When I lived in New Jersey, I’d sometimes visit my sister in NYC and usually we’d hit up a comedy club. One time, Jim Gaffigan wandered in and did 10 minutes, totally killed it.
During his set, he mentions that he’s a regular person and just wants to be treated the same way we’d treat any of our friends. I gave him a high five as he exited near my table.
A couple weeks later, I see him walking down the street, I say “hey Jim!” And he responds “hey…” like he was confused why he didn’t know me. The next time I saw him randomly on the street, I asked if we’re still on for lunch on Tuesday. He stopped walking and asked “what?” I kept waking and shouted, “great! See you on Tuesday!”
The following Tuesday, I made no attempt to see Jim Gaffigan for lunch the same way I would for any friend who didn’t give me their number or make a true attempt to confirm plans.
After my dad died, I moved back to Texas and haven’t seen Jim Gaffigan since. So now I talk shit about about him behind his back like I would for any unreliable friend.
Tldr: had three brief interactions with Jim Gaffigan, dude is incredibly patient and pleasant. 10/10, would invite him to lunch and not show up again cuz he’s an unreliable asshole of a friend.
What a rollercoaster
Reading ops comment was an experience to be sure.
you gotta earn the friendship first like any other
OMG, a gem! I love it when I run into awesome shit posts like this. Thank you!
I want this to be true and I want Jim Gaffigan to read it and say, “Now it makes sense.”
The good news is that it’s true—if you hang around the trendy yet modest parts of NYC that my sister used to frequent, you’ll run into a crazy number of celebrities
Whether Jim remembers or cares, who knows.
I like to think that he occasionally reminds his agent about that time they dropped the ball for that Tuesday lunch.
Robert downy wears black face. People still love him.
John goodman wears a kkk hood, people love him.
I fuck one goat…
Ew. Goat fucker.
That goat was already betrothed to another
Was the blackface tastetul? How were the lips, were they funny?
That’s not blackface, that’s a black man
That’s a dude playin’ a dude disguised as another dude.
I want to see him play a role opposite the MTV Movie Award Best Kiss winner Tobey Maguire
It took me longer than I care to admit while watching Tropic Thunder to cop on that was RDJ.
As tasteful as Lawrence Ollivier in Othello
Or couch
wait, what movie was Goodman in KKK?
O Brother, where art thou?
movie?
well I’m sure it wasn’t real life lol
Never the goat
I had a similar experience, except I said “you’re the guy from Big Lebowski!” and he said yep and then smashed my car windows with a crowbar.
That wasn’t Goodman, that was Freeman.
I just wanna let him know that I liked Speed Racer and thought it was a fun and unique movie.
Were you skiing in the Alps?
You don’t find a stranger in the alps
You see what happens?
John Goodman once gave me cocaine at a bar near the Chinese Theater in Hollywood, and none of my coworkers were there to see it so they didn’t believe me.
I once run out of toilet paper and the store didn’t have any, but in the parking lot I bumped into John Goodman and without a word spoken he handed me over a package of toilet paper. Really nice guy.
Really?
An ex met Keanu Reeves on an airplane when she was ten and said he was very kind and gave her his autograph. I hope both of these men remain awesome and no awful secrets come out to damage my appreciation for their being good dudes.
Well, he’s not John Doucheman.
It is an awesome life experience when the “Never Meet Your Heroes” saying does not apply!
I would enjoy a couple hundred bucks right now
I’ve met him a couple of times. Shook my hand once. I’ve got some pretty big hands, but his completely overtook mine. Left a decent amount of sweat behind. Worth it.
I thought he was an alcoholic
Not everyone is an asshole when they’re drunk.
I am very fortunate in that I love to drink and alcohol makes me happy and friendly and silly. I have the potential to embarrass myself but almost no risk of terminating a friendship.
Same. I just get real talkative and all my negative emotions leave my body (at least until hangover time comes around). By contrast when I’m sober I’m usually very quiet and stay out of the conversation. Drinking fairly regularly for two decades now I’ve never had a “drunk asshole” moment like a lot of people seem to do. Even when I’ve gotten into arguments and things like that. I just don’t get angry.
Same, except the hangxiety says something completely different. Don’t drink much anymore.
My brother’s first roommate was an alcoholic. First time I saw him sober it completely caught me off guard cause he was so much fun to be around when he was drunk, but a completely normal and boring dude while sober.
I hope he got the help he needs.
Not everyone is an asshole whenever they’re drunk.
FTFY
TIL the difference between when and whenever.
Your statement was perfectly valid. I just wanted to imply the level of assholeness is more variable.
Are you drunk ?
So? Some of the best men I have known were alcoholics.
can be a fun drunk
