I would say I'm - in the show, I'm a cultural Catholic, which is what I was.

Meredith Baxter Birney gets beaten by a rod, in the Lifetime Original, Rod.

I think comedians get too much credit or too much criticism for the style of comedy they do, and they generally do the style of comedy that works for them. [...] There's no kind of shrewd calculation going into the type of standup we all do. It's like David Cross is supposed to be doing the David Cross' type of standup.

We wrote about having five kids and bringing them to church. A journalist at The Washington Post wrote this article where the headline was "The New Catholic Evangelism Of Jim Gaffigan." And it was a bit terrifying.

I've had plenty of friends tell me that their first time doing stand-up, they do well, and then they tank for a while after that. Kind of like the first time you do a drug, you're like, "Huh! This is pretty darn good," and then you spend all your money trying to get the same high.

Failing and laughing at your own shortcomings are the hallmarks of a sane parent.

The reason I say I'm a horrible person is I don't want myself to be presented as somebody who's a great Catholic.