I don't think people shouldn't try to be edgy, but you have to take what the audience says to you in consideration.
Anthony JeselnikAbout a month ago some kids in my neighborhood were playing hide-and-go-seek and one of them ended up in an abandoned refrigerator. It's all anybody talked about for weeks. I said, 'Who cares? How many kids you know get to die a winner?
Anthony JeselnikMy favorite sport is football. I'm a die hard Steelers fan. Favorite players were Hines Ward and Greg Lloyd.
Anthony JeselnikYou'll get my assault weapon when you pry it out of my curious six-year-old's cold dead hands.
Anthony JeselnikI want people to just be paying attention even if they're not necessarily laughing at something, or if it takes them a while to get something, I don't mind that. If half the crowd gets the joke and the other half is sitting there scratching their heads, that's just as good for me if I like the joke, because I feel like it just brings people in more.
Anthony Jeselnik