Funny / Bo Burnham: Inside

• "Content" the first song from Inside which was recorded entirely in his home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Sorry that I look like a mess
  I booked a haircut but it got rescheduled
• "Comedy" where Bo figures out how to heal the world with comedy... while being paid and the center of attention:
  I'm a special kind of white guy
  I've self-reflected and I want to be an agent of change
  So I am gonna use my privilege for the good (Very cool! Way to go!)
  American white guys!
  We've had the floor for at least 400 years.
  So maybe I should just shut - the fuck - up!
  (Stops and thinks) "I'm bored."
  (Resumes singing) I don't wanna do that!
  There's gotta be another way!
  For me to help out without standing on the sidelines (Never!)
  • Every time he wonders if making a difference means giving away his money, and immediately letting out a horrified, "NO!"
  • While drawing a Venn diagram with Malcolm X in one bubble, "Weird Al" Yankovic in the other, and "ME" in the middle:
    I'm white and I'm here to save the day!
    Lord help me channel Sandra Bullock in The Blindside (Sandra Bullock!)
• Any of his songs about Jeff Bezos. "You did it!"
  • One of the outtakes from the Inside Outtakes simply ends with him saying "bitch!" in a goofy voice.
  • "Bezos IV" is done in the style of a peppy 1950s/early '60s love song:
    I'm sticking with Jeffrey
    Jeffrey Preston Bezos
    I get a feeling when I look in his eye
    Do you need a 180 billion different reasons why?
    I'm going with Jeffrey.
• The character that Bo plays to embody The Internet, who sings a song about how they control all information and how we're all hopelessly addicted to it, is just dressed casually in a T-shirt and sweatpants. The hard work is over, now The Internet can kick back and relax.
• Bo's intermission song asking if people are enjoying the show, and if they're really paying attention or are just playing him in the background.
• Bo livestreaming his own mental breakdown. "Press X to Cry."
  "Wow, this guy's been here a while."
• "30" where Bo... turns 30. And does not take it well, punctuating nearly every verse with a swear or a self-pitying sound of dismay. While in his underwear.
  I used to run for miles, I used to ride my bike
  I used to wake up with a smile
  And go to bed with a dream, (Refreshed) AH!
  But now I'm turning thirty, No!
  • Reflecting on the different experiences of himself and his grandfather:
    When he was twenty-seven, my granddad fought in Vietnam
    When I was twenty-seven, I built a birdhouse with my mom
    Oh, fuck. (sobs) How am I thirty?! (whines)
    I used to make fun of the boomers; in retrospect a bit too much
    Now all these fucking zoomers, are telling me that I'm out of touch
    Oh yeah? Well, your fucking phones are poisoning your minds. Okay? So when you develop a dissociative mental disorder in your late twenties, don't come crawling back to m-
  • And the ultimate sign of time passing.
    And now my stupid friends are having stupid children
    My stupid friends are having stupid children
    My stupid friends are having stupid children
    Stupid, fucking ugly, boring children
• Inside has a pretty clever bit where Bo does a short song about an office intern, then proceeds to do a "reaction video" of the song. But after the song ends, the reaction video starts off again, so Bo does a reaction to the reaction, and so on and so forth.

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