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easily been my last show ever

that bombed awkwardly

and then I died.

I'm now very thrilled,

and it is my great privilege

to bring to the stage.

Tig Notaro.

Hello.

Good evening, hello.

People were laughing and staring at,

like, "This is a weird opening."

When people were realizing it was true,

I was also seeing people

crying in the audience.

And it was...

It was very intense

because it was also reflecting back at me.

Like, this is really happening to you.

It's one of those rare times

I've had as--

I've had it, like, maybe three times

in my career,

where the person going on

in front of you is so good,

you stop being the next comic,

and you become an audience member.

I texted my girlfriend,

I was sitting there watching,

and I texted,

"Tig is doing something

historic right now."

You know, I stood behind this piano

and Tig was there,

and Louis was behind that curtain.

And so, I'm looking at Louis

and he's crying.

And I was crying,

and we're laughing.

And then I could see

the audience's reactions, as well.

And the audience were, like,

standing up and clapping,

and then sitting down.

And then she was saying,

"Oh, don't be so sad."

And people were, like...

Didn't know really quite...

But everybody felt to be

into the spirit of it.

I remember turning around on stage,

and I almost started crying

when that guy just yelled out

for me to not stop.

They gave me a standing ovation,

but I had zero sense that that show

was gonna change my life.

I woke up the next day,

I had hundreds of e-mails.

My voicemail was full,

text messages would not stop.

I was like, "What happened?"

- It went viral overnight.

- And I was like...

"Okay. I didn't understand...

What went viral?" You know.

There was no video.

There was nothing there.

It was just the idea

that this show happened went viral.

All these huge publications

were wanting to talk to me.

Louis C.K. was saying,

"Everyone needs to hear that show.

You should release it as an album."

And there were book offers coming in.

I was thinking, "Am I even gonna be alive

to finish a book?"

Some days, I felt on top of the world

and, like, "I'm gonna beat this."

And then I would be in bed the next minute

or the next day in fetal position,

staring at my ceiling, just, like,

"What is happening, and I'm gonna die,

and I want my mother."

And it was just hitting me

that I was on my own,

in a massive way.

Do it, Todd!

- Who will do a set?

- Todd!

Do your Conan set.

Do it.

I'm riddled with cancer.

Come on, Todd.

Poor Todd.

Sarah, you get it going. Do a set.

Well, okay!

Oh, is this funny?

If I go like,

"Can I ask you something?

And be honest with me."

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