Upper St. Clair Native Appears on Comedy Central
A one-hour stand-up special appeared Sunday night and a new weekly series begins next month.
Comedy Central aired an original one-hour stand-up special, Anthony Jeselnik: Caligula, Sunday night. Jeselnik graduated from Upper St. Clair High School in 1997. After attending Tulane University, he moved to Los Angeles and broke into TV as an accounting clerk. Jeselnik is most famous for the Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump and the Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen. He has appeared on Conan and Jimmy Kimmel Live! and was the first stand-up comic to appear on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Jeselnik also has written for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and received an Emmy nomination for his work on Comedy Central's Night of Too Many Stars. Jeselnik opened his new Comedy Central special Sunday night with a rape joke—and it got more …
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Becky Brindle
10:24 am on Tuesday, January 15, 2013
It's always nice to seeing Pittsburgh natives having success, isn't it? :) And you're welcome. more ›