I keep meaning to post about the Jim Gaffigan show last Friday but I never seem to get around to it. So, here goes. The opening act, Rich Brooks, was funny. He had a great joke about how he had gotten his sideburns trimmed because he had crossed the line from looking like Neil Young to looking like Wolverine. Mr. Gaffigan was everything you could hope he would be. He did bear jokes. He did religious jokes. He did food jokes. He did a hell of a lot of food jokes. He did Hot Pocket jokes. The cheer that went up when he did his first Hot Pocket joke was unreal. If anything he went on for too long. I mean, how long can you expect people to sit there listening to food jokes? I was really hungry after the show.

At the end of his set he quickly came back out for an encore. After doing a few more jokes he announced that they were giving away a CD to a lucky fan. Mr. Gaffigan said the winner's name and the guy came down to the front of the stage. At this point Mr. Gaffigan asked the guy who he was there with and the guy said he was there with his girlfriend. Mr. Gaffigan said that she should come up too. So both the winner and his girlfriend climb up onto the stage. The guy is handed his CD and Mr. Gaffigan congratulates him. Jim Gaffigan then hands the guy the microphone, says something like "it's all yours", and walks off stage. So there's this guy on stage with his girlfriend. He looks out at the audience and acts like he's going to talk to us, go into a routine or something, but then he turns to his girlfriend, gets down on one knee, and proposes. She accepts and a voice comes over the PA system telling us that Jim Gaffigan will be out in the lobby signing autographs and posing for pictures.

I have no reason to believe the proposal wasn't sincere but that would be a great way to end a show night after night. Send the fans home with some great comedy and a great little anecdote to tell their friends.