History Creator / BillBurr

He also is a co-creator, producer, writer, and voice actor on ''WesternAnimation/FIsForFamily'', his original animated comedy series on Creator/{{Netflix}}; he plays the main protagonist Frank Murphy. He also guest-starred on ([[PlayingAgainstType of all things]]) ''Series/TheMandalorian'' as the short-tempered sharpshooter Mayfeld, and did voice work for the animated film ''WesternAnimation/{{Leo}}''.

William Frederick Burr (born June 10, 1968) is a short tempered, pasty, alabaster-skinned, freckled, orange-haired stand up comedian and actor from (the safe suburbs of) Boston.

* AuthorTract: His products, like ''WesternAnimation/FIsForFamily'' and ''Old Dads'', have themes of BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting and FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse. These stories originate from Burr's own experiences with his abusive father and coming to understand his perspective on life once Burr became a father himself. Namely, Burr's stories usually involve a troubled father realizing his faults and taking responsibility for his flaws, ultimately understanding that his behavior is not acceptable anymore.

* RefugeInAudacity: Much of Bill's material is built upon this trope, like saying he's against hitting women because "they fall like toddlers", and his multiple attacks on PC culture as a whole.

* TheUnfettered: To a degree, in his professional life. He doesn't have a show, or other ways for Professional Offendees to latch onto if he says or does something offensive on stage or on his podcast. He ''does'' have a show now, but has explained that he gets complainers to back off simply by refusing to play their game and publicly apologize, knowing that the vindictive social media outrage mob would treat such a concession as a "guilty" plea, and go after him even harder.

He also is a co-creator, producer, writer, and voice actor on ''WesternAnimation/FIsForFamily'', his original animated comedy series on Creator/{{Netflix}}; he plays the main protagonist Frank Murphy. He also guest-starred on ([[PlayingAgainstType of all things]]) ''Series/TheMandalorian'' as the short-tempered sharpshooter Mayfeld.

* AuthorAvatar: His products, like ''WesternAnimation/FIsForFamily'' and ''Old Dads'', have themes of BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting and FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse. These stories originate from Burr's own experiences with his abusive father and coming to understand his perspective on life once Burr became a father himself. Namely, Burr's stories usually involve a troubled father realizing his faults and taking responsibility for his flaws, ultimately understanding that his behavior is not acceptable anymore.

* RefugeInAudacity: In 2006, he did a Philadelphia performance where he spends his entire set ripping into [[TheHeckler the audience]] and the city for mistreating the previous comics by booing them, complete with a countdown of how much time is left until the end of his act. Anyone familiar with the mechanics of stand up comedy know that dealing with a ToughRoom is extremely difficult, and the previous comics just ended their set early and walked off. Burr used that anger and stayed on stage so long weathering all the boo's that, by the end, there was a portion of the crowd [[VillainRespect cheering him on and gave him a standing ovation]].

[[caption-width-right:250: [[{{Catchphrase}} Hey, what's going on?]] I'm Bill Burr and it's the [[http://www.billburr.com/podcast Monday Morning Podcast]].]]

* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Fought against the idea of having ADHD for a long time, until he was having an emotional moment about Patrice O'Neal, a deceased friend and fellow comic. During the conversation, he looked at the ceiling, noticed a spider, and completely went off in another direction about the spider. When he looked away from the spider to his wife, whom he had been talking with, the look on her face finally let it sink in that he has ADHD.
** Further, on another episode of his podcast, his wife tries to give him a [[SarcasmMode very scientific ADD test out of a magazine.]] [[HilarityEnsues Listening to him try to do the test is priceless.]]

* CatchPhrase: His Monday Morning Podcast will invariably include one or up to all three of his: "LAYDEES!", "Oh, Jeezus," and "Go fuck yourselves."

* DomesticAbuse: Something he hates - "There's lots of reasons to hit a woman, [[WouldntHitAGirl you just don't do it]]."
** He also contends that women who financially destroy men during divorces are [[DistaffCounterpart the female equivalent]] of wife-beaters.

* HairTriggerTemper: When his wife described him as going 0-100 in three seconds, he replied "I'm idling at 75 constantly." It takes very little to set him off, with many of the below doing so.

* MenDontCry: Discussed, though he lampshades how this attitude is pretty unhealthy for him.

* ShoutOut: Other than literally saying 'this is a shout out', his "Laydies" catch phrase is from Creator/JerryLewis

* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Fought against the idea of having ADHD for a long time, until he was having an emotional moment about a deceased friend and comic, Patrice O'Neal. During the conversation he looks at the ceiling, notices a spider and completely goes off in another direction about the spider. When he looks away from the spider to his wife, whom he had been talking with, the look on her face finally let it sink in that he has ADHD.
** Further, on another episode of his podcast his wife tries to give him a [[SarcasmMode very scientific ADD test out of a magazine.]] [[HilarityEnsues Listening to him try to do the test is priceless.]]

* CatchPhrase: His Monday Morning Podcast will invariably include one or up to all three of his: LAYDEES!, Oh Jeezus, and Go fuck yourselves.

* ClusterFBomb: "Jesus Fucking Christ" and others are not at all uncommon.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKkEowjdNa0 Discussed in a podcast]] about Carrie Underwood's song "Before He Cheats." Bill repeatedly talks about how much he hates the song because the narrator of the song never actually says definitively that her man is cheating. And yet, she feels the need to destroy his personal property based on this assumption.

His comedy is frequently concerned with pointing out and mocking perceived {{Double Standard}}s, especially with American culture. He also loves mocking the rigid standards imposed on men by the masculine ideal, and shows open contempt for the notion that WomenAreWiser. However, Bill does show an open distaste of stupid/fat/lazy people. In spite of his words, he is a nice guy, deep down.

William Frederic Burr (born June 10, 1968) is a short tempered, pasty, alabaster-skinned, freckled, orange-haired stand up comedian and actor from (the safe suburbs of) Boston.

* BerserkButton:
** {{Gold Digger}}s and unjust divorces.
** Hecklers booing comedians. Just ask the entire city of Philadelphia; after a lot of other comedians were booed offstage at an event in Philly, Bill dedicated literally all of his time to insulting the crowd and the city.
** PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad. While Bill thinks some of it is okay -- he notes that catching some of the worst creeps in Hollywood was a good move -- he mostly laments that he feels like trying to be PC has gone too far. He's dedicated time to mocking feminists and the [=#MeToo=] movement in his specials and his podcasts.

* HairTriggerTemper: When his wife described him as going 0-100 in three seconds, he replied "I'm idling at 75 constantly." It takes very little to set him off.

William Frederic Burr (born June 10, 1968) is a short tempered, pasty, alabaster-skinned, freckled, orange-haired stand up comedian from (the safe suburbs of) Boston.

William Frederic Burr (born June 10, 1968) is a short tempered, pasty, alabaster-skinned, freckled, orange-haired stand up comedian from the (safe suburbs of) Boston. His comedy is frequently concerned with pointing out and mocking perceived {{Double Standard}}s, especially with American culture. He also loves mocking the rigid standards imposed on men by the masculine ideal, and shows open contempt for the notion that WomenAreWiser. However, Bill does show an open distaste of stupid/fat/lazy people. In spite of his words, he is a nice guy, deep down.

* BaldOfAwesome: His hairline can be seen gradually receding until he decides to go chrome dome. He argues against being this trope, saying [[SelfDeprecation with or without hair it's not a good look]].

** He wanted to buy a pumpkin for Halloween so he and his girlfriend could decorate it, but a voice in his head went "What are you, a ''fag''?" and he couldn't go through with it. Bill then discusses how "anything that shows any sort of emotional vulnerability at all" is taken as a sign of weakness by other men.