Name: Bill Burr - Email: Meet and Greets
Uploaded: 2013-04-09T01:36:58.000Z
Description: Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Bill Burr - Email: Meet and Greets' from Bill Burr Clips on Comedy Buff. Published 2013-04-09. Transcript available.

Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Bill Burr - Email: Meet and Greets' from Bill Burr Clips on Comedy Buff. Published 2013-04-09. Transcript available.

Meet and greets. Hey, Bill, I'm curious what you think about the meet and greet,
taking pictures, etc. with people who attend your shows. Is it completely
awkward? I fucking hate that word. Stop using that word. Such a fucking overly
used goddamn word. The whole fucking generation.
The sun is shining. Awkward. Laughing my ass off, shaking my head tweet. Do you
enjoy it? Is it nice to hear people tell you how funny you are or does it just
become ridiculous? I see pictures that fans take with artists and always wonder
if the artists are thinking kill me now or if they appreciate someone wanting
to take a picture with them in that setting. Have a great day and go fuck
yourself.
The meet and greet is like doing a whole other show. If you're tired, it's a
fucking pain in the ass.
But, you know, if you go out there, you you. You know, you put a fucking smile
on your face and you take pictures with people.
It's really what it is. What makes it exhausting is is 15 percent of the people,
85 percent of fucking cool.
It's the 15 percent that are fucking hammered and they're slapping you on the
back and if or they've got their fucking sweaty.
There's a bunch of like, you know, I understand why Howie Mandel does the fist
bump.
But generally speaking, you know, I like going out there.
I like going out there and having people say, hey, you know, I had a bad day
and I listened to the podcast.
You know, I've had people come up to me and say, you know, their mom has cancer
and she watched all three of your specials.
And, you know, you put a smile on her face.
I mean, that that's like that's worth going out there and dealing with, you
know, when, you know, one of my pet peeves is when somebody is much taller than
me as a guy.
And they put their arm around me and their sweaty fucking warm armpit is
resting on one of my shoulders.
I fucking hate that. All right.
But, you know, it makes it worth it when you hear stories like that or you got,
you know, people who are going off to war or came back or whatever.
And they say they listen to your joke.
So there's always there's always a couple of cool conversations that that makes
it worth it.
What makes it annoying is when people don't have their cell phones ready or
they hand them to somebody.
They don't even know.
And then they don't know how to use the phone.
And then they get upset because this complete stranger doesn't know how to use
this phone that's not even theirs.
And at that point, you already have your arms around these complete strangers.
And then that gets a little weird.
But, you know, it's a part of it.
You know, you don't like fucking doing that.
Then, you know, don't don't don't jump on stage.
You know.
So I look at it.
I mean, sometimes I don't go out there from fucking exhausted and I feel like I'm
getting sick.
I won't go out there because, you know, I'm going to go out there shaking all
these fucking hands and I'm getting everybody's germs all over me.
Then I'm going to get sick and then my next show is going to suck because I'm
going to be sick.
And, you know, I have that's my first obligation is you paid a ticket to see me
give you a great fucking show.
And if I don't do that, you know, what's the point?
All right.
So there you go.
All right.
Single man advice.
Oh, also, I got to be honest with you, too.
When I first used to go out there, I mean, it's a skill to know how to actually
talk and interact.
It's like a whole new skill you have to learn.
So I wasn't good at it at first.
I just feel like, hey, how are you?
Did you like the show?
You know, I was really bad at it.
And through watching certain people who are just naturally good at it, like I
always thought Dane was really good at it.
Kevin Hart, I thought, was really just naturally good at it.
And I would just kind of watch how they interacted with people and tried to use
that as a, I don't know, as a guideline on how to fucking do it.
You know, so anyways, but I have to admit, like, people never used to do that.
Like, the interaction that you guys have now with people that you see at shows
is fucking insane.
You know, I went to a No Doubt concert, and she was, like, taking pictures,
like, grabbing people's cell phones and taking, like, fucking selfies, I guess
is what they call them, with people in the fucking crowd.
And I actually found that annoying.
It's like, I came here to see you guys.
All right.
You know.
I know now you have to kiss the crowd's ass to, like, some fucking unbelievable
level, but I just think it, like, knocks down.
It's like, you're a fucking rock star.
Be a rock star.
You shouldn't be that accessible.
You know?
I don't fucking know.
Well, whatever.