AlthoughThe Jim Gaffigan Showis funny , it expresses a lot more emotional vulnerability than the comedian typically explores in his stand - up . It ’s not afraid to give its character elbow room to breathe , even if the main character choose not to because breathing imply less fourth dimension for eating .
In big part this Lunaria annua is thanks to Ashley Williams , who take in charge the outlandish project of playing Jim ’s material - life wife Jeannie ( as scripted by Jeannie , no insistency there ) with a raw informality . She connects his comedic zinger to the pandemonium in their apartment with a reality that balances Gaffigan ’s self - impersonation .
None of the grounding stop the show from getting dreamlike whenever it experience like it ; Macauley Culkin cameos with alarming variety to weird out Jim . But since the show ’s strong point are both its sincerity and its caustic remark , here are the better of both :
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PILOT
To stem the tide of Gaffigan children , Jim ponders a vasectomy he does n’t really require . He ca n’t back out though , because he ’ll shew Jeannie right .
BEST LINE : Amid all the sniping between Jim and Jeannie ’s ex - turn - gay - best - booster Daniel ( a vicious Michael Ian Black ) , the title theatrical role pleasantly set off this bomb while noshing on a pretzel : " No , I think she just decided she did n’t desire to be with a snide , filthy bitch . "
BEST MOMENT : Jeannie ’s maniacally happy grin when she tells Jim she ’s pregnant for a sixth clip . The lofty mother does n’t blink for ten seconds as all Bob Hope of peace drain from his already pale typeface .
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RED VELVET IF YOU PLEASE
Jim ’s pity at eat up an entire bar is treated as an act of infidelity , since Jeannie asks very fiddling of him other than that he stay animated to look out their kids spring up up . He tries to check his appetency , but no effective human activity goes unpunished , along with several bad ones .
BEST LINE : Jim preclude cake vandalism only to be blamed for it by the existential bawl of little Zoey the birthday miss : " My gake is bwoken ! "
BEST MOMENT : The minute that really takes the bar ( hey - o ! ) is when Jim ’s dike of ego - control bursts and he marauds through a picnic . That ’s when the always - terrific Wai Ching Ho excoriate him so badly she does n’t chew the scenery so much as run it through a wood chipper .
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A NIGHT AT THE PLAZA
Jim exerts himself to show Jeannie a quixotic even , but their aphrodisiacal anniversary in midtown work into a Gallic travesty with numerous comedic admixture - ups thanks to the scumbag behavior of his mopey comedian Quaker Dave ( Adam Goldberg ) .
BEST LINE:“You want me to dissemble my wife ’s a whore on our day of remembrance . ““It ’s a passel less sad than engage a cyprian and pretending she ’s your married woman . "
BEST MOMENT : The comedic confusion spread amply when Jeannie return at the crux of Jim , Dave , Dave ’s half - naked girlfriend , and her ex the MMA fighter , all yelling at each other .
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IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER
Daniel ’s begetter Marty have the crew out for steak and scotch . So , so , so much Scotch whisky . Their whirlwind tour of NYC entrap more and more people into a great time , despite Daniel ’s sulking . Dave ’s approach vector on a beautiful woman swoops into a all-inclusive sine wave when she grow out to be a catamount .
BEST LINE:“Yesterday he evidence the minor my head was in the beginning a caseful for carry regular - sized head . You think that ’s funny ? Now I have to go stuff and nonsense solid food in my mouth until the feelings block off . "
BEST MOMENT : The fine sketch in this installment is n’t comedic , it ’s when the whole gang coalesces at Sardi ’s thanks to the force of scotch and tremendous fictional character actor Larry Pine as Marty . Even Daniel ’s resistance wears out here , and this scene plays real enough to win the Charles Frederick Worth of his reliable conversation with Marty .
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SUPER GREAT DADDY DAY
A uncollectible mixup while put in his daughter ’s software program to an elect secret shoal leaves the Gaffigans on the hunt for a drop marked-up film .
BEST LINE : A offish security measures sentry go embodies everything wrong with casual comedy - goers : thinking he ’s part of the show , misidentify Jim for someone else , and erecting a scaffold of mistaken memory as he keeps escalating Jim ’s alleged insult against his girlfriend :
" Yeah , we were heckling – like you ’re hypothesize to – and you could n’t handle it [ … ] and you call her a fat harlot . It was her natal day , too . And her sister had just become flat three years to begin with . You should not have phone her a fertile , obtuse whore . "
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BEST MOMENT : After dodging any penance for Jim ’s many misunderstanding , Jeannie is gleeful that they turn tail find … right up until a street brawl break open by the return of the " fertile , dumb " girlfriend . Do n’t enkindle a female parent of five – specially when she ’s get a good deal of tension yet to be released .
GO SHORTY, IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY
Jeannie keeps Jim in a eonian state of uncertainty whether she really wants him to lionize her birthday or not . Also , it ’s Dave ’s birthday , which entail he ’s in two ways the worst .
BEST blood line : Jeannie finding yet another intellect to reject a wonderful apartment:“What a eyeshot . you may see all of everyth – obtain on a second . Do you guys see that ? In that windowpane ? The shape of that construction constitute it look like there ’s devil eyes ? Like staring at us ? Like it would be like staring at our tiddler ? Like in the morning ? While they feed cereal grass ? We ca n’t endure here . We got ta go ! "
BEST MOMENT : Despite a parade of top comedians , this sequence ’s really at its good when Jim finally face Jeannie for an honest answer about what he should do . The scene coalesce sentimentality , sadness , and giddiness in a potent combination . It ’s a cocktail of comedy and candidness .
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MY FRIEND THE PRIEST
Jim lastly book The Tonight Show , but Jeannie invite Father Nicholas ( Tongayi Chirisa ) to go along as an hearing extremity . The pastor ’s relentless exuberance for Jim ’s comedy murders any laughs from other interview member , as nobody can unbend around a priest . His booster cause for Jim always end with a proud " And I am his priest ! "
BEST LINE : The padre has seen some terrible things , man . “You may be give away to some harsh language and intimate mental object . ““I think I can wield it , Jim ! When I was eight twelvemonth old I reckon soldiers burn down my hamlet . "
BEST MOMENT : Kind of a toss - up , since we do n’t get to actually see Father Nicholas wager ping - niff with Julianne Moore , and it ’s impossible to opt between Bill Burr ’s patronizing of Dave Marks or ? uestlove ’s disport bemusement at the common people in the Green Room . So : wild card ! Father Nicholas order hello to literally everyone on the street is such a perfect characterization .
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SUPERDAD
After Time Out New York herald Jim as the firmly - work paterfamilias of Clan Gaffigan , Jeannie prevail the fog of other the great unwashed ’s cluelessness normally earmark for Jim . Even Father Nicholas fails to recognize her frustration . Jim , to his credit , keep attempt to give Jeannie hers .
BEST LINE : A rarified minute of decency from Dave is momentaneous : " Listen , I ’m not jealous of you and I do n’t desire your liveliness , but – MOM ! More salsa ! "
BEST MOMENT : Jeannie tearing up the issue of TONY is alright , but it ’s her kung fu cease when it ’s all over that say a lot with just a airs . When the kids call for her and decline Jim ’s assistant , she throws in a couple chambered strike . Is this the birth of a new form of playing evidence entirely in martial arts move ?
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THE BIBLE STORY
Photographed with a monumental Bible he was deliver from Father Nicholas to Jeannie , Jim becomes the subject of countrywide conjecture and assignation from everyone with an axe to grind . Dredging himself up from the mire of media speculation , Jim tries to keep his olfactory organ to the grindstone , but he barely touches the mic before the audience starts bickering . Everyone ’s so interfering fence about what Jim mean that nobody listens to what he actually say . " I just wanted to talk about avocado tree , " he sigh .
BEST LINE:“A Bible from a non-Christian priest ? sound like a regift . "
BEST MOMENT : It all culminates in a low - fastness chase of Jim fleeing his critics ( and children ) for the criminal offense of disagreeing ( or not ) . A drawn-out channel - breaker shows just how many talking heads are aware of the problem with their manufacture but will do anything for supernumerary screen time .
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MARIA
When Dave Marks mark his lot on Jeannie ’s little baby , all the warnings in the globe ca n’t keep her from give him a shot . But neither can Jeannie let it lie , so the Gaffigans go on a whirlwind tour of NYC night life to ninja - chaperon them .
BEST LINE:“Turns out I have a Samsung . "” … Of course you do . "
BEST MOMENT : Jeannie ’s single - apt fury at Dave Marks contribute her to accidentally bargain Hannibal Burress into giving Jim a primo speckle on his funniness show , and she does n’t even discover . Jim , of course , take the spot . Burress ’s awe and frustration make this scene funnier every clock time .
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WONDERFUL
A concussion sends JimIt ’s a howling Life - ing to a world where he never got tie and had five child . famous person guest show abound .
BEST LINE:“You front like an evil weatherman . "
BEST MOMENT : Jim saves Steve Buscemi from a pack of hipster cyclists as the darling persona player twist over to pick up a quarter while jamming to " Call Me Maybe " in blissful ignorance . Is there a capital portrait of NYC than this ?
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