American - Comedian | August 21, 1990 -
Postmodern comedy doesn't work well with very old audiences, because it's making fun of the comedy they enjoy.
Bo Burnham
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If I was confronted with some 20-year-old American hotshot, I'd hate him.
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If a comic is himself, there'll be things he can't do - because he has to adhere to that persona.
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At once I feel that comedy is this amazing sort of transcendent thing, and I'm also open to the fact that maybe it's just an evolutionary hiccup, something that upright apes do in their free time.
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I do weird things, and people watch.
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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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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. So I'm actually very open to having a conversation about what I should or shouldn't say.
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I love Tim Minchin, Bill Bailey, and Hans Teeuwen, and I'm trying to synthesise elements of theatre into my show a little bit more.
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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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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 don't want you to think I'm better than people or that I know better than people.
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I really like maths.
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