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Tig Notaro

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Since getting her start in stand-up back in 1498, Tig has appeared in a number of television shows. Currently, she plays “Officer Tig” on THE SARAH SILVEMAN PROGRAM on Comedy Central. In previous years, Tig played “Rhoda” on the ABC sitcom IN THE MOTHERHOOD (with Megan Mullally and Cheryl Hines), was a recurring guest-host on AMC’s MOVIES AT OUR HOUSE, had her own half-hour special, COMEDY CENTRAL PRESENTS TIG and guest-starred on Comedy Central’s critically acclaimed DOG BITES MAN with Zach Galifianakis. She has also performed on NBC’s LAST COMIC STANDING, ABC’s JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE, NBC’s LAST CALL WITH CARSON DALY, ABC’s COMICS UNLEASED, Comedy Central’s PREMIUM BLEND and on Showtime’s series LIVE NUDE COMEDY!…..but, most importantly, Tig was fired as the sidekick on E!’s “The Chelsea Handler Show” pilot and Fox’s “Girl Least Likely” pilot.

In 2006, Tig and fellow comedian Martha Kelly started the innovative Crackpot Comedy Tour, a series of house concerts across the country in the living rooms, basements, rooftops, garages, backyards, lofts and barns of their fans. The tour features rotating guest comics and local MCs in each town with occasional surprise celebrity drop-ins. Look for the Crackpot TV pilot/DVD coming soon. Tig also completed, “Have Tig at Your Party,” her DVD that features Tig standing still for an hour and speaking infrequently into the camera, in hopes of blending into any party once you press play. A la the burning log in the fireplace video. “Have Tig at Your Party” also includes segments of her stand-up and an infomercial with testimonials from fellow actors and comedians about what it was like to actually have had Tig at their parties. Over the years, Tig has also worked on various short films funded by director Sam Raimi (Spider-man, Evil Dead, Simple Plan), and started the highly unknown and unsuccessful, “ZeroDollarsAndZeroSenseProductions” with her producing partner and childhood friend, Beth Schorr.

Just when you thought Tig couldn’t do anymore, she did. This time in the form of comedy festivals. Bumbershoot in Seattle, SF SketchFest, SXSW in Austin, Vancouver Comedy Festival, Rooftop Comedy Festival in Aspen, The Chicago Comedy Festival, The Boston Comedy Festival, The DC Comedy Festival, The Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival, Toyota Comedy Festival in NYC, The Bridgetown Comedy Festival in Portland, Marshall’s Women in Comedy Festival in LA, The Cat’s Laugh Festival in Kilkenny, Ireland and in 2009 produced her own festival “The Bentzen Ball” in Washington, DC.*On a side note, She has also been known to frequent county fairs. Totally unrelated to any and all of the above information.