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Jim Gaffigan (born July 7, 1966 in Chesterton, Indiana) is an American stand-up comic and occasional actor. His comedy routines often include him doing the voice of a supposed audience member commenting on his performance. He often began his earlier 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 movies Super Troopers and Three Kings.

In 2006, Jim Gaffigan appeared on Comedy Central in a special titled Beyond the Pale. It aired January 29, 2006, and became available for purchase on DVD on February 7th, 2006. Beyond the Pale is Gaffigan's first DVD. This special propelled his stand-up career from comedy clubs to concerts in theatres.

In the United States, he has also appeared in Sierra Mist, Rolling Rock, and Saturn television commercials.

Gaffigan has appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien over 2 dozen times, often bringing episodes of Pale Force, a comedic short featuring a superhero duo (Gaffigan and O'Brien) and highlighting their mutual paleness.

Gaffigan currently plays Andy Franklin in the acclaimed TBS original series, My Boys.

He married actress/producer Jeannie Noth Gaffigan on July 26, 2003. They have one daughter and one son. [1] Noth Gaffigan was the executive producer for Beyond the Pale [2] and has ultimately become her husband's writing partner. [3]

Gaffigan is a friend of the Bob & Tom Show.

Contents 1 Similar Artists and Influences 2 Style Trademark 3 Discography 3.1 Luigi's Doghouse (2001, Out of Print) 3.2 Economics II (2001, Out of Print) 3.3 More Moo Moos (2003) 3.4 The Last Supper (2003) 3.5 Doing My Time (2004) 3.6 Beyond the Pale - CD (2006) 3.7 Beyond the Pale - DVD (2006) 4 See Also 5 External links

Eddie Izzard, Brian Regan, Mitch Hedberg
Influences David Letterman, Jonathan Winters

Often speaks from the point of view of audience members responding to his punchlines in a whispering voice His material is often self depricating, consisting of send ups about his skin color (pale), glasses, baldness etc.

1. Bread
2. Don't Drink/Going Out to Dinner
3. Movies/Reading/Spelling
4. Girlfriend/Sex
5. Fired/Quit Smoking
6. Hot Pocket
7. Bottled Water/Mexican Food/TV
8. Manatee
9. Walking/Directions
10. Graffiti/Cab Approach
11. Jobs/Gym/Pope
12. Hated Being Single
13. Superman
14. Slob
15. See Our House/Kids

1. Ethnic / Being Pale
2. Glasses / Vision
3. Sleep
4. Family / Dad
5. Indiana
6. Birthday / Jesus
7. Postcard
8. TV
9. Lazy
10. Technology / Umbrella
11. 1700's / Museum
12. Beauty
13. Reading in Church
14. Roscoe "The Wood Guy"
15. Coach Glacken / Heckler

1. An Interview With the Producer
2. I Am Nothing
3. Illegally Blind
4. Film Director
5. My Baby's Moma
6. Hey Good Looking
7. Intermission One
8. Speak English
9. Dumb Traveler
10. Learning to Walk
11. Baby's Grama
12. I'm a Bad Cuddler
13. Bed Time
14. I Love Spell Chek
15. Intermission Two
16. Calling From a Well
17. Yeah Right, Sea Cow
18. Crazy Jim Head
19. For the Next Joke
20. Intermission Three
21. I Love Doing Nothing
22. An Interview With a Manatee

1. The Food Network
2. Late Night Eater
3. American Eating
4. All You Can Eat
5. Cinnabon
6. I'm a Vegetarian
7. Food Critic
8. Special Menu
9. Your Waiter
10. Wine Menu
11. Appetizer
12. I Love Bread
13. From Entrée to Dessert
14. Caliente Pockets
15. Let's Talk Jesus
16. Talking to Moses
17. Respect for the Pope
18. A Letter From Peter
19. Radio Call: "Don't Talk About Jesus"
20. Interview: Part I
21. I Love Salads & Bars
22. Grocery Store
23. The Corruption of Granola
24. Interview: Part II
25. More Watery Water
26. Interview: Part III
27. Gravy and Cheese
28. Country Crock
29. The Mexican Conspiracy
30. Drinking & Chatting
31. Drunk Eating
32. Jim's Homemade Hot Dog Recipe

1. Elton John
2. Recessive Genes
3. Got Married
4. Having My Baby
5. Beautiful
6. Midwest Thang
7. Hoooot Pocket!
8. Future Pope
9. Slumberland
10. Guy With The Red Umbrella
11. Anti-Reading
12. I'm a Manatee
13. Gravy Drinker

1. Opening
2. I Love Food
3. Packaging
4. The Grocery Store
5. Eat Like An American
6. Food Fast
7. Delivery
8. Spray Cheese
9. The Case Against Cinnabons
10. Dessert
11. Cake
12. Holidays
13. Presents
14. Eat Vegetarian
15. Steak and Salad
16. Eat Healthy
17. Hot Pockets
18. Weird
19. Catholic
20. Heaven
21. Jesus, Mary and Joseph

DVD includes an additional half-hour of material not featured in Comedy Central one hour special.

Bonus Segments

1. Mr. Chicago – Jim tours Chicago on day of his DVD taping.
2. Eat Dinner with Jim – Enjoy a hot pocket with Jim.
3. First Stand Up Performance [01.27.91] – See Jim sweat!
4. How to Break Into Stand-Up Comedy – Jim plays a character with all the answers.
5. A Short Cartoon of Jim.
6. Jim Makes the News

DVD Tracks include several not on Comedy Central TV Special

1. Pre-Showtime Ritual
2. Opening
3. Love Food
4. Packaging (not on TV special)
5. Grocery Store (not on TV special)
6. Eat Like Americans
7. Fast Food (not on TV special)
8. Delivery
9. Cheese (not on TV special)
10. Cinnabon (not on TV special)
11. Dessert
12. Cake
13. Holidays
14. Presents
15. Eating Out (not on TV special)
16. Vegetarian
17. Steak N Salad (not on TV special)
18. Eat Healthy (not on TV special)
19. Hot Pockets
20. Film Director (not on TV special)
21. Do Nothing (not on TV special)
22. Email (not on TV special)
23. Weird (not on TV special)
24. Catholic
25. Heaven
26. Jesus, Mary N Joseph

• Hot Pockets
• Bacon

• JimGaffigan.com
• Jim Gaffigan at the Internet Movie Database
• TV Tome
• Jim Gaffigan at MySpace
• Pale Force episodes at NBC.com
• Interview from July 2006