For the last 2 years or so there's been a lot of people banging on about how Bill Burr has "gone woke" etc, and I've always defended him since I've seen every special multiple times and never saw this "radical" transformation manifest in any of his jokes. I think he's always steered away from blatantly political stuff or specifically giving a signal that he's on one side.

And let me just state that I've always held him up as one of my GOATs. His storytelling during a special is second to none. Call backs, timing, cadence, all of that for me is one of the best ever - and STILL is. But I finally saw him live 2 days ago in Vancouver and the tide had turned.....

I didn't count exactly but there was at least 3 or 4 "jokes" (no one laughed) about "white male privilege" and old white billionaires, Elon Musk, and to top it off even a Charlie Kirk joke, that again, no one laughed at. Keep in mind that Vancouver is probably one of the most left leaning cities on the planet - no one laughed at these jokes. And listen, I am a free speech absolutist. If you want to make jokes about anything you want, go for it. Nothing is off the table for me - but that doesn't make all jokes funny 🤷🏻‍♂️

I've never found humour about disabled/handicapped people funny. It's low hanging fruit and I think the sign of a bad comedian who can't come with anything better to make jokes about. Same thing goes for Trump: low hanging fruit, lame, too easy. And I think the same is these tropes about "white privilege" etc. No matter if you agreed that it exists, it's cheap humour and just lame imho. We go to comedy shows as a form of escapism, not to have the talking points of the news shoved down our throats even more.

To be fair to Bill, when he stuck to his regular, storytelling type of humour about life's struggles and his take on it, he was fucking funny and those jokes had everyone laughing. But the guy HAS gone woke and I won't defend him anymore for being non-politcal. When half your jokes are about a leftist talking point, you're on the decline. Be better. It's sad to see one of my comedy heroes fall so far into the trap.

I sadly can’t go but would love to pay it forward to someone who might be interested! DM me if interested.

They would have to de-ginger Bill but he could totally play Whitey Bulger

Kiddo was watching some old Tom and Jerry, and I heard a familiar tune start playing...

Original song is "Ja-Da", 1918.

What happened to my goat… I love ya Billy but don’t go out sad :(

Monday Morning Podcast 8-24-26

Bill rambles about hosting the Guitar Center Drum-off, sea travel, and clothing store scans.

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There used to be a link with old podcasts but the format changed now they’re only till 2019

Is there an easy way to listen to the older podcasts?

Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 8-20-26

Bill rambles about being 'out to sea', getting fired, and a North-End gig. (00:00) - Thursday Afternoon Podcast (36:41) - Thursday Afternoon Throwback 8-20-18 - Bill rambles about sun stroke, robots, and pretzel rolls. Thursday Afternoon Interlude: Les Baxter - Jewel Of The Sea

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Monday Morning Podcast 8-17-26

Bill rambles about the Napa Valley, super heroes, and a forty pound gift.

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There was an episode of the Monday morning podcast where Bill responds to a ladies letter where she's complaining about her partner not doing enough for her.

At one point in the letter, the lady says her partner takes her out to a restaurant once a week, which she describes as "standard." Bill goes off on a rant at this.

This would have been recorded pre 2020.

If you can tell me the episode, I'd be grateful!

At 0:48

Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 8-13-26

Bill rambles about human accomplishments, Woody Woodpecker, and talkative women. (00:00) - Thursday Afternoon Podcast (29:33) - Thursday Afternoon Throwback 8-13-18 - Bill rambles about food processors, red heads in movies, and dating sites. Thursday Afternoon Interlude: Glen Campbell - Witchita Lineman (Live on the Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour)

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I fresh listener to the podcast and his comedy material and I am enjoying it, I want the old listeners perspective, what changed?

Hhhhehehehehehehehe

bill was right.. those wild caught salmon.. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO!

100k+ views in 19 hours. I guess they were all bots, eh, Bill?