![]() Her 2012 album, Live, is a recording of a stand-up set performed shortly after she was diagnosed with breast cancer. In 2011, she released her debut stand-up album, Good One. With Dunnigan and David Huntsberger, she co-hosted the podcast Professor Blastoff from May 2011 until July 2015. She collaborates frequently with writing partner Kyle Dunnigan. Notaro has since been featured on Comedy Central Presents and on The Sarah Silverman Program as a lesbian police officer. Notaro's work promoting bands took her to Los Angeles, where she tried stand-up for the first time in the late '90s. She became a band manager, working under the name Tignation Promotions in the mid-'90s. CareerĪn avid music fan, Notaro moved to Denver, Colorado, where she became involved in the music industry. Notaro plays the guitar and drums and was in bands when she was younger. In 1990, while living in Texas, Notaro got her general equivalency diploma. Notaro failed three grades, eventually dropping out of high school. In an interview with Mother Jones magazine, she said she disliked school. When taking part in season 5 of Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Notaro found out that she is also a distant cousin of Gloria Steinem. Notaro's maternal great-great-grandfather was John Fitzpatrick, mayor of New Orleans from 1892 to 1896. "Tig" is a childhood nickname given to her by her brother when she was two years old. She has a brother, Renaud Notaro, who is a year her elder and works as a radio talk show host. Her family later moved to Spring, Texas, a suburb of Houston. Notaro was raised in Pass Christian, Mississippi, until kindergarten. ![]() Notaro was born in Jackson, Mississippi, the daughter of Mathilde "Susie" O'Callaghan and Pat Notaro. ![]()
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