If I tell a joke on stage and the crowd laughs for a minute, I stand there for a minute and enjoy them laughing before I go on to the next joke. On TV, if I stand there for a minute while they laugh, I look like an idiot who can't remember the next joke.
Anthony JeselnikIm not the voice of reason; Im more the guy using these offensive topics as fodder to raise tension in a joke.
Anthony JeselnikYesterday I accidentally hit a little kid with my car. It wasn't serious โ nobody saw me.
Anthony JeselnikYou don't know anything about pain until you've seen your own baby drowned in a tub... and you definitely don't know anything about how to wash a baby.
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