A writer for Comedy
Central's Indecision2008 and 23/6, and winner of the Bill
Hicks Spirit Award for Thought Provoking Comedy, Jeff Kreisler has his own critically-acclaimed political comedy tour (Comedy
Against Evil), syndicated humor
column (Funny
Money), and book deal
with Harper Collins (Get Rich Cheating).He is executive editor of the parody
sensation "My Wall Street Journal," (from folks at The Daily Show, The Onion, Monty Python, and
Spinal Tap), creator of a successful multimedia live-sitcom (The Americans), recently performed with
the major US Presidential candidates, is in the staff and cast of the new project
from the creator of The Daily Show (Shoot
The Messenger), had hit shows at the Edinburgh Fringe and Glasgow
International Comedy Festivals, has been featured on the BBC, BBC-America, and Current
TV, as well as CBS, NPR, and Sirius radio networks, went to Princeton, Exeter,
and Virginia Law, was an all-league college football player, taught English in Russia, started
a non-profit dedicated to at-risk youth, plays mediocre blues on the alto sax, has
lived in New York City, San Francisco, Boston, and D.C., and, most of all,
loves both asparagus and run-on sentences.
at the 2008 Glasgow International Comedy Festival
"Jeff
Kreisler is a heavy hitter - he has won the Bill Hicks Spirit Award and looks
like George Clooney, but sweatier. His hour holds some of the smartest
political material around. One of the things that makes Kreisler fascinating is his unashamed love for America; he just hates what
has been done to it. The final section… may be the most powerful description
of the past few years of US history you'll hear..." - Kate Copstick, The Scotsman
"A
highlight"- The New York Times
"With
slick and witty poise he mixes wry observation on current affairs with quirky
bouts of surrealism to create a politically charged set." - Three Weeks
"His
comedy is fluent and accomplished, delivered with energy and enthusiasm"- Fest Mag
"Jeff
Kreisler is a bit of an optimist... Political comedy may not change the
world, but it's the possibility that exposing a little bit of hypocrisy will
keep people engaged that keeps Kreisler and other politically and socially
motivated comics going."- The Boston Globe
"A
genuinely engaging performer... he is clearly a funny, smart man, with a lot
to offer."- EdFest Magazine
"A
sweet-faced cherub with dark eyes that promise all manner of chaos...
Kreisler changes the pace a bit with a slightly demented, extremely animated
set "- San Francisco Chronicle
"Funny
and on-fire Jeff Kreisler followed… injecting some powerful and pointed
political barbs on both sides. With wild, dark eyes and a disarming
grin..." - San Francisco Herald
"A
welcome reminder of a time when comedy cut a lot closer to the issues of the
day than most comics now dare." - Dallas
Morning News
"He
tore into politics, race and religion in a similar style to Hicks, but with
his own personal slant and some very acute and funny observations... This is
one show that will have you laughing from start to finish and is probably one
of the best comedy shows at the Fringe..."- Fresh
Air at The Festival
"Great
stuff. Very funny. I wrote some of that down"
- United
States Senator Tom Harken
"Kreisler's
comedy style had a wonderful, dark theatrical approach"-
Theater2k.com
"Jeff's
act was thought provoking, edgy, and quite hilarious. We're definitely asking
him back next year because he had all of us on the floor laughing for an
entire hour."
- Georgetown Univ.
"You
were hysterically funny, witty, and a breath of fresh air
..."- Colgate
University
"Professional,
highly entertaining, engaging, informative, and extremely funny..."
- Executive Director, World Affairs Council of Northern CA
"If
tragedy concerns the necessarily disastrous condition of human experience,
(then) comedy by nature involves the changing, the growing, the improvable
in that experience." -
Lauter, "Theories of Comedy." See also, Gallaghar, "Watch
Me Bash This Melon!"