This show is positively putrid. There is nothing, and I mean nothing, even remotely funny in this show. I saw two episodes and no one can accuse me of actually laughing. The premise of the show is that Jim is a comedian who likes to eat. He didn't have to put a lot of thought into that, since that is his real life, and for some reason, he thinks his life is a lot funnier than the rest of us. All you see in the show is him avoiding any kind of real work and eating. That's it. He took the worse aspects of bad comedies from the late 90's and early 2000's and mush them all into one spectacularly horrible show. Stupid and lazy man? Everybody Loves Raymond. Lazy and fat man? The King of Queens. Fat and obnoxious man? According to Jim. It's nauseating. On top of that he manages to get a hot wife, which seems totally unrealistic, but is a myth that television keeps trying to make Americans believe. The only realistic part of the show is that the family is crammed into a small apartment. Since they live in NYC, it is not always feasible to live in a comfortable space, and I applaud the show for being honest about that. Everything else pretty much sucks. You see actors like Michael Ian Black, Ashley Williams, and Adam Goldberg and they look like it is painful having to deliver these stupid lines and pretend that the show is good. You can tell they are embarrassed, and I am embarrassed for them.
Review of The Jim Gaffigan Show
