Name: Bill Burr - Repeat Television
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Description: Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Bill Burr - Repeat Television' from Bill Burr Clips on Comedy Buff. Published 2015-03-23. Transcript available.

Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Bill Burr - Repeat Television' from Bill Burr Clips on Comedy Buff. Published 2015-03-23. Transcript available.

Repeat television.
Hey Bill, I watch TV like every other American and citizen of the world.
I watch a lot of Seinfeld and Simpson reruns.
I was wondering what shows, you wrote shoes,
what shows you're able to watch over and over again.
Also, what shows could you watch as a kid that were before your time?
Oh, that I was not mature enough to watch?
Or were groundbreaking?
That's a great question.
Let's see, what shows can I watch over and over and over again?
The Simpsons, you already said them.
Let's see, you know what it is?
There's not a lot of them.
Because I really got into sports, you know, in my teens.
So I used to watch Family Ties.
I would watch Cheers.
I tried to watch the Cosby show.
But I couldn't stand his wife on the show.
When she would do that stupid joke where she knew, well, Cliff's going to do
this.
And then Cliff and Cliff.
I hated the thing.
And then I hated that overly cutesy shit he would do with the kids.
Like it was a Jell-O commercial.
But I did like the show.
When I would actually give it a fucking chance, I liked the show.
But I don't know.
I just, there was just, there was such goody-goody.
It was like the fucking Brady Bunch.
I just can't get into that shit.
You know?
I mean, as goody-goody as Family Ties was, I at least liked that Michael J. Fox's
character was kind of a dick.
He was like a Republican, which I thought was different, you know?
I don't know.
That was probably another awful one.
I can't remember.
I would say, but the shit that I actually go back and watch was just all shit
from my childhood.
Like I'll watch an episode of Chips.
Now I love watching Chips whenever it comes on because I live in L.A. now.
So I try to guess which highway they're on, which one they're filming, which
one they're filming on.
I'll watch Charlie's Angels.
I guess that was ahead of my time.
I'll watch Charlie's Angels.
Beretta, which was considered really violent.
SWAT, The Rookies.
Six Million Dollar Man.
Those were all the show Happy Days.
It was probably the one cornball one that I watched.
And then I would watch reruns of The Monkees.
I saw every episode of The Monkees, every episode of The Brady Bunch.
And then I watched all the westerns.
Bonanza, Big Valley.
What's the one where the guy would fucking, the rifle man?
His stupid son, used to always call him Pa.
He used to drive me nuts.
The fucking dude would cry like every fucking three episodes.
I couldn't stand him.
Batman.
Jesus Christ, I wasted a lot of fucking time, didn't I?
Yeah.
Mostly shit back then.
But then in the 90s, I started doing stand-up in like 1992.
So I never even really saw Seinfeld.
I just remember hearing about it by 93.
It blew up.
And everyone was talking about it.
It was on the cover of like Rolling Stone and shit.
But I didn't really watch it until it came into reruns.
Because then it came on during a time where I could actually see it.
What do I watch now?
I watch Archer.
I watch Last Man on Earth.
I don't know.
Now TV watching is different now.
It's like you go on Netflix and you like binge watch.
Like I still haven't started Better Call Saul.
And I know that, you know, maybe next week when I go on the road, I'm going to
watch the pilot episode and the second one.
I have every other one taped.
What happened to me was that the show started when I was overseas and I forgot
to set my fucking DVR.
So I got to get caught up in that.
Oh, Joey Roses is in it.
Joe DeRosa with a something and a something something.
So a lot of people have been asking me, hey, Bill, are you going to be on
Better Call Saul?
And this is what I'll tell you.
If you guys keep watching, I have a good feeling that eventually, because it's
a prequel, the closer he gets to meeting Walter White, at some point, I might
drop back.
My character might come back.
That's all I know.
Okay.
I'm not in the writer's room.
I have no idea.
So if you could if you could keep watching it, I'd appreciate it.
Listen to me as I haven't even started.
I'm starting this week.
All right.
That's my promise to you.
And I'm going to keep going to the gym, even though I don't like it.
All right.
Thanks and go fuck yourself.
All right.