Jim Gaffigan

So I'm like, I'll pay for film school, but like, there's no, you know. Right, it's not like it used to be. Yeah, it's.

So I'm like, I'll pay for film school, but like, there's no, you know. Right, it's not like it used to be. Yeah, it's.

So I'm like, I'll pay for film school, but like, there's no, you know. Right, it's not like it used to be. Yeah, it's.

I think Arrested Development, I tested for that. Or I was... Wait. Maybe not a network test, but a studio test. What part? I think the David Cross one. Yeah? Okay. But I think that... Oh, my God, that would have been great. No, it's even worse than that. It was... Because there's also, during pilot season, there's like, do you want to commit to this pilot? Do you want them in first position? Yes.

I think Arrested Development, I tested for that. Or I was... Wait. Maybe not a network test, but a studio test. What part? I think the David Cross one. Yeah? Okay. But I think that... Oh, my God, that would have been great. No, it's even worse than that. It was... Because there's also, during pilot season, there's like, do you want to commit to this pilot? Do you want them in first position? Yes.

I think Arrested Development, I tested for that. Or I was... Wait. Maybe not a network test, but a studio test. What part? I think the David Cross one. Yeah? Okay. But I think that... Oh, my God, that would have been great. No, it's even worse than that. It was... Because there's also, during pilot season, there's like, do you want to commit to this pilot? Do you want them in first position? Yes.

And I think I had been... offered a pilot to be in first position. And I was like, all right, fine. Yeah, let's do that first position. It was garbage, but I'm like, all right, fine. I just want to act. And then, because I had worked with Mitch Hurwitz the year before on Ellen DeGeneres' sitcom, and he's like, hey, why don't you come in and audition for this? Because I had been...

And I think I had been... offered a pilot to be in first position. And I was like, all right, fine. Yeah, let's do that first position. It was garbage, but I'm like, all right, fine. I just want to act. And then, because I had worked with Mitch Hurwitz the year before on Ellen DeGeneres' sitcom, and he's like, hey, why don't you come in and audition for this? Because I had been...

And I think I had been... offered a pilot to be in first position. And I was like, all right, fine. Yeah, let's do that first position. It was garbage, but I'm like, all right, fine. I just want to act. And then, because I had worked with Mitch Hurwitz the year before on Ellen DeGeneres' sitcom, and he's like, hey, why don't you come in and audition for this? Because I had been...

uh schmoozing him to get a part on it because you know obviously he's brilliant right yeah yeah and so uh but i and then i and then he was like yeah you're in first position and this is a low budget thing we can't have anyone in because we're gonna do it oh yeah because remember the premise was like that they were gonna do it in a different way yeah remember it was written remember he wrote that cover letter on

uh schmoozing him to get a part on it because you know obviously he's brilliant right yeah yeah and so uh but i and then i and then he was like yeah you're in first position and this is a low budget thing we can't have anyone in because we're gonna do it oh yeah because remember the premise was like that they were gonna do it in a different way yeah remember it was written remember he wrote that cover letter on

uh schmoozing him to get a part on it because you know obviously he's brilliant right yeah yeah and so uh but i and then i and then he was like yeah you're in first position and this is a low budget thing we can't have anyone in because we're gonna do it oh yeah because remember the premise was like that they were gonna do it in a different way yeah remember it was written remember he wrote that cover letter on

Martin Mull was on that show. That was so... We loved Martin Muller. I mean, he was such a sweet guy. Such a sweet guy. And it was so bizarre to see this guy that I had watched on Fernwood Tonight.

Martin Mull was on that show. That was so... We loved Martin Muller. I mean, he was such a sweet guy. Such a sweet guy. And it was so bizarre to see this guy that I had watched on Fernwood Tonight.

Martin Mull was on that show. That was so... We loved Martin Muller. I mean, he was such a sweet guy. Such a sweet guy. And it was so bizarre to see this guy that I had watched on Fernwood Tonight.

I mean, it was just, and you know, I mean, I know I'm older than you guys, but you have to understand, that was... That was the bizarre, him and Fred Willard, that was like my first exposure to like bizarre comedy.

I mean, it was just, and you know, I mean, I know I'm older than you guys, but you have to understand, that was... That was the bizarre, him and Fred Willard, that was like my first exposure to like bizarre comedy.

I mean, it was just, and you know, I mean, I know I'm older than you guys, but you have to understand, that was... That was the bizarre, him and Fred Willard, that was like my first exposure to like bizarre comedy.

Well, also I had no idea that Martin Mull was this brilliant painter. Like he went to art school to be a painter and then he would just tell stories about Steve Martin, which was amazing.

Well, also I had no idea that Martin Mull was this brilliant painter. Like he went to art school to be a painter and then he would just tell stories about Steve Martin, which was amazing.