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  • Dad Is Fat

  • By: Jim Gaffigan
  • Narrated by: Jim Gaffigan
  • Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (10,575 ratings)

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Dad Is Fat

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In Dad is Fat, stand-up comedian Jim Gaffigan, who’s best known for his legendary riffs on Hot Pockets, bacon, manatees, and McDonald's, expresses all the joys and horrors of life with five young children - everything from cousins ("celebrities for little kids") to toddlers’ communication skills ("they always sound like they have traveled by horseback for hours to deliver important news"), to the eating habits of four-year-olds ("there is no difference between a four-year-old eating a taco and throwing a taco on the floor"). Dad is Fat is sharply observed, explosively funny, and a cry for help from a man who has realized he and his wife are outnumbered in their own home.

©2013 Jim Gaffigan (P)2013 Random House Audio

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freaking hilarious

This book is freaking hilarious. Loved every second. He's so real and just tells it like it is. My favorite is when he talks about McDonald's.

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Hilarious and heartwarming

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to spend the next 5 1/2 hours chuckling to themselves and occasionally bursting out loud in laughter. If you have kids, want kids or just want to find out where Jim Gaffigan lives, this is the perfect audiobook.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Jim Gaffigan gives a great performance. His comic timing as a reader and his witty grasp of irony do not fail to amuse and inform.

Have you listened to any of Jim Gaffigan’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

If you have seen all of Jim Gaffigan's one hour specials as I have, you will recognize some of his jokes for a second time. However, rather then detracting from book the new context just serves to make the jokes funnier.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

If you could hear me listening to this audiobook (I'm not sure why you'd want to listen to me listen to an audiobook, but if you did) you'd hear mostly a constant chuckling and chortling punctuated by occasional bursts of loud laughter.

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Very Funny

If you love Gaffigan, are a parent and need something to pass the time. .then get this book! With Gaffigan narrating it was like listening to his stand up but it's all about the kids and his struggles about being a father. I've heard some of this stuff before on his other standups but some of the material was new. You wont be disappointed!

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Very funny

Enjoyed this book a lot. Jim G. Is a very funny man and his life was fun to hear about.

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Loved it!!

It was like living through it again and I thought I was the only one. He's right. You are going to miss this.

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great!

I really really like this book made me laugh out loud more than once my wife enjoyed it too.

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Let those without fault cast the first stone

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Who among us is so self deceived, so wrapped up in their narrcissistic existence that they can no longer be moved or humored by the common events of life. Mr. Gafigan's talent for bringing those common events to light is a divine gift and while his own humility forbids his self endulgence down that road, he holds himself in reserve, saying just enough about a topic or event to find the humor and then moves on to the next item rather than milk a topic to death like so many "observation" comedians until the spark of humor is gone. As pointed earlier, if you cannot find a smile or a slight ah huh at these thoughts and ideas then I believe you have ceased to be human and have progressed into the abysmal creature you thought you should be. I would, without reservation, recommend this book to friends.

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I look forward to more from this artist.

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Clean (mostly) and funny

As a mother of 4 kids, I can relate. He really only discusses real life scenarios, but he finds the humor in them all.

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So good I want to share with everyone!

great stories every parent can relate to, ready to start it all over again! even making notes of my favorite jokes - tv news is like kryptonite to kids!!!

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Every parent should read this

The book was great! it kept me laughing at all times. You can relate to all of the things that the author talks about.

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