E49. Jim Gaffigan Is Trying to Save America

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🗓️ 20 September 2019

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Summary

Comedian and actor Jim Gaffigan stops by to discuss the long and painful journey to a career in the entertainment industry, from studying finance at Georgetown, to taking improv classes so he can overcome his fear of speaking in meetings at the advertising agency where he worked, to falling in love with stand-up and watching everyone else in his comedy class find success before he did. Jim talks why failure is such a great teacher, getting lost in other people’s expectations, the creepy thing about doing press, and why he doesn’t want power. In his new movie, American Dreamer, he gets the chance to play against type with a complex character in a disturbing thriller, and he shares how he could relate to the delusions of his character, the American fantasy of the “quick fix,” and the rewards of being able to explore a dark character. He and Bridget marvel at Joe Rogan’s abilities, commiserate over the repressed rage of comedians, and reflect that more dangerous than cancel culture, is the growing trend of leaving people out of the discussion altogether. Full transcript available here: WiW49-JimGaffigan-Transcript

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to this Podcast One production.
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0:08.3	This is Walk-In's Welcome with Bridget Petacy.
0:10.9	I'm Bridget Petacy, I'm Bridget Petacy and you are welcome. You know the drill.
0:25.0	the drill.
0:27.0	Please subscribe, rate, comment, share, reach out, tell your friends, send smoke signals, whatever.
0:32.0	We love your feedback and we want to hear from you.
0:35.0	This week I am very excited to welcome Jim Gaffigan.
0:39.1	He is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer.
0:43.5	Jim has co-created and starred in a TV-land television series based on his life
0:48.0	called the Jim Gaffigan show.
0:49.8	He collaborates extensively with his wife,
0:51.9	actress Jeannie Gaffiganigan and together they have five children.
0:56.3	The independent film in which he has a more dramatic role, American Dreamer, opens for limited release
1:02.3	September 20th.
1:03.7	Jim is hilarious and I feel like I don't even need to introduce him but maybe you've never heard of
1:08.7	him and if you haven't go check out his comedy because he is one of the funniest men in the business.
1:15.0	Guess who we have guys, Jim Gaffigan, in the studio.
1:19.0	It's an honor to be here.
1:20.0	It's an honor to have you.
1:22.0	All right, I got to go. Is it okay? I'll be back in six months.
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