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Where do you place Bill Burr? He's the stereotypical 'oppressor' as one might consider it these days, but his joke about moms having the hardest job in the wor

Where do you place Bill Burr? He's the stereotypical 'oppressor' as one might consider it these days, but his joke about moms having the hardest job in the world where he says 'Really? How many moms died on the last season of Ice Road Truckers?' cracked me up. Maybe it's funny because he's just so willing to transgress that it's almost refreshing.

Fezzik 8y ago
I rank Bill Burr as a top comic right now - his off the cuff wit is just fantastic. He did election coverage with a bunch of other seasoned comics and had them all in fits for the entire ordeal. His podcast is the same: him just being hilarious about everything. And his interviews are awkward and brilliant at the same time. The one classic comedic tool I think he lacks is jokes that reference themselves within bits (Eddie Murphy was great at this).
- DyslexicAtheist 8y ago
  > "The one classic comedic tool I think he lacks is jokes that reference themselves within bits (Eddie Murphy was great at this)." I miss that too. Guess not every comedian uses all tools from the box consistently. If you don't mind artists with "funny accents" :) then Ross Noble (guy from Manchester living in Australia) and Billy Connolly are brilliant in this. Ross Noble is a genius in the way he spins elaborate stories and plots inside the mind of his audiences. His flavor is also often surreal (e.g. never put a blanket over an owl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFA7_Q-tpHg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFA7_Q-tpHg ... <-- needs to be watched as a whole to see his back-referencing and layering ... but just to give a taste) ...
DyslexicAtheist 8y ago
hooked since his bit about thinning the herd by sinking cruise ships. :D priceless. I like his personal views a lot (on SJW'ism and the metoo movement) which he explained on Joe Rogan's podcast. Despite covering difficult topics he refuses to be pushed to the left or right. Love the guy!

Fezzik 8y ago

I rank Bill Burr as a top comic right now - his off the cuff wit is just fantastic. He did election coverage with a bunch of other seasoned comics and had them all in fits for the entire ordeal. His podcast is the same: him just being hilarious about everything. And his interviews are awkward and brilliant at the same time. The one classic comedic tool I think he lacks is jokes that reference themselves within bits (Eddie Murphy was great at this).

DyslexicAtheist 8y ago
> "The one classic comedic tool I think he lacks is jokes that reference themselves within bits (Eddie Murphy was great at this)." I miss that too. Guess not every comedian uses all tools from the box consistently. If you don't mind artists with "funny accents" :) then Ross Noble (guy from Manchester living in Australia) and Billy Connolly are brilliant in this. Ross Noble is a genius in the way he spins elaborate stories and plots inside the mind of his audiences. His flavor is also often surreal (e.g. never put a blanket over an owl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFA7_Q-tpHg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFA7_Q-tpHg ... <-- needs to be watched as a whole to see his back-referencing and layering ... but just to give a taste) ...

DyslexicAtheist 8y ago

hooked since his bit about thinning the herd by sinking cruise ships. :D priceless. I like his personal views a lot (on SJW'ism and the metoo movement) which he explained on Joe Rogan's podcast. Despite covering difficult topics he refuses to be pushed to the left or right. Love the guy!