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I’m friends with a lot of comedians, but we don’t talk about material. Most comedians I know don’t watch a lot of other comedy.

Bo Burnham

Do unto others as you would have them do to you, said the rapist.
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Bible Jesus Kindness
All you god damn dirty Catholics can cath-o-lick my balls.
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Dirty Funny Humor
I chose to do comedy instead of going to college.
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Close College Comedy Going
For some comedians it feels so cool to be like: ‘I’ll say anything, man!’. I’m not quite there yet.
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Comedians Men Say Anything
At the time of ‘Words, Words, Words,’ I’m a 19-year-old getting up feeling like he’s entitled to do comedy and tell you what he thinks of the world, so that’s inherently a little bit ridiculous.
BO BURNHAM

Feelings Thinking Time Years
I 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.
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People Thinking Worry
Poetic talent is really easy to fake when thy sentences doth no f-king sense make.
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Fake Kings Talent
Comedy is the one absolutely self-aware art form. Actually, hip-hop’s another one, I suppose. Because in your songs you’re talking about how good a hip-hop artist you are. It’s like a painter painting a panting of himself painting a painting.
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Art Aware Comedy Self Song
Twitter is a lot like crystal meth, because it’s really fun to do and Oprah’s on it.
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Crystals Funny Humor
I 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 BURNHAM

Simple Stuff Trying
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.
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Internet Kings Pirate Song Try
For me, if you distill comedy down, it is surprise and the unexpected. That has to be it on its most base level, in any form.
BO BURNHAM

Comedy Levels Unexpected
The biggest danger, for me, with making yourself your act is that a lot of people with think they know you for better or worse. That’s an ongoing struggle with me and it can get really trippy sometimes.
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Strong Struggle Thinking
Love is all about… whistles.
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About Love Whistle
Because I see that as a crutch sometimes and I want to know that I can do something funny and worthwhile without that. And also make a show that my parents would like and that kids could watch with their parents.
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Like Parent Something Sometimes Watch
I met a bipolar bear. He laughed, cried, then wanted a threesome.
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Bears Beliefs Bipolar Mets

I’m friends with a lot of comedians, but we don’t talk about material. Most comedians I know don’t watch a lot of other comedy.

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