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* GeniusBonus: "What's domain, domain range? / A kid with too much in his pants". In math, domain is expressed by ''x'', while range is expressed by ''y''--[[DontExplainTheJoke the joke here being]] that said person is "XXY", which is the chromosomal makeup for a hermaphrodite.

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* GeniusBonus: "What's domain, domain range? / A kid with too much in his pants". In math, domain is expressed by ''x'', while range is expressed by ''y''--[[DontExplainTheJoke the joke here being]] that said person is "XXY", which is the chromosomal makeup for a hermaphrodite.an intersex.
** The more you know about biblical stuff, the funnier and/or more meaningful "Rant" is.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: [[InsufferableGenius Left Brain]] and [[KindheartedSimpleton Right Brain]], from their eponymous skit/song. Especially [[{{Moe}} Right]] [[{{Adorkable}} Brain]].
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* DudeNotFunny: [[https://twitter.com/boburnham/status/485603617538183168 After making a tweet making fun of people named Hunter]], Bo saw that there were a large number of people that got offended. [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming He then expressed sincere apology and regret and even started personally tweeting Hunters with apologies.]]
** The reason he doesn't do "Klan Cookout" or "Perfect Woman" live anymore. He's said that he worries about the latter being used to make fun of a real-life deaf girl.
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* HarsherInHindsight: His "racial humor" skit had its effect amplified with the racial unrest that has happened since, with the shootings of several young African-American males as well as the Ferguson riots. Bo really meant it when he said whites and blacks were destined to fight forever.
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* EarWorm: Most of his choruses; "Words Words Words", "Oh Bo", "Love Is...", etc.

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* EpicRiff: The piano riff of "Art is Dead" has gained some fame by itself, and people were quick to note when Bo began playing it in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdbP6cSFJXs "Playing Piano Gets You Laid"]], a video collab with College Humor.

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* EpicRiff: The piano riffs of "Art is Dead" and "Oh Bo".
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The piano riff of "Art is Dead" has gained some fame by itself, and people were quick to note when Bo began playing it in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdbP6cSFJXs "Playing Piano Gets You Laid"]], a video collab with College Humor.Humor.
* FreudWasRight: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub3gumqX7ss While reciting a story about how he saw "the biggest dick"]], Bo reenacts the scenario and uses his microphone as a stand-in for the penis.
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* SignatureSong: "My Whole Family..." was the song that propelled Bo to his first bit of stardom, although "Oh Bo" is seemingly this as of late, considering the unanimous approval and participation it gets at live performances.
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* EpicRiff: The piano riff of "Art is Dead" has gained some fame by itself, and people were quick to note when Bo began playing it in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdbP6cSFJXs "Playing Piano Gets You Laid"]], a video collab with College Humor.
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* {{Squick}}: The last few lines of "Sunday School":
-->I'm gay for Jesus\\
Fill me with Your grace\\
Pour Your love all over me\\
But please aim away from my face
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** SpecialEffectFailure: Very clearly invoked.invoked.
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** The reason he doesn't do "Klan Cookout" or "Perfect Woman" live anymore. He's said that he worries about the latter being used to make fun of a real-life deaf girl.

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* GrowingTheBeard: If he hasn't already, judging by [[http://www.timeout.com/london/comedy/article/2435/bo-burnham-interview this interview]], he's about to.
** He's done this a few times actually. Went from typical musical comedy about being in love with an old person and KKK jokes, to brilliant, layered humor through a bunch of mediums, and seriocomic pieces such as Art is Dead.

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* GrowingTheBeard: If he hasn't already, judging by [[http://www.timeout.com/london/comedy/article/2435/bo-burnham-interview this interview]], he's about to.
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Seems to have happened around the time of ''Words Words Words.'' He's done this a few times actually. Went from typical musical comedy about being in love with an old person expressed embarrassment and KKK jokes, dislike of much of his work prior to brilliant, layered humor through a bunch that period, which was more based around shock value for the sake of mediums, and seriocomic pieces such as Art is Dead.shock value rather than making a satirical point.
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* CrossesTheLineTwice: He sings about things like Helen Keller being the perfect woman, falling in love with an [[LikesOlderWomen old woman]] and then her three-year-old granddaughter, giving head to Satan, a [[ThoseWackyNazis young boy named Adolf]] with all of the mannerisms of UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, and a barbeque hosted by the Ku Klux Klan. [[RuleOfFunny But it's okay, because it's hilarious.]]

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* CrossesTheLineTwice: He His stage persona is deliberately played up to be a terrible, narcissistic person who sings about things like Helen Keller being the perfect woman, falling in love with an [[LikesOlderWomen old woman]] and then her three-year-old granddaughter, giving head to Satan, a [[ThoseWackyNazis young boy named Adolf]] with all of the mannerisms of UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, and a barbeque hosted by the Ku Klux Klan. [[RuleOfFunny But it's okay, because it's hilarious.]]
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* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: The music video for "Words, Words, Words". '''''Boy howdy.'''''

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* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: The music video for "Words, Words, Words". '''''Boy howdy.''''''''''
** SpecialEffectFailure: Very clearly invoked.
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* CrossesTheLineTwice: He sings about things like Helen Keller being the perfect woman, falling in love with an [[LikesOlderWomen old woman]] and then her three-year-old granddaughter, giving head to Satan, a [[ThoseWackyNazis young boy named Adolf]] with all of the mannerisms of AdolfHitler, and a barbeque hosted by the Ku Klux Klan. [[RuleOfFunny But it's okay, because it's hilarious.]]

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* CrossesTheLineTwice: He sings about things like Helen Keller being the perfect woman, falling in love with an [[LikesOlderWomen old woman]] and then her three-year-old granddaughter, giving head to Satan, a [[ThoseWackyNazis young boy named Adolf]] with all of the mannerisms of AdolfHitler, UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, and a barbeque hosted by the Ku Klux Klan. [[RuleOfFunny But it's okay, because it's hilarious.]]

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* CrossesTheLineTwice: He songs about things like Helen Keller being the perfect woman, falling in love with an [[LikesOlderWomen old woman]] and then her three-year-old granddaughter, giving head to Satan, a [[ThoseWackyNazis young boy named Adolf]] with all of the mannerisms of AdolfHitler, and a barbeque hosted by the Ku Klux Klan. [[RuleOfFunny But it's okay, because it's hilarious.]]

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* CrossesTheLineTwice: He songs sings about things like Helen Keller being the perfect woman, falling in love with an [[LikesOlderWomen old woman]] and then her three-year-old granddaughter, giving head to Satan, a [[ThoseWackyNazis young boy named Adolf]] with all of the mannerisms of AdolfHitler, and a barbeque hosted by the Ku Klux Klan. [[RuleOfFunny But it's okay, because it's hilarious.]]


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* DudeNotFunny: [[https://twitter.com/boburnham/status/485603617538183168 After making a tweet making fun of people named Hunter]], Bo saw that there were a large number of people that got offended. [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming He then expressed sincere apology and regret and even started personally tweeting Hunters with apologies.]]
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** And satirical.
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* HilariousInHindsight: In Welcome to YouTube, he says that "most of the best [=YouTubers=] are either Asian or they're gay, so there's an untapped YouTube celebrity and his name is GeorgeTakei." While he's not so much specifically a YouTube celebrity, but since the song's debut, Takei has gained a huge internet following.

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* HilariousInHindsight: In Welcome to YouTube, Website/YouTube, he says that "most of the best [=YouTubers=] are either Asian or they're gay, so there's an untapped YouTube [=YouTube=] celebrity and his name is GeorgeTakei.Creator/GeorgeTakei." While he's not so much specifically a YouTube [=YouTube=] celebrity, but since the song's debut, Takei has gained a huge internet following.

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* GeniusBonus: "What's domain, domain, range? / A kid with too much in his pants". In math, domain is expressed by ''x'', while range is expressed by ''y''--[[DontExplainTheJoke the joke here being]] that said person is "XXY", which is the chromosomal makeup for a hermaphrodite.

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* GeniusBonus: "What's domain, domain, domain range? / A kid with too much in his pants". In math, domain is expressed by ''x'', while range is expressed by ''y''--[[DontExplainTheJoke the joke here being]] that said person is "XXY", which is the chromosomal makeup for a hermaphrodite.



* HilariousInHindsight: In Welcome to YouTube, he says that "most of the best [=YouTubers=] are either Asian or they're gay, so there's an untapped YouTube celebrity and his name is GeorgeTakei." While he's not so much specifically a YouTube celebrity, but since the song's debut, Takei has gained a huge internet following.

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* HilariousInHindsight: In Welcome to YouTube, he says that "most of the best [=YouTubers=] are either Asian or they're gay, so there's an untapped YouTube celebrity and his name is GeorgeTakei." While he's not so much specifically a YouTube celebrity, but since the song's debut, Takei has gained a huge internet following.following.
* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: The music video for "Words, Words, Words". '''''Boy howdy.'''''
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* CrossesTheLineTwice: He songs about things like Helen Keller being the perfect woman, falling in love with an [[LikesOlderWomen old woman]] and then her three-year-old granddaughter, a [[ThoseWackyNazis young boy named Adolf]] with all of the mannerisms of AdolfHitler, and a barbeque hosted by the Ku Klux Klan. [[RuleOfFunny But it's okay, because it's hilarious.]]

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* CrossesTheLineTwice: He songs about things like Helen Keller being the perfect woman, falling in love with an [[LikesOlderWomen old woman]] and then her three-year-old granddaughter, giving head to Satan, a [[ThoseWackyNazis young boy named Adolf]] with all of the mannerisms of AdolfHitler, and a barbeque hosted by the Ku Klux Klan. [[RuleOfFunny But it's okay, because it's hilarious.]]
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* HilariousInHindsight: In Welcome to YouTube, he says that "most of the best YouTubers are either Asian or they're gay, so there's an untapped YouTube celebrity and his name is GeorgeTakei." While he's not so much specifically a YouTube celebrity, but since the song's debut, Takei has gained a huge internet following.

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* HilariousInHindsight: In Welcome to YouTube, he says that "most of the best YouTubers [=YouTubers=] are either Asian or they're gay, so there's an untapped YouTube celebrity and his name is GeorgeTakei." While he's not so much specifically a YouTube celebrity, but since the song's debut, Takei has gained a huge internet following.
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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: You're bound to get at least one out of his many songs.
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kW-ShVx1As Look how he deals with hecklers!]]
--> '''Bo:''' "Let me guess, Gary. You saw [[Film/XMenOriginsWolverine Wolverine: Origins]] like three times, didn't you?
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming:: His new song, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwERk2M26e0 Nerds]], is surprisingly heartfelt.
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--> '''Bo:''' "Let me guess, Gary. You saw [[Film/XMen Wolverine: Origins]] like three times, didn't you?

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--> '''Bo:''' "Let me guess, Gary. You saw [[Film/XMen [[Film/XMenOriginsWolverine Wolverine: Origins]] like three times, didn't you?
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--> '''Bo:''' "Let me guess, Gary. You saw [[Film/XMen Wolverine: Origins]] about five times, didn't you?

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--> '''Bo:''' "Let me guess, Gary. You saw [[Film/XMen Wolverine: Origins]] about five like three times, didn't you?
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** He's done this a few times actually. Went from typical musical comedy about being in love with an old person and KKK jokes, to brilliant, layered humor through a bunch of mediums, and seriocomic pieces such as Art is Dead.

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** He's done this a few times actually. Went from typical musical comedy about being in love with an old person and KKK jokes, to brilliant, layered humor through a bunch of mediums, and seriocomic pieces such as Art is Dead.Dead.
* HilariousInHindsight: In Welcome to YouTube, he says that "most of the best YouTubers are either Asian or they're gay, so there's an untapped YouTube celebrity and his name is GeorgeTakei." While he's not so much specifically a YouTube celebrity, but since the song's debut, Takei has gained a huge internet following.
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* CrossesTheLineTwice: He songs about things like Helen Keller being the perfect woman, falling in love with an [[CakeEater old woman]] and then her three-year-old granddaughter, a [[ThoseWackyNazis young boy named Adolf]] with all of the mannerisms of AdolfHitler, and a barbeque hosted by the Ku Klux Klan. [[RuleOfFunny But it's okay, because it's hilarious.]]

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* CrossesTheLineTwice: He songs about things like Helen Keller being the perfect woman, falling in love with an [[CakeEater [[LikesOlderWomen old woman]] and then her three-year-old granddaughter, a [[ThoseWackyNazis young boy named Adolf]] with all of the mannerisms of AdolfHitler, and a barbeque hosted by the Ku Klux Klan. [[RuleOfFunny But it's okay, because it's hilarious.]]
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* GeniusBonus: "What's domain, domain, range? / A kid with too much in his pants". In math, domain is expressed by ''x'', while range is expressed by ''y''--[[DontExplainTheJoke the joke here being]] that said person is "XXY", which is the chromosomal makeup for a hermaphrodite.

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* GeniusBonus: "What's domain, domain, range? / A kid with too much in his pants". In math, domain is expressed by ''x'', while range is expressed by ''y''--[[DontExplainTheJoke the joke here being]] that said person is "XXY", which is the chromosomal makeup for a hermaphrodite.hermaphrodite.
* GrowingTheBeard: If he hasn't already, judging by [[http://www.timeout.com/london/comedy/article/2435/bo-burnham-interview this interview]], he's about to.
** He's done this a few times actually. Went from typical musical comedy about being in love with an old person and KKK jokes, to brilliant, layered humor through a bunch of mediums, and seriocomic pieces such as Art is Dead.
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* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming:: His new song, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwERk2M26e0 Nerds]], is surprisingly heartfelt.
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* GeniusBonus: "What's domain, domain, range? / A kid with too much in his pants". In math, domain is expressed by ''x'', while range is expressed by ''y''--[[DontExplainTheJoke the joke here being]] that said person is "XXY", which is the chromosomal makeup for a hermaphrodite.
* YourMileageMayVary: When he crosses the line, how many times, and which times he [[CrossesTheLineTwice re-crosses.]] Additionally, a lot of his jokes revolve around subverting rhymes and shock value; for some, this gets old well before the end of a given show.

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* GeniusBonus: "What's domain, domain, range? / A kid with too much in his pants". In math, domain is expressed by ''x'', while range is expressed by ''y''--[[DontExplainTheJoke the joke here being]] that said person is "XXY", which is the chromosomal makeup for a hermaphrodite.
* YourMileageMayVary: When he crosses the line, how many times, and which times he [[CrossesTheLineTwice re-crosses.]] Additionally, a lot of his jokes revolve around subverting rhymes and shock value; for some, this gets old well before the end of a given show.
hermaphrodite.
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* GeniusBonus: "What's domain, domain, range? / A kid with too much in his pants". In math, domain is expressed by ''x'', while range is expressed by ''y''--[[DontExplainTheJoke the joke here being]] that said person is "XXY", which is the chromosomal makeup for a hermaphrodite.

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