History Creator / JimGaffigan

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gaffigan's response to President UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump's speech at the 2020 Republican convention was to embark in a long, profane [[https://www.oregonlive.com/entertainment/2020/08/family-friendly-comedian-jim-gaffigan-shocks-twitter-with-rant-against-donald-trump-a-liar-and-a-criminal.html Twitter rant]] denouncing both the man himself and his supporters. It quickly went viral owing to it doubling as an OOCIsSeriousBusiness-type situation, since Gaffigan was considered a "clean" comedian whose material was non-threatening to conservatives up until that point:

* ''Quality Time'' ( 2019)

Gaffigan's routines commonly focus on aspects of everyday life, the most prominent of which are [[BigEater eating]] and being [[LazyBum lazy]]. Gaffigan also includes frequent high-pitched asides, meant to represent a hypothetical, easily-offended audience member. (Rumor has it that these are based on his sister-in-law's reactions.) These were a fixture of his act for a long time, though beginning with ''Mr. Universe'', he's cut down on their usage significantly.

James Christopher Gaffigan (born July 7, 1966 in Elgin, Illinois) is an American comedian who appeared in various commercials and films before rising to national popularity in the late 2000s. Gaffigan released his first [[RecordedAndStandUpComedy comedy album]], ''Luigi's Doghouse'', in 2001. His first four albums were released on small independent labels; his first major-label release was ''Doing My Time'', released on Creator/ComedyCentralRecords, who would release all his albums going forward, usually accompanied by a TV special and/or DVD release. His 2006 release, ''Beyond the Pale'', would be his commercial breakthrough, and remains probably his best-known performance. In 2015 he began starring in the TV Land sitcom ''Series/TheJimGaffiganShow'', playing a fictionalized version of himself, and voicing Father Time in ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' .

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gaffigan's response to UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump's speech at the 2020 Republican convention was to embark in a long, profane Twitter rant denouncing both the man himself and his supporters. It quickly went viral owing to it doubling as an OOCIsSeriousBusiness-type situation, since Gaffigan was considered a "clean" comedian whose material was non-threatening to conservatives up until that point:

** He follows that up with

-->'''Hypothetical Audience Members:'''Is there a horse joke coming? He could've put a horse joke in there. He didn't use the reference " giddy up." Why didn't he put it there. "
** -->'''Hypothetical Audience Member:''' If he tells another cake joke, I'm gonna kill 'im.\\
'''Jim:''' Okay, let's talk about something besides cake: pie! That's like ''liquid'' cake.

" Okay no more horse jokes. Anyway ponies are completely different.

In his recent album/special Quality Time he does this to an expert level with his horses routine, 10 minutes and 34 seconds of horse jokes.
close to 8 minutes into the horse jokes:
Jim: "I can see on some of your faces, that you would frankly prefer if I did . . . more horse jokes. ok."
9 minutes into the horse jokes:
" okay I can tell that one or two or 300 of you that are frankly, annoyed by the horse jokes and I want you to know that your annoyance gives me pleasure.
He follows that up with

'''Hypothetical Audience Members:'''Is there a horse joke coming? He could've put a horse joke in there. He didn't use the reference " giddy up." Why didn't he put it there. "

'''Hypothetical Audience Member:''' If he tells another cake joke, I'm gonna kill 'im.\\

James Christopher Gaffigan (born July 7, 1966) is an American comedian who appeared in various commercials and films before rising to national popularity in the late 2000s. Gaffigan released his first [[RecordedAndStandUpComedy comedy album]], ''Luigi's Doghouse'', in 2001. His first four albums were released on small independent labels; his first major-label release was ''Doing My Time'', released on Creator/ComedyCentralRecords, who would release all his albums going forward, usually accompanied by a TV special and/or DVD release. His 2006 release, ''Beyond the Pale'', would be his commercial breakthrough, and remains probably his best-known performance. In 2015 he began starring in the TV Land sitcom ''Series/TheJimGaffiganShow'', playing a fictionalized version of himself, and voicing Father Time in ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' .

* BiTheWay: His excuse for being caught in [=McDonald's=] by a friend:
-->'''Friend''': I'm just here for the 99 cent ATM, what are you doing here Jim?
-->'''Jim''': Uhhhh, I'm just meeting a hooker... he should be here by now.

** In "Quality Time", horse jokes.

* [[DoesNotLikeSpam Does Not Like Hot Pockets]]: But he sure loves making fun of them.

* ‘’Quality Time ‘’ ( 2019)

* OddCouple: his wife is way more attractive , health conscious and more religious . Also it has shocked a lot of fans that he is close friends with Daniel Tosh .
Jim is viewed as more family friendly and a cleaner comic than he actually is( Brian Regan is much cleaner than Jim.) while Tosh is the polar opposite . Many fans agree they have a similar delivery . Daniel in his 2011 special/ album ends a joke saying “ Hot Pocket.” He references that a comic friend let him do that.

* OddCouple: his wife is way more attractive , health conscious and more religious . Also it has shocked a lot of fans that he is close friends with Creator/Daniel Tosh

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: In "Mr. Universe", when doing a New York accent:

Jim Gaffigan (born July 7, 1966) is an American comedian who appeared in various commercials and films before rising to national popularity in the late 2000s. Gaffigan released his first [[RecordedAndStandUpComedy comedy album]], ''Luigi's Doghouse'', in 2001. His first four albums were released on small independent labels; his first major-label release was ''Doing My Time'', released on Creator/ComedyCentralRecords, who would release all his albums going forward, usually accompanied by a TV special and/or DVD release. His 2006 release, ''Beyond the Pale'', would be his commercial breakthrough, and remains probably his best-known performance. In 2015 he began starring in the TV Land sitcom ''Series/TheJimGaffiganShow'', playing a fictionalized version of himself, and voicing Father Time in ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' .

* IWasToldThereWouldBeCake: Jim loves cake.

Jim Gaffigan (born July 7, 1966) is an American comedian who appeared in various commercials and films before rising to national popularity in the late 2000s. Gaffigan released his first [[RecordedAndStandUpComedy comedy album]], ''Luigi's Doghouse'', in 2001. His first four albums were released on small independent labels; his first major-label release was ''Doing My Time'', released on Creator/ComedyCentralRecords, who would release all his albums going forward, usually accompanied by a TV special and/or DVD release. His 2006 release, ''Beyond the Pale'', would be his commercial breakthrough, and remains probably his best-known performance. In 2015 he began starring in the TV Land sitcom ''Series/TheJimGaffiganShow'', playing a fictionalized version of himself.

* ToiletHumour: In ''Mr. Universe'', Jim observes that anytime kids are in a hotel pool, you're swimming in a toilet.
--> '''Jim''': The first time a kid can multitask. "I can play AND pee!!!"

--> '''Jim''': "I have a bit of a sweet tooth." Really? Because it's going straight to your ''ass''. I think your ass owes your tooth an explanation.