s, yeah.

Everything, we were drinking out of a spigot. I mean, I just today, not to, okay, you're gonna, okay, not to talk about my driver Joe again, but I will say- Why would we not, Mae? Why would we not? Hey, I said something like about a cast member who's 14. I go, you know, he's 14, this cast member?

And Joe goes, there's always a long pause. And then he goes, when I was 14, when I was 14, I hitchhiked down to Toronto and was picking tobacco at a tobacco farm. And I made $50 a day. I made enough to buy my own car, drive home. I was like, what is your life? $50 a day back then, that's pretty good.

14, you're picking tobacco? Joe's lived a life. Dude, I haven't even scratched the surface. He worked in a uranium mine for two years. And one time- Oh, of course he did. Yeah, and there a couple of guys got flat and flat as a pancake, he said. And he glows at night.

Probably. He's like, back when I was a she, captain. Back when I was a C, Captain. Some people just know they can save hundreds on car insurance by checking Allstate first. Like you know how to check and make sure you're feeling handsome before you leave the house each day. Yeah, checking first is smart. So check Allstate first for a quote that could save you hundreds. You're in good hands with Allstate.

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Maybe, take would be a salad or some kind of vegetable. Should be a falafel ball. A handful of nuts and tap water. Tap water. For me, I think that the perfect food and beverage combination that would sort of describe my personality is a corned beef Reuben sandwich with fries and a dirty gin martini. I think that that's just I'm a little bit dry. I'm a little bit salty and I'm a little bit salty, and I just really love those food items.

All right, thanks so much. I love the pod. I think we're all just naming food and drinks we like. I know, it's also, it's kind of aspirational too. We're saying what we wanna be. There's no way I'm a beer and a souvlaki. I'm definitely like, it's a weird little noodle and a you know. But that's what I like about this podcast. I would never think of this. You know this question.

You better believe I'm writing it down. I'm just sitting around pondering life in this way. So this really pulls it out of me. You got to ask Jax on your next sort of. Okay I will. And I want to know what she thinks you would be as well. Yeah, oh, that's a good one, yeah. I'll ask both of those things. You better believe I'm gonna be busting these out, these questions. Better believe it.

Yeah. Should we listen to another question? Yeah. All right. Hey, handsome pod. My name is Sam. I'm calling in from San Francisco, and I'm a huge fan of the podcast. My question is Sam. I'm calling in from San Francisco, and I'm a huge fan of the podcast.

My question is, have you ever had a strange amount of things in common with someone? Similarities that you weren't expecting or didn't see coming or just weird coincidences. What were the similarities and who was the person you had things in common with? I've never thought about this. Yeah, that's a great question.

I mean, I definitely have had the feeling of having known someone, like met someone and there's like instant familiarity. And you're, but I don't know if that was because we had specific things in common. It was more just like our souls have met. You know what I mean? Absolutely. I'm working right now with someone who,

because I've been working in England for 12 years and then in LA and this is the first time I've worked in Canada in a long time. And my co-star is my exact same age and from Toronto. So there's a real reference, like very niche references. Like we're like, remember the Royal Winter Fair where Kiwanis would go and tour and then you could, yeah. And it's really niche and fun.

Oh, that's cool. Or the other day there was this guy on the, one of the grips. He's like, I was like, have I met you before? He's like, Dan. I was like, Dan what? He's like, Dan Stanett. I was like, Dan I met you before? He's like, Dan. I was like, Dan what? He's like, Dan Stanett. I was like, Dan Stanett, yeah.

He rode Tim Morris like a magic carpet down a flight of stairs at a house party. Like I was there when I was 15, you know? Apparently. I was like, wait, he rode what? He rode Tim Morris down a flight of stairs like a magic carpet. I was like, we're saying something else.

I was like, this, why did you see this and how do you not know about this? It's a family pod. No, yeah, I've just partied. I was like, oh, I know you. Like we've been at tons of the same parties. Yeah, it's a small town, even though it's a big city. I bet.

Things in common. Because you and Jax are kind of like opposites attract almost, right? Like same values but. I was just thinking that like we are opposite in a number of ways. I'm definitely like more go with the flow and chill and she's a little bit more rigid.

But we both are the, we're the same age. So we have a lot of reference points that line up and our morals are very similar. Families like, you know, grew up Methodist and just have similar like family stories. And so she and I always want to spend time the same way. We're very simpatico with like what we think is fun and what we don't think is fun and how we want to pass the time. Like that lines up super well, like really, really well in a way I've

not experienced with anybody else. I love that. That's crucial. But you know, am I leaving crumbs in places that she's, that's making her head explode? Yes. leaving crumbs in places that's making her head explode. Yes. Yeah.

She like, get a plate, why are you eating that cheese? Just willy-nilly across the room. Crumbling as you go. And I'm like, let me live. Let me live. You know what I mean? I wonder if you guys knew each other in another life though and made a soul contract. I don't know. I just talk I wonder if you guys knew each other in another life though and made a soul contract.

I don't know. I just talk about these things as if- I never felt like strangers. Like they're accepted fact. Did you make a soul contract? Like it's just some- I will see you in the next life, me lady. Yeah.

That's what she said to me. Yeah, cause you were in Elizabethan England and you were like- Me lady? Yeah. But I know I've had friends in my lifetime that are like, we just laugh at similar things like our senses of humor, very simpatico and what we, the dark things we think that are

the same, like you can like, you know, those friends that you can just like say things and you know, they're, they're going to take it the exact way you're meaning for it to be taken. Yes. Yes. I have a couple of friends like that and I love that. Yeah, me too. The ones where you become a weird version of yourself around like a, like a really unleashed

version. Yeah. Like I know my friends going through this thing and I can say this thing to her in regards to that and anybody else would be horrified and she's gonna think it's hysterical. Oh, completely. Yeah, yeah. My friend Joe who wrote,

"'Feel good with me' we're like that." And it became almost a game of who could be more offensive and it's really fun to have that outlet sometimes. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, just the like silly ridiculous versions of yourself with people. Yeah, also people you could,

this is a bit controversial, but like a friend who you can fart in front of and that is a punchline to things. That's, I've never had that before. And Joe was my first friend. Your fart friend. Fart friend and it was such a release because I never fart around partners or anything.

It was a real release. Gas had been storing up for decades. Yeah. I love it. Let's hear what our fart friend had to say. Yeah. So my answer is actually nay, which is why I wanted to ask this question.

Other than the gender presentation and sexuality parallels that are so cool to see represented in media for what feels like the first time, Feel Good is one of my absolute favorite shows and probably always will be. Three things, the three weird parallels that make me laugh is one, we're both allergic to coconut, very particular allergy. Two, my middle name is May, M-A-E. And three, I'm also a full grown adult who cannot drive, never got my license. Y'all are twins.

Fun little similarities with one of my heroes. I love all y'all, funny as hell. Keep it up. I love that. It's amazing. Sam, amazing. That's so cool. The coconut allergy is just so validating for me

whenever anyone has it. Cause people doubt that it's real. And when, yeah. So Sam, I feel you. I'm your comrade. I see you. I hear you. I see you.

I miss you from the time we were in the womb together. I miss you from old and timey England where we made the soul contract. M'lady, that's what you said to Sam. And we were like, well, we'll see. M'lady. Yeah, what was the other thing Sam said? Oh, can't drive, yeah, yeah, yeah.

I like that they can't drive. I don't think we should ever learn, Sam. Yeah, don't do it. Well, thank you so much and for saying those nice things as well. Thank you to everybody who sent in a question. What a treat to answer these questions, May. Like a Shirley Temple and a chicken sandwich.

I have been thinking since that question that maybe I am more like chocolate chip cookies and milk. For some reason when I picture it, it's in the 90s, it's Christmas Eve and it's a crisp cold glass of milk. Santa likes them. Yeah. And you get presents as a result of them. Yeah.

Although the only thing about the milk is that not as many people are drinking milk right now. I'm glad you brought this up. I don't wanna be like only a couple of people like to drink me. Yeah, maybe we could add a clause that's like, I don't know, Santa Claus, am I? That's like, it could be almond milk or,

like if TIG is gonna have to be an almond milk for TIG, right? Right, right. Or on milk in the 80s when everyone loved it and they... Maybe that's why I wanted it to be the 90s, because it was Got Milk. Yeah, yeah, Got Milk, big time milk drinkers back then. Milk was so popular that they would put the faces of missing children on the cartons

because they knew so many people would have this carton of milk in their kitchen and it was a way to spread the word. That's how many people drink milk. Isn't that crazy? And they'd give it to you at school for lunch. They'd give it to you everywhere. And they had a thing in Canada where if you knew, they said that some milk cartons and you opened it, it would go

moo and so there was actual recording devices in there and if you did it, you won like, I don't know, a hundred grand or something if you found the one and moo. So everyone's like shaking their milk and trying to find the one. Oh my God. I've never heard of such a thing, but that would get people to drink milk for sure. So all right. So your eighties or 90s milk. If you have questions for us, please go to speakpipe.com slash handsome and submit your questions, your questions, your answers. Don't forget to listen to our podcast next Tuesday. We have amazing guests continuing to pop up on the handsome pod. continuing to pop up on the Handsome Pod. And we have our amazing listeners who are the best.

Every time I go online and see what you guys are saying and the feedback that we get in life about the podcast, it's just, it continues to blow me away. Blows my socks right off. That's right. Yeah, thank you. And I guess until next time, all that remains, keep it pretty handsome.

Handsome is hosted by me, Fortune Feimster, Tig Notaro, and Mae Martin. The show is produced, recorded, and edited by Thomas Woulett. Email us at handsomepod at gmail.com and follow us on social media at handsomepod. Some people just know they could save hundreds on car insurance by checking Allstate First. Like you know to check your podcast feed for a new episode of Handsome every Tuesday morning. Yeah, checking first is smart. So check Allstate First for a quote that could save you hundreds.

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