By Dylan P. Gadino | October 20, 2010 at 10:43 am | No comments
You may know that yesterday Comedy Central released Bo Burnham's latest collection of bits in the form of Words Words Words-- both on DVD and CD; they're completely different recordings (get them both).
In celebration of said release, Bo unleashed a video upon the world; it's...
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By Punchline Magazine | September 14, 2010 at 5:36 pm | No comments
Just moments ago, comedian, comedic musician, writer and tall, young person Bo Burnham posted his latest video online. The former YouTube phenom-turned-respected-comic presents an amazingly busy, visually overly stimulating representation of the song "Words, Words, Words," the...
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By Josh Evans | September 8, 2010 at 12:16 pm | One comment
Bo Burnham, just back from Scotland’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival, seems to have everything but free time lately. MTV has ordered a pilot for a new sitcom to be written and produced by the young comic.
At the age of 20, Burnham has already toured the world, recorded a half-hour...
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By Jay Richardson | July 27, 2010 at 12:44 pm | No comments
DUBLIN -- The final two days of Dublin’s Comedy Carnival offer a chance to catch seven gigs and over 20 comedians. Myself, I also got the opportunity to speak to sometime Demetri Martin collaborator and support act David O’Doherty (if you ever get the chance to catch Martin...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | July 14, 2010 at 6:24 pm | No comments
MONTREAL -- Hey, all. I just wanted to post this quick video I shot a few minutes ago. Bo Burnham (who's doing a series of headlining shows this week) and Chelsea Peretti (who was just named one of 10 Comics to Watch by Variety) just hanging out chatting outside the Hyatt --...
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By Punchline Magazine | April 17, 2010 at 6:39 pm | One comment
Bo Burnham, 19, likes to begin his comedy routines like Hitler began his speeches.
Recently at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, he strutted over to his piano leading a cheer of "Hey! Ho!" with the audience, and said Hitler gained power in the same way.
Burnham gained...
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By Brendan McLaughlin | February 23, 2010 at 4:53 pm | No comments
As Punchline Magazine reported earlier this month, Comedy Central and the House of Blues music venue chain are teaming up to create Comedy Central’s House of Comedy Live from House of Blues. Comedy Central is producing a series of monthly live stand-up shows to occur at House...
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By John Delery | March 4, 2009 at 2:28 pm | 9 comments
Without help from a bloodhound or its wizardly digital equivalent, Google, I may have found the sole teenager in America these days who can speak in longhand, not the BTW, OMG! LOL! shorthand prevalent in class, online, everywhere. That said, I must admit this fossil is LMAO...
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By Daniel Perlman | June 23, 2008 at 1:08 am | 4 comments
A year ago, not-yet-legal Bo Burnham was just a scrawny kid from the suburbs who had a knack for writing funny songs. But now, millions of YouTube views and a record deal with Comedy Central have made the kid a star.
If you spend a lot of time on YouTube, chances are you've...
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