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Happy INSIDE Day to all who celebrate! 🎉

Yes, it’s May 30th, the fourth anniversary of Bo Burnham’s masterpiece as well as the second anniversary of my website and the start of SUCH (Woo-hoo!)

And I’m finally back in action after having a few rough months working out a lot of legal stuff in 2025.

However, I’ve made it to the big day, and I am now officially divorced AND a homeowner!

To celebrate all the good things, my boyfriend Jeff and I are seeing Vampire Weekend perform in Philly tonight. We had bought the tickets well in advance of everything happening this month, but it works out perfectly (and Jeff is a huge fan of them too!)

I do plan to have more updates soon, and hopefully I can start working on the website again this summer. 🤞

Thanks again for your patience, and here’s Bo’s personal reaction to Vampire Weekend from his Vine days! ✌️🐔

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REMINDER: This account is now INACTIVE. Please follow @standupcomedyhistorian for the latest Bo news and analysis! ✌🏼

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Bo Burnham at the University of Rochester in 2012:

If I was a 30 year old, like, making...you know, dick jokes with an acoustic guitar, I'd kill myself. Yeah, it's all gone.

Bo in Inside and The Inside Outtakes:

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What is up with Bo Burnham rn?? None of his old songs are playable on Spotify and his social media's are empty except for links to Inside/Outtakes 👀 something to do with his death day??

I know as much as you do, unfortunately. He has a new profile pic across all of his social media, and he's removed his posts on IG and Twitter.

What I CAN confirm, though, is that his albums did not disappear yesterday and neither did his merch store. The three albums disappeared last week likely due to a contract issue with Comedy Central Records.

This previously happened right after Thanksgiving in 2021; here's an article about it.

Comedians wanted Spotify to pay them more royalties. Their albums were removed

Plus: Alec Baldwin speaks about 'Rust' amid a criminal investigation.

In terms of Bo's merch, there was a discussion about the site not working last month on Reddit, so this only changed in the past few weeks.

In both of those cases, I would say Bo's death date did not affect the circumstances.

I hope this helps, and I will definitely update everyone as soon as we get more info—fingers crossed it's new content! ✌🏼🐔

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Um…so this happened 👀

Still can’t believe it tbh…

Daniel Sloss was an absolute GEM and took photos with everyone who stayed after his amazing performance of Can't at Town Hall that opened the New York Comedy Festival this year. SO much fun, and he signed my copy of his book! 🥰

My trip was incredible, the Inside cabaret show at 54 Below was a BLAST (I had on disco ball jewelry courtesy of @ilickedthegardenwall), and @nicoleanell couldn't have been a more gracious host.

We even went to the Brooklyn Cat Cafe (and I got a beautiful turquoise shirt)! 💗

Lots to come on my website, especially about meeting Sloss in person, and keep it here for more comedy fun! ✌🏼🐔

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It's almost the end of June, but I wanted to post something special to celebrate my third Pride month as an out bisexual woman since April 2022! 🌈🏳️‍🌈

So, here's the result—10+ specials created by queer comedians (and obviously including SUCH mainstays Jerrod Carmichael and Kate Berlant). Each one is definitely worth your time, and please let me know if I've missed any of your favorites.

10 Fantastic Queer Comedy Specials

Happy Pride Month! 🌈As someone who identifies as queer, I am always aiming to champion other LGBTQ people on my website, particularly those

Enjoy the new article, and keep it here for more comedy fun! ✌🏼🐔

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Hey, everyone!

Just one more day left for New Zealand Comedy Month, which means I have one final (spooky!) post—What We Do in the Shadows and its spinoffs! 🧛‍♂️

I will be delving into the short film from 2005, the movie from 2014, and the two shows that resulted from the acclaimed vampire film.

The identically titled FX show, featuring Matt Berry and the first female lead vampire in the Jemaine/Taika universe: Nadja!

The program also has one of the best characters EVER imo, the energy vampire Colin Robinson.

And, of course, the wonderfully weird and sweet Wellington Paranormal, which is based on the two easily hypnotized cops from the movie.

The best character on that show is the hilarious Sergeant Maaka who makes fake button noises before “entering” into his secret paranormal room haha

I hope you enjoy the article, which will be available tomorrow morning, and keep it here for more comedy fun! ✌🏼🐔

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CHALLENGE: Can I connect Bo Burnham to every comedian in this magazine photoshoot posted by Mike Birbiglia?

Let's see...

Taylor Tomlinson: appeared at a Largo show with Bo (also featured are Pete Holmes, Joe Mande, and Whitmer Thomas)

Jacqueline Novak: appeared at a Largo show with Bo (along with her partner Chris Laker and Anthony Jeselnik). Plus, she hosts a podcast called Poog with Bo's frequent collaborator Kate Berlant!

Ramy Youssef: He and Bo have not collaborated or been pictured together that I know of.

BUT, Ramy is tight with two of Bo's good friends: Jerrod Carmichael (who executive-produced his Hulu show—and they both are in Poor Things) and Chris Storer (who has directed two of his comedy specials). So pretty closely connected!

Jenny Slate: Aside from being a frequent guest on Kroll Show (which Bo appears on as Diz, a British hooligan with songs about the royal family and soccer), Jenny performed with Bo at a Largo show in 2017.

Alex Edelman: Bo was photographed in 2022 after one of Alex's shows with Kate Berlant. Probably taking a break from working on her spectacular one-woman show!

And last but not least Mike Birbiglia: Again, I have no photos of the two, but they have tons of friends in common, and Mike speaks very highly of Bo and Inside.

He also called Bo the "Avatar of Comedy" in his Working It Out podcast episode with Kate Berlant.

So there you have it. Challenge completed! ✌🏼🐔