Jim Gaffigan wrote a book. It's out this week, it's called Dad is Fat, and it's a memoir about his experience with marriage and raising five children in New York City. Considering the fact that CBS ordered a pilot from Gaffigan also based on the standup and actor's real-life experience of marriage and raising five children in New York City, you can rest assured that he knows enough about the subjects of marriage, fatherhood, and the difficulties of Manhattan residential life to write a whole book about them while also being funny.
This week, Sara and Nikki relive their surreal evening spent amongst random celebrities and teenage screams. Comedy power couple Jim and Jeannie Gaffigan (Comedy Central, Twitter & Twitter) make their triumphant return to the podcast and speculate about the pitfalls of Taylor-level fame. Jim's new book, Dad is Fat, drops next week, but you should preorder a copy now just in case. Written with Jeannie and inspired by their five kids, the book is an astonishingly hilarious and oppressively addicting collection of essays on fatherhood. For the rest of the hour, the gang discusses collaborating with a writing partner, treating stand-up as therapy, [...]
Jim Gaffigan and Peter Tolan (Rescue Me creator, Larry Sanders Show writer) have sold a single-camera comedy to CBS. (Hot Pilot.) This comes over ten years after Welcome to New York, Jim's first attempt at creating and starring in his own show. The still untitled project would be based loosely on Gaffigan's life, with the comedian starring as a father of five who lives in a 2-bedroom New York City apartment and, I assume, spends hours making jokes about the food in his kitchen.
For over a decade, Gaffigan has been the "HOT POCKET" guy. Even on Fallon last night, before he was able to get a word out, some bros screamed it at him. It's about time for a new catchphrase and surprisingly it's almost 100% curse words. Find out what it is above (first part of the interview is below) before a mother washes his hot (with obscenities) pocket of a mouth out with a bar of soap.
Jim Gaffigan's new standup special Mr. Universe is available today on his website for a mere $5. He's the third major comic to release his newest special directly to fans this way, after Louis CK and Aziz Ansari (although he had his announced his intention to do so before Aziz). It's a long one, too, clocking in at 75 minutes. So go get it already, cheapskate.
In comedy circles, Jim Gaffigan has almost a living-legend aura around him. His broad appeal and ability to do the same clean material in every type of room is widely admired. "If you're a comedian, you should be able to perform in front of any kind of crowd, and the goal is to be someone like Jim Gaffigan who can do Eugene [Mirman]'s show and he can do my show, but then he can also perform at Carnegie Hall or whatever, the Pepsi Thunderdome in Janesville, Wisconsin, and do as well in front of every kind of crowd," Liam McEneaney told me last year. Even more amazing to many is [...]
"'Clean' and 'family-friendly' are supposedly these positive attributes. But I sometimes feel like it's an asterisk next to my success … Maybe I'm being sensitive. I just want to be known as funny. I mean, when you hear about a family-friendly restaurant, you know it's going to be horrible."
- Jim Gaffigan, who doesn't use swear words onstage, talking to The Wall Street Journal in a piece on his squeaky-clean act, with quotes from fellow clean comedians like Bill Cosby, Bob Newhart, Jerry Seinfeld, and without any quotes from Brian Regan for some reason.
Sure, Jim Gaffigan made waves selling his latest standup special, Mr. Universe, directly to fans via his website. But for some people, a digital file just ain't the same as a physical copy. Well, good news for you disc lovers: as of today Mr. Universe is available as both a DVD and audio CD. So go ahead, keepers of media-filled bookcases, and pick up a hard copy now. It's Gaffigan at the top of his game, so no matter what format you end up getting it in, you can't really go wrong.
From July 12th to the 29th, comedians of all sorts will descend upon Montreal for the 30th Just For Laughs festival. Performers include: Kevin Hart, Aziz Ansari, Bill Hader, Bob Saget, John Pinette, Lewis Black, Jim Gaffigan, Patton Oswalt (who will also be the keynote speaker), Wayne Brady, Mario Cantone, and The Muppets. Chelsea Handler will be there accepting and, if her reputation serves her correctly, celebrating, her Comedy Person of the Year award. Also, Key & Peele will be receiving the Breakout Comedy Star award and Hannibal "The Accolade Machine" Buress will be named the Rising Comedy Star. We should all go but we have to make sure [...]
You see, the headline says "Whale of a Preview" because in this clip, Jim Gaffigan is making jokes about whales! And I've got even worse whale wordplay later in this post! Anyways, the facts: Gaffigan is following in the footsteps of Louis CK and Aziz Ansari, releasing his new 75-minute special Mr. Universe next Wednesday via his website for $5. Want to ensure that it'll be $5 well spent? Well, you beluga-tta check out the above clip! Told you.
Here's the latest episode of Scott Moran's excellent documentary web series Modern Comedian. This one follows comedian and father of five Jim Gaffigan, mainly focusing on how those two parts of his life don't fit each other at all.
Stand-up comedian Jim Gaffigan and Rescue Me creator/Larry Sanders Show writer Peter Tolan began developing a show for CBS last year, and now the network has ordered the series to pilot, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The untitled show was created by Gaffigan and Tolan and will be written by Tolan. It's based on Gaffigan's life, with him playing a father of five living in a two-bedroom New York apartment. Last season, Gaffigan, who was recently nominated for a Grammy for his comedy album Mr. Universe, had a family sitcom in development with NBC that didn't make it. The CBS series will mark his return to the [...]
Esquire brought Aziz Ansari, Jim Gaffigan, Chris Hardwick, Amy Schumer, Andy Kindler, and Seth Herzog in to name their favorite new comedians. The level of newness varied but it's hard to argue with the choices, which included: Chelsea Peretti, Kyle Kinane, Moshe Kasher, Ron Funches, Tig Notaro, James Adomian, Rory Scovel, and John Mulaney.
The legend-in-the-making Jim Gaffigan stopped by Sara's apartment (to sit in her "daddy chair") and talk about pranks, A1 sauce, Dr. Pepper, bullying, and what it's like to be a comedian with a family of "normals." Also, Jim's lovely and wise wife Jeannie Gaffigan joins in to tell the story of how they met and more. This one is the best! DO IT!
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