intestinal disease, and nothing was striking me as funny. and then i got diagnosed with cancer. and i starred ma mikely laughing. oh, now i get it. this is hail lirious actually. >> like all great artists somehow they're able to have a third person perspective on the drama of their life. and that's what we love about great comediennes like tig. >> do not tempt me. >> laughter takes the air out of everything. and for my hbo special, halfway through, i took my shirt off and revealed my double mastectomy scars. >> when you laugh at a joke about death, it's funny considering the source. you're making a joke about death. the thing that's definitely going to happen to you. >> and now ladies and gentlemen, the almost full monty. >> monty python was at the aspen comedy festival and it was one