In an appearance on Justin Long’s “Life is Short” podcast, Patton Oswalt credited his 13-year-old daughter Alice with reintroducing him to Burnham’s older work–even if it means she’s less interested in her old man’s comedy. “Now, her big comedic hero is Bo Burnham,” Oswalt said. “So I’m like, ‘Bo’s great, but some of daddy’s shenanigans paid for this house!’ She plays his albums all the time in the car,” Oswalt continued. “I already loved them, but now I’m listening to them over and over again and I’m like, ‘Oh, he is a freaking genius! Oh my God.'”
Ever the jokester, Oswalt couldn’t help but rib Burnham just a bit. “He’s one of those guys like Jon Hamm where you’re like, ‘Handsome or funny! Pick, you don’t get both of those!'” Still, Oswalt had overwhelmingly positive things to say about the fellow comedian. “Selfishly, it feels really good to have somebody young doing comedy that’s brilliant. And you realize, ‘Oh, the form is going to keep getting better!'”
Ultimately, Oswalt praised his colleague for pushing the medium forward. “I can’t think of anything more depressing than the art form that you’re pursuing, that you are the last good thing in it. You want to feel like, ‘No, there’s people that are going to do even better with it. This is great!'”
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