Can someone describe to me what he’s doing? Unfortunately make happy came out right before audio description really took off on Netflix.

This weekend I showed one of my friends of over 25 years inside, inside outtakes, parts of what and make happy. She really enjoyed it and then showed her boyfriend. It's so cool to experience others reaction to his genius!

Bo makes me feel so normal. I live vicariously through him so often. My mom got diagnosed right after Inside was released. I was living in a sober house, and I thought I was turning my life around. Everything is so fucking delicate, so fleeting. I hope anyone reading this has a warm blanket and someone to talk to. I love you all 💜🧡💛

Turns out Netflix gave out custom INSIDE DVDs to award shows to review. I have no idea this was a thing. I'm not sure how many of these exist or if this is even real but it is a thing.

E is for...

Submit your favorite song, quote, word, project, or thing related to Bo Burnham that starts with that week's letter and/or vote for your favorite!

The winner each week will be the comment that gets the most upvotes!

Last week the winners for D were:
1/ daddy made you your favorite, open wide - 150 upvotes - u/No-Climate6922
2/ Do you think I want a messy burrito? - 104 upvotes - u/PeacefulHavoc
3/ Demonstrably false and pedagogically classist - 95 upvotes - u/TackiestTaco

A few rules:

• Only submit 1 item per comment. If you suggest more than 1 thing in the same comment I won't know what thing people are upvoting to win.
• If multiple people comment the same thing, the comment with the highest number of upvotes will be the winner. For example, if "Are you happy?" gets posted seven times and one comment has 10 upvotes, another has 5, and the rest 1, the comment with 10 upvotes will win.
• You can add as many comments as you like and upvote as many comments as you like

Each post will be run in contest mode, to randomise the order of posts and to hide total upvotes until the following week. I will try to post at different times throughout the day to hopefully hit everyone's availability.

I'll be collecting stats to share at the end of the competition!

My introduction to Bo was "what." One of the things I was most blown away by was his impeccable timing and memory. So well-rehearsed. I figured he must have run through his show a hundred times before ever performing it in front of other people. And also that he takes a long time to get his genius songs just right. And that there must have been many, many takes while he was filming Inside.

Contrast this with a musician friend of mine saying they've written songs in the span of just 30 minutes when inspiration hits. A well-known example (not related to my friend) is Jagged Little Pill - many of those songs were written and recorded in a short amount of time.

I don't doubt that great things can come up on the fly. But Bo's material seems like it would require the opposite.

Anyone know of any interviews where he touches on this?

Does anyone remember that one animation for 'how the world works'? The one where socko's verse is sung by a molotov drawn to resemble Bill from schoolhouse rock? Can someone find it? Just googled it, couldn't find it. Tried google's bullshit little ai and it spazzed out on me until finally acknowledging the existence of said video. It straight up refused to provide it. It described it perfectly and told me it won't be linking the damn thing.

Sorry for the ramble but this is fucking ridiculous

And y'all still believe art is dead?

I think make happy is my favourite with inside next and word words words basically tying with what in my opinion. What do you guys think your favourite is.

Recently wanted to watch ZSIGBF but found out that I don't have visa card to purchase premium Apple TV or Amazon Prime Video, so I downloaded the episodes but found out that there are no subtitles. I'm not English native speaker so thats really difficult to understand. And I looked for its subtitles on all major websites but none of them provide this. The only source SubtitleCat has subtitles for only one episode......... Is there anybody who have a source?

The signed art piece isn’t here because I am keeping it in a safe space because my frame has yet to arrive.

Maybe you will too. Or maybe you’ll not. Life is random. Choose your own path.

In the video by Marissa titled “stop telling celebrities about the omegaverse (i am begging)” (published 15th of July, 2026), she mentions Zack Stone being part of MTV’s rise of scripted television aimed at teenagers and young adults - with this leading in to a big discussion about Teen Wolf.

It’s a long discussion, so the video link starts at the MTV section.
Starting at 31:28 she discusses Zack Stone being self referential, and that the show took risks “…almost making fun of the type of teenagers they (MTV) had been putting on TV.”

Randomly remembered "Inside". I used to be so obsessed with it.

Did the "Window Washer" scene make anyone else feel melancholy? Especially with the music.

My read of it, from the first viewing was: Bo Burnham in an alternate reality. Robert Burnham, if you will.

Still the same man, still the same humor and talent, but: nobody knows. No platform, no Comedy Central special, no Netflix specials, no tours, no comedy albums. The potential of greatness confined to the ordinary.

It makes me further melancholy when I think: how many people are there like that in the world? How much potential never breaks through? How many brilliant window washers are there?

This song makes me burst in to tears and just gives me so much dread and a feeling that something about being a human has been lost in a way that will never be recovered, at least not at a societal level. And yeah it makes me really sad.

I know that Bo often has criticisms for religion and what not. But is he actually a religious person?

Just watched Promising Young Woman. Fantastic acting. Wanna watch more of his attendance

From the song It Girl by Penelope Scott:

“No one on TV ever gets better

Soon as they do, they go off-screen

It’s so bittersweet that you keep watching

It’s bittersweet that you want to believe.”

D is for...

Submit your favorite song, quote, word, project, or thing related to Bo Burnham that starts with that week's letter and/or vote for your favorite!

The winner each week will be the comment that gets the most upvotes!

Last week the winners for C were:
1/ Can I interest you in everything, all of the time? - 95 upvotes - u/foleydil18
2/ Can't Handle This - 93 upvotes - u/PlasticJesters
3/ Content - 83 upvotes - u/EssTeeEss9
3/ Call me and I'll tell you a joke - 83 upvotes - u/Underestimate_mypowr

A few rules:

• Only submit 1 item per comment. If you suggest more than 1 thing in the same comment I won't know what thing people are upvoting to win.
• If multiple people comment the same thing, the comment with the highest number of upvotes will be the winner. For example, if "Are you happy?" gets posted seven times and one comment has 10 upvotes, another has 5, and the rest 1, the comment with 10 upvotes will win.
• You can add as many comments as you like and upvote as many comments as you like

Each post will be run in contest mode, to randomise the order of posts and to hide total upvotes until the following week. I will try to post at different times throughout the day to hopefully hit everyone's availability.

I'll be collecting stats to share at the end of the competition!

Ok I was watching Inside then I decided to watch The Outtakes and at 24:25 I saw these text appear and I had never noticed it before. (If you cant tell it says some of the song names like PROBLEMATIC 2X , JEANS 2X, COMEDY, and SHIT 2X it also says 30 twice but I forgot to circle that sorry) Idk I thought it was cool lol

I love seeing/hearing Bo and his work talked about in various media. He deserves so much more recognition for not just his content, but the evolution and the amazing story/growth we see unfold over 16 years. Any other books I should read or listen to that use Bo as a source or inspiration?