Jim Gaffigan on Donald Trump’s Unorthodox Comedic Style
The Last Laugh
The Daily Beast
4.6 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 5 December 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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The Last Laugh listeners, please enjoy this excerpt from the latest episode of The Daily Beast's new podcast! Comedian Jim Gaffigan reflects on the surreal experience of performing at the Al Smith Dinner, describing Donald Trump’s unorthodox comedic style as “performing on his heels” and surprisingly “killing the entire time.” Gaffigan also jokes about parenting his five kids: “Every Monday morning is kind of a surprise for them. Like, ’What? There’s school?’”
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| 0:00.0 | Hello! Just dropping in here to share an excerpt from the newest episode of The Daily Beast podcast, |
| 0:07.0 | hosted by the Daily Beast's chief creative and content officer Joanna Coles and late-night legend Samantha B. |
| 0:13.8 | Want to hear more? Subscribe to the Daily Beast podcast wherever you're listening to this podcast, |
| 0:18.5 | to catch a new episode every Thursday. |
| 0:21.3 | We're thrilled to be joined by this week's Beast of the Week. |
| 0:25.2 | Jim Gaffergan, comedian, actor, writer, producer, and the king of clean comedy. |
| 0:32.3 | His material ranges from fatherhood and the smirths to Religion and Pat Sejek. |
| 0:38.0 | He's a two times New York Times bestselling author, three times Emmy winner, |
| 0:42.6 | and seven times Grammy nominee for his numerous comedy specials. |
| 0:48.1 | And right now he's got a new special called The Skinny. |
| 0:51.6 | It's on Hulu. |
| 0:52.5 | It's his 11th special. Oh my God. You look. Okay. First of all, |
| 0:57.0 | Jim, I'm so happy to see you. And Joanna, you look very polished. It's, I'm in the dark. I'm in the dark. |
| 1:04.2 | That's why it looks glowing. It's 5 a.m. in L.A. Yeah. I think it's actually 3 a.m. in L.A. |
| 1:10.6 | I have so many questions for you, too. |
| 1:13.6 | So, like, when Trump puts you at jail, do you get to pick the jail you go to? |
| 1:19.0 | Well, we were going to ask you the same thing. |
| 1:23.1 | We're all going to jail. |
| 1:25.2 | But public is like, don't talk about politics. |
| 1:29.7 | Enjoy these last few months. |
| 1:32.0 | I think I'm going to be fine, but like it's going to be interesting, right? |
| 1:37.1 | Well, I mean, Jim, you started off the Al Smith dinner by saying good evening rich people. |
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