Jim Gaffigan’s “Noble Ape” harnesses tragedy for the sake of comedy
The days of stand-up comedy feature films have dwindled with the advent of streaming options and Netflix’s huge catalog of stand-up comedy specials. Audiences no longer flock to movie theaters to consume these features because there is no need to. The days of Eddie Murphy’s Raw are long gone. However, Jim Gaffigan is taking a […]
Amazon Prime Video is getting into the stand-up comedy game by releasing Jim Gaffigan’s new special
Jim Gaffigan is getting around these days, he’s been on a bit of a tear the last few years with stand-up comedy specials. Releasing a 3 new hours of material in the last 3 years, 7 total. In 2017, he released Cinco on Netflix, then followed it up by releasing Noble Ape on Comedy Dynamics […]
Chappelle, Oswalt, Rock and more pull nominations for Comedy Grammy
The Grammy nominations were released today and yeah, Cardi B, A Star Is Born and all of that jazz. But we want to know what comedians pulled in nominations for Best Comedy Album. A field that seems to become more and more competitive every year with the release of what amounts to at least one […]
Talking “Noble Ape” and the future of the stand-up special with Jim Gaffigan
Photo: Comedy Dynamics Comedians are a very specific breed that tend to fall into one of two very specific categories. One: You have that comic that has really hit it big with the masses, who come out in droves to see them anywhere they play. Fellow comedians perhaps may enjoy them but really they are […]
This week on TV: Bobcat Goldthwait’s “Misfits & Monsters” takes on Jim Gaffigan’s “Noble Ape”
Now that we spent last week blowing things up in celebration of our independence, a few great comedy titans are emerging this week to drop some new comedy on us. On Wednesday, Bobcat Goldthwait’s new truTV anthology series Misfits & Monsters premieres. Then on Friday, while both Jim Gaffigan and Jim Jefferies drop new comedy […]
Watch the trailer for Jim Gaffigan’s new special, “Noble Ape”
Jim Gaffigan is about to drop his 6th stand-up comedy special, Noble Ape. While the comedian still has a lot of his trademark humor we all know and love in the act (his family, his love of food) this special dives into something a bit more serious for Gaffigan, the health scare his wife and […]
Jim Gaffigan announces new special, “Noble Ape” due out this July
Jim Gaffigan announced his new comedy special, Noble Ape was going to be released this July. It will be the comedians 6th release and in addition to some of his trademark jokes about his large family and affinity for food, he’ll also take on the very serious subject of his wife and collaborator Jeannie’s brain […]