Postmodern comedy doesn’t work well with very old audiences, because it’s making fun of the comedy they enjoy.
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.
More Bo Burnham Quotes
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Even if he is your friend, never, ever call an Asian person.
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When life gets you down, make a comforter!
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I love you like a gay geneticist loves designer genes.
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Drugs kill, just like cancer. So don’t smoke… tumors.
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There’s a metal train that a mile long and at the very back end a lightning bolt struck her. How long til it reaches and kills the driver, provided that he’s a good conductor?
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I’m interested in taboos for certain reasons. They can dramatise things and they’re scary, and they’re important to think about.
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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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People give me money and I don’t know why, my real collection plate is an empty cup held by a homeless guy.
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Do unto others as you would have them do to you, said the rapist.
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I get more ass than a giant donkey stable.
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All you god damn dirty Catholics can cath-o-lick my balls.
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Women are like puzzles because prior to 1920 neither had the right to vote. Puzzles still don’t.
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I just try to do things on stage that I think the audience would enjoy. And I try to draw on and add to acts that I’ve enjoyed watching.
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I have a pretty good math mind, so I can see patterns, but I don’t have a great ear. It’s like a tragedy – I can see so much more natural musical ability in so many other people.
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I do think that stand-up comedy in general heavily favors masculinity and so I like to act a little feminine onstage.
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