Bill Burr Doesn’t Care About Your Outrage
The Last Laugh
The Daily Beast
4.6 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 17 September 2019
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Stand-up comedian Bill Burr just released his sixth hour-long special Paper Tiger on Netflix. In this episode, he speaks out against “outrage culture,” defends his controversial Michelle Obama jokes, shares his thoughts on Trump’s 2020 chances and insists he’s not as “angry” as everyone thinks. Plus, Bill teases some details about his role in the upcoming Star Wars series The Mandalorian.
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| 0:00.0 | Now I'm excited to be here. I am. |
| 0:02.0 | It's very exciting to be doing stand-up outside of my own country. |
| 0:08.0 | Yeah, no, not because of you. |
| 0:12.0 | That's how it's become. |
| 0:15.0 | Fucking U.S. Everything's so goddamn heavy, fucking joke you tell. |
| 0:19.0 | Well, what did you mean about that? i didn't go to the gym today are you |
| 0:24.0 | calling me fat i feel fucking triggered hello and welcome to the last laugh i'm matt wilstein from the |
| 0:34.7 | daily beast my guest this week is the great stand-up comic, Bill Burr. |
| 0:40.2 | Bill has been hosting the Monday morning podcast since 2007 and is also the creator and star of |
| 0:46.3 | F is for Family on Netflix. His new special is out on Netflix right now. It's called Paper Tiger, |
| 0:52.5 | and it is full of great jokes and controversial |
| 0:55.1 | ones as well. Bill really likes to push buttons with his comedy, but he tells me in this |
| 1:00.2 | episode that he has no time for outrage culture. We talked a lot about his long stand-up career |
| 1:05.9 | and the unexpected directions that it's gone over the past few years. That includes roles on Breaking Bad, |
| 1:12.1 | and one in The Mandalorian, which is the standalone Star Wars TV series that's coming soon on Disney Plus. |
| 1:18.3 | Before we get to Bill, I want to ask you all to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts. |
| 1:23.3 | It really helps people find the show, and I would love to hear what you think of it. |
| 1:27.4 | So now let's go to my interview with Bill Burr. |
| 1:31.9 | Right, yeah, it's bright and early. |
| 1:33.4 | Are you a morning person in general? |
| 1:36.0 | Oh, you know, it's weird. |
| 1:37.1 | In my life, when I was a kid, I was a morning person because I had a paper route. |
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