| King Baby | ||||
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| Released | March 31, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | December 6, 2008 at The Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas | |||
| Genre | Comedy | |||
| Length | 1:06:40 | |||
| Label | Comedy Central Records | |||
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King Baby is an album by American stand-up comedian Jim Gaffigan. [2] [3]
The album was released on March 31, 2009, by Comedy Central Records and was also released with the same title on DVD. [4] The album was recorded at The Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas.
Jim Gaffigan's stand up special King Baby was released on March 31, 2009, on DVD. The DVD was uncensored and uncut with 72 minutes of material. The special was directed by Troy Miller and was Jim Gaffigan's second stand-up DVD release, the other being Beyond the Pale . In addition to the main performance, the DVD also contains seven bonus features of behind the scenes footage and interviews. [5]
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Patton Peter Oswalt is an American actor, stand-up comedian, and writer. His acting roles include Spence Olchin in the sitcom The King of Queens (1998–2007) and narrating the sitcom The Goldbergs (2013–present) as adult Adam F. Goldberg. After making his acting debut in the Seinfeld episode "The Couch", he has appeared in a variety of television series, such as Parks and Recreation, Community, Two and a Half Men, Drunk History, Reno 911!, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Archer, Veep, Justified, Kim Possible, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, portraying Principal Ralph Durbin in A.P. Bio (2018–2021) and Matthew the Raven in the TV series The Sandman (2022–present).
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Louis Alfred Székely, known professionally as Louis C.K., is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and filmmaker. C.K. won three Peabody Awards, three Grammy Awards, six Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as numerous awards for The Chris Rock Show, Louie, and his stand-up specials Live at the Beacon Theater (2011) and Oh My God (2013). In 2015, Rolling Stone ranked C.K.'s stand-up special Shameless number three on their "Divine Comedy: 25 Best Stand-Up Specials and Movies of All Time" list and ranked him fourth on its 2017 list of the 50 best stand-up comics of all time.
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Douglas Steven Benson is an American comedian, marijuana rights advocate, television host and actor, best known for hosting the podcasts and TV series Doug Loves Movies (2006-present), The Benson Interruption (2010-2013), Getting Doug with High (2013-2019) and The High Court with Doug Benson (2017). As a comedian, he has released 10 comedy albums, starting with Professional Humoredian in 2008, and has regularly appeared on TV shows including Comedy Central Presents, Best Week Ever and @midnight. In 2007, he was a contestant on the 5th season of the reality competition show Last Comic Standing.
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