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Jim Gaffigan

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630 total appearances

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Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
Jim Gaffigan Returns Again

And I was like interested, but I was like, well, I'm not, you know, you can't campaign for it.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
Jim Gaffigan Returns Again

And I was like interested, but I was like, well, I'm not, you know, you can't campaign for it.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
Jim Gaffigan Returns Again

And I was like interested, but I was like, well, I'm not, you know, you can't campaign for it.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
Jim Gaffigan Returns Again

Yeah, you can't be like, hey, you know what I'm going to do is I'm going to go on Howard Stern and do my Tim Wallace impression. You can't do that, right? And so I very much stood back. And then I would check in with my manager who would say, you know, here's what they're thinking, you know, but you're supposedly on a list. And, again, there's nothing you can do on it. And so then I was in –

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
Jim Gaffigan Returns Again

Yeah, you can't be like, hey, you know what I'm going to do is I'm going to go on Howard Stern and do my Tim Wallace impression. You can't do that, right? And so I very much stood back. And then I would check in with my manager who would say, you know, here's what they're thinking, you know, but you're supposedly on a list. And, again, there's nothing you can do on it. And so then I was in –

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
Jim Gaffigan Returns Again

Yeah, you can't be like, hey, you know what I'm going to do is I'm going to go on Howard Stern and do my Tim Wallace impression. You can't do that, right? And so I very much stood back. And then I would check in with my manager who would say, you know, here's what they're thinking, you know, but you're supposedly on a list. And, again, there's nothing you can do on it. And so then I was in –

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
Jim Gaffigan Returns Again

You know, I get one acting job a year. So I was in England doing this acting job. And then and at night I'm walking back to my hotel and I get a call from my manager and he's like, hey, so we've been telling people at the Booker at SNL that you've been sending us little videos where you're pretending to be Tim Wallace. And I'm like, oh, that's interesting. And he goes, you weren't. And I wasn't.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
Jim Gaffigan Returns Again

You know, I get one acting job a year. So I was in England doing this acting job. And then and at night I'm walking back to my hotel and I get a call from my manager and he's like, hey, so we've been telling people at the Booker at SNL that you've been sending us little videos where you're pretending to be Tim Wallace. And I'm like, oh, that's interesting. And he goes, you weren't. And I wasn't.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
Jim Gaffigan Returns Again

You know, I get one acting job a year. So I was in England doing this acting job. And then and at night I'm walking back to my hotel and I get a call from my manager and he's like, hey, so we've been telling people at the Booker at SNL that you've been sending us little videos where you're pretending to be Tim Wallace. And I'm like, oh, that's interesting. And he goes, you weren't. And I wasn't.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
Jim Gaffigan Returns Again

And so he was on with my manager and my agent. I'm like, oh, well, that's an interesting approach. But, you know, this is what you guys do. And they're like, yeah. And now they want to see those. And I'm like, so what do you mean they want to see them? I'm like, well, we brought it up. And now they're like, why don't you send them? I'd be mad at this management team.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
Jim Gaffigan Returns Again

And so he was on with my manager and my agent. I'm like, oh, well, that's an interesting approach. But, you know, this is what you guys do. And they're like, yeah. And now they want to see those. And I'm like, so what do you mean they want to see them? I'm like, well, we brought it up. And now they're like, why don't you send them? I'd be mad at this management team.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
Jim Gaffigan Returns Again

And so he was on with my manager and my agent. I'm like, oh, well, that's an interesting approach. But, you know, this is what you guys do. And they're like, yeah. And now they want to see those. And I'm like, so what do you mean they want to see them? I'm like, well, we brought it up. And now they're like, why don't you send them? I'd be mad at this management team.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
Jim Gaffigan Returns Again

And so so I then I spent the next hour. Kind of in my hotel room, taking off a jacket, putting on a thing, doing different. And I had kind of been, you know, checking out Tim Walls and looking at speeches. And then I just, in that moment, I just did an impression of my brother, Mitch, who is this, similar to Tim Walls, a very sincere, enthusiastic person.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
Jim Gaffigan Returns Again

And so so I then I spent the next hour. Kind of in my hotel room, taking off a jacket, putting on a thing, doing different. And I had kind of been, you know, checking out Tim Walls and looking at speeches. And then I just, in that moment, I just did an impression of my brother, Mitch, who is this, similar to Tim Walls, a very sincere, enthusiastic person.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
Jim Gaffigan Returns Again

And so so I then I spent the next hour. Kind of in my hotel room, taking off a jacket, putting on a thing, doing different. And I had kind of been, you know, checking out Tim Walls and looking at speeches. And then I just, in that moment, I just did an impression of my brother, Mitch, who is this, similar to Tim Walls, a very sincere, enthusiastic person.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
Jim Gaffigan Returns Again

midwestern guy who's kind of got a little bit of that golly gee and so i essentially did an impression of my brother mitch in the different settings in this england hotel sent him off and then uh you know i don't know what happened but it worked they hired your brother mitch so when people are like how do you do that impression i'm like well just don't meet my brother mitch and we should be fine yeah

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
Jim Gaffigan Returns Again

midwestern guy who's kind of got a little bit of that golly gee and so i essentially did an impression of my brother mitch in the different settings in this england hotel sent him off and then uh you know i don't know what happened but it worked they hired your brother mitch so when people are like how do you do that impression i'm like well just don't meet my brother mitch and we should be fine yeah

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
Jim Gaffigan Returns Again

midwestern guy who's kind of got a little bit of that golly gee and so i essentially did an impression of my brother mitch in the different settings in this england hotel sent him off and then uh you know i don't know what happened but it worked they hired your brother mitch so when people are like how do you do that impression i'm like well just don't meet my brother mitch and we should be fine yeah

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
Jim Gaffigan Returns Again

Grow up in Indiana. Yeah, grow up in Indiana. Surround yourself with very sincere Midwestern people that have that optimism that Tim Walz has, you know? Which is like, we can do this. Yeah. You know what I mean? I mean, jeez, come on, Jimmy. You know, like, that's my brother Mitch. I mean, jeez, Jimmy. You know, God. I mean, Jimmy, you're a bad driver.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
Jim Gaffigan Returns Again

Grow up in Indiana. Yeah, grow up in Indiana. Surround yourself with very sincere Midwestern people that have that optimism that Tim Walz has, you know? Which is like, we can do this. Yeah. You know what I mean? I mean, jeez, come on, Jimmy. You know, like, that's my brother Mitch. I mean, jeez, Jimmy. You know, God. I mean, Jimmy, you're a bad driver.