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Anthony Jeselnik, Caligula (Available now, Comedy Central Records)
I�ve listened to Caligula so many times in my car that by now I can mouth each one-liner as Jeselnik, the dark prince of comedy, delivers them. For example: �My ex-girlfriend owned a parakeet,� Jeselnik says. �That fucking thing never shut up�but the bird was cool.� If you haven�t heard his 2010 debut, Shakespeare (also a Comedy Central Records release), download it from iTunes. Both discs showcase Jeselnik�s signature display of grossly offensive material served up with such cocksure delivery that you know he�s yanking your chain every misogynistic, anti-religious and racially insensitive step of the way. The biggest difference, however, is the comedian�s rising level of star power between the two releases. Instead of a hundred or so hands clapping at the UCB Theatre in New York when Jeselnik muses about the standards and practices people at Conan, we get a thunderous roar of applause from the hundreds packed in at the Vic Theatre in Chicago when Jeselik delivers lines like this on Caligula: �I�ve spent the last two years searching for my girlfriend�s killer�but no one will do it.� Priceless.
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