Bo Burnham
Bo Burnham
Robert Pickering "Bo" Burnham is an American comedian, writer, musician, and actor. He began his performance career as a YouTuber in March 2006, and his videos have been watched more than 169 million times since. Burnham also has a large following on Vine...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth21 August 1990
CityHamilton, MA
CountryUnited States of America
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For me, comedy is constantly presented as this fake casualness, like a guy just walked on stage going, 'This crazy thing happened to me the other day.' And he's in front of 3000 people, and he's acting like an everyman, and he's getting paid so much money.
fun songs
Most of my songs make fun of myself.
dreams eight hours worked
In high school, I worked eight hours a day just so I could get into the college of my dreams and say that I got in - and I never went.
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I've always liked TV shows that have slightly unlikable leads, where you root for them in spite of a lot of things. I know it's not common with shows with young people; they have to be so likable. But, I mean, teenagers just generally aren't very likable. I know I wasn't as a teenager.
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I was doing theater in my high school, and I started writing sort of silly songs on the piano backstage in summer theater. I eventually put them online and started getting this little following.
intentions satire
I try and write satire that's well-intentioned. But those intentions have to be hidden. It can't be completely clear, and that's what makes it comedy.
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I think it would collapse my heart if I was super famous. I don't have the nerve for it, I'm too anxious. I don't know how you're not obsessed with how people perceive you, because they're real people, you know? You can convince yourself that they don't really know you, and that's true, but how can it not hurt your feelings?
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I've always liked the format of YouTube, sharing things for free, which is a nice exchange between people.
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What's that? My six song album entitled Bo Fo Sho is currently available on iTunes? With three songs that have never been heard on the internet? Uh, and if I try to pirate it for free I'll get AIDS? I would have guessed scurvy. Well, see you later ghost of Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.
fun comedy enjoy
Postmodern comedy doesn't work well with very old audiences, because it's making fun of the comedy they enjoy.
funny girlfriend uncles
I'm a stand up comic and I always sit and slouch, and I got my girlfriend pregnant on my sterile uncles pull-out couch.
positivity people bully
Comedy should be a source of positivity. I don't want to bully people, and I don't want people to come to my show to feel terrible about something. I'm actually very open to having a conversation about what I should or shouldn't say.
believe doe believe-in-you
No one entertains the thought that maybe God does not believe in you.
forever pages firsts
The strange thing with Wikipedia is that the first article that ever gets written about you will define your Wikipedia page forever.