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Synopsis: The internet (and soon to be movie, TV, radio, etc.) phenomenon, Bo Burnham, brings you his first one-hour stand-up special "Bo Burnham: Words, Words, Words" from the House of Blues in Boston.
Director(s): Shannon Hartman
Actors: Bo Burnham
 
IMDB:
8.2
TV-MA
Year:
2010
63 min
565 Views


EASILY BROKEN:

OH, YEAH

WOMEN ARE LIKE COWS

'CAUSE THEY BOTH HAVE

VAGINAS:

MEN ARE LIKE MUZZLES

BECAUSE THEY'LL

TRY TO SHUT YOU UP

OH, YEAH

WOMEN ARE LIKE PUZZLES

'CAUSE PRIOR TO 1920,

NEITHER HAD THE RIGHT TO VOTE

PUZZLES STILL DON'T

OH,

A MAN IS AN EAGLE

YEAH,

A WOMAN IS A DOVE

WOMEN CAN FAKE ORGASMS

BUT MEN CAN FAKE LOVE

(cheers and applause)

WOMEN ARE LIKE FINGERS

AND TOES:

'CAUSE THEY'RE EASY

TO COUNT ON:

(audience aws)

IT'S CUTE.

(laughter)

MEN ARE LIKE RAVENS

AND CROWS:

'CAUSE THEY HATE

USING CONDOMS:

(laughter and applause)

WHAT?

WOMEN ARE LIKE YAHTZEES,

OH, YEAH

'CAUSE I RARELY GET THEM

I DON'T.

MEN ARE LIKE NAZIS

'CAUSE THEY BOTH CAUSED

THE HOLOCAUST:

IT'S TRUE.

OH, YEAH

FOR EVERY DOLLAR

THAT A MAN MAKES

A WOMAN MAKES 70 CENTS

THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE,

THAT'S NOT FAIR

THE MAN'S ONLY LEF WITH 30

MEN AND WOMEN:

OH, MEN AND WOMEN,

IT'S BLACK AND WHITE

WITH AN AREA OF GRAY

FOR HERMAPHRODITE

OH, YEAH

OH, WELL, YEAH

MALE STRIPPERS:

ALWAYS LOOK LIKE

THEY'RE APPLYING LOTION

AND FEMALE STRIPPERS WHEN

THEY'RE DANCING ON THE POLE

JUST LOOK LIKE:

CONFUSED FIREMEN

THANKS.

(cheers and applause)

THANK YOU.

(man)

PICK THAT WEDGE!

(mocking laugh)

(laughter)

(audience member

wolf whistles)

I'M 19 YEARS OLD.

I'M A YOUNG COMEDIAN.

I HATE THAT TERM

"YOUNG COMEDIAN."

I PREFER "PRODIGY."

AND PEOPLE PIGEONHOLE ME,

YOU KNOW, AS A COMIC,

WHICH IS SO DISINGENUOUS.

'CAUSE I'M NOT A COMEDIAN.

I'M AN ARTIST.

AND I DON'T DO COMEDY SHOWS.

I DO ONE-MAN SHOWS.

I'VE BEEN DOING THEM--

1998 WAS MY FIRST ONE-MAN SHOW.

IT WAS A SHOW ABOUT JEWS

IN NAZI GERMANY:

CALLED:

"UNDER THE FLOORBOARDS."

(light laughter)

NO, NO, NO, WATCH AND THEN JUDGE.

THIS IS A SCENE:

FROM "UNDER THE FLOORBOARDS."

(clears throat)

HEY.

SHH!

THEN IN '99--

(laughter and applause)

'99, I DID A PIECE CALLED

"THE CATHOLIC ORGASM."

I'LL DO A SCENE FROM THAT.

(moans, sobs)

2000...UM...

2000, I DID A PIECE CALLED

"THE INAPPROPRIATE MUSICIAN."

MIKE...

MIKE, BACK OFF THE LEDGE,

MIKE.

MIKE,

THINK ABOUT YOUR KIDS.

YOU WANT THEM TO GROW UP

WITHOUT A FATHER?

IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT, MIKE?

MIKE, PLEASE, LISTEN TO ME!

I'M YOUR FRIEND! MIKE!

MIKE, NO, MIKE!

NO, MIKE!

(plays descending note)

(plays ascending note)

HE'S SAVED.

AND THEN IN, UM, 2001,

I DID JOHN STEINBECK'S

"THE GRAPES OF WRATH,"

EXCEPT I ADAPTED I INTO A STORY

ABOUT AN INTERGALACTIC SEXUAL

PREDATOR:

CALLED "THE RAPES OF GRATH."

(laughter)

2002, I DID A PIECE--

IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH

THE PIECE "THE ELEPHANT MAN"

I DID A PIECE BASED OFF THA CALLED "BULLDOG MAN"

AND I'LL DO A MONOLOGUE

FROM THAT RIGHT NOW.

(laughter)

2000, UH...

(cheers and applause)

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Bo Burnham

Robert Pickering "Bo" Burnham (born August 21, 1990) 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 228 million times as of June 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. more…

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