Clean-mouthed comedian Gaffigan—best known for his riffs on Hot Pockets, McDonald's, and bacon—lived by himself for more than 13 years before getting married and fathering five children who now reside with him and his wife, Jeannie, in a two-bedroom New York City apartment. What began as a series of tweets about the everyday chaos of this self-professed loner's life has now become Gaffigan's hilarious first book. In 60 short chapters that read like stand-up bits, the comedian shares his insights on being the youngest of six kids in a Catholic family and explains why adults are really just "giant toddlers." He covers everything actual toddlers love, from candy to cousins, mocks preschool and nut allergies in three swift paragraphs, and explains why he and Jeannie opted for five home births as well as how they are raising so many kids in a such a tiny living space. Occasionally, Gaffigan feels the need to explain his jokes, but he needn't worry, as this laugh-out-loud collection also is one of the most honest and endearing portrayals of fatherhood penned by a contemporary comedian. The inclusion of dozens of photographs featuring Gaffigan's adorable family furthers the personal touch. 50 b&w photos. (May)
While the jury is out on whether dad jokes are ever funny to anyone but the dad making them, we can all recognize how important it is for a father—facing down all the financial, physical, and emotional stresses of parenthood—to keep his sense of humor. With that in mind, here are five funny books about […]
Jim Gaffigan is a food-loving, kid-raising, everyman comic—if, that is, your average everyman’s musings about Hot Pockets could get millions of views on YouTube. Gaffigan is hilarious on fatherhood (see: Dad Is Fat), he’s hilarious on TV shows and movies (see: Flight of the Conchords and It’s Kind of a Funny Story), and now he’s circling […]
Jim Gaffigan wants you to know he’s not a foodie. The comedian and author of New York Times bestseller Dad Is Fat is a self-proclaimed “eatie”—and he’s taken his affinity for food to hilarious new heights in his new book Food: A Love Story. In this collection of food-related essays, Gaffigan oscillates between self-deprecation and incisive observation as […]
It’s kinda fun liking something a lot of other people like. We call it popular culture for a reason, right? Popularity is 50 percent of the whole concept. (In some cases, this idea backfires and we end up with America’s Next Top Fetus or Celebrity CAT Scans, but let’s try not to focus on the dark […]
I think many of us (long-suffering waitresses aside) will agree that dads can be pretty funny. And that humor, for better or for worse, is definitely absorbed by their young, impressionable kids. My own father has always appreciated a good pun, and at this point pun-lore is so ingrained in me that when the opportunity […]