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left brain/right brain // bo burnham

are you happy? // bo burnham

“he said, sarcastically, setting up a second verse in a comedy song” -lower you expectations

August 21st, 1990

[Make Happy] in particular is supposed to be about the weird relationship people have with their audience. - It’s meant to be contradictory and strange.”

Come and watch the skinny kid with a steadily declining mental health And laugh as he attempts to give you what he cannot give himself

I thought you were lashing out in anger, but now I see, you’re scared.

bo burnham: make happy

Hello, audience. Thank you for coming. You are here because you want to laugh and you want to forget about your problems, but I cannot allow it. You should not laugh. You should not forget about your problems. The world is not funny. We are all dying. The world is not funny. Twelve percent of the world’s population does not have access to clean drinking water. The world is not funny. Guy Fieri owns two functioning restaurants. The world is not funny. So then, now that we understand the context, now that we realize how terribly unfunny the world is… let’s do this.

Bo’s Instagram post 25/26

Bo Burnham’s reaction to when an audience member farts during the show. (x)