Losing Arguments with Your Wife After Her Brain Surgery - Jim Gaffigan

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  • čas přidán 15. 11. 2018
  • In his special Noble Ape, Jim Gaffigan details his experiences after learning his wife had a brain tumor and questions her surgeon’s fruit-based tumor-sizing system.
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  • @mrpankau
    @mrpankau Před 5 lety +2454

    Good to see Jim's still got it. Happy his wife is well.

    • @YourBeastRoy
      @YourBeastRoy Před 5 lety +26

      and clearly good enough to still help him write

    • @janekailey2173
      @janekailey2173 Před 5 lety +1

      Max Pankau: Oh, that's tho thweet of you!

    • @lucky5th2
      @lucky5th2 Před 5 lety +8

      Laughter is how comedians deal with pain. Writing probably helped him get through the whole thing

    • @ayalia1
      @ayalia1 Před 3 lety +2

      @@lucky5th2 laughing has always been my reaction also no idea why. In the Corp, jail bad gf fight I always just laughed when I thought it was all over and after years of reflection I’m sure it’s my cynical mind thinking.. “figures”..

  • @eza2873
    @eza2873 Před 5 lety +1087

    My mom got brain surgery about a year before she died (from something completely different). My dad and I went to see jim live a few months after she passed to help our healing process around the same time jim was going through this. Now my father and i are using this clip to laugh through our pain. What a small world, and how crazy it is that we're all so connected.

    • @gooseofwar5711
      @gooseofwar5711 Před 5 lety +34

      I’m sorry, I’ll pray for your Mom and you and your Dad.

    • @wardoc0435
      @wardoc0435 Před 5 lety +24

      My condolences. Thanks for sharing comments about something so personal and difficult. My best to you and yours.

    • @turquoiseheart6320
      @turquoiseheart6320 Před 5 lety +7

    • @PatrickWagz
      @PatrickWagz Před 5 lety +16

      Sorry for your loss. Keep her memory alive in your heart and remember everything that she taught you.

    • @dianacassinelli9467
      @dianacassinelli9467 Před 5 lety +10

      I am sorry for your lost...I lost my mom about 3 years ago...and yes laughter is the best medicine...always something funny to remember

  • @Ms.Delphine1204
    @Ms.Delphine1204 Před rokem +73

    My mom had a “golf ball” sized tumor removed 5 months ago and has another one growing in a different place now. Please put her in your prayers. Laughing at this relieved my fears and hurt for a while. Thanks for posting.

    • @kennethdeanmiller7324
      @kennethdeanmiller7324 Před rokem +6

      🙏🙏🙏 My wife died of COPD on Christmas Eve of 2015. Her mother died of COPD in 2005. And my mother died of COPD in 2010. My wife was diagnosed terminal in 2011 right after my Mom died & they told her she had 2-6 years. 2 if she didn't quit smoking & maybe 6 if she did quit. Well she didn't quit & lived 5 years. She sure showed them, huh? No but seriously, if you can quit smoking do it for the people that love you. Cuz I miss my wife so damn much that I feel pitiful! I'm 55 years old now but. I was 48 when she passed away & I haven't had an intimate relationship since then. I haven't even wanted a woman. Don't get me wrong sometimes I see a lady wearing spandex & if she has one of those heart shaped asses I can't help but look & go damn. But that is about as far as I go. If I were to meet someone special I think I would move on but that hasn't happened & I'm not going to make a big effort to try to find someone.

    • @94D33M
      @94D33M Před rokem +2

      She's doing good right?

    • @hoyavp2236
      @hoyavp2236 Před rokem +1

      I prayed for her.

  • @MakoGo
    @MakoGo Před 5 lety +620

    My wife had a "ping pong ball" sized tumor removed from her brain three months ago. She's doing great. I'm still recovering from all the casseroles.

    • @ceilingunlimited2430
      @ceilingunlimited2430 Před 2 lety +12

      Glad your wife is doing well. My wife had a tumor near the brain removed about five years ago, doing great, and has since had a brain tumor dealt with (gamma knife radiation) and doing great with that as well aside from hearing loss on one side. Nothing cancerous, so good news there. Prior to any of that, she had a hysterectomy. We knew I'd be on my own with the kids for X number of days. The night before surgery, our son, who was 2 at the time, was pestering our 4 year old daughter, threatening to drop a small toy in a place where it would have been absolutely hopeless for me to ever recover it. He's holding the toy over the precipice with this incredibly serious and determined look on his little face, and I was a hostage negotiator. But at a moment when I needed to be firm and unwavering, the look on his face made me laugh, and the whole moment just fell apart. I had to leave the family room because I was laughing too hard. My wife looks up at me and says "They are gonna eat you alive."

    • @kellysong2256
      @kellysong2256 Před rokem +6

      🥘 Casseroles = love

    • @tjfreno69
      @tjfreno69 Před rokem +4

      😂..from all the casseroles...(💝 sorry for your situation though 😔)

    • @shotgunner75
      @shotgunner75 Před rokem

      @@bacsigabe29 what kind are there?

  • @smyffmawzz
    @smyffmawzz Před 5 lety +374

    I'm a 56 year old Brit and this is my first encounter with this guy .He's funny and original without being crude or vulgar . Good on Ya' !!

    • @kui_maina
      @kui_maina Před 5 lety +4

      He has very good material out there.

    • @GrislyAtoms12
      @GrislyAtoms12 Před 4 lety +5

      He is my favorite comedian. Bill Burr is a close second, and his humor is completely different from Jim's.

    • @37Raffaella
      @37Raffaella Před 4 lety +3

      smyffmawzz isn’t he great? He usually does a tour to Europe.....every year. Brilliant!

    • @danielbrown1724
      @danielbrown1724 Před 4 lety +3

      I concur, I've heard of Jim for years but only recently have I given him a shot and now I can't stop watching this bloke 😆
      I'm a fellow Brit too btw 😉

    • @kanethompson708
      @kanethompson708 Před 2 lety

      🍺

  • @spghost4135
    @spghost4135 Před 5 lety +3908

    It's takes talent to turn something as tragic as a brain tumor into comedy. I'm glad she doing well.

    • @UltraSuperDuperFreak
      @UltraSuperDuperFreak Před 5 lety +44

      Visit a cancerward in a hospital or whatever its called in english and you be surpriced how those who are about to die still jokes around and make fun. Often about things "normal" people judge to dark. or in apropiate . Talent aint needed you will see then :)
      Yes i know my english suck, no i refuse to google it ... you can do that if you care this much haha :P

    • @davidjames-cameron617
      @davidjames-cameron617 Před 5 lety +29

      @@UltraSuperDuperFreak dude youre english is fantastic! But yeah comedy is a great way to cope with tragedy

    • @xpirate16
      @xpirate16 Před 5 lety +33

      Comedy = tragedy + time

    • @casperchristensen8354
      @casperchristensen8354 Před 5 lety +14

      @@davidjames-cameron617 Its also been proven that your outlook on your situation affects your odds of recovery quite a lot.

    • @AmazingAutist
      @AmazingAutist Před 5 lety +1

      @@davidjames-cameron617 *your

  • @bonjovirocks24
    @bonjovirocks24 Před 2 lety +21

    Jim is his own heckler. He's awesome!

  • @trentathawat6714
    @trentathawat6714 Před 5 lety +168

    Who the hell down votes this?!
    He's freaking hilarious!

    • @stephenr80
      @stephenr80 Před 4 lety

      thought the same 2000 negatives? why? hes great

    • @KuueenKumi
      @KuueenKumi Před 3 lety +3

      Grapefruits

  • @seanbean4682
    @seanbean4682 Před 5 lety +705

    So glad his wife survived, for him and his children.
    ....and also because she's always been a big part of his writing process for stand up. He ALWAYS gives her credit when he can, it's adorable.

    • @kellydees1938
      @kellydees1938 Před 5 lety +5

      yep, with out his wife and kids he has no material. Also unhealthy food, without that, he's got nothing.

    • @MuttFitness
      @MuttFitness Před 5 lety +8

      It's a good thing or those 5 kids would be up for adoption.

    • @potmki6601
      @potmki6601 Před 4 lety +8

      It is also a good thing she survived , you know, to live, not just as caretaker of children and a man

    • @deathbeforedecaf7755
      @deathbeforedecaf7755 Před 4 lety +2

      She takes credit for his work? She WRITES his jokes. He was not successful until he married her. Typical male taking credit for the work he didn't do. He's nothing without his wife!

    • @maxwellhughes7821
      @maxwellhughes7821 Před 4 lety +12

      Jim Gaffigan started comedy and acting in the 90s. He was in hundreds of commercials and several tv shows in the 90s. He had been on stage hundreds of times and had two comedy albums by the time he met his future wife in 2000. His comedy was identical to the way it is now other than some cussing. He was on his way up long before he met his wife. She undoubtedly helped him but he was far from nothing when they met.

  • @SilverBack_Props
    @SilverBack_Props Před 5 lety +316

    One of the few clean comedians that has actual comedic material . Jim never ceases to amaze.

    • @sapnasudhir
      @sapnasudhir Před 5 lety

      GOTEN 3030150 fff

    • @barbarat6341
      @barbarat6341 Před 5 lety +2

      A real comedian.

    • @ZENIGMATV
      @ZENIGMATV Před 5 lety +7

      Jim is refreshing and fun instead of the pop culture and tired Trump hating.

    • @ronwalker852
      @ronwalker852 Před 5 lety +3

      Him and Brian regan

  • @JBWALTON57
    @JBWALTON57 Před 4 lety +79

    Your last joke about the surgeon and lunch actually happened to me. My wife was having leg surgery that was a multiple hour procedure. About 3 hours in I decided to run next door to the university cafe for some carryout. There checking out was the entire surgery team. To say I was confused and perplexed would be an understatement

    • @kdfkdf1711
      @kdfkdf1711 Před 4 lety +2

      Jim Walton wow.

    • @Shrimpfish666
      @Shrimpfish666 Před 2 lety +1

      do they just leave people cut open in the OR?

    • @lulumoon6942
      @lulumoon6942 Před 2 lety +2

      Imagine being a Resident doing surgery and it's the first time you had to leave a patient open, out cold on the table... To get lunch...

  • @creatorsremose
    @creatorsremose Před 4 lety +91

    This man has been doing standup for 30 years and he just keeps getting better.

    • @infonut
      @infonut Před 2 lety

      He became my favorite comedian when I first say him in 2011 and remains so to this day. I had never heard of him before that but his appearance has changed so drastically that I might have seen him earlier but never connected the dots.
      He's more handsome with the weight and beards.

    • @avidnongetit8710
      @avidnongetit8710 Před 2 lety

      Your screen name is awesome 👍😎

    • @GoodNewsJim
      @GoodNewsJim Před 2 lety

      This man has been doing standup for 30 years and he just keeps getting older.

  • @randomdude189
    @randomdude189 Před 5 lety +644

    Jim is a light and his wife is the electricity.

    • @davidjames-cameron617
      @davidjames-cameron617 Před 5 lety +32

      Hilariously enough she co-writes his stand up with him so she literally is

    • @jhonnyappleseed1786
      @jhonnyappleseed1786 Před 5 lety +4

      @@davidjames-cameron617 Oh shut up, he was writing for years before he met her, stop trying to be a white knight.

    • @davidjames-cameron617
      @davidjames-cameron617 Před 5 lety +22

      @@jhonnyappleseed1786 ...what? Dude I watched an interview where he said explicity his wife co-writes some of his stand up with him and she also helped him write a few episodes on his show...I was never taking credit from him. Take a little time off the internet cuz clearly its making you over sensitive to some ridiculous stuff man

    • @Liam1H
      @Liam1H Před 5 lety

      Love your comment. Says so much with so few words. Excellent!

    • @zora99ny
      @zora99ny Před 5 lety +9

      Jhonny Appleseed you’re hysterical and over-sensitive.

  • @jza1926
    @jza1926 Před 5 lety +1927

    He’s like a nice thanos

  • @jeffdawson2786
    @jeffdawson2786 Před 2 lety +8

    I can’t stop laughing. The Gaffigans are a comedy writing gift 🎁 to a world that needs them.

  • @reybarreto7979
    @reybarreto7979 Před 5 lety +25

    He is living proof that you don't have to use curse words to be funny and that you can joke about anything, even about your wife having a tumor, and get away with it - if you're good enough. But Jim isn't just "good enough," he's a brilliant stand up comic and he looks to be at the top of his game in this video.

  • @who818
    @who818 Před 5 lety +679

    When I’m having a rough day he always makes me laugh

  • @foosreviewfood3697
    @foosreviewfood3697 Před 5 lety +214

    Jim turned his life tragedy into great comedy to put smiles on people's faces . one of the best in comedy for sure! Glad his wife is ok.

  • @samruiw
    @samruiw Před 5 lety +72

    Fellow brain tumor survivor here. My brain tumor was compared to a grape, and the cyst that surrounded it was compared in size to a grapefruit. I'd say we must have had the same dr, but this was 11 years ago. Guess not much changes with medical jargon. While I don't recommend the brain tumor experience to anyone, I'm adamant the entire experience was one of the funniest events of my life. The whole thing was insane. And as Gaffigan is doing, you can either make a joke about it and find humor in a horrible situation, or you can cry. Doesn't change the reality, but might change your comfort level while you're going through it.

    • @kellyreim6627
      @kellyreim6627 Před 5 lety +3

      Sam R just had cancerous thyroid tumor removed and two good test results gotta have a sense of humor.

    • @jeanm.buscemi7967
      @jeanm.buscemi7967 Před 4 lety +2

      Same here few tumors removed on brain stem kidneys and such.what do you have I have von hippel lindau disease bless you.

    • @stephenr80
      @stephenr80 Před 4 lety +1

      im glad you all guys have a great sense of tumor ;P and that you are alive!

    • @robertayres682
      @robertayres682 Před 3 lety

      Amen 🙏

  • @android1012
    @android1012 Před 5 lety +55

    "Lemme have the bones & hooves, I've got an idea for a kid's dessert. It'll be huge, we'll get Cosby to do the commercials!" 🤣

  • @Gearhead-en8dz
    @Gearhead-en8dz Před 5 lety +1024

    "That was the worst impression of a grapefruit ever!" 😂😂

    • @medusagorgon8432
      @medusagorgon8432 Před 5 lety +7

      Gearhead 6971 Read your comment just as he was saying it. 😂

    • @red1387
      @red1387 Před 5 lety +1

      @@medusagorgon8432 S A M E ! 😂

    • @PlumbDrumb
      @PlumbDrumb Před 5 lety +7

      It was such a tiny joke but it hit like a bolt of lightning. I was dying in my chair after that.

    • @MCMaterac
      @MCMaterac Před 5 lety +2

      And probably the best, at the same time.

    • @deanr.johansen6377
      @deanr.johansen6377 Před 5 lety +2

      It was the only impression of a grapefruit ever!

  • @Brianf66999
    @Brianf66999 Před 5 lety +1422

    Miraculously it's his wife who writes most of his jokes. They're an amazing team.

    • @bluecat6902
      @bluecat6902 Před 5 lety +29

      Really? His wife wrote most of his jokes?

    • @hijabimama2552
      @hijabimama2552 Před 5 lety +77

      @@bluecat6902 I thought they worked together to write it all. But I could be wrong. I love it when couples do everything together, it beats needing to be away from them to maintain the relationship. 😕

    • @thehorseformerlywithoutana2522
      @thehorseformerlywithoutana2522 Před 5 lety +114

      I wouldn't be surprised if he wrote the jokes, and his wife wrote all the inner thought parts critiquing them.

    • @linneajordyn5275
      @linneajordyn5275 Před 5 lety +126

      She provides material, but she doesn't write his jokes. Look at his earlier years of standup before he was married and his delivery and material are pretty much the same.

    • @hijabimama2552
      @hijabimama2552 Před 5 lety +40

      @@linneajordyn5275 I think you're probably right. But whatever help or inspiration she provides, it's working! I'm sure he bounces his ideas off of her before using them too. He trusts her judgement 👍

  • @steverhodesvideos6244
    @steverhodesvideos6244 Před 5 lety +1446

    He's invented a new kind of comedy: tumor humor

    • @markbrown5046
      @markbrown5046 Před 5 lety +10

      He makes the best outta worse. If I'm at work. An something makes me even close to mad. I pop this on

    • @mimicoolwhip5991
      @mimicoolwhip5991 Před 4 lety +11

      As someone whos had 3, I say humor is the KEY to getting thru a tumor diagnosis. Love that they are so open with it.

    • @deSeriosa
      @deSeriosa Před 4 lety +1

      Nah, David Sedaris did it earlier

    • @ShawnJonesHellion
      @ShawnJonesHellion Před 3 lety +3

      Arnold Schwarzenegger in Kindergarten Cop

    • @bryangoldsby4834
      @bryangoldsby4834 Před 2 lety +1

      Hahaha very witty! I see what you did there!

  • @stac1941
    @stac1941 Před rokem +7

    Imagine being 41 and only just finding this man exists... It's tragic but great for me... Non stop Jim Gaffigan marathons! 👌👌

  • @Alex-yb6ro
    @Alex-yb6ro Před 5 lety +159

    Easily one of the funniest stand up comedians of all time. His humor has not only stayed true to himself, but it has also evolved with the times. Truly, genuinely talented.

  • @mainwayne1352
    @mainwayne1352 Před 4 lety +212

    I bought a grapefruit last week, it was the size of a tumor.

  • @evesaizan7929
    @evesaizan7929 Před 5 lety +41

    I had brain surgery for a pituitary tumor in Dec. 2017, hubby had the same type of tumor THIRTY years earlier (1985), what are the odds, eh? Anyway, we are both doing well, survivors... and THANK YOU Jim for making us laugh. Laugher truly is "the best medicine", glad to know your wife is doing well.

  • @hotdiggedydemon
    @hotdiggedydemon Před 5 lety +191

    He's still great

  • @AndrewsArt78
    @AndrewsArt78 Před 5 lety +243

    I can sit down with my kid and watch Jim Gaffigan and we both love it. He can be hilarious without the profanity.

    • @JarnBjorn72
      @JarnBjorn72 Před 5 lety +5

      Yep, Jim Gaffigan, and Brian Regan, both masters at being hilarious without the profanity! ;-D

    • @blahblah8037
      @blahblah8037 Před 5 lety +1

      Could you be more npc

    • @KEENDARLING
      @KEENDARLING Před 5 lety +1

      Fight The Words my son is such a fan! He loves Jim gaffigan

    • @Liderligelort
      @Liderligelort Před 5 lety +3

      Go fuck yourself. Stop raising kids in a bubble.

    • @Mallenaudrix
      @Mallenaudrix Před 2 lety +4

      @@Liderligelort This dude is literally being aggressive because someone isn’t showing their kids something inappropriate. this is so backwards and next level creepy I can’t even take it 🤮🤣

  • @borgullet3376
    @borgullet3376 Před 5 lety +201

    One of the Very Few who Gets Better and Better

  • @SoulWolf
    @SoulWolf Před 5 lety +203

    “I joke around but it was scary... We have 5 children and there were moments I was like... ‘Oh my gosh! If anything ever happens to my wife... those 5 kids are gonna be put up for adoption!’” Oml that was hilarious 😂👌🏻

    • @e.b.1728
      @e.b.1728 Před 5 lety +6

      I lost it on that joke too! The sad thing is I can relate. My wife has a brain tumor but the doctors won't operate because the odds of her not surviving the surgery are too high.

    • @SoulWolf
      @SoulWolf Před 5 lety +10

      @@e.b.1728 I'm so sorry. I will pray for your wife and for you.

    • @e.b.1728
      @e.b.1728 Před 5 lety +5

      Thank you SoulWolf. God bless and keep you!

    • @iironhide6209
      @iironhide6209 Před 3 lety

      @@e.b.1728 can I ask what happened?

    • @MbM-xz9zf
      @MbM-xz9zf Před 2 lety

      @@e.b.1728 just saw this. thinking of you and hoping she is still ok

  • @doctorbjornm.d.4105
    @doctorbjornm.d.4105 Před rokem +6

    Jim is so talented, so smart, so real and last of the great clean comedians. Family friendly. Most comedians, have gone crude to impress people.

  • @bradmacdowell6583
    @bradmacdowell6583 Před 5 lety +211

    How bout selling an MRI machine and getting a pasta station 😂😂😂

  • @danielcohn-bendit701
    @danielcohn-bendit701 Před 5 lety +21

    Love Jim. He never fails to make me laugh. "You're here?!?"

  • @brodyharris7631
    @brodyharris7631 Před 4 lety +20

    Much Bless to Jim and his wife. They are the best comedic duo. What a blessing they are!!

  • @colliedogboy
    @colliedogboy Před 3 lety +7

    Jim, please don't stop performing. Our entire nation is craving CLEAN comedy that is actually funny, and you deliver every time! Kudos to you and your wife! You are an outstanding team.

  • @efrainrodarte6395
    @efrainrodarte6395 Před 5 lety +33

    I haven't laughed this hard in weeks

  • @jennihaase6803
    @jennihaase6803 Před 5 lety +40

    OMG I LAUGHED SO HARD I CRIED!!!!! I'm on my 2nd brain tumor - I just found out a week ago, and I could have a 2nd craniotomy or radiation - I'll be scheduled with those doctors next week and we'll start to make a plan. I've been incredibly depressed. Not married. No kids. But also no house, no longer have a job... just happened to think "I wonder if anyone does comedy about brain tumors..... nah" but decided to look it up - found you, cracked up! Definitely sharing this video - thank you! So incredibly funny!!!

    • @sari9645
      @sari9645 Před 4 lety +3

      Jenni Haase how are you doing?

    • @mrlee7328
      @mrlee7328 Před 3 lety +1

      I pray you're doing well and a few of us are commenting with high hopes that you reply to let us know. Hang in there and respond back if you get these notifications

    • @jennihaase6803
      @jennihaase6803 Před 3 lety +3

      @@mrlee7328 and others whom have commented, thank you for your messages. I had radiation for the 2nd brain tumor. It probably will never go away but the hope is that in time it'll stop enhancing. I've had many MRIs since, but my next MRI was supposed to be this month. It got pushed due to COVID-19. I'm still fighting. It's a crazy world we're living in now and I've been in self-quarantine since the 1st wk of March, mostly in bed. It's hard to eat. We all handle stress differently. I just have no interest in food. Still fighting. Thank you everyone who's written in. Means so much to me. Xx

    • @morganschiller2288
      @morganschiller2288 Před 2 lety +1

      Now it’s a year later. How are you doing?

    • @jennihaase6803
      @jennihaase6803 Před 2 lety +2

      @@morganschiller2288 still fighting 2nd brain tumor plus zygomatic trigeminal neuralgia from 1st.
      Thanks for caring ♡

  • @angel-wc5dj
    @angel-wc5dj Před 5 lety +63

    I had a brain tumor removed april of this year, he's right you will win every argument

  • @gibbyg2001
    @gibbyg2001 Před 2 lety +2

    This dude is a master. One of the GOATS in my opinion.

  • @secondsun6963
    @secondsun6963 Před 5 lety +214

    Jim was the first comedian I ever got into, and the reason I love comedians in the first place. Glad to hear his wife is doing great. Keep it up Jim ❤️

  • @minfamilie4319
    @minfamilie4319 Před 2 lety +3

    No vulgarity, no seggsual remarks, no complaining, and instead he finds humour in a terrible and painful stage of his life. His comedy is gold and I'm glad I found about this guy.

  • @WitsEndProductions
    @WitsEndProductions Před 5 lety +1049

    Surgeon: "Halfway through I'll probably stop to get lunch" ... the payoff killed me! Way to embody the whole purpose of comedy ... to make life's pain more tolerable.

    • @kimmyball4961
      @kimmyball4961 Před 5 lety +28

      FYI....don't look at comments till after the videos over! Lol

    • @Blixthand
      @Blixthand Před 5 lety +11

      Jokes aside, something similar happened to me once. I slipped when I was going on a water slide and cracked the back of my head open (not seroiuos, but there was some blood), so I had to go to the hospital. At the ER they prioritized head injuries, so I got in quick enough, but as soon as the doctor had deduced that I had no concussion and that the bleeding had mostly stopped, he said "You know what, I have this workplace meeting in a couple of minutes, would you mind just sitting here for a while and I'll be back to sew that cut up later. I Shouldn't be gone more than 15-20 min", and then he just left. It was kinda funny though even in the moment and even though I was the one who needed stitches in the back of my head.

    • @robertchallen
      @robertchallen Před 5 lety

      Blixthand I cracked the back of my head open......are you Humpty Dumpty? Lol

    • @Nouta1
      @Nouta1 Před 5 lety

      We need someone to like this. I had to like it to bring it up to 666 likes :D

    • @shack8110
      @shack8110 Před 5 lety +1

      Lunch half way through brain surgery. OK.

  • @timmillan6701
    @timmillan6701 Před 2 lety +5

    Jim is VERY good at what he does

  • @aaronburratwood.6957
    @aaronburratwood.6957 Před 5 lety +1751

    I can’t even win a argument with my wife & she only has a peanut allergy.

    • @lostintime8651
      @lostintime8651 Před 5 lety +50

      You can win an argument with her. You're just smart enough to know there is no point in winning. I know. I'm divorced. Will never see her naked again. But hey. I won!!

    • @GensSancta
      @GensSancta Před 5 lety +3

      Lmao

    • @Protectobot
      @Protectobot Před 5 lety +4

      Everyone has their cross to bare! (being allergic to bee stings isn't so bad cos the bee population has been dwindling, and that sucks, cos I like honey! oh yeah...and they're helpful for human survival, but HONEY. COME ON!)

    • @lukebrookshire1567
      @lukebrookshire1567 Před 5 lety +4

      Aaron Burr Atwood. Look on the bright side, you have a good reminder to keep your mental health; don't go nuts!

    • @inspiredcontent5918
      @inspiredcontent5918 Před 5 lety +6

      sure you can, but the jail time for murder by peanutbutter isn't worth the win.

  • @chairde
    @chairde Před 5 lety +60

    That intensive care unit joke was clever.

  • @GunnyPhillips
    @GunnyPhillips Před 2 lety +2

    The sign of a genius in any field is they make it seem effortless. This noble ape is really a humble great

  • @werace5906
    @werace5906 Před 5 lety +16

    This made me laugh !
    I'm going to send it to my Mother who really has a brain tumor. A Acoustic Neuroma. She has lost all hearing on her right side and has many problems. But watched this and hoped she'd find a smile in this.
    Thanks ! Glad your wife is well Jim !!

  • @beccabean5770
    @beccabean5770 Před 5 lety +49

    I work as a nurse & this cracked me up!! Mediocre care unit- 😂

  • @janineanderson1
    @janineanderson1 Před 4 lety +11

    I am grateful to get to listen to a funny comedian that I can actually watch with my kiddos. Thanks Jim!

  • @keoni_6375
    @keoni_6375 Před 5 lety +17

    "We all have Jaundice" 😂😂

  • @jakerojas4756
    @jakerojas4756 Před 2 lety +1

    "We all have our cross to bear"--- Dude was spot on.
    Everybody's got different loads to carry. How can you judge? 😆 🤣

  • @jensraab2902
    @jensraab2902 Před 5 lety +312

    I started learning English 30 years ago in school. To this day I'd never made a connection between grapes and grapefruits - how crazy is that!!!
    The thing is I'm German and we also use the word _grapefruit_ for that fruit but a totally unrelated word (Traube) for grapes. So I was already familiar with the term grapefruit and apparently it never registered that there is a word connection to grapes! ;-)
    (A similar thing happen in French. In German we use the word _Garage_ for the "car storage building" (but not the car repair shop). At some point when learning French I memorized the verb _se garer_ which means to park your car. It wasn't until many years later that I had the realization that this was where Garage comes from!
    I realize you wouldn't guess it from these anecdotes but I'm actually not entirely stupid! :p)

    • @Cabbie407
      @Cabbie407 Před 5 lety +10

      What about pea and peanut? Or (a level further) doughnut (Teigmutter).

    • @FanGirlMania
      @FanGirlMania Před 5 lety +17

      this is so wholesome

    • @Q_QQ_Q
      @Q_QQ_Q Před 5 lety

      Heil Aunt Merkel

    • @melonprimo
      @melonprimo Před 5 lety +4

      Me too. Always thought grapefruit was a kind of berries, turn out it wa s a citrus.

    • @Erichwanh
      @Erichwanh Před 5 lety +10

      @Jens Raab It wasn't until I studied German that I realized the connection between the English word "defenestrate" (to throw someone out a window) and the German word "fenster" (window). However, the etymology is Latin ("fenestra" for window).

  • @Aegi_of_Aegis
    @Aegi_of_Aegis Před 5 lety +614

    Doctor: Mr Gaffigan your wife has a tumor the size of a.. scoop of ice cream. Jim: Oh my god... I love ice cream 😆

  • @MissSeaSea
    @MissSeaSea Před 3 lety +4

    I met Jim many years ago, when I was doing security at a night club on the Riverwalk in San Antonio. He was such a good sport, he gave me his autograph, and had a great time at the club! He cracked me up so much!

  • @KRYoung_dev
    @KRYoung_dev Před 2 lety +4

    His sets and his delivery are always TIGHT! He's just amazing.

  • @ianmusgrove1814
    @ianmusgrove1814 Před 5 lety +44

    Jeeze what a funny guy. I think everyone wishes they had a Jim in their family. I do

  • @theoryofthelost
    @theoryofthelost Před 5 lety +24

    He continues to be true to his style! funny, honest, and always funny !! One of the most consistent comedians there is..and to people unpset about him making light of his wife's brain tumor..she co-writes many of his jokes..so it's safe to assume she's ok with the material!! As she prolly had a hand in crafting them!!

  • @lenajohnson9056
    @lenajohnson9056 Před 4 lety +22

    As Wanda Sikes said, Doctors desribe tumors to us as fruit because we can't be bothered with learning the metric system.

  • @analise17
    @analise17 Před 5 lety +43

    Points for using the word abacus. XD

  • @ShahriarKabirSaki
    @ShahriarKabirSaki Před 5 lety +7

    Jim Gaffigan has the cleanest, funniest material among the recent comedians. It's a treat to watch his performance!

  • @GrislyAtoms12
    @GrislyAtoms12 Před 4 lety +9

    My favorite part of his act is when he imitates a random lady in the audience who is critical of his jokes. Comedy gold!

  • @austinfiala5230
    @austinfiala5230 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Dude in my 28 years on Gods green earth I’ve had 3 brain tumors all at different times. Their absolute hell to say the least. May God bless you, your wife and your kids Jim.

  • @cherahsings
    @cherahsings Před 5 lety +12

    I love his style of comedy. He absolutely cracks me up *crying laughing emoji*

  • @MzRage
    @MzRage Před 5 lety +22

    Best comedy comes from reality

  • @kenzijacob6249
    @kenzijacob6249 Před 5 lety +12

    One of my favorite comedians. So glad your wife is okay. 🖤🖤

  • @alanw505
    @alanw505 Před 5 lety +197

    I love this guy. He's a walking advertisement for the notion that you really don't need to be dirty to be funny.

    • @redknight801
      @redknight801 Před 2 lety +3

      I know right, when I was far younger - being dirty/crude was so hilarious to me but not really any more so Gaffigan is my favorite comedian due to this.

    • @einundsiebenziger5488
      @einundsiebenziger5488 Před 2 lety +3

      Most important thing is that a comedian is funny. If a dirty joke is funny let them tell it. What is not funny is when (bad) comedians think being dirty and filling up every sentence with swear words is funny on its own.

    • @rd6203
      @rd6203 Před 2 lety +2

      @@einundsiebenziger5488 Also, just general rudeness and the "angry old man/woman" schtick just are not funny.

    • @redwingsfan3621
      @redwingsfan3621 Před 2 lety +1

      Brian Regan

    • @Joe_J-MT_Boy
      @Joe_J-MT_Boy Před 2 lety +1

      Jonathan Winters, Jerry Seinfeld, and Bill Cosby before we knew he was intensely flawed as a human being - ALL were masters of observational comedy. They were all creative and clever enough that the profanity would have ruined it.

  • @BlenderisedMind
    @BlenderisedMind Před 5 lety +24

    I don't know if he does voice acting, but he has an awesome voice and should!

    • @e.b.1728
      @e.b.1728 Před 5 lety +3

      He's voiced about 8 different characters in both movies and television.

  • @Lawsonomy1
    @Lawsonomy1 Před 5 lety +104

    If I had brain surgery I would think I would never win an argument again. I could never trust my own thinking. Did I come to that conclusion through logic or did the surgeon slip and nick the wrong part and now I'm positive bananas are a type of bird.

    • @kevind4383
      @kevind4383 Před 5 lety +15

      Bananas aren't a bird, but they are a state of mind.

    • @codename9824
      @codename9824 Před 5 lety +2

      Um, even people with stroke damage whose language is scrambled by it still know full well the words they say aren’t the ones they want, so you shouldn’t second guess yourself so much. Unless you start hallucinating then please, PLEASE second guess and get to the hospital.

    • @GVilleAnarcho
      @GVilleAnarcho Před 5 lety +13

      Pfffff, you should always be skeptical of your own thinking regardless of a brain surgery.

    • @Khoffing69
      @Khoffing69 Před 5 lety +6

      I'm bipolar diagnosed a little over a year ago by a doctor in like 2 minutes. The hardest part is not knowing if I'm excited about something/into it or manic and just think I can do anything. Other times it feels like I'm so depressed it's hard to get out of bed and/or I hate everything. And my parents are extremely skeptical of anything I say now too so it's completely up to me to know whether or not something I'm thinking is true.
      I'm doing better every day but those first few months were a bitch and a half. You learn your tendencies and symptoms and triggers and whatnot, but to me mental health is much scarier than physical like surgery. At least after the surgery you pretty much know if they were successful or not.
      Glad his wife is okay though, modern medicine is a blessing.

    • @cetkat
      @cetkat Před 5 lety +1

      Jackson Berger When you lose sleep because you're excited, you still feel the fatigue.. with mania, lack of sleep is more like fuel. The bigger picture is how you can tell. Sleep is the easiest to notice, but the impulsivity.. of various forms.. can also tell you, once you know what it looks like for you. It is possible to work it out. Even if you don't figure it out until after, that hindsight can give you more information to work with for next time.

  • @idcook
    @idcook Před 2 lety +4

    “Based on appearances he doesn’t eat fruit!” … I nearly burst a gut.
    IMO Gaffigan is one of the greatest comedians ever. He has this casual way of making the perfectly normal seem perfectly crazy.

  • @bethkorff3236
    @bethkorff3236 Před 4 lety +6

    Those Snickers commercials are true😂🤣😂 He is so damn funny!!! Glad to hear his wife is doing great. God is good🙂

  • @rachelarmstrong127
    @rachelarmstrong127 Před 2 lety +4

    As a brain tumor survivor, I absolutely LOVE this. So dead on. And compliments how. I heal....comedy and humor. Thank you Jim Gaffigan.

  • @Bixfan78
    @Bixfan78 Před 4 lety +13

    He is truly a brilliant comedian -- how refreshing to hear intelligent, clean comedy. Blessings to Jim and all in his family.

  • @josephw2905
    @josephw2905 Před 4 lety +15

    They actually do tell you they're taking a break for food during surgery in case you run into them in the cafeteria! My mom was having a 16 hour surgery 20 years ago and my dad bumped into the Dr. in the cafeteria and it freaked him the hell out. Now they disclose it to you

    • @nurse0857
      @nurse0857 Před 3 lety +4

      Joseph W I tend to avoid areas where I’m likely to encounter family when I’m on break. Mostly so they don’t freak out and partially because I have a limited amount of time to eat.

  • @haigminassian8640
    @haigminassian8640 Před rokem +2

    Laughing and crying as I watch this. His ability to turn this into humor is a gift.

  • @donnyandjenny
    @donnyandjenny Před 5 lety +8

    So thankful Jennie is better. Love you Jim!

  • @tinaloveseddie
    @tinaloveseddie Před 5 lety +16

    You have to laugh about something so absolutely terrifying. Props to his amazingly strong wife.💪💯

  • @katiewenta
    @katiewenta Před 5 lety +8

    Just going through our own medical adventure and this had me crying with laughter. Thanks so much.

  • @mandaleigh5249
    @mandaleigh5249 Před 5 lety +7

    "Look, we care but we're not going to be a SPAZ about it." lolol

  • @karenmorente7589
    @karenmorente7589 Před 2 lety +2

    The intensive care jokes are the best

  • @haranguemeringue8957
    @haranguemeringue8957 Před 5 lety +11

    Jim Gaffigan is one of the best comedians of all time & my favorite. Only he could take brain surgery & make it funny. 😁 I’m so glad that his wife is doing better. ❤️ Didn’t want his kids to worry about adoption! 😉😆 (J/K)

  • @munyaradzinyarugwe8769
    @munyaradzinyarugwe8769 Před 5 lety +324

    there were moments when i looked at all my children and i was like "all my gosh !!! ... if anything happens to my wife, those 5 children are going to be put up for adoption" lmfo

  • @rdwoodw
    @rdwoodw Před rokem +1

    The mark of a true comedian....humor without all the vulgarity and profanity.

  • @laurabedford5095
    @laurabedford5095 Před 3 lety +1

    My brother died of a brain tumour at the age of 38. It's taken years but now I can watch this and laugh, as my brother would find it funny too.
    R I p Paul. Good comedians.

  • @JarnBjorn72
    @JarnBjorn72 Před 5 lety +117

    Hilarious as always! I can really relate to this story and had to laugh, because, after the 15+ hour long surgery to remove the brain tumor behind my rt. eye, the Doctor said "it was the size of a large Orange, and now, after the surgery, we had to leave some of it behind due to nerves that it had grown around, so, now it's only the size of a Grape..." So, the fruit/tumor correlation has been experienced by my family and I! ;-)

    • @citizenbane1991
      @citizenbane1991 Před 5 lety +2

      can you use your eye still

    • @spurrit
      @spurrit Před 5 lety

      JarnBjorn72, way to try and make it about you.

    • @JarnBjorn72
      @JarnBjorn72 Před 5 lety +14

      ​@@spurrit Christ, I was simply sharing my personal experiences to explain how I can relate to this comedy bit. No need to be a Troll, Mr. Spurritt! ;-(

    • @JarnBjorn72
      @JarnBjorn72 Před 5 lety +10

      @@citizenbane1991 No, citizenbane. The Tumor damaged my optic nerve so much that I'm blind in my right eye. Then the stroke the tumor caused damaged the rt. half of my brain in a way that makes it so that, even though my left eye is 100%, my brain can't process the signals the eye sends my brain for things on my left periphery. So, my vision is kind of narrow... ;-(

    • @spurrit
      @spurrit Před 5 lety +1

      @@JarnBjorn72, my last name isn't Christ. I'm more shirt tail relation to Jesus.

  • @crlguitar1
    @crlguitar1 Před 5 lety +3

    Glad that Jim could find humor during a very scary situation such as that.
    And CBS picked the perfect guy to do 'a few minutes' like Andy Rooney used to.
    God bless Jim Gaffigan!

  • @avidnongetit8710
    @avidnongetit8710 Před 2 lety +1

    I saw the title and thought "Oh no..this has got to be horrible" immediately watched and LMAO 😂

  • @MrGavinspoppop
    @MrGavinspoppop Před 4 lety +15

    Ya know ///his wife helps write his material ........ strong lady and smart !!

  • @JohnSmith-jb8rb
    @JohnSmith-jb8rb Před 5 lety +305

    those pants are really hugging the jewels..

    • @snappysnap955
      @snappysnap955 Před 5 lety +33

      Seriously, I'm like...Jim, size up on the pants dude. He looked poured into those things.

    • @FatFoolNDaPineWoods
      @FatFoolNDaPineWoods Před 5 lety +80

      kept trying to ignore this.

    • @blandinmotion
      @blandinmotion Před 5 lety +38

      Thought I was the only one. Wasn't gonna say it xD

    • @guerrillaentrepreneur5999
      @guerrillaentrepreneur5999 Před 5 lety +8

      My eyes are bleeding...........he is very funny, though.

    • @bellamelissa87
      @bellamelissa87 Před 5 lety +32

      I couldn’t stop looking! Lol I’m like is he just massive or are his balls just fucking ginormous?? Lol

  • @sograves11
    @sograves11 Před 4 lety +3

    OMG! I love him and his family. So happy his wife is well. I have worked in the medical field and hospitals for 25+ years and I never thought about them in the way he describes. I was crying laughing at this. I think, how true😂. What a talent!

  • @lauramalek3128
    @lauramalek3128 Před rokem +2

    "We care but we're not gonna be a spazz about it". 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @RobynGermaine
    @RobynGermaine Před 2 lety +9

    Just finished the book “ when life gives you pears” by his wife, excellent book! What a story!! And what a family♥️

  • @memyself6659
    @memyself6659 Před 5 lety +26

    Happen to be watching this in the hospital. I’m not depressed because I’m in the hospital, but because no one cares. No one I’ve told-friends, family, internet groups I’ve been a part of for years which claim to be a “ supportive family” no one’s said a thing.
    This made me laugh pretty hard though. Thanks for the pick-me-up funny man!

    • @drcardinalli
      @drcardinalli Před 5 lety +5

      Hey if you're reading this, I'm sorry you're in the hospital! Sending love and support. God loves us even when the love of others fails us... I'm sorry your family failed you.

    • @lesd1051
      @lesd1051 Před 5 lety +5

      I hope whatever you are/were dealing with has been resolved successfully and that you are up and about now. I'm sorry to hear that no one came to visit, but stuff like that happens occasionally. Just hang in there and it will get better.

    • @memyself6659
      @memyself6659 Před 5 lety +4

      @@drcardinalli I've been home for couple week. Thank you for kind words. Very appreciated.

    • @memyself6659
      @memyself6659 Před 5 lety +3

      @@lesd1051 More that everyone I had to call and cancel plans with said nothing. Like they were all thinking " Oh God, don't engage her, we don't want to hear it."
      But thank you for the support. I am feeling much better and enjoying the holidays.

    • @drcardinalli
      @drcardinalli Před 5 lety +2

      @@memyself6659 So happy you are home! Hope your Christmas is beautiful and makes up for what the last many weeks lacked!

  • @pnutbutrncrackers
    @pnutbutrncrackers Před 5 lety +11

    "size of a Grape ... FRUIT" Oh, man.

  • @marcoapdias
    @marcoapdias Před 5 lety +2

    This is just a streamline of great bits one after the other, makes you be out of breath laughing. Jim is such a comic genius!

  • @alexsahernandez16
    @alexsahernandez16 Před rokem +1

    Love the end where he thinks he's gonna run into the doctor at the cafeteria. What are you doing here?!

  • @Turco949
    @Turco949 Před 5 lety +6

    "We Couldn't Care Less" Unit.....lmao......I have been treated in that unit before, it is your primary doctor's office when you have HMO.

  • @IMModusOperandi
    @IMModusOperandi Před 5 lety +13

    doctor: "sorry, during these surgeries I just get a craving... for grapefruit!"

  • @edavis5191
    @edavis5191 Před 5 lety +1

    O man have I missed Jim Gaffigan! So glad I found this! I also am glad to hear his wife is cancer free! God bless him & his family.

  • @wendyarnold3845
    @wendyarnold3845 Před 3 lety +1

    I love you, Jim Gaffigan. You've helped me through a rough time. Thank you for making your comedy and humor available to the masses.