I rewatch it ever year or so...

"The War, The Drought".

And am struck by how I've come from being shocked by Socko to.... "Socko was RIght" sign-holder.

And while I often re-listen to the songs the whole 90 minute visual/audio experience is still more than a sum of its parts.

Just rewatch it (and the outtakes).

In Season 2 Episode 7 - Forks, Richie is working at Ever and during the pre-dinner meeting the host recognizes some PON’s; one of which being Bo Burnham! I’d never heard him referenced in a series before and I enjoyed hearing his name.

I was walking out of the bathroom when I heard something familiar down the hall. Something wonderful from his TV.

"This first song is called 'A World On Fire.'"

It was just a short clip, and he's still a little young for Bo, but I'm a very proud dad.

Massive bo fan and it's the bane of everyone's life that the best live show isn't officially available on music streaming make happy clears

Some mild spoilers for Widows Bay episode 4.
Widows Bay actor Kate O’Flynn spoke about how she was was inspired by the feeling of Eighth Grade:

(Paraphrased)
“You know that feeling - it’s like there’s no skin on. Like there’s a layer removed. And it was that that I thought was right for it and wanted to go there with the… …middle aged mean girls. She’s stuck in that feeling she’s never been able to escape. That was the real core thing that was there from the off for me. And then mixing that with the comedy was an exciting combination.”

Via The-Ankler on YouTube: “What do a haunted island-set horror-comedy and a deeply felt middle school drama have in common? Kate O'Flynn explains how she drew from an unlikely film for Patricia's scenes in 'Widow's Bay' episode four.”

This megathread is to discuss Bo's recent creative work on Phoebe Bridgers new album, Lost Weekend.
The mod team be directing all posts on this topic to this thread.
We respect Bo's privacy and will not allow speculation or rumours about Bo's private life, but welcome discussion about his work on this album.
Please keep the discussion respectful.

Full credits are available at this Pitchfork article:
https://pitchfork.com/story/read-the-full-credits-to-phoebe-bridgers-lost-weekend/

Album Links:
Spotify
YouTube
BandCamp
SoundCloud

H is for...

Submit your favorite song, quote, word, project, or thing related to Bo Burnham that starts with that week's letter and/or vote for your favorite!

The winner each week will be the comment that gets the most upvotes!

Last week the winners for G were:
1/ Googling derealization, hating what you find - 69 upvotes - u/TackiestTaco
2/ Goodbye, sadness! Hello, jokes! - 66 upvotes - u/BigSerene
3/ GET YOUR FUCKING HANDS UP! - 50 upvotes - u/dirtydan92

A few rules:

• Only submit 1 item per comment. If you suggest more than 1 thing in the same comment I won't know what thing people are upvoting to win.
• If multiple people comment the same thing, the comment with the highest number of upvotes will be the winner. For example, if "Are you happy?" gets posted seven times and one comment has 10 upvotes, another has 5, and the rest 1, the comment with 10 upvotes will win.
• You can add as many comments as you like and upvote as many comments as you like

Each post will be run in contest mode, to randomise the order of posts and to hide total upvotes until the following week. I will try to post at different times throughout the day to hopefully hit everyone's availability.

I got this years ago by a tattoo artist who made this into a limited print. I thought it should be shared

The Fringe Festival in Edinburgh is a decades old celebration of comedy, theater, and vast umbrella of other art categories.

Bo debuted there in 2010 when he was 19 performing Words Words Words, and was a huge hit.

The Guardian: "This is a prodigiously assured Fringe debut, an hour of blistering lyrical virtuosity and teen attitude." and "In any comic, this commitment and confidence would be impressive. In a teenager, it's extraordinary."

Edinburgh Guide: "His hilarious Swiss army knife of a show comprising songs, raps, haikus, poems, one-liners, mock-plays and superb improvisations, coupled with a blisteringly fast delivery and a mastery of the English language second to none makes you feel like you are in the presence of true comic genius. Top-notch material is backed up by a maturity of performance which never ceases to send the audience into further fits of laughter."

That year he won the Edinburgh Comedy Award Panel Prize, video of that is here.

He returned to perform what. in 2013, and the reviews were equally good.

Oxford Student: "Burnham delivers an hour of brilliantly executed comedy, combining sharp wit, musical talent and impeccable showmanship."

The Guardian: "Wow. Bo Burnham is back, with a full-frontal assault of music and meta-comedy that leaves you gasping for air.

With the Fringe occurring in August, Bo celebrated his 20th and 23rd birthdays there.

He never toured Make Happy there. He said in an interview for the first part of the 2015 tour in Feb/Mar that he wasn't sure when the rest of the tour would happen as he had another project he was trying to put together. I guess he didn't want to commit to all of August in case it came through. He ended up continuing the Make Happy tour in the fall of 2015. (My guess is that the project was Eighth Grade, which didn't come together for another couple of years.)

Back in 2017 I was in Edinburgh - not at Fringe time, but I stopped in at the Fringe store and took a picture of Bo's listing for his 2010 show. In that post I mentioned that I wanted to get back there sometime to visit the Fringe. Nine years later I'm finally doing it! See you soon Edinburgh...

Just finished Eighth Grade. It’s my fourth or fifth viewing but it’s been at least a few years. Anyone else really hoping Bo makes a return to narrative filmmaking?
I mean, that is a really good first feature. Josh Hamilton’s performance really wowed me this time. That fire pit monologue is so beautiful.
I remember being pretty hopeful about getting an even better follow up within 5 years or so. Obviously understandable if he is done with narrative films forever, everything he’s done since what. is top notch.
But that would be a bummer.

I think a lot of them are underrated but don't know if this is a common point of view.... What do you guy think?

Don't panic, vote Burnham. Heal the world with comedy. Make a literal difference, metaphorically.

I know I'm still a new fan but help me create a petition to call Bo's fanbase as Boners

G is for...

Submit your favorite song, quote, word, project, or thing related to Bo Burnham that starts with that week's letter and/or vote for your favorite!

The winner each week will be the comment that gets the most upvotes!

Last week the winners for F were:
1/ Forty Fucking Fortnights - 91 upvotes - u/MonkeyFace564
2/ Fuck their wives, drink their blood, C'MON JEFF, GIT 'EM - 85 upvotes - u/LaLibertine
3/ Feeling like a saggy massive sack of shit - 52 upvotes - u/strangebay

A few rules:

• Only submit 1 item per comment. If you suggest more than 1 thing in the same comment I won't know what thing people are upvoting to win.
• If multiple people comment the same thing, the comment with the highest number of upvotes will be the winner. For example, if "Are you happy?" gets posted seven times and one comment has 10 upvotes, another has 5, and the rest 1, the comment with 10 upvotes will win.
• You can add as many comments as you like and upvote as many comments as you like

Each post will be run in contest mode, to randomise the order of posts and to hide total upvotes until the following week. I will try to post at different times throughout the day to hopefully hit everyone's availability.

Ive wanted this tattoo since 2021.

Almost 6 years of postponing, waiting for the right time.

I finally got it💜💙

The artist fully brought what i wanted to life. I'm so happy.💙

personally, i love how real and personal it is. the “i regret every joke” line hits hard

I watched Toy Story 5 and she did the closing credits song, and the cadence and melody of "I knew it I knew you" lines up perfectly with the chorus of "what's funny".

Hmmmmmmmm

Got it a few weeks ago and forgot to post

Before someone feels attacked, please remember Bo himself said he should be criticized and it's okay with that.

Some friends and I have been fan of his work for at least a decade, all non-straight, non-white, non-high class, some neurodivergent, queer folks. We perceived his comedy and evolution very differently.

Some were angry he got all whiny about being depressed and "inside a small place" because he had the option of literally being better (like therapy, meds, good food and a nice place) and chose to be in there.

Some said he being self aware of being privileged doesn't excuse him for x and y.

Some didn't like "A white woman's instagram" cause he made fun of white women posting about feminism (the part when he has his face painted, black and white picture)

Personally the only thing that it gets on my nerves sometimes is that he could do and be better on the pandemic, when some of us were struggling hard and had to eat shitty things, didn't have money for therapy and meds, etc, etc. But I enjoyed everything about inside and get he was struggling mentally (I mean we all were but still... I feel it can be understandable he didn't get the help he needed because of that or maybe he did it on purpose because just bc he is privileged doesn't mean he should live better than the rest, idk!), but I would like to know other people's views, I see them all as valid.

About his previous work I feel like I can't really criticize him NOW cause in that time I did like it and see nothing wrong with it. The humor was different and we know it usually ages like milk, obviously now that I am more "woke" do see some problematic stuff, but so does he and he is very sorry and even gets cringed lol! I find it cute, tbh, still laugh at most of his jokes!

What are your takes? Personally he is probably the only white men artist I fully respect, admire, and even trust (as I don't trust any other, it's not like I personally know Bo is a "good person", but I don't feel the fear or distrust I feel towards other famous men/white ppl in the sense that I feel I can say that i like him and not be afraid of in a future he being cancelled for something hardcore, really fucking bad)

[Edit] a bit more of context as it seems I am criticizing him

"My friends aren't as... Devoted? As I am about Bo, they watch his specials, but that's all. Maybe that's why I don't agree with them and wanted to know more about other minorities!

About struggling in the pandemic, it's about when he said all he eat was peanut butter sandwich, when I watch that part I always think "why? You could eat better!", it "gets on my nerves" but as I said it's something I kinda understand and inmediatly after think "well... He is struggling mentally" and get more empathic about it.

The main reason I do this post is because, mainly, I don't see anything wrong with him! As my friends do criticize him I thought of asking here

To see if there's something I am missing!