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Anthony Jeselnik ( ; born December 22, 1978) is an American comedian, television host, writer, producer, and actor. He is known for his dark comedy style, which emphasizes 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''.〔("Last Comic Standing Returns" ), ''nbc.com'', retrieved June 28, 2015〕 His second stand-up special, ''Thoughts and Prayers'', premiered in October 2015 on Netflix. ==Early life== Anthony Jeselnik was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on December 22, 1978, the son of Stephanie and Anthony F. Jeselnik, whose surname and ancestry originates from Slovenia.〔(Family names in Slovenia ), ''ancestry.com''〕 He was raised in Upper St. Clair. Jeselnik was interested in making others laugh from an early age. In elementary school, he would often interrupt the class to tell a joke. On one occasion, a classmate was moving to a different town that was not generally regarded well, and Jeselnik cracked a sarcastic comment: "Oh, well, send us a postcard."〔 When the teacher laughed at his joke, he realized that "if you're smart enough that adults get it, you can get away with anything."〔 He would often stay up attempting to watch ''Saturday Night Live'' and, as he grew older, ''The Ben Stiller Show'' and ''Mr. Show''.〔 He graduated from Upper St. Clair High School in 1997. Jeselnik earned a bachelor's degree in English literature with a business minor from Tulane University in 2001. During his senior year at Tulane, his girlfriend accidentally burned down his apartment, which he would later use as early standup material.〔 His original dream was to write the great American novel, but an internship in Los Angeles between his junior and senior years of college convinced him there were other avenues for a writer. In his early twenties, Jeselnik moved to Los Angeles and was working at a Borders when he first tried standup. He found a book by writer and comedian Greg Dean that promoted Dean's Santa Monica comedy workshops.〔 In his first attempt at a joke, Jeselnik did an impression of his father being stung by wasps. By the end of the skit—which lasted only one minute "but felt like 10"—no one had laughed, leading Jeselnik to swear off physical comedy forever.〔 After being fired by Borders, he worked as an accounting clerk for ''Deadwood'', during which time he would perform at open-mic nights.〔 Inspired in part by Mitch Hedberg, Dennis Miller, Sarah Silverman,〔http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH8gV8wZgks〕 and Steven Wright, it was two years into his standup comedy career when Jeselnik had a "lightbulb moment."〔 After writing a bizarre joke with a dark twist to it, the audience response encouraged Jeselnik to focus more in that area. The joke, titled "My Girlfriend Loves to Eat Chocolate," was later featured on ''Shakespeare''. The place where Jeselnik found his "home" was the Comedy Cellar, where he said that they let him take earlier sets so he could go home early and go to sleep for work the next morning. The Cellar comedians, known for busting the chops of other comedians, were influential to Jeselnik, and he said that the best at it were Jim Norton, Colin Quinn, Bobby Kelly, and Keith Robinson.〔http://www.chicagonow.com/class-act-comedy/2013/01/comedy-centrals-anthony-jeselnik-exclusive-interview/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anthony Jeselnik」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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