The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Celebrity isn’t so much a foreign concept to Bo Burnham, now close to a decade since YouTube thrust him and his musically comedic skills into the limelight and our broader public consciousness. But how the famous interact with the rest of us continues to intrigue and puzzle Burnham, and in …
My review of Bo Burnham’s new Netflix special, Make Happy, is on Decider.com. What’s it about? I’ll let Burnham tell you what he says 45 minutes into his latest hour of comedy and art: “But for real. What is it about? It’s about performing. I try to make my show …
Netflix will continue rolling out at least one major stand-up comedy special per month through the summer of 2016, announcing the latest additions to their slate. They include new hours from Netflix faves such as Jim Jefferies and Iliza Shlesinger, a team-up by Blue Collar all-stars Jeff Foxworthy and Larry …
Bo Burnham has released a new music video for his subversively sincere song, “Repeat Stuff.” How subversive? Burnham wrote this on his YouTube page for the video: “MUCH LOVE TO ALL MY FANS. SHOUT OUT TO SATAN, THE ILLUMINATI AND BUILDING 7. DEATH IS COMING AND CANNOT BE STOPPED. I …
Happy 2014, everybody! Before we plunge forward into the new year, let’s take a look back at what caught the fancy of comedy fans over the past year. Here were the 10 most popular posts of 2013 on The Comic’s Comic, and what they said and still say about us. …
The best things in life are free. The best things in life are free to those who don’t place monetary value on things, or to those who wait, or to those who just know how to find them at the right place and the right time. Wait. What? what. This. …
Another August, another onslaught of comedians converged upon Edinburgh, all vying for the attention of Scots and the comedy fans who come there each summer for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. And here is this year’s crop of North American acts making hey, hay and ha-has across the pond: Abigoliah Schamuan: …
Zach Stone isn’t going to be famous enough for a second season, but Bo Burnham, the star of the MTV sitcom, already is well on his way to bigger fame. Burnham is from a generation growing up with the idea that everyone can be famous and everyone will be if …
Anyone who has followed Bo Burnham’s burgeoning comedy career from his bedroom out to the comedy clubs and theaters literally has seen him and his comedy grow up. As Burnham has matured, he has shown a fondness for commenting on celebrity and art and comedy — and his new MTV …
Could Bo Burnham be the next comedy giant? No, seriously. Look at him. He’s already as tall as Conan O’Brien, and he’s still growing! Burnham dropped the piano for this performance, but he still employed music in some interesting ways. And he also loves to comment on the art form …
