Anthony Jeselnik

It's a mental thing.

Where I thought about going to a hypnotist to be like, make yourself think every show is the last show.

And then you have that energy.

Because if you're doing two shows in a night, the first show, you're thinking about that late show.

And the late show's almost easier.

And they're both good shows.

You wouldn't be able to tell the difference because I'm professional, but so much of it is mental.

I just think like when I'm in my 50s, which I will be when I'm writing the next hour, like what is that?

I know.

That the idea of having something else to do would be nice.

So who knows what happens and what the industry looks like.

I have dark subjects, but it's not always a dark joke.

It's like making light of something.

And that's one of the things that appeals to me to doing another one after this is that like, when your back is truly against the wall, then what do you come up with?

And I am getting better, you know, just because of like doing it for 25 years to like, what does that look like?

Which always makes me think like, what if I did it again?

People are like, what if you just did stories?

Or it's more like your podcast where you're just kind of talking.

And that's fine, but I feel like my audience wants to see the hard work.

They're like, wow, this guy really carved this sculpture out of ivory, and we get to appreciate it for 45 minutes to an hour.