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The comedian recounts an uncomfortable street encounter where a man made a rude and unsolicited comment about her appearance, questioning her gender and breast size. She highlights the absurdity of him choosing to vocalize such a thought, contrasting it with simple greetings he could have chosen instead. This anecdote sets a tone for the comedian's observational humor, focusing on awkward social interactions and the peculiar things people say and do.

She then moves on to discuss the common practice of friends sending email updates about their children, specifically expressing frustration with the question "Can you believe it?" when referring to mundane developmental milestones like starting kindergarten. She humorously suggests that only truly extraordinary and unbelievable events would warrant such a question, providing a hyperbolic example of a child who never grew or spoke but still graduated college. This illustrates her point about the overuse of rhetorical questions for everyday occurrences.

Finally, the comedian pokes fun at people who perform impressions, particularly those who unnecessarily repeat the name of the impression they are about to do. She then presents her own series of intentionally bad and abstract impressions, including "a spring," "curtains opening," and "a clown horn," with increasing confidence despite their lack of realism. This segment serves as a self-aware parody of impression acts and a playful ending to her set.

Key Takeaways

  • A stranger made an inappropriate comment about the comedian's perceived gender and breast size on the street.
  • The comedian questioned the man's decision to vocalize such a thought instead of a simple greeting.
  • She expresses annoyance at friends asking "Can you believe it?" for normal child development milestones like starting kindergarten.
  • The comedian humorously suggests that only truly unbelievable events would justify the "Can you believe it?" question.
  • She parodies impressionists who repeatedly announce the impression they are about to perform.
  • The comedian delivers a series of intentionally abstract and bad impressions: "a spring," "curtains opening," and "a clown horn."
  • Her final impression, "a clown horn," is presented as a test of the audience's willingness to embrace joy.

Topics Covered

Observational ComedySocial InteractionsParenting HumorStreet EncountersImpression Humor
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[0:03]I live here in Los Angeles, and uh, I was walking through my neighborhood, down the sidewalk.
[0:03]And I was passing this guy, and right when we were passing each other, right when we were passing each other, he said to me, Huh, they've a little titties.
[0:03]But that thought had to go through several layers of filters in his mind, a checklist, and he still decided.
[0:03]But if they were to, if they were to email me and be like, Caitlyn, has never grown any bigger since the day she was born.
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[0:03]Uh, how's it going? Good. I live here in Los Angeles, and uh, I was walking through my neighborhood, down the sidewalk. And I was passing this guy, and right when we were passing each other, right when we were passing each other, he said to me, Huh, they've a little titties. I thought she was a man. It's like, okay. Okay, if you think that, and okay, if you say that to yourself. But that thought had to go through several layers of filters in his mind, a checklist, and he still decided. Yeah, I'm going to need to say this. Like, think of all the things he decided not to say. Things like, good afternoon. Or, um, oh, I was going to say something, but I decided not to. Nope. He went with, huh, them a little titties. I thought she was a man. All my uh, friends are having kids, and um, they always send email updates. And I love getting those. I do. What I can't stand is when they include the question, Can you believe it? Caitlyn is starting kindergarten this year. Can you believe it? I don't know. I mean, what is she about five? That sounds about right. Yeah, I can believe that. But if they were to, if they were to email me and be like, Caitlyn, has never grown any bigger since the day she was born. Never spoken a word at all in her life. She's graduating from college today. Can you believe it? I mean, like, oh my God, no. I can't believe that. Send more photos. But can I believe that Caitlyn is following the natural progression of life? Yeah, I can totally wrap my head around that. Do you guys like impressions? Oh, good. I love when people do impressions, they tell you the name of the impression, and then one second later, they tell you the name of the impression again. Like you're going to forget. So this is my impression of a person doing impressions. My impression of a person doing impressions.

[3:19]Do you guys like impressions? Yeah? You do? Okay, good. This is my impression of a person doing impressions. My impression of a person doing impressions.

[3:46]Do you guys like impressions? Oh, good. You're going to like this. This is my impression of a person doing impressions. No, actually, I have three impressions aside from that one that I just nailed. The first one is a spring. A spring. Please be quiet. A spring.

[4:23]And that's my worst one. They're even better. It goes, it goes up from here. Second impression is curtains opening. Curtains opening.

[4:42]Curtains opening. That one's really pretty good. My third and final impression is a clown horn. Clown horn.

[5:20]If you don't like that, then you just don't want joy in your heart. Thank you. That was fantastic. Thank you. Tig Notaro, ladies and gentlemen.

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