Youtube hit to a star comedian
Bo Burnham has gone from a teenage Youtube viral hit to a star comedian. At 16, he started by making a parody music video for his brother that went viral with over 250k views in a day. His fame caught on, and Bo became the youngest to record any Comedy Central performance at 17. Then, at 19, he became the youngest to record a whole hour-long Comedy Central special. Next, Bo released his second special, what., in 2013, making him the youngest person to have a Netflix comedy special at 23. He has also accomplished all this while dealing with panic attacks and anxiety.
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"You wanna hear a funny story? So, uh... Five years ago, I quit performing live comedy, because I was beginning to have severe panic attacks while on stage, which is not a good place to have them. So I quit. And I didn't perform for five years, and I spent that time trying to improve myself mentally. And you know what? I did! I got better!"
Bo Burnham
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24 things to know about Bo Burnham's career that started with an accidental YouTube hit when he was 16 years old
One description in a festival newsletter called him a "five-star comedy child prodigy," and his performance of "Words, Words Words" landed him at the top of the shortlist for the festival's comedy awards that year.
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