Comedian Jim Gaffigan Rakes In $30 Million By Ditching Netflix And Betting On Himself
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Love stories like this. It takes a good plan and a lot of courage to take risks like that, but shows you don't need someone taking a cut out of your ass to make big money.
...And he not even THAT funny...
Yeah what a big risk 
Bob Loblaw
Superstar
He toured his ass off
Yeah all that’s saying is he picked amazon instead of Netflix because Netflix is flooding the market nowYeah what a big risk
TheGodling
Los Ingobernables de Sala de Cine
Seems a weird article to basically throw Netflix under the bus without ever arguing that part of his increased popularity (which allows him to make this kind of money from touring) came from the exposure his Netflix special got him. 
I mean, they do mention what it did for Ali Wong and Aziz Ansari but then act like it did nothing for him while pretending it's a big deal his new special is on Amazon.
And of course, ditching Netflix had nothing do with him making 30 million through touring because it's not like he couldn't do this tour while having his specials released through Netflix, so why act like it's either one or the other? Whole thing got the feel of a hit piece, not a news article or entertainment story.
I mean, they do mention what it did for Ali Wong and Aziz Ansari but then act like it did nothing for him while pretending it's a big deal his new special is on Amazon.
And of course, ditching Netflix had nothing do with him making 30 million through touring because it's not like he couldn't do this tour while having his specials released through Netflix, so why act like it's either one or the other? Whole thing got the feel of a hit piece, not a news article or entertainment story.
Seems a weird article to basically throw Netflix under the bus without ever arguing that part of his increased popularity (which allows him to make this kind of money from touring) came from the exposure his Netflix special got him.
I mean, they do mention what it did for Ali Wong and Aziz Ansari but then act like it did nothing for him while pretending it's a big deal his new special is on Amazon.
And of course, ditching Netflix had nothing do with him making 30 million through touring because it's not like he couldn't do this tour while having his specials released through Netflix, so why act like it's either one or the other? Whole thing got the feel of a hit piece, not a news article or entertainment story.
Yeah, they made it sound like he made 30 million from his new special.