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September 24, 2008

YouTube Star Bo Burnham On Carson Daly

YouTube sensation Bo Burnham made his first TV appearance last night on Carson Daly's show and it's inexplicably not on YouTube yet! (Considering Bo's legions of followers.) Here's the video of Bo introducing America to his unique brand of vulgar folk songs:

Cute! He sounds like a version of The Mountain Goats that you could hear at Spencer's Gifts. That song was a little accessible, though -- I prefer this one because it mentions Venn diagrams.

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Kevin

Eh, this wasn't that good. I just checked out a couple of his other ones and they're a little better.
Besides, Steven Lynch is much better
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP3jposbeps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkPdmQ3eiLY

PLUS - what about gabe's campaign against fake rappers?

Posted by: Kevin profile link at 09/24/08 9:46 AM | Reply
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Oops, Lindsay. This is the worst thing I've ever seen.

Posted by: Max Silvestri profile link at 09/24/08 12:10 PM | Reply
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I weep for the throngs of college kids that will book this guy to play their student unions. Hopefully he will be booked into oblivion within the next two years.

Posted by: Chadams at 09/24/08 12:14 PM | Reply
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WOW! It's just a matter of time before he as much a cultural touchstone as The Rugburns.

Posted by: Evan at 09/24/08 1:18 PM | Reply
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110% agree. This is a rip off of A Month Dead, and it's worse at that.

Posted by: Chris at 09/24/08 2:14 PM | Reply
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I love him. But this was by far his weakest song & performance.

Posted by: Genevieve at 09/24/08 6:39 PM | Reply
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I thought this was great - I watch his youtube channel constantly - if you actually analyze the lyrics, the kid is a genius. I hope he becomes a big star.

Posted by: John at 09/24/08 8:03 PM | Reply
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HA! any one who calls Bo Burnham a rip off needs to get their facts straight! he IS a genius and you only wish you could come up with half the puns he could come up with, hes original. And for it being a weak performance? if you think about it all his other material would be censored a lot of television...um, duh.

Posted by: Cecelia at 09/25/08 12:27 AM | Reply
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No offense, but I honestly don't wish that I were in a position to come up with half the puns that he does because they're puns.

Posted by: Chadams in reply to Cecelia's comment at 09/25/08 1:17 PM | Reply
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We love Bo!!!!

Posted by: Jen at 09/25/08 2:08 PM | Reply
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Spot on analysis.

Posted by: John at 11/19/08 12:20 PM | Reply
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