“Lotic’s debut full-length, Power, comprises many of the same whirring spikes of anxious electronic sound that blast through 2015’s Agitations and Heterocetera EPs. But rather than aim darts at the listener, Lotic (who uses they/them pronouns) offers a path through the barbs, leading the audience right back to…

Two minutes into Noble Ape, Jim Gaffigan’s sixth comedy special, the comic addresses the elephant in the room—and immediately makes it do a little dance. “In April, it was discovered that my wife had a brain tumor. I’m not even making this up,” Gaffigan begins. “It was removed, she’s great, everything’s good.” It’s a…

Jim Gaffigan wastes no time in his new stand-up special, Noble Ape, jumping immediately into a significant event in his personal life: Yes, he’s grown out his beard, and yes, it makes him look, in the words of his ever-present, falsetto-voiced inner critic, “like an out-of-shape Civil War general.” After a minute or…

For the past couple of years, The A.V. Club has used its 11 Questions feature to ask celebrities about their first concerts and most embarrassing phases. Part of that feature—the 12th question—also asked the interviewee to come up with a question for the next interview subject without generally knowing who they were.…

Jim Gaffigan has encountered his fair share of hecklers as a stand-up of more than 25 years. But, according to him, the heckling has worsened over the past year, ever since Donald Trump was elected president. Gaffigan’s comedy is typically apolitical, but occasionally his personal political opinions will bleed…

Five kids is a lot for any parent to handle, let alone two parents who work and travel as frequently as Jim and Jeannie Gaffigan. But the pair make it work. To put Jim’s knowledge of his children to the test, we thought it’d be fun to see if he can list all five of his kids’ full names and birthdays in under 30…

Traveling across the country as one of the world’s highest-paid comedians allows Jim Gaffigan access to some of the best food cities around the globe. But that kind of access is a blessing and a curse, as he says he ends up eating far more than he probably should. In the video above, Gaffigan tells us how he tries to…

Jim Gaffigan has been working as a stand-up for over 25 years and in that time, the industry has changed. Access to content has become easier for consumers, with Comedy Central, YouTube, satellite radio, and Netflix becoming major players in stand-up. And, for comedians, sharing content has becoming equally…

Jim Gaffigan isn’t really known for being in dramas, but he’s had a small streak of roles in dramatic movies like Experimenter, Chuck, and the upcoming Chappaquiddick. The movie examines the controversial 1969 car accident in which campaign strategist Mary Jo Kopechne drowned and Ted Kennedy was driving. In the video…

On a recent episode of The A.V. Club Hosted By John Teti, John sat down with veteran comedian Jim Gaffigan for a chat about his busy, funny career. Naturally there was more interview than we could use on the show, so here’s an outtake in which Gaffigan talks about the difference between a “tight five” and the…

Earlier this year, writer Jeannie Gaffigan discovered she had a benign tumor the size of a pear wrapped around her brain stem. While the tumor has been fully removed, Jeannie is still on the mend, and she and her husband, comedian Jim Gaffigan, are figuring out how to balance her rehab with five kids and still be able…

When you’re feeling under the weather, having a friend make you a nice bowl of soup can be a godsend. But when you’re three months into recovering from life-threatening brain surgery that removed an apple-sized tumor from your head, you may need a very special soup from a very special friend. For comedian Jim…

Jim Gaffigan is having a bit of a rough go of it right now. The happy-go-lucky comedian and his wife and co-writer, Jeannie, discovered she had a benign tumor the size of a pear wrapped around her brain stem last month. She’d been experiencing headaches and fatigue for months—something she attributed to being the mom…

When Jim Gaffigan is described as a “clean,” it can’t help but feel like a bit of an insult. Yes, Gaffigan largely avoids swear words or sexual references in his act, but to call what he does “clean comedy”—the Netflix synopsis for his new special, Cinco, calls him the “king” of the stuff—it’s like saying that’s all …

In 11 Questions, The A.V. Club asks interesting people 11 interesting questions—and then asks them to suggest one for our next interviewee.

Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Tuesday, January 10. All times are Eastern.

Jim Gaffigan has a pretty busy year ahead of himself: the massively successful stand-up and actor has six new movies on his docket (two dramas, a comedy, and three animated films), plus his previously announced work on the upcoming season of Fargo. He’s also in the middle of a national tour, which didn’t keep him from…

For the past year or so, The A.V. Club has used its 11 Questions feature to ask celebrities about their first concerts and most embarrassing phases. Part of that feature—the 12th question—also asked the interviewee to come up with a question for the next interview subject without generally knowing who they were. Those…

A new year means a new host of titles coming to Netflix, including some eagerly anticipated originals. Among those, the highest profile titles are the new, serialized adaptation of Lemony Snicket’s A Series Of Unfortunate Events starring Neil Patrick Harris as the dastardly Count Olaf and the reboot of Norman Lear’s …