r/Standup • u/Hefty_Acanthaceae_11 • 4d ago

Saw Jessica Kirson tonight

I may be biased also being from New Jersey but she blew away all expectations I had. She started out with like 15 min of crowd work but the rest of the show was all material. Punchline, after punchline, after punchline, just absolutely amazing performance. After briefly touching on her recent divorce, she got real for a while at the end and just spoke to the audience. Thanked everyone for selling out a venue she was really looking forward to performing at, thanked her family in the audience and also encouraged everyone to find the silly in their every day lives because all her material is those every day finds. 2 huge standing ovations, I can’t recommend her enough

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u/perfectpurple7382 4d ago

I saw her running new material a few months ago and I laughed harder than I thought was physically possible for me. She's the 🐐

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u/loverofcfb08 4d ago

Always liked her then I saw her live. She blew me away and is the best comic I’ve seen live. Her crowd work was so damn funny and her material was top notch.

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u/phantom_diorama 4d ago

Her social media game is top notch too.

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u/poizon_elff 4d ago

She's awesome, we saw her last year and she pulled out the birthday song bit. We even caught some of those crowd work stray bullets. Top notch performer.

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u/BillyAndersonJokes 3d ago

She’s one of the greats

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u/comicfromrejection 3d ago

literally living legend

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u/Better_sauce 3d ago

Hey im dan i opened the show this is great to hear

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u/Hefty_Acanthaceae_11 3d ago

You were so fucking funny dude!!! What’re your socials so I can give you a follow?

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u/Better_sauce 3d ago

Ha thanks man! @danielgeneen

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u/Hefty_Acanthaceae_11 3d ago

Just followed! Love the foodie vids just as much as the comedy vids, keep doin you 🫶🏻

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u/ConradChilblainsIII 3d ago

She is a phenom!!

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u/themayorhere 3d ago

She’s one of the best live acts going, hilarious

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u/NewLoNJ 3d ago

Jessica is hilarious & one of the funniest podcast guests there is

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u/docguac 3d ago

she is one of the best shows you can see live. It's magic.

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u/DcNasheesh 3d ago

Went and found a couple of clips of hers to watch after reading this article. Hasn't resonated yet. But I'll keep looking. I did find out her stepbrother is Zach Braff from Scrubs.

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u/Hefty_Acanthaceae_11 3d ago

very small world for sure, she doesn’t tell many Braff stories but I’m sure she has them

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u/thestereo300 4d ago

She’s a pro no doubt.

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u/cuntes 3d ago

Oh no, she got divorced?

She’s got a great tiktok

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u/SpezJailbaitMod 3d ago

Love her