Jim Gaffigan Tells All

The Last Laugh

The Daily Beast

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4.6 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2019

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

One of the most successful stand-up comedians of all time, Jim Gaffigan just became the first comic to premiere a special with Amazon Prime Video. Quality Time, Gaffigan’s seventh hour-long special to date, finds the comedian getting back to basics like his weight and an inordinate number of horse jokes after dealing with his wife and writing partner Jeannie’s harrowing medical scare last year. In the episode, Jim opens up about that experience and explains why he’d rather make jokes about brain tumors than President Trump. He also weighs in on David Letterman, Ellen DeGeneres, Aziz Ansari, Louis C.K., Bill O’Reilly, the Pope and a lot more.

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0:00.0	I've always talked about my weight and my stand-up, but in the past, after shows, if I ran into audience members, they'd be like, Jim, you're not that fat. You're not that fat. But now after shows, people are like, good show.
0:12.0	Hello, and welcome to The Last Laugh. I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast. My guest this week is the one and only Jim Gaffigan.
0:21.4	I've been a fan of his for as long as I can remember.
0:24.6	Before we get to Jim, I want to remind everyone to please leave a rating and review on this
0:29.3	podcast, on Apple Podcast.
0:31.3	It really helps people find the show.
0:33.2	You can let us know who your favorite guest has been so far.
0:36.0	Is there anyone that you really want to see on the show?
0:38.2	And just any other comments or questions you might have.
0:41.4	So this past weekend, Jim Gaffigan released his seventh hour-long special quality time on Amazon.
0:48.6	It's that streaming service's first big play into the stand-up world and an attempt to challenge Netflix's dominance.
0:55.1	So it'll be interesting to see how that all plays out.
0:57.6	We talked about Jim's decision to work with Amazon, how he got started in comedy,
1:02.3	and he also weighed in a bit on Aziz Ansari's comeback and why it might not be so easy for Louis C.K.
1:07.9	to do the same.
1:09.3	Keep listening to our interview for a pretty incredible story towards the end
1:12.6	about the time he appeared on Fox News with Bill O'Reilly.
1:16.0	So let's get to it. This is me and Jim Gaffigan.
1:20.4	Are you just out in L.A. doing press stuff?
1:24.3	Press for them that follow.
1:28.0	Yeah.
1:29.0	And then, you know, back to doing shows.
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