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Robert Pickering "Bo" Burnham is an American comedian, musician, actor, filmmaker and poet. He began his performance career as a YouTuber in March 2006, and his videos have been viewed over 278 million times as of December 2018.

Burnham signed a four-year record deal with Comedy Central Records and released his debut EP, Bo fo Sho, in 2008. His first full-length album, Bo Burnham, was released the following year. In 2010, Burnham's second album was released, and Words Words Words, his first live comedy special, aired on Comedy Central. His third album and second comedy special, what., was released in 2013 on his YouTube channel and Netflix. Burnham finished first overall in voting in 2011's Comedy Central Stand-up Showdown. His third stand-up comedy special, Make Happy, was released exclusively on Netflix on June 3, 2016.In addition to his career as a comedian, Burnham co-created and starred in the MTV television series Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous and released his first book of poetry, Egghead: Or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone, in 2013. His first feature film as writer and director, Eighth Grade, was released in July 2018 to widespread critical acclaim and received numerous accolades, including the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay and the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – First-Time Feature Film. Wikipedia  

✵ 21. August 1990
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Famous Bo Burnham Quotes

“I've always wanted a black girlfriend. Not as a joke, just so when we sixty-nine I can call it Yin-Yanging.”

Bo Burnham

Words, Words, Words (2010)

“Heckler: I'll have your babies!!
Bo: …. I'm keeping them.”

Bo Burnham

Words, Words, Words (2010)

“When I say "Hey!" you say "Ho!" Hey! [Audience: Ho! ] Hey! [Ho! ] That's basically how Hitler rose to power.”

Bo Burnham

Source: Words, Words, Words (2010)

“I always wanted to be a comedian and actor, […] I basically stumbled into the music medium, though. I'm OK, but that's about it. I like to think I'm good enough not to negatively affect the performance.”

Bo Burnham

Source: [Joseph P., Kahn, Joseph P. Kahn, Nonfamily humor, straight from home, y, http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2008/02/13/nonfamily_humor_straight_from_home/, The Boston Globe, P. Steven Ainsley, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 2008-02-13, 2009-01-25, Irreverent songs win Hamilton youth a cult following]

“Laughter is the best medicine, y'know, besides medicine.”

Bo Burnham

Words, Words, Words (2010)

“You shouldn't abstain from rape just 'cause you think that I want you to/ You shouldn't rape cause rape is a fucked up thing to do”

Bo Burnham

"From the Perspective of God".
what. (2013)

Bo Burnham Quotes

“This next song is about how sad I am. It's about all the sad stuff; just picture a depressed onion cutting itself.”

Bo Burnham

what. (2013)

Sadness

“Let us pray…Oh, uh, please don't feel like you can't participate if you're not Christian, because this is a prayer for all faiths…”

Bo Burnham

Words, Words, Words (2010)

Faith , Feeling

“If every day you play the board game Risk
You've probably never taken a risk
In your life / And Monopoly has far
From a stranglehold on the board game market
A little kid died from suffocation
When he choked on a game piece from Operation”

Bo Burnham

IRONIC
Words Words Words (2010)

Game , Life

“Could I interest you in everything?
All of the time?
A little bit of everything
All of the time
Apathy's a tragedy
And boredom is a crime
Anything and everything
All of the time”

Bo Burnham

Source: "Welcome to the Internet" Inside (2021)

Time

“Hey, what can you say?
We were overdue
But it'll be over soon”

Bo Burnham

Source: Inside (2021), "That Funny Feeling"

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