Michael Knowles REACTS to Anthony Jeselnik

Dive into the world of dark comedy with Michael Knowles as he experiences the controversial and razor-sharp humor of Anthony Jeselnik for the first time. Known for his unapologetic style and boundary-pushing jokes, Jeselnik's comedy is not for the faint of heart-and Michael's reactions are just as unfiltered and candid.
In this video, 'Michael Knowles REACTS to Anthony Jeselnik,' prepare for a rollercoaster of emotions as Michael grapples with the comedian's most audacious one-liners and elaborate anecdotes. Will he be shocked, amused, or a mix of both? Watch as a conservative commentator tackles the comedy that has left audiences gasping and critics raving.
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[@lostalone9320]

My favourite joke of his was "For the past two years I've been searching for my wife's killer... But no-one will do it."

[@Sorozatfuggoseg]

😂😂😂

[@ChaoticPhantasy]

Not even close to the best of Anthony Jeselnik. Not even close.

[@martymaiden8499]

You're absolutely correct. He should've listened to jeselnik's joke about transgender people

[@ggsnubs]

My favorite of his is the bit about Grandma giving him the Bible instead of tuition money

[@ChaoticPhantasy]

"Last year my mom should have been celebrating her 60th birthday, but because of drugs, alcohol and other terrible decisions... we all forgot"

[@toolhum9956]

Agreed!

[@GaryHicks]

"My mom should have been on one of the planes used during 9/11.............I think"

[@khatdubell]

"he's also not vulgar" me: knowing every joke he's told 🤣😂😅

[@chance_ondriezek99]

Dark humor is the best kind, and when it comes from Jeselnik you can’t ask for better

[@JupiterJones0424]

Jeselnik’s humor isn’t dark. It’s Vanta black.

[@MidwestFarmToys]

@@JupiterJones0424most conservatives are over 25. I don't think anyone here gets what vanta black is

[@teachered5439]

Jeselnik and Jimmy Carr .

[@MrKarateMain]

You definitely can

[@SweeneyTodd1990]

Jeselnik is great when it comes to dark humor. I saw him live at Foxwoods years ago. He was hilarious.

[@jrestrada626]

Jeselnik is hilarious and his style is unique as long as you’re not bothered by a little darkness

[@toolhum9956]

Jeselnik is hilarious! Super dark material and great twists in his material.

[@sendthis9480]

“I remember when my grandpa passed, at the time I thought it was going to be the worst…literally the ABSOLUTE WORST thing that has ever happened! But…boy was I wrong! ……it wasn’t that bad. I was fine”.

[@Swearengen1980]

Fire in the Maternity Ward is one of the best specials. I love dark humor and he's the best at it. His delivery is just fantastic, right up there with Chapelle and Segura. "I never once saw my dad hit my mom.......he was fast".

[@thegreg3524]

Anthony Jeselnik has some much better and much darker stuff. One of my favorites

[@Mopark25]

His baby dropping bit is an all timer

[@Keffertje666]

@@Mopark25what about “the reason his girlfriend is not religious anymore.” Just epic😂

[@danielroncaioli6882]

He is one of the few modern stand up artists that I find funny. His dead pan delivery is reminiscent of older comedians, and super dark.

[@mikeakey3358]

You should check out his roast jokes. Hes brutal

[@Troy_Built]

I was going to suggest that but you be me to it.

[@fraymond3]

Brutal as a wet napkin...

[@pedropaulovillasboas7229]

His roast for Charlie Sheen was almost murder.

[@hansgrueber8169]

​@@pedropaulovillasboas7229Charlie, you're a monster....your entire life is like the first 10 minutes of law and order SVU.

[@pedropaulovillasboas7229]

How can anyone make a "Best of Anthony Jeselnik" video without the Eric Clapton son joke?

[@tonyattardo9350]

That joke combined with the crowd work with that cackling lunatic is his funniest stuff.

[@heywoodjablowme8120]

He was probably to busy dropping babies😂❤😂

[@TheXtremeChannelMrX]

My absolute favorite. I never miss a show

[@nathanfolkemer8392]

Steven Wright, Mitch Hedberg, and Anthony. Self-effacing, intelligent, unique, and hilarious. Their work is an intelligence test, for sure.

[@bans5]

I saw Anthony live and dude freakin killed it. Loved his openers as well. All had a similar dark vibe.

[@Giltr0y]

The Kid in the Refrigerator is my favorite of him. Also Drop a Baby, and Grandma's Bible

[@hansgrueber8169]

His performances on the comedy Central roasts are pure gold.

[@jordanpetersen8629]

The best of Jeselnik is stuck to the filter in his head. Absolutely ruthless comedian you gotta love it

[@DrGoyo626]

I always remember patrice oneal’s description of jesselnick as a medieval waiter. The description is apt.

[@christopherwithers1030]

Brian Regan is the King of clean comedy.

[@stephenkane741]

Used to think that till I found Nate Bargetze

[@christopherwithers1030]

@@stephenkane741 he's good

[@LJGreni]

Jim Gaffigan is pretty clean.

[@adrianestrada9799]

Gotta agree with stephenkane741. Nate is the best now. Gonna go see him on Sunday in Albuquerque. (Cinco de Mayo)

[@robertbordevik5072]

No, ain’t nostalgic, Anthony is great, but he ain’t no Norm. Norm was 100 pure God given natural talent. Norm probably didn’t know how funny he really was.

[@guyledouche9962]

My grandmother died jumping in front of a bus. The cops ruled it a sue is side...but everyone in the family knows she was....just trying to stop civil rights.

[@edactyl]

Dude Jeselnik is the man. Im glad DW folks getting their eyes on him

[@akanshsrivastav8269]

Jeselnik says out loud what our deepest darkest self quietly thinks

[@DNGMaestro]

Anthony’s hilarious! You should check his full specials for his best jokes!

[@jerdtgg]

His dark humor with his stoic delivery kills me every time. I have watched Thoughts and Prayers at least 10 times.

[@giovannitigalo7011]

Jeselnik is my favorite comedian. Forget the supposed "best of" compilations & just listen to his first album, Shakespeare. Solid gold all the way through.

[@chuckleberryfinn1992]

Jeselnick and Norm were on Last Comic Standing, as host and judge. I'm a fan of both. Mark Normand is another good comedian; clever and quick.

[@Brandon-mx3zx]

comedy!

[@redigiovanni]

Love the Jeselnik!

[@camster9358]

Watched him live twice. Jeselnik is amazing.

[@user-nv9ig6po1d]

Anthony J is a goat. Over looked. He’s one of the best rn

[@commentingisdangerous7530]

jeselnik is one of the great comedians of the last 20 years.

[@user-if3kp4vx9c]

I love anthony Hes super funny I hope netflix would give him another special

[@jamesking9280]

Michael's comparison to Norm is like my comparison to any band against Tool. It's just not fair to do such things. Anthony's a gem. Embrace the dark.

[@sendthis9480]

Tool is the first “metal” band kids listen to once they grow up stop listening to blink 182 and deftones. Then they become irrational tool fanbois.

[@yellowstoic7678]

Michael Knowles and Brett Cooper had the shortest bits but made me laugh the hardest. Michael you nailed your parts 😂🤣😂🤣

[@kovacs88]

You should see his bit about dropping babies, it's hilarious.

[@JohnSmith-qx8ll]

Michael I think you would really enjoy Nicholas DeSanto. Look up his bit called politically incorrect. He’s definitely channelling Norm’s SNL weekend updated spirit

[@AlexSadof]

I dunno, that "..then he didn't hear it from me" line busts me up every time i hear it. That's a great joke.

[@EdginLegend]

1:56 Did anyone else notice how when Michael was talking about how non-funny many modern comics are he only showed women? 😭😭

[@nkfd4688]

God Bless Norm MacDonald -- R.I.P. 🙏

[@maybetoby]

I love Anthony Jeselnik. His show Jeselnik Offensive was pretty great.

[@DynamicGracer]

“I don’t bomb the way other people bomb”

[@plops993]

Anthony is great. Definitely dark as hell humor, always loved it

[@Laziale719]

When this came across my suggested views I immediately grinned… 😂 Having not seen the video yet. ..I hope Michael knows his bits about religion (if included) are still jokes. Props to his producers for suggesting Jeselnik he is a legend!

[@adrianestrada9799]

Anthony is great! I was hospitalized last year for heart failure and I had this young nurse quote an Anthony Jeselnik joke and I immediately finished it with "That was rape joke #2, babydoll." Which made her stop in her tracks and asked if I had heard of Anthony and my wife told her "Anthony Jeselnik is his hero!" I got great care after that got even better when she found out I am also into The Talking Heads and she also "loved the fact that I was getting my 7 year old grandson into The Heads." I was back in the hospital again in early February and when she found out, she helped out with my care again. She also gifted me with one of her watercolor paintings she did. All thanks to a very twisted Anthony Jeselnik joke. (Caligula)

[@fake_name841]

Jeselnik was the first stand up I saw where I saw it as art. His best bits are in his roasts of Donald Trump and Charlie Sheen. He doesn't comment on politics because he doesn't believe comedy should and he hates cheap jokes. It's hard to think he's right wing since he dated Amy Schumer for so long but at least he ain't woke.

[@kingofthorns203]

Perhaps dating Amy made him far right? Lol

[@TooManyBones]

He's alluded to being much more left leaning than I would have assumed. I think it was when he was on the Your Mom's House podcast with Tom Segura and his wife. I might be misremembering the show, but I definitely remember him saying it because I was kind of surprised when I heard it based on his humor. I do very much enjoy his standup either way.

[@StAlphonsusHasAPosse]

There is a clip of him on Larry King saying he approves of political correctness and pro g@y

[@ewelinkaa161]

Oh, that's what made him so dark

[@MegadethTillDeth]

@@TooManyBones You're 100% correct. Stopped watching YMH after Segura had the dumbest argument I've ever seen with a fan, trying to cuck for gun control. Insanely unfortunate because of how hilarious he and his wife are. I still watch some of the older episodes sometimes.

[@brianshukie9783]

I saw him live in DC. Most incredible funny performance in my life. He does not disappoint. Do yourself a favor and see him if he is in your city.

[@DeathswingKettlebell]

He's really good at bait and switch

[@dn4081]

Knowles looking for his next best comedian should be a segment , lol! I'd totally watch!

[@80sPastorDude]

Jeselnik killed at the Charlie Sheen roast. When he went at Patrice O'Neal...oh man.

[@monicarynowiecki6469]

Nicholas DeSanto is my current favorite comedian.

[@marksvednemeth]

Haven't even showed him the real juicy ones from Thoughts and Prayers. Also would have been curious to react to his abortion jokes, let's see how those fly the Knowles.

[@DynamicGracer]

I heard multiple times a guy brought his fiancé to see his show and she called off the wedding immediately

[@leagueofotters2774]

I saw his show in Orlando a few weeks back. I highly recommend it.

[@ddaa2244]

His bit about thoughts & prayers is amazing

[@gregorysextro1730]

Jeselnik, Bill Burr, Ricky Gervais, and Jim Jeffries. Those are some of the greats for me.

[@zomkino]

He's the greatest ! never expected you to react to him, thats great, i was feeling down today

[@kylec1411]

anthony is one of the best.. hes got a netflix special called fire in the maternity ward thats legendary

[@daveonpurpose]

His first album "Shakespear" is his funniest, for sure.

[@ml6828]

Love this guy!

[@ViperBiotch]

I've nvr heard of him yet this is the kind of comedy & he jst put a name on it for I use it myself & shall take a gander @ his content for what I see, so far so good. 😂😂❤

[@TheD3vilHimself]

Norm was a classic. His standout character in Deuce Bigalow 2 is still something we quote. How about, and hear me out, Colin Quinn? Seems closer to Norm's type of alley.

[@nategalvan3907]

I liked for angel Norm. RIP.

[@user-yd8wp8rz2b]

He is funny. Guess I'll look for him on KZbin.

[@normnorumi3780]

I love Norm. Jeselnik has a joke about Norm. It's funny.

[@Tim_the_Enchanter]

If you didn't know, Anthony was the guy most responsible for people believing that Amy Schumer was funny.

[@jonnyxquest]

"My grandmother died, which is already tragic, but after the autopsy we learned that she died in the worst way possible... during an autopsy."

[@igloo2158]

I love how the montage of “unfunny” comedians all had something in common. 😂😂😂

[@paulmadkow9143]

I recommend Leanne Morgan and Brian Regan. Both very clean too.

[@StAlphonsusHasAPosse]

I love Leanne!

[@ArtsInfinite2305]

My favourite joke of his was "who was it that said the first million is the hardest? Was it Hitler?"

[@justindubuc3859]

John Pinette is one of the best comedians I would recommend you to check out. He unfortunately passed away back in the early 2010s but his material still cracks me up all these years later😂

[@reasonabledictator8993]

I actually giggled at the (then he didn't hear it from me) 😂😂😂

[@AnselmInstitute]

Bryan Reagan would be a good one to follow.

[@hoorayimhelping3978]

Anthony Jeselnik on Norm MacDonald: "Growing up, I really looked up to Norm and really loved him and idolized him. Which is why meeting him and getting to work with him was such a huge disappointment."

[@accountable9026]

Normie is the GOAT. RIP

[@tashhashimi9483]

i refuse to believe that its the first time Knowles has heard of Anthony Jeselnik

[@Brc-kg1mg]

Man that Lilly Singh gif from her comedy special gave me flashbacks like a war veteran

[@ChrisNihilus]

Anthony Jeselnik is my favourite comedian of all times!

[@Jeremy-th5pt]

Jeselnik is a huge lefty.

[@frontenac5083]

Wow... Imagine that.

[@MidwestFarmToys]

Who cares? He's not a politician, he's a comedian.

[@anacc3257]

In what way?

[@StAlphonsusHasAPosse]

​@@anacc3257Pro political correctness and g@ys

[@watsonstudios]

You gotta watch Anthony Jeselnik on the Donald Trump Roast. 😆

[@user-qp5ws2yo3j]

Look up him talking about being on Last Comic Standing with Norm Macdonald.

[@burymeinkief]

I like this guy a lot and it's cool to see that you do too.

[@damian-vp9lg]

Ryan Long live was amazing. Michael would love it

[@grabsak]

I enjoy his work, and I like his style. One of my personal favorites of his is. (When I was a kid, my parents had a gun. My parents said, "we had to have a gun. Gotta have a gun to protect the five children. Gotta have a gun to protect our five children." Of course, they eventually got rid of it..to protect their four children)

[@BigJohnLXV]

my favorite is the kid, playing hide & seek

[@schurtzfielder1309]

He's so good.

[@justinscott7492]

Phil Hanley is right up your alley if you love crowd work....

[@BaroqueBach.]

We need 'Michael Knowles reacts to Jimmy Carr' !

[@SunnyCue-ew5ow]

Anthony J has beeen around for over five years, he's easily better than 99% and forever better then those over dramatic ones that dont have smart or dry humor

[@vdoggydogg3922]

Also a Norm fan boy...respect

[@0DdOne]

I mean I appreciate you making me look up better reactions

[@sr9tc]

just saw anthony jeselnik this past weekend. he is fantastic. he paid homage to norm macdonald calling him the greatest...so there is that.

[@theodorerooseveltsantlers270]

Jeselnik is great and the King of Misdirection. "Who said the first million was the hardest? Was it Hitler?" Dude was making trans jokes in San Francisco at one of his specials. Legend. "You can't even call these guys Chicks with d*cks anymore, you have to call them men who talk too much." I've seen interview with him and Daniel Tosh that they structure their writing after George Carlin. Which is very structured almost to the point of memorizing their act. Norm was great because he would only know the punchline to a joke and almost explore his way to find it and it made it seem more fluid.

[@freedomforall2486]

We need more comedian reactions!!

[@Bbowers3428]

If you enjoy Anthony and Norm, I’ve seen great recommendations like Steven Wright, Mitch Hedburg, but a couple more are Bill Burr (one of the greatest) and Shane Gillis (he’s up and coming and Norm even gave him his blessing before he passed)

[@tsallgood22]

Jeselnik is in the top five comedians of all time. His dark humor made this Christian dude cringe. He looked so uncomfortable hearing a bad word. 😂

[@j.c.cousins191]

Jeselnik is a huge Norm fan!

[@matthewedwardsnyder]

He’s been my favorite for over a decade. Check out Shane Gillis and Tom segura too.

[@123Coletonp]

Hahaha "I've seen some bad comedians on here." Followed by all female comedians memorandum

[@morristolmachoff8971]

I'd like to see Michael's reaction if you went to an actual jeselnik show, The jokes he watched RPG compared to a majority of his comedy