I followed Gaffigan’s Dad is Fat with his other book — Food: A Love Story. This one should reach an even wider audience, since who doesn’t like to eat? “I’m convinced that anyone who doesn’t like Mexican food is a psychopath.” “There’s an old Weight Watchers saying: “Nothing tastes as good as thin feels.” I for one can think of a thousand things that taste better than thin feels. Many of them are two-word phrases that end with cheese (Cheddar cheese, blue cheese, grilled cheese). Even unsalted […]
“Raising kids may be a thankless job with ridiculous hours, but at least the pay sucks.”
Caitlin_D recently reviewed this one, too — also fairly positively. I am a parent of two small, very loud boys (so, so loud). She doesn’t have kids (…yet) although she spends a lot of time with my boys and her sister-in-laws’ kids. My point is, you probably don’t need to be a parent to find Jim Gaffigan at least a little funny. “Every night before I get my one hour of sleep, I have the same thought: “Well, that’s a wrap on another day of acting like I […]
A Romance for the Ages
“Overweight people have chosen food over appearance. When a fat person talks about a great place to get a burger, I lean in. They know.” Like Dad Is Fat, Food: A Love Story is a rehash of Jim Gaffigan’s stand up mixed with new insights. My husband and I recently took a road trip, we can never agree on music so we listened to comedy on Pandora and the “Seafood” section is almost verbatim from his stand up. It’s incredibly noticeable if you’re listening to the audio […]
In case you were wondering, Jim Gaffigan has 5 kids…
My husband is a big fan of stand up comedy. We’ve seen a lot of Netflix and HBO specials together- including the Jim Gaffigan special that introduced the world to “Hot Pooockets.” I knew Jim Gaffigan had a big family because he is currently capitalizing on it; between his Chrysler commercials and his semi-autobiographical TVland series it’s hard to miss. While Gaffigan has always been successful it’s clear his kids’ antics are helping write their future college tuition checks. “Raising kids may be a thankless […]