Wacky Wednesday Comedy Special: Iliza Shlesinger Imagines Being a Pharmacist

Originally from Dallas, Iliza Shlesinger moved to Los Angeles after graduating from Emerson College. She is the only female and youngest comedian to hold the title of NBC'S Last Comic Standing. Most recently she was the host of CBS's syndicated comedy dating show Excused, in which she filmed 230 episodes. 

Iliza's TV credits include her own half-hour Comedy Central Presents special, as well as NBC'S Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Comedy Central's Live at Gotham, E! Network's Chelsea Lately and The Soup, NBC'S Last Call with Carson Daily, TBS’ Who Gets the Last Laugh?, and Showtime's Pauly Shore and Friends and Bridging the Gap Comedy Festival.

As Lior Zaltzman wrote in Kveller,

Shlesinger, who had a Bat Mitzvah and even went to Israel as a teen (she once lamented being rejected from Birthright because she had previously travelled to the Jewish state),  says that her comedy is very much inspired by Judaism’s seeking of the truth. “Judaism is so steeped in asking, ‘Why?’ Rabbis and men sit around in rooms all day questioning Torah. I think that trickles down in questioning other things,” she said in 2016 interview.

In this clip from her comedy show War Paint, Iliza acts out her fantasy of being a medieval witch doctor pharmacist.

Enjoy!

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