![]() ![]() But this is the beauty of Burr's off-ness. Whether he's aware of it or not, the show might not be all that fun. ![]() There are few punch lines and fewer purely goofy moments. Yet somehow his personal comedy is not nearly as creepy as the uncomfortable animated world he's dreamed up, in which there is little relief from the dark portrait of the American family. Through his stand-up and podcast, Burr does not deal with his problems internally. The old-school guy who dealt with his problems internally." "If they sit down to watch this they're not going to be like 'Oh my God, you put all our dirty laundry out there.' We're capturing the dad of that era. He's also unconcerned about offending his family. "I don't have time for adults who take cartoons seriously," he says. He seems unbothered by any offense that might be taken during these tough moments. Another sees Sue Murphy weather the suppertime tirade of an over-worked, underpaid husband. Should I laugh here? Should I recoil? Should I cry? One scene depicts the redheaded son Bill Murphy overhearing his dad call him a pussy. As a viewer, it requires occasional pause. It draws from the painful mundaneness of our lives (and his own experience) and unravels into a dissection of how ridiculous and petty humanity can be. It's difficult not to compare it to the established trope of suburban-family-meets-absurdity cartoons there are shades of Family Guy and The Simpsons.īut Burr's show, like his comedy, is up front and occasionally very raw. In his new Netflix cartoon F Is For Family, out this Friday, Burr relies on this American experience (that is, the white male experience of the 1970s) for his comedic through line, pairing the decade's stereotypical stone-faced, rage-filled dad (voiced by Burr) with a sweet, suburban, Tupperware-selling wife (voiced by Laura Dern), and a few kids overcoming the average kid obstacles: bad grades, bullies, getting away with breaking expensive household items. I like that Bill Burr makes piecrust like a regular American. He talks a lot about baking on the podcast, especially now that it's the holidays, and he just uploaded a video about making it from scratch and wants to know if I've watched it. ![]() "Hi Leslie, how are ya?" He immediately wants to talk about piecrust. His indignation is often buffered with the self-deprecating catchphrase, "What do I know? I'm just a comic."Īnd all the sudden he's floating through my phone, talking to me, a regular person. Each week, it feels distinctly as if he's indulging us, the regular people-saying all of the things we don't dare say aloud. He picks apart the absurdities of NFL tabloid gossip and laments how much weight he's gained over the holidays he complains about the complexity of password requirements and how people park their goddamn cars. How aaaarre ya?"Įvery Monday, Burr's wacky, elastic Boston accent floats from his Los Angeles residence onto SoundCloud and into tens of thousands of headphones and speakers across America. "Hey, it's Bill Burr with the Monday Morning Podcast on December 14 th, 2015. ![]()
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