It depends upon one’s expectations. I was hoping to make connections with family. The only person who messaged me was the cousin whom raped me when I was 8, under our grandmother’s watchful, rheumy eye. Not worth it for me. I did appreciate the health info.
They have been for me. I found my biological father, his mother, and four half siblings through genetic testing. After decades of being an only child, I now have sisters who have given me nieces and nephews. Definitely worth every penny.
If your ancestors are French they are a waste of money. French law doesn't allow the publication of DNA test results so your DNA test results has no large pool of other French people to compare their DNA with yours. What happens is the DNA testing companies tend to say that you are mostly from Great Britain, for example 80 % Anglo-Saxon because they don't have enough data to compare you to properly.
Jim still makes me laugh out loud. Jim and family got many of us through the pandemic with live dinners every night for a year, raising money for charity. They are a wonderful family and truly care about the world. 🌺🌸
Then you must be from Bradley County because my teacher had same name and her mom opened the rebel restaurant in the 70s so it's not a lie that people have this name
In 1982 I went to Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana and I was surprised to learn that there was a Tom Raper dealership in town. Thanks Mr. Gaffigan for bringing back the memories!
Watching Jim's videos on TH-cam has been instrumental in getting me through covid. I always found him funny, but I got a whole new appreciation for his humor while being bored and cooped up. Thank you!
The winter activities jokes were hilarious... but truthfully when you live where there’s winter 6 months out of the year you need to learn to enjoy it man... Personally I just ordered a pair of snowshoes.
He does have a point about learning good family history from your family. As an example, my dad told me a few years ago that his maternal grandfather was a boxer. Sadly, though, I didn't seem to inherit those genes.
The problem with the good family stories is the fact that as time passes they got embellished more and more so they end up being untrue most of the time. I got a friend who was convinced he came from a small noble house that own some land in a southern part of the country. After some investigation, it turned out his ancestors were Jews who lived in a village owned by the said noble family.
I'm from Milwaukee and I can confirm that we indeed have a hotel here called the Pfister. Not too shabby of a hotel, either. Minus the "surprise" butt penetration by the hotel staff, it's a great place to stay for the hole family!
Cross-country skiing is the bomb. I prefer it to downhill. But then again, I used to be a long distance runner, and cross-country is like a version of that that's easier on the body.
Fellow Hoosier here - that whole Tom Raper thing is so true. Whenever I drive by one of those billboards, I always tell my wife I feel morally obligated to take a can of spray paint and change that “a” to an “o”. I never have though, because it’s too funny. And it totally would have blown Jim’s jokes on Tom Raper.
"At Camping World of Richmond, formerly Tom Raper RV, we have a 60 acre complex, with 36 service bays, and an 18,000 square foot showroom and parts department. We are located off I70 exit 149A."
lf Serial Killer Trout Pond and Mama Mia's Machete Bowling Alley were nearby they could have kept the original name. When l was a kid what's currently called Canola oil was called Rapeseed oil, which was a botanically accurate name. Pretty soon "the" is going to give us panic attacks. RV showroom engulfed in canola oil! Raper says he was framed.
Not my great-grandfather, but just a few months ago, I did find out I am related through several generations of my family to Abraham Lincoln, lol. And yes, I think it’s great.
“🎶 Make today Tom Raper’s way! 🎵” I vividly remember that commercial from my childhood. As soon as he said, “there is a guy who owns an RV dealership,” I thought, “TOM RAPER!”
Hilarious as always! Original or unique names always intrigue me. Are used to love listening to show on TH-cam named Rob Dyke. He said he got so much flack about his name lesbians wanted to sue him so he went with his middle name
3:24 Apparently, the Vikings were also big on personal hygiene and grooming, distracting even local noblewomen, as as described in the Chronicle of John of Wallingford. ”They had also from the custom of their country the habit of combing their hair every day, of bathing on Saturday, even of changing their clothing frequently, and of enhancing their physical attractiveness with many frivolous devices of this sort”
You can laugh all you want about cross country skiing,but it is top 3 the most physical and mentally hard sport you can practice. The amount of training you have to put down to be in the elite club is unbelievable
Tom Raper RVs!! I used to live in Indianapolis and every time I saw one of those billboards I would think the exact same thing! Who the hell would buy an RV from a guy named Raper?? Now I work with a girl who’s maiden name is Stalker. And, yes, the jokes are what you think they’d be. “I keep running into you! Are you a Stalker?” “Well, yeah…”
I don't really think my dad or his brothers know what-which Indian tribe we are from. But I'm probably 1/8 or something because I can't grow facial hair and if I did or could it takes a really long time. Some grow it in maybe 2 weeks but me it could take months.
@@persnickity123 I mean, you can read the contracts or just read the things they publish themselves, on their own websites (23andme, ancestry, etc.); he's not making shut up you know
@@persnickity123 legitimately how they found the golden state killer. Which is good they found that douche, but it's not paranoid because yes you literally give the police and government agencies your families dna.
I have a friend who's maiden name was Belcher and her married name is Raper. She's a lovely person, an elementary school teacher. Those names. Also around here Whitehead is a common last name, lol.
actually by digging into my family history I discovered that my ancestor from 550 years ago was a royal Hetman guard in the court of King Sigmund Vasa the Fourth. So yeah, Jim, funny, but exceptions to every rule.
There are at least 7 guys in Switzerland named Guido Pfister right now, and that are just the ones that have a registered phone number .... that ethnic slur is about as Swiss as it gets - so we can tell for certain where that dude came from :)
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Do you think genetic tests are worth it, or a waste of money?
It depends upon one’s expectations.
I was hoping to make connections with family. The only person who messaged me was the cousin whom raped me when I was 8, under our grandmother’s watchful, rheumy eye.
Not worth it for me.
I did appreciate the health info.
They have been for me. I found my biological father, his mother, and four half siblings through genetic testing. After decades of being an only child, I now have sisters who have given me nieces and nephews. Definitely worth every penny.
If your ancestors are French they are a waste of money. French law doesn't allow the publication of DNA test results so your DNA test results has no large pool of other French people to compare their DNA with yours. What happens is the DNA testing companies tend to say that you are mostly from Great Britain, for example 80 % Anglo-Saxon because they don't have enough data to compare you to properly.
Mine told me I'm 99.6% Chinese. Wow, what a surprise.
I wanted to see how much of me was Irish, German and Swiss. I got “ You’re 94% Central European and 6% Western European.” A true waste of money.
Jim still makes me laugh out loud. Jim and family got many of us through the pandemic with live dinners every night for a year, raising money for charity. They are a wonderful family and truly care about the world. 🌺🌸
Happy to hear that you like him, make sure to check out the other videos which we've got of his!
My art teacher is high school was Mrs. Raper, and we always admired her for taking her husband’s name. That’s true commitment.
We don't really know if she had a choice.
@@danix8538 I'm guessing she didn't make that choice - you can't raper the willing....
Then you must be from Bradley County because my teacher had same name and her mom opened the rebel restaurant in the 70s so it's not a lie that people have this name
@@Jmthisway Not quite, I’m from Mesa County… guess my art teacher wasn’t the only one out there!
😂now that's commitment 😅
Absolutely hilarious👌 I'm Swiss and I know a Guido Pfister, almost peed myself laughing.
In 1982 I went to Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana and I was surprised to learn that there was a Tom Raper dealership in town. Thanks Mr. Gaffigan for bringing back the memories!
Growing up in Cincinnati at that time we were bombarded with TV ads for that RV dealer.
Watching Jim's videos on TH-cam has been instrumental in getting me through covid. I always found him funny, but I got a whole new appreciation for his humor while being bored and cooped up. Thank you!
Glad that he was able to help you! Make sure to watch the rest of his videos and let us know what you think of them!
I'm dying! 😂😂😂 I'm from Norway I felt so exposed by this hahahaha! We ALL need to be put in a mental institution 😂💕
The expert of gentle comedy. Master of slowboiling bubbling laughter. No explosions of any kind. Amazing.
"Maybe she can help me put together that table over there." ROFLMAO
He didn't say over there
@@brendanamusmaximus7560 relax dude
THAT would be the last thing on my mind lol
As a Swede, let me clear something up. We dont have a country full of 10's, but our average isnt 5, its 7.
I'd say that's still a win-
Yeah, considering the US is averaging a solid 3.
As a fellow a Swede, I could not agree more!
Are you talking about penis size? I don't get it.
Stay at a nice hotel in Stockholm..
I've often suspected that I may also be related to my ancestors.
😂😂😂
The winter activities jokes were hilarious... but truthfully when you live where there’s winter 6 months out of the year you need to learn to enjoy it man... Personally I just ordered a pair of snowshoes.
Or move.
It's OK, really. 😂
You mean tennis rackets X)
I always wanted to snowshoe. I'm Norwegian-American.
He does have a point about learning good family history from your family. As an example, my dad told me a few years ago that his maternal grandfather was a boxer. Sadly, though, I didn't seem to inherit those genes.
The problem with the good family stories is the fact that as time passes they got embellished more and more so they end up being untrue most of the time.
I got a friend who was convinced he came from a small noble house that own some land in a southern part of the country. After some investigation, it turned out his ancestors were Jews who lived in a village owned by the said noble family.
@@kamilszadkowski8864 A very good point. I think it's also a function of what people choose to remember or believe from these family stories.
I work at a pharmacy in Wisconsin and my favorite thing is that the last name Pfister goes in bin 69 to be picked up. Total coincidence, but perfect.
I can appreciate this, thank you for sharing
Hope she can help me put together that table… 😂
LMAO😂
I thought that was the best line! Love the unexpected! His asides always are the best 😆
My favorite joke too.😂
My favorite comedian!peace! 🙋♂️🕊❤
Funny, I remember the Tom Raper commercials and billboards (from Ohio). Love your humor 👍😎
This is one of the very few people who can make me laugh so hard it's painful. 🤣
I'm from Milwaukee and I can confirm that we indeed have a hotel here called the Pfister. Not too shabby of a hotel, either. Minus the "surprise" butt penetration by the hotel staff, it's a great place to stay for the hole family!
He is brilliant.
And what our ancestors were able to do, and in fact, did, has everything to do with just about nothing.
“Get outta here! You guido fister!” 😂😂😂 Thanks, Jim 💯👏🏽
Cross-country skiing is the bomb. I prefer it to downhill.
But then again, I used to be a long distance runner, and cross-country is like a version of that that's easier on the body.
He still crushes comedy.
Glad you liked it!!
Fellow Hoosier here - that whole Tom Raper thing is so true. Whenever I drive by one of those billboards, I always tell my wife I feel morally obligated to take a can of spray paint and change that “a” to an “o”.
I never have though, because it’s too funny. And it totally would have blown Jim’s jokes on Tom Raper.
I remember the commercials in Ohio back in the day.
“His name sounds like a ethnic slur!” LOL!!!
I really laughed at this video! Jim Gaffigan knows how to build up the humor
Omg!! The last bit starting with Raper Sooooo hilarious!👏👏❤️❤️🇨🇦🇨🇦👏😂😂
"At Camping World of Richmond, formerly Tom Raper RV, we have a 60 acre complex, with 36 service bays, and an 18,000 square foot showroom and parts department. We are located off I70 exit 149A."
Thank God! I've passed the billboards and always had thoughts like Jim's. Thank you for changing that awful name.
lf Serial Killer Trout Pond and Mama Mia's Machete Bowling Alley were nearby they could have kept the original name. When l was a kid what's currently called Canola oil was called Rapeseed oil, which was a botanically accurate name. Pretty soon "the" is going to give us panic attacks. RV showroom engulfed in canola oil! Raper says he was framed.
Still Hilarious and as enjoyable as ever.
Lol made me think of the realestate agent here with ads all over named Anita Hoare. Laughed everytime I saw an ad or sales sign outside a house.
I needed to laugh today. Thanks.
Lol... I've seen those Tom Raper billboards on road trips before. I always thought "wtf, why would you advertise that name?"
Omg, this guy is soooo funny. Makes me happy!
This guy is hilarious!
I always say if you actually like winter, you’re either filthy rich with a Utah ski lodge or crazy!
Not my great-grandfather, but just a few months ago, I did find out I am related through several generations of my family to Abraham Lincoln, lol. And yes, I think it’s great.
Hilarious as always!
Glad you liked the videos!
Tom Raper, Richmond Indiana, I 70 exit 149A!
I saw those commercials enough times in my youth, I'll never forget where Tom Raper is located.
I was eager to here about Sweden but it was mostly about last names 😀 yet funny😃
You're great Jimmy
I like how he puts Jewish Scarlet Johansson as an example for Scandinavian beauty ))
What?
Imagine them meeting.
"Pfister? Raper."
"Raper? Pfister."
“🎶 Make today Tom Raper’s way! 🎵” I vividly remember that commercial from my childhood. As soon as he said, “there is a guy who owns an RV dealership,” I thought, “TOM RAPER!”
Hilarious as always! Original or unique names always intrigue me. Are used to love listening to show on TH-cam named Rob Dyke. He said he got so much flack about his name lesbians wanted to sue him so he went with his middle name
Guido Pfister - I lost it lol
I LOVE cross-country. Well, I love it more than CROSS Fit
Awesome
Don't you dare call me a guido pfister.
He's not joking! Gaffigan means anxious.
And people go! LMAO
Love your work Jim!!! Heard you are coming to Orlando, sorry about your luck.
3:24 Apparently, the Vikings were also big on personal hygiene and grooming, distracting even local noblewomen, as as described in the Chronicle of John of Wallingford.
”They had also from the custom of their country the habit of combing their hair every day, of bathing on Saturday, even of changing their clothing frequently, and of enhancing their physical attractiveness with many frivolous devices of this sort”
The Swedish name for Saturday is still derived from ”bathing-day”
CongratS on your superb research! Commendable. Gregg Oreo long beach ca
FYI: Pfister is a relatively common German name and just means "baker" in English.
I have so missed you!
I am offended. Winter is my favorite season. And I have cross country skied in Sweden. Loved it. I also taught cross country skiing for five years.
Jeez, brag much?
I used to live in Indiana and I remember Tom Raper RVs
I actually googled Tom Raper, and he does own an RV dealership lol
0:48 I don't like winter. I love summer. Lucky me I live in Los Angeles California.4:00 I googled it and it really means anxious
He has a great delivery but I'm one of those insane people that enjoy some of those things.
"Come on, guys. It's rapER, not rapIST!"
Does it say that on the Billboards?
Cross country skiing... He's really not wrong. Lol
Good fun and Pfister is an old German name for baker. Some bake shops still have this name
Now I'm imagining a German baker punching dough instead of kneading it.
This guy is still churning out the funny. 😎
Haha dealership sticker on the RV.
I'm actually related to Abe Lincoln 😂
You can laugh all you want about cross country skiing,but it is top 3 the most physical and mentally hard sport you can practice.
The amount of training you have to put down to be in the elite club is unbelievable
This guy is good
Whole country of Scarlet Johanssen.. yup, even the men
Hilarious
Nice job with the last pfist on the subtitles.
Tom Raper RVs!! I used to live in Indianapolis and every time I saw one of those billboards I would think the exact same thing! Who the hell would buy an RV from a guy named Raper??
Now I work with a girl who’s maiden name is Stalker. And, yes, the jokes are what you think they’d be. “I keep running into you! Are you a Stalker?” “Well, yeah…”
from Indiana, can confirm the raper thing is real
I'm from Ohio and I can confirm we stayed away from Indiana
@@GaryOGarysGarage that's some good decision making lol
You mean Raper?
Ol Tom has sold RVs in KY my whole as well.
There is a furniture shop franchise named "Pfister" (also a quite common last name) in Switzerland, so maybe that's where they came from.
He is so funny
I don't really think my dad or his brothers know what-which Indian tribe we are from. But I'm probably 1/8 or something because I can't grow facial hair and if I did or could it takes a really long time. Some grow it in maybe 2 weeks but me it could take months.
I had to take a break from this video to go do "other stuff". I'll be back in a minute.
Perkele! :D
The cool thing about the genetic test's is that you pay 100$ to give the police access to your families DNA.
The Police? I think you mean every single commercial entity who would like to have it, including insurance companies.
You are SO paranoid…
@@persnickity123 I mean, you can read the contracts or just read the things they publish themselves, on their own websites (23andme, ancestry, etc.); he's not making shut up you know
@@persnickity123 legitimately how they found the golden state killer. Which is good they found that douche, but it's not paranoid because yes you literally give the police and government agencies your families dna.
The lack of genetic privacy is really the only reason I haven't done it.
This is why Mr Carlin wrote his material unlike others like others
This is very dangerous material. It should come with a "medical warning". I literally had trouble catching my breath between laughs!!
You light up a room when you laugh Deb Gordon
That's always good to hear!! Which other comedians that we've posted do you like?
I have a friend who's maiden name was Belcher and her married name is Raper. She's a lovely person, an elementary school teacher. Those names. Also around here Whitehead is a common last name, lol.
actually by digging into my family history I discovered that my ancestor from 550 years ago was a royal Hetman guard in the court of King Sigmund Vasa the Fourth. So yeah, Jim, funny, but exceptions to every rule.
when Jim Gaffigan is censored (bleeped out) you know things have gotten out of hand
I love u Jim :3
im subscribed. jim, i’ve seen the same three videos for the last several months. got anything new for a fellow hoosier ?
🙃🤣🤣🙏🙏🙏😎🙏
🤣🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏👍👍
How did I miss the Scarlet Johanssen bit? Lol
With a name like Guido Pfister, it sounds like Italians are your specialty!
There are at least 7 guys in Switzerland named Guido Pfister right now, and that are just the ones that have a registered phone number .... that ethnic slur is about as Swiss as it gets - so we can tell for certain where that dude came from :)
Jimbo is such a Guido Pfister.
CROSS COUNTRY SKIING = AGREE!!!!!
Fingol the Highly Anxious.
From Ohio. First heard of Tom Raper in 1988 on a TV commercial. Thought it was a joke.
I just found out there is a place called Gaylord.
Dang really? Where is it?
There is a Gaylord, Michigan about 60 miles south of the Mackinac Bridge
There’s a gang called the Gaylords.
About the Irish, was he referring to the Ireland Record Loss in 1922?
Well, I had an Arabian horse named Hygh Anxiety.
Indiana named a road after Tom Raper: Raper Drive.
Good luck with this. Jim Gaffigan reported me to You Tube for using his material.
Lmao