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An American comedian who appeared in various commercials and films before rising to national popularity in the late 2000's. [[Jim Gaffigan]] released his first album, ''Luigi's Doghouse'', in 2001. ''King Baby'', his seventh album (released in 2009), spawned a popular Comedy Central special. 

Gaffigan's routines commonly focus on aspects of everyday life, the most prominent of which are [[Big Eater|eating]] and being lazy. Gaffigan also includes frequent high-pitched asides, meant to represent a hypothetical, easily-offended audience member. (Rumor has it that these are based on his sister-in-law's reactions.)

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* [[Big Eater]]: As stated above, he often references his love for food. His album ''Beyond the Pale'' consists ''almost entirely'' of food-related jokes.
* [[A Birthday, Not a Break]]: Jim Gaffigan has a routine where he says how there's so much pressure in our culture to have a good time on our birthday, so that we whine when we aren't given a break on that day.
{{quote|'''Jim''': I can't believe I gotta go to work on my ''birthday''. I can't believe I have to do laundry on my ''birthday''. [[Punch Line|I can't believe I have to pay for sex on my ''birthday''!]]}}
* [[But Not Too White]]: A major portion of Jim's act is making fun of his own extremely pale skin.
* [[Censorship by Spelling]]: "I always feel dumb. It doesn't help that my wife spells everything in front of the kids."
{{quote|"Don't tell the kids about the I-C-E-C-R-E-A-M"
"...([[Beat]])...[[I Thought It Meant|Who's in the emergency room]]? And why do I [[Subliminal Advertising|want a Dilly Bar]]?" }}
* [[Content Warnings]]: He feels that Hot Pockets should come with a warning label that states "Warning: You just bought Hot Pockets! Hope you're drunk or heading home to a trailer! You hillbilly, enjoy the next NASCAR event!"
{{quote|'''Hypothetical Audience Member:''' Hey, I ''like'' NASCAR! He's a jerk.}}
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Defictionalization]]: Jim Gaffigan once made a joke about how there will one day be a bacon hamburger with two doughnuts instead of buns, and that someone in the audience will probably think it's a brilliant idea and make one. Meet the [[wikipedia:Luther Burger|Luther Burger]]
* [[Food Porn]]: He comments on how [[Food Network]]'s like porn when you're hungry.
{{quote|"What are you watching?"
"Uhh, uhh, Food Network."
"Well, why are your pants off?"
"...I like food...a lot." }}
** He takes it one step further when he points out that packaging is like clothing for food.
{{quote|(''seductively'') "What you wearing there, cookies?"}}
* [[Glasses Pull]]: Jim has a routine about generals in '50s B-Movies dramatically removing glasses and saying "My ''God''... I can't see a thing without these. That's probably why I wear them..."
* [[Gratuitous Spanish]]
* [[Hilarious Outtakes]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dks1cqQZnqg Here's] a blooper reel from Gaffigan's Saturn commercials.
* [[I Was Told There Would Be Cake]]: Jim loves cake.
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: All. The. Time.
{{quote|'''Jim:''' I went camping recently...for this next joke...}}
* [[Memetic Molester]]: [[Invoked Trope]]. Plays this angle up and has the hypothetical audience member react this way. 
* [[Metaphorgotten]]: He manages one that still somehow makes perfect sense, when describing his experience of having a fourth kid: "Imagine you're drowning, and someone hands you a baby."
* [[One-Hit Wonder]]: He feels he still has to perform his [[Self-Demonstrating Article|popular]] Hot Pockets bit to satisfy his fans.
* [[Overly Long Gag]]: [[Lampshaded]] several times, as in this bit:
{{quote|'''Hypothetical Audience Member:''' That's ''got'' to be the end of the bacon jokes.
''Jim proceeds to [[Kick the Dog|tell more bacon jokes]]''

'''Hypothetical Audience Member:''' If he tells another cake joke, I'm gonna kill 'im.
'''Jim:''' Enough about cake. Pie! }}
** We can't forget his Hot Pocket routine. At some point, the joke becomes the fact that he's still talking about Hot Pockets.
* [[Screw the Rules, I'm Beautiful]]: Jim has a bit where he points out that life is easier when you're attractive. "If a stranger smiles at you and they're attractive, you think 'Oh, they're nice'. But if an ugly person smiles at you, you think 'What do they want?'."
* [[Screw Yourself]]: In one joke Jim says that he couldn't go through childbirth [[Captain Obvious|because he doesn't have a uterus]] but also because he couldn't have sex with a man. Unless it looked like him. "Some Jim on Jim action" indeed.
* [[Self-Deprecation]]: Constantly makes fun of himself, particular his pale skin.
** Frequently pokes fun at Christian traditions and beliefs, despite being a practicing Catholic.
** Plus of course all the Hot Pockets junk-food jokes, then goes on about his love of bacon. Might double as [[Hypocritical Humor]].
** Also his frequenting of [[McDonald's]]. "I love the awkward silence that always follows that statement."
* [[Take That]]: In his "King Baby" special: Waffle House, Dunkin' Donuts.

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