History Creator / JimGaffigan

** ''Quality Time'' has a bit where Jim talks about cannibalism done by indigenous people in New Zealand. This actually got him trouble with some New Zealand news outlets due to it actually being a debunked myth that was started to justify colonialism. Jim has since apologized for it.

* ImAHumanitarian: In ''King Baby'':
--> '''Hypothetical Audience Member''': He's like Music/PearlJam. He's taking on the man. Hey, wait a minute. He ''looks'' like the man. He's kind of pudgy. Maybe he ''ate'' the man.

* ''Film/SeventeenAgain'' (2009)

* ADateWithRosiePalms: An example of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In one of his earlier stand-up performances, he complained how little time he has after work and the commute: When he finally gets home he has enough time to masturbate and then go to bed.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Gaffigan once made a joke about how there will one day be a bacon hamburger with two doughnuts instead of buns, and that someone in the audience will probably think it's a brilliant idea and make one. Meet the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Burger Luther Burger]]

* BaitAndSwitch: In ''Comedy Monster'', Jim walks over to a piano behind him on stage. You think he's going to play it, but when he briefly sits down, he admits: "I don't play the piano.", stands back and continues his act.

When compared to most contemporary standup comics, Gaffigan's routines notable for being rather [[LighterAndSofter clean and lighthearted]], and 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, {{stage whisper}}ed 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.

Gaffigan's routines are notable for being rather clean and lighthearted and 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, {{stage whisper}}ed 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.

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, {{stage whisper}}ed 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.

*** A minor running joke that appears a few times is pronouncing "Music/BillyJoel" as "[=Billy JoEL=]" - before a performance in Ireland, someone mentioned a famous American performer named "Billy Jorrel", much to Jim's bafflement: "Billy Jorrel" turned out to be the result of pronouncing Billy Joel in an Irish accent while also [[AccentUponTheWrongSyllable pronouncing "Joel" like it rhymes with "Noelle".]]

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Invoked; He predicts one in his special ''Obsessed'', after joking that his donut trail mix will lead him to the emergency room:
-->'''Jim:''' That joke will be even funnier when I die from cardiac arrest.

James Christopher Gaffigan (born July 7, 1966 in Elgin, Illinois) is an American comedian and actor who appeared in various commercials and films before rising to national popularity in the late 2000s.

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

-->'''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."

--> '''Guy 1''': Are you enjoying that steak?
--> '''Guy 2''': This is the best steak I have ever had.
--> '''Guy 1''': You know I fed that cow beer?
--> '''Guy 2''': *laughs* You got the cow drunk?
--> '''Guy 1''': Yeah, then I was massaging it.
--> '''Guy 2''': *worried* Why?... Why were you massaging a cow you just gave a lot of alcohol to?
--> '''Guy 1''': So you can enjoy it.
--> '''Guy 2''': ''So I can enjoy it!?'' ... I'm not hungry anymore... I'm gonna go call the Special Victims Unit.

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[[caption-width-right:200:"I look this way because my father was from Sweden and my mother was Music/EltonJohn."]]

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''.

-->'''Jim:''' "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.

''Jim proceeds to [[KickTheDog tell more bacon jokes]]''\\