Jim Gaffigan Stand-Up Routine on Canada

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Sometimes, I think that Jim Gaffigan is pretty funny, although admittedly, he is normally not necessarily the first comedian that I look for or think of when in the mood for a laugh.              

Yet, whenever I do listen to him, perhaps on the radio or on television, he usually does make me laugh.              

When I saw a video of him talking about Canada, specifically the Canadian map, it piqued my interest.              

Why?              

Because I love Canada. For many, many years, I seriously contemplated moving up there. Hell, I am tempted to move up there still, if money and other possible obstacles were not an issue. It certainly would be an option, in any case, because personally, I feel it may be easier in certain ways to identify with Canada than with the United States or France, which are my two actual nationalities. Canada has a good thing going. A very good thing. And they are not weighed down either by their own history, or their own sense of prominence, like some other larger, more famous nations tend to be. It is a beautiful country with a lot more to offer than many people – Americans in particular – seem to think in their frankly overly dismissive manner.              

But I digress….              

It was enough to get me to watch the video, and low and behold, it was pretty funny stuff. He has some clever and humorous observations about Canada that I also have always wondered about, such as the two cities by the same name in the Maritime provinces.              

Plus, the second video is about what seems now to have become the de facto staple Canadian food – poutine. Not everybody likes poutine. Here in the United States, it is only becoming a bit more popular, although I do not fully understand why it is only catching on now. It is an easy dish to make, it is filling, and it is tasty, even if, as Gaffigan rightly points out, it is also extremely unhealthy. His routine on poutine is quite funny, and it seemed worth sharing that, as well.              

So, here are two videos of Gaffigan commenting on some Canadian habits. If you are in the mood for a laugh – always assuming that you actually know enough about Canada to get the jokes, of course – you might want to take a look: