• Dad Is Fat

  • By: Jim Gaffigan
  • Narrated by: Jim Gaffigan
  • Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (10,542 ratings)

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Dad Is Fat

By: Jim Gaffigan
Narrated by: Jim Gaffigan
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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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Pretty good, solidly funny

I'm a Jim Gaffigan fan and I got exactly what I expected from this book. Even some of the jokes are the same from his standup act.

That being said, I'm surprised when he stumbles on the delivery. They're his jokes, he wrote them! But this is only a minor issue. Fans will love, as I did.

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Never disappointed

As usual, I am never disappointed by anything that Jim has to say. His parenting style rivals my own and it’s nice to laugh about it

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a Californian listening to a New Yorker

eh... the parenting stuff I can relate to with my own trials and tribulations with my two boys but it seems to me a lot of the things that he complains about not really his kids but where he lives (NYC) and the struggle to get 5 kids about 5 flight staircase or something to his apartment that's only 2 bedrooms?? MOVE YOU DAFT SNOWBALL!! I struggled about halfway through thinking I should just give up and start my physics book butt muscle through it.

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Great book! Hilarious as well as insightful

A must for all fans of Jim Gaffigan, kids, honest parenting, and awkwardness of life. Wonderfully written and we'll told: it made a drive across the country to South Dakota bearable...almost...

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Funny stories and great voices by Jim.

This book is filled with funny stories about Jim, his wife and 5 kids. Parents would get a kick out of this book. Yet I'm not a parent and I enjoyed this collection of stories. With Jim reading his audiobook, he was able to impersonate his dad and kids which really added to the stories.

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Adorable...

Jim is funny and his delivery is perfect! I throughly enjoyed laughing while listening to Jim’s spot on take of parenthood!

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Hilarious

Fantastic,funny and brings back memories of being a learn on the job father. You will laugh!

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Hilarious

As a new parent, this book is even funnier! I've read it before I had my baby, and I still found it hilarious. I love Jim's comedy!

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My New Favorite Book!

As a dad of 4 kids, I can totally relate to every single thing he brings up in this book! It is hilarious! Whether you have 10 kids or no kids at all you are going to love it! I just finished it and want to turn around and start it over again, that's how good it is! Well done "Hot Pocket Guy"

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Superb

Jim tells it like it is! I love his work even more after reading this book.

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