Jim Gaffigan
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Jim Gaffigan
James Christopher "Jim" Gaffiganis an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, voice-over artist, and author. His humor largely revolves around fatherhood, observations, and food. He is also regarded as a "clean" comic, using little profanity in his routines. He has had several successful comedy specials, including Mr. Universe and Jim Gaffigan: Obsessed, both of which received Grammy nominations. His memoir, Dad Is Fatand his most recent book, Food: A Love Story, are both published by Crown Publishers. He co-created and currently...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth7 July 1966
CountryUnited States of America
It does piss me off when Angelina won't stop calling.
You wanna know how good bacon is? To improve other food, they wrap it in bacon.
Thanksgiving. It's like we didn't even try to come up with a tradition. The tradition is, we overeat. 'Hey, how about at Thanksgiving we just eat a lot?' 'But we do that every day!' 'Oh. What if we eat a lot with people that annoy the hell out of us?'
My wife always asks me why I don't make the bed. And I respond with the same reason why I don't tie my shoes after I take them off.
Faith is something that's - it's hard to articulate. It's - there's - it's not based on logic.
Isn't it strange -- when you're single, all you see is couples, and when you're part of a couple, all you see are hookers.
There should be a children's song: 'If you're happy and you know it, keep it to yourself and let your dad sleep'.
Whenever one of my children says, 'Goodnight, Daddy,' I always think to myself, 'You don't mean that.
Oh great, socks. You know I'm dying for your sins right? Yeah, but thanks for the socks! They'll go great with my sandals. What am I, German?
Without Valentine's Day, February would be... well, January.
I spent most of my adult life essentially agnostic or an atheist.
I like that in my audiences, there's a lesbian couple sitting next to a Mormon family.
My wife and I, we work together. And we wrote this book, "Dad Is Fat." And in the book, I was encouraged constantly by my editor to be more personal and talk about more personal experiences.
The hardest part of the day is all the stuff after I open my eyes in the morning.