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Monday, November 12, 2012

King Baby (Comedy Central, 2009) by Jim Gaffigan

This is a great album.  It has everything that has made Gaffigan one of the most noteworthy comics in the last decade.  It has his "voice," his humorous everyman observations, as well as more classic humor about food.  "Bacon", "Bowling", and "Camping" are all excellent bits.  And the album, as whole, has no filler.  It does run a bit long, but that's okay.  It entertaining all the way through.  Another thing I like about this album, as well as all of Gaffigan's other releases, is that it doesn't have skits that divide the stand-up.

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Mr. Universe (Comedy Central, 2012) by Jim Gaffigan

Jim Gaffigan's eighth album is very funny, but not as good as his previous two releases.  But don't get me wrong, I think his routines about Disney, hotel pools and working out are great.  Gaffigan's humor about food is still there too, "McDonald's" is especially good, but "Subway" seems to lose some steam and "Domino's Pizza" focuses on a particular dish the same way that Patton Oswalt did with KFC years earlier.  And where his previous sets ended on a high note, this one seemed to gradually conclude.  This is still a good album, and Jim Gaffigan is still a great comedian.  However, this will probably not be remembered as his magnum opus.