Jim Gaffigan: The Pale Tourist

Witty and well put together. I love the contrast between America and Canada. Top notch.

As a a Canadian-American laughed my buttocks off. Wonderful Insight. Well done Jim!

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.

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..

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.