Biography
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Jim Gaffigan (born July 7, 1966 in Chesterton, Indiana) is an American stand-up comic. His comedy routines often include him doing the voice of a supposed audience member commenting on his performance. He often begins his routines with, "Don't worry, I've never heard of me either."
Gaffigan first began performing stand up comedy on January 27, 1991 in New York City. In 2000 he had a short-lived series on CBS called Welcome to New York, which co-starred Christine Baranski (Cybill) and Sara Gilbert (Roseanne). That same year Gaffigan appeared on Comedy Central as part of his own one-hour Comedy Central Presents. The following year, Gaffigan starred in Ellen DeGeneres' short-lived second sitcom, called The Ellen Show. In 2003-2004 he appeared in several episodes of the television show That '70s Show. Gaffigan has also appeared in the movie Super Troopers.
In 2006, Jim Gaffigan appeared on Comedy Central in a special entitled Beyond the Pale. It aired January 29, 2006, and became available for purchase on DVD that same day. "Beyond the Pale" is Gaffigan's first DVD. Jim Gaffigan also appeared on Comedy Central in his own episode of Comedy Central Presents.
In the United States, he has also appeared in Sierra Mist, Rolling Rock, and Saturn television commercials. Gaffigan, along with Dane Cook, is considered a top comedian, and from this has stemmed an almost pseudo-war between their respective fans.
Gaffigan has appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien numerous times, often bringing episodes of Pale Force, a comedic short featuring a superhero duo (Gaffigan and O'Brien) and highlighting their mutual paleness.
On November 28th, 2006 Jim Gaffigan starred as Andy Franklin in the pilot episode of the TBS original series, "My Boys".
Discography
Luigi's Doghouse (2001, Out of Print)
- Bread
- Don't Drink/Going Out to Dinner
- Movies/Reading/Spelling
- Girlfriend/Sex
- Fired/Quit Smoking
- Hot Pocket
- Bottled Water/Mexican Food/TV
- Manatee
- Walking/Directions
- Graffiti/Cab Approach
- Jobs/Gym/Pope
- Hated Being Single
- Superman
- Slob
- See Our House/Kids
Economics II (2001, Out of Print)
- Ethnic / Being Pale
- Glasses / Vision
- Sleep
- Family / Dad
- Indiana
- Birthday / Jesus
- Postcard
- TV
- Lazy
- Technology / Umbrella
- 1700's / Museum
- Beauty
- Reading in Church
- Roscoe "The Wood Guy"
- Coach Glacken / Heckler
More Moo Moos (2003)
- An Interview With the Producer
- I Am Nothing
- Illegally Blind
- Film Director
- My Baby's Moma
- Hey Good Looking
- Intermission One
- Speak English
- Dumb Traveler
- Learning to Walk
- Baby's Grama
- I'm a Bad Cuddler
- Bed Time
- I Love Spell Chek
- Intermission Two
- Calling From a Well
- Yeah Right, Sea Cow
- Crazy Jim Head
- For the Next Joke
- Intermission Three
- I Love Doing Nothing
- An Interview With a Manatee
The Last Supper (2003)
- The Food Network
- Late Night Eater
- American Eating
- All You Can Eat
- Cinnabon
- I'm a Vegetarian
- Food Critic
- Special Menu
- Your Waiter
- Wine Menu
- Appetizer
- I Love Bread
- From Entrée to Dessert
- Caliente Pockets
- Let's Talk Jesus
- Talking to Moses
- Respect for the Pope
- A Letter From Peter
- Radio Call: "Don't Talk About Jesus"
- Interview: Part I
- I Love Salads & Bars
- Grocery Store
- The Corruption of Granola
- Interview: Part II
- More Watery Water
- Interview: Part III
- Gravy and Cheese
- Country Crock
- The Mexican Conspiracy
- Drinking & Chatting
- Drunk Eating
- Jim's Homemade Hot Dog Recipe
Doing My Time (2004)
- Elton John
- Recessive Genes
- Got Married
- Having My Baby
- Beautiful
- Midwest Thang
- Hoooot Pocket!
- Future Pope
- Slumberland
- Guy With The Red Umbrella
- Anti-Reading
- I'm a Manatee
- Gravy Drinker
Beyond the Pale - CD (2006)
- Opening
- I Love Food
- Packaging
- The Grocery Store
- Eat Like An American
- Food Fast
- Delivery
- Spray Cheese
- Case Against Cinnabons
- Dessert
- Cake
- Holidays
- Presents
- Eat Vegetarian
- Steak And Salad
- Eat Healthy
- Hot Pockets
- Weird
- Catholic
- Heaven
- Jesus, Mary And Joseph
Beyond the Pale - DVD (2006)
DVD includes an additional half-hour of material not featured in Comedy Central one hour special.
Bonus Segments
- Mr. Chicago – Jim tours Chicago on day of his DVD taping.
- Eat Dinner with Jim – Enjoy a hot pocket with Jim.
- First Stand Up Performance [01.27.91] – See Jim sweat!
- How to Break Into Stand-Up Comedy – Jim plays a character with all the answers.
- A Short Cartoon of Jim.
- Jim Makes the News
DVD Tracks include several not on Comedy Central TV Special
- OPENING
- I LOVE FOOD
- PACKAGING (not on TV special)
- THE GROCERY STORE (not on TV special)
- EAT LIKE AN AMERICAN
- FOOD FAST (not on TV special)
- DELIVERY
- SPRAY CHEESE (not on TV special)
- CASE AGAINST CINNABONS (not on TV special)
- DESSERT
- CAKE
- HOLIDAYS
- PRESENTS
- EATING OUT (not on TV special)
- VEGETARIAN
- STEAK AND SALAD (not on TV special)
- EAT HEALTHY (not on TV special)
- HOT POCKETS
- FILM DIRECTOR (not on TV special)
- DOING NOTHING (not on TV special)
- EMAIL (not on TV special)
- WEIRD (not on TV special)
- CATHOLIC
- HEAVEN
- JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH
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