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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

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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Country Funny Humor Long Met People
When life gets you down, make a comforter!
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Comforter Funny Humor
I’ve been doin’ drive-bys all of my life. Except the bullets are newspapers, the car is my bike.
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Bullets Car Newspaper
The 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.
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Answers Ideas People
When I see someone filming me, I don’t usually think, ‘No, man, don’t put this up online!’ I’d think, ‘Hey man, you don’t get to go to shows very often, put down the camera and enjoy it!’ I love going to theatre and to shows so much.
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Country Men People Theatre Thinking
Squaring numbers are just like women. If they’re under thirteen, just do them in your head.
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Isquaring Numbers Thirteen
I don’t want to try to recreate for no reason. Like, me in my bedroom, singing songs to a camera was a special thing that was at that time in my life. But I’m just not that kid. I like the format of it, but I want to be able to release things for free.
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Kids Singing Song
And two balls minus one, six titles at the tour de France.
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Balls Funny Humor Person Two
My persona is most importantly just to communicate the material in a way that is most funny and meaningful in the moment. It’s more like a character that’s sculpted for whatever joke needs communicating at the moment.
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Character Meaningful Way
My first concern is that when you go to a show, you should be present. It’s much more exciting to put the camera down and lose yourself in it.
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Camera Down And Firsts
Poetic talent is really easy to fake when thy sentences doth no f-king sense make.
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Fake Kings Talent
I think it’s using people, I think it’s like encouraging something that’s unhealthy, telling people you love them. “I love you.” Oh really, you love your fans?
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Encourage Fan Love Really Something Unhealthy
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
Love is all about… whistles.
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About Love Whistle
In the distance, Bo saw a fairy. A fairy so beautiful that he felt proud of being called one in highschool.
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Beautiful Distance Funny
I know it’s the comedian’s instinct to say, “Do it, man, nothing’s off-limits! It’s cool, bro!” I don’t know if that’s the answer for me.
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Fall Know Men Miscarriage

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.

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