Current Events > Bill Burr to host SNL tonight

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Ol' Billy Redballs is the host of the fancy sketch show this evening. He didn't even mention it on the Thursday podcast, unless I missed him saying it.

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His style of comedy seems too raw for the likes of SNL.

For some reason, I always thought that many successful stand-up comedians held a grudge against SNL for only putting up certain sketch comedians.

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People host SNL to promote their latest shit, basically. Expect to hear about whatever he's filming, his tour, and of course merch

His monologue was not good imo

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Probably because he's trying to watch what he says. But there will be some blowback from his monologue, but I doubt it lasts very long.

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Naysaspace posted...

People host SNL to promote their latest shit, basically. Expect to hear about whatever he's filming, his tour, and of course merch

As if a new Bill Burr tour would be unwelcome or unsuccessful.

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EnterTheTekken posted...

Probably because he's trying to watch what he says. But there will be some blowback from his monologue, but I doubt it lasts very long.

Or he's just a shit comedian.

i havent followed him for a whileI get that he was trying to come from the right place, but hes old and out of touch now

Didnt work for me at all

and seriously, 2020 and starting off with a cancel culture joke? Weak af

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TheGoldenEel posted...

i havent followed him for a whileI get that he was trying to come from the right place, but hes old and out of touch now

Didnt work for me at all

and seriously, 2020 and starting off with a cancel culture joke? Weak af

These millionaire comedians truly have it hard. Louis C.K. masturbated in front of female workers and he's still doing comedy stand up shows.

That was good really enjoyed how uncomfortable he made the crowd and how mad white women are on twitter.

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EnterTheTekken posted...

Probably because he's trying to watch what he says. But there will be some blowback from his monologue, but I doubt it lasts very long.

I really don't care at all about any perceived offensiveness. It just wasn't funny

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That was a good monologue. Bill is always great
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I haven't watched it, does he really go into the cancel culture gimmick?

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Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

I really don't care at all about any perceived offensiveness. It just wasn't funny

Yeah. It was mostly just tired and embarrassing

a couple shock lines mostly surrounded my open mic level angry rich white man stuff


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Bill Burr's monologue was fantastic and perfectly crafted.

Made a joke about cancel culture trying to cancel everything followed by delivering jokes to prove the point. And then white liberals took the bait and now want to cancel him.

It's funny seeing the reaction on twitter. Half of it is white women getting mad at him and the other half is BIPOC laughing with him.

Billy was a bit off tempo but that's to be expected. He had practically no time to work on a tight 7. that said, he managed to warm up a cold crowd, one of his specialties.

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lilORANG posted...

That was a good monologue. Bill is always great

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Good monologue. Typical progressive left posters hating on bill burr here of course

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That was hilarious.

His Rick Moranis joke killed me

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New York is back, baby!!!



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TheGoldenEel posted...

i havent followed him for a whileI get that he was trying to come from the right place, but hes old and out of touch now

Didnt work for me at all

and seriously, 2020 and starting off with a cancel culture joke? Weak af

He literally started off with a COVID bit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1xgXJ5_Q34

He struggled a bit when the crowd did not follow his corona stuff. It was a lot better when he did it on Conan and it was a cruise liner bit.

The woke movement section on white women though? Magnificent. I can just hear Nia cackling in the background when he wrote that.

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Its funny to see the outrage on twitter. Love it

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He did great

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Kastrada posted...

He literally started off with a COVID bit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1xgXJ5_Q34

He struggled a bit when the crowd did not follow his corona stuff. It was a lot better when he did it on Conan and it was a cruise liner bit.

The woke movement section on white women though? Magnificent. I can just hear Nia cackling in the background when he wrote that.

the covid joke was underdeveloped. it rightfully got a cringe. it's easy to forget that even the greats have to workshop everything.

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berlyman101 posted...

the covid joke was underdeveloped. it rightfully got a cringe. it's easy to forget that even the greats have to workshop everything.

Don't get me wrong. I adore Bill.

But why would you bring up workshopping a joke when this was on national TV? On SNL of all places? That's not a chance to workshop a joke. That's where you should bring your A-material.

And he wouldn't need to "workshop" it anyway. He told basically the same joke on Conan's show. Just replace COVID with cruise ships. It wasn't underdeveloped it was a just a replace-A-with-B bit.

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He even admitted as much on his pod that he's just now shaking off the rust as he only got back to live standup a month or so ago. He lives in L.A. where there is no live comedy going.

I think the joke landed for Burr fans because we know his sarcasm. I think the tone of it got lost on those unfamiliar with him and he didn't really sharply convey it well.

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Wii_Shaker posted...

His style of comedy seems too raw for the likes of SNL.

For some reason, I always thought that many successful stand-up comedians held a grudge against SNL for only putting up certain sketch comedians.

You called it.

Too raw for SNL? Lol

Richard Pryor and George Carlin hosted on the first season of the show

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