Pete Holmes asks about inexplicable inexperiences

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There's a fast food restaurants which I know you love. You know me, girl. There's a senior drink. No way. So you can order a senior drink and it's cheaper. And I think age might be 55, but I'm not sure. Tig, you have to do that. My mom orders them everywhere she goes. And I like a senior mellow yellow. That's so funny because I've, ever since I was like a young adult, I would say probably late teens, early 20s, probably even beyond that. I would, anywhere I would go, like if I would go to be parking my car in a parking lot and paid parking lot, I'd always ask, you know, oh, and do you offer a senior discount? Or if I, if I, or if I was like, you know, buying clothes at the mall or something, I'd be like, oh, and do you offer a senior discount? And they'd be like, some people would be like, well, you're not a senior or who is this for? And then most people would be like, I got you. That's funny. And then they give me the senior discount. I'd be like, thank you. Yeah. Yeah. So I can't believe it now has gone up with me. That I can actually ask for a senior soda. I'm going to Google to see if there is an age for it. You know, fortunately, Thomas's job to Google, he must Google our senior soda. Thomas, when did the senior soda start? Now you should start asking for the kid discount. You like, yeah. Yeah. I'm not seeing something specific. Oh, actually, oh, Wendy's, I think. Senior soda? Oh, some, some people are saying 60. Some people are saying 55 plus. And you get a free senior beverage, which is a 15 ounce value cup of soda or a small coffee. Wow. Free beverage. Whoa. It's not even a discount. I know. I'm really going to be able to, you know, live some cash away with all the money I'm saving on my senior soda. Suddenly you start going to fast food restaurants for the first time in your life. No, I did go and tell us about 19. Oh, really? And then that was it. You're like, no moss. Well, you know, it's funny. I remember I was such a instill him. This is no secret. Big Indigo Girls fan. Uh-huh. And I remember them saying one of them or both of them saying to, you know, boycott fast food. And I was like, we'll do never going again. That was that. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And I just stuck with that. And then becoming vegan nearly 10 years ago, obviously. Yeah. That limits your options. Actually, I actually have gone on the road. Some of those places have had vegan burgers and I've stopped and got that. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I stopped for a vegan burger once in the drive-through of like, and maybe it was McDonald's or something where I, there was no food around. I was like, okay, I'm going to do this. Yeah. It was good. And then like places like Chipotle, that's fast food. I go there. Oh, wow. We can't eat at Chipotle anymore. Yeah. No, I happen. Yeah. They're bad news. Really? Yeah. I don't know what happened. I think they're just funding all the bad things. But it's a shame I love Chipotle, but. But they were like, when I was on the road, looking for some grub. But now I have Happy Cow, which is the app that tells you where the nearest vegan food is to you. Oh, Happy Cow. Yeah. I love that app. I'm really struggling to eat normal food on the road. I'm here on my tour bus now and I'm like eating insane times, insane things. I feel insane. Well, let's first of all give us a peek-see of your bus. You're on a bus right now. Torrel us around. Well, okay. There's somebody napping in the bunks, so I can't show you the bunks. What do you mean somebody? Well, you know. You know. Some rand. Do you have your own bedroom on this bus? I do have my own bedroom, which makes me feel like such an asshole. But I felt like I was going to sleep really well because I had a- I'm not on a bunk. I'm in a bedroom, but my head is like right on top of the engine of the bus. So it's like rum-um-um-um-um. Yeah. Okay, this is- Good sound effect, by the way. A little counter-all. Look at this fancy, but autobus. Oh, go to YouTube. Go directly to YouTube. Takes favor, I have nothing to say. This is like the expanded version. Like it- it- it shrinks down when we drive. So we got two TVs opposite each other there. Well, hold on, Fortuna. It's not my favorite thing to say. It's that there are things like May Flexing and May- That need to be seen. Yeah, that- May is flexing in their tour bus. Like why would you just- you want just audio of that? Yeah, you need to- you need to- you need to- the visual. Okay, sorry to bother everyone. Don't go to YouTube and watch May Flex on the tour bus. I wasn't teasing you, I was- uh, celebrating you. And I wasn't being serious with you either. So we can drop the attitudes. What are you snacking on, Fortuna? Um, what? I might have brought beignets from set last night. Oh. And they're- so they're old beignets, but I don't care. Wait, are you in New Orleans? No, we were filming nights this week, so- And they just have beignets on set? We ordered a food truck for the crew. Oh, oh, oh. So we ordered beignets and coffee last night because we filmed until almost 4.30 in the morning. And you're no fools. How delicious are beignets? I had one two days ago. I was in New Orleans. Oh, yeah? Was that your first beignet? Yeah, my first beignet. And I- it's so crazy because you go to sleep on the bus and then you wake up and you're in like- a completely different place, different temperature, everything different. And in New Orleans, we woke up like right by Bourbon Street, like just in the heart of everything. Went out, had a beignet, I went- I had- I went and saw jazz, I went to the Voodoo Museum. Where'd you get your beignet? I want to say it was called the Musical Legends Park. But it was just a little courtyard and then it had a little- yeah, why- do you- do you know New Orleans? I went and I saw the Mississippi River, I can believe it. Well, that's where it takes from. Do I know New Orleans? Um, my- my- my uh- my great-great-grandfather was the mayor of New Orleans. Shut the front door. My mother was born in New Orleans. Wait, have we- That famous new man is the famous beignet place. Have we talked about the fact that your great-great-grandfather was the mayor? I don't know. I don't think we have. Oh, well he was. That's crazy. Did you ever- did you ever meet him? Did he used to walk around with the- the grenade drinks? Me? Did he- did he invent those back in the day? Yeah, that's what my family's famous for. I have one of those. I used to spend my summers in New Orleans, um, on St. Charles Avenue. That's where my grandmother, um, yeah, she lived- What a hearty town. She lived next door to the, uh, Poncha Train Hotel and she had a- Ponty Train? No, the Poncha Train, which is the- Oh. It's not like Ponty Train. No, and then there's Lake Poncha Train, which is a gigantic body of water with a huge, you know, bridge that goes over it and, um, but she had a standing reservation at, um, the Poncha Train Hotel and that's where we would go eat every night, was there? Whoa. Standing reservation is like, they just know that if you show up, you get a room? Yeah. Whoa. You get a table. That's crazy. It's like, you get a room? Oh, okay. It's a cool, it's a cool city. Yeah. Oh, it's so cool. What about Magazine Street? Did you make it out to Magazine Street? Didn't go to Magazine Street, but I went to, like, I saw some jazz. I mean, I had such a short time, but, um, the show, the audience was raucous and wild and fun. Raucous. And then, yeah, we went out. My tour manager had a gator, po-boy, and it was crazy. Did you have some? I didn't have a bite, actually. I was scared. I had a shrimp, a shrimp po-boy. It was so good. Yummers. Yummers. It's been insane. The handsome listeners are out in full effect at these shows, the merch, the gear, the quotes, the hype. So how is it going? You had your fear, your concerns, you weren't going to sell tickets. Clearly, it's off the hinges. It's off the hinges. The tickets have been good and it's been great. I just, I feel pretty nuts. I mean, from sleep, but in every city I'm doing something and tomorrow I convince them to let me go to Disney. I mean, I feel like a child just asking my parents if I'm allowed to, like, do fun stuff. But I'm going to go for like three hours to Disney and run around. Oh, because you're going to Orlando? Yeah, I'm in Orlando tomorrow. Oh my God, you're driving, right. You're on the bus. Every night. And are you preferring? Are you glad you're doing this as opposed to flying? No, it's a terrible mistake. Oh, really? Sounds like hell. I'm like just about settling into it, but the first few days I was like, how am I going to do this? Like, yeah, I just can't sleep. It's a lot. I bus tours a lot for sure. Yeah, it's a lot. Especially for a little cowboy. You know, I got a fragile constitution. Yeah, that's right, constitution. But the people at the shows have been so nice. And just like you guys, I don't remember what we say on this podcast. So like last night, this woman comes up in the meet and greet and she goes, she's holding a banana. She goes, I want you to fuck me with this banana. I said, excuse me. And then she was mortified. Then she was like, well, that's on the podcast. That was the big joke. And I was like, I don't know. Oh my God. I know people contact me and or walk past me and say, I don't know what anybody is referencing. And not just with the podcast. When I do stand up or like anything I say, like in an interview or something, I'm like, what? Oh, okay. I know, I know. That's an intense one to say to you. Yeah. Yeah. But the shows are fun because I do like 45 minutes of stand up. Then the second half is all like improv and music. And yeah, it's been nice. And also just like there's an added emotional depth to it right now, especially in Florida. And like I'm going to Kansas and Minneapolis. Like people are really happy to be in like a safe space and with you. Yeah, I bet. Yeah, it's super nice. But strange, strange things are happening, of course, you know, like, of course, I mean, so many strange things are occurring. A day one I found on the floor of a taxi, I found three sapphire blue dice. Can you imagine how much this spun me out? What does this mean? And then I was like, I was like, we're just saying something crazy. Oh, yeah. Almost like me finding out who may made out with in the car. It's like, all right. And then what? Okay. Last night at the show, last night was Atlanta and at the show, they had all these security there and they give me these like you went New Orleans, Atlanta, and then you're going down to Orlando. Yeah, I went New Orleans, Atlanta. Now I'm in Jacksonville. It probably was like when the theaters were available for sure. But I'm just like, wow. It's not a weird. Have you looked at a map? No. I don't know. I know it's nothing about. Okay. Well, yeah, no, everything's fine. That's the perfect route to take anyway. So I was like, you know, they give like a security briefing and everything. And then so during the show, this woman just comes to the front of the stage and I'm kind of looking around at security. Is anyone going to she's just kind of is in the middle of the show and she's just kind of on the front of the stage and everyone's like, what's happening? Then she pulls out these $1 bills and she starts slowly putting $1 bills on the stage like this while you're doing stand up. Yeah. So I stopped. I'm like, what's happening? Meanwhile, I'm like, does anyone know this woman like the security security's just standing there like then she and she they've seen worse. Yeah, they seem worse. She puts the money down and leaves and then it was very strange. Yeah. Then in the meet and greet, like she didn't have a meet and greet ticket, but I saw her come, bud the line. No one asked her for a wristband. You know, and then she's like, hey, I'm the woman that put the dollar bills on the stage. I'm like, I know what I was talking about. Oh my God. And did you find out or she just got whisked away? No, nobody whisked her away. I mean, to her credit, she goes, I don't know. I just wanted attention. And I was like, all right, that's pretty honest. She's honest. Yeah. I think you need to have a conversation though with your security guards. Me too. That there should be some whisking away if somebody and not to say this person was dangerous or anything. No, she wasn't. But I was scared. Yeah, if people aren't following, you know, if somebody's coming up to the stage or they're like cut in line, like maybe step in. 100%. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But I've been pulling an animal tarot card with the audience at the beginning of every show, like to... Of course you have. ...to find like the energy of the show. Oh my God. It's really funny. This is a vibe check, y'all. It's such a vibe check. And when I do it, I just see some people's eyes glaze over like, what have I come to? Can you imagine if I did a vibe check with tarot cards at the beginning of this? We're going to collectively pull a tarot card to see what the energy will be tonight in this room. But then some people are like, oh, thank God, I thought you'd never pull a tarot card. Like they're excited. They're waiting for it. Yeah, yeah. That's what they know that. That's what they're going to get with a little cowboy. Yeah. Yeah. Checking Allstate First could save you hundreds on car insurance. That's smart. Not checking the tour bus as an outlet for my synthesizer. This must be remedied. I really want to jam out while I'm on the road. 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And people are paying you dollars at the stage. Yeah. But yeah, you're having a good time. It's a crazy experience. Are you basically gone now the whole time or will you come back to LA periodically? Like, ever again. I come back for 10 days and then I'm out pretty much till May. When do you get to have this type of experience? So, like... True, true. And then get in time to do it. All the weird local facts, like everyone's giving me May facts. Nice. You know, dental floss was invented in New Orleans and 7-Eleven was invented in Dallas. Invented? Yeah. 7-Eleven was invented. Like there was a mad scientist. They're like, we need a store that has everything all the time. Wasn't it supposed to be like opening at 7 and closing at 11? Oh, that makes so much sense. That never occurred to me. It used to be an ice store, but yeah, that makes sense. 7-Eleven. I don't spend a lot of time thinking about 7-Eleven, but I do feel like I heard that. Yeah, that makes... That sounds right. Yeah. Why not take facts? And then, so, TIG, what are you going to do for your birthday today? We don't... Oh, well, should we let people in on the fact that it's not actually my birthday? We're taking just a few weeks ahead. And I know we talked recently that Fortune was upset that she hasn't ever made it to any of my big parties. I know. And those are not ever going to happen again. Ow! I was... Ow! Every single one of your freaking parties I was on the road. I want to throw you one. Okay. Well, throw me a surprise party. Yeah. You'll know everyone to call, right? Yeah. Your cousin. Yeah, just my one cousin. And, but I don't know. Let's be honest. This is 20 days ahead of my birthday that we're recording this. I honestly don't even know if I've won or lost an Oscar. I'm just saying. Oh, I'm going to the Oscars too. Oh, you are. You are? I'm going with Zootopia. Oh, amazing. Yes. Oh, my God. Girls? I'll be there rooting for you. Oh, I'll be rooting for you. And us. And us. Yes. All of us. But I would imagine I'll probably just have a chill dinner. Yeah, nice. That's the answer to that. Which has become my favorite thing is just... Just to really lounge over a leisurely meal with some good people. Yeah. But like, scale down. Scale down. Not like a dinner party. Oh, OK. Just basically Stephanie and the boys. No, maybe another couple. OK. But who knows? I mean, also, I will have just had my eye surgery. Oh, my gosh. Oh, yes, I've already had my eye surgery. Oh, my eye surgery. I'm doing fine. How dare you? Everything worked out great, you guys. My nose is in the back of my head. Yeah. Do I look any different with my eyes? You're gorgeous. So, yeah, I've either won or lost an Oscar and I've had eye surgery so far. Amazing. I'm four days into recovery. That was the thing about my birthdays. I don't know how I'm going to be recovering or feeling after the surgery. I don't have any very clear plans unless somebody wants to make me feel special and surprise me. When you have like a birthday dinner, do you like it if other people make a toast about you or do you want to make your birthday toast or no toast? Gosh, I've never thought about that. And I like toast. I like really earnest moments. You do. Yeah, I love them. I like an earnest moment as well. You do, of course. I'm into it. Yeah, maybe I've talked about it on the podcast, but I don't mind when they're like with special moments, weddings and things, if there's funny stuff, hints of it. But I really think it's so special when you really commit to the earnest moment and share like, I think this about you and I see this about you and I appreciate this about you. Yeah, me too. Yeah, I just think it's really nice to hear, especially as a comedian, people expect comedy from me and I like to show that other side and also I'm open to receiving it. Yeah. So what do you want to toast? I do think that's when our friendship was sort of cemented to was when we had that earnest dinner that was earnest and well, taking I had had been around each other as comedians and friends of friends for a number of years, but everything was kind of surface like you are in LA when you don't really know somebody. And then we had this dinner with some mutual friends and I was, I think I had just been dumped by someone. Yeah, I remember this. Yeah, I was just like, I had this come to Jesus like, I'm sad and I want to meet somebody and everybody at the table was just like, Ernest back with me and we just had this like real meal and conversation and after that, I think we were just like, oh, we're, we're, I know you, you know, yeah. Yeah. And then I bumped into you on that flight and you had found somebody right after that dinner. Yeah. Yeah. I love that. The rest is it her story. That was many, many, many, many moons ago. Yeah. Yeah. Years and God that yeah, because I met Jax a few months after that. And I do. I remember at that dinner being like, no way, man. It's gonna happen. Yeah. You gotta believe. That's right. But yeah, so toast me. Yeah. Toast may go ahead. Go on. Oh boy. Okay. You wrote it up. Okay. Okay. Let me see what I can pull out of my ass. Okay. I mean, even if you pulled something out of your ass, I take that was a birthday. Especially if it was that bottle there. Yeah. But anyway. Okay. Well, we're gathered here to celebrate a dear, dear friend of ours. You know, you know, you know, no, I don't. When I first encountered Tig's work, it's a, I had that feeling that that I would get along with this person. You know, I felt, I felt a connection even then, which is a rare quality for a performer to be able to reach through the screen and connect to the people. Then to have the privilege of getting to know someone who is so endlessly curious about themselves and others in the world who really values personal growth and wants to be a participant in life and relationships and family. What a gift. And I'm eternally grateful. And that's all from me. Oh, that is plenty. Thank you so much. Cheers. Clank. Clank. Not a last insight. Not a last insight. No, no. Because those are ill so earnest. Yeah. And that would be the perfect moment for a sound effect for our clank on handsome. Clank. The clank. Mm-hmm. Fortune you're next. Mm. I didn't think I was. Oh, yeah. You're so sweet. No, you're at the dinner party too. Okay. Okay. God, this is a lot of pressure, you know, being around all of the hilarious people at this table. I don't know. Oh, who's there? Who's at the table? It's just the three of us. Okay. Was I wrong? No, Thomas is there too. And he's hilarious. I might have like a butler. My comment remains. It's just a four of us. A Greek salad. Yeah, of course. Yeah. And do you want, do you want, well, Stephanie's there, right? I'm assuming Stephanie's there. Oh, yep. She was able to make it. Okay. Stephanie's there. Sarah Paulson, someone like that. Listen, now we're going real wide. Okay. Okay. Okay. It's just my core people. Okay. Your core. Your core. Your core whores. Is that a saying? Yeah. No, I just, it rhymes. All right. Wow. Yeah. Okay. We have to like have a group of people that buy the core whores. Core whores. Yeah. You have to buy. It's a tier of, yeah. Well, you buy the core whore package and you tell us how many shirts you want. Anyway, or hats. Okay. I did not come here with anything prepared because it's honestly hard to put into words. Hey, how I feel about the person sitting across from me. Is that where I am? Yeah, you're probably across from me. Yeah. Because it's a small table. We're core whores. I'm at the kitty table next. And that person that we're here to honor and celebrate is our dear friend, Tignataro. Someone who has faced things in life that many of us can only imagine the amount of grit and strength that it took to overcome these challenges in life as someone who took those challenges and dug in deeper to create a life for herself that she could not have ever imagined that it could have been this good. Someone who has had perseverance in a way none of us can understand, but who loves and appreciates life as a result that every single day that Tig celebrates her life, she knows is a blessing and we are blessed to share that life with her. To our friend. Wow. Tignataro. Cheers. Clank. Wow. You really understood the brief there. The brief is no less deeply earnest. Yes. That was good. I'll see it the Oscars. You will. For that speech, my goodness. I think that needs to be a tradition that we- On our birthdays? Yeah. I liked that. I liked that. Yeah, I did too. I like it. I love that. I had a lot more I could say, but you were- Oh, do go on. I wrapped up in a pretty bow, but you were ready to clank, so. Well, I was trying to add some comedy to the drama. No, you were leaning away from the earnest. I know. I know. But that's all right. That's okay. We landed the plane, no matter what. Yeah, we did. I have- My most earnest friend is with me on this tour, Matt, who lives in my back house, and it's such a joy. I'm like, this is why I brought him, because every morning he's like, you know, buddy, we got to be grateful. This is really an amazing experience. Like to wake up in the city, it's so nice to have someone just remind you that we're- That's really nice. Like two Canadian kids who are like- Well, you definitely want that as opposed to someone who's like, ugh, another day, another city. You definitely want someone who's finding the joy in it. You know what was nice? I saw my grade 10 boyfriend yesterday in Atlanta, who I hadn't seen- Waka, waka, waka. I haven't seen him since I was 15. No, it was Devon Bambrick, and I haven't seen him since I was 15 years old. And I met up with him. He's got a baby and a wife in Atlanta. And the thing that made me feel so nice was he goes, the first thing I remember about you is that the first thing you said to me when you were 14 and showed up at the school is that you were going to be a comedian. Like, I'm like, what an annoying kid, but also that's so nice. Like that- Yeah. Waka, waka. Waka, waka, waka. Now let me ask you something. So your friend is on tour with you just to be a positive, supportive pal. No, he's doing improv with me. So I do stand up. Okay. Then I do a little improv. And it's just the two of you doing it? Yeah, based on audience questions. But the audience is, they're horn dogs. They just want to see me kiss anyone. So they're trying to get me and Matt to kiss every night. We kiss every night. Your particular fans are very horny for you. They're horn dogs. Let me ask you something. When you're kissing your friend, is there a ton? No, it's like- No, we can't kiss your friend. I don't know what they is up to. It's in the- Fortune Marie. No, ma'am. Does anyone kiss like that? I bet they do. There's got to be one person that does. And they make the noise too. With them being so horny, are you getting hit on? Yeah, it's like a little- You hate horny? Oh, you hate the word horny? Yeah, I hate that word. You hate horny? Yeah, I hate horny. I hate horny. I hate horny. I hate horny. Oh, you hate the word horny? Yeah. We never knew this till now. We've said it a lot. We've said it a lot. Well, I finally thought it was time that you know. Wow. Well, we'll never stop using it. I know you won't. I know you won't. A thoughtfully built wardrobe comes down to pieces that mix well and last. That's where Quince shines. Premium fabrics, considered design, and everyday essentials that feel effortless to wear and dependable, even as the seasons change. 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But it is it is sometimes like a bit of a double standard gender wise where I'm like, if you were a guy saying this to me, I would be right. So alarmed, you know, and would you prefer that it not be a part of your interactions with people at all? Or are you like, it's wild. But it's fine. I mean, I like that there's like an excitement and that people sometimes it's so like explicit that I'm like, I and I'm such a people pleaser that I sometimes have like, I had one regret that someone came up at the meet and greet with and we chatted and blah, blah, blah. And then they said, can you sign this? And I signed it kind of as I was taking in what it was and it was it looks like a legal document that said this entitles the person to sleep with May Martin, like May Martin's the hall pass like anyone holding this can can fuck may basically and I was afterwards. That is weird. I was like, why did I sign that like that? Well, I'm surprised my document made it to you. Yeah, legal one. Wow, that's really getting it notarized. I bet I am. That is that is wild. But then you don't want to like, I never want to be like, that's a bit much because they've driven hours to come to the show and they're so sweet. To get this legal document signed. They're excited. Just because they drove a long way doesn't mean. I'm so sorry. To sleep with May. I've never been a piece of meat. So I don't know what this feels like. Please. You are a. Yes, you're a prime cut. I'm a pretty little lady. Demure. No, no, no. You're a hot piece of ass. I'm not signing any. I'm not signing any sex documents. Well, May, it sounds like you're. Meanwhile, I'm a senior citizen. Tour bus is also your great start. When he's getting that free drink, I'm just being demure and you're just signing sex documents. What a life. You're contractually bound to have sex with all these strangers. What a podcast. Should we get to our question? Yes, indeed. Yes. Today's question asker is an actor, comedian and podcast host who wrote and starred in the HBO show, Crashing. His podcast, you made it weird, has been running for 15 years and a stand up specials include dirty clean. I am not for everyone and his new special, silly, silly fun boy is out today and you can watch it on YouTube. Pete Holmes is asking today's question. Of course, his special is silly, silly fun boy. We were all supposed to do his podcast together. It was the first time we were booked as a trio on Toon's body. I think I forgot about it. I don't try and make me. I think of the doctor. Also, when you get to this age, it's a full time job to go to the doctor, by the way. May and out for the first 20 months of the potter us going, where tig's coming? We finally realized we were not. My apologies. We're all together now. Forever until April, at least. Let's hear what he's got to say. Hi, handsome people. It's Pete Holmes. Thanks for including me. I love your pod. Valerie loves your pod. Look, she's wearing the little cowboy. Hey, little cowboy. Oh yeah, Pete told me that. We're fans. My question is, could you share something that happened that was just completely inexplicable? Like maybe a psychic, maybe a UFO, maybe a ghost. Yes, this is something I ask on my own podcast, but it's my favorite question. I'd really love to hear the answer. I love it. I love a lot of what Pete's into. I think when we did his podcast, did we test where you have to close your eyes and then guess if someone's staring at you? Yeah, you two seem like perfect matches. Anytime we bump into each other out and about within 20 seconds, it's like, is there life after death? Conversation circus. Silly, silly fun boys. Some of these things we've talked about on the pod, I'm always like, what's interesting to me about inexplicable things is like, in the future, are we going to find out that it's scientifically explicable? The things that they would have thought were miracles 100 years ago, that now science is like, oh no, that's a thing. Like that we have a bio-electromagnetic field. We have an aura that, I don't know what I'm talking about. That feels like a conversation for you and Pete. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh man, I'm trying to think of one stands out. Do you have, does anyone have one off the top of their dome? Yeah, well the psychic who's- Careful, Mae. Oh my god, go to YouTube. Go to YouTube. Mae's earbud flew out. Flew out. That was inexplicable. That was inexplicable. The psychic whose face melted recently, that I talked about on the pod, and it was a psychic- Was I there? Yeah, yeah. Psychic I saw in Toronto and her face shifted into a different face. Oh, right, yeah. She told me like this can happen in the Nadeau. Yes, and then the one that I've also maybe talked about is when I manifested my friend David in Nepal, like, wrote his name down. He just came into my mind so clearly. I was up in the Himalayas and there was a hut where you could like send positive wishes to friends or whatever, and all these travelers had stuck it on the wall. And I so clearly in my head thought, David Martin, I wrote it down once, then I wrote it again on the back, stuck it down. Not two days later, I'm walking down the street in Kathmandu, Nepal. There he is walking towards me. This is my, you know, he'd been my coke dealer in high school. So a dear friend. No, he was a dear friend. And then we like... Can we call him Kathmandude? Kathmandude. No, just on coke, right? No, he was sober. He was with his mom. He was like, and we spent the night that night just talking and talking. But yeah, that felt really like I'd magnetized him where he magnetized me. Yeah, that was very weird. Yeah, what about you? I've talked about it on the pod before, but my mom always had the most inexplicable thing happen on the way for me being born, where she... I'll tell it very briefly because I know it's... You tell us all the time except not on this show. Yeah, I don't even refer to this. You really? I don't know. I don't know. Well, okay, then I'll tell it. But if I... It's a repeat that my co-host don't remember it, so it doesn't matter. My mom wanted a girl so bad. She had two boys, but this was like back when you didn't know the sex of your baby until your baby was born. And it was when you stayed in the hospital for a lot longer, pre and post birth. And when my mom was in the hospital about to have me, all the nurses were trying to guess what my sex was based on their experience. And they said based on my heartbeat, I was either going to be a boy or a lazy girl. Maybe you have mentioned this. A lazy girl. I was like so chill. But my mom was like, but I knew in my heart of heart, she loves to say this. I love it when my mom tells this story, but she's like, I knew in my heart of hearts, you were a girl. And even though everybody was like, you're having another boy, you're having another boy. And she said, as they wheeled her out to have me, this woman appeared out of nowhere. I say Delores jokingly, but she describes this person in a way that's very similar to Delores and Touch My Angel. But this nurse appears out of nowhere. She's never seen her and she'd been there for a few days. And she goes, I will see you and your 10 pound baby after you give our baby girl. You went, I'll see you and your 10 pound baby girl after you give birth. And she said, I can't explain it. This nurse looked in my eyes in a way that was like, she's like, I knew it. I knew she was right. And it felt very like otherworldly. And she gave birth to me. I was a girl. I was 10 pounds or 10 and a half pounds, whatever it was. And she was in the hot. I had a few things that required me to stay in the hospital for like another like six days or five days. Blaziness. Blaziness. And she never saw the nurse again. Whoa. And she asked around about this person. And they're like, she is talking about. She died 20 years ago. Oh, Delores works here, but she left for vacation. I like to say I was ushered into the world by an angel. Yeah. I'll see you in your 10 pound baby girl is such a big swing. If you're just guessing like that is such like, it feels like she knew that woman. And when my mom tells it, she takes pause. It's very dramatic. It's a lot more. You feel when my mom tells you the story, you're like, yes, origin was ushered in by an angel. When I tell her it's not, it does not have the same effect. My mom gets very dramatic into telling this story. Classic ginger. Just dramatic. Dramatic. Taking a lot of creative liberties. But yeah, she was like, she is convinced that this was an angel of some sort. So am I. That's great. So. I'm convinced. Yeah. So that didn't happen. It's technically having about me, not to me, but my mom's had several. You were there. You were present. I was there. It was about me. Delores brought me into the world. But I mean, you know, as far as ghosts and stuff, she can take you right out of it too. You know, you're in trouble. I'm not had like, I think ghost wise, I always say like, some people are susceptible to it and some are. I'm not really susceptible to it. The only time I experienced anything that was like tangible was in the rental house. I had my first season of Fubar in Toronto. I saw a shadow walk into a room as I was throwing upstairs that I thought it was Jack's. And I went into the room and she wasn't in it. And I was like, Jackson, she was upstairs. And I was like, were you just downstairs? She's like, no. And I was like, oh, that's so weird. Because it was like the height of a person walking into the room. Did you move like houses? Yeah. No, but that but later that night we were on the couch and I felt a draft go over my arms. To the point I looked up to see where the air conditioner register was and there was none near me. Wow. And then I never experienced anything again the rest of my four months there. Wow. I like that. I don't really like that a lot. Inexplicable, you guys. God. It was Delaree's checking on me. See if I was lazy. I mean, my grandma, I've said this before too, but we don't remember anything. Let's hear it again. Let's hear it again. Well, just that my grandma went to a psychic and she wanted to contact her boyfriend who passed away, I think. And she and it was a psychic who didn't charge money. It was like the Chelsea psychic society and the psychic said your father's come through and she said, well, I didn't really have a relationship with my father. He died when I was really little. I don't I kind of am here to talk to someone else and the psychic said, well, sorry, your dad is here and he wants to say he's sorry he yelled at you for brushing the fabric on his top hat the wrong way. And that she's like, that's my only memory of my father. Oh, wow. Like what the hell. That's crazy. I love stuff like that. Me too. This isn't inexplicable. But what is because I think it's just based on a soul connection. But I like when my grandmother passed, I felt it happen. And I looked at my watch so I knew exactly when it happened and I called her house and my dad picked up the phone and was like, can we call you back? And he called me back. A couple months later, he's like, I didn't know what to say to you. Your grandmother like literally just passed. And I've never had that before. I don't I think obviously that's not something you experience with a bunch of people. But yeah, I've never felt anything like that ever where I just like I was sitting in my bed at college and I was like, my grandmother's died. We're going to find out one day like that all of this metaphysical stuff is real like that you are connected to your loved ones and can sort of like quantum entanglement. Right. Like if like a particle. Am I right guys quantum entanglement. Hey, ladies. That's a real thing that you can, you know, a particle can remotely affect another particle that and like they measured the brain waves of a mother and her daughter. And they were in separate rooms meditating and in the room with the daughter, they were flashing the lights. And so the daughter's brain waves were spiking and the mother's brain waves were doing the same spikes even though they were like, you know, you know. Yeah. What about you, Teglett? Don't have anything. Teglett. That's not true. I feel like with Andrea, there's been things around around that that have felt very serendipitous and strict like that. Busker playing the song. Oh, yeah. Yeah. So many things like that. Yeah. Yes. I guess that's explicable. You're like, well, that's Andrea. Well, yeah, I can share that. But what I was going to talk about, which I've probably already said, and, you know, going to the hospital to get Max and Finn when I went to fill up the car. I think I've shared. No, the car. The car that was parked in front of me filling up their tank. I put the gas, whatever the handle in the gas tank and then went and sat in the van waiting for it to fill up because it was fully on empty. And the car that was parked right in front of me, also filling their car up, had a sticker across the back window that said Finn Max. Oh, wow. That is for me. Yeah. I thought I was hallucinating and I was like, what? And this was like the day they were born. And so I look it up and it's a production company. Finn Max Productions. What? That's crazy. Oh, that's what it said. Finn Max Productions. And I was saying they're going, Thomas, will you look that up and see what shows they do? But it was just outrageous. I've never seen it since. I never, nothing, like never heard of this production company. I feel like they've done really big things. And you already had their names? Yeah. Yeah. So you already have the names. Mine, Blind. That's crazy. Did anything come up with Finn Max Productions? Possibly Shark Tank? Yes. Yeah. That's mega. Yeah. That's huge. But I was truly like, my eyeballs like a cartoon or like, boing, boing, boing. So that was a really bizarre moment. I guess I thought I shared that with you, but I didn't. But that was inexplicable. You know, my bus driver is called Jeff and he has an identical twin called Jeff. And he's also a bus driver. And I keep imagining, what if they swap out or something? And I'm like, should I, like maybe I should plant things with Jeff that only Jeff would know and then I can test and make sure it's still Jeff. Yeah. That's a smart thing to do. Would it matter who's driving? Of course. You're a sportsman. You might like his brother just as much as well. That's true. He said that he's going to wake me up super early, like in the middle of the night tomorrow to see the sunrise going into Orlando. No, thank you. I mean, you're right. I'm like, bud, that's something I'm going to let you experience. Yeah, you're right. I might have to. If you wake up naturally and you get to see it great. Yeah. So fortune, you're not going to do well when we have our wellness getaway weekend. No. Because you're going to have to get up early, watch the sunrise. And drink green juice. And meditate. Take. You know, I'm going to be weeping. I'm going to be juggling. Yeah. I will be earnest. Because I know it means a lot to the two of you. So I will participate. I will not be a I'm not a. Bust kill. Bust kill. Yes. I can adapt to the environment I'm in. Okay. Good to know. But you know, it will be. Yeah, you're still going to find a way to ruin it. I can I can read between the lines. Girl, I'm going to dig in. All right. Yeah. I truly cannot wait. And I know that you probably we probably won't find a time to do it. But it I'm throwing. I'm going to start throwing some dates out for you. No, you won't. No, you won't. I don't test me because I will. And then you're going to be like, oh, God, I have to do this now. Oh my God. Should we see what Pete has to say? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. My answer is I talked to a psychic on the phone. Val knows the story. And I wanted to know about this relationship that I was in. I was kind of struggling in the relationship. Didn't have anything. This is important. Didn't have anything about that relationship on Facebook or Instagram or anything. It was over the phone. I also think it's important to note. I wasn't like a really a public person at that time. And we spoke and immediately this person intuited. She's like, you want to talk about your relationship? And I was like, yes. And then my nickname for this girlfriend was Boog as in Booger. Booger. You have something? Can I talk to you for a second? We've never had this happen. We have a relationship that we have whenever we mention an ex we go. Can I talk to you for a second? So this girl, I called her Boog and she called me Boog. Short for Booger. So she said, you want to talk about relationships? And I said, yes. And the first thing she said was who's Boog. That is just like paradigm shift. Yeah. I kind of think he's lying. Everybody that I've mentioned this to is like, oh, you probably put it on social. I'm not like that. I've never been like that. I do not post. I don't talk about nicknames, pet names. It was completely mind blowing. Wow. She was probably also like, and why do you have a nickname of Booger for your girlfriend? She's like, this seems like it's on the rock. Maybe she hightailed it out of town looking for someone to rename her something. You cannot have her nickname be Boog. Yeah. I would be like Tom out. Yeah. I'm looking for something a little less disgusting. That's cool. I wonder, I would follow up for Pete if he has remained calling that psychic because that seems pretty proficient. Psychic. Yeah. If you find a good one, I think, yeah, you should stick with it. Yeah. Don't let it go. Never let it go. Don't let that psychic go, friend. Don't do it. Don't let it go. I do enjoy checking in with a psychic every now and then. I love it when someone tells me, you got to talk to this person. Yeah. Their reading was so spot on. I'm like, then I'm like, ooh, I want to talk to that person. Yeah. There's a guy in LA, the coffee grounds guy. He reads coffee grounds, like a Turkish coffee, and it's a really specific medium. A lot of people recommended him to me. I want to go see him. Parv saw him, and he was very accurate. I would like to start a business where I do it and just try my best. Oh my God, that would be great. Yeah. TIG reads broccoli stems. There you go. You bring a broccoli stem in, and then she will just tell you what is up. That's right. I've also wanted to, actually speaking of New Orleans, I've always wanted to put up an easel and just do caricatures. I got one done. Oh shit, where is it? Okay. Well, it's not unusual. You were in New Orleans, but I've wanted to start my own caricature business or even just portraits and then just try my best. I love it. And then people are disappointed. I'm like, I didn't say I was good. I'm just, look at those biceps. Thank you. I'm trying to stay. Okay, don't go to YouTube. Don't go to YouTube. Oh man. I'm trying to stay fit on the bus. It's working. It sure is. That's good. You like that? Yeah, I really like the mustache too. Is there a mustache? Caricature, caricatures of me are so wildly offensive. They are the war. Anybody who, okay, anyone who's ever been like, I drew you. I'm like, no, thank you. Yeah, I don't need to see it again. Yeah. It is, I already have a big, I know I have a big chubby cheek face, but they like take this and they run with it. What do they do with your hair is my question. It's wildly insane too. Like a bird's nest? There has not been one drawing of me or caricature of anything that has been flattering. It is, every time I see it, I'm like, ugh. Okay, why don't you pay me $20? How much was your caricature? Well, the crazy thing was like, how much? And he goes, I don't charge. And I said, well, but how much is it? I don't charge. But if you want to give me a gift, so then it was really confusing, but I give him $20. There you go. Okay. Well, look at that right on the, right on the nose. So pay me $20. We can do this at a wellness weekend. You're going to draw it. It's going to be terrible. You know who would be good at wellness weekend? Pete Holmes. Yes. Pete Holmes would be down for wellness weekend. Yeah, we think you need, let's kick, let's kick fortune out. Wait, I don't know. No, no, no, no. You're going to have a bad attitude. No, I'm not getting replaced by a boy. Yeah. A silly, silly fun boy. It's going to duty fart on you all the whole time. Well, yeah, it is a silly, silly fun boy. And, but yeah, I want to do portraits and caricatures on wellness weekend. I know my song would be great. I'm telling you, I've never been given. Oh, I'm going to draw you like the little angel that you are. I've never, no one's ever drawn me in a way where I've been like, that is so flattering. Oh my God. It is like, let's take the things about you we notice and times it by 10. I look like a man that has three minutes left before he passes. Although I did, I did really enjoy the, remember early on in the pod someone made some of our episodes into cartoons. I enjoyed that. I just really liked the when someone put our faces on the cast of friends or on Jennifer Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah. That was a good drawing. Yeah. Yeah. That was a good time. What a time. What a time to be alive. What a nice grounding check in for me while on the road to see my pals. And what a great birthday that I had. I know. Happy birthday. I mean, and who knows if I won or lost the Oscar. I know. That is so wild. I have a fun announcement. Are you pregnant? No. I just announced a European tour. I'm going to a bunch of cities. I haven't been before that I'm very excited to go to like Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen, Dublin, and I will be returning to London and I already did Amsterdam, but I'm super stoked. I'm going to be at the end of May into June. So for our European handsome listeners, I'm coming over there and then in the meantime, I'll also be at Oklahoma City, Fayetteville and Little Rock, Arkansas, San Antonio, Dallas, and Des Moines and Toronto and then headed to Europe. Oh, my God. Oh, I'm excited. I'm excited. Australia in August. So Australia dates are coming. Paisy. As well. Wow. Down under. I can talk to them like I sound like Tony Colette. Oh, my God. What if you get to the airport and they turn you away at customs? No, they're really. Yeah, we heard the Paul. We appreciate your time. 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