Comedian/actor Jim Gaffigan to share new special ‘Quality Time’ with Spokane audiences

Does comedian/actor Jim Gaffigan ever sleep?

Though he released “Noble Ape” just last year, he’s already got his sights set on adding another special to the list.

Gaffigan recorded “Quality Time” at the State Theatre in Minneapolis in March for Amazon, marking the company’s first original stand up special.

“I’m happy to be the guinea pig,” he told the Daily Beast in March. “And I love Netflix and love Comedy Central, but there’s a certain group of people that aren’t going to watch Netflix and almost everyone I know uses Amazon.”

The special will be released later this year, but Spokane audiences will get an early look when Gaffigan performs at the Spokane Arena on Sunday as part of the “Quality Time” tour.

“Quality Time” follows “Noble Ape,” a special that found Gaffigan sharing his experience as wife Jeannie, an actor, producer and writer, recovered from surgery to remove a tumor from her brain stem, as well as stories from his time performing abroad.

“He effectively keeps his storytelling organic while also cleverly echoing previous joke threads,” the L.A. Times’ Gary Goldstein wrote in a review. “And if the show’s hilarious first half gives way to a more modestly amusing second part, ‘Noble Ape’ remains good, clean, relatable fun.”

The special took Gaffigan on tour from America to Israel, Canada to New Zealand, and the “Quality Time” tour will follow suit, taking Gaffigan across the country and to venues in Spain, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Ireland.

Between all that travel, Gaffigan will somehow find time to promote the many films he’s in that are being released this year.

“Light From Light” finds Gaffigan playing a widower who believes his home may be haunted. In “Them That Follow,” he’s involved in a snake-handling cult in Appalachia, and in “Troop Zero,” he plays the father of a young girl who bands together with other misfits to form a Girl Scout troop.

All three films premiered at Sundance to critical acclaim.

Then there’s “Drunk Parents,” which also stars Alec Baldwin and Salma Hayek, “Playmobil: The Movie,” in which Gaffigan voices the character of food truck driver Del, and “The Day Shall Come,” which also stars Anna Kendrick.

Plus, “Shadow Girl” and “Gut Instinct,” both of which are in post-production.

“It’s insane to think of these opportunities but there’s also a part of me that thinks, ‘OK, maybe the universe could have spread this out over the 30 years I’ve been trying to get acting jobs,’ ” Gaffigan told the Daily Beast. “But I’m so grateful for the opportunity.”

But don’t fret, stand up fans; although Gaffigan, who also starred in “The Jim Gaffigan Show” on TV Land for two seasons in 2015-16, is adding more acting roles to his résumé, stand-up will always be his number one.

“I love acting and I love stand-up, but no matter what I do, I’ll always be doing stand-up,” he told Business Insider in August. “Creating specials is something that I really enjoy.”