My wife and I both love Jim Gaffigan and have seen everything that he's ever done. I'd say 95 out of a 100 of what he puts out there is 10/10 material, and my wife and I end up sore from laughing so hard. I hate to say it, but it sounds like this special was one of those contractual obligations and only really called it in.
It wasn't the death and diarreah subject matter - we've heard countless comedians joke about that, and some are funny and some aren't. Unfortunately, the jokes just weren't funny. And oddly enough, you could tell from the audience's reaction as well because it didn't seem as if they were enjoying it either.
From about the middle to the end when he branches out and discusses his family - we thought that was good. I thought about giving this a five because it balanced out in the end, but he's so capable of 10/10 that I couldn't justify anything better than a four. Sorry, Jim.
It wasn't the death and diarreah subject matter - we've heard countless comedians joke about that, and some are funny and some aren't. Unfortunately, the jokes just weren't funny. And oddly enough, you could tell from the audience's reaction as well because it didn't seem as if they were enjoying it either.
From about the middle to the end when he branches out and discusses his family - we thought that was good. I thought about giving this a five because it balanced out in the end, but he's so capable of 10/10 that I couldn't justify anything better than a four. Sorry, Jim.