Arts & Entertainment
Mississippi Quote of the Day: Tig Notaro's First On-Stage Joke
Tig Notaro’s Mississippi-set TV show, “One Mississippi,” has a 100% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
For actor-comedian Tig Notaro, 2012 was not a very good year. That February, she contracted pneumonia, followed by an intestinal disease that caused her to lose a half pound every day. When her mother died that March, it seemed like things couldn’t get much worse. Then, she was diagnosed with breast cancer that July.
Notaro, a native of Jackson, Miss., who spent her early childhood in Pass Christian before moving to Texas, has survived it all. More recently, she has rediscovered her Deep South roots with a popular TV show, “One Mississippi,” on Amazon Prime. Set in the fictional Gulf Coast town of Bay St. Lucille, the semi-autobiographical series earned a 100% Fresh rating on RottenTomatoes.com for its second season.
In “One Mississippi,” Notaro plays an LA DJ who returns to her Magnolia State hometown to deal with her health issues.
Notaro, like most comedians, has always mined her personal misery for laughs, including the first joke she ever told on stage:
“My name’s Tig. A lot of people have trouble understanding it, especially over the phone. I was on this call with this guy, and he goes, ‘All right. I don’t feel comfortable calling you this, but I’ll see you tonight, Pig.’ I was like, ‘Oh, to tell you the truth, I don’t feel real comfortable with you calling me a pig, either, because my name’s Tig,’ and he said, ‘Yeah, that’s what I said, Pig,’ and I said, ‘No, it’s Tig with a T,’ and he said, ‘Oh, I’m sorry, Tit,’ and eventually I said, ‘Yeah, that’s right. It’s Pig Tit.’ ”
Rick Hynum is editor-in-chief of HottyToddy.com. Email him at rick.hynum@hottytoddy.com.
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