Bo Fo' Sho'

[@spyron10]

"Like a tampon thief, I had to pull some strings." Bo Burnham, the lyrical king.

[@pewdiepieshallwin9179]

@Spyron10 I still dont get how pulling strings is related to mastering all those things and i also dont know specifically what things hes talking about, mabye its relating words to master of puppets, cuz to pull strings as a phrase generally just means call in favors, but i get the second part of it

[@zp2104]

Boom, I was your 1000th like my dude.

[@josh_final]

Can someone explain?

[@poetdrunken5775]

@@josh_final look up

[@anjellalo972]

@@josh_final Google how a tampon works

[@MusicAddict2213]

this was 8 years ago. he was sixteen. and a genius.

[@lionemoji4756]

17***

[@themanthemitchthelegend6183]

Lion Emoji that comment was posted a year ago, genius

[@lionemoji4756]

Do the math he was born 1990 he was still 17.

[@christinamcrae8318]

Actually he was 16 because his birthday is in August and this was posted in September

[@lionemoji4756]

September is after August meaning he was 17.

[@chillseekr]

Man he's been filming "Inside" for a while

[@allegraskinner9553]

This is the kid that was stuck in his room

[@milan.comedy]

There isn't much more to say about it

[@chillseekr]

@kyle zizza That's the joke, Kyle. That's the joke.

[@eliuryes2778]

@kyle zizza Damn it Kyle why you so dense

[@niravvyas4025]

@@eliuryes2778 what did Kyle say

[@darceymjones]

this guy sounds like he could interest you in a little bit of everything all of the time

[@CanuckleheadFN]

apathy's a tragedy and boredom is a crime after all

[@sk31et0n_fr]

@@CanuckleheadFN anything and everthing all of the time I guess

[@CanuckleheadFN]

@@sk31et0n_fr a little bit of everything all of the time or something

[@angie-nj5dm]

he sounds like he could heal the world with comedy

[@SPLARKK]

AUUGHH

[@ellinxr._.1543]

"Aaand that's a rap." The part that got me. **whispers** He's a genius.

[@lex224ification]

+Ellinxr ._. Hilariously also a pun on "that's a wrap", meaning the song's over

[@zehm9015]

+lex224ification Holy shit you just ruined it dude.

[@lex224ification]

Zehm You'll find I'm pretty good at that

[@zehm9015]

Saved it

[@Forlorn_Overseer]

@@lex224ification Me too we should be friends

[@lizadocherty7924]

"Poverty racism isn't it strange only the homeless are begging for change " dammmnnn Bo

[@hyperfantastic2450]

I’m proud to be named bo

[@name-vl7mg]

I don’t get it

[@anjellalo972]

@@name-vl7mg change is also money

[@andrewlr1225]

@@hyperfantastic2450 his name is robert

[@PlagueHD1080p]

dude he was 16 when he made this shit

[@Flash_205]

*17

[@mystrugle900]

he's a clever guy

[@KetsaKunta]

Awperations hard to believe now i was half his age and i havent compared to him at 18 at all lmao

[@raintuna3232]

hehehe 666th like

[@emperorpalpatine3161]

thekittenmachine YEET I can't mess that up...

[@carltonhanks6679]

how the hell do you write lyrics at this level when you're only 17

[@IPlayVideoGames]

*16 :/

[@coltong596]

You're both wrong. He may have been 16 at the time, but he's 22 now.

[@coltong596]

Nope. I'm a damn dirty liar. He's probably either 23 or 24 by now. My bad.

[@sb4040]

24 when you wrote that. 27 now. In 10 years, 37.

[@crazyshoota]

@@sb4040 in like 20 years time he'll be like 20 years older damn...

[@TheNormalOutdoors]

Coming back 13 years later to re-watch after watching his newest Netflix special. I guarantee I watched this hundreds of times in high school. Still some of the most fire rhymes all these years later.

[@Yourveryowncarrot]

You know that one weird kid who sat in the back of your algebra class writing non-math phrases in his notebook? This is what he does with his spare time...

[@Claego]

Yep and then he becomes rich and famous and gets as much tail as he wants. #LifeGoals

[@godhatewatching4107]

he was writing how to make happy and the people were like "what."

[@girlfailuredotexe]

Yourveryowncarrot man, I don't have one of those

[@rebelfriend1818]

what kid

[@sayoricult1961]

@@godhatewatching4107 but his whole family thought he was gay sadly

[@catp1ss987]

He was 16, which means it was before he wore the Alladin costume for holloween.

[@addiosnia]

Father please forgive me

[@Elvirawestlin]

It’s okay he didn’t realize what he did or that he’d live to regret it

[@westontrimble7882]

Hahaha

[@diego100k]

the “NETFLIX Special” was actually just an Ultimate youtuber apology video done correctly

[@oaxix5817]

?

[@SuperSmilers1]

Coming here after watching Inside is such a surreal feeling

[@NASkeywest]

The beginning.

[@baronw1]

Feeling the same

[@SPLARKK]

yeah

[@laurenj8693]

As someone who just found Bo, this is all strange lmbo

[@dummydino2]

guess you could say it’s a funny feeling

[@jamesbentonticer4706]

"Period, end of discussion." LOL

[@HatingThePlayer]

His half laugh at the end of that verse made it better. xD

[@seratonyn]

Unless you got your..... red wings..... MWAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAAA yea. i WENT THERE. I don't give a fuuuuuuuck. I'm dead anyway and no one listens to what I say so whaaa ?? "oh no she's not good for professional liability that heathen witch."

[@jamesbentonticer4706]

@@seratonyn you're not dead to me. I heard you :)

[@MakersOfMen]

8 years later I'm still finding out lines " Sherlock, What son (Watson)" wow

[@xChris1998x]

+Connor Mcguire also "shocked sherlock (watt, son)

[@MakersOfMen]

+xChris1998x don't understand that reference ...?

[@xChris1998x]

watt is a unit of electricity.

[@MakersOfMen]

+xChris1998x oh my lord, give this guy a noble prize

[@slyvulpes1574]

+Connor Mcguire xD #Fuckingsavage

[@trippydrew8492]

I miss old school youtube.

[@whatshappenedhere1784]

When editors weren't around to make shit personalities watchable, ya dun goofed youtube

[@mr.cringekid5117]

@@whatshappenedhere1784 KZbin didn't have any editing software until after editing software was very popular...

[@jmackers_]

Tell me about it

[@rat6866]

commented 7 years go

[@ItsEphixa]

Same

[@hayleymaebenson3014]

Your voice hasn't changed in 9 years..

[@elliesmith8076]

Hayley Mae Benson it really has though

[@cass1832]

It got higher

[@realdaggerman105]

@@cass1832 he raises his voice on stage.

[@rivur._]

@@cass1832 his voice is actually pretty deep irl lmao

[@johnnydark3260]

@@rivur._ no it isnt lmao

[@Hannah-sm3um]

this guys gonna heal the world with comedy

[@michaeladams3762]

he seems like the type of guy to call you if you wake up in a house that's full of smoke, and tell you a joke.

[@gracegoebel8733]

he already has-

[@zoeshamowie5525]

He prefers the term, Prodigy.

[@tomaterjuice5095]

“Rosa Parks didn’t call shotgun” *_OMFG_*

[@sternum604]

@Zed Cumming rosa parks was a african american woman, and in her time she had to sit at the back of the bus, and shotgun is usually referring to the front seat of a car.

[@sternum604]

Wow he deleted his comment

[@patrickcampbell957]

@@sternum604 makes sense. He would look kinda dumb

[@cjbeans]

@@sternum604 his pfp has the removed icon, p sure his account got nae nae'd

[@name-wq8qj]

"Picked up the celery but dropped the beat............" (awkwardly says) "And then I picked it up"

[@NoobsWuvGaming]

Get it because he picks up the beat at that part.

[@nabsandshark]

Uwotm8 because he dropped the beetroot

[@ashersmith2419]

+Monkey D. Luffy Everytime he got to picked up the celery (if not even sooner) the entire audience always says in unison the rest. Hehehe

[@brenyafaith1812]

Ha

[@aliyahw6888]

anything for you beyonce

[@thefaultinourmoon]

But I'm constipated, couldn't give a shit.

[@roejieks]

Hey there

[@Julia33066]

My new catchphrase

[@catcradler]

This line has lived in my head for 14 years

[@austinkirkland4984]

The best

[@Dylannicklin]

this guy is a genius..

[@dalton5903]

DONT👏CLAIM👏YOU👏KNOW👏HIPHOP👏IF👏YOU👏DONT👏KNOW👏THIS👏

[@connermulcahy7704]

What a nerd. He will never make a piece that helps me and many others through depression

[@Xavier_Coogat_the_Mambo_King]

Lmao

[@froggysteefer]

Is that an inside joke?

[@riley659]

@@froggysteefer that one was genuinely good

[@akivabarrett8428]

Don’t you know? When he hit puberty he swung and missed

[@CharismaticEnigma6]

Something people may overlook. But Bo does all his raps in one cut. Completely memorized and all in one take. That's not easy.

[@SELLZYOFFICIAL]

10 years thats crazy

[@ryanm6404]

after "INSIDE" all his old stuff hits different...

[@cmpunk_jonas]

Still genius

[@longsolidsnake3740]

This songs actually really clever

[@alectieber3879]

Oh is it?

[@nathankramer4375]

isn't that ironic?

[@bradenrobbins7017]

Captain N Kramer i-r-o-n-i-c

[@mimosapudica8450]

That's . #deep

[@johnbeaker8721]

Everything Bo Burnham makes is really clever.

[@Yoeddieee]

"Jack ain't black and Barry ain't white" better than half of the bars that come out in hip hop today

[@catsandbears8213]

this entire song is

[@ts4gv]

that’s like one of the worst bars here

[@mehe1767]

Bloodhound Gang did the same joke

[@TylerandMoRoll]

The only rapper eminem is afraid to battle.

[@captainrisky6561]

Man this is so close to being cringey but he pulls it off & it's hilarious.

[@bean2570]

Maybe it’s cringe because this was during a whole different decade- lol

[@diego100k]

its supposed to be cringe.. a straight white male that can “rap” hes doesn’t call himself the feminine eminem for nothing because he actually has bars otherwise it would just be super cringe lol

[@beanfarkle1517]

it would be cringey if it wasn’t bo. idk why but this dude could stand onstage and yell in different tones for half an hour and id still laugh. he’s got some kinda thing about him where he’s just funny no matter what. then you hear him speak about something serious and you’re still equally enticed by it. this dudes incredible, i’m literally proud to have been his fan since 2013

[@charlottebou668]

I think thats his thing where he does stuff unironically which makes it ten times funnier. He knows his cringe and yet he's super proud of it. Why i love him

[@TherealTenmanI]

Unironic irony.

[@jasonraymond1290]

ohhhhhhhhh how i remember reciting this in the halls of my highschool... this shit never gets old.

[@alldemrupees6425]

When my dogs on the leash...

[@axelpetersson5787]

Jason Raymond still not old

[@TinaKng79]

When my dogs are on the leash I got bitchs on the hold

[@Arioezt]

still never gets old

[@JT-ne8du]

It’s really interesting watching his progression. Can see the seeds of talent that helped him create his masterpiece. “World on Fire”

[@willhogan8206]

That whole thing is the most quotable thing I've ever heard

[@martymcthatsthemostuseless8250]

I bet he'll grow up to be 30 and very happy.

[@itsmexoxurmom]

haha !!!!!! 😊

[@GlutenedPasta]

I've been a Bo fan since 2008. People are sleeping on this MASTERPIECE.

[@dustinday4188]

True true

[@larry_ellison]

Just gotta look back and appreciate pure writing talent. Seriously timeless

[@flynnster00707]

the delivery on couldnt give a shit is incredible

[@sarcasm-83]

It's been *8 years* from this?! .... Insane how time flies...

[@sweetgirlswayin]

14 years 💀💀

[@werewolfcrush2131]

I LOST MY SHIT AT THE TAMPON PART

[@bleaut69]

When he repeats it with that face I fell on the floor.

[@Overton_Windows]

Even Bo once played a crappy Casio. It’s a right of passage for many.

[@guitarded306]

I first saw this in Dec of 2007 while prepping for a deployment to Afghanistan. Just re-watched "What?" for the 3rd time. It's crazy to think how long ago this was and how far Bo has come.

[@smartfunny15]

+guitarded306 Thank you for serving.

[@elliemcnamara6781]

you served wow thats amazing Thank you

[@buckwindow]

guitarded306 I watched what 5 times in the past 2 days...........

[@rat6866]

say that again 9 years later

[@zerofriends6]

Master of one liners.

[@kaseys4024]

He is brilliant. Everything he does, I hope he feels appreciated and loved

[@__snek]

This probably has the record for most puns in a song, Jesus

[@levimartin1033]

I know you're all looking back at this because of "Inside." What a masterpiece

[@TheMrsexy14]

My my, Mr.Burnham, you've gotten much bigger since you posted this. (physically and popularity)

[@Th3Larry]

I really appreciate the older videos being online/ accessible. . I've been watching for years but evidently missed the early youtube stuff. It's good for people to see the less processed stuff or whatever the technical limitation you faced, if the core art is good its worth documenting and being accessible. 💚

[@iambored678]

I am just now getting the Hamlet reference in this... "get the to the punnery"

[@EverythingWentSideways]

this was my introduction to bo. one of my friends in middle school sent it to me on myspace. i remember i listened to it hundreds of times that year. so glad he got the recognition he deserves! :)

[@brenyafaith1812]

Because I'm an oxymoron breathing oxygen

[@regasaurusrex4496]

"I'm constipated...Couldn't give a shit." GENIUS!!!! I love Bo...

[@IntergalacticBrowny]

I've been listening to bo for about 3 years now and I never had any idea he used to post these, there gold

[@habso2838]

"Like a tampon thief I had to pull some strings" LOOOOOL omfg Whaaaaaat?!

[@grayrose6455]

14 years... and the algorithm has finally saw it fit to bring me here...

[@petrifiednight5058]

13 years ago and this still makes me cry laughing! I remember when I saw him a gig he shouted at me for illuminating the stage with my phone flash light and I swear that was the greatest moment of my life, 10/10 would do again.

[@rebekas.4280]

his snicker thing at like 1:50 damn hes awkward

[@Maxseeninastar]

he's cute and iS YOUR PROFILE PIC MIKEY WAY (sorry i can't tell)

[@rebekas.4280]

+Maxine Ma YES IT IS

[@Maxseeninastar]

Rebeka S. YES MY PROFILE PIC USED TO BE FRANK IERO

[@rebekas.4280]

+Maxine Ma WHICH ERA? PROJEKT REV FRANK IS MY LANE

[@Maxseeninastar]

SAME but it was a fiatc picture... it was from the music video joyriding where he's covered in blood

[@megmclaughlin5777]

He is a genius oh my god

[@jonesrules100]

Got more lines than Whitney Houston's coffee table! xD That's hilarious!

[@smashaura4985]

I'm so glad for Bo, he's come a long way from where he started.

[@curtishance9707]

This man is a genius

[@TheTinyTimmyTimTim]

THIS IS FUCKING GENIUS

[@AdrianDemopulos]

decided to come back to some older videos after seeing him in dallas last night, and i'm just so impressed with how far he's come! like gosh i remember writing "a shocked sherlock: WHAT, SON?" in my notebooks in seventh grade; now i'm about to graduate high school and his material has grown up with me (although the tampon thief joke is timeless). congratulations on everything, bo!

[@LotusDecal]

I'm commenting in the hope that you are still on KZbin and can re-read your own comment and remember what a lovely time you had at that concert as a teenager.

[@DanDantheMagicMan]

I hope bo is doing okay man. He's been killing it for years and I know he has hundreds of fans and he probably sees that but I hope thw homie himself is doin okay.

[@SicParvisMagna1]

I hope so too, man. I hope so.

[@allex_]

“hundreds of fans” 😂😂😂😂😂 that’s some top tier bo comedy right there, congrats

[@allex_]

..just bc i suspect you won’t understand why that’s hilarious, this man has millions of fans lol hundreds was cute 🙂

[@koreyhitchcock6691]

This man has a multimillion, multi-genre, fan base that consists of people from a range of generations. Highly respected as a comedian, musician, and public figure by other greats in his fields.

[@DanDantheMagicMan]

@@koreyhitchcock6691 yes

[@Serena-lq6he]

i'm so happy i found this masterpiece 12 years later.

[@mhannah3]

I keep rewatching all his songs he's just a genius

[@kyleheberger7819]

"Poverty, racism. Isn't it strange? Only the homeless are begging for change". That's pure gold

[@IllStayNMyBubbleTY]

😲 Brilliant Genius omg ! I couldn't handle stepping inside his brain the whirlwind of genius mixed w brilliance & so many other words i prob couldn't pronounce lol. Im 40y old how does someone his age write like this !? His words/lyrics are so experienced. 🤯 Why is there even 1 dislike !? Hes was way ahead of his time.

[@leannezezeski-sass2773]

These early videos that he recorded in his room are my favorite of all his content. I like them even more than his standup

[@Jake.Nash629]

This was 13 years ago and it was also the first time I watched this holy shit I love the idea of this man

[@MrTobotzeez]

I am very late to the Bo party. Just commenting on a 13 year old video to say how impressed I am at not just his lyrics, but his grasp of showmanship at this age.

[@khaiwillis]

"Walking through the garden with food in my feet. I picked up the celery but dropped the beet (beat)... And then I picked it up..." Lmao

[@davindamico1759]

13 years later and this rap still holds up way better than most new music out there in 2020

[@turbofart101]

Iv'e Listened to this song over a million times and I'm still picking out new lines.

[@AnupapayaPoopy]

THAT'S A WRAP (rap) kill me so many puns

[@adeshkantha7034]

pulling strings like a tampon thief got me

[@viranor]

hes so smart ong

[@erinalexander567]

i feel like he’s the type of person to do any old shit to get out his room, maybe make faces, try telling jokes or even making little sounds

[@griffinkildare8793]

He seems like he could make sock puppets funny

[@charlesleeray6972]

“Got more lines than Whitney Houston’s coffee table” AUGHHHHHHHHH HE DONT MISS💀

[@JHSandvik]

Holy shit did u know that people change ages over time, holy shit

[@bakerygoblin6895]

kek

[@matthewmitchell2104]

You gotta make more songs like this one, I'm boyo, oh bo, and words words words... I cant get enough of them and there one of a kind

[@gracemeredith5375]

His shorts tho

[@godofthedolphins813]

Sans confirmed

[@pengomode7442]

+God of the dolphins delet acc

[@FallenSDK]

Time for this to show up in everyone's recommended

[@cassi3175]

this was 13 years ago, he was 16, AND A LYRICAL GENIUS

[@brionnaturner3080]

Fucking genius man

[@haydenthenarwhal9393]

Father please forgive him for he did not know what he did

[@GelatinSpacecraft]

he wrote offensive shit, and he said it!

[@addiosnia]

LMFAO

[@JP-ve7or]

STARES IN ANGRY JESUS

[@rosiesavage7726]

“I’m constipated, couldn’t give a shit” dude that’s actually really good-

[@rosiesavage7726]

IH WAIT I ALREADY COMMENTED IN THIS VIDEO DAMN

[@deffowhy]

Ayo this kid kinda funny he should do comedy

[@hadinasrallah8928]

He should make a really fucking good show for mtv that immediately gets cancelled and doesn’t even grow a cult following... y’know just on the side

[@gentleasp6589]

@@hadinasrallah8928 did he make a good show for mtv?

[@naishachawla9117]

@@gentleasp6589 yeah it was called Zach Stone is gonna be famous, theres a playlist of the first season, i can leave the link here if you'd like :)

[@GabeyGengar]

Went from wanting to eat his current body to wanting to adopt this child version. Weird. I don't like it.

[@soukeski]

DeepOuter SpaceHeater ok then

[@blakecook9266]

Hail Satan

[@adamrowe2115]

Just do both I hear that shits popular on pornhub

[@blakecook9266]

Adam Rowe no

[@sirmcdust5572]

I also like to eat people.

[@NotoriousFoxxx]

12. Fucking. Years. I miss you bo!!!!!

[@aliceincrimeland]

this video gets better and better as it ages

[@TimHoffman74]

Wow he looks so young here.

[@Zakiel97]

well 2007 was 7 years ago, he was about 17 back then

[@TheCookie9999]

hoga97 you mean 15?

[@pingz421]

@@Zakiel97 16 ;-;

[@MegaFunky007]

@@Zakiel97 it was actually 14 years again you idiot

[@KFP_Fanboy]

time goes by so fast

[@JuuzouMH]

13 years ago! Man was ahead of his time

[@stephieganesh6738]

So much presence and so spontaneous, thats talent!

[@hellm.7130]

2021 and I'm still finding new puns every other time I listen to this.

[@maxh7278]

What a great kid. He must turn out great when he’s 30

[@TimidTortoise1988]

"Like a tampon thief, I had to pull some strings." Watched this 7-8 years ago and still haven't found a line I like more than that one.

[@ellalove_55]

Bo is the first person to use PERIOD ! dude he was before all of us

[@brandonalfonseca6534]

You know what, he looks like a kid who’s stuck in his room who would do any old shit to get out of it, weird

[@bean2570]

I can just imagine bo sleeping or just being in his bed saying “hm, what a perfect time to record a KZbin video” setting up his camera or webcam and just …. This.

[@staticshock9701]

"only the homeless are begging for change" this is an interesting pov from Bo's side 🙏🏿

[@roxxram9151]

Pretty wild how that line has always been relevant this whole time.

[@moksha.m]

ik bo is famous for like sad songs now but his funny songs are so amazing and the old low quality ones are above their time