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(Deadline) Amusing Break out the Hoooooooooooot Pockets: NBC buys comedy created by and starring Jim Gaffigan   (deadline.com) divider line 79
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2011-10-26 08:44:03 PM
I hope the guy/gal running the larf track volume knob is the highest paid guy/gal on the set.
 
2011-10-26 08:47:40 PM
It's a tortilla with cheese meat or vegetable.

-Oh a network sitcom? I predict predictable jokes, watered down humor and absolutely nothing remotely close to what Jim G would want to present to the audience.

See how Louis does it? That's how it should be done

Oh my god, so i went and read the article.... THE FARK
...lazy man, married to a strong woman... really.. AGAIN??

can we get Ralph MUTHAFARKING GOD DAMN KRAMDEN back please? Give me a man that.. i dunno, acts like a farking man. The first 2 lines of dialogue in this new show ought to go like this:

Wife: *loudly shouts at Jim while on the phone* Jim, I told you already, take the garbage out!
Jim: You've walked by it 3 times in the last 10 minutes while slouching around the house, blabbering on the phone to your shrilly friend Jane about PTA nonsense. You see I'm busy, take it out yourself, hell, you could use the exercise you harpy.

or...if they insist on him being a doormat and lazy..

Wife: Jim, you need to clean up the house and do some work around here
Jim: what you gonna do, divorce me? Haha.. please. I am the one with the money, I make the rules, I have the solid pre-nup, don't like it, get out. Oh, you're not leaving are you? Good, now shuddap and blow me.
-then the wife, like a good little whore, blows him and his friends while they play NHL 12-

The critics/audience won't know wtf to think. I guarantee episode 2 has the highest ratings ever. Then.. with all the negative press (and let's face it, every asshole with a blog will write about it after ep 1).. sell ad space to companies that refuse to emasculate the man in their commercials. People will be lined up to watch episode 2.. viewership through the roof.

*flash to a commercial where the husband wants to golf on a beautiful Saturday..but the wife wants him to help her plant flowers. They show the weather report and it calls for 84 on Saturday.. 65 and wind on Sunday*
He says he'll do it on Sunday when the weather is cooler..She tells him he has to do the work or else..
he says "F off whore"
and drives away in his new F-150
-large bold letters flash across the screen-
"Ford, for real men"
 
2011-10-26 08:54:09 PM
Boy he sure is a pale fella. I had no idea he was gonna be so pale.
 
2011-10-26 08:54:35 PM
hot pockets
 
2011-10-26 09:17:17 PM
Caliente pockets
 
KoC
2011-10-26 09:18:07 PM
Did someone say Hot Pockets?

i32.tinypic.com
 
2011-10-26 09:23:54 PM
You don't use mayonnaise? Why? Are you addicted to mayonnaise? Is it OK if I use mayonnaise?
 
2011-10-26 09:26:34 PM
Gonna use my toilet belt to extract my God pocket from the toilet.
 
2011-10-26 09:27:49 PM
This is going to seriously suck. Louis CK took a couple tries to get his brilliant show and Gaffigan ain't no Louis CK.
 
2011-10-26 09:31:41 PM
ichiban: This is going to seriously suck. Louis CK took a couple tries to get his brilliant show and Gaffigan ain't no Louis CK.

True, however I think you are looking at it wrong. Jim is the perfect typical lame sitcom dad archetype. Will it be ground breaking television? No. But it should be a damn good sitcom.
 
2011-10-26 09:35:31 PM
What's the over/under on this getting canceled before the fourth episode?
 
2011-10-26 09:36:38 PM
shanrick: hot pockets

Is that his only joke? It sounds like he is telling the same joke over and over...
 
2011-10-26 09:38:00 PM
This sort of schtick might have worked in the Home Improvement era of formulaic, bland sitcoms, but thankfully TV somehow managed to evolve in the past decade.
 
2011-10-26 09:38:48 PM
Gaffigan sucks. I hate Dane Cook and I'm glad he's pretty much disappeared...but at least Cook has a personallity.

Gaffigan is like watching an underage sex slave fark. Completely dead to the world.
 
2011-10-26 09:38:58 PM
Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired: What's the over/under on this getting canceled before the fourth episode?

Gone in one season.

Book it. Done.
 
2011-10-26 09:39:04 PM
Now it's so small I don't even hear myself saying it.
 
2011-10-26 09:40:13 PM
my back hurts
 
2011-10-26 09:45:47 PM
BY............... MENNEN!
 
2011-10-26 09:48:00 PM
fatalvenom: Gaffigan sucks. I hate Dane Cook and I'm glad he's pretty much disappeared...but at least Cook has a personallity.

Gaffigan is like watching an underage sex slave fark. Completely dead to the world.




Holy shiat. I don't think there is another person on the planet that I loathe more than you.
 
2011-10-26 09:50:18 PM
fatalvenom: Gaffigan sucks. I hate Dane Cook and I'm glad he's pretty much disappeared...but at least Cook has a personallity.

Gaffigan is like watching an underage sex slave fark. Completely dead to the world.


i.qkme.me
 
2011-10-26 09:50:30 PM
Starring Owen Wilson as a bland strip of bacon
 
2011-10-26 09:50:46 PM
Katalyst: fatalvenom: Gaffigan sucks. I hate Dane Cook and I'm glad he's pretty much disappeared...but at least Cook has a personallity.

Gaffigan is like watching an underage sex slave fark. Completely dead to the world.



Holy shiat. I don't think there is another person on the planet that I loathe more than you.


Honestly, Katalyst, you forgot about Morrissey.

Think it through before you say things...
 
2011-10-26 10:01:13 PM
i liked gaffigan's standup. wish he could have gotten Pale Force into a series. too bad nbc screwed everything up.
 
2011-10-26 10:01:58 PM
I do want you to feel comfortable...and that's why I'd like to talk to you about Jesus.

/He'd better not
 
2011-10-26 10:03:48 PM
thumbnails.hulu.com

Meow, WHAT is so funny?
 
2011-10-26 10:16:15 PM
You ever been asleep at night, and you're awakened by a noise, and you're convinced there's someone breaking into your house and they're gonna kill ya? But instead of getting up, you just go back to bed.
"Oh what is that a murderer? I gotta get some sleep, can't kill me if I'm asleep!"
That'd be embarrassing, you get to heaven
"Hey, how'd you die?"
"Oh me? I was too lazy to get out of bed. Yeah, I heard the guy in the kitchen and I thought I had an hour."
 
2011-10-26 10:19:53 PM
TFA says the show's going to be a single-camera deal, which gives me a sliver of hope that it will not be formulaic pap. I'm a big Gaffigan fan, so for now I'm going to cling to that sliver, thankyouverymuch.
 
2011-10-26 10:28:20 PM
Dr.Knockboots: It's a tortilla with cheese meat or vegetable.

-Oh a network sitcom? I predict predictable jokes, watered down humor and absolutely nothing remotely close to what Jim G would want to present to the audience.

See how Louis does it? That's how it should be done

Oh my god, so i went and read the article.... THE FARK
...lazy man, married to a strong woman... really.. AGAIN??

can we get Ralph MUTHAFARKING GOD DAMN KRAMDEN back please? Give me a man that.. i dunno, acts like a farking man. The first 2 lines of dialogue in this new show ought to go like this:

Wife: *loudly shouts at Jim while on the phone* Jim, I told you already, take the garbage out!
Jim: You've walked by it 3 times in the last 10 minutes while slouching around the house, blabbering on the phone to your shrilly friend Jane about PTA nonsense. You see I'm busy, take it out yourself, hell, you could use the exercise you harpy.

or...if they insist on him being a doormat and lazy..

Wife: Jim, you need to clean up the house and do some work around here
Jim: what you gonna do, divorce me? Haha.. please. I am the one with the money, I make the rules, I have the solid pre-nup, don't like it, get out. Oh, you're not leaving are you? Good, now shuddap and blow me.
-then the wife, like a good little whore, blows him and his friends while they play NHL 12-

The critics/audience won't know wtf to think. I guarantee episode 2 has the highest ratings ever. Then.. with all the negative press (and let's face it, every asshole with a blog will write about it after ep 1).. sell ad space to companies that refuse to emasculate the man in their commercials. People will be lined up to watch episode 2.. viewership through the roof.

*flash to a commercial where the husband wants to golf on a beautiful Saturday..but the wife wants him to help her plant flowers. They show the weather report and it calls for 84 on Saturday.. 65 and wind on Sunday*
He says he'll do it on Sunday when the weather is cooler..She tells him he has to do the work or else..
he says "F off whore"
and drives away in his new F-150
-large bold letters flash across the screen-
"Ford, for real men"


So woman are either harpies or.. oh wait, I guess they're just harpies in your world.
 
2011-10-26 10:44:12 PM
brap: I hope the guy/gal running the larf track volume knob is the highest paid guy/gal on the set.

It's going to be a single-camera comedy. Those are usually too hip to have laugh tracks.
 
2011-10-26 10:44:41 PM
I've never liked this guy, but I'd really like to give him a decent shot since I'm a comedy nerd. Anyone care to link me to clips of some of his best stuff? My Holy Trinity of Comedy is George Carlin, Mitch Hedberg, and Louis CK. Maybe this guy just isn't my style?
 
2011-10-26 10:48:48 PM
Dr.Knockboots: It's a tortilla with cheese meat or vegetable.

-Oh a network sitcom? I predict predictable jokes, watered down humor and absolutely nothing remotely close to what Jim G would want to present to the audience.

See how Louis does it? That's how it should be done

Oh my god, so i went and read the article.... THE FARK
...lazy man, married to a strong woman... really.. AGAIN??

can we get Ralph MUTHAFARKING GOD DAMN KRAMDEN back please? Give me a man that.. i dunno, acts like a farking man. The first 2 lines of dialogue in this new show ought to go like this:

Wife: *loudly shouts at Jim while on the phone* Jim, I told you already, take the garbage out!
Jim: You've walked by it 3 times in the last 10 minutes while slouching around the house, blabbering on the phone to your shrilly friend Jane about PTA nonsense. You see I'm busy, take it out yourself, hell, you could use the exercise you harpy.

or...if they insist on him being a doormat and lazy..

Wife: Jim, you need to clean up the house and do some work around here
Jim: what you gonna do, divorce me? Haha.. please. I am the one with the money, I make the rules, I have the solid pre-nup, don't like it, get out. Oh, you're not leaving are you? Good, now shuddap and blow me.
-then the wife, like a good little whore, blows him and his friends while they play NHL 12-

The critics/audience won't know wtf to think. I guarantee episode 2 has the highest ratings ever. Then.. with all the negative press (and let's face it, every asshole with a blog will write about it after ep 1).. sell ad space to companies that refuse to emasculate the man in their commercials. People will be lined up to watch episode 2.. viewership through the roof.

*flash to a commercial where the husband wants to golf on a beautiful Saturday..but the wife wants him to help her plant flowers. They show the weather report and it calls for 84 on Saturday.. 65 and wind on Sunday*
He says he'll do it on Sunday when the weather is cooler..She tells him he has to do the work or else..
he says "F off whore"
and drives away in his new F-150
-large bold letters flash across the screen-
"Ford, for real men"


What in the hell was all of that nonsense?
 
2011-10-26 10:51:01 PM
farkityfarker: brap: I hope the guy/gal running the larf track volume knob is the highest paid guy/gal on the set.

It's going to be a single-camera comedy. Those are usually too hip to have laugh tracks.


ICan I change my answer to the cameraperson?
 
2011-10-26 10:53:15 PM
Here's his standup special where he carries on at some length about hot pockets. Very funny.
 
2011-10-26 11:03:48 PM
Bacon.
 
2011-10-26 11:14:28 PM
"Really? You're going to rely on my acting skills?"
 
2011-10-26 11:16:14 PM
I guess that IS how you spell "Wednesday." Thanks, spell check.

He talks to spell check...
 
2011-10-26 11:19:22 PM
I tend to like comedians up until they get their own comedy shows. That is usually the point in their careers where everybody hates them, and I have a hard time defending them.

Besides, given the number of times he has been arrested on Law & Order, wasn't that already on the way to being his show?
 
2011-10-26 11:28:24 PM
LoneWolf343: I tend to like comedians up until they get their own comedy shows. That is usually the point in their careers where everybody hates them, and I have a hard time defending them.

Besides, given the number of times he has been arrested on Law & Order, wasn't that already on the way to being his show?


Good comedians keep getting arrested on "Law and Order."

GREAT comedians keep getting arrested on "Cops."
 
2011-10-26 11:29:21 PM
Bezoar: So woman are either harpies or.. oh wait, I guess they're just harpies in your world.

New to comedy or network sitcoms.. maybe Fark?
You enjoy yet another boring, typical sitcom where the man is emasculated by the out-of-his-league, overbearing wife.
I bet you just thought Everybody Loves Raymond and According to Jim were sidesplittingly hilarious!
 
2011-10-26 11:35:39 PM
Candygram4Mongo: Katalyst: fatalvenom: Gaffigan sucks. I hate Dane Cook and I'm glad he's pretty much disappeared...but at least Cook has a personallity.

Gaffigan is like watching an underage sex slave fark. Completely dead to the world.



Holy shiat. I don't think there is another person on the planet that I loathe more than you.

Honestly, Katalyst, you forgot about Morrissey.

Think it through before you say things...



I would have never seen your post katalyst (because you're on my "ignore idiot trolls who overcompensate for Shiatsburgh" list) if it wasn't for this person quoting you.

Die of AIDS shiathead.

/I probably won't see your reply
//fark you as a preemptive measure
 
2011-10-26 11:49:24 PM
fatalvenom: Candygram4Mongo: Katalyst: fatalvenom: Gaffigan sucks. I hate Dane Cook and I'm glad he's pretty much disappeared...but at least Cook has a personallity.

Gaffigan is like watching an underage sex slave fark. Completely dead to the world.



Holy shiat. I don't think there is another person on the planet that I loathe more than you.

Honestly, Katalyst, you forgot about Morrissey.

Think it through before you say things...


I would have never seen your post katalyst (because you're on my "ignore idiot trolls who overcompensate for Shiatsburgh" list) if it wasn't for this person quoting you.

Die of AIDS shiathead.

/I probably won't see your reply
//fark you as a preemptive measure



I disagree w/ your stance on Gaffigan (he's at least 'first time doing anal'-level of enthusiasm), but your beef w/ Katalyst is clearly a result of the incompatibility of "Black and Gold" and "Black and Vegas Gold"

/I sure hope there's no Fark user by the name of "wench"....
 
2011-10-26 11:50:22 PM
fatalvenom: Candygram4Mongo: Katalyst: fatalvenom: Gaffigan sucks. I hate Dane Cook and I'm glad he's pretty much disappeared...but at least Cook has a personallity.

Gaffigan is like watching an underage sex slave fark. Completely dead to the world.



Holy shiat. I don't think there is another person on the planet that I loathe more than you.

Honestly, Katalyst, you forgot about Morrissey.

Think it through before you say things...


I would have never seen your post katalyst (because you're on my "ignore idiot trolls who overcompensate for Shiatsburgh" list) if it wasn't for this person quoting you.

Die of AIDS shiathead.

/I probably won't see your reply
//fark you as a preemptive measure


Wow, lots of hate there. But seriously fatalvenom, that was one of the lamest attempts at a joke that I have ever seen on fark.
 
2011-10-26 11:55:54 PM
Pale Force?

/death pockets
 
2011-10-26 11:56:06 PM
This will absolutely suck because Jim Gaffigan is not as funny as Louis C.K. who is the only funny person on the planet and everybody sucks except Louis C.K. who is the greatest comedian past, present, and future and it is wrong for you to like anybody except Louis C.K.
 
2011-10-26 11:59:10 PM
Biscuit_Lips: You don't use mayonnaise? Why? Are you addicted to mayonnaise? Is it OK if I use mayonnaise?

Could you go outside?


I found him much funnier back then. Whenever that was.
 
2011-10-27 12:00:48 AM
Cymbal: Gonna use my toilet belt to extract my God pocket from the toilet.

For some unknown reason I have you favorited as "Bleedy Gonzales". ?
 
2011-10-27 12:04:08 AM
ParagonComplex: I've never liked this guy, but I'd really like to give him a decent shot since I'm a comedy nerd. Anyone care to link me to clips of some of his best stuff? My Holy Trinity of Comedy is George Carlin, Mitch Hedberg, and Louis CK. Maybe this guy just isn't my style?

Weird thing is, I really like all three of those guys (the last two in particular), yet Gaffigan, whose style and material couldn't be more different from theirs, is right up there with them on my list of favourites. As far as "clean" comics go, there's none better, imo. It takes some serious balls to basically do an HBO special entirely devoted to Hot Pockets, bacon, and cake and still be hilarious.
 
2011-10-27 12:05:14 AM
mansonozz: Biscuit_Lips: You don't use mayonnaise? Why? Are you addicted to mayonnaise? Is it OK if I use mayonnaise?

Could you go outside?


I found him much funnier back then. Whenever that was.


It's from his Comedy Central Presents stand-up, back in 2000. Ugh, now I feel old.

/"This tastes like wax!"
 
2011-10-27 12:08:17 AM
I think Gaffigan is one of the greatest living stand-up comics, and yet I would bet good money that the show will suck.
 
2011-10-27 12:12:05 AM
I really gotta harvest these crops or my eight kids won't make it through winter.

...ehhh, I'll have other kids.
 
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