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Happy INSIDE Day to those who celebrate! 🥳

Yes, it's been THREE years since Bo Burnham graced the world with his masterpiece, and it is the two-year anniversary of my website (when I was the Bo Burnham Historian).

The History of Bo Burnham Historian

Since my conversation with Stucks is now available on his YouTube channel, I thought it would be helpful to provide a basic history of why I

So much has happened since I first saw Bo with his disco ball at 4am 3 years ago. I met my best friends through our love of the special, saw Rothaniel being taped (and got to stare into Bo's eyes in person lol), saw KATE three times (Bo was at all of the performances), and accomplished my bucket list item of seeing my top 5 comedians!

I've also gone through a lot of personal changes: I started therapy, cut off my parents after coming out as bi, had a nervous breakdown, separated from my husband of 14 years on July 26, and met the love of my life in January 2024. Jeff and I moved in together at the end of March, and I started a new job working on AI after being in Marketing for six years.

With all of those changes, one thing has remained the same—Bo is still my number-one comedian and Inside is my favorite movie of all time (yes, it's a film, dammit!).

How are you planning to celebrate the occasion? I'm going to watch the special and the Outtakes tonight...and see if I can spot any more Easter eggs lol

Keep it here for more comedy fun! ✌🏼🐔

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Hi, everyone! In case you missed it, I have officially deactivated my Unofficial Bo Burnham Historian account on Twitter. Good riddance to bad rubbish! 🙌🏼

For those who have followed me recently on Tumblr, I'd previously posted deep-dive threads on Twitter about Bo and his works (as well as his collaborations with other comics).

Since May, however, I had added all of those threads as posts on my website. This means that everything substantial that I had tweeted before is now stored there (and it's categorized for ease of reference).

Home | Bo Burnham Historian

Home | Bo Burnham Historian

Anyway, to celebrate the dying social media app, I thought it would be appropriate to dump Twitter today, the one-year anniversary of Bo uploading the video that truly encapsulates scrolling through your feed—That Funny Feeling.

My favorite song off of Bo's masterpiece, That Funny Feeling spoke to me immediately ("a gift shop at the gun range/a mass shooting at the mall" killed me when I first heard it), and I was positively thrilled that he had finally posted it on YouTube on Black Friday.

I described TFF last year as the Millennial anthem for existential dread, and I absolutely adore the campfire aesthetic and Bo adopting James Taylor's vocal style (Oscar biopic idea!).

And now the music video has racked up 5 million views as of Wednesday (11/23).

Congratulations, Bo! 🥳

What are your thoughts on the song? Do you prefer Bo's original or Phoebe Bridgers' cover better?

Also let me know if you're a fellow Twitter refugee—we have to stick together!✌🏼

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Hi, everyone! Since all of my tweets as UBBH have now vanished, I just wanted to create a list of some of my more popular Twitter threads that I’ve copied onto my site:

My 13-part series about Bo and his comedic influences (based on a Facebook Note he wrote to his fans in 2010, which I use as a springboard to explore how that comic has impacted Bo and his works)

My 4-part series of interviews about Rothaniel audience members (including myself!) who were fortunate enough to attend a taping of the Emmy-winning comedy special

My ongoing series of interviews with Content Creators: Sean Himmelberg, Isabel Descutner, and Davy Kynoch

My ongoing series of posts analyzing Jerrod Carmichael and the symbolic importance of his clothing choices

Easter eggs in Inside and the Inside Outtakes you might have missed when first viewing the specials, including the MANY appearances of my beloved disco ball 🪩 and Socko

My primers on Bo’s works and Jerrod’s works, including how to watch them (planning on a Lorene Scafaria one and a Kate Berlant one soon!)

My series on Bo and food/drink preferences: peanut butter, Red Bull, breakfast cereal

My once-a-day recommendations for Inside video essays and Inside content online

And, of course, the thread that kicked off everything for me: the popular Bo repurposing his old clothes in Inside (with a bonus look at his favorite gray hoodie!)

I hope you enjoy reading my threads from the past year, and stay tuned for lots more fun! ✌️

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Ever wonder who influenced Bo's comedy when he was growing up?

In 2010, Bo posted a Facebook note about his favorite comedians and why his young fans should check them out (there was also an article about it).

I have been using this specific list as a guide to analyzing his comedic heroes and how he has incorporated/referenced their personas and hilarious bits in his own works.

Here are all of the deep-dive threads I've written about Bo's favorite comedians so far (plus Kate Berlant since they have been working together recently):

- George Carlin

- Steve Martin

- Maria Bamford

- Kate Berlant

- Mitch Hedberg

- Anthony Jeselnik

I am also working on a post about Tim Minchin that should be out in the next week or so. Super excited about that one!

Hope you enjoy the threads, and stay tuned for more! ✌🏼

[boburnhamhistorian]

Hi, everyone!

Today's #FanartFebruary artist is fugitiverabbit, who has been creating stunning watercolor paintings for years and recently made some gorgeous Inside pieces.

Her real name is Ruby Ball, and her extensive interview with yours truly is now up on my website here. Check it out!

An Interview with fugitiverabbit, the Master of Bo Watercolor Art

If you've seen a gorgeous painting of Bo that appears to be a watercolor, you're probably looking at one of the creations of fugitiverabbit.

Ruby is one of the few fanart creators I've spoken to who is actually able to make a living as an artist since she is a freelance illustrator, and you can view her incredible pieces on her Etsy shop.

FugitiveRabbit - Etsy

Shop Prints, Stickers, and More by FugitiveRabbit located in Buffalo, New York. Smooth shipping! Has a history of shipping on time with trac

Ruby also has a second Tumblr blog called lawlesslagomorph.

Enjoy, and stay tuned for more fanart fun! ✌🏼

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With the news about the second run of Kate starting next month and going into February 2023, I wanted to preserve Bo's thoughts on Kate Berlant prior to their creative partnership this year.

In particular, I have captured all of his tweets from 2018 when he was discussing Kate's genius comedy with Jason Zinoman of the New York Times and Jacqueline Novak (Kate's co-host on POOG).

Bo even calls Kate the "Millennial Lenny Bruce" and ends his tweetstorm with a snowman (solving the mystery of that emoji's meaning in "Sexting")!

Hope you enjoy the conversation, and stay tuned for more! ✌🏼

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Oh my GOD! My video with ravenhpltc24 just reached 4K views today! 🥳

I'm so thrilled that this mashup of Inside and the Outtakes with the H3 podcast has been embraced by fans—it's been a year in the making!

If you'd like to learn more about how Alicia and I conceived and executed this project, I wrote about it here.

A History of "Bo Burnham watches INSIDE"

Hi, everyone! In all the excitement of the midterms election last week and my trip to NYC to see James Acaster (SO funny!), I wanted to high

And please check out my interview with her that was published recently. She's the best video editor! ✌🏼

[boburnhamhistorian]

Hi, everyone!

I just received my Inside Deluxe signed vinyl today (thanks again, @keepingtimetimetime, for splitting it with me)! 🥰

There are no doodles, sadly, but the set is SO gorgeous and vibrant—I absolutely love the color choices (which I wrote about here).

Red Blue Green: The Significance of Colors in Inside Deluxe

Hi, everyone! The Inside Deluxe vinyl set has officially been released as of yesterday (12/16), and fans are starting to receive their pre-o

I also FINALLY can confirm some specific lyrics that were difficult to make out in the original songs. Here are the ones I was most excited about:

Yes, Bo went all British on us for FaceTime with my Mom (Tonight)—he does say "mum" to rhyme with "thumb"

The line in Problematic is not "If I wanna catch up" but "If I'm gonna catch up" (I kept hearing it both ways lol)

Welcome to the Internet is not "do a Zoomer" but "do a Zoom, or" (I know this one befuddled many fans early on)

One of the big ones for All Eyes on Me—it is "Hands down, pray for me/Heads down now, pray for me" (yay! I always thought it was that haha)

Not a confusing or mumbled lyric, but it's interesting that "staying inside" in Goodbye is in all caps (maybe related to his YouTube bio?)

I was wrong—1985 does have "I am the thing he is/But he is it when I want" (still not sure what that means; I thought it was "he isn't when I want")

Microwave Popcorn is "it's already popped" not "bitch, I be hot"

And we finally get all the voices at the end deciphered ("String them as Christmas ornaments!" Duh!)

Are you still waiting on a vinyl set to be delivered? Any other lyrics you want me to confirm? Let me know! ✌🏼