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On Showbiz Tonight, talking important issues of the day:

They cut my fave lines, including, but not limited to:
“This is why the Mets always choke. They had one of the greatest comedians of all time, and they traded him for a flash-in-the-pan and a pop star to be named later”
But that’s okay.

Am on HLN’s Showbiz Tonight, again… tonight. 5pm & 11pm EST. Talking important* issues of the day.

Busy one today… USA Football, that thing, fundraiser out in Joisey, etc. etc. When it rains… it’s wet.

- Kreisler

* Meh, sorta.

For us showbiz-y types, creating a video representation of one’s abilities and experience is both vital & frustrating. Here’s the latest attempt to compile some of the many clips of my broadcast appearances. Vids of stand-up, acting, characters, writing, etc. can be found elsewhere on this site, starting here.

Feedback welcome.

Happy Memorial Day Everyone! Some things…

1. Every political comic/satirist wants to be on CNN to let his or her opinion be heard far & wide. I did it… and got to talk about… Lindsay Lohan. D’oh! SO CLOSE!

2. Here’s moi a touch more serious, on the very cool “Midweek Politics” show… though still, somehow, Lilo comes up. Damn her!
Watch/listen here.

3. Wednesday! NYC! 9:30pm. Caroline’s on Broadway! A great big fantastic comedy show. It’s been a while, come see me and a handful of my favorite comedians. Details & discount code here.

Finally, FINALLY, I get my due. Interviewed by a real journalist.

More at mattsky.com

Clips of my recent appearances on both MSNBC and FoxNews:

… for you:

Ta da!

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1pm - Talking politics
2:30pm - Super Secret Meeting of Team Awesome
8pm - Princeton University gig (in McCosh 10, the big lecture hall - come see my potential meet my reality. There will be blood).

Sarah Palin performed stand up comedy on Leno last night. Take a deep breath and watch:

I was asked to critique her performance by Gotham Ghostwriters. Oooookay.
I’ve got to put a few things aside to analyze her comedy:
1. My political opinion of her
2. My comedy opinion of Jay Leno
3. The fact that her first time performing… was on The (expletive deleted) Tonight Show. I’m a stand up comic. I wouldn’t say I’m “bitter” or “jealous.” More like, “re-evaluating” and “crying.”

That done (be brave, Kreisler), strictly from a comedy perspective, I gotta admit, she did pretty well. She’s definitely comfortable in front of an audience, being the center of attention, and handling pressure. Those are characteristics of a comedian (and politician) that are difficult to teach. She’s a natural.

Constructive criticism time!

On the material:
- I think the material fit her very well. It was safe, simple, and straightforward. It wasn’t edgy or super original or unexpected… but that’s why it worked for her. The material sounded like her. It was in harmony with her voice, her opinion, her character… her (shudder) brand. That’s what you need to do when you write for someone else - make it sound like the person.
- Personally, I wasn’t in love with the jokes - the only one with any spark was the Tina Fey line - but I’m not being asked to perform ‘em or pay to see ‘em.
- There were three joke topics: Alaska, Politics, and Sarah Palin, superstar. I would’ve lumped the jokes about each topic together, rather than spreading them out haphazardly. There didn’t seem to be any real arch or reasoned order to the bits.

On her performance:
- Biggest criticism: Wait for the laughs to start fading. She began each new joke as the reaction was reaching its peak, raising her voice to speak over the noise, rather than letting the laughter & applause at least begin to fade before moving on. She cut off her own energy, instead of letting the momentum build.
- She swallowed some punchlines. Could’ve emphasized the endings of jokes more.
- While in general her presence was good, and she certainly wasn’t monotone, her physicality on the one NRA joke was off. The key part of that bit was her six-shooting “or else” moment, and she didn’t deliver, it just got lost in the general adulation from the crowd.
- Again, she clearly likes talking in front of people, and she’s good at it.

Okay, no concise wrap up from me. It was fine.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to vomit then dust off my law degree.

Videos below • Headshot here (jpg) • More via the links above • Hard copies & downloadables upon request.

Winner of the Bill Hicks Spirit Award for Thought Provoking Comedy, author of HarperCollins’ bestselling satire “Get Rich Cheating,” on-camera contributor to HLN’s “Showbiz Tonight,” writer for Comedy Central’s Indecision2008, Huffington Post, TheStreet.com, and The Independent Film Channel, cast member of Shoot The Messenger (from the co-creator of “The Daily Show”), executive editor of “My Wall Street Journal,” and star of several hit international festival shows, Jeff Kreisler’s performed on TV, radio, and stage around the world, with passion, absurdity, and hope. A graduate of Princeton, Exeter, and Virginia Law School, Jeff now lives in New York City.

“Somebody get Jeff Kreisler on ‘The Colbert Report’… As funny and as quotable as anything that appears daily on late-night TV. You are guaranteed a few laugh-out-loud verbal souvenirs to try out on your friends” - The New York Times
“A heavy hitter… the smartest political comedy around” - The Scotsman
“Kreisler’s keen intellect sees to it that tired subjects are rendered shocking and original… Reflections so clever, you wonder why they aren’t present in the political discourse.” - Fest Magazine
“Critic’s Choice” - San Francisco Bay Guardian
“Don’t Miss” - Time Out New York
“This is one show that will have you laughing from start to finish” - Fresh Air
“A genuinely engaging performer” - EdFest Magazine
“Great stuff. Very funny. I wrote some of that down.” - United States Senator Tom Harkin
“You’ll struggle to find better than Jeff Kreisler… With slick and witty poise he mixes wry observation on current affairs with quirky bouts of surrealism ” - Three Weeks

About “Get Rich Cheating”:
“You’ll be laughing all the way to the bank, assuming other cheaters haven’t forced it into bankruptcy yet.” - Rachel Maddow (MSNBC)
“A very funny book with a very timely message” - Terry Jones (Monty Python)
“Catcher in the Rye for evildoers” - Penthouse Magazine
“This is THE book to read in the unemployment line.” - Lizz Winstead (Co-creator of The Daily Show)“Laugh out loud - roaring!” - CNBC
“A brilliant and brilliantly sustained satirical broadside. On just about every page, you’ll find a pithy, pointed barb worthy of the late great George Carlin” - Tony Hendra (Father Joe, George Carlin’s “Last Words”)
“Is (it) a humor book, prescient, or a Wall Street / Washington user’s manual? It is all three… Kreisler is that funny.” - The Reviews Page
“A Michael Moore-esque rallying cry… A really great performer” - Time Out New York
“Ever wonder what it’s like inside the mind of a genius? Well, now you can take a peek… In the God-is-Dead tradition of Nietzsche, Kreisler is superman.” - Miami Examiner
“One can easily envision Jeff Kreisler as a guest on The Colbert Report… Why? He’s funny, he has mad political criticism skills and, as his new book reveals, he’s shrewdly corrupt” - The Q Note
“A hilarious, recession-proof tutorial on how to get rich without regard for morals or other mortals” - Flavorpill
“A funny satirical attack on the culture of greed” - NY Theater.com
“Like all good satire, comedian Jeff Kreisler’s fake wealth-building seminar gets closer to the truth than the putative objects of its scorn.” - Show Showdown
“Get Rich Cheating, however, is about as smart as parody shows (and books) come.” - Talking Broadway
“Pitch perfect satire” - Theater Is Easy
(more…)

The trailer for the pilot for the show about a show on a network that reflects reality from the mind of a person…

Some Holiday Scheer from the communists over at TruthDig.com

Meet The NY Post’s newest journalist:

You may remember her from hard-hitting, in-depth coverage of “Client Number 9″ and “Eliot’s Mess”…

… This

(thanks DAW for the tip)

This is what it looks like to interview on no sleep.

Thanks to Marc Maron. Tune in daily for a great show.

p.s. Here’s their post-show commentary.

You love it.
Now buy it.

From our team at Shoot The Messenger:

The show that I work on, “Shoot The Messenger,” made this parody of the infamous NOM anti-gay marriage ad (to which I refuse to link). It’s gotten a lot of kudos.
(They produced it while I was in London, but somehow, I want credit. Hmmm… talent by osmosis? contact-high-satire? absence makes the joke grow funny?)