Anthony Jeselnik: Fire in the Maternity Ward

It wasn't the best stand up special Netflix has to offer. A few of his jokes fell flat and weren't very funny. Very dead pan humor, if that's your sort of thing. But I must say, it was better than Amy Schumer's latest special, it's not saying much but still, an improvement. Check it out if you have an hour to kill.

Unapologetic, funny, and dark for the sake of being dark.

When I first saw his Thoughts and Prayers special I was floored. I couldn't predict most of the jokes and was actually shocked that he said some of the things he said. It was hilarious and for me dark humor at its best. This however was just him trying to recreate the same effect in the most laziest way possible. All these repetitive setups became tiring and predictable after 20 minutes. I think we got it after the thousandth 10 second punch-line.

He gets a 6 for originality though, I haven't heard his types of jokes anywhere else. When you watch a lot of specials it's refreshing to watch someone who doesn't make the same kind of old jokes about millenials, Starbucks ordering, how times have changed, people getting easily offended and so on. He is in his own lane and therefore competes with himself, this wasn't his best tho.

I was looking forward to this. Here's what to expect:

Positives:

• Makes fun of anything, that's refreshing in 2019.

Negatives:

• His delivery somehow got even slower to the point I wasn't sure if the video was playing at regular speed.
• Jokes felt tamer than before, or already said in previous specials.
• I don't like the beard. My favorite thing about him before was after delivering an offensive joke he'd have a grin like he knows just how many people just got offended - now that priceless smile is hidden behind a mustache nobody asked for. Keep the beard, shave the stache.
• Last joke dragged for too long and wasn't funny. I feel like sometimes in trying to be "offensive" he really misses on some good opportunities. And things start to feel repetitive if you've seen his previous two specials.

Overall: This is an exceptional special for Netflix. Usually they'd just hire some random bootleg-Hooters waitress that spews liberal statements, call it a special, put her on the front page. The usual Netflix trash. But occasionally you get an actual comedian like Bill Burr, Rogan, Jeselnik - who actually do funny jokes. Neat.

I loved it. I am all for the type of jokes that leave you stunned at how far and raw a joke goes and he has the perfect delivery for it. Im now a fan.