I never felt like I was stealing anyone’s fans as much as I was introducing some younger people to comedy who will eventually find tons of other comedians that they love.
BO BURNHAMI never felt like I was stealing anyone’s fans as much as I was introducing some younger people to comedy who will eventually find tons of other comedians that they love.
BO BURNHAMPoetic talent is really easy to fake when thy sentences doth no f-king sense make.
BO BURNHAMI saw a giraffe with a short neck That was sad Or a deer
BO BURNHAMThe strength of comedy is I don’t have to answer to anybody but sometimes you want to learn from other people and see your ideas strengthen by other people.
BO BURNHAMDo you guys like impressions? “Why?” That was Socrates.
BO BURNHAMWas Einstein’s theory good? Relatively.
BO BURNHAM“Do I really want to make a joke about a miscarriage when a woman in the audience might have had one?” I don’t worship comedy; at the end of the day I don’t fall to the altar of comedy unquestioningly.
BO BURNHAMI think comedy has a range, with multiple peaks in different areas. It’s like trying to compare Beethoven and the Beatles. Sometimes I hear from people, ‘I think you try too hard in your comedy.’ And that’s what I worry about.
BO BURNHAMI don’t try to call myself a poet. But I know that my stuff is pretty literal, in that the themes are pretty simple and on the surface.
BO BURNHAMPeople give me money and I don’t know why, my real collection plate is an empty cup held by a homeless guy.
BO BURNHAMIf I had a dime for every time a homeless guy asked me for change, I’d still say no.
BO BURNHAMWomen are like puzzles because prior to 1920 neither had the right to vote. Puzzles still don’t.
BO BURNHAMHappy Thanksgiving! I broke into Best Buy and stole a copy of Pocahontas to celebrate.
BO BURNHAMIf Jesus can walk on water, can he swim on land?
BO BURNHAMI believe, firmly, that women are always right. Ah, I should actually rephrase that: I… don’t.
BO BURNHAMI’m bored way too easily. I’m staring at screens half the day. I need to be overstimulated. And how will that express itself artistically?
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