Bo Burnham: Make Happy

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[woman on TV] That has been, really,

a difficult thing for me. My mother has always been

a very difficult person all her life. Very unhappy. I can never remember

my mother being happy. [inhales deeply] And as she gets older,

however she was as a young person, I find it's just now exaggerated

and, uh... so, she's, uh, 83

and now very extremely negative, very extremely unhappy, and, uh...

that has been hard for me... -[classical music playing]

-[audience cheering and applauding] [woman] Hello, audience. Thank you for coming. You are here because you want to laugh... and you want to forget

about your problems. But I cannot allow it. You should not laugh. You should not forget

about your problems. The world is not funny. -We are all dying.

-[audience laughing] The world is not funny. Twelve percent of the world's population does not have access

to clean drinking water. The world is not funny. Guy Fieri owns

two functioning restaurants. -[audience laughing and applauding]

-The world is not funny. So then...

now that we understand the context, now that we realize

how terribly unfunny the world is... let's do this. -[organ music playing]

-[audience cheering and applauding] [man] Entertainers are not here

to help you. They are here to control you. -[audience continues cheering]

-Never listen to them. Never give them what they want. And most importantly,

never make some fucking noise! [audience cheers loudly] [hip-hop music playing] [audience continues cheering] -[bell dings]

-[rapping] Ladies! Ladies, if you feel me

Say, "Hell, yeah!" [all women] Hell, yeah! Fellas! Come on, fellas

If you feel me, say, "Hell, yeah!" [all men] Hell, yeah! Virgins, if you haven't felt a person

Say, "Hell, yeah!" [audience] Hell, yeah! If you can divide by zero

Let me hear you say, "Hell, yeah!" [audience] Hell, yeah! -No, you can't.

-[audience laughing] Mathematically impossible.

Listen. Don't be Pavlovian.

I'm looking for actual answers here. Trying to gather information.

Let's go. If you like drinking booze

Let me hear you say, "Hell, yeah!" [audience] Hell, yeah! If you like smoking weed

Let me hear you say, "Hell, yeah!" [audience] Hell, yeah! -Gotcha. Get these motherfuckers.

-[police siren wailing] [officer 1] Get down on the ground!

Get down on the ground! [Bo] Pot is ruining America.

[officer 1] Where's the weed? Where's the weed? [officer 2] Yeah,

we got a room full of potheads. We're gonna need backup.

Over. Psych! If you don't give a f*ck

About the law Let me hear you say

"F*ck the police" [audience] F*ck the police. If that seems oversimplified to you

Let me hear you say "It's a really tough job

And they're doing their best" If you know nothing about the conflict

Between Israel and Palestine And thus feel super uncomfortable Weighing in on it

Til you've read about it Let me hear you say

"No comment" [audience] No comment! Good call. I have no idea

what's going on over there. What are they fighting about? They have similar hats. If you want to start the show Let me hear you say, "Hell, yeah"

Come on [audience] Hell, yeah! If my name's Bo... -Whoops.

-[audience laughing] I think you're done

with this call and response shit. That's what I thought. If you want me to get introspective, -let's get introspective.

-[soft music playing] [singing] I can't wrap my mind around

Exactly why I'm here I know you paid money

I should be funny Other than that

Don't know why I'm here To make you laugh, right?

That's only half-right Look at the world

I don't know why I'm here All this laughter can't

Feed starving Africans I just hope I don't

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