Name: Bill Burr - Dealing With Death of A Loved One
Uploaded: 2021-02-07T15:53:53.000Z
Description: Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Bill Burr - Dealing With Death of A Loved One' from Comedy University on Comedy Buff. Published 2021-02-07. Transcript available.

Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Bill Burr - Dealing With Death of A Loved One' from Comedy University on Comedy Buff. Published 2021-02-07. Transcript available.

I have seen Up.
I've not seen it in a long time
because I get very emotional at sad things.
And the first, and every fucking Pixar movie,
I was going, you're not going to fucking get me again, Pixar.
The first five minutes of Up, I was like,
I was inconsolable.
Oh, my God, I forgot that.
I was mad at the movie.
I was like, why did they put me through that?
It was such an adult, an adult.
Oh, my God.
I don't want to ruin it for people.
But Jesus, the two things that they hit upon.
Well, listen, if someone hasn't seen Up by this point,
the spoiler is kind of on them.
All right, hit pause because I'm going to say it in three, two, one.
Dude, the fact that she couldn't have kids.
Oh, and then she dies.
And then she dies.
Oh, it kills me.
And then, you know, Michael Giacchino,
who is just a brilliant composer,
does, I actually got the sheet music for it
because I want to learn it on piano,
but this just beautiful, like, waltzy piece
that walks you through their lives
and they totally suck you in.
And you don't know you're about to get kicked in the stomach
because you're just watching,
oh, these two kids discover each other
and they're both kind of quirky
and then they grow up and they fall in love
and they have this life together
and then they can't have kids
but they still have this wonderful life together
and then they're in the hospital
and she's dying and you're like,
what the fucking fuck?
You know, and then you're just like,
tears are just streaming down your face.
I had to pause the movie.
I was like, Lydia, I can't,
I need a day.
I need a day
and then we can finish watching the movie tomorrow.
It fucking wrecked me.
I did the opposite.
I just started yelling at the TV,
just going like,
the fuck are we doing here?
This is a cartoon.
Jesus Christ, am I watching a benefit?
Am I at, like, are we eulogizing somebody?
It's just like.
That's, but that's Pixar.
That's the Pixar way
is that they sneak attack you with,
you know, where it's just like,
fun, fun, fun.
Fucking, you know,
a brass knuckle to the heart.
And I have to tell you something.
Like, they nailed it too.
Because when people die,
that's the way it is.
Yeah.
The unfortunate thing that you learn
when you get older
is that, you know,
people just,
just, they're there
and then they're not.
Yeah.
And then you got to wrestle with that
and just carry that
and figure out
what you're going to do with that.
All right.
And I think that that's what bothered me
because it's like,
I want to be like,
Pixar,
I know that this happens in life.
Yeah.
I've been through this
more times than I want to admit.
Do you know I keep a list?
I keep a list of all the people
so I don't forget them.
That's a great thing.
And I am up to like 40 comedians.
Oh, that's hard.
You know, 10, 11, 12.
I mean, I lost,
I lost one of my great friends
found out yesterday.
And then I found out today
another guy,
one of my drinking,
brief sort of drinking buddy.
He kind of came into our circle
and then spun out.
He was a little bit younger than us.
I just found out today he died.
And it was just, you know.
And another thing too that sucks
is like so many of the guys,
it's like if they just went to the doctor
and got their frigging heart checked.
Right.
Like guys,
like you're not doing the maintenance.
You're not watching what you're eating
and you're just,
you don't want to go to the,
you don't want to go to the doctor
because you don't want to get that bad news.
But it's just like,
is, you know,
it's just,
I don't know.
It is.
And the only thing
that you can really do
is because there isn't anything
you can do about it.
It's just that unfortunate part of life.
And our brains actually have a mechanism
that protects us
from really thinking
too much about our own demise
because then I think people
would just never do anything otherwise.
Those guys have all they can do
to get their affairs in order.
They think they're going to get jinxed
like it's a sports,
like I got to keep sitting like this.
And then I'm going to,
my team's going to score a touchdown
or I'm not going to live.
And it was like,
you know,
one of the admirable,
the things I admire about women
is if there's anything
that they feel is wrong,
they just go to the doctor.
Oh, my wife is like that.
Yeah, my wife is like that.
And her doctor,
I started seeing her doctor
when we got together
and I go,
wow, he really tests for everything.
And she goes,
yeah,
because you need to know.
And she's right.
I found out I have high cholesterol.
I'm in good shape
and I have genetically high cholesterol.
I never would have known
if it hadn't been for my life.
Yeah, and then you end up being
a ticking time bomb
because I had a buddy of mine
like in the same shape as me.
Same shape as me.
You would never would have known it
and just dropped.
It's,
it's,
let's not talk about,
don't see what Pixar does.
Pixar is a scourge on you.
I was,
I was singing the Jungle Book,
not like Disney's any better.
And next thing you know,
I'm talking about all my friends
that have frigging dropped dead.
Well,
I have,
I do have to say though,
spinning off of that,
I,
because I,
I,
I exercise,
you know,
three times a week
and something that still rings in my head
many times when I get up on the treadmill
or I go to start working out
was something,
was an experience that I had with you,
I think in Montreal,
just for laughs,
maybe like,
I don't know,
eight or nine years ago,
whatever it was,
I was going down to the fitness room
when you were leaving
and I,
you held the door for me
and I walked in,
you go,
as you walk away,
you go,
hey,
it's nice to see someone else
who gives a shit,
you know,
like,
and that really,
such an asshole,
why couldn't I just say,
oh,
good morning,
Chris?
No,
I'll tell you what,
I always,
that made me laugh really hard
and number two,
it stuck with me
in a way that,
to you,
that was just a passing comment
but to me,
there was a real acknowledgement
of like,
hey,
you're making an effort
on behalf of yourself
and I acknowledge that,
I am too
and so there was this little
mini bonding moment
and I still remember that phrase
when I get up on the treadmill
sometimes,
I go,
hey,
it's nice to see someone
gives a shit
and it makes me happy
because it reminds me
because when you do take
positive steps for yourself,
whether it's going to the doctor
to get checked up,
to make sure you're on top of stuff,
there is that subtle nod
to yourself of like,
hey,
I'm worth it,
I'm taking this time,
I'm doing this thing for myself
because,
you know,
I don't hate myself
completely
and I obviously,
I must care enough
about myself
that I'm gonna,
I'm gonna do this
and I don't know,
it was,
to you,
it must have been
a very passing comment
but I cherish it,
I love that comment.
Okay,
as long as I didn't come off
like the idiot I am.