Bill Burr’s Brilliant Hack for Writing Stand-Up

[@leandrosamos]

I wanna be a comedian like Bill Burr but my parents loved me so I have no material.

[@bryantalexander871]

Go up with that 🤣

[@TimStoneComedy]

huge fan of you videos, thanks for making them!

[@HotBreathPod]

Hey thanks Tim! 🙌

[@chilliwraslin2510]

I hope you get to interview him someday

[@HotBreathPod]

Absolutely we’re closer than ever!

[@AllBlackAirpods]

I wrote a bill burr joke in my head in the first 30 secs and I kinda love it honestly

[@Elmolipollo]

God I love this channel. Keep up the good work, brother.

[@HotBreathPod]

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[@TimProviseNZ]

This is an amazing piece of content! Thanks for all your hard work on this ! Learnt heaps from it and yes.. Bill Burr is a genius but he worked hard af

[@HotBreathPod]

Thanks Tim yeah Bill has spent decades developing his style. 💪

[@jonsnow911]

1:30, 2:30, 4:25

[@SoCalCustomConcrete]

“controversial perspective,” “Hear me out”

[@SamBassComedy]

How does he keep his brain from trying to finish the joke? I get ideas all the time and can't help but write out what my brain is saying. How to tell my brain to stfu???😂😂😂

[@HotBreathPod]

Haha he's been doing comedy for decades so over time he's just learned to harness that energy in specific directions. Comedy writing is all a numbers game. We may write 10 or 20 jokes and only keep 1 or 2 of them.

[@ryanr4845]

Perfect timing with this CEO comment...

[@markothecomic]

Bill Burr is a comedy genius

[@HotBreathPod]

For sure!

[@cjsaysthings]

Ok but if you write by solely riffing then how do you hone the material? I would think riffing to make the bits natural and organic initially, and then writing them down afterwards to clean them up would be faster developmentally (at least for the average guy who can only get on stage a few times a week max) then just constantly riffing at mics and hoping you remember what worked and what needs to be trimmed, no?

[@HotBreathPod]

Yep all you’d need to do is record the sets so you can review them to know what to keep and edit out.

[@HotBreathPod]

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[@simplenough]

Interview?!

[@HotBreathPod]

Bill isn't on the show YET. This is a video essay about how he writes jokes.

[@richbanks911]

Hack is right.

[@mirosgerg]

How about Jim Carrey or Jimmy Carr?

[@HotBreathPod]

Oh yeah they’re awesome also!

[@mirosgerg]

@HotBreathPod Thanks for comedy debunks and for good interviews it will be interesting to hear how you find venues for participation. Advice on negotiating!