So last night Carrie and Ashley and I went to see Jim Gaffigan. What a riot!! We got the tickets the moment they went on sale back in November, and it paid off when we got front row seats!! (Well, technically, there were three rows of folding chairs in front of us (what’s up with that?), but those seats were too close in my opinion; like sitting in the front row at the movies). He had an opening act, Rich Brooks, who was pretty funny, and he and Jim both stayed after the show to sign autographs and take pictures.
What’s that? You’ve never heard of Jim Gaffigan? Oh, sure you have… he’s the guy in all those Sierra Mist commercials, and he’s a frequent guest on late night television. He was also Doug, the “open-door-dump” guy on Sex and the City:
… Meanwhile, Miranda is a little freaked out when her date Doug pees in front of her the morning after their first night together. Miranda decides that she should go with the flow, and tries peeing with the door open herself. However, Doug takes the no-boundaries thing too far, subjecting Miranda to an “open door dump” after which Miranda quickly dumps him.
– from the synopsis
He says that he’ll autograph anything you bring him, so we brought our copy of his “Beyond the Pale” DVD and Ashley brought and empty Hot Pockets box. He signed everything and as we posed for a picture with him, he thanked us for coming to his show. Wow. He did two sold out shows yesterday and still had a line a mile long for autographs, and he still thanks each of his fans for coming to see him. That’s cool.
Thank you, Jim. What a great show.