Anthony Jeselnik: Thoughts and Prayers Page #5

Synopsis: Stand up comedian and former Late Night with Jimmy Fallon writer Anthony Jeselnik brings his dark humor and wit to San Francisco.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Adam Dubin
 
IMDB:
7.8
TV-MA
Year:
2015
59 min
1,453 Views


U.S. passport on the street.

Sold my passport

on the street for 300 bucks

to get to go to my prom.

Of course this was before 9/11 so...

my bad, everybody.

Weird joke to clap for, but sure.

My mom should've been on one

of the planes that crashed on 9/11.

I think.

I mean, don't get me wrong,

I loved my mother.

She was my mom, of course

I loved her. We fought a lot.

My mom could be very racist.

Very racist.

And I do not tolerate racism.

That's ignorance and I hate that.

When I was a kid, like nine years old,

I'd come home after school.

Once in a while, I'd bring a friend

over to play with me at my house.

Once in a while,

I'd bring a black friend over.

And when I did that,

my mom would act weird.

She'd pull me aside and say,

"Anthony, who's your new friend?

Is he a drug dealer?"

And I would say,

"Shut up, Mom, that's racist.

Put your money away."

I never get to see

my family anymore, really.

Most of them are in jail, to be honest.

And we never talk, write letters

or any of that sh*t.

'Cause they're all in jail

for the exact same thing.

My testimony.

You.

- What's your name?

- Melissa.

- Melissa, where you from?

- Santa Clara.

- What do you do?

- I win things on the radio.

- You win things on the radio?

- Yeah.

Follow-up question,

how'd you get tickets to this?

Let me ask you this.

You ever, uh... you ever find a body

in the woods? Ever do that?

No?

It's okay. I have.

I was walking

through the woods one day and...

some poor bastard had stepped

in a bear trap or something.

I never told anybody about it.

But I went back there a week later,

and he was dead.

Yeah.

I do crazy sh*t like that all the time.

What can I say? I'm wacky.

The other night I was driving my car.

I was driving my car

and I ran over a deer...

a dear, dear friend.

I'm torn constantly. At night, I do shows,

but during the day, I've got a hobby.

During the day,

I go from town to town...

and I shut down the local abortion clinic.

You heard me.

I shut down abortion clinics

everywhere I go.

It's easy for me. I'm charming.

I stand outside the front doors

all day long and...

consistently underbid them.

You guys mad about that one?

It's gonna get so much f***in' worse.

Gotta talk to one more person.

You, sir. What's your name?

- Allan.

- Allan, where you from?

- Frisco.

- Frisco.

I can tell you're a local

'cause of how cool you are.

What do you do, Frisco?

- I fight fires. I fight fires.

- You what?

You're a firefighter? Awesome.

What do you wanna do?

If you could do anything.

If you could do any job in the world,

what would your dream job be?

- Travel the world.

- Travel the world.

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Anthony Jeselnik

Anthony Jeselnik ( YES-əl-nik; born December 22, 1978) is an American comedian, writer, actor, and producer. He is known for his dark comedy style, which emphasizes ironic misdirection, non sequiturs, biting insults, an arrogant demeanour, and a stage persona that frequently takes amoral stances. Jeselnik was a writer for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in its first season and hosted a Comedy Central Presents in 2009. After releasing his critically acclaimed debut album Shakespeare in 2010, he began writing for the Comedy Central Roasts and moved up to performer in the 2011 roast of Donald Trump. He continued to perform on the roasts of Charlie Sheen and Roseanne Barr in 2012. In 2013, he hosted his own Comedy Central series, The Jeselnik Offensive, for two seasons and released his second album, Caligula, which doubles as an hour-long standup special. On July 22, 2015, Jeselnik replaced JB Smoove as the new host of NBC's Emmy Award-nominated series Last Comic Standing. His second stand-up special, Thoughts and Prayers, premiered in October 2015 on Netflix. Jeselnik starred in the first season of the NFL Media podcast "RJVP" along with friend Gregg Rosenthal. A second season is expected. more…

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