104. Jim Gaffigan: Dark Comedy from the Cleanest Comedian

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out podcast

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4.8 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Mike met Jim Gaffigan in 1997 when he cold-called Jim’s New York City landline. Jim appeared as a guest on Working It Out in 2021 and now, between touring with Jerry Seinfeld, releasing his 10th comedy special “Dark Pale,” and raising money for the Georgetown Scholars Program, Jim sits down with Mike in-studio for his second Working It Out chat. The old friends go deeper as they work out material and discuss how Jim actually *doesn’t* like hot pockets, what item of clothing comedians should never wear, and why being married to a comedian is like having a roommate who is a conspiracy theorist. Please consider donating to The Georgetown Scholars Program: https://gsp.georgetown.edu/

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0:00.0	You and Seinfeld, I feel like touring together.
0:02.7	It's a little bit of a monopoly.
0:04.6	I feel like the government should break it up.
0:06.4	You're taking comedy audiences.
0:08.1	You're touring as a double bell.
0:10.1	You're taking comedy audiences
0:11.8	and there's nothing left for the rest of us.
0:14.8	Oh my gosh, well, obviously that's you're being nice,
0:18.4	but it is one of those things where Jerry had brought it up
0:22.9	before the pandemic.
0:24.2	He's like, why don't we do a couple of shows together?
0:26.6	I'm like, yeah, sure, sure.
0:27.9	On that tour, will you pick his brain about comedy?
0:30.4	Oh my gosh, that's all we'll talk about.
0:32.7	Well, we meet up all the time and do a show
0:35.4	and then we'll talk for two hours about stand-up.
0:38.6	That's interesting.
0:39.4	Yeah, and because I think he is the guru.
0:42.3	Yeah, he's the sagirties of comedy.
0:44.1	He is.
0:50.1	That is the voice of the great Jim Gaffigan.
0:53.0	Welcome to Working It Out.
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