Jim Gaffigan: Quality Time

Normally this guy has me in stitches. I've been a fan for years. I saw him live a few years ago and he was amazing. But this one just feels lazy to me. Don't get me wrong, some of it is pretty good... but for every good moment there seems to be several moments of sub par (compared to his normal genius) filler. My buddy put it perfect - a lot of dad-joke quality material here.

I see there are a few disatisfied fans with this show, people complaining about the audience not having real fun, fake laughter and so on. My question is Does that really matters if the audience had fun or not? It's just about if you had fun or not, the rest isn't important. I had a lot of fun watching Quality Time so I really can't complain. This was the third show that I watched from Jim Gaffigan. After Mr. Universe (2012) and Noble Ape (2018) I was expecting the same kind of humor and that's exactly what I got. Jim has an unique way to bring his jokes, talking to the audience with questions, making his silly voices, it's all very entertaining and funny. I'm a fan of Jim Gaffigan. He's the kind of comedian I wouldn't mind paying to see him perform. There are a lot of stand-up comedians nowadays and he stands out.

Granted there was a bit borrowed from Carlin, which I shouldn't even say cause literally who cares and what is he supposed to not talk about it merely because another comic mentioned it several decades ago? Regardless, and I can't say this vehemently enough - his stand up is utterly seamless and he does it all in a manner suited for practically any age, well I mean ok I did say practically. Simply put - its funny, very funny and I actually laughed several times so do yourself a favor and brighten your day

I really enjoyed this show. He did several different voices, which was good. He went pretty fast from one joke to another, so it felt like he was really maintaining a pace. I like the faster pace of the jokes in this special.

Gaffigan really unleashed some interesting themes that he kept moving forward, like the appendix and the bear. The horse theme was funny. I enjoyed this special a lot.

One thing others mentioned is the laugh track that seems to be in all of his specials, and I blame cheap production values for that. I think that instead of putting microphones all over the theatre to get audience reaction, the whole show is taped in front of a live audience and then Gaffigan does the whole show in a studio where his voice is synced to the live video, and the audience laughter is added in. That is just cheap production by his producers. We have all seen live shows were they manage to get the comic's voice crisp and clear, and the live audience reactions are also clear. I cannot take points off from Gaffigan because of the bad production values.

Gaffigan is one of the most reliably hilarious comedians out there. He has several specials out and this is as good as any of them.

He also works clean. It's nice to be able to show my kids a comedian without being worried about content.