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Jim Gaffigan


Born
in Elgin, Illinois, The United States
July 07, 1966

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Comedy/humor


Jim Gaffigan was born in Elgin, Illinois, and raised in Chesterton, Indiana. He attended La Lumiere School in La Porte, Indiana. He is the youngest of six children and often jokes about growing up in a large family. He attended Purdue University for one year, where he was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. He graduated from Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business in 1988. After graduating, Gaffigan moved to NYC to work in advertising, taking improv classes at night. His comedy career began when a friend bet him to do stand-up.

He is married to actress Jeannie Noth, with whom he has two daughters, Marre and Katie Louise, and three sons, Jack, Michael, and Patrick. The family of seven live in a two-bedroom apartment in Ne ...more

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Average rating: 3.76 · 114,780 ratings · 12,765 reviews · 17 distinct works • Similar authors
Dad Is Fat
3.78 avg rating — 81,169 ratings — published 2013 — 27 editions
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Food: A Love Story
3.72 avg rating — 33,127 ratings — published 2014 — 20 editions
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Quality Time
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Beyond the Pale
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Noble Ape
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Obsessed
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Cinco
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Jim Gaffigan: Pale Tourist
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Doing My Time
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Jim Gaffigan: Cinco
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“We are all a little weird. And we like to think that there is always someone weirder. I mean, I am sure some of you are looking at me and thinking, “Well, at least I am not as weird as you,” and I am thinking, “Well, at least I am not as weird as the people in the loony bin,” and the people in the loony bin are thinking, “Well, at least I am an orange”.”
― Jim Gaffigan
tags: funny, humor, weird
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“I love sleep. I need sleep. We all do, of course. There are those people that don't need sleep. I think they're called 'successful.”
― Jim Gaffigan, Dad Is Fat
tags: humor, sleep
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“There were times in my life when I had one thing to do all day, but I still couldn’t get to it. “I gotta go to the post office, but I’d probably have to put on pants. And they’re only open till five. Looks like I’m going to have to do that next week.”
― Jim Gaffigan, Dad Is Fat
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