Bill Burr

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Jesse Thorn

Society & Culture

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2010

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Bill Burr is a standup comic. His ferocious style is leavened by the fact that he often trains the ferociousness on himself. His latest special, now on DVD, is called Let It Go.

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0:51.6	It's The Sound of Young America and I'm host with the program, Jesse Thorne.
1:01.2	My guest is the comedian Bill Burr.
1:04.1	Bill is the kind of comedian you might imagine when you think of that kind of hyper-masculine
1:10.6	aggressive comic.
1:12.4	He's got a short buzz clip and a heavy Boston accent and skinny, hungry-looking face
1:20.2	and he's ferocious on stage, but he's just as ferocious interrogating himself as he
1:26.9	is questioning the world.
1:29.1	Sure, Bill is against political correctness, but he's always about three degrees off from
1:35.3	what you expect.
1:36.8	Of course, if you're in a comedy club watching Bill Burr, you should expect to be surprised.
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