The Canadian episode is really shows off how much effort Jim put into building a special that played to every region of a country. The historical and cultural references are spot on and make these episodes both highly entertaining and informative.
19 Reviews
Loved it
potatoangel-550895 September 2020
Jim's humor is offbeat and weird. He speaks to himself out loud in the third person and he sometimes laughs at his own humor. But in Canada he has great timing and the audience loves him. There is no repeating of one liners, no redundant jokes, but great humor regarding Canada and the Canadians seem to love it. He speaks about the provences and the difference between Canadians and Americans. I found him funny with great timing. He is a clean comedian, hardly a swear word and he always talks about being a Catholic. I'm not but I fond his Catholic humor pretty funny since I used to be Catholic myself. I figured I'd run into a lot of disgruntled fans because of Jim's twitter rampage. These are people who USED to find him funny until he made political statements. Then, they write bad reviews. I call BS on those. Love his humor, love the ideas he and his wife come up with and I love his delivery. Id like it even if he had different political views than I did.
Why Jim why?
jpgr131 July 2020
The Canadian set was hilarious. I laughed nonstop. Virtually every joke was a hit. Then I put on the Spanish set. Wow.....*thud.* Not a single laugh. Ended up turning it off because I was falling asleep after 30 minutes. The audience didn't seem into it either. It was a shock why Gaffigan would put such a weak set out there. It was a total downer after the show in Canada. I've seen Jim Gaffigan live and I couldn't breathe from laughing so hard. This is a just bizarre misstep and I don't understand why he did it.
Canadian humor rules!
ngcorbett26 July 2020
Bit too slow and predictable for me
andyonmob25 July 2020
Laughed the whole way through.
kimberleylancaster27 July 2020
Same old Gaffigan material. Pathetic.
cinemagick14 August 2020
I used to really enjoy Gaffigan's material, but he has been going back to the same well for far too long. Of course, his sycophants will lap this up, but I hated it. It's basically his old routine but for a slightly more international audience. I found most his jokes and pot-shots at culture disappointing and easy.
Absolutely brilliant
DutchWatch2105119 August 2020
Warning: Spoilers
I have no idea where some of the bad reviews come from: my wife and I saw the first two episodes and thought it was absolutely brilliant. Jim gives a very funny take on countries traditions. Sometimes he uses hilarious accents. Best work we have seen in years. We can't wait for the next episodes. Keep them coming!
loved it.
krishnakanth6115 August 2020
Gaffigan at his worst
gunit-8771013 August 2020
I've enjoyed all of Jim's previous stand up routines, been watching his stuff for a decade. But this one is just boring and cringeworthy (the hideous accents) at parts. Maybe laughed two times total between the episodes.
All he is doing is reciting facts about Canada and Spain respectively and trying to be relevant with the crowd but it just does not work at all. Feels like just a cash grab, he really should rethink his entire strategy and approach. The same schtick just isn't working any more he needs to reinvent his act.
All he is doing is reciting facts about Canada and Spain respectively and trying to be relevant with the crowd but it just does not work at all. Feels like just a cash grab, he really should rethink his entire strategy and approach. The same schtick just isn't working any more he needs to reinvent his act.
I always love Jim
jakejedi-110-7819247 August 2020
Doesn't seem to respect the culture
morristravels5 August 2020
There were many moments where even I, as an American, felt awkward for some of his jokes. Does Jim know that they don't speak Spanish in Catalogna? Even if you put culture aside...they just weren't funny.
I'm a fan, but these just seemed like tired jokes.
Old and Tired
rocknstv28 August 2020
Waste of time, for real
backup-5036215 May 2022
Amazon says "people who watched this also enjoyed watching paint dry".
Seriously, especially in the Spain one this guy isn't even trying, there's no script, no jokes, he's just mumbling and stretching to hit 50 minutes.
Seriously, especially in the Spain one this guy isn't even trying, there's no script, no jokes, he's just mumbling and stretching to hit 50 minutes.
I call bs on the 10/10 reviews
godfrey-220-94493028 August 2020
Love Gaffigan - couldn't make it through the Spanish set
ycnjfvt4 March 2023
This was strange. The Canadian set seemed to point out interesting, fun inconsistencies in Canadian culture in Gaffigan's usual good natured way. The Spanish set was... insulting is too strong a word. I guess it just felt like an unpolished early set. The laughter sounded like a laugh track - every response at the same medium intensity. Zero resonance. The Canadian set would have medium and high laughs as the audience related to the silliness. The Spanish audience sat there as he went through every Spanish dish he could think of and quietly scoffed at it in a Garrison Keillor whisper. So odd..
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