-I'm excited to see you.
It's interesting. In your intro there,
it kind of changed from earlier,
but I introduced you as America's sweetheart.
Is that -- -Well, I just did a movie
with Reese Witherspoon, Anna Kendrick, and Ashton Kutcher.
-Wow. [ Cheers ]
-And I think we all saw it coming.
But -- [ Laughter ]
At one point, somebody referred to Reese
as America's sweetheart, and she didn't take
that title on, and I just --
I told her, "Well, I guess I'll take it."
[ Laughter and applause ]
-We always love when you come to visit us,
and you brought us something interesting to me.
This is -- You've been on the road.
You're doing your tour, "Hello Again."
I just want to give it a little quick plug.
Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Detroit, Columbus, Ithaca, Boston,
Washington, Philly, Portland, San Francisco, New Orleans...
-New Orleans, Chicago, Madison. -Chicago, Madison, Wisconsin.
New York, New York. -New York City, yeah.
-This is a big tour. That's a big tour.
[ Cheers and applause ] -There's even more.
I think there's 40 dates. Those are just --
-Wow! Some dates right there.
-Yeah, those are some. -But you've been travelling
a lot, and you've had some experiences.
Let's just say that. -Yeah.
-At the airport. And you've taken photos,
and you've brought the photos to our show.
-Yes. -And can I show the photo first
or do you want to talk about the situation?
-Well, I'll tell you, you know,
we are in the middle of a pandemic.
And I was in between cities, and I was hungry.
And so, I scoured the airport for a place to sit alone,
away from everyone to be as safe as I could
to take my mask off and eat. -Yeah.
-And I laid out all of my food on the seat next to me.
And right as I started eating --
and I'm telling you, the area was empty.
Show the picture. [ Laughter ]
These are all empty seats.
So are these. [ Laughter ]
So are across from her. -But right behind --
-So was the whole row that she was sitting in.
But she sat right there, right behind me.
-This other photo is something that we can all help you with.
You brought us -- You brought us a problem
that we can give you a solution. -I'm hoping.
Here's the thing is, I don't follow a lot of pop culture,
and I'll be fair, you know, and honest and say,
I'm not great at recognizing a lot of celebrities...
-Yes. -...because I don't follow
a lot of pop culture.
-But you're America's sweetheart.
-I am America's sweetheart. [ Laughter ]
-Yeah, yeah. -People follow what I'm doing.
-People follow -- Oh, I understand.
-Yeah. -Of course.
Of course. That's what they do, yeah.
[ Applause ] -Another standing ovation.
So, I was sitting on this flight,
and everybody that walked on kept saying to the woman
next to me, "Oh, my gosh.
I'd know that face from anywhere or even with a mask on.
Look at you. I know that hair."
And I was like, "Who the hell is this?"
[ Laughter ] And, of course,
she had a mask on, and so I snuck a picture
and sent it to my wife, and I was like, "Who is this?"
And then, she didn't know. And then we sent it
to everyone else that was celebrity-obsessed.
Nobody knows who this person is.
-And you didn't want to ask the person.
You're not -- -Well, no, halfway through
the flight, there was a spider on her leg,
and, uh... [ Laughter ]
And I said, "Oh, excuse me. You have a spider on your leg."
And she said, "Oh, my gosh. Thank you."
And she brushed it off.
And I was like, "I don't know that voice."
[ Laughter ]
"Who is this person?" -All right.
So you brought the photo. -Yeah.
-And this is the person that was sitting next to you.
And do we know who this? -Who is that?
Please, call 1-800... [ Laughter ]
-Let me see this here. [ Laughter ]
-And whoever she is, please don't be upset with me.
-She has red hair. -And a widow's peak.
-Is it Debra Messing? -No.
I feel like Deborah and I would --
[ Laughter ]
Let me look at this. -Yeah.
I have no clue. Jenna Fischer?
-It's America's sweetheart. -What?
No, no, no, it's not. -No, no.
-No, it's not Jenna Fischer. -She's very pretty.
Very pretty. She looks like she's married.
That's a wedding ring. -Yeah.
-So she's married. -She carries a yellow bag.
-A yellow bag. [ Laughter ]
This last one is --
I don't even know if you want to even set this up.
I'm just gonna show the picture. -Well, I do want to say,
this person wasn't -- -It's a tough situation.
-It wasn't that she was mean. She just wasn't
terribly friendly when we sat next to each other.
And I thought, "Well, I'm not gonna be
mean back, but this is..." -Okay. Here's the photo.
Here's the photo. We blurred her face out.
Here's the photo. This actually happened to you.
[ Laughter ]
What in the world?
-Well, you know what? -What in the world happens
in your life where this happens in your life?
-I was sitting there.
And this was obviously pre-pandemic.
And we had our masks off, and I started to see this happen,
and I was like, "Oh, boy. Uh-oh."
[ Laughter ] "Somebody's sleepy."
And then, she went down.
And she was rest--
She was snuggled into my shoulder.
[ Laughter ]
-You didn't say anything? You didn't wake her up?
-No. I let her sleep the whole flight.
-Wow. I want to, once again,
talk about -- you're on tour starting January 11th.
-Yeah, "Hello Again" is the name of the tour.
And it sounds obvious, because there is
the obvious reason of, "Hello, again.
I haven't toured in a couple of years."
But there's another reason that it's called "Hello Again."
I'm not gonna tell you why. -Yeah, I know.
That's what makes you very interesting.
You told me that to find out why it's called "Hello Again"
that I have to see the tour and find out.
-The whole tour. You have to buy tickets.
-No, no, no, no. But at the end of your act,
you understand why it's called "Hello Again."
-Yes, and it's a very fun moment that you don't want to miss.
[ Laughter ] -Tig Notaro, everybody!
[ Cheers and applause ]
For more information on her "Hello Again" tour,
go to tignotaro.com.
-America's sweetheart. -America's sweetheart.