Anthony Jeselnik Is ‘Uncancelable’
The Last Laugh
The Daily Beast
4.6 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 3 September 2019
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Self-described comedy “villain” Anthony Jeselnik has made a career out of telling expertly crafted, extremely dark one-liners, from his breakthrough set at the Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump in 2011 to his most recent hour-long stand-up special Fire in the Maternity Ward on Netflix. In this episode, he talks about his new Comedy Central interview show Good Talk, how he thinks his comic persona will continue to evolve as he ages, what “surprises” him about Louis C.K.’s attempt at a comeback and a lot more.
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| 0:00.0 | One of my next door neighbors is a 90-year-old man suffering from Alzheimer's. |
| 0:07.0 | And every single morning at 9 a.m., he knocks on my door, and he asks me if I have seen his wife. |
| 0:17.0 | Which means that every single morning at 9 a.m. |
| 0:23.6 | I have to explain to a 90-year-old man suffering from Alzheimer's |
| 0:28.6 | that his wife has been dead for quite some time. |
| 0:33.6 | Now, I have thought about moving. |
| 0:36.6 | I have thought about just not answering my door in the morning. |
| 0:41.2 | But to be honest, it's worth it just to see the smile on his face. |
| 0:51.3 | Hello and welcome to The Last Laugh. |
| 0:55.2 | I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast. |
| 0:57.8 | This week on the show, I talked to one of my absolute favorite stand-up comedians, Anthony Jesselnik. |
| 1:03.3 | I first saw Anthony on the roast of Donald Trump about eight years ago, |
| 1:07.3 | and he has just been a dominant presence in the comedy world ever since. |
| 1:11.1 | Earlier this year, he released what was probably his best stand-up special yet, |
| 1:14.8 | Fire in the Maternity Ward, on Netflix. |
| 1:17.6 | Now, he has a new interview series on Comedy Central called Good Talk. |
| 1:22.3 | Anthony can be a little bit intimidating on stage, but he is incredibly thoughtful about |
| 1:26.4 | comedy in person, and we had a really |
| 1:28.1 | great conversation that I think you all will enjoy. So let's get to my talk with Anthony Jesslinick. |
| 1:36.3 | Are you based out here? Are you in New York? Yeah. I live out here. For a while. You've been |
| 1:40.3 | out here? I started out here, then I moved to New York for like two or three years, and I've been back for seven or eight. Yeah. So you shot the new show out here? Yeah. |
| 1:48.4 | Yeah. Well, I want to start there because I really enjoy, I got to watch all six good talks. |
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